It's Penguining To Look A Lot Like Christmas

TGIF Peeps,

I've got a Christmas in July card for you today. This is a 4.25 x 4.25 inch square note card. All supplies are from Gina K Designs. I was playing around with the Wreath Builder System this afternoon and it didn't look too bad, so I went ahead and made a card with the panel.

After making the wreath, I decided to cut a circle in the center so that the inside of the card shows through. I went so far as to fussy cut around the greenery. All of the stamped images are from last year's Playful Penguins stamp & die set. Some of the images are colored with Copic Markers.

The new As You See It Challenge is Christmas In July, specifically our favorite craft. Mine is definitely card making.

 

The inside: 

The images are colored with Copics. I used some Nuvo enamel drops for the white areas on the Santa hat.

Thanks for looking in, and have a great weekend,

Colleen

Supplies

Stamps: Playful Penguins set and dies from Gina K Designs

Paper: Gina K Designs Cherry Red, Christmas Pine and Layering Weight White card sotck

Ink: Gina K Designs Black Onyx, Slate, Christmas Pines, Grass Green, Sea Glass and Copic Markers

Other: GKD Wreath Builder System, Misti, Gemini Jr., Foam Squares, Nuvo white enamel drops, Connect glue

Sending Bright Wishes

 

Hey there peeps,

Amy's sketch for the current Freshly Made Sketches challenge looked both intriguing and a little challenging to me, but after thinking about it, I actually came up with a couple of cards. 

The first is a fall themed card with some bright fall colors. I made my own background by stamping the leaf randomly using rust, gold, pink and purple shades of ink, then grabbed a small polka-dot stencil and blended over the stamped leaves using a lighter gold shade.

The pumpkins are stamped in charcoal brown ink and colored using blending brushes. The flowers ae colored with Copics.

All of the Stamped and die cut images are from Stampin' Up.

 

For the second card, I used the new SSS Horizon Line stencil to stencil a cloudy background then added some bright kites. I fussy cut the sentiment and popped it up with some mini SU Dimensionals. The inks and stamped/die cut images are all Concord & 9th. For embellishments, I added some TE Rainbow circles.

Everyone of the DT cards are amazing and helped inspire me for sure. 

Thanks for checking in today,

Colleen

Supplies

Card 1:

Stamps: Hello Harvest stamp set and dies and Eclectic Garden set (sentiment)

Paper: Gina K Designs Layering Weight White, Prickly Pear and Charcoal Brown card stocks

Ink: Gina K Designs Honey Mustard, Plumb Punch, Coral Reef, Passionate Pink, Charcoal Brown and Stampin' Up Cajun Craze, Copic Markers

Other: Gina K Designs Master Layouts 1 die set, Trinity Lots of Dots stencil, Blending Brushes, SSS sequins, SU Dimensionals, Misti, Gemini Jr

Card 2:

Stamps: Kite Strings stamp set and dies

Paper: Gina K Designs Layering Weight white, Black Onyx and SU Basic White Thick, Concord & 9th Poppy and Honeysuckle card stock

Ink: Concord & 9th Aqua Sky, Poppy and Honeysuckle and Gina K Designs Black Onyx

Other: SSS Horizon Lines stencil, blending brushes, Gina K Designs Master Layouts 1 die set, Taylored Expressions Rainbow circles, SU mini Dimensionals

A "Beachy" Little Christmas

 Hi and happy hump day,

The theme for the Fusion Challenge is beachy this time and I thought I'd play along. I do have several stamps and stamp sets that would certainly work. I wanted to also use the sketch and this older Stampin' Up Christmas set seemed to work pretty well. I did add a few images from other sets to go along with, the background waves is from Hero and the shore birds stamp is a very old wood block from PXS.

The inside :

Thanks for looking in,

Colleen

Supplies

Stamps: Beachy Little Christmas set by Stampin' Up, Seas The Day set by Hero Arts, single Seabirds wood mounted stamp by PSX

Paper: SU Basic White Thick, GKD Kraft

Ink: GKD and Copics

Other: GKD Master Layouts 6 dies, SU Dimensionals, Gemini Jr

Thanks A Bunch

 Hello,

I saw that the latest Color Hues Peach and Gray color challenge ends tomorrow  and I decided I should enter a card. (I like these two colors together.)

I've used some older Pink Fresh Studio stamps, dies and stencils to make this card. The inks and card stock are Gina K Designs.

The chevron background stamp from Pink Fresh Studio is one that has removable sections. Fun and easy to use in a Misti. The ink colors are Soft Stone and Peach Bellini. The stamped images are stamped in GKD Slate ink and I used the set layering stencils to color the flowers with Peach Bellini, Slate and Soft Stone inks. For embellishments, I used some gray pearls from my stash.

