I have a quick post today with a couple of cards. First is my entry into this week's Make it Monday #162 which is all about using up your paper scraps. I had lots of hexagon shaped paper scraps leftover from the kit that Jeanne sent me--you can see more about that here. I got the idea to use the die from Floral Foliage from Michelle's card here, and I used a sketch from this month's PTI Inspiration Archive.
The patterned papers are all from Basic Grey Fresh Cut Selection and the trunk of the tree is Spring Moss Felt. I cut the little flower on the tree out of Hibiscus Burst felt using a die from Flippin' Out.
I have three cards using the circles from Sketched Shapes and a sentiment from Avery Elle Modern Leaves. These cards complete the set I started here. The first uses colors from this week's ColourQ cQc #239.
I am entering the next two cards into this week's Colour Me Creative CMCC #18. The colors on the first card are Spring Rain, Summer Sunrise, Orange Zest and Aqua Mist. I picked them because I thought they looked good together.
I just got a package from SU with 4 new colors, and they looked good sitting together in the box, so I used them for my last card. They are Tangerine Tango, Elegant Eggplant, Daffodil Delight, and Always Artichoke. I added a little Sahara Sand into the mix as well.
The challenge at Simon Says Wednesday this week is Anything Goes, so I will be entering all 4 cards in that challenge as well.
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This is my last post before departing tomorrow with my oldest daughter on a week long college tour. She has always wanted to go to school on the east coast, so we will spend the week visiting colleges she thinks she might want to apply to. I've got a few posts scheduled to go live while I am gone, but don't be suprised if you don't hear from me in a while. I am not bringing a computer, and am really going to try to be as disconnected from the internet as possible.
My first card is for this week's Color Throwdown ctd287. I wanted to try out some of my new Distress Inks and use them with water. I picked three colors that looked closest to the CTD colors--Stormy Sky, Squeezed Lemonade and Bundled Sage. I inked up an old wooden stamp I found in my closet that was sort of a block shape, stamped on watercolor paper, misted the entire thing and then dried with my heat gun. After the colors were dry, I stamped the sentiment in Versifine.
I like the blurry sort of look that the water added. The colors are also much more vibrant--I don't know if that is because of the water, or because the Distress Ink covers are so muted. Anyway, I thought it made a nice simple card that would work well as a masculine card.
Next up is my second card this week using ColourQ #236. I decided to make a little thank you set using the circles from Sketched Shapes and whatever color challenges come along that appeal to me. My sentiment is from Avery Elle Modern Leaves.
My finished card size is 3.5 x 5. While trying to fix a stamping mistake, I made the happy discovery that if I double stamp the circles from Sketch Shapes and rotate the stamp 90 degrees for the second stamp, I get a cool sort of plaid pattern on the stamp.
This card uses the Colour Me Striking... combination from this week's Colour Me CMCC #14. I used Bermuda Breeze, Crushed Curry (substitute for Daffodil Delight) and Smokey Slate as an added neutral.
I'm entering this one at Dynamic Duos DD#96, and I used PTI Winter Wisteria, Harvest Gold and added Memento London Fog as a neutral.
Here is my set so far. I'll see what color challenges are posted when I get back from my trip and finish off the set.
I got a new toy this week, and spent way too much time trying to figure out how to use it. The Gift Bag Punch Board was super easy to use, once I figured out the confusing directions. I looked at a lot of tutorials, but found this one to be the most helpful. Here are some little bags I made with some of the 12X12 scrapbook papers I had in my stash.
I made one modification and that was to adhere a strip of coordinating paper to the very top of the paper that I was using as my bag. I also made a matching tag by gluing a small piece of patterned paper to a piece of white card stock and then cutting a tag using the smallest Reverse Confetti Tag Me die. I stamped 'to' and 'from' on the tag using To You From Me.
That's it for me for a while. I hope you all have a good Easter week.
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Happy Saturday. My first card today is for this week's CAS-ual Fridays challenge CFC107, to use an arrow. I pulled out some brand new Memento Teal Zeal ink along with PTI Hawaiian Shores and New Leaf and used the arrow image from Sketched Shapes to make a masculine birthday card. I think I'll drop this one in the mail later today for my brother-in-law's birthday.
My next card is for this month's Avery Elle June Challenge. I inked up two sets that I just received--Modern Leaves and Party Animal to make my card, and used some of the inks that were still on my desk from my first card. Isn't that little balloon animal cute? He is embossed in Teal Zeal.
My last card for today is for this week's CAS(E) this Sketch CTS#34 challenge. Going with the inks that were already out as well as my desire to ink up some new stamps, I used my new Hero Arts Newspaper Owl, as well as my very first Neat & Tangled and CASUAL Friday's stamps. My youngest daughter's birthday is coming up, so this card is for her.
I will also be entering all of these cards into this week's Simon Says....Anything Goes challenge.
Supplies Used (PTI):
Arrows
Stamps: Sketched Shapes
Paper: White
Ink: Hawaiian Shores, New Leaf, Memento Teal Zeal, Versafine Onyx Black
Other: Canvas/Linen Impression Plate
Party Animal
Stamps: Avery Elle Modern Leaves and Party Animal
Paper: White, New Leaf
Ink: New Leaf, Memento Teal Zeal, Gray Flannel
Other: Canvas/Linen Impression Plate
Wish Big
Stamps: Neat and Tangled A Lot To Say, Casual Fridays Bold Wishes, Hero Arts Newspaper Owl, Tiny Treats Birthday
Paper: White
Ink: Limeade Ice, Blueberry Sky, Memento Teal Zeal, Versafine Onyx Black
Other: Glossy Accents, Uniball Silver Gel Pen
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