Wishing You a Beautiful Day - CTD #130 and MFTWSC #8

Good morning!! Are you ready for a couple of Wednesday challenges? I'm back with the Color Throwdown and this week's MFT Wednesday Sketch Challenge. My bestie, Tammy Hershberger, is the host this week for the Color Throwdown and here are the colors she has chosen:

And, here's the MFT Sketch - another fabulous sketch that I know I'll go back to again.You can find the sketch on the MFT blog and also in the MFT forum on SCS, as well as in the weekly newsletter.  The Challenge and Design Teams will be on hand to provide plenty of inspiration to get you started.

 

So, here's my card. I decided to channel my sweet friend Silke and embrace some white. Nobody does that like Silke and I'll tell you, these colors really threw me for a loop. I sat and looked at the swatches for a long while before I decided to go with mostly white and use the colors for accents. And I ended up with a card I really like.

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 CTD130 so we can see your beauty all in one place. Hope to see you there! Be sure to check out what the other team members have come up with this week!

LeAnne Pugliese - Wee Inklings

Broni Holcombe - Splashes of Watercolor

Danielle Kennedy - Wild Dragonfly Designs

Tammy Hershberger - Stamp Happy

Kristin Beuter - Mindless Creativity

Laura Pryor - Lil' Inker Designs

Cathy Indelicato - Crafty Thoughts...

Joan Ervin, February guest Designer - Stamping With a Passion

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

 

~Supplies~

Stamps: Framed Greetings (MFT)

Paper: Sweet Tooth (MFT); Chocolate Chip, Pear Pizazz card stock, Pretty In Pink, Tangerine Tango, and So Saffron DSP (SU!)

Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa

Accessories/tools: Cuttlebug (Provocraft); Framed Greetings, Faux Crochet Border, and Mini Rolled Roses Die-namics (MFT); pop dots, ribbon (craft store); leaf punch (Martha Stewart)

 

Discover Your Wings - Taylored Expressions Key Ingredients

Hi, everyone! I have a Taylored Expressions Key Ingredients project for you today! This month's kit is gorgeous! Every paper from My Mind's Eye is so elegant and there are flowers and ribbons so you know I'm happy :)

For the card above, I started with a vanilla base and added a layer of the aqua card stock included in the kit. Then I stamped one of my favorite images from Discover Your Wings with Memento Rich Cocoa ink. Next I added a strip using the aqua patterned paper and the chocolate brown card stock in the kit and stamped the sentiment at the bottom. Then I added a piece of ribbon and a two-layer flower with a fancy brad - all from the kit. I added some punched out aqua leaves ('cause flowers gotta have leaves), and finally, I stamped a butterfly from the stamp set, cut it out, and popped it up on a little strip of foam.

If you haven't seen the projects that the Key Ingredients Team has posted at the Key Ingredients blog, you need to. Just sayin' ;-) You can find the Key Ingredients Blog HERE, and if you want to see the Key Ingredients Gallery, click HERE.

Thanks SO much for stopping by today!

~Supplies~

Stamps: Discover Your Wings (Taylored Expressions)

Paper: Taylored Expressions February Key Ingredients Kit

Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa

Accessories/tools: ribbon, flowers, brad (Taylored Expressions February Key Ingredients Kit); leaf punch (Martha Stewart); foam tape (craft store)

Happy Birthday - C4C #75

It's Crazy 4 Challenges day so it must be Saturday, right? ;-) Yep, it is, and today's challenge is brought to us by Angela Wood: to use dies. Um, yeah, I can do that :)

We also have a sponsor today - Paper Pretties Stamps. You can get all the deets at the C4C blog.

I decided to go kinda CAS with this card, but I used several dies.