I used another Pink Fresh stamp set with layering stencils to decorate the inside, but didn't add a sentiment.

Thanks for checking in,

Colleen

Supplies

Stamps: All PinkFresh Studio, Nested Chevron Background stamp, Floral Envelope set, Brighter Days set

with layering stencils & dies from Floral Envelope and Brighter Days sets

Paper: Gina K Designs Layering Weight White, Peach Bellini, Slate card stock

Ink: Gina K Designs Peach Bellini, Soft Stone, Slate

Other: PinkFresh Studio Essential Blanket Stitched Rectangle dies, Gina K Designs Master Layout 1 dies, Gray Pearl embellishments, Misti, Gemini Jr, SU Dimensionals

Bloom By Bloom Card Suite

 Happy Monday evening,

I needed to make a couple of Thank You cards to send to friends for birthday gifts last week. I'm making an effort to use up some of my very large stash of patterned papers and decided to use the Happiness Blooms DSP to make my cards. Since I also have the Bloom By Bloom stamp set, I pulled it out and started playing around. I ended up with seven cards, three Thank You, three Birthday, and one Thinking Of You.

Here's a shot of all seven together. This stamp set doesn't have a die set to go with, so I've done some fussy cutting, used ovals, squares, circles and the Gina K Designs Wreath Builder system for the stamped focal images. I also used all five ink colors found in the papers.

For two of the cards, I used LeAnne's sketch for this week's Paper Players Challenge. 

Now, I just need to get the cards in the mail!

Thanks for looking,

Colleen

Supplies

Bloom By Bloom stamp set and various other Stampin' Up sets for the greetings

Paper: SU White, Call Me Clover, Night of Navy, Calypso Coral card stock and SU Happiness Blooms and Flower Field DSP

Ink: SU Call Me Clover, Night of Navy, Calypso Coral, Lovely Lipstick, Pineapple Punch, Memento tuxedo black

Other: Spellbinder dies, SU Dies, MFT Dies, Gina K Designs dies, SU enamel dots, SU Brick Wall Embossing Folder, SU Dimensionals, Misti, Gemini Jr

A Coffee, Chocolate, Cocktails Kind Of Day

 Hi stamping friends,

Happy Sunday to you. I hope you are having a relaxing weekend. It's been one for me so far, reading, stamping and watching some baseball on TV. I did make it out of the house yesterday to do a little grocery shopping and to get a hair cut. Then I spent the rest of the afternoon making a card for this week's Freshly Made Sketches Challenge.

My interpretation is a little different, I think. I first thought of window boxes with some pretty flowers, but when I pulled out the stamp set that I was going to use, it also includes this shelf image and my card took on a whole different direction.

The main stamp set is from Stampin' Up and it's called Nothing's Better Than. The shelves are from a Gina K Designs set called Window Additions and the brick wall stencil is from MFT. 

Here's the inside with the rest of the sentiment.

Happy crafting all, and thanks for looking in.

Colleen

Supplies

Stamps with corresponding set dies: Nothing's Better Than by Stampin' Up and Window Additions by Gina K Designs

Paper: SU Thick Basic White

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, many Gina K Designs ink cubes, Copics

Other: MFT Brick Wall stencil, blending brush, SU mini Dimensionals, Connect liquid glue

You're COOL

 Hi and Happy Monday,

I have a quick post with a couple of challenge cards. Both use Concord & 9th stamps and dies, and coincidentally, they are food related. (that wasn't actually planned, LOL)

First up is a card for the current Freshly Made Sketches challenge. I'm squeaking in just before the entry closes today. I made most of this card late last night, and finished it this morning. 

This C&9th set is the Cool Treats Turnabout set. I used some bright GKD inks and card stock to make this a fun summer card that can be used for a birthday.

Here's the inside:

The second card is made for Ann's Kards for Kids challenge for The Paper Players. This week is Clean & Simple week and I made basically a one layer card with the exception of some die cuts on the front. I started by masking off a rectangle area and ink blending a rainbow. I then die cut the food images and stamped the corresponding messages. This stamp and die set from Concord & 9th is called Love You More Than. 

After die cutting the food images I used  Copics to add some shading and additional color. 

For the inside, the greeting is from the same stamp set but the kids are from a really old Hero Arts wood stamp. I think it works well for the challenge theme and for my card.

Enjoy the week, and thanks for looking in.

