Enjoy the ride!

Yeah, I'm really enjoying this Everyday Button Basics set. This bike is so cute!!!

I stamped it on Very Vanilla with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored it with Copic markers. Then I cut/embossed it with a Nestabilities oval die and matted it with Real Red and Night Of Navy. The buttons are from PTI's Vintage Buttons collection in Pure Poppy and White/Cream mix, tied on with Perle cotton in Ecru. The patterned paper is June Bug by Basic Grey and the ribbon is PTI Pure Poppy grosgrain. The sentiment was stamped with Real Red and Tuxedo Black, and cut out with a Spellbinders label die. Pretty simple, really.

I'm so glad you stopped by today!

~Recipe~
Stamps: Everyday Button Bits (PTI)
Paper: Very Vanilla, Real Red, Night Of Navy (SU!); June Bug 6 x 6 pad (Basic Grey)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Real Red (SU!)
Accessories: Cuttlebug/Nestabilities/Spellbinders dies; 3M foam squares, Perle cotton (craft store); Copic markers; border punch (Martha Stewart); buttons, ribbon (PTI); sewing machine

Sweet Peas

Happy Friday!!!! I am SO ready for the weekend!!!

This card is for SCS Sketch Challenge #215 and SCS Color Challenge #205. The colors this week are Perfect Plum, Pink Pirouette, and Kiwi Kiss. PERFECT for Basic Grey's Eva paper. And this SweetPea Lockhart stamp is also perfect for it :)

My base card is Whisper White with a layers of Kiwi Kiss, Perfect Plum, and Eva DP from the 6 x 6 pad. The vertical element is Kiwi Kiss and Perfect Plum with some paper piercing to dress it up. The next element is more Kiwi Kiss, Perfect Plum, and more DP and is up on 3M foam squares. The focal element was stamped on Solar White card stock from PTI with Memento Tuxedo Black in and colored with Copic markers (see below for colors used). It's cut/embossed with a square Nestabilities die and matted with Perfect Plum and Kiwi Kiss. I tied a ribbon around it with some double sided Kiwi Kiss/Vanilla satin ribbon and mounted it on more foam squares. A couple Dew Drops from the Orchid collection was all else it needed, I think. No sentiment so I can go in several ways with this card: birthday, just because, sympathy, etc.

~Recipe~
Stamps: Sweet Pea (Lockhart Stamp Co.)
Paper: Kiwi Kiss, Perfect Plum, and Whisper White (SU!); Eva 6 x 6 pad (Basic Grey)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories: Cuttlebug/square Nestabilities; 3M foam squares (craft store); Orchid Dew Drops (Robin's Nest); double faced satin ribbon (SU!); Copic markers

Birthday flourish

This card is for a friend's birthday and for Flourishes' new Timeless Tuesday challenge. The challenge is to have a *flourish* somewhere on the card.

My base card is Whisper White with layers of Old Olive, Pretty In Pink and DP from Basic Grey's Romani/Gypsy 6 x 6 pack. Very colorful paper. I tied a 5/8" double stitched grosgrain ribbon around that before adding the focal image. The focal image was stamped on Stamper's Select white card stock from PTI with Memento Tuxedo Black ink. I used a stamp from Inkadinkado's Classic Botanicals cling set and it is colored with Copic markers (see below for colors I used) and sponged with Creamy Caramel ink. It was then matted on Pretty In Pink and Old Olive and adhered with 3M foam squares. The sentiment was stamped on the same card stock with the same ink and a stamp from PTI's Birthday Basics set, sponged with Creamy Caramel and punched out with the Word Window punch. It was then matted on Old Olive that was punched out with the small oval punch and adhered with foam squares. The flourish is from a little chipboard pack by K & Co. I colored it with my Old Olive marker, glued it on the focal image with Crystal Effects, and added a Fresh Cut Grass Dew Drop using a Quickie Glue Pen. I really love Dew Drops. They work as well as brads, and have the added bonus of being able to be used last--if you decide you needed the visual appeal of brads but your card is already put together. Love 'em!

Thanks for dropping by!

