So Berry Kind Of You

Hello,

I had some time this afternoon after finishing work to do some stamping. I haven't played with the Fusion Card Challenge in quite awhile, and decided it was time. I liked the theme this week of berries. I pulled out my C&9th set called Sweet Strawberry and got to work. I used both the sketch and the inspiration picture this time.

The card stock and inks are also C&9th. The patterned papers are from SU. I brushed some glitter over the strawberry stem using a Nuvo glitter pen.

Here is the inside of my card with more images from the same stamp set.

Thanks for checking in!

Colleen

Supplies

Stamps: Sweet Strawberry set by Concord & 9th

Paper: Concord & 9th card stock in white, Midnight and Cranberry

Ink: Concord & 9th ink cubes in Midnight, Cranberry, Poppy, and Parsley

Other: Concord & 9th Sweet Strawberry dies, Die-namics Stitched Rounded Corner Rectangle dies, Misti, Gemini Jr, Gina K masking paper, Pretty Pink Posh gems. SU embossing folder, Nuvo glitter pen, foam tape

A Paper Hug Inside

 Hi and happy Monday,

My Sunday night after dinner stamping. I still wanted to get a card made for Kim's Freshly Made Sketches! challenge before the link deadline, and I decided to make a holiday card to add to my 2020 stash. Using a variety of SU card stock in blue shades for the vertical striped element and Gina K stamps and a stencil, here's my entry. A snowman offering paper hugs.

To make the stripes, I used the Pink Fresh Studio Pop Out Diagonal die and card stock in five different SU blue shades. They are glued to a 5.5 x 2 inch strip of card stock. For the background, I used a Gina K stencil, blue ink and a blending brush. The snowman, candy cane, and letter are stamped on Whisper White card stock and colored with Copics, then cut out with the corresponding dies. They are layered onto ovals cut with more Gina K dies. I used the same stencil to add the background to the oval, and I used the same Gina K ink cube, just with a heavier application of ink. After gluing everything in place, a few Pretty Pink Posh blue gems were added for sparkle.

For the inside, I used sentiment stamps from the same Gina K set, stamped using the Powder Blue Gina K ink cube.

Yay, another holiday card to add to the stash.

Thanks for stopping in.

Colleen                                                                                                                                     

Supplies

Stamps: Winter Hugs set by Gina K Designs

Paper: SU Whisper White, Shimmery White, and various Blue card stocks

Ink: Memento tuxedo black, Copics, Gina K Powder Blue ink cube

Other: Pink Fresh Studio Diagonal Stripe die, Gina K Winter Hug set dies, Gina K Layering Set #1 oval dies, Gina K stencil, Picket Fence blending brush, Misti, Gemini Jr, Gina K foam squares, Pretty Pink Posh gems, red enamel heart

Sure Do Miss You

 Happy Sunday peeps,

It's time for a new Paper Players Challenge. Joanne is hostess with a color theme this week. I decided to use the SU Blossoms in Bloom set and dies to make my card. I bought this set during the demo pre-order but I've not used it yet, so I though it time. I've certainly seen some beautiful creations with this set around blog-land.

To make my card, I've CASE'd the example in the SU annual catalog on page 50. Different background, landscape orientation rather than portrait, and of course different colors, but the idea certainly came from this photo.

The card base is Sahara Sand stamped with the Hardwood background stamp using Sahara Sand ink. The flower dies are made with layers of Joanne's color choices and Whisper White. Other than the time to cut each color out with the dies and gluing the pieces in, this is a fairly simple card, though it looks more involved. For embellishment, I brushed Wink of Stella over the Melon Mambo and Mango Melody parts of the flowers, and added some twine to the sentiment banner. This turned out to be an all SU card.

I finished the inside using more stamps from the Blossoms In Bloom set.

