Fresh Cut Butterfly Challenge

Hello everyone and welcome to Friday! The weekend is almost here!

Today's card was inspired by Stacey's Curtain Call Color Challenge 34 and Karen's Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge 73. This color challenge was just that for me, a challenge! But that's what challenge are all about, right?

Don't forget to stop by tomorrow to check out another challenge from 'Our Creative Corner'.

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Stamps: Fresh Cuts

Paper: Basic Gray, Rich Razzelberry, Sahara Sand, Dusty Durango, Whisper White, Cottage Wall DSP, Rich Razzelberry DSP.

Ink: Rich Razzelberry

Accessories: White Organdy Ribbon, Beautiful Wings embosslit, Non- SU~ Cuttlebug folder, Nestibilities.

Sweet Curtain Call Challenge

Hello Everyone and welcome to Friday!!!!

Another work week flew right by (oh yea, it was only a three day work week!). I love it when that happens!

Today's card was inspired by two of my favorite challenges: Stacey's Curtain Call Color Challenge 24 and Karen's Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge. I was really pleased with the way this card came together, just as I planned it! I will definately use this color combination again! And the Sketch is a favorite too!

Stop by both challenges and be inspired too!

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STAMPS: Enjoy Every Moment, Best Wishes, All Holidays, Sanded BG.

PAPER: Kraft, Tempting Turquoise, Whisper White, So Saffron DSP.

INK: Tepmting Turquoise, So Saffron, Garden Green.

ACCESSORIES: Hodge Podge Hardware, Buttons, Linen Thread, corner rounder, White Organdy Ribbon (colored with ink pad & sponge).

Happy Monday!!!!

Hi everyone, I hope you had a fabulous weekend!

Today's card is one I made for a couple different challenges. First I wanted to participate in last week's SCS color challenge, I LOVE the color combination for this challenge. The other challenge is for Beate's WSC, I did change it up a bit, I made a square card instead of the tall card shown in the sketch. I LOVE square cards!!!!

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Supplies Used: Stamps~ Dreams Du Jour, Pocket Silhouette's, Stitched.

Paper~ Pink Pirouette, Basic Black, Whisper White.

Ink~ White Craft, Basic Black, Pink Pirouette, Kiwi Kiss, Regal Rose.

Accessories~ Blender pen, Designer label punch, oval punches, Scallop punch, paper piercer, Pink Taffeta ribbon, Non- SU! product - Cuttlebug 'Swiss Dots' folder, Nestibilities, decorative pearls.

GSG - Challenge card

Before we left for New York I was able to make this card for last week's 'Great Swap Girls' challenge and the SCS Color challenge 'Kraft Skies'.

The GSG challenge was to use at least one of the stamp sets that will be retiring this year. I chose to use one of my favorites 'Artfully Asian'. I am going to miss this set, but I am sure that SU will replace it with another great set.

The color challenge was to use Kraft, Basic Black and Soft Sky (I am going to miss this color! I did stock up on it though). I was really happy with this color combination, I'm sure I will use it again.

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Supplies used: Stamps~ Artfully Asian.

Paper~ Whisper White, Watercolor paper, Soft Skies, Kraft, Basic Black, Soft Sky DP.

Ink~ Basic Black, Soft Sky, Mellow Moss.

Accessories~ Black Brads, Soft Sky Stitched ribbon.

Krafty Orchid Shadows

This week's color challenge over at SCS 'Krafty Orchid Shadows' was a little different for my taste. The challenge was to use the colors Orchid Opulence, Sage Shadows & Kraft. When I first saw this combination I wasn't to sure I could make it work, after all I don't use Orchid Opulence or Sage Shadow that much. Let's just say they aren't my most favorite colors to work with!


I pulled out one of my favorite sets for this card, 'Time Well Spent'. I am sooooo ready for spring and the tulips in this set are perfect for a bright spring like card!


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Supplies Used: Stamps~ Time Well Spent.
Paper~ Kraft, Orchid Opulence, Sage Shadow, Whisper White.
Ink~ Basic Black, Orchid Opulence, Sage Shadow, Summer Sun.
Accessories~ Blender Pen, Aqua Painter, Jumbo Eyelets, Ice Circle rhinestones, Corner punch, paper piercer, sponge, Cuttlebug 'Swiss Dots' folder, stickles.

Color Challenge - Wild Banana's

Yeah, I can't beleive that I was able to get back into stamping after yesterday's distraction! It's been awhile since I have posted any of my work, but life at our house tends to get very busy this time of the year with all of the hockey games and volunteer work I do.

