Showered With Love

Hello,

This is the 2nd card that I made yesterday afternoon. The layout is this week's Retro Sketch #99 and the colors are from this week's Dynamic Duos #87. The colors are black and hot pink (melon mambo) with a  "dessert" option of using an umbrella on our card. Here's what I came up with.

                                      

Supplies

Stamps: You Make Me Happy set from Taylored Expressions

Paper: SU Whisper White, Black and Melon Mambo card stock and SU DSP

Ink: SU Melon Mambo classic pad and Memento tuxedo black

Other: SU round punches, SU scalloped punch, SU corner punches, Kaiser black rhinestones, pink heart rhinestones, and dimensionals

Thanks for looking in,

Colleen

Believe

Hello,

Happy Sunday afternoon all,

I made this card yesterday to add to my Christmas stash. The colors are from The Dynamic Duos #80 challenge. Only this week, there are 3 colors. I also made the card to participate in the Merry Monday challenge #84. Use trees and bling.

Supplies
Stamps: Stampin' Up sets Evergreen and Snowflake Soiree
Paper: SU Pear Pizzazz, Blushing Bride, Raspberry Ripple and White card stock, SU printed vellum and SU DSP
Ink: SU Blushing Bride and Raspberry Ripple, Versamark
Other: circle and scalloped circle Nesties, Die-namics banner die, SU ribbon, SU corner punch, SU white EP, heat tool, the Big Shot, Kaiser and SU rhinestones and dimensionals.

Thanks all,
Colleen

You Make. . .

Hi all,

How is your Sunday going? It's gray and gloomy here on the southern California coast. It seems like our "June Gloom" is hanging around for July. Makes for good "staying in and stamping" weekends, that's for sure. I guess I should feel lucky since we didn't get those really hot temps that the rest of the west had last week.

As usual, Karen has a fun sketch this week for the Sweet Sunday Sketch #188 challenge. I decided to combine it with the Dynamic Duo #60 color challenge to make a Thank You card for a friend.

After cutting out the Die-namics flowers, I ran them through the SU Square Lattice EF then sponged the edges with Summer Starfruit ink. The button in the center is from my stash to which I added the bow out of SU linen thread. I stitched around all of the panels with my sewing machine. The ribbon is SU Summer Starfruit.

Supplies
Stamps:  Complimentary Greetings by My Favorite Things
Paper: SU Summer Starfruit, Gumball Green and Whisper White card stock, Doodlebug "Fruitstand" patterned papers
Ink: SU Summer Starfruit and Gumball Green
Other: Die-Namics Open Scalloped Edge and Pretty Posies dies, SU Square Lattice and Wood Grain embossing folders, SU Summer Starfruit ribbon, Queen & Co. green pearls, sewing machine, the Big Shot and dimensionals

Thanks for looking in today,
Colleen

With Sympathy

Hi all,

I'm finally back to stamping! We had a fabulous three week vacation to Portugal and Spain. Everything was great, even the flights. I've been back to work for a week and trying catching up on mail, bills, etc. Today, I decided I had time to make a couple cards.

Unfortunately, one of the cards that I need is a sympathy card. My friend lost his father unexpectedly yesterday. I used this week's Dynamic Duos colors of Pear Pizzazz and Basic Black for my starting point and then went with the tried and true reverse masking technique for the image. So simple, yet looks so elegant.

The image is stamped on some really old SU black and white DSP. I don't recall the name of this paper, but I liked the black sponging and lines in the paper. I think that it adds some nice depth to the sponged and stamped image.

I rounded the corners of the two upper layers, added some black twine and green bakers twine along with the new SU candy dots in black. (love these. I ordered all 4 color groups)

Supplies
Stamps: Lovely As A Tree set by Stampin' Up and With Sympathy by Hero Arts
Paper: SU Pear Pizzazz and Basic Black card stock and SU DSP
Ink: SU Pear Pizzazz and Memento Tuxedo Black ink
Other: SU Top Note die, SU baker's twine, black embroidery floss, SU black candy dots, Fiskars corner rounder punch, sponge, and the Big Shot

I hope your weekend was a fun one, and thanks for looking in,
Colleen

Happy Birthday

Hi all,

Long time no post. Too much going on in my world these days equals no stamping time. It's a bummer! I did get to stamp a few hours Sunday afternoon. This is one of the cards that I made.

The layout is Karen's Sweet Sunday Sketch #183.  The colors are from the Dynamic Duos #15 challenge. The colors this week are Daffodil Delight and Baja Breeze. And, since I used some dry embossing on the background panel, this works for Linda's Catered Crop Recipe Swap challenge.

