Snail Mail

 Hi peeps,

The Paper Players has their monthly color challenge this week. Ann is hostess and she has chosen Blackberry Bliss, Bumblebee, Misty Moonlight, and a neutral of our choice. 

These colors look pretty good together, but I really wasn't sure on how to use them. When that happens, I usually reach for one of my Concord & 9th turnabout stamps, which is what I've done this week. This one is called Postmarked Turnabout and I paired it with the C&9th Snail Mail set and corresponding dies. I'm loving how it turned out. Especially that cute little snail!

The neutral was supposed to be SU Crumb Cake, but I discovered that my Crumb Cake ink pad is dry! I don't have a re-inker for it so I used the C&9th Wheat stamp pad and card stock instead. They are very similar shades. The Snail Mail set has the large postage stamp shaped dies to cut out the large sentiments. I matted these with Blackberry Bliss card stock and added the uber cute snail image with Dimensionals.

For the inside of my card I've used more images from the Snail Mail stamp set with the large postage stamp die.

Wishing you a happy hump day, and rest of your week. Stay SAFE!

Thanks for looking in,

Colleen

Supplies

Postmarked Turnabout set and Snail Mail set with dies by Concord & 9th, Concord & 9th Wheat card stock, SU Blackberry Bliss and Whisper White card stocks, SU Blackberry Bliss, Bumblebee, Misty Moonlight inks, Concord & 9th Wheat ink, Misti stamping tool, Gemini Jr, SU Mini Dimensionals 

You Add Color To My Life

 Happy Tuesday Peeps,

If you are a Gina K fan, both of the awesome lady and her stamps and supplies, like I am, you know about her FB group and her Stamp and Chat Live Videos that she does each Monday and Thursday. I can't always watch live due to being at work, but I always watch the recorded version on YouTube when I have the chance.

Well, last night, I was home and watched the live version. The technique she showed us was masking using edges from a torn piece of paper to mask off part of the card and then to use blending brushes to add color to make a background. Once the masks are removed, you get an interesting edge around the blended background. For the stamps, she used silhouette style stamps. To see Gina's cards, you can check them out in the FB group and also on IG.

After eating dinner, I sat down to give this technique a try. I used a rainbow color palette for my blended background and two Gina K stamp sets to make the outside and the inside of my my card.

The ink pads that I used are GKD Bubblegum Pink, Coral Reef, Dandelion Yellow, Lime Green, Blue Lagoon and Black Onyx. The flower and butterfly images are from the GKD set called Petals and Wings and the greeting is from a recent incentive set called Just Add Color. I used my Misti to stamp all of the images and the greeting. For the greeting, I masked off the word "color" with tape, inked the stamp with black, removed the tape and then stamped. I repeated the procedure and masked off the upper and lower lines with tape and stamped the word "color" with Blue Lagoon.

Here is the inside of the card. This time the images are from the Just Add Color set and the greeting is from Petals and Wings.

Have a SAFE day, and thanks for stopping in,

Colleen

Supplies

Gina K Designs: Petals and Wings and Just Add Color stamp sets, Layering weight white, black onyx, blue lagoon card stock, black onyx, bubblegum pink, coral reef, dandelion yellow, lime green, blue lagoon ink pads, master layout 2 dies, Misti stamping tool, blending brushes, SSS colored sequins, connect glue

Here's To Celebrating You

Hello and happy Monday,

Today's post is a card that I made using the inspiration from two challenges. The sketch comes from this week's TGIF Sketch Challenge and the color theme comes from the current Color Hues Red and Gray Challenge.

The background is a new Pink Fresh Studio stencil called Argyle and the stamp set is another new set from Pink Fresh Studio called Every Good Thing.

The inks are all Gina K Designs in the colors of Soft Stone, Stormy Skies, Red Velvet and Hot Red. The background panel is cut out with the Gina K Designs Master Layout 2 dies including the Red Velvet mat. The card base is Stormy Skies. The stamped image is cut out with the set die and I also used the die to cut the shape from the background. After gluing the background to the card base, I popped the cut image up with Dimensionals inside the previously cut out shape. For embellishments I added some Pretty Pink Posh silver gems around the card.

Thanks for stoping in and have a SAFE week!

Colleen

Supplies

Every Good Thing stamp set with die and Argyle Stencil set by Pink Fresh Studio, Gina K Designs card stocks in Red Velvet, Stormy Skies, X-Press It Blending white card stock, Gina K Designs inks in Red Velvet, Red Hot, Soft Stone and Stormy Skies, Gina K Designs Master Layouts 2 dies, Pretty Pink Posh gems, Gemini Jr, Misti, blending brushes

Best Wishes

Hello all,

Yay! It's Friday, and I'm looking forward to the weekend.

Yesterday I received my new mini-catalog and Sale-a-bration pre-order goodies. Because I didn't get home from work until after 8:00 pm, I didn't even open the box until this afternoon. Once I got the stamp sets needing mounting mounted, and the dies organized into their permanent storage, I couldn't wait to use some of them.

Using the new CAS(E) this Sketch sketch, here's the card that I made with my new stamps, papers and dies.

This beautiful patterned paper is a Sale-a-bration level 1 free item called Flower and Field DSP. Using the SU colors in this DSP of Cherry Cobbler, Flirty Flamingo, Basic Black and Petal Pink, I used the new Pierced Blooms dies from the January to June Mini catalog to cut the flowers. I love the stitching element on these.

