Embellish Magazine Color Challenge Baby Theme #2

Hi everyone! I was going through my favorite blogs and saw Embellish Magazine's color challenge once more. And once again, I was inspired to make another card for submission. This is different from my last one. As you can see...no label stamps. hahaha! I thought I'd deviate from it a bit today. I had just gotten my Spellbinders dies and I really wanted to use them. I thought it would be perfect to use on a baby theme card.

I love, love, love the Spellbinder Dies. I'm only starting to build my collection. But I'll get there eventually! Just like I will if I ever get to start on my Copic marker collection!!! ;) Anyway, here's my second card for this color challenge! Enjoy!

Supplies:

Cardstock - vintage cream, spring moss, lemon tart (PTI), peach (DCWV)

Patterned Paper - Me & My Big Ideas

Stamps - monkey (Inkadinkado), sentiment (PTI), For You (SU)

Ink - Colorbox, Staz On

Others - edge punch (Martha Stewart, Fiskars), ribbon (Offray)

Absolutely Fabulous!

Hi everyone! I've read that most paper crafters make their best work during the wee hours of the night. I don't know about myself, but I just take forever in making a card. Which is why I end up posting my work so late. Haha! I can never make up my mind about what to make. And I almost always start with no idea whatsoever! I always need something to start with, like a stamp or a patterned paper, or an idea from a magazine. I'm not one to carry a little sketch pad where I put all my great ideas. But hopefully one day ideas will just come. My inspiration for this card was the gorgeous flower in Papertrey Ink's Friends till the End stamp set. I started from there...and this is where it led me...

I wish Papertrey Ink would come up with a line of lighter cardstock for layering purposes. Does anyone find it too thick for this? I was thinking of postage and hoped that this card wasn't too heavy. I also had a hard time using the intricate Martha Stewart edge punch. I was a bit afraid I might break it because of all the pressure I had to put just to punch the heavy cardstock. Ah well....perhaps in the future there will be a lighter cardstock from Papertrey Ink that will carry all of their wonderful colors.

Speaking of colors...I colored the huge flower using colored pencils, then finished them off with gamsol to even out everything. I can't tell you how much I want Copic markers!!! :) I'll probably try to collect them slowly as I am doing with my long...long...long...want list from Papertrey Ink. Anyway, here's my card. I hope you all like it! Enjoy!

Supplies:

Cardstock - cream, spring moss (PTI)

Patterned Paper - pink damask (Me & My Big Ideas)

Stamps - Friends till the End, Mega Mixed Messages (PTI), script background (Hero Arts)

Ink - Staz On, Distress Ink (Tim Holtz), brown (Colorbox)

Others - ribbon (Walmart), oval, scalloped oval (Spellbinders), edge punch (Martha Stewart)

WMSC3 Sketch

Hi friends! Advanced Happy Father's Day to everyone! We celebrated it earlier and had dinner tonight instead of the dreaded wait tomorrow when everyone's out. Anyway, Waltzingmouse Stamps came up with another sketch today. I LOVED Claire and Jennifer's cards! They were sooo beautiful. I wanted to use my Damask Stamp set with this one, and what better color to stamp it on but on pink! :) And YES, I'm still stuck on labels!!! I used my favorite label stamp from Lovely Labels AGAIN... I can't wait for next month when I can order in my Label stamp sets from Waltzingmouse!!! If I'm stuck on this one stamp set...I can't imagine how stuck I'm going to be when I get those label stamp sets!!! Here it is, enjoy!!!

Supplies:

Carstock - kraft, sweet blush, berry sorbet (PTI), brown, cream (Paper Comapany)

Stamps - Damask (PTI), Lovely Labels (Gina K)

Ink - Colorbox

Others - ribbon, rhinestones, edge punch (Martha Stewart)

Embellish Magazine Color Challenge - Baby Theme

Hi everyone! Happy Friday! Embellish Magazine has another color challenge. And this time it's a soft buttery baby combination. I think it's such a sweet combination. Like I said, I was still hung up on my Lovely Labels stamp set from Gina K. This one is my absolute favorite in the entire collection. Now I just have to get my hands on the Spellbinders coordinating die!

I hope the colors came out ok. My peach cardstock looks a little orange. I tried fixing it in Photoshop but I just couldn't get the right colors to come out. Anyway, I still like how it turned out. Enjoy!

Supplies:

Cardstock - Vintage Cream, Yellow (PTI), Peach (SEI)

Patterned Paper - Yellow and Cream stripes (Paper Company)

Stamps - Lovely Labels (Gina K), Polkadot Basics 2, Baby Button Bits (PTI)

Ink - green, white, black (Colorbox)

More from Lovely Labels

Hi all! I didn't make any cards tonight but I already made 2 last night. I'm so in love with my Gina K Lovely Labels stamp set!!! I made another card using it. I can't wait until I get all the coordinating Nestabilities dies for it. Anyway, this is a relatively simple card. I just used my PTI Damask Designs stamp set to make the background. Then used 2 stamps from the Lovely Labels to make the layered central label. I just love it sooo much, I think you'll be seeing more cards with labels this week! :) Enjoy!

Supplies:

Cardstock - Papertrey Ink

Stamps - Damask Designs (PTI), Lovely Labels (Gina K)

Others - ribbon (Wendy)

Color Cue {5} Challenge #2

Hi friends! My new stamp sets came in today!!! Yay! So...I HAD to try some of them out! :) Since I made the Color Cue Challenge last night I was still stuck with the color combination. I'm not sure if you're allowed to submit more than one, but I just wanted to use the colors anyway. I have been seeing Gina K's Lovely Labels everywhere I look! I'm so excited that it arrived today! I've also been waiting for my Turning a New Leaf from Papertrey Ink for quite awhile now. I got in some other stamp sets but I couldn't use them all on one card hee! Maybe I'll use them on the next challenge that catches my eye. I also used a sketch from Go-to-Sketches on Papercrafts. Anyway, I hope you like it. I made a Father's Day card since it's Father's Day this Sunday. My dad is half way across the globe :( I miss him a lot. This one is for him! Love you dad! Enjoy!

Supplies:

Cardstock - white, hawaiian shores (PTI), brown (Paper Company), orange (SEI)

Stamps - Lovely Labels (Gina K), Turning a New Leaf, Mega Mixed Messages, Friends 'till the end (PTI)

Others - ribbon (Wendy), rhinestones (Walmart)

Color Cue {5} Challenge

Hi friends! How's your week going so far? I managed to squeeze in a little card making tonight. I saw the Color Cue challenge and I really loved the fun color combo. I was looking through my Paper Crafts magazine this morning and I loved Debbie Olson's wedding card. So I CASEd (thanks Edna I now know what this means hee!) it and I just love how it turned out. Don't you just love Debbie? She's like on a whole different "stamping" field!!! She should change her blog name to Stamping Diva/Goddess or something! :) Her cards never fail to capture my attention. And I love her precision and attention to detail. So, thanks for the inspiration Debbie!!! 

Enjoy the rest of the week everyone!

Supplies:
Cardstock - Hawaiian Shores, White (PTI), Brown (Paper Company)
Patterned Paper - Orange (SEI)
Ink - Colorbox
Stamps - Eastern Blooms, Sincere Salutations (SU), Vintage Labels (PTI)
Others - ribbon (Wendy), label dies (Nestabilities), button (Walmart)