The flowers are stamped in Memento tuxedo black and colored with Copics. I cut them out and popped them up on the panel with dimensionals, then layered some yellow and gold Stickles in the centers.

Supplies
Stamps: Daisy Bouquet by Taylored Expressions
Paper: SU Baja Breeze, Daffodil Delight and Whisper White card stock and Doodlebug Flower Box patterned papers
Ink: Memento Tuxedo black, SU Baja Breeze and Copics
Other: TE Houndstooth Impressions Plate, TE Floral Cutting Plate, TE medium scalloped border die, TE small tag die, Die-namics Fishtail STAX die, Kaiser blue rhinestones, SU Daffodil Delight stitched ribbon, TE linen thread, yellow and gold Stickles, sewing machine, the Big Shot, and dimensionals.

Thanks for looking in,
Colleen

Happy Birthday

Good Sunday morning everyone,

I hope your weekend is going well. We went luggage shopping yesterday and got a really good deal on two suitcases. We're heading to Portugal and Spain at the end of May for my SO's 60th birthday. YIKES he's old! (don't tell him I said so) We're super excited to say the least.

Today's card (not his) I made for this week's Freshly Made Sketches and Dynamic Duos challenges. The colors this week are Basic Black, Basic Gray and dessert option of a masculine card. I just got my MFT order with the bicycle Die-namics die and couldn't wait to use it.

I used a couple SU embossing folders to add some dimension to the card stock since there isn't much stamping. The buttons are retired SU corduroy basic gray. Gray and black sure don't photograph very well. I even used the "enhance" feature in IPhoto to brighten it up.

Supplies
Stamps: Big Greetings by My Favorite Things
Paper: Basic Black, Basic Gray, Whisper White card stock and ?? patterned paper (very old from a Key Ingredients shipment)
Ink: Memento tuxedo black
Other: Die-namics Bicycle die, SU Polka dot, Stripes, and Houndstooth embossing folders, SU corner rounder and 1" circle punches, SU basic gray corduroy buttons, white floss, silver pearls, the Big Shot, SU glue dots, and dimensiosnals

Have a great day and thanks for looking,
Colleen

Count Your Buttons

Hi.

I hope you are having a fun weekend. I had stamping time yesterday afternoon and here is one of the cards that I finished. I used the current Dynamic Duos color combination of Cherry Cobbler and Pool Party along with the FTL 235 sketch. (I know that the FTL sketch is supposed to be a Clean and Simple challenge, but I really liked the layout and used it here for a not so clean and simple card).

I certainly had fun coloring up this cute and relatively new PI set. I love the way she turned out. I matched her with the coordinating Die-namics button border die which I also love. Here is the inside:

Supplies
Stamps: Pure Innocence Cute As A Button set by My Favorite Things
Paper: SU Very Vanilla, Cherry Cobbler and Pool Party card stock and Cosmo Cricket Tea For Two pattern paper
Ink: Memento tuxedo black, SU Cherry Cobbler and these Copics
E50, E01, E11, E83, E21, E15, E18, B00, B01, R37, R39, R89, R35, R46, W2, W6, BG70, BG10
Other: Die-namics Button Border, Notched Border and Banner dies, Kaiser light blue rhinestones, sewing machine, red Stickles, the Big Shot and dimensionals.

Have a great Sunday and thanks for looking,
Colleen

Fangtastic!

Good evening all,

I had a very long work day today. I just got home in time to watch the 9th inning of game 1 of the World Series. Go Giants!

Tonight's card is another that I made this past weekend. I followed the current Paper Player's challenge to use a frame, and the current Dynamic Duos challenge of orange and black. The sketch is last weeks Freshly Made sketch. The stamps are from Paper Smoochies.

On Saturday afternoon I went to one of my local stamp stores and bought some Paper Smooches and Lawn Fawn stamp sets. I have been eyeing them in blogland for several months and finally decided that I had to have some, LOL.


Supplies
Stamps: Spookalicious set by Paper Smooches
Paper: Taylored Expressions orange and black card stock, X-Press It blending card stock, Pebbles Tricks and Treats patterned paper
Ink: Memento tuxedo black and Copics
Other: SU Framelits dies, SU googlie eyes, black polkadot tape, the Big Shot, and dimensionals

Only two more work days this week. Can't wait for the weekend. More stamping time.
Thanks for looking in all,
Colleen