Color Throw Down and a Sketch

Good Morning Stampers! Thanks for dropping by!

For the next few days I am going to try to post cards made with stamp sets that are retiring just so I can ink them up one more time!



This first card I made combining the Kerin's sketch for this week at Stamps, Paper, Glitter and the Color Throw Down Challenge.


I started out with a Green Galore card base, added a panel of Chocolate Chip and then my squares punched out with the 1 1/4" Square Punch.
The images from the Hostess Set Darling Dots are inked up using my SU Markers. The sentiment comes from the Big Bold Birthday stamp set and is punched out with the Large Oval Punch and layered on Green Galore punched with the Scallop Oval Punch.



Bright colors but I like it, especially those sweet cupcakes!
See you again soon!
Hugs,
Elizabeth

Color Throw Down and a Sketch

Hi again Stampers!

Today's card is another combo of challenges and boy was this one a challenge! For some reason my creativity is still asleep because I had a hard time getting this card to come together!

I combined the Color Throw Down for the week with Kerin's sketch over at Stamps, Paper, Glitter

I started with a WW card base and added a panel of Bordering Blue stamped in the same color with one of the flowers from the Eastern Blooms stamp set. I stamped the other flowers from the Eastern Blooms set in Elegant Eggplant, Barely Banana, and Bordering Blue randomly on WW and matted it with a panel of Barely Banana.
Next I added a strip of Elegant Eggplant and a smaller strip of Barely Banana across my card. My sentiment comes from the Cute and Curly stamp set, stamped in Elegant Eggplant and punched with the Label Punch. I added a Barely Banana flower punched with my Boho Blossoms punch and a little Metal Sticker from Joann's $1 spot to finish it off.

I hope you are having a terrific weekend! Come back tomorrow when I post the "Last Chance List" of retiring stamp sets and accessories from the Spring/Summer 2009 Catalog. These items go FAST so if there's an In Color Accessory or stamp pad you've been wanting you might want to do it right away!

Hugs,
Elizabeth

Color Throw Down and a Sketch in Purple

Good Morning Stampers! Thanks for stopping by on this Memorial Day weekend!

Today's card is another 2 sketches combined. I took the colors of this week's Color Throw Down of Lovely Lilac, Elegant Eggplant and Old Olive
and combines it with Kerrin's weekly sketch over at Stamps, Paper, Glitter.
I still had some Glossy Cardstock on my work table so I took my Sponge Daubers and inked them up in Old Olive, Elegant Eggplant and Lovely Lilac and randomly colored in my panel. Then I went back and stamped the leaves from the Great Friend set in Old Olive and the butterfly in Elegant Eggplant. You have to be careful when stamping on Glossy Cardstock or your images will smear.


After letting it dry for a bit, I added my brads using my Piercing Tool and Mat Pack, matted it on a piece of Elegant Eggplant and adhered it to my Lovely Lilac card base stamped with Elegant Eggplant leaves. I added the Elegant Eggplant strip and the sentiment was stamped in Elegant Eggplant and Lovely Lilac for the frame and popped up with Dimensionals. I am happy with how this turned out.

Hope you have a terrific rest of your Saturday! I am looking forward to my 2nd Stamp Camp this afternoon!
Hugs,
Elizabeth

Color Throw Down and a Sketch!

Good Morning Stampers! Thanks for stopping by!
Today's card is another two in one-you know how I like to multi-task! I combined this week's Color Throw Down using Certainly Celery, Baja Breeze and Ridinghood Red with Kerrin's sketch at Stamps, Paper, Glitter

I started with my typical WW cardstock base, added a panel of Candy Lane DSP matted with some Certainly Celery cardstock and then added the panel of Urban Garden DSP also matted with Certainly Celery. I added some White Taffeta Ribbon and stamped my sentiment from the Great Friend set in Basic Black. I stamped my butterflies in Baja Breeze and Ridinghood Red and the leaf image in Certainly Celery and popped up the Ridinghood Red butterfly with a piece of Dimensional
.

Ingredients:
Stamps: Great Friend Paper: Urban Garden DSP, Candy Lane DSP, Certainly Celery, WW Ink: Baja Breeze, Certainly Celery, Basic Black, Ridinghood Red Accessories: Scissors, Dimensionals, White Taffeta Ribbon

So what do you think? I'd love to hear from you so leave a comment!
Thanks for stopping by!
Elizabeth

Hope Your Day is Par-Fect!

Good Morning Stampers! Happy Sunday!

Today's card is my submission to Kerin Sylvester's sketch challenge for the week over at Stamps, Paper, Glitter. Go check out her blog and give one of her sketches a try! This week the winner gets a prize!!!