I love doing the SCS color challenges and this week's color combo is awesome! The challenge was to use Wild Wasabi, Blue Bayou and Barely Banana. I love the way these colors look together! This was the perfect challenge to get my mojo going again!

Now I need to get over to one of my favorite stampers gallery Nancy Riley aka: Stampingat6213 and case one of her beautiful cards for this week's Featured Stamper Challenge. Ohhhhh which one do I case? They are all fantastic!

Supplies used: Stamps~ Embrace Life.

Paper~ Shimmery White, Wild Wasabi Textured CS, Blue Bayou DP, Barely Banana Textured CS.

Ink~ Basic Black, Wild Wasabi, Blue Bayou, Barely Banana.

Accessories~ Blender Pen, Silver brads, 5/8" White Organdy Ribbon, Punches -Large oval, Key Tag, Designer label, Giga Scallop Circle, Giga Circle.

3 in 1 challenge!

Sorry I've been so quite the last few days! I haven't had alot of stamping time this week (poor me)! I hope you don't mind that I made a card combining three challenges in one.



First challenge was the 'Way's to Use It' #135 - Bring out the Glam! This challenge called to use anything that glitters.



Second challenge was the color challenge #136 - Pinks repeat, as you can guess, make it PINK.

Third challenge was the Sketch challenge #146.


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Supplies Used: Stamps~ Garden Silhouettes, Linen & Floral backgrounds.
Paper~ Regal Rose, Pretty in Pink, Whisper White.
Ink~ Regal Rose, Pretty in Pink, Old Olive.
Accessories~ Pink rhinestone brads, pink crystals, Pink Taffata ribbon.

Color Challenge Basic Rocks

My stamping time was a little less then I wanted the past few days with all of the activities and everyday life. I decided to combine a couple of challenges, the color challenge and Beate's weekend sketch challenge #22.

This week's color challenge 'Basic Rocks' over at SCS was to used these three colors: River Rock, Basic Gray & Basic Black. This was quite the challenge using these three colors, this is what I came up with.

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Supplies Used: Stamps~ Garden Silhouettes, Hugs & Wishes.

Paper~ River Rock CS & DP, Basic Black, Whisper White.

Ink~ River Rock, Basic Gray.

Accessories~ River Rock stitched ribbon, ticket punch, black brads, silver brads, sponge.

Color Challenge - Chocolate Bayou

This week's color challenge at SCS was to use Chocolate Chip, Blue Bayou and River Rock. I really like this combination! I can see so many possibilities with this color combo!

I had the Bronc Buster set in mind right away when I saw the challenge. My only challenge was to find a sentiment to fit on my tag. I looked though every set I had to find something but nothing was working for me. I decided to print out my own sentiment from my computer on to a sheet of cardstock.

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Supplies Used: Stamps~ Bronc Buster.

Paper~ Chocolate Chip, Blue Bayou DP, River Rock, Very Vanilla.

Ink~ Chocolate Chip.

Accessories~ Vintage brads, Photo punch, Ticket punch, Small Oval punch, Designer label punch, 1" circle punch, Hodgepodge hardware buckle, Chocolate Chip 5/8" grosgrain ribbon, paper piercer, sponge.

Color Challenge - Mustard Olives

This week's color challenge at SCS was to use More Mustard, Old Olive & Bashful Blue. Yes, that's right, Bashful Blue. I would have never thought that these three colors would work together, but I have seen some awesome cards with these three colors. Check out the gallery to see what I mean.

I had one of those days yesturday, trying to make the colors work. I swear it took me hours to complete this card when it should have only taken minutes. I just hate when that happens! LOL! Oh well ,on to the next challenge.

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Supplies Used: Stamps~ Garden Silhouettes, Paisley background.

Paper~ Bashful Blue, Old Olive, More Mustard, Petals & Paisleys DP, Whisper White.

Ink~ Bashful Blue, Old Olive, VersaMark.

Accessories~ Bashful Blue Taffeta ribbon, Blue Ice Circles, Pewter jumbo eyelets, Slot punch, Ticket punch.

Bronc Buster

I thought I would play around with my Bronc Buster set again for this week's sketch challenge over at SCS. I'm also using this week's color challenge for this card.

This was a pretty quick card to make but my first attempt looked kind of blah. I didn't have enough room to add a sentiment on the front, so I added the photo corners to the left side. I think it helped with the open space, what do you think?

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Supplies Used: Stamps~ Bronc Buster.

Paper~ Chocolate Chip, Really Rust & Sahara Sand, Outlaw DP.

Ink~ Chocolate Chip.

Accessories~ Hodgepodge Hardware, Ticket Punch, Photo Punch, Paper Piercer, Sponge.

