Celebrate Card

I might just have to call this card one of my favorites! I combined Kelly Jo's Color Chef Challenge and Amy R's Sketch to create it. Honestly, I was very challenged by this color combo at first. I hated it (no offense, Kelly Jo!!).

One thing about Sketches is that I really have to be able to envision what I'm going to do with it before I even start... otherwise I end up with a lot of wasted paper! So I tend to just stare at the sketch for a couple minutes and envision which stamp set would go best with the style and placement of the Sketch. Now, with color challenges I usually end up having to make my own background or patterned paper for the project. That is where CTMH's Background stamps come in very handy (i.e. Argyle Backgrounds D1325, Brilliant Backgrounds D1251, Intrinsic Backgrounds D1335, or Spot On Backgrounds D1280 -- used here).

RECIPE:

COLORS: Cranberry, Honey, Black & White

STAMPS:

Spot On Backgrounds D1280
Butterfly Wings D1341
Say It In Style D1283

Embellishments: Misc. Flower, White Ribbon and Brads -- the Butterfly is up on Foam Squares

Color Chef Challenge #6

Everyone knows that my favorite color is GREEN! This weeks Color Chef Challenge was Green, Dark Green and White... couldnt resist! Oh! and I just bought Martha Stewart's mini butterfly punch and have recently become addicted to hand stitching small details onto my projects...So here is my cute card.

**I am still deciding what to use for the butterfly bodies... thinkin Rhinstones? Let me know what you think!**

COLORS: Sweet Leaf, Clover Meadow and White Daisy

I used my paper piercer to make the swirl design and then hand stitched with white embroidery floss. I love the dimension you get with this quick and easy embellishment!

Color Chef Challenge #4

This Monday's Color Chef Challenge turned out beautifully. I am not going to lie, I am not a pink kind of girl, but am lovin this color combo and how the card turned out (yet again). Thanks, Kelly Jo, for helping me challenge my creative side again!



The Combo: Watermelon, Bubblegum, Baby Pink, Black and White.

I Used: Hollyhock, Blush, Baby Pink, Black and White (since I dont have the other inks)

Stamps Used:
Intrinsic Backgrounds D1335
Butterfly Wings D1341
Soul Mates D1254


I used Intrinsic Backgrounds to stamp the base in Blush, then sponged with Blush and then the edges with Hollyhock. I stamped the main frame with the Intrinsic Backgrounds bamboo stamp first in Baby Pink and then Hollyhock (randomly). I absolutely love the "All My Love" stamp from Soul Mates because I can curve it in any shape or swirly that I want... I use that technique with that stamp quite often actually!

This card was inspired by a card on Lisa Stenz's blog which you can see here if you like. She has a lot of creativity in those fingers of hers and I visit her blog regularly for inspiration. Thanks, Lisa, for always sharing!


HAPPY MONDAY!

Color Chef Challenge #3

Yay! I finished the Color Chef Challenge #3 tonight! Here I was trying to simply do one a month, but I realized that it is totally worth setting aside some time to create once a week! Not that I dont scrap every week... but I usually am busy working on other projects (i.e. a guestbook for someone's wedding next month!!). This Monday's Color Challenge was Watermelon, Sunflower, White Daisy and Black. However, I dont own Watermelon or Sunflower ink pads! So I went for Hollyhock and Honey. I think it turned out beautifully!

It has be a lot of fun doing these challenges because It forces me to create my own papers using my stamps versus relying on store bought patterned papers. For this card, I used Boutique Borders for the Honey patterened paper and then I sponged it with Honey all over. I love how it turned out! THen I used Hollyhock to stamp the flowers from the Tickled Pink stamp set (the Nat'l Scrapbooking Month CTMH Promo!) in 1st and 2nd generation.



It took some time to cut around the flowers perfectly and sometimes I look at other beautiful projects and wonder why they were crazy enough to do all of that cutting! But in this case, I figured I could handle five flowers :) Plus, this stamp set is beautiful! This photo to the left was an inspirational photo found on projectwedding.com. So this card is basically my interpretation.


Hope you like it and check out Kelly Jo's blog for more awesome cards created with this Color Challenge! http://kjsstamppad.blogspot.com/

Color Chef Challenge #2

So... it has been a while since I have been able to sit down and actually create! I have been craving it and finally had some time tonight :) Kelly Ratcliff is hosting a weekly Color Challenge on her blog, so I am going to TRY to keep up with them (actually, to be honest, my goal is to do one a month! haha -- gotta be realistic here!). Here is a link to her blog if you want to join in! http://kjsstamppad.blogspot.com So here is my card using her colors --Orange and Red,and the inspiration of the pillow as shown. I used Tulip and Goldrush (from the CTMH line of inks). Hope you all like it... this will be a wedding card for a friend of mine.


I used 2 CTMH stamp sets: Decorative Dainties (C1309) to Random Stamp on the White Daisy cardstock for the background. And Butterfly Wings (D1341) for the Sentiment. It was tough to get the Random Stamping just right, so I ended up using the Masking technique (though you probably cant tell since it is mostly covered by the Sentiment -- oh well!). I also used the foam squares on the sentiment for added dimension. To see the photos a little more up close just click on the photo :)

Yay, for letting the creative juices flow!