Color Throwdown #83 is in The Kitchen

[If you're looking for my Flourishes Celebration Day Three card, please scroll down to the next post. Thanks!]

It's Color Throwdown day!!! Today, Tammy has given us quite the color palette to work with: Melon Mambo, Marigold Morning, Wild Wasabi, and Bermuda Bay. We also have a sponsor today: Kitchen Sink Stamps! Get all the deets at the Throwdown blog.I love this big ol' sentiment image that I'm using today. It's from a Kitchen Sink set called Thanks With Style.


When I read this color combination I immediately thought of this Urban Prairie paper by Basic Grey. The green is not *quite* Wild Wasabi but it's close enough ;-). And, I don't have Marigold Morning so I'm using Summer Sun. PTI Summer Sunrise would be perfect, too. The layout is obvious, so I won't bore you with those details, but I stamped the image on One Sheet Wonder card stock with Versafine Onyx Black ink. Some corner punching, some flat backed pearls, and a bow later and I was done! Really simple, with minimal stamping, no coloring and I love it. Win-win, I'd say :)

Remember, you do not have to have the exact colors to play. If you don't, just use the closest you have. So, c'mon over to the Color Throwdown blog and play along with us this week. Please use the link service to post your card and please link directly to your card so we can find it easily. And please include a link in your post to the Color Throwdown. If you upload your card to a public forum, please use the keyword CTD83 so we can see your beauty all in one place. Hope to see you there! And 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
Kirstin Beuter--Mindless Creativity
Pam Speidel from Stamping with {Serendipity} - March Guest Designer

Thanks for dropping by today!

~Supplies~
Stamps: Thanks With Style (Kitchen Sink Stamps)
Paper: Basic Black, Bermuda Bay, Summer Sun (SU!); Urban Prairie (Basic Grey); One Sheet Wonder (MFT)
Ink: Versafine Onyx Black
Accessories: Ticket Corner Punch (SU!); ribbon, flat backed pearls (craft store)

Birthday Hibiscus

Here's another project that I did a while back but haven't posted here yet. A very good friend loves hibiscus so I made this set for her birthday present. It's done with the Kitchen Sink hibiscus set. I finally got enough good images for a set of four Thank You note cards--it took me several tries. I did the pink one you see, an orange one, a yellow one, and a lavender one--each on different patterned paper (all basic Grey), all using Old Olive as the anchor color, and all just like the one you see here. The sentiment is from PTI's Mega Mixed Messages.

Thanks for dropping by today!

~Recipe~
Stamps: Hibiscus (Kitchen Sink Stamps); Mega Mixed Messages (PTI)
Paper: Whisper White, Old Olive (SU!); assorted patterned papers (Basic Grey)
Ink: assorted to match each color scheme (SU!)
Accessories: 3M foam squares, ribbon (craft store)

Stars and Stripes--Stamp Simply #94

It's time for another Stamp Simply Challenge and Sharon is asking us to use stars and stripes this week since it's so close to July 4th. Here's the challenge in her words:

July 3 - ssnotime94 - Stars and Stripes - In honor of the 4th of July I thought today it would be fun to incorporate stars and stripes into our work. Making a patriotic card is totally OK, but you NEED NOT make your card patriotic. As long as you have some stars and stripes somewhere in your creation, we will call you good to go! As always, hope you have fun with this! Anxious to see what you all choose to do!

Even though this didn't *have* to be a patriotic card, I haven't done one this year so I thought I'd take this opportunity to do just that. I was aiming for a primitive feel for this card and I think I got it.

I started with a Very Vanilla base and gave it a fair amount of distressing with Ranger Distress ink in Old Photograph. Then a layer of Night Of Navy with the border punched and layers of Riding Hood Red and a craft store red gingham that were also ink distressed and sown. The star buttons were pure white in another life, but I smeared some Copic marker on them and called them antique white ;-) Same for the ribbon--it was "tea stained" with a Copic marker. The focal image flag is from a Flourishes' recent release called Patriotism on Parade. It was stamped on Pure Luxury 80 lb paper by Gina K with Memento Tuxedo Black ink, colored with Copic markers, cut out, and ink distressed. It was mounted with 3M foam squares on three layers of Nestabilities die cuts, which were also ink distressed and also up on foam squares. I used the Reverse Scalloped dies for two layers--I thought they suggested fire works, LOL! I tied the buttons on with Perle cotton and stamped the sentiment, from Kitchen Sink Stamps' Ready 4 Any Holiday set, on the Very Vanilla edge. Yep, I think I got prim.

Come along and play with us and take the challenge--we'd love to see what you come up with. If you do, be sure to leave a comment on Sharon's blog telling her where you uploaded. Please use the keyword ssnotime94 if you upload to a public forum. Check out Sharon's fabulous sample and also the great designs from the Stamp Simply team:

Rose Ann - July Guest Designer

Julie Koerber

Jennifer Buck

Janine Orchard

A J Otto

Tammy Hershberger

Deb Saarenen

Jenny Gropp

I'm so glad you stopped by today!

