Mix It Up Challenge on STV

I am hosting the Monday Mix It Up challenge over on Stamp TV this week.  The theme is Fall Foliage with the challenge of using your fall colored inks with leaf stamps to create a card. 
I used an older Stamp TV Kit: Signs of Autumn stamp set and a Kaleidacolor Ink Pad.  Hope you will get a chance to play along this week...one randomly drawn winner will win a free GKD stamp set of their choice valued at $24.95 or less.  You have until Sunday, Oct. 16th to upload your card with the STVMONJH4 tag.

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderful day!

Blessings,

With Gratitude and CPS184

 I have two cards cards to share today.  The first is a card I made for Janice's Color Challenge over on Stamp TV. I did a little masking with Signs of Autumn (similar to the great video tutorial Gina has on Stamp TV this week), added some Flower Soft.  Janice's Color Challenge was a real challenge for me: Brown, Turquoise, Pink and Orange and I was determined to embrace the orange/turquoise together, lol!  I colored the image with Copics and added some pearl bling to the sentiment.

This next card is for the CPS184.  I immediately thought of Grand Damask and Fanciful Tags for a CAS design.  I spritzed a bit of Tattered Angels Pinecone Glimmer Mist on the white space and paper pierced the top right corner.

Thanks so much for stopping by and hope you have a wonderful weekend!!!
Blessings,

Hello Friend and Blog Candy Winner

A challenge last week on STV was to CASE a DT member from Gina K. Designs. I CASE'd a card made by the uber talented Donna Baker and I changed the color and stamp to make this card. I even kept the sentiment the same, but used different stamps. You can find the original card HERE and see exactly where I got the beautiful inspiration.

I used the beautiful new Pure Luxury Green Apple cardstock from GKD and the leaf stamp from the Signs of Autumn Stamp TV kit.  Just love that big leaf...It was stamped using Memento Pear Tart ink.  The sentiment is from Autumn Leaves.

Well it is time to announce the winner from my blog candy.... And the winner is:
Christyne (aka Apple Blossom) said...
BAHAHAHAHA!!! Nappy Hour - I love it! Great job on the card!
AUGUST 30, 2009 1:53 PM
Congrats to you Christyne! She is a blogging friend of mine and has been on two groups I have had the pleasure of being a part of...send me an email Christyne and I will get these out to you ASAP!

For those US citizens, hope you have a great Labor Day doing something you enjoy!

Fall Leaves

There was a great challenge over on Stamp TV to make a card that goes outside the lines (meaning out of the boundary of the card itself). I used various Vivid inks to stamps the leaves (from the Signs of Autumn Stamp TV Kit) to make this fall themed card.  Using a scallop edge punch I made a strip that is longer than the actual card (especially with the wide width twine). I stamped the sentiment in both Cocoa Bean and Olive to give a bit of interest to the sentiment.

I am hoping to stamp a bit today...still have a swap I need to finish creating for so I can get it in the mail... a bit before the due date, LOL! :o) Looking forward to seeing the beautiful cards that get mailed back...love all of the ideas I get! I hope you have a wonderful Sunday.

Grateful

I had a post all written up and then blogger did something crazy and it is gone...Poof!  I am not happy about that at all.... :o(  So I had this one in the hopper until I get the other one straight...

This was the other card I made using the SG4 Sketch...but it didn't quite fit, the sentiment is off floating where it shouldn't be.  I used stamps from the Signs of Autumn Stamp TV kit and clear embossed the pumpkins after coloring them with Copics.  

I have a little framed piece I want to share tomorrow so hope blogger will cooperate...

Don't forget I have some Blog Candy a few posts below, or you can follow the link HERE.  And Creative Vision is having another Design Team call and all of the details are on their blog A Fairy Creative Place....  I have really enjoyed designing for them these past several months. Have a great day!

Monochromatic Mosaic

This card uses the stamp set Inspiration Mosaic as well as the leaf stamp from the Signs of Autumn Stamp TV kit.  After stamping the grid, the leaves were stamped using Olive Olive on Certainly Celery cardstock.  The sentiment square was masked with a post -it note so the rest of the card could be sponged.  I added just a bit of Certainly Celery ribbon and called it done ;o) Nice and easy~peasy!

Have a great day!

Thankful Rooster

I can't believe it is Monday already....my the weekend flew by!  I made this card for a challenge over on StampTV.  The colors are Pumpkin Spice, Chocolate Kiss and dp is from the Signs of Autumn Stamp TV kit.  The rooster and leaves (also from the Signs of Autumn Stamp TV kit) were stamped using Vivid Cocoa Bean and embossed with Clear EP.  I just love the rich colors of the Pumpkin Spice and Chocolate Kiss together.... very "autumny."  

