Hay There

My second post is a card that I made last night. This one will be sent to my cousin who actually does own and work on his ranch in northern California. He's a fun guy with a great sense of humor, so I think he will get a kick out of this tractor (he's spent many hours on one).

I used Mercy's Tuesday sketch for the layout, and since the base is kraft card stock, I will also submit it to Jeanie's Krafty Thursday challenge.

Supplies
Stamps: Udderly Sweet stamp set by Taylored Expressions and Teeny Tiny Wishes by Stampin' Up
Card stock and patterned paper: Taylored Expressions Udderly Sweet Project Pantry kit
Ink: memento tuxedo black, memento cantaloupe for sponging, SU real red and Copic markers
Other: Labels Three Nesties, SU large oval punch, SU polka dot embossing folder, red candy dots, the Big Shot, and dimensionals

A Flamboyant Happy Birthday for Color Throwdown 105 and SSS 68

Hello Stampers,

I had the opportunity to do some stamping the last couple of evenings after work.  (I am finally back to work this week after five weeks off for my broken arm, and I couldn't be happier.) I made two cards to share with you.  For the first one, I used the Sweet Stop sketch for the layout and this week's Color Throwdown for the color scheme.

What inspired me to use the retired Voila SU stamp set was the new  Funky Four SU stamp set.  I was playing around with the mushroom stamp making rows of mushrooms.  I thought they would make a good background for something and that's what reminded me of the Voila set.  You know, chefs and mushrooms.  Any way, you see how it turned out.  Since the color scheme is kind of "dark" I added the bling on chef's smock to brighten things up a bit. Chef's smock and hat are paper pieced with the DSP and I used the aqua painter to color the neck cloth, cuff and pants.

Supplies
Stamps: Stampin' Up sets Voila and Funky Four
Card Stock: SU elegant eggplant, soft suede, always artichoke and whisper white
DSP: SU Autumn Traditions, retired
Ink: SU elegant eggplant, always artichoke, sahara sand, and basic black; Copic markers for chef's face and hand
Other: SU soft suede ribbon, SU Ice round brads, SU white brads, SU 1 3/8" circle and scallop circle punches, aqua painter, and dimensionals

My second card will be in a separate post.  Thanks for looking in,
Colleen

Mojo Monday 151 - Goblin Greetings

My final post today is a card for today's Mojo Monday sketch #151.  I  decided to get started on making some Halloween cards.  I love the Greeting Card Kids from SU, so I inked up the Halloween stamp in the set today.  Lot's of coloring so I got in some practice with my Copics.  The DSP is retired SU Halloween paper.

Supplies

Stamps: SU Greeting Card Kids and SU Grateful Greetings sets

Card stock: SU lovely lilac and whisper white

DSP: SU Creepy Crawly, retired

Ink: Memento tuxedo black, Copic markers

Other: SU dotted scallop ribbon border and scallop trim border punches, SU pumpkin pie striped ribbon, kaiser black dots, and dimemsionals.

That's it for me today.  Thanks so much for stopping by my blog,

Colleen 

Happy Bird Day

Greetings again,

This is my second post today. This card was made using the Waltzingmouse Sketch Challenge #9.  I came across this challenge while viewing Laura Fredrickson's blog, Scrapnextras this weekend.  (I find Laura's work SO beautiful and I check her blog daily)

While I don't have any Waltzingmouse stamps (yet), I decided to play along anyway.  This was an interesting layout and while a layer of flowers seemed the logical choice to put the card together, I went for a different feel.  I kinda like the way it turned into a fun, birdie, birthday card.

Supplies

Stamps: SU Aviary set and SU Picture This set, retired

Card Stock: Whisper white, basic gray, and regal rose

Patterned paper: Basic Grey's Olivia pad

Ink: SU basic black, sahara sand, basic gray, rose red, regal rose, and baja breeze

Other: Die-namics jumbo scallop and scalloped scallop dies, SU 3/4", 1 1/4", 1 3/8" round punches, the Big Shot, and dimensionals

I'll be back with one more post today, a card for this week's Mojo Monday sketch,

Colleen

Have A Great Day - SSSC80 and CCCC;A42

Hi all,

I had a fun weekend stamping.  I managed to get cards made for some challenges, including one this morning.  I have 3 posts to get them all in today.