I stamped an image from PTI's Turning a New Leaf with Versamark on Kraft for my card base. Next, I added a strip of Dark Chocolate, cut with the Medium Scalloped Border die and a Spiral Notebook Page element stamped with the receipt from It's Official. to qualify for PTI's Make-It Monday Challenge, I added a vellum strip with the sentiment from Butterfly Dreams stamped in Dark Chocolate. Finally, I added a felt flower cut with Beautiful Blooms I dies and some paper leaves cut with a die from Leaf Prints. I finished it off with a button and some twine. I'm not sure I like the vellum spanning the Rustic Cream and Dark Chocolate papers - but it is what it is ;-)

Sooooo, NOW, be sure to check out the samples by the rest of my crazy girls...er, I mean the Crazy 4 Challenges team ;-)

• Angela Wood
• Cindy Haffner
• Frances Byrne
• Jessie Rone
• Joanne Grzelak
• Joycelyn Turner
• Lynda Benden
• Maria Bell
• Silke Kittmann
• Silke Ledlow
• Tammy Hershberger
• Vicki Garrett
  

THEN, you know what to do--we'd love to have you come along and play with us. Just do your thing with the challenge and link it to Mr. Linky on the Crazy 4 Challenges blog. Please link directly to your project. And, if you upload to a public gallery, please use the key word C4C75.

Thanks so much for dropping in today! 

 

~Supplies~

Stamps: Butterfly Dreams, Turning a New Leaf (PTI)

Paper: Kraft, Dark Chocolate, Simply Chartreuse, Rustic Cream (PTI); vellum (craft store)

Ink: Versamark; Dark Chocolate (PTI)

Accessories/tools: Cuttlebug (Provocraft); Medium Scalloped Border, Spiral Notebook Page, Beautiful Blooms I, and Leaf Prints dies, button, twine, dark chocolate and Hawaiian Shores felt (PTI)

Flourishes Friday Free For All

Mornin' everyone! Today is Flourishes Friday Free For All! I have another card from the last release set From the Desk Of. Apparently, I just can't help but make a vintage card with this set ;-)

For this card, I stamped the letter packet image with Memento Rich Cocoa ink and stamped it off once before stamping on Classic White card stock. Then I colored it with very light colors so I could stamp the sentiment over it. Then I cut it out with a Classic Oval Nestabilities die and matted it with more die cut layers. The post card is from my patterned paper and was just perfect for this card. Some lace, some twine, and a die cut butterfly finish it off.

Now, be sure to hop around and see what the rest of the Flourishes team has for you using this set! 

• Christine Okken
• Cindy Lawrence
• Danielle Kennedy
• Dawn Burnworth
• Jan Marie Caruso
• Julie Koerber - D T Coordinator
• Leslie Miller
• Stacy Morgan

And, don't forget that this is the last day to take advantage of the New Release Bundle. You can find out all about that right HERE.

Also, don't forget about the Gambler's Sale that's ongoing. Selected items are now 20% off--don't take a chance on missing out of some fabulous products! Check it out HERE.

Here are the Copic markers I used on this card:

Thanks SO much for stopping by today!

~Supplies~

Stamps: From the Desk Of (Flourishes)

Paper: Classic White (Flourishes); Soft Suede (SU!); Once Upon a Springtime 8 x 8 pad (Graphic 45)

Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa; Versafine Sepia; Antique Linen Distress Ink (Ranger)

Accessories/tools: Cuttlebug (Provocraft); Classic Oval, Large Rectangle Nestabilities (Spellbinders); Butterfly Die-namics die (MFT); twine (PTI); lace; Dew Drops; sewing machine

Christmas Pursuits Challenge - PEACE and MERRY

Hi there! I'm back with another installment of my Christmas Challenge. Are you tired of my letters yet? I'm getting there, LOL! But, I know I'll be happy come Christmas time if I have them all done. Since I wasn't able to post any last week, I have two sets this week.

But first, I want to show you the luscious pile of seam binding I dyed up last week. I wanted some light colors since Spring is on the way. Yum!!

OK, on to the letters.

First up is PEACE before:

And after:

MERRY before:

MERRY after:

Just a little somethin' on each letter, but I think overall there's a big difference in the look. OK, another set for next week: WELCOME.

Thanks so much for stopping by! Tomorrow I'll have another card using one of the latest Flourishes releases so I hope you'll stop by again!