~Recipe~
Stamps: Classic Botanicals (Inkadinkado); Birthday Basics (PTI)
Paper: Whisper White, Old Olive, Pretty In Pink (SU!); Romani/Gypsy 6 x 6 pad (Basic Grey)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Creamy Caramel (SU!)
Accessories: 3M foam squares, ribbon (craft store); chipboard flourish (K & Co.); Word Window and Small Oval punches (SU!); sponge; Dew Drops (Robins Nest); Copic markers

Peppermint thanks

Never hurts to have some Thank You cards on hand, does it? This card is for My Favorite Things Sketch Challenge #67. Sweet sketch--loved playing with it, but I had to flip it to suit my image.

My base card is Whisper White with layers of Certainly Celery, Lavender Lace, and DP from Basic Grey's Lily Kate 6 x 6 pad. I love this paper. Note to self: order more, you're getting low.

The first element is a strip of Lavender Lace topped with 3/8" green satin ribbon. The next element is Certainly Celery cut/embossed with a Petite Scalloped Oval Nestabilities die with a layer of Lavender Lace cut/embossed with a Petite Oval die. The focal image is stamped with an Annie LaPointe for MFT stamp on Stamper's Select White card stock with Memento black ink and colored with Copic markers (see below). It was matted on Lavender Lace and Certainly Celery and is attached with 3M foam squares. The sentiment was stamped with a stamp from MFT set Essential sentiments in the same manner as the focal image and cut out with a small circle die. The Certainly Celery layer was done the same way and layered on a silk hydrangea blossom, secured with a clear crystal brad. This card was fun--hope you like it!

Thanks for dropping in!

~Recipe~
Stamps: Peppermint (Annie LaPointe), Essential Sentiments (MFT)
Paper: Lavender Lace, Certainly Celery, Whisper White (SU!); Stamper's Select White card stock (PTI); Lily Kate 6 x 6 pad (Basic Grey)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories: Cuttlebug, Nestabilities; 3M foam squares, crystal brad, ribbon (craft store); hydrangea blossom (Wal*Mart floral); Copic markers

Color Throwdown #28

This card is for the Color Throwdown Challenge #28 and these colors were chosen by yours truly: Chocolate Chip, Riding Hood Red, and Pirouette Pink. I've been dying to use my new Basic Grey Bittersweet paper but I was holding off for *my* colors, LOL.

My base card is Chocolate Chip, with a layer of Riding Hood Red then a layer of DP. The second element is the same, with different DP and the third is the same except the top layer is Pirouette Pink--I added a couple flat-back hearts to balance that element and it's up on 3M foam squares. The focal image uses a stamp from the Hero Arts set Valentine Flourishes and is stamped twice on more DP in Riding Hood Red. The first one was cut out with a Nestabilities die, and the second image was cut out with scissors, including some swirls, and is also up on foam squares. The other layers are self-explanatory I think, and the whole thing is up on foam squares. The sentiment is from the same set and is stamped on DP with Riding Hood Red and is matted with Riding Hood Red and Chocolate Chip--up on foam squares, as well. I really love this paper!!!!!!!!!!! It's almost good enough to eat, LOL!

C'mon over to the Color Throwdown blog and play along with us this week. If you upload your card to a public forum, please use the keyword CTD28 so we can see your beauty all in one place. And if you play, you *could* be picked as our Featured Stamper and a guest designer! Hope to see you there!

Be sure to check out what the other team members have come up with this week:
Broni Holcombe--Splashes of Watercolor
Cathy Indelicato--Crafty Thoughts
Danielle Kennedy--Wild Dragonfly Designs
LeAnne Pugliese--Wee Inklings
Tammy Hershberger--Stamp Happy

Thanks for dropping in!

~Recipe~
Stamps: Valentine Flourishes (Hero Arts)
Paper: Chocolate Chip, Riding Hood Red, Pirouette Pink (SU!); Bittersweet (Basic Grey)
Ink: Riding Hood Red
Accessories: 3M foam squares (craft store); flat backed hearts (Hero Arts0

What's up?

I just got some new Fluffles stamps and decided to use one of them for Mercy's Tuesday Sketch Challenge #28.

