Just Add Ink 57 Color Combo

While looking through the most recent Crate and Barrel catalog last week I saw a pillow that was appliqued with spirals and circles. The spirals reminded me of the Die-namics rolled flower die. I thought that I'd play around with the look on a card and see what I could come up with.

Here is the inspiration photo:

And here is my card:

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The pillow in the inspiration photo is made with felt. I thought about doing the spirals on the card in felt, but decided to use paper for the first try. I may do another version with felt to see how it looks. I crumpled the paper for the medium circles to give them a little more definition. The centers of the  yellow flowers are white candy dots colored with a Copic marker to match cherry cobbler.

The color scheme comes from the Just Add Ink #57 Color Combo challenge. This week's colors are river rock, cherry cobbler and daffodil delight. 

Supplies

Stamps: Bring on the Cake by Stampin' Up

Card stock: SU river rock, cherry cobbler, and daffodil delight

Ink: SU cherry cobbler and Copic sketch marker

Other: Die-namics rolled flower die, SU circle punches, candy dots, the Big Shot, and dimensionals

Thanks for stopping by,

Colleen

Birthday Girl

Happy Friday.  Are you ready for the weekend?

I was not very sleepy last night so I stayed up and stamped. This is a previously uninked Pure Innocence stamp that I got about a month ago from My Favorite Things called "My Balloon." Another cutie for sure. I usually paper piece the dresses, but I decided to practice my Copic coloring with this little gal. You'll recognize the layout as February's Sketch For You To Try.

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Supplies

Stamps: My Balloon by My Favorite Things

              inside: Bring On the Cake by Stampin' Up

Card stock: SU not quite navy and TE choice snow white

Patterned paper: My Mind's Eye

Ink: memento tuxedo black, Copic sketch markers

       inside: SU not quite navy, pear pizzazz and peach parfait

Other: classic oval Nesties, Die-namics rolled flower die, TE medium scallop border die, SU punches, My Mind's Eye square tag, green candy dots, green stickles, sewing machine, the Big Shot, and dimensionals

Have a wonderful Friday evening,

Colleen 

TE Blast From the Past Blog Hop #8

Welcome to my stop on the TE Blast From the Past Blog Hop # 8.  The February rules are to "go green" with our projects by using the color green or incorporate something recycled in our project. For this hop, we are using stamps released prior to December 2010. 

Since I have time on my hands these days (not back to work yet), I decided to do two projects and "go green" both ways.

My first project incorporates the color green, and I've used Sankari's fun sketch for the layout. "Destination Seattle" was released back in July 2010.  I've also used two additional TE stamps to create the scene. The clouds are made with the "Cloudy Days Big Background" stamp and the travel coffee cup in the circle is from the "Let's Do Coffee" stamp set. To make the colorful sky, a mix of SU sahara sand and baja breeze inks were used to ink up the stamp. I masked off the skyline and then stamped the clouds trying to get some of the open areas directly over the city. Cuppie's umbrella was paper pieced with green striped paper and popped up on foam tape. Her rain coat (cupcake paper) was pieced with green paper that was run through the SU square lattice embossing folder then stamped and cut out. The traveler in cuppie's hand was stamped twice, cut out and popped up on foam tape as well. The three circle elements are white and red buttons stacked with green paper in the middle to mimic the circles in the patterned paper. The rest of the image is colored with Copic's. The inside of the card uses the sentiment that comes with the stamp.

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the inside:

Sankari's sketch:

For project two, an old tea box is recycled into a gift box to hold a matching set of birthday and thank you cards. Here's a picture before it's transformation.

The gift box holds eight cards, four each of two different styles. Two of the four say "Happy Birthday" and two say "Thank you." I've used the February Key Ingredients kit for all of the papers and ribbon in this project. The stamp set is "Summer Afternoon" released in June 2010 and the greetings are from the "Fresh Flowers" set released in April 2009.

Here's the box all dressed up:

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The birthday cards:

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The thank you cards:

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Supplies for Project 1

Stamps: Taylored Expressions Destination Seattle, Cloudy Days Big Background and Let's Do Coffee 

Card stock: TE greens, red and choice buttercream

Patterned paper: from My Mind's Eye

Ink: SU sahara sand and baja breeze, memento tuxedo black, Copic sketch markers

Other: rectangle Nesties, SU circle punches, paper crimper, SU white and red buttons, SU twine, red clear dot embellishment, foam tape, SU EF, mini glue dots, and the Big Shot

Supplies for Project 2

Stamps: Taylored Expressions Summer Afternoon and Fresh Flowers sets

Card stock: TE light blue, chocolate brown and choice buttercream

Patterned paper: Lush from My Mind's Eye

Ink: SU early expresso and baja breeze

Other: classic circle and scalloped circle Nesties, TE scalloped eyelet border and small scallop border dies, Taylor's Tiny Twinkles in aqua and aqua Kaiser rhinestones, TE blue ribbon, mini glue dots, the Big Shot, and foam tape

I hope that you've enjoyed your stop at my blog. Thanks so much for stopping by,

Colleen

Thanks - February SFYTT Card

Happy Wednesday all,

I was playing around some more with my new stamps from TE and came up with this cute, and bright, little "Thank You" card. I used February's Sketch For You To Try for the layout.