I just got the Many Mower stamp set from the Occasions Mini and it is the perfect, or should I say "par-fect" stamp set for a guy. Lawn Mowers, Golf, Remotes and Recliners what more do they want that is acceptable for a stamp set?! ;)

I started out with a Whisper White card base and added a panel of Kiwi Kiss stamped with the Polka Dot background stamp from the dormant list. Next I added the black panel with white strips top and bottom. I stamped my image in Black Stazon and colored it in with my SU Markers.
I used a Scallop Circle as a stencil and sponged some Bashful Blue to make the sky and clouds. The grass is a strip of Kiwi Kiss that I cut with scissors and the Ballet Blue panel sits behind the main image. The two 1" Circles are embossed with the Swiss Dots Cuttlebug Embossing folder and sponged on the edges with Sahara Sand to look like golf balls. What do you think?

Ingredients:
Stamps: Many Mower, Polka Dot background Paper: WW, Kiwi Kiss, Ballet Blue, Basic Black Ink: Kiwi Kiss, Black Stazon, SU Markers, Sahara Sand, Bashful Blue Accessories: Scallop Circle Punch (for clouds), 1" Circle Punch, Swiss Dots, Cuttlebug Embossing Folder, Dimensionals, Sponges

Hope you have a great day!
Hugs,
Elizabeth

Two More Challenges!

Hi there Stampers! Thanks for taking time out of your day to stop by!



So yesterday I pulled out my Basic Gray, Baja Breeze and Ruby Red to play along with the folks at the Color Throw Down blog and made a card for the Diva Coffee Break Challenge. Since I already had these colors on my table I figured I'd use my scraps to make a couple more.

I wasn't sure where to start so I checked out Kerin's sketch challenge for the week over at her blog Stamps, Paper Glitter! I started again with a Whisper White card base and stamped it randomly with the flowers from Fifth Avenue Floral in Baja Breeze, Basic Gray and Ruby Red. Next I added a Baja Breeze panel that I ran through my Big Shot with the Swiss Dots Cuttlebug Embossing Folder. The Ruby Red panel is embossed with the Manhattan Flower Textured Impression Die (page 202 of the IB&C)-I LOVE this look and it's a steal for $7.95!
I stamped the big flower in Basic Gray added some Dazzling Diamonds glitter with my 2 Way Glue Pen and matted it on a Basic gray panel after punching the corners with my Ticket Corner Punch. The final touches are some White Taffeta Ribbon and some gray brads in the corners.

Ingredients:
Stamps: Fifth Avenue Floral Paper: Ruby Red, Baja Breeze, Basic Gray, WW Ink: Ruby Red, Baja Breeze, Basic Gray Accessories: Ticket Corner Punch, 2 Way Glue Pen, Dazzling Diamonds, Dimensionals, Swiss Dots Cuttlebug Embossing Folder, Manhaatan Flower Textured Impressions Die, White Taffeta Ribbon, brads, 1/16" Punch

Hope you have a super day and have some time to create today!
hugs,
Elizabeth

A New Challenge

Good Morning Stampers! Happy Good Friday to you!



As I was doing my typical hour long blog surf the other day I happened upon a fun blog that I have since favorited. Kerin Sylvester does weekly sketch challenges at her blog Stamps, Paper, Glitter and I thought this week I'd play along using the colors from Kristina Werner's Color Challenge for this week.

When I saw Pacific Point as one of the colors in Kristina's challenge for the week I knew I wanted to use the bird from Good Friend and the coordinating paper from the Good Morning Sunshine DSP. Those little birds are just too cute!

I started out with my fairly typical WW card base, added my strips of Good Morning Sunshine DSP and my Basic Black cardstock with little strips of Kiwi Kiss. I then stamped the bird image in Pacific Point and Rose Red and stamped the beak and tail again on a scrap so I could add Dimensionals to them and popped them up for interest. I managed to stamp these without my Stamp-A-Ma-Jig to line my images up perfectly, but it would have been a good time to use it-I was lucky! I matted my main panel in Basic Black and added some Sizzix Sizzlits Little Leaves in Kiwi Kiss to make it look like my bird was in a tree. The final touch was my sentiment from the Only Ovals set layered on a Rose Red Scallop Oval both from the Occasions Mini Catalog.

Don't forget about Stampin' Up's current Get Connected Promotion! For the month of April when you purchase $40 in product from the Occasions Mini Catalog or $150 from either the Occasions Mini or the big Idea Book and Catalog (or hostess a workshop for that amount)you get to choose anything from the "Under $10" section of the Idea Book and Catalog for FREE!! (It's on page 208) Who can pass up FREE STAMPS?!?!

Ingredients:
Stamps: Oval All, Good Friend Paper: WW, Basic Black, Kiwi Kiss, Rose Red, Good Morning Sunshine DSP Ink: Basic Black, Kiwi Kiss, Rose Red, Pacific Point Accessories: Sizzix Sizzlits Little Leaves, Scallop Oval Punch, Dimensionals, Googlie Eye

Have a fantastic Friday and I'll see you tomorrow.
Hugs,
Elizabeth