Card for Victoria

This is my card for this week's color challenge over at SCS. The challenge was to use Chocolate Chip, Really Rust & River Rock or Sahara Sand. The Designer paper that I used had Sahara Sand in the background so I stuck with that color instead of the River Rock.

Since I LOVE doing Beate's weekend Sketch challenges and was not able to do the one two week's ago, #18, I decided to use it in this design.

This card will be going to a little girl in Texas who has cancer, her name is Victoria Enmon. Victoria's English teacher is behind this project and would like to see Victoria receive cards and letters from each state around the country. Her goal is to have Victoria receive over 5,000 cards, that's 100 cards per state!

If you would like to participate in this project this is what you need to do. Send Victoria a card, enclose a little information about yourself and your family. You must include what state and city you live so she can chart where all of her cards came from! All cards and letters must be sent to Victoria by September 27th, 2007!

Send your cards & letters to:

Victoria Enmon

1205 Red Bud Circle

Orange, TX 77632

And Please say a pray for her and her family! Pass this on to everyone you know, Wouldn't this be awesome if we can make this happen!

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Supplies Used: Stamps~ Priceless, Baroque Motifs. Paper~ Chocolate Chip, Really Rust, Whisper White, Fall Flower DP. Ink~ Really Rust, Chocolate chip. Accessories~ Chocolate Chip 5/8" grosgrain ribbon, Gold Brads, Scallop circle punch, ticket punch, key tag punch, large oval punch, photo corner punch, circle punch, White Gel pen, Diamond Stickles.

Taken with Pomegranate Artichokes

This week's color challenge over at SCS was to use Taken with Teal, Purely Pomegrante & Always Artichoke. Since I haven't had as much time to stamp this week as I would have liked, I decided to combine the color challenge with the sketch challenge and this is what I came up with.

I wasn't really sure of the Taken with Teal in the mix, so I was really conservative with how much of it I used. I like the way it turned out, a little went a long way!

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Supplies Used: Stamps~ Oh, So Lovely, Short & Sweet.

Paper~ Whisper White, Always Artichoke textured paper, Purely Pomegranate, Taken with Teal.

Ink~ Always Artichoke, Purely Pomgranate, Taken with Teal, Bliss Blue, Basic Black.

Accessories~ Silver Vintage brads, Window Punch, Ticket Punch, Purely Pomegrante Stitched Ribbon, Mega Giga Square Scallop punch.

Oh, So Lovely Color Challenge

I fell in Love with this week's color challenge over at SCS, Groovy Guava & Always Artichoke. I really like this earthyness (is that a word?) of this combination.

This is my card for this weeks challenge. I love to watercolor my images and hadn't done so for awhile so I thought that this week's challenge was a perfect time to do so.

How about those large eyelets? Thanks to Beate I now know how to use my crop a dile that has just been sitting here collecting dust. LOL!

The kids are all off at school, so I'm going out to lunch with one of my friends today, got to run!

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Supplies used: Stamps~ Oh, So Lovely, Artfully Asian, Linen Background stamp.

Paper~ Groovy Guava, Very Vanilla, Always Artichoke CS & DP.

Ink~ Groovy Guava, Always Artichoke, Basic Brown, More Mustard, Basic Black.

Accessories~ Blender pen, Antique brass jumbo eyelets, Groovy Guava Stitched ribbon, gold brads, ticket corner punch.

Stem Silhouettes - CC129

This is my card for this week's color challenge over at SCS. The challenge was to use Purely Pomegranate, Pretty in Pink & Old Olive. It took me a couple of times before I was 'kinda happy' with the combo, I'm not sure that I like yet.

Since Purely Pomegranate is one of the new 'In Colors' it is not offered in the markers. So to get the color on the stamp image I used a blender pen and dipped it into the Purely Pomegranate ink pad and than colored it directly onto the stamp image. I also took the old olive marker and directly colored the stems of the image.

To create the background image on the Pretty in Pink cardstock, I first stamped the Linen background stamp in pretty in pink ink and then stamped the En Francais over the top using Purely Pomegrante ink. I then sponged the edges using Purely pomegranate.

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Supplies Used: Stamps~ Stem Silhouettes, Short Sayings.

Paper~ Purely Pomegranate, Pretty in Pink, Old Olive, Petals & Paisleys DP, Whisper White.

Ink~ Purely Pomegranate, Pretty in Pink, Basic Black.

Accessories~ Old Olive Marker, Pretty in Pink brads, rhinestone brads, Purely Pomegranate Stitched ribbon, Three for you punch, ticket punch, sponge.