I hope this coming week is a good one, and thanks for stopping by,                                                                                   Colleen

Supplies

Stamps: Blossoms in Bloom set and Hardwood Background stamp both from Stampin' Up

Paper: SU Sahara Sand, Whisper White, Night of Navy, Melon Mambo, Mango Melody, and Pool Party

Ink: SU Sahara Sand, Night of Navy, Melon Mambo, Mango Melody

Other: SU Blossoms in Bloom and Tasteful Labels dies, Wink of Stella, twine 

Thank You

 Happy Friday afternoon peeps,

I have been enjoying Gina K's Stamp and Chat videos since she started them a few months ago. I don't watch them live since they are on while I'm usually working, so watch them later via YouTube. I've learned some fun techniques, and she is always so fun as a person. I watched Wednesday's video yesterday and decided to make a card after we finished dinner last night. The technique is coloring with water color markers. Gina used Zig Clean Color markers and since I have them, I did too.

The stamp sets that I used are from Gina K Designs. I used Tim Holtz watercolor paper as she did. For the markers, I used two purple shades, two yellow shades and two green shades to color the flowers. The layout is this week's "retro" CAS(E) this Sketch!. 

Gina's technique is to use a darker shade at the bottom of the petal and then blend it up using a lighter shade. She doesn't use water. I like how easy the Zig markers blend in this way. I've tried the same idea, but used a water brush to blend up and it was basically a hot mess. I'm pretty happy with my first try results here. Gina used white EP on her flower image prior to coloring. I used the Gina K Designs Black Amalgam ink without embossing and it worked great with no bleeding of the black ink. After the coloring was completed, I used the light blue Zig marker to outline the images for contrast.

Here is the inside of my card. I used regular white card stock, the black Amalgam ink and Copics to color the flower here.

I am still trying to get used to this new blogger. It's kind of driving me crazy, but at some point it will become routine again.  I hope you all have a great Friday evening and weekend, and thanks for stopping in.

Colleen

Supplies

Stamps: Friendship Flower set and Scripty Encouragement set both by Gina K Designs

Paper: SU Whisper White and Black card stock, Tim Holtz water color paper

Ink: Gina K Black Amalgam ink, Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers (084 Deep Violet, 081 Light Violet, 050 Yellow, 051 Lemon Yellow, 042 Turquoise Green, 040 Green, 036 Light Blue), Copics

Other: Misti

Happy Wedding Day

Hi all,

Here's my card for this week's Paper Players Challenge. Laurie is our hostess with a Wedding/Anniversary theme. I didn't really need a card for either celebration, but I wanted to play along with a wedding card. I'll just add this one to my stash.

I first made a card base from SSS Oyster Gray card stock and glued a very subtle patterned paper on it. The die layers are cut from the same Oyster Gray paper using SU dies. I layered some Pink Pirouette paper under the smaller die layer. The image is stamped with Gina K Slate ink onto white X-Press It Blending card stock. I didn't want to add a greeting to the front as I thought it would detract from the overall picture effect. I did add that tiny pink heart because I couldn't resist some embellishment.

Here's the greeting on the inside of the card.

 

I'm happy it is Friday tomorrow. I've had somewhat of a busy work week and I'm looking forward to the weekend. Thanks for looking in!

Colleen

Supplies

Stamps: Couple stamp from Inkadinkado, Happy Wedding Day from Magenta, inside bkg stamp from Magenta

Paper: X-Press It Blending, SSS Oyster Gray, SU Pink Pirouette card stock and Polkadoodler Timeless Rose patterned paper

Ink: Gina K Slate ink cube, SU Pink Pirouette

Other: SU dies, Gemini jr, heart embellishment, Gina K Connect glue

Love You

Hello,

Some weekend stamping results. This card I made for the Gina K August Monthly Challenge. Mindy Eggen is the August hostess and her theme is "White Space."

Using two Gina K stamp sets, Gina K paper and Ink, a Gina K stencil, and the Gina K Wreath Builder system, I made this card. 