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Supplies
Stamps: Cozy Cottages from Taylored Expressions
Card stock: TE choice buttercream
Patterned paper: Modern Homemaker by October Afternoon
Ink: memento tuxedo black, SU real red and Copic sketch markers
Other: classic circle Nesties, TE ribbon and button, pink bakers twine, ruby red liquid pearls, sewing machine, the Big Shot, and dimensionals

Thanks for stopping by today,
Colleen

It's Never Long

The road to a friends house IS never long! These new stamps are from the Taylored Expressions February release. The set is called Cozy Cottages and it's the newest set in Taylor's Giving Tree Program. $7.00 for each set sold is donated to Habitat For Humanity. There are some darling stamps in this set! 

The color scheme comes from this week's Curtain Call Color Challenge, Act 70.  Such bright and cheery colors this week.

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The houses are water colored with an aqua painter to give them that washed out Tuscany look. { anyway that's what I was going for :) } I found some patterned paper in my drawer that matched the pear pizzazz and tempting turquoise colors perfectly. The card stock, ink and ribbon are all from SU. I recently got the Swirly Vines embossing folder at a local store and I love the look.

Supplies
Stamps: Cozy Cottages from Taylored Expressions
Card stock: all SU, pear pizzazz, tangerine tango, and whisper white
Patterned paper: Summertime by Echo Park
Ink: all SU, basic black, tangerine tango, pear pizzazz, tempting turquoise, and real red
Other: Sizzix EF, SU tempting turquoise ribbon, curved rectange Nesties, TE paper flower, My Mind's Eye green rhinestone brad, Kaiser turquoise rhinestones, Die-namics scalloped die, the Big Shot, and dimensionals

I hope your week is a good one.
Thanks,
Colleen

Birthday Wishes and SSSC 105

I don't mind sayin', this card took me forever to make! It was one of those "create as you go" things. Nothing clear in my mind from the start so I just kept fussing. In the end, it's not too bad, but, it was very close to becoming one of those "more isn't always better, sometimes it's just more" creations. lol!

The sketch comes from Karen's Sweet Sunday Sketch challenge. Always a fav of mine to do. Most all supplies are SU on this one with the exception of Copics for coloring, expresso dimensional pearls for the icing and the sewing.

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In my effort to practice sewing on paper, this card ended up with a  ton of it. The stamp set is the level one hostess set from the current Occasions Mini catalog and the DSP, ribbon and buttons are all sale-a-bration goodies.

Supplies
Stamp set: A Slice of Life from Stampin' Up
Card stock: all SU, old olive, pacific point, marina mist and whisper white
Patterned paper: Ice Cream Parlor DSP
Ink: memento tuxedo black, Copics
Other: SU Ice Cream Parlor ribbon and button pack, expresso dimensional pearls, classic circle and lacy circle Nesties, sewing machine, the Big Shot, SU corner rounder punch, and dimensionals

I hope everyone had a fabulous weekend. Thanks for stopping by,
Colleen

"Springtime" for Sweet Stop Sketch # 96

I have one more card to share this afternoon. Since I still had the February Key Ingredients kit on my desk I decided to use it to make a card for this week's Sweet Stop sketch challenge. Besides the sketch, this week there was an addition to the challenge to make a spring themed card. I pulled out one of my new Stampin' Up sets called Easter Blessings. Like many, I was attracted to the little girl silhouette stamp included in this set from the current Occasions Mini catalog. I've seen it used on many cards lately around blog land and they are all so cute. Here is my version today:

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Again, all of the card stock and patterned paper are from the TE February key Ingredients kit, as well as the paper flowers and brads. Labels 9 Nestabilities was used to cut out the image instead of using a square as in the sketch.

Supplies

Stamps: Easter Blossoms from Stampin' Up

Card stock: light blue and choice buttercream from Feb KI set

Patterned paper: Lush by My Mind's Eye

Ink: SU early expresso

Other: SU oval and corner rounder punches, paper flowers and brads from the Feb KI kit, Labels 9 Nesties, the big shot, SU pop up glue dots, and dimensionals

That's all from me today. I'm looking forward to the Sweet Sunday Sketch and Curtain Call Color challenges tomorrow morning, so I'll be back tomorrow after the cards are made. 

Colleen