My base card is Very Vanilla with three layers of paper from Basic Grey's Archaic 6 x 6 pad. This is a perfect card for my brother (who is never seen without a cup of coffee in his hand) so I didn't want any ribbon on it. But it needed something, so I wrapped some russet colored jute around the bottom and added an antique brass brad to each corner. The second element is also 3 different designs of Archaic paper. The focal image was stamped on Stamper's Select White Cardstock with Memento Rich Cocoa ink and colored with Copic markers (see below). It was sponged with Creamy Caramel and matted on two patterns of DP. It also has antique brass brads in three corners and is up on 3M foam squares. The sentiment is from MFT's set called Sassy Sayings and is stamped on Very Vanilla with Memento Rich Cocoa. It's sponged with Creamy Caramel, layered on DP, and is also up on foam squares.
















Thanks for dropping in!

~Recipe~
Stamps: Morning Fluffles (Stampendous); Sassy Sayings (MFT)
Paper: Very Vanilla (SU!); Archaic 6 x 6 pad (Basic Grey)
Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa
Accessories: 3M foam squares, brads, hemp, sponge (craft store); Copic markers

A gift for a friend

This gift box of note cards is for a very dear friend. I got the idea a couple of weeks ago from a card I made for a challenge. I guess I'm CASEing myself, LOL.

All of the base cards are Whisper White with a layer of Certainly Celery. Then they each have a different DP from Basic Grey's Eva 6 x 6 pad along with the pink solid included in the collection. A celery green ribbon was tied around, where the papers meet, in a bow. I stamped the monogram with Just Rite's 1 5/8" round Harmony stamper, the Brayton Font and a border from the 10 Designer Centers and Borders set on Whisper White with Bravo Burgundy ink. The monogram and the layers were cut out with large and small circle and large scalloped circle Nestabilities dies and the whole thing was mounted on 3M foam squares. Each sentiment, stamped with Bravo Burgundy, is different and all are from SU!'s Sincere Salutations set. Three Fresh Cut Grass Dew Drops balance the left lower corner.

After they were done, I put them in a clear box and tied a rich burgundy ribbon around it. Pretty simple, but very pretty, too, and easy and quick. You can't get any better than that. I think my friend will like the set.

Thanks for dropping in today!

~Recipe~
Stamps: Sincere Salutations (SU!); Brayton Font, 10 Designer Centers and Borders (Just Rite)
Paper: Whisper White, Certainly Celery, Bravo Burgundy (SU!); Eva 6 x 6 pad (Basic Grey)
Ink: Bravo Burgundy (SU!)
Accessories: Cuttlebug, Nestabilities; Harmony 1 5/8" round stamper (Just Rite); ribbon x 2, 3M foam square (craft store); clear box (Clear Bags)

'tis the season

Well, it is if you're in the Christmas Card Challenge at SCS, LOL. This card is for that and Mercy's Tuesday sketch #26. Yeah, I'm still behind. But, I really LOVE this sketch so I'm doing it. Do check out Mercy's sketches--they're always great.

My base card is Very Vanilla with a layer of Always Artichoke, a layer of Ruby Red, and a layer of DP from Basic Grey's Wassail 6 x 6 pad. The next element is Ruby Red with another pattern from that collection and a ribbon and bow is tied around on top of it. The focal image is a Karen Lockhart stamp that was stamped on watercolor paper with Basic Brown, and water colored with Stampin' markers and a blender pen. I then heavily sponged the edges with Creamy Caramel. It's layered on Ruby Red and Always Artichoke and is attached with 3M foam squares. The sentiment was stamped on Very Vanilla in Ruby Red with a stamp from Martha Stewart's Clear Christmas Tree set. It was cut/embossed with circle Nestablilties, sponged with Creamy Caramel, and matted on Always Artichoke mat. It's also up on foam squares. I love the vintage feel of this paper--it reminds me of old-fashioned wallpaper. I love this card--hope you do too!

Thanks for dropping in today!

~Recipe~
Stamps: Christmas Rose Stocking (Lockhart); Clear Christmas Tree Set (Martha Stewart)
Paper: Always Artichoke, Ruby Red, water color (SU!); Wassail 6 x 6 pad (Basic Grey)
Ink: Always Artichoke, Ruby Red, Creamy Caramel, Basic Brown (SU!)
Accessories: 3M foam squares, ribbon (craft store)

Color Throwdown #25

This card is for the Color Throwdown Challenge #25. This week's colors were chosen by Tammy Hershberger: Certainly Celery, Pumpkin Pie, Baja Breeze, and Riding Hood Red. I used Jen del Muro's SFYTT for this past Saturday for my layout. For this card I decided to use a MFT set that I've had a while but from which I've only used a couple of stamps: Punny Farm.