 

Have a great day! 

Inspiration Mosaic

Melanie's new stamp set, Inspiration Mosaic, is a card makers dream!  I had a couple of other cards to share today, but wanted to make a card to send to a blogging friend of mine: Cathy Tidwell (aka: catdidit on SCS) who is in the hospital.

The new Pumpkin Spice cardstock was the perfect base for this card and I paired it with Pure Luxury Ivory and Chocolate Kiss.  I used Stampin' Up! Really Rust classic ink on the leaves from the Signs of Autumn Stamp TV Kit and stamped the grid and sentiment using Vivid Coffee Bean.   Some of the boxes were sponged with So Saffron ink just to add a bit of color.  I just love this sentiment....truly the paper crafting world is so blessed with Cat's paper creations!! :o) 

I know that news of blog candy spreads FAST and would love for word to spread on praying for Cat.  If you are interested in sending some well wishes to Cat, please follow this link HERE.   I would love to see her flooded with mail!  :o)))  Have a great day!

Friends & Coffee

I had a great weekend and even managed to squeeze in a little stamping time!  ;o)  Always a good thing!  I used the coffee image and sentiment from the new Signs of Autumn Stamp TV kit.  I am tickled with how it turned out...at first I had scallops on both ends of the pink layer, but realized that was just too much (for me, LOL!).   I used some of the new designer paper from the Basic Grey Lemonade collection.  I made a Tailored Bow which I learned from the very creative Joanne B. so you can find the link to her tutorial HERE.  It is very easy~peasy!

Well, it is a very busy day here.  My kids are back to a school schedule and that keeps me on my toes.   Have a great day!

Green Thanks

I made this card for a sketch challenge using the new Signs of Autumn Stamp TV Kit last week and love the new Green Apple cardstock (especially with the Chocolate Kiss cardstock) from Gina K...oh it is so luxurious!!!  I paired it with some Basic Grey Mellow dp and some cording I had in my fiber stash.  It has been a busy week and I am looking forward to stamping some tomorrow!!!!  After the blog hop last night, I have so many ideas with the Inspiration Mosaic stamp set....  

Here is a sneak peek of the Sketch Girls #3 Challenge card I made...be sure to stop back by tomorrow as I reveal the entire card!!!  

Have a great day!!!

Inspiration Mosaic Blog Hop

Welcome to another stop on the Inspiration Mosaic Blog Hop. Melanie has hit another one OUT OF THE PARK with this fantastic new stamp set! This set even sold out last week, but no worries ...it is back in stock :o) Stampers know when something is "hot" and this is burnin' up!

The idea to use the Scor-Pal popped in my head when Melanie first showed me the stamp set and when I saw the new Signs of Autumn Stamp TV kit I knew I wanted to combine it with the leaves. I masked each block and randomly stamped the leaves using Ruby Red, More Mustard, Really Rust and Old Olive ink. I turned it over and evenly scored the cardstock both ways. I sponged over it with Creamy Caramel to make the grid really pop and I layered the panel on Pumpkin Spice (love this color....and am hoarding it already). The beautiful double stitched chocolate ribbon that comes in the kit I wrapped around the front and with a glue dot added the bow. Next I layered that the Pumpkin Spice panel onto Chocolate Kiss card base. The sentiment was added by first stamping the leaf and then adding the sentiment with Vivid Coffee Bean ink which I embossed with Clear Embossing Powder and layered as well.  I am having so much fun with this stamp set...a card came be as simple or elegant as you want it to be. It is all a matter of what you want to do with it.

Melanie also has a fun Potluck Challenge over on Stamp TV and this week it was to use a photo as the focal point on a project.  I took a small photo I had of my youngest son wandering around at the ball field and used Melanie's stamp set to create a Post-It Note holder using a clear acrylic 4x6 frame.  I ended up stamping it twice and paper pieced it together to get it about 6 inches wide.  I colored various block with a yellow Copic.  I am tickled with how this turned out...my husband will put this on his desk at his office for quick little notes to jot down.

For even more inspiration, be sure to check out Melanie's blog.

Melanie also has several guest designers joining in on the hop tonight:
Jennie Harper, Tina Gilliland, Linda Payne, and Jenny Charboneau

These GinaK's Senior DT members have Inspiration Mosaic projects on their blogs as well: Gina K., Donna, Cathy, Emily, Erika, Jessica, Lee, and Theresa

and finally, don't forget to check out our CenterStage DT members:
Shannon Bracken and Brenda Turner