Colleen

Supplies Card 1

Stamps and dies: Cool Treats Turnabout set from Concord & 9th

Paper: Gina K Designs Layering Weight white, Red Hot, Key Lime, Turquoise Sea, Bubblegum Pink card stock

Ink: Gina K Designs Red Hot, Key Lime, Turquoise Sea, Bubblegum Pink

Other: Gina K Designs Master Layouts 2 and Stitched Rectangles dies, SU Dimensionals, Connect Glue, Misti, Gemini Jr

Supplies Card 2

Stamps and dies: Love You More Than set by Concord & 9th and Hero Arts kids wooden stamp

Paper: SU Thick Basic White, Real Red, Glorious Green, So Saffron, Crumb Cake card stock

Ink: Gina K Designs Red Velvet, Tangerine Twist, Wild Dandelion, Lucky Clover, Blue Raspberry and Black Onyx ink, Copics

Other: Gina K Designs blending brushes, Misti, Gemini Jr, Connect glue

Birthday Cards

Hello all,

I hope that the week is going well for you. I'm enjoying some relaxing days doing some crafting and some reading. If the weather is sunny again tomorrow, I may spend a few hours at the beach. The mornings have been foggy but the afternoons have been fairly sunny, typical July weather in San Diego. 

For my post today I have two birthday cards because I have several friends with July birthdays. Truth be told, my birthday is this weekend.

My friend LeAnne, who I believe also has a birthday this month, is the hostess with a fun color challenge this week for The Paper Players.  The colors are two of the new SU "in-color" shades for 2022-2024, Parakeet Parade and Tahitian Blue. I used a SU set from last year, along with the Gina K Designs Wreath Builder system to make my card.

I stamped the smallest flower from the set in a tight circle working my out to larger circles with the larger flowers. The darker ink shades are made by building layers of ink. (I'm a little disappointed with the Tahitian Blue ink as it is really bubbly. Not sure if it's a function of the sponge ink pad or if the ink pad is just too wet.) The color is really pretty though.

The original stamped panel was 5.75 inches square. I cut it down to 5.5 by 4.25 for an A2 card and used part of the cut pieces on the inside. The inside sentiment is from Honey Bee.

The color challenge for the second card is the current Monthly Mix Challenge from the Gina K Designs blog. This month's theme is black & white with a pop of color.  I actually used black and Ivory with a pop of rainbow color.

Stamps are from the GKD Beautiful Bees stamp and die set and I made a full size SlimLine card.

This is a fairly simple card. I stamped the flower image several times randomly over a half sheet of Ivory card stock, colored the tips with Copics using rainbow colors then cut out the panel with the GKD Master Layouts 10 - SlimLine die set. The bees and sentiment are from the same stamp set.

I added another greeting from the same set with a bee on the inside.

 

Happy Hump Day tomorrow, and thanks for looking in.

Colleen

Supplies-Card 1

Stamps: In Bloom  set by Stampin' Up, Inside Birthday Greetings by Honey Bee

Paper: SU Thick Basic White

Ink: SU Tahitian Blue, Parakeet Parade, Memento Tuxedo Black

Other: Misti, Gina K Designs Wreath Builder set, SU In-color embellishments 

Supplies-Card 2

Stamps: Beautiful Bees, Little Garden Silhouettes, and Bitty Botanical Mini sets by Gina K Designs

Paper: Gina K Designs Black Onyx, Ivory card stock

Ink: Gina K Designs Black Onyx & Embossing Ink, Copics, 

Other: Misti, GKD white embossing powder, heat tool, Gemini Jr, GKD Master Layouts 10, Tayfored Expressions black enamel dots, SU Dimensionals

Wishing You The Loveliest Day

 Happy Sunday peeps,

I'm finally back home after spending five weeks at my mom's house. It was a great visit with mom and my sister, who came for two of the weeks that I was there. Northern California temps are HOT this time of year so I'm enjoying the more moderate coastal temps here at home.

I'm also enjoying having all of my craft supplies available. I usually take a few things with me since I spend so much time there, but occasionally, I'm wishing for something that I know I have at home.  

For this post, I have a card using a new stamp set and new DSP from Stampin' Up's July-December Mini catalog. The sketch is this week's Freshly Made Sketches.

It feels strange making a Fall themed card this time of year, but I loved this new Hello Harvest stamp set and the new plaid DSP. The yellow plaid paper and the Cajun Craze mat are cut with the Gina K Designs Master Layouts 3 die set, and I colored the flowers and sentiment banner with Copics.

I had originally cut the plaid card stock in a larger square so when I cut the smaller square, I had a nice border that I used here on the inside. The HB sentiment is from another SU stamp set called Lovely & Lasting and the flower is an image from the Hello Harvest set.

Enjoy your Sunday evening! Thanks for looking in,

Colleen

Supplies

Stamps: Hello Harvest and Lovely & Lasting sets from Stampin' Up

Paper: SU Basic White, Cajun Craze card stock and Gingham Cottage DSP

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, SU Cajun Craze, Copics

Other: SU corresponding set dies, GKD Master Layouts 3 dies, SU rhinestones, Gemini Jr, Misti, SU Dimensionals