~Recipe~
Stamps: Patriotism on Parade (Flourishes); Ready 4 Any Holiday (Kitchen Sink Stamps)
Paper: Very Vanilla, Night Of Navy, Riding Hood Red (SU!); red gingham (craft store); Pure Luxury 80 lb. (Gina K)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories: Cuttlebug/Nestabilities Reverse Scalloped Circles; 3M foam squares, ribbon, star buttons, Perle cotton (craft store); Copic markers; sewing machine; border punch (Martha Stewart)

Happily Ever After--Sketches! {by Tamara} # 88

It's Thursday so it's time for another Sketches! {by Tamara} challenge. This one is #88. I have trouble with round cards, so this one WAS a challenge for me.

My base card is Whisper White. I ran it through my Cuttlebug with the largest Large Scalloped circle Nestabilities die, leaving a "hinge". I then used a stamp from a Kitchen Sink Stamps set called Never a Loss 4 Words. I needed something long and flexible enough to curve around and this one fit the bill, so, I decided this would be a wedding or anniversary card. I then stamped a wedding cake from an Inkadinkado set called Wedding, added some Prima flowers with crystal brads, and some faceted jewels at each scallop. I then punched a slot at the hinge and tied a pale blue bow through it.

Thanks for looking!

Don't forget to check out the sketch at the Sketches! {by Tamara} blog and give it a try--we'd love to see what you come up with!

And be sure to check out the other team members' cards:
Alexandra--California Stampin'
Becky--Bouncy, Flouncy, Fun, Fun, Fun
Carol--Carol's Paperplayce
Jo--Here I Go Again
Krista--Krista be cardin'
Marley--Marley Blog
Olena--From My Hands...To Your Heart
Riley--Stampin' and Dancin' With Riley
Suzanne--Stamp In Style and Cut It Cute
Sylvia--Sylvia's Stamping Place
Tricia--Tricia's Treasures

Thanks for dropping by!

~Recipe~
Stamps: Never a Loss 4 Words (Kitchen Sink Stamps; Wedding (Inkadinkado)
Paper: Whisper White (SU!)
Ink: Basic Black (SU!)
Accessories: Cuttlebug/Nestabilities; 3M foam squares, ribbon, brads, jewels (craft store); Prima flowers

Taggin' the new year!

This card is for the Holiday Challenge Extravaganza #9 over at Splitcoast. The challenge was to use a tag on your card. Well, I couldn't get by with just one tag, LOL!!

My base card is Basic Black with a layer of silver metallic card stock, then a layer of DP. I cut the focal image tag and the numbers with dies from the Cuttlebug Yard Sale alphabet set. The numbers are cut from silver glitter paper from a DCWV glitter pad.. The tag is tied on with some silver ribbon. The sentiment tag was stamped on Basic Black with silver pigment ink and heat embossed with clear embossing powder and tied on with silver cord. A few starbursts using a Martha Stewart punch finish this baby off. I like it!

Thanks for stopping by and checking this one out!

~Recipe~
Stamps: Ready 4 Any Holiday (Kitchen Sink Stamps)
Paper: Basic Black (SU!), silver metallic card stock (Office Max), DP (craft store), silver glitter paper (DCWV)
Ink: silver pigment (craft store)
Accessories: Cuttlebug, Yard Sale alphabet die set, Nestabilities tag die, Martha Stewart starburst punch, silver ribbon and cord (craft store), clear embossing powder, heat gun

Looking forward

OK, Christmas is over and it's time to look to the future. This card is for SCS sketch challenge #207 and clearly is looking forward. This was a fun card and I love this sketch now--didn't think I would when I first saw it, though.

My base card is Basic Black, with a layer of silver metallic card stock, then a layer of DP that is black with silver stars.

Most of this is pretty self explanatory. I cut the numbers out with my Cuttlebug and the Harmony alphabet using silver glitter paper from a DCWV glitter stack and attached with my Quickie Glue Pen, although running it through a Xyron would have worked well. The "welcome" is stamped in silver pigment ink using Kitchen Sink's Never A Loss 4 Words set.

I'm loving this card--a great way to welcome the new year! Thanks for taking a look today!

~Recipe~
Stamps: Never A Loss 4 Words (Kitchen Sink Stamps)
Paper: Basic Black, silver metallic card stock (Office Max), DP (craft store)
Ink: Silver pigment ink (craft store)
Accessories: Cuttlebug, Harmony Alphabet

Well, ain't this somethin'!!

The card I posted last night to Paper Craft Planet's Twelve Days of Christmas Contest won for day number one!!!! I win two sets of Kitchen Sink stamps. I hit the jackpot!!! I can't wait to get them and stamp something! Must make time to make a card for day two, LOL.