My base card is Whisper White, with a layer of Certainly Celery, then a layer of Pumpkin Pie, then a layer of two designs of Basic Grey's Offbeat DP--this paper was PERFECT for this color combination. The focal image was stamped on watercolor paper and colored with markers and reinkers and my blender pen. I paper pieced That Girl's outfit with DP, matted it with Baja Breeze and Riding Hood Red, and popped it up on 3M foam squares. Some twill tape and antique copper brads follow the sketch on the left side of the focal image. The chicken was also watercolored, cut out with Nestabilities dies, matted on Riding Hood Red and is up on 3M foam squares. The sentiment was stamped on Whisper White, cut out with a Nestabilities label die, and is also popped up on foam squares. This was a really fun card to do! Good colors, a good sketch, and a good stamp set--a winning combination!

C'mon over to the Color Throwdown blog and play along with us this week. If you upload your card to a public forum, please use the keyword CTD25 so we can see your beauty all in one place.

Be sure to check out what the other team members have come up with this week:
Broni Holcombe--Splashes of Watercolor
Cathy Indelicato--Crafty Thoughts
Danielle Kennedy--Wild Dragonfly Designs
LeAnne Pugliese--Wee Inklings
Tammy Hershberger--Stamp Happy

Thanks for dropping in!

~Recipe~
Stamps: Punny Farm (MFT)
Paper: Certainly Celery, Pumpkin Pie, Baja Breeze, Riding Hood Red, Whisper White (SU!); Offbeat DP (Basic Grey)
Ink: Basic Black, Riding Hood Red, Certainly Celery, Pumpkin Pie, Baja Breeze, Sahara Sand (SU!)
Accessories: 3M foam squares, twill tape, brads (craft store)

Upsy Daisy Mojo Monday

This card is for Mojo Monday Challenge 68. I'm only a week late, but I'm sliding in just under the wire! This is a great sketch, and shows why Julee's sketches are my go to sketches when I'm stumped (which is often, LOL).

My base card is Whisper White, with a layer of Bravo Burgundy and then a layer of DP from Basic Grey's Eva 6 x 6 pad. The focal image was stamped on Whisper White with Pale Plum using a stamp from SU!'s Upsy Daisy set. I did a little paper piercing in the "empty" corner and matted it with Bravo Burgundy. The next element is more Eva DP on Bravo Burgundy. The sentiment is from Verve's Wonderful Wishes set (LOVE, LOVE, LOVE that set!) and is stamped on Whisper White with Bravo Burgundy. It was cut out with my large oval punch and layered on Bravo Burgundy cut with my curly punch. It's up on 3M foam squares. Green Dew Drops from the Poinsettia bottle accent the strip and the Primas. I'm loving this card, do you?

Thanks for stopping by!

~Recipe~
Stamps: Upsy Daisy (SU!); Wonderful Wishes (Verve)
Paper: Whisper White, Bravo Burgundy (SU!); Eva 6 x 6 pad (Basic Grey)
Ink: Pale Plum, Bravo Burgundy (SU!)
Accessories: Prima flowers; Dew Drops Poinsettia; large oval and curly punches (SU!); paper piercer/mat/corner template (Ornare); 3M foam squares (craft store)

Sweet Love

This card is for the Verve Looking For Love challenge day two, which is a sketch challenge. Julee always has awesome sketches!

My base card is Whisper White with a layer of gray, then pink, then patterned paper from Basic Grey's Perhaps 6 x 6 pad. Love these soft, muted colors in this paper. The gray layer was edged with a Martha Stewart border punch and pink rhinestones coordinate with the design. The focal image was done with stamps from two Inkadinkado sets: Love and Valentine, and Hearts and Love. It was stamped on Whisper White with Rose Red ink stamped off once. Clear rhinestones accent this peice, it's layered on more DP using Nestabilities dies to cut/emboss it, and it's up on 3M foam squares. A pink and silver ribbon and a little heart charm tied on with silver cording finish this card off.

Thanks for stopppin by!