Groovy Skies color challenge

This week's color challenge over at SCS was to use Soft Sky & Groovy Guava, I added Blue Bayou to the mix. I really like this combination and will use it again.

I used the Artfully Asian set, one that I have had for awhile but had not used until now (I hate to admit when that happens). I don't know why I hadn't used it before because I really like this set. Oh well, I will used it again!

It's been raining again today, but the sun is starting to come out now, hopefully tomorrow will be nice! Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies Used: Stamps~ Artfully Asian. Paper~ Soft Sky, Soft Sky DP, Groovy Guava, Blue Bayou, Whisper White. Ink~ Groovy Guava, Mellow Moss, Stazon Black. Accessories~ Blue Bayou Stitched ribbon, Rhinestone brads, key tag punch, ticket punch, large oval punch, crystal stickers.

Color Challenge 127

This is my card for this week's Color challenge over at SCS. I am really happy with the way this card came together. Somedays I feel that I am trying to get something together for HOURS, but this came together quickly!

I like this color combo and will use it again, it feels vintage to me.

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Supplies Used:

Stamps~ True Friend, Season of Joy.

Paper ~ Blue Bayou, Sahara Sand, Chocolate Chip, Whisper White, Blue Bayou DP.

Ink~ Blue Bayou, Chocolate Chip, Wild Wasabi, Sahara Sand.

Accessories ~ Clear round rhinestone brad, silver brads, vintage brads, ticket punch, photo corner punch, word window punch, Chocolate Chip Taffeta ribbon.

Color Challenge 126

This week's color challenge over at SCS was to use Soft Sky, Blue Bayou & Cameo Coral. Well instead of Cameo Coral I decided to use Groovy Guava, I think that the three go together well.

These three colors are part of the new In Colors by Stampin' Up! The other three colors are Wild Wasabi (green), River Rock (tannish with a green hue), & Purely Pomagranate (Reddish purple). So far I think that Blue Bayou & Soft Sky are my favorites in these new colors.

I was really pleased with the way this card came together, of course it's another square card but I didn't want to cut the flower design down to fit the traditional 5 1/2 x 4 1/4 card layout.

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Supplies Used: Stamps~ Pick a Petal, Fundamental Phrases.

Paper~ Blue Bayou CS & DP, Soft Sky DP, Whisper White, Chocolate Chip, Apricot Appeal.

Ink~ Blue Bayou, Groovy Guava.

Accessories~ Soft Sky Stitched ribbon, Clear round Rhinestone brads, White Gel pen, 1 - 3/8" circle punch, paper piercer, black writer.

Sketch challenge #12 & Color Challenge

I feel as though I haven't stamped in weeks! Our family went to the cabin this past weekend and had some good ole' relaxing time along the beach and the camp fire! Unfortunately it will probably be the last and only time we get there this year!

So to catch up a bit I combined Beate's weekend sketch challenge #12 with this week's color challenge #125 from SCS.

Another square card for this challenge (I love them!). I rolled the 'So Swirly' wheel in Bliss Blue ink over the top of the Bliss Blue cs. I then layered with the new 'Linen Prints' & the 'Certainly Celery' DP's, I just love the new DP's. I then stamped the tulips from the 'Garden Whimsy' (another new favorite) over Whisper white cs multiple times. I also stamped the tulip on scrap paper three times and cut out the flower bud and added to the top of the designs using a dimentional for extra dimention.

The new corner punch is awesome, I added a few corners to the flower layer and than added a few brads to that.

Supplies used: Stamps~ Garden Whimsy, So Swirly jumbo wheel.

Paper~ Bliss Blue, Certainly Celery, Whisper white, Linen & Certainly Celery DP.

Ink ~ Bliss Blue, Certainly Celery.

Accessories~ Certainly Celery Grosgrain ribbon, Slot punch, Brads - Vintage & Certainly Celery, dimentionals.

Garden Whimsy - Color Challenge

Garden Whimsy appears to be one of the new favorites of many, including myself! These tulips are just too darn cute! This is my card for this week's color challenge over at SCS.

I love making these smaller square cards! This card measures 4.5 x 4.5 square. It's hard to see in this picture, but I stamped the Linen background stamp over the pretty in pink layer. I really like to use the background stamps that SU! offers. I think I own almost every one that they have had over the years (and that's alot!).

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Supplies used: Stamps ~ Garden Whimsy, Linen background stamp, small sayings.

Paper ~ Pretty in Pink, Rose Red, Old Olive, Petals & Paisleys DP.

Ink~ Pretty in Pink, Rose Red, Old Olive.

Asseccories~ Rose grosgrain ribbon, Old Olive Brads,White gel pen, Giga scallop oval punch, mega oval punch.