First up is a card for Karen Giron's Sweet Sunday Sketch challenge #80 and Stacey Schafer's Curtain Call Color challenge, Act 42.

Karen's sketch this week called for vertical panels, and so I went for something pretty simple.  Minimal stamping, patterned paper, and some funky stitching on my sewing machine for added dimension is pretty much it.  The color scheme is based on this week's Curtain Call Colors of early expresso, peach parfait, pear pizzazz and very vanilla, although my patterned paper looks more pinky than orange in the photo. The finished card is 5 1/4" square. Here is the finished product:

Supplies
Stamps: SU Apple Blossoms set, a level 2 hostess set in the new catalog, and Vogue Verses set, retired
Card stock: SU early expresso, pear pizzazz, and very vanilla
Patterned paper: Basic Grey's Olivia Paper pad
Ink: SU early expresso
Other: SU pear pizzazz ribbon, sewing machine, dimensionals

Thanks for checking in,
Colleen

Hello Friends - SFYTT

Good evening,

For my second Saturday post, I have a card for Jen del Muro's Sketch For You To Try.  I find these sketches fun to do and have been trying them more and more.

I've used another new set for me, Have A Seat by Stampin' Up.  When I made my first "cruise" through the new SU catalog and saw this set, I knew it would be one I would order.  I don't know what appeals to me about these chairs. I just like them! To make this card, I used all four images.  Starting with confetti vanilla card stock, I randomly stamped the three small chairs in various brown inks to make the long panel in the sketch.  I used some retired DSP that has a distressed look, so I went with it and scrunched up the DSP and the stamped panel.  I added a flower made with the SU scalloped circle punch and placed a new SU vintage brad in the center.  To complete the vintage look,  I used some new SU crochet trim on the punched cross piece.  After cutting out the larger chair image with an oval Nestie, I left the die on and sponged some Ranger Distressed Ink in corduroy over the image.  I also used the same ink on the ridges in the long stamped image that were made during crunching.  The greeting is made using the tiny tag punch and stamp set.  One side says "hello" and the other side says "friends."

This is about as "vintage" as I get.  It's not my style, but I sure admire the beautiful vintage cards that I see on everyone's blogs.

Supplies:
Stamps: SU sets, Have a Seat and Tiny Tags
Card stock: SU Early expresso and confetti vanilla
DSP: SU Autumn Meadows, retired
Ink: SU Early expresso, chocolate chip, soft suede and crumb cake, Ranger Distressed in brushed corduroy
Other: classic oval Nesties, SU vintage brad, SU Victoria crochet trim, SU linen thread, SU square steps corner punch, retired (used as a border punch), SU scalloped round punch, SU corner rounder punch, Die-namics jumbo scallop die, the Big Shot, and dimensionals.

That's it for me tonight.  Back tomorrow for the new Sweet Sunday Sketch challenge.  Thanks for looking in,
Colleen

Wishful Shrinking for TESC123

Happy Saturday afternoon fellow stampers,

I hope everyone is having a fun weekend so far. Last evening while watching (listening mostly) to the Padre game, I made a card for Taylor's Friday sketch challenge, TESC123.

I decided to try using cork on my card as an embellishment. I have used cork before, many years ago.  At that time, I would cut out a square or rectangle of cork with scissors, stamp an image on it, and usually layer with card stock and place it on the front of the card.  For this card, I wanted to try cutting the cork with my dies and Big Shot.  For some reason, I had a rather hard time getting my dies to cut through, so I'm thinking that the cork sheets that I have are too thick.  It finally worked, but I had to do some manipulation with the big shot "sandwich", and some trimming with my scissors. I like the look, so I will keep playing around to see if I have better luck.

On to the card, I finally inked up a new set from TE called Weigh To Go.

Supplies
Stamps: Taylored Expressions Weigh To Go set
Card stock, patterned paper, brads and candy dots:  TE Udderly Sweet Project Pantry kit
Ink: SU craft black and always artichoke, memento tuxedo black, Copic markers
Other: SU clear embossing powder, heat tool, SU 1 1/4" and
1 3/8" round punches, SU modern label punch, quickie glue pen, red glitter, classic rectangle and big scallop rectangle Nesties, Die-namics jumbo scallop and scalloped scallop dies, SU cork, the big shot and dimensionals

Thanks for stopping by today,
Colleen