Just A Note to Say

 Hi stampers,

The Color Hues blog has a pretty color challenge for the new year of Navy and light blue and I thought of one of my Concord & 9th sets to use for it. This is a sweet little set called Hello Wishes and it's perfect for a card for some friends that live in Chicago.

For the layout I used the current Global Designs Project sketch challenge.

All of the die cuts and the sentiments, including the inside below,  are from the same C & 9th set.

I used a shadow stamping technique to highlight the large inside greeting.

Enjoy your weekend, and thanks for stopping by.

Colleen

Supplies

Stamps: Hello Wishes stamp set with dies by Concord & 9th

Paper: Concord & 9th card stocks white, Harbor and Midnight

Inks: Concord & 9th Harbor and Midnight, Hero Unicorn white craft

Other: Misti, Gemini 2, Gina K Designs white EP, heat tool, white ribbon, small blue and clear rhinestones, Connect glue, SU mini dimensionals

Concord & 9th Cards for Three Challenges

 TGIF Peeps,

I've been having some die cutting fun lately, and I've got a few more cards that I made yesterday using new and older Concord & 9th stamps and dies. 

This first card is a full slimline card using the current sketch from The Global Design Project Challenge. I know that mostly SU supplies are posted in the group, but since I liked the sketch, I decided to use it with the new C&9th A Bit Of Paradise Turnabout stamp and die set. The colors I chose are from this week's Color Throwdown Challenge, colors are pink and lime. The ink and card stock are from C&9th.

The second group of cards use the current Color Hues orange and slate shades. 

These quilt top based die sets are super fun to use and I've made several cards with them since I first bought them. For the top card I added the dies and stamped greeting from and older C&9th set called Sew Pretty. After stitching I fussy cut the hello and the flower. On the bottom card, I used the leaf dies again from the A Bit of Paradise Turnabout set and and older die cut sentiment.

I hope you all enjoy your Friday and of course, your weekend. Thanks for checking in.

Colleen

Supplies

Stamps and Dies from Concord & 9th

Paper: Concord & 9th card stock and retired SU card stock

Ink: Memento Tuxedo black, Concord & 9th Lemongrass, Sprout, Pink Lemonade, and Sweetpea

Other: Big Shot Switch, Misti, Gina K Designs Master Layouts 10 dies, Connect glue, SU Dimensionals, Concord & 9th enamel dots

...because you're awesome

 Hello,

I had fun doing lots of stamping on this card today!

I'm playing along with the color challenge at Global Design Project this week. The colors are very pretty together and perfect for a fun floral background. The layout of my card comes from the current sketch at Sunday Stamps.

All of the supplies used for this card are from Stampin' Up. 

For the inside of the card, I used an older SU sentiment stamp set and an image from the floral set used on the outside of the card.

Enjoy your evening!

Colleen

Supplies

Stamps: Bottled Happiness, Happy Thoughts and Botanicals For You sets by Stampin' Up

Paper: SU Basic white Thick, Basic Black, Flirty Flamingo card stock, Follow Your Art DSP and Dandy Designs DSP

Ink: SU Flirty Flamingo, Coastal Cabana, Smoky Slate, VersaMark, Memento Black

Other: White embossing powder, heat tool, Misti, SU dies, SU hexagon embellishments

Sending Cheer

Happy Wednesday afternoon,

I made a couple of cards using Joanne's color theme for The Paper Players Challenge. One uses all SU products and the other uses SU card stock and a SSS image colored with colored pencils.

For the all SU card, the stamp set is new from the 2022-2023 Annual Catalog called Bottled Happiness. I stamped the images using the challenge colors and then did some fussy cutting. I made a wood grain background on the card base by scoring the card stock, then dragging a gray ink pad across the paper from both directions, then added a distress look by splattering the challenge colors over the panel with a paint brush. My layout uses the sketch from this week's Global Design Project Challenge.

I left the inside blank, but coordinated the layout with the outside of the cards.

 

The second card uses the SSS set called Mom's Spring Flowers. 

The image is colored with colored pencils. It's cut out with the set die. The navy background is embossed using a SSS cover plate, but it doesn't show up in the photo. Using some SSS mini-slimline rectangle dies, I made the Fresh Freesia frame. In fact, I made three and stacked them together. The sentiment is pre-printed, also from SSS and I blended Fresh Freesia ink over it with a blending brush.

Enjoy the rest of the week, and thanks for looking in.

Colleen

Supplies

Bottled Happiness stamp set by Stampin' Up, SU Basic White, Night of Navy, Fresh Freesia, Granny Apple Green card stock, Night of Navy, Fresh Freesia, Granny Apple Green, Gray ink, SU sequins

Mom's Spring Flowers stamp set and dies by Simon Says Stamp, Gina K Designs Layering Weight White card stock, SU Night of Navy and Fresh Freesia card stock, Memento Tuxedo Black ink, Polychromos colored pencils, SSS Detail Bohemian Slim Cover Plate, SSS mini-slimline rectangles

What's the Scoop?

