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Happy Monday morning all,


Well, as predicted the storm didn't last too long last night. It was a good rain for awhile though.


On Saturday I spent a few hours stamping and this is one of the cards that I made. The sketch is the current MFTWSC64. As you can see, I had lots and lots of fun using many different Die-namics and embellishments, especially some cork and rhinestones.

I found some old SU DSP from way back that looked kind of "country" to use for the three background panels. The angled panel is embossed with a Sizzix paisley EF and in the upper corner I used one of the newer Die-namics photo corner dies. At the bottom are two more Die-namics elements.


For our little cowgirl, her dress and vest are paper pieced and the rest of her is colored with Copics. And all "cool" cowgirls should have rhinestones on their clothes!


To complete the card, everything is all stitched up with my sewing machine. Sewing is the current recipe swap challenge at Linda's Catered Crop, so I'm entering this card there as well.


Supplies
Stamps: Pure Innocence "Cowgirl" by My Favorite Things
Paper: SU River Rock, Garden Green and Very Vanilla card stock and SU DSP (retired)
Ink: Memento tuxedo black and Copics
Other: Die-namics Layered Labels, Photo Corners, Royal Rose and Scalloped Scallop Border Dies, Michaels green rhinestones, sewing machine, cork, Sizzix Paisley EF, the Big Shot, and dimensionals


Thanks for looking in today,
Colleen

Ribbon Rainbow

Happy Friday evening,

I made this card after work today for Linda's Ravenous About Ribbon Recipe Swap. I've been trying to come up with a little different use of ribbon since the challenge was posted, and a few days ago I thought of a "ribbon rainbow." After work today I went looking through my stamps and came across my PI "You Color My World" set. Perfect!

The ribbons are from Stampin' Up. She is colored with Copics, (Lots of Copics!) cut out, and popped up on dimensionals.

Supplies
Stamps: Pure Innocence "You Color My World" set by My Favorite Things
Paper: Taylored Expressons light blue and white card stock and Hippity Hoppity by We R Memories patterned papers
Ink: Memento tuxedo black and Copics
Other: SU ribbons and dimensionals

Here are all of the Copics I used:

I'm looking forward to a crafty weekend. How about you? Thanks for stopping in,
Colleen

Let's Chat

It's been too long since I've played in the Follow The Recipe challenge over at Linda's Catered Crop blog, so last night I decided to join in the fun and make a card for FTR15.

I chose to use Jen's July SFYTT layout, just posted yesterday. The sponsor this month is My Favorite Things, and I've used one of my favorite PI stamps.

There's tons of texture on this card. Too much?? Remember Linda's post a few days ago with quotes from some of her favorite romcoms? When I start adding. . . and adding. . .  and adding, elements to my cards, in the back of my mind I always hear "More isn't always better Linus, sometimes it's just more." I find this quote very appropos sometimes. It's from one of my all time fav romcoms, with one of my all time favorite romantic comedy leading men. So, can you guess which movie? Can you guess which actor?

Anyhoo, here's "Let's Chat":

And the inside:

My ingredients used per FTR15 are:
colors: yellow, green, red
patterns: polka dots
embellishments: buttons and baker's twine
tools: dimensionals (I DO love dimensionals)
theme: friendship

I think the polka dot ingredient must have stuck with me, as that seems to have become the main theme for the card. Lot's of them with the patterned paper and the embossing folder. I do love the way it turned out too. {guess it's okay to say that about one's own card}


Supplies
Stamps: Pure Innocence "Lady Bug" and "Say What" sets by My Favorite Things
Card stock: SU crumb cake, not quite navy, summer sun and TE choice buttercream
Patterned paper: Cosmo Cricket
Ink: Memento tuxedo black, SU not quite navy and Copics
Other: Seeing Spots EF, Die-namics dies, Fiskars corner rounder punch, SU buttons, SU die, paper flowers, crystal Stickles, candy dot, yellow rhinestones, cork sheet, sewing machine, baker's twine, the Big Shot, mini glue dots and lots of dimensionals

Have a fabulous Sunday and thanks,
Colleen

PS: The movie is Sabrina, the remake with Harrison Ford. Although, the original was great as well.

Wonderful Days!

Yikes! Talk about doing something outside your comfort zone. I have not picked up my Prismacolor pencils in years. YEARS! I forgot that I even had the collection that I do. :D

What brought this on you may wonder? I decided to play along again with the "Follow the Recipe" challenge at the Catered Crop blog. I did  FTR#7 and had fun putting all of the ingredients together. (I used that card for my mom's birthday card and she loved it.) So, one of the ingredients for FTR#8 is Prismacolor pencils. After hunting them down in my closet, I gave them a try and colored this cute, cute Mo Manning image. No doubt that I need some practice, but, maybe not too shabby in the end. Some of the other recipe ingredients are patterned papers with small prints and stripes, greens, blues, browns for colors, spring and child/animal themes, stitching, shapes like ovals or die cuts, embellishments like pearls, flowers, and buttons. There are a few others. For a complete list of ingredients for the FTR#8, check out the Catered Crop blog.

I've used this week's Sweet Sunday Sketch challenge #110 for the layout. Unlike Jen, I like these angled panels a lot. (Check out Jen's blog here for a good chuckle, and a gorgeous card). Anyway. . . here's my final product:

Supplies
Stamps: none, my image is a digital from Mo Manning called Wonderful Day
Card stock: SU early expresso and neutrals white
Patterned paper: SU and Cosmo Cricket
Ink: Printer
Other: Prismacolor pencils, sewing machine, pink flower brads, SU pink felt flower and leaves, Kaiser pink pearls, SU oval punch

Have a great Sunday afternoon. Thanks for looking in,
Colleen

Spring Has Sprung

Hi everyone and happy Wednesday,

Today's card I made to participate in the "Follow the Recipe" challenge (FTR #7) on the Catered Crop blog. This concept looked like fun and so I decided to give it a try. Here's the card that I came up with:

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Here's the FTR #7 recipe:

• Pattern Paper – Plaids or Stripes
• Colors – Spring, pastel colors
• Stamps – bunny rabbits, flowers (especially violets)
• Color Mediums – Copic markers, printer's ink (yep, it's a digital image)
• Embellishments – pearls, ribbon, felt, flowers
• Tools – Circle, lace, doily, flower, or curly flourish punches or die cuts
• Techniques – highlighting around an image, handmade or rolled flower embellishments, tying bows
• Theme – Spring, Easter, Birthday
• Shapes – Circles, lace and doilies, curly flourishes.

The rules say to use any of the ingredients to make a project or card and I was able to use most in mine. Here are the supplies I used at each element:

Patterned paper:  Basic Grey Koshi flowers and plaid
Card stock colors: TE pastels
Stamps: Amber Ink bunny and TE Favorite Peeps
Color Mediums: Copics, printed digi stamp, SU bravo burgundy ink
Embellishments: Zva pink pearls, Kaiser rhinestones, sewing machine, felt rolled flowers
Tools: lace doily from TE, big scalloped Nestie, Die-namics rolled flower die, TE background die
Techniques: felt rolled flowers, ribbon "leaves"
Theme: Easter/Spring
Shapes: circles, doily
Other supplies: the Big Shot, dimensionals

Thanks for stopping by,
Colleen