~Recipe~
Stamps: Love and Valentine, and Hearts and Love (Inkadinkado)
Paper: Whisper White (SU!); Perhaps (Basic Gray 6 x 6 pad)
Ink: Rose Red (SU!)
Accessories: Cuttlebug; Nestabilities; rhinestones, 3M foam squares, ribbon, charm (craft store)

My debut--Color Throwdown #24

vI'm so excited! This is my first card as team member for the Color Throwdown challenge! This is challenge number 24 and LeAnne chose these colors:



Aren't these just the sweetest colors together! As soon as I saw them I thought of this stamp set from Our Craft Lounge--here's what I did with it.

My base card is Very Vanilla with a layer of Mellow Moss, a layer of Baja Breeze, and then a layer of DP from Basic Grey's Two Scoops 6 x 6 pad. The second element is simply Baja Breeze on Mellow Moss--I had to make myself *not* put anything else on that element, LOL, but I thought the card was busy enough without anything else--although I surely *do* love busy, LOL. The focal image was stamped on watercolor paper with Versafine Vintage Sepia ink and colored with SU! markers in Mellow Moss and Creamy Caramel--the Baja Breeze was done with a reinker and a blender pen. It was then cut/embossed with a circle Nestabilities die and very lightly sponged around the edges with Baja Breeze. Then it was matted with Baja Breeze and Mellow moss, with small flat-backed pearls added on each scallop. The whole thing is up on 3M foam squares. Three Prima flowers accent the left bottom corner. To get the two challenge color flowers, I simply brushed some ink from reinkers onto white/vanilla primas. Then they were attached with large gold-rimmed pearl brads that I got in the wedding section at Michaels. The sentiment is from the same set and was colored/matted in the same manner and is also up on 3M foam squares. Three flat back pearls give some balance in the lower right corner. This was a great combination for my first challenge as a team member--thanks for making it easy, LeAnne!!

Thanks for stopping by!

~Recipe~
Stamps: For the Love of Birds (Our Craft Lounge)
Paper: Very Vanilla, Mellow Moss, Baja Breeze, watercolor paper (SU!), Two Scoops DP (Basic Grey)
Ink: Creamy Caramel, Mellow Moss, Baja Breeze (SU!), Vintage Sepia (Versafine)
Accessories: Cuttlebug, Nestabilities, small and large flat back pearls, gold rimmed pearls, 3M foam squares (craft store), blender pen, Prima flowers

Thanks so much

This card is for the No Time To Stamp? challenge #68--a thank you card, stamped simply. Never hurts to have one of those on hand, and this gave me an idea for a gift box set, too.

When I first started thinking about how I was going to do this card, I quickly decided on using Basic Grey's Scarlett's Letter DP, fully expecting to use the black/red line. But, while flipping through the paper pad, I ran across this design--I'd never "seen" it since I basically thought of this collection as red and black. I LOVE this brown paper!!!

My base card is Very Vanilla with a layer of the brown DP, then a layer of the "vanilla" DP, then a layer of the brown patterned paper covering half of the card area. I stamped the sentiment directly on the "vanilla" panel with Vintage Sepia Versafine ink and a stamp from Sincere Salutations, tied a sheer brown ribbon around it, and added the focal image up on 3M foam squares. I stamped the focal image with my Just-Rite small round Harmony wooden stamper, a border, and my initials using the Brayton Font set in Vintage Sepia Versafine ink. I then cut/embossed it with my circle Nestabilities dies and layered it on the same two colors of DP that I used on the base card. I love this card, LOL!!!!!

Thanks for stopping by!

~Recipe~
Stamps: Sincere Salutations (SU!), Brayton Font (Just Rite)
Paper: Very Vanilla (SU!), Scarlett's Letter (Basic Grey 6 x6 pad)
Ink: Vintage Sepia (Versafine)
Accessories: small round Harmony wooden stamper (Just Rite), Cuttlebug, Nestabilities, 3M foam squares, ribbon

Lovely Lavender

This card is another triple header. Yeehaw! It's a birthday card, it's for PCP sketch challenge 6, and it's for Holiday Challenge Extravaganza #10--to alter an embellishment.