Happy, happy Friday to all,

A very slow work day for me today and I'm not sorry one bit. I had some house chores to do this morning (paying bills, it's always so fun-not!), and a few actual work e mails to answer. After having lunch with Mr Personal Chef at this little mediterranean food bistro, I decided to do some stamping. I needed to get my weekend stamping fix in early because I will be flying to Northern Calif tomorrow for the weekend to attend my Aunt's memorial. My mom's older sister passed a few weeks ago. Always a sad time.

Using Linda's Freshly Made Sketch, and the colors from the current Global Design Project I made this card. When I saw Linda's sketch on Wednesday, I knew immediately what I wanted to use for the vertical element, and the GDP colors worked so well for my idea.

I tried keeping my card fairly CAS. Just a little Twinkle Twinkle DSP with small scalloped borders. The only embellishment is that sweet little puffy heart sticker.

I didn't stamp a greeting on the inside, thinking this would make a good note card for any occasion.
I did use the new SU Stitched Rectangle set to cut a frame from Soft Sea Foam card stock and stamped that sweet little cherry at the bottom.

I'm going to try and get one more card done tonight. I still need to pack, but that shouldn't take too long.

Thanks for coming by and have a great weekend!
Colleen

Supplies
Stamps: Layering Ice Cream set by Hero Arts
Paper: Whisper White Heavy, Soft Sea Foam card stocks and Twinkle Twinkle DSP, all SU
Ink: SU Soft Sea Foam, So Saffron, Petal Pink, Gina K Sandy Beach, Kraft, and Jet Black ink cubes,
Other: Hero Layering Ice Cream set dies, SU Stitched Rectangle dies, Taylored Expressions Scalloped Border die, Misti, Gemini Jr, Crate Paper puffy heart sticker, dimensionals

Merry Christmas

Hi to all,

I have a quick post before I head off to work this morning of a card that I made last night after dinner. I've used the sketch from Global Design Project #158. It looked like a fun one so I decided to see what I could come up with.

Since I know most of the DT are SU demos, I used all, mostly, SU products from the Holiday catalog.

I had not inked up this set, nor used the DSP yet, and I think this one turned out pretty darn cute. In fact, I may make a few more I think.

The images are stamped with Memento tuxedo black and colored with Stampin' Blends. I cut them out with the set dies and popped the two elves and presents up with dimensionals. The greeting is from another Holiday set. I love this red sparkly twine too. The only product not SU is some Nuvo white drops that I used on the North Pole sign for snow and on the elves' hats. For additional embellishment I added some SU enamel snowflakes.

I'm off to work. Have a great day and thanks for looking,
Colleen

Supplies
Stamps: Signs of Santa and Timeless Tidings sets by Stampin' Up
Paper: SU heavy Whisper White, Whisper White and Shaded Spruce card stock, Santa's Workshop DSP
Ink: Memento tuxedo black, Stampin' Blends, Shaded Spruce
Other: Signs of Santa dies, SU Santa's Workshop Enamel Shapes, SU Sparkly Red twine, Nuvo drops, dimensionals

Who Needs Snowflakes. . .

Hello,

It's one of my favorite long weekends of the year. Labor Day holiday weekend for me is usually hanging at home, lots of crafting, with the US Open Tennis matches in the background during the day and then a baseball game to watch in the evening. Very low key and relaxing. I'm looking forward to every minute. I just cleaned the clutter from my stamping table, just so I can add it back today.

A few nights ago I made this holiday card. I'm truly behind on making holiday cards this year, and when I saw this set in the SU Holiday catalog, I knew I was going to buy it. Perfect for someone who lives in a coastal community.

As you can see, I've used the current Global Design Project Sketch. The patterned papers are from Stampin' Up from several years ago. I stamped the tree image using SU Archival Black ink onto Strathmore watercolor paper and colored it with Zig Real Brush watercolor markers and a water brush. The sentiment is stamped with SU Cherry Cobbler ink and cut out with a Die-namics Pierced Fishtail Flags die. The sparkly ribbon is from this years SU Holiday catalog.

The inside of the card is super simple using more images from the new stamp set.

Have a great weekend everyone. Thanks for looking in,
Colleen

Supplies
Stamps: Beachy Little Christmas set by Stampin' Up
Paper: SU Heavy Whisper White and regular Whisper White card stock, Strathmore watercolor paper, SU Holiday DSP, SU ribbon, Die-namics die, the Big Shot, foam tape