I stamped the hands image first in the middle of a 4 x 4 inch panel of layering weight card stock using my Misti and Gina K slate ink. Next I placed the panel into the Wreath Builder template, and using the new circle guide, placed the large heart where it would work best to make a circle around the hands. After the circle was completed, I used the smaller heart in the same way stamping with a lighter shade of pink. I placed the panel back into the Misti to stamp the sentiment using Black Amalgam ink. After folding and cutting the card base, I used the Gina K fan stencil with the same pink inks so the color would just peak around the stamped image once glued to the card base. For embellishments, I used some Pretty Pink Posh gems in pinks and white.

Here is the inside of the card using more images from the same two stamp sets.

This card has lots of details along with sufficient white space for Mindy's challenge. Thanks for stopping by,

Colleen

Supplies

Stamps: Wreath Builder set and Hands of Love set both by Gina K Designs

Paper: Gina K card stock

Ink: Gina K ink cubes in Amalgam black, Slate, Dusty Rose, Innocent Pink

Other: Misti, Gina K Wreath Builder system, Gina K Fan Stencil, Picket Fence blending brush, Pretty Pink Posh gems, Gina K Connect glue

Friday Evening Cards - Two Challenges

Hi and happy Saturday,

After a frustrating day of work computer issues, still unresolved, I needed some paper, ink and stamp therapy last evening. I managed to make two cards, well, actually three because one of them I dumped my drink on after it was done, so I had to re-make it.

Over the past few years, I've purchased a few of the SU card kits. The latest one that I purchased is the Simply Citrus All-inclusive kit. The citrus theme is trendy, the stamp set is adorable, and the card bases are bright. Sometimes I put the cards together following the kit instructions and sometimes I do my own thing with the supplies. With this kit, I followed the instructions for all, except I kept out one card base and some other supplies to make a card a little differently. Because of the citrus theme it turned out perfectly to use for this week's Inspired By Challenge.

Unfortunately, this happened to be the card that I dumped my drink on, so the card base and the terracotta panel are not items from the Simply Citrus kit. I was able to quickly rescue the banner and stamped circle, and the little plastic flower embellishments from the soggy mess. Since I'd already used the rest of the supplies from the kit, I had to come up with my own card base. Using a SSS dotted stencil, a blending brush and inks, I made the random dot background, which is similar to the original card base from the kit.

I had to re-make the inside as well. I actually changed it from my original design and I like this one better.

My next card is made using the sketch from this week's CAS(E) this Sketch! and the colors from this week's Color Throwdown Challenge.

Both stamp sets are from Concord & 9th, and both are Turnabout sets, although I didn't used the Turnabout stamp in the coffee set. The background Turnabout set is from their July release. Since the Color Throwdown has limited colors this week, black and terracotta, I stamped 3 turns with black ink and the final turn with the terracotta color.

Using a black side folding card base, I used dies to cut windows in the front of the card and glued the stamped background behind. I used a white gel pen to make the stitched border for a little added interest. The coffee cups are all from the C&9th Coffee Blend Turnabout set. They are colored with Copics and cut out with their corresponding dies. The sentiment is a die from the same set, cut 4 times from white card stock and glued together. Finally, I added the gold #, the gold hearts, and a white enamel dot over the J for embellishments.

Here is the inside of this card.

Have a fab weekend and thanks for looking in,

Colleen

Supplies

Stamps: SU Simply Citrus set, Coffee Blend Turnabout and Positive Print Turnabout sets by Concord & 9th

Paper: SU Terracotta Tile, Night of Navy, Basic Black and Whisper White card stock, pre-printed citrus banner from Simply Citrus kit

Ink: Memento tuxedo black, Night of Navy, Copics, Hero Unicorn craft, SU Terracotta Tile, Gina K Honey Mustard and Wile Dandelion, White gel pen

Other: Misti, Gemini Jr., Spellbinders circle dies, Die-namics square and rectangle dies, C&9th Coffee Blend kit dies, Nuvo glitter pen, SU Shimmery Crystal Effects, Simply Citrus kit embellishments, misc enamel shapes, Dimensionals, Connect liquid glue