My base card is Very Vanilla and various elements using DP from Basic Grey's Lily Kate 6 x 6 pad follow the sketch, with a sheer lilac colored ribbon tied around in a bow. The focal image is stamped on watercolor paper with Versafine Smokey Gray ink and an Annie LaPoint stamp from My Favorite Things. I colored the image with Stampin' Markers in Lovely Lilac and Certainly Celery, and outlined it with Sahara Sand for some definition. It was then matted with more DP and mounted with 3M foam squares. The large white Prima flower was stamped with SU!'s Posy backgrounder with Lovely Lilac ink, and all three Primas were attached with a green rhinestone brad. Two lilac rhinestone brads anchor the lower corners.

Thanks for checking in!

~Recipe~
Stamps: Lavender (Annie LaPoint for MFT), Posy backgrounder (SU!)
Paper: watercolor, Very Vanilla (SU!), Lily Kate (Basic Grey)
Ink: Smokey Gray (Versafine), Lovely Lilac, Certainly Celery (SU!)
Accessories: Prima flowers, rhinestone brads (craft store), blender pen, 3M foam squares, ribbon (craft store)

Hearts all in a row.

This card is for Paper Craft Planet's sketch challenge #5 (yes, still catching up, but I'm getting there!).

I tried my best to do color challenge #5 but those colors were just to dang weird--this was the closest I could come, LOL, so I'm skipping that one.

My base card is Very Vanilla, with a layer of Basic Grey's Euphoria DP and then a half layer of Rose Red card stock. I used a Martha Stewart border punch on both of them. The sentiment was stamped with Basic Black with a stamp by Northwoods Rubber Stamps. The focal image(s) were punched with another Martha Stewart punch from more of the Euphoria DP, layered on Tempting Turquoise card stock, and popped up on 3M foam squares. A bit of sheer turquoise and purple ribbon went under them and three Hero Arts hearts give some balance.

Thanks for checking in!

~Recipe~
Stamps: Northwoods Rubber Stamps
Paper: Very Vanilla, Tempting Turquoise, Rose Red, Euphoria (Basic Grey)
Ink: Basic Black
Accessories: Cuttlebug, Nestabilities, Martha Stewart border and heart punches, ribbon, flat-back hearts (Hero Arts)

Embossed Heart

This card is for the Holiday Challenge Extravaganza #8--an inspiration challenge that can be found here. I chose to be inspired by the colors for my card and I used Mercy's sketch #23 for my layout. AND, another Valentine's Day card--another triple header! YAY!!!

My base card is Whisper White, then a layer of silver metallic card stock, then a layer of DP from Basic Grey's Perhaps 6 x 6 pad. The next element is Bravo Burgundy on silver, the next is Pirouette Pink on silver. The focal image is a stamp from the Always set, stamped in Whisper White craft ink and heat embossed with clear embossing powder (note to self: get white embossing powder) on Rose Red card stock layered on silver card stock. Both layers were cut/embossed with Lables Two Nestabilities dies and adhered with 3M foam squares. Two little Hero Arts heart-shaped accent pearls added to the corners of the pink layer finish it off. I like the layout and will use it again, I'm sure.

Thanks for checking in and taking a look!

~Recipe~
Stamps: Always (SU!)
Paper: Whisper White, Bravo Burgundy, Pirouette Pink, Rose Red (SU!), Perhaps (Basic Grey), silver metallic card stock (Office Max)
Ink: Whisper White craft (SU!)
Accessories: Cuttlebug, Labels Two Nestabilities, accent pearls (Hero Arts), 3M foam squares

Snow Wonderful

This card is for SCS color challenge 196: Taken With Teal, Riding Hood Red, Baja Breeze, and Whisper White. I went through my Christmas paper and found that this pattern from Basic Grey's Figgy collection had all the colors in it. Happy day! Then I found this cute little snowman from Inkadinkado's Christmas Characters set and went from there.

My base card is Whisper White with a layer of Baja Breeze on which I used my scalloped border punch and then I paper pierced the scallops. I then added a layer of the Figgy snowman design. The focal image was stamped on Whisper White with Basic Gray ink and watercolored using pads and a brush. The edges were sponged with Baja Breeze and then layered on Riding Hood Red and Taken With Teal and attached with 3M foam squares after adding some clear Dew Drops. The sentiment was stamped on Whisper white with a stamp from Verve's Snow Wonderful set and Basic Gray ink, punched and layered on Riding Hood Red. A ribbon and bow of Riding Hood Red ribbon was just the accent it needed, I think. Liberal use of a Sakura glitter pen on the image and every other available flat surface makes it shimmer in real life.

