Color Throwdown #12

I can't believe the Color Throwdown challenge is 12 weeks old already! This week's colors are Real Red, Old Olive, and Kraft and I love 'em!! Don't you just love Kraft paper? It's such a wonderful neutral, IMO.

This card started with a Kraft base. I was really short on time (when am I not!!??) so I grabbed this Inkadinkado stamp that I've been wanting to use and stamped it in Real Red on Kraft paper. I then matted it with Real Red and Old Olive card stock and mounted it on the base with dimensionals. But before I did that, I tied a 1" red and kraft gingham ribbon around the card base. Then I added green Dew Drops to finish it off. Another easy card that will also be good to mass produce. I like it and I hope you do too. Thanks for visiting!

Recipe: Stamps--Noel (Inkadinkado); Paper--Real Red, Old Olive, and Kraft (SU!); Ink--Real Red (SU!); Accessories--ribbon (craft store), Dew Drops.

Happy Thanksgiving

This is the final week of the Jacksonbelle Inkadinkado contest. I've so enjoyed playing along with it--it's been great fun!

I started this card with a Chocolate Chip base. The focal image was stamped on Very Vanilla card stock with Basic Brown ink and was sponged with Ranger Distress ink in Antique Linen. Then it was layered on Old Olive card stock. I cut a piece of DP from American Crafts line called Pumpkin Pie with my new petite oval Nestabilities die. I then paper pierced around it after it was layered on More Mustard card stock that had also been distressed with the same ink. I added some orange, green, and copper brads and mounted the focal image up on dimensionals. It was an easy card and will be a good one to mass produce. Thanks for looking!

Recipe: Stamps--Inkadinkado Thanksgiving; Paper--Very Vanilla, More Mustard, Chocolate Chip, Old Olive (SU!), American Crafts Pumpkin Pie DP; Ink--Basic Brown (SU!), Ranger Distress ink in Antique Linen; Accessories--Cuttlebug, 1/16" hole punch, Petite Oval Nestabilities die, brads (craft store), paper piecer and mat.

Gimme the corn!

I love this paper and this little stamp, don't you? So, I sat down to make a card with them and this is what I came up with--it just sorta evolved into what you see here and I love it!

The DP is by Heidi Grace and is called, appropriately, Candy Corn. It's from the Jeepers Creepers line of Shimmer Glitter paper and it does both very nicely. The Candy Corn stamp is from Impression Obsession, as is the sentiment. The words are from a sheet of words and I don't have the name of it at hand--I'll look and add it later.

I started by stamping the candy corn on Whisper White card stock with Basic Black ink, and colored it with Pumpkin Pie and So Saffron markers. After cutting/embossing with my small oval Nestabilities die, it was layered on a piece of Basic Black card stock, cut/embossed with a small scalloped oval die, and then on a layer of Pumpkin Pie card stock, also cut/embossed with a small oval die, and is up on dimensionals. The DP was put on a layer of Basic Black with a double sided satin ribbon in black and orange wrapped around, and is on a card base of Pumpkin Pie. The double photo corner is accented with brads and is up on dimensionals. The sentiment was stamped with Basic Black on Whisper white card stock and the ends rounded with the word window punch. It was then layered on a piece of Pumpkin Pie cardstock cut/embossed with a Nestabilities die. It's also accented with brads and is up on dimentionals.

Thanks for visiting and looking. Have a great day!

Recipe: Stamps--Candy Corn and sentiment (Impression Obsession); Paper--Whisper White, Basic Black, Pumpkin Pie (SU!); Ink--Basic Black and Pumpkin Pie and So Saffron markers (SU!); Accessories--Word Window punch, Photo Corner punch, small oval and small scalloped oval Nestabilities, Cuttlebug, ribbon and brads (craft shop).

Thinking of you from the garden.

On September 22, 2007, a very dear friend of ours passed away after a long illness. This card is for his wife, also a dear friend, on the anniversary of his passing. I hope it will bring her a tiny bit of comfort.

I wanted soft, soothing images on this card and this one fits the bill perfectly. It's From the Garden, a hostess gift from the Spring and Summer catalog. I love it's simplicity and elegance. I started with a Blush Blossom card base and stamped the image in Blush Blossom on Whisper White card stock after using the scallop punch on the bottom edge. I tied a bow with some blush colored sheer ribbon around the stamped layer, stamped the sentiment in Creamy Caramel, and added flat back pearls for balance.

Unlike most cards I make, I knew exactly what I was going to do before I sat down to make it. And it came together and turned out exactly like I pictured it would. I love it. Thanks for visiting!

Recipe: Stamps--From the Garden and Sincere Salutations (SU!); Paper--Whisper White and Blush Blossom (SU!); Ink--Blush Blossom and Creamy Caramel (SU!); Accessories--ribbon and flat back pearls (craft store).

Little Halloween Spider

I was just playing around and made this simple little Halloween card. I need several cards to send to an online group and this will be one of them. It was quick to make and if time gets short, I'll make them all like this one. I started with craft store orange card stock and added a Basic Black layer that I'd run through my Cuttlebug with the new Spider Web folder. Then I stamped this cute little spider that I picked up on the sale rack at Hobby Lobby on Whisper White. I cut/embossed that image with a small circle Nestabilities die. I cut an orange mat with a small scalloped Nestabilities die and layered the spider image on it. I ran a piece of craft store orange and black polka-dotted ribbon under the focal image, which was popped up on foam tape. Easy peasy and it's done!

Recipe: Stamps--Willnway Halloween; Paper--Whisper White and Basic Black (SU!), orange (craft store); Ink--Basic Black (SU!); Accessories--Cuttlebug and Spider Web folder, small circle and small scalloped Nestabilites dies, ribbon (craft store).