Just for Fun Color Challenge #18

I made this card for the Just for Fun Friday Color Challenge #18 (Purple, Green and Blue). I don't have any Just For Fun images (other than the grid stamps) and used some Gina K. Designs stamps. However, next weekend I am actually going to a Stamps & Scrap Art Show and Just for Fun Stamps will be there again this year :o) Last year a dear friend (intials: LINDA PAYNE) and I loaded up on their postage style of grids...wonder what will bite us this year, lol! This was a fun color combo and for the blue used Ocean Mist (a bit of an aqua color). I also added a bit of purple patterned paper from Basic Grey Kioshi for the bottom half, added some wide grosgrain and purple twine threaded buttons to finish my design.

Thanks so much for stopping by and hope you are having a wonderful week. It is hard to believe it is almost the weekend again :o) Yippee!

Blessings,

New style for me...

I had a great time this past weekend at the Stamp&Scrap Art Tour in Winston-Salem, NC.  Some dear friends from Virginia drove down and a group of us went to the stamp show on Saturday morning.  Linda and I got to meet Olga from Stamp TV and that was quite a delight. :o)  Olga even had a friend take a picture of us (and with her permission to snatch it) I have posted it below (thanks Olga!!!).  I have been to a few stamp shows over the years and I have got to say that this one was the BEST!!!!  

I saw these (new to me) postage style of stamps that I just went ga-ga for and loaded up on quite a few and I already see I need more!!!  The company is Just for Fun Rubber Stamps and they have some beautiful images as well as templates to create this unique look.  For my card I used Gina K's stamped set Tropical Blossoms and used a sponge dauber for my green background.  I am tickled with how it turned out and have another one to share tomorrow...that is the one with the fun sketch :o)

Just a quick note that there are some great blog candy giveaways: Linda has some as well as Priscilla Styles at Midnight Madness Sketch Challenge so be sure and check them out and get your name in :o)

STV: Color Challenge

I made this for the color challenge on Stamp TV this week.  The challenge was to use any green, brown and white or vanilla and I think I have found a new favorite color combination: Wild Wasabi, Chocolate Kiss and Whisper White.  Ooo, la la....it is so pretty together :o)  I used the stamp set Take Flight which I just can't seem to put the down for long....  The background green panel was created using the Scor-Pal and Scor-Bug tool.  I did it on a scrapbook page over the weekend and had to try it again...after it was scored with the bug I sponged it with Wild Wasabi to make it pop!

Have a great day!!!

Crayon Resist Butterfly

I haven't made a card with the Crayon Resist Technique in a while so when I saw that was the challenge for this week on StampTV, I knew I had to try it again.  I am a huge fan of easy techniques, especially not knowing exactly how long I have to create (due to my little one's nap) and this was perfect!  In fact, I created two cards during his nap time and will share the other one another time.

I used one of the butterflies from Take Flight as well as some sprigs from Tropical Flowers.  I found some retired Basic Grey paper that I knew would match up fairly nicely with the retired SU colors Soft Sky and Blue Bayou so was thankful to find it.  I have noticed I don't have a lot of blue designer paper...how can that be?  I will have to remedy that soon!  Have a great day and thanks for stopping by!

TECC#73

Taylor from Taylor Expressions has a wonderful sketch challenge on her blog this week that I started working on over the weekend using Tropical Flowers.  However, I couldn't quite figure out which direction I wanted to go in when it came to the focal point...I get like that sometimes and just have to put it aside until I come up with something. Well I finally figured it out with a wedding card I needed to get in the mail.  I used the stamp set Wreath of Wishes to create the focal image (which is exactly where I had been stuck) and realized it worked perfectly! I was so stoked....really am tickled with how it turned out and so glad I didn't just throw it away :o))

I even did the inside too...



I know that there is a blog hop going on over at Gina K. Designs for her new release this Thursday...so be sure and check out all of the eye candy the Design Team has created.  I know I will be :o)

Have a great day!

Saffron Catch

I think this fish in the new StampTV Kit is so stinkin' cute!  I stamped him with Memento Black ink and colored him with various Copics.  All of the layers for this card were sponged with So Saffron ink and I used a stamp from Tropical Flowers to add a little extra greenery.  

It has been a busy couple of days and I am looking to stamp quite a bit this afternoon....hopefully the little one will cooperate :o)) 

I did get some new stamps yesterday that I am just loving....but ssshhhh, I can't share too much just yet :o)   Let me just say....I like these sets VERY MUCH!

Late Night Butterfly

I made this card late into the wee hours of the morning over the weekend..., hence the title Late Night Butterfly.  I had in my mind what I wanted to do for the longest time, and just had to see if it turned out the way I envisioned it, and it did!  I finally got the perfect large dauber sponges that to me are much easier to use and can achieve an even coloring without being all splotchy (if you know what I mean). I stamped the butterfly from Take Flight on a scrap piece of white and colored it with Copics, embossed it with Versamark and clear EP.  I cut it out and paper pieced it on top of the one in the main focal panel.  I am so pleased with how it turned out...  It turned out just as I pictured it! *~* (don't you love it when that happens!!!)

I created another one similar with a slightly different color scheme, but it is postal and hasn't landed yet :o)  I had a sweet stamper in mind and hope she gets it soon!