Thanks for taking a look at today's card!

~Recipe~
Stamps: Christmas Characters (Inkadinkado), Snow Wonderful (Verve)
Paper: Whisper White, Taken With Teal, Riding Hood Red, Baja Breeze (SU!), Figgy (Basic Grey)
Ink: Basic Gray, Taken With Teal, Baja Breeze, Riding Hood Red, Only Orange (SU!)
Accessories: Dew Drops, slot punch, small and large oval punches, scalloped border punch, ribbon (SU!), Sakura glitter pen, sponge, brush

More Challenge Catch Up

This first card is for Color Throwdown #22--pink, green, and black. It's also another one for SCS Sketch Challenge #206. I love Basic Grey's Urban Prairie paper (OK, I love ALL of the Basic Grey papers!) and it has all the required colors in it. And, I just so happen to have a nice little butterfly that goes really well with the butterfly in the paper. I inked up and stamped only one of the butterflies from Inkadinkado's Patterned Bugs stamp in each color, matted them, and attached them with foam squares. The sentiment is from MFT's Simply Said set.




















This card is for Color Throwdown #23--Pirouette Pink, Chocolate Chip, Riding Hood Red, and Kiwi Kiss or Old Olive. Well, as soon as I saw these colors, this paper immediately came to mind: SU!'s Holiday Treasures. The sentiment is from Papertrey Ink's Holiday Wishes set. Some Prima poinsettias, some punched leaves, some rich ribbon, and some glitter brads make this a card I'll keep :)

















Thanks for checking out today's cards. There'll be more tomorrow :)

~Recipe~ Stamps: Patterned Bugs (Inkadinkado); Simply Said (MFT)
Paper: Whisper White, Yoyo Yellow, Cameo Coral, Basic Black, Old Olive (SU!); Urban Prairie (Basic Grey)
Ink: Basic Black, Cameo Coral, Old Olive
Accessories: Cuttlebug, Nestabilites, flower brads (craft store)

~Recipe~
Stamps: Holiday Wishes (Papertrey Ink)
Paper: Holiday Treasures DP, Pirouette Pink, Riding Hood Red, Old Olive, Chocolate Chip
Ink: Chocolate Chip
Accessories: Cuttlebug, Nestabilities, Martha Stewart leaf and leafy branch punches, Prima poinsettias, glitter brads and ribbon (craft store)

Come on in, it's time to party!

Instead of having to hear the door bell ring over and over during my open house, I decided to put this hang tag on the door handle to tell people to come on in! I got the base at Michaels and simply glued DP to it, water colored the cardinal from A Cardinal Christmas set, matted it, attached it, and embellished with ribbon. The message was done with my Just Rite Brayton font letters and the small Harmony rectangular block. To get the letters to curve around the hole, I snipped between the letters and gently pulled them apart. Then I glued them on with my Quickie glue pen. I wish I could take credit for this idea for the letters but I can't. I saw it on one of the blogs I watch but I can't remember whose it was. I do know it was for a Halloween card, so if anyone remembers seeing it please let me know. If I find it, I'll edit this post to give credit. I chose the cardinal 'cause the tree on the front porch is done all in cardinals and as I mentioned in my first post today, I have the woodland theme going on out there. Gotta match, you know ;-) This project was easy to do and lots of people commented on it. This cardinal was easy to do--I stamped on water color paper with Basic Black ink and colored him with my Stampin' markers and my blender pen.

Here's the full view:




















Here's a close-up of the cardinal:
















And here's a close-up of the message:
















Thanks for checking out today's offerings!

~Recipe~
Stamps: A Cardinal Christmas (SU!), Brayton font (Just Rite)
Paper: Figgy (Basic Grey), water color, Very Vanilla (SU!)
Ink: Real Red, Old Olive, Only Orange, Sahara Sand, Creamy Caramel, Basic Black (SU!)
Accessories: blender pen, sponge, emery board, glue stick, sanding block, ribbon (craft store)