Here is the inside of the card. The sentiment is from the SU set Happiest of Birthdays.

I'm looking forward to more stamping this weekend. How about you? Whatever you have planned, I hope you enjoy it.

Thanks for looking,

Colleen

Supplies

Stampin' Up sets Happiest of Birthdays and A Touch of Ink, SU Flirty Flamingo, Cherry Cobbler, Petal Pink and Basic Black card stocks,  Gina K Designs Black Onyx ink, SU Cherry Cobbler ink, SU Pierced Blossoms dies, Gina K Designs Master Layouts 1 and 2 dies, Gemini Jr, Misti, SU clear enamel dots, SU Dimensionals, Gina K Designs Connect Glue

I Love You Soy Much

Happy Thursday Peeps,

I turned off the TV and all of the craziness last night and stamped instead. Much more rewarding! I decided to make a Valentine's Day card using the fun GKD sushi set. 

I started with some GKD kraft card stock and heart stencil for the background. The ink used with the stencil is GKD Cherry Red. The Slimline dies are from Kat Scrappiness. The design comes from this week's Freshly Made Sketches where Jen M. has a slimline sketch for us.

The images are stamped using GKD Black Onyx ink onto white card stock, colored with Copics, and cut out with the corresponding dies then arranged per Jen's sketch.

  

Here's the inside.

Nothing says love like food!

I'm off for a 2.5 hour drive for work today, but I wanted to get this posted before I headed out.

Have a great afternoon, and thanks for looking in,

Colleen

Supplies

I Like the Way You Roll stamp set and dies by Gina K Designs, Kraft, Cherry Red, and Layering White card stocks by GKD, Heart stencil by GKD, Slimline Layering dies by Kat Scrappiness, GKD flag die, Black Onyx and Cherry Red inks by GKD, Copic markers, Gemini Jr, enamel hearts, SU dimensionals

Birthday Cards

 Hello peeps and happy Tuesday,

More after dinner stamping last night, and I was able to get two birthday cards completed. Using the color inspiration from two challenges, the TGIF Color Challenge and the Gina K Designs Monthly Mix January challenge, here's what I came up with.

First is the black and white card. This uses mostly all SU supplies. The gems and the dies to cut the panels are not SU. The card base and the other white panel are SU Whisper White card stock as is the black card stock. The flower stamp set and corresponding dies are the Blossoms In Bloom bundle from a few years ago. I stamped the flowers in black ink, then cut the panel and the black mat out using the Gina K Master Layouts 1 dies. Then one of the flower dies is cut from black card stock and the outline flower die from Whisper White. They are glued to the stamped panel with liquid glue. I added some Pretty Pink Posh white gems for embellishment. The greeting is part of the stamp set. The flag dies are from the Gina K Designs Master Layouts 2 die set.

For the inside of this card I stamped the flower images in black and the centers with gray inks. The greeting is from a Gina K Designs Wreath Builder stamp set. I again used the Master Layouts 1 die set to cut out and layer the panels.

Here's the card that I made for the Gina K Designs Monthly Mix challenge. The theme for this month's challenge is "Put Your Red Dress On." Red must be the predominate color and the theme must be celebration, like birthday.

All supplies on this card, paper, ink, stamps, dies are all Gina K Designs. Actually, there is one exception. The dotted background is made using the bubble wrap technique.

The red card base and red ink are the Red Hot shade. The flower is stamped with Black Onyx ink and colored with Red Hot ink using a blending brush. I used some GKD Cherry Red ink to blend over the flower center to give it dimension, The bee is colored with yellow Copics. Both the flower and bee are cut out with the corresponding set dies. The panels are cut out using the Master Layout 2 dies.

The birthday theme is carried to the inside using more images and another greeting from the same stamp set. The hexagon shapes are from the stamp set and are stamped with Lemon Drop ink.

These cuties will go into my birthday stash for use later this year. 

Thanks for checking in and have a great day,

Colleen

Supplies

Stampin' Up Blossoms In Bloom set with corresponding dies, Gina K Designs Beautiful Bees set with corresponding dies, SU and Gina K Designs card stocks, Gina K Designs inks in Black Onyx, Red Hot and Soft Stone, Gina K Designs Master Layouts 1 and 2 sets, Pretty Pink Posh white gems, Gemini Jr, Misti, Connect liquid glue, SU Dimensionals, bubble wrap

It's Your Birthday

 Happy New Year all,

I hope everyone is staying safe.

The Paper Players kicks off their new year of challenges today with a fun theme challenge from LeAnne. We are to use something new on our project. That isn't hard for me, LOL. I ordered the entire new line of layered stencils from Pink Fresh Studio before Christmas. Last night after dinner, I pulled a couple of them out to give them a try. These are FREAKIN' FUN! And addicting! Did I mention FUN! Seriously, if you want to try something different from stamping, try some layered stencils. These particular stencils are super easy to line up the layers using alignment marks on each stencil.

The first ones that I played with are the Daisy Wreath Layered Stencil set and the Simple Plaid Stencil set. I ended up making a set of six note cards with various colors and greetings. The inks that I used are either Gina K Designs or SU. The greetings are from various Gina K Designs stamp sets. Blending brushes makes this process pretty easy.

Here is a close up of one of the cards. The background is made using SU Flirty Flamingo and Gina K Designs Sweet Mango inks on the front of a white card base. After making the daisy wreath, I cut it out using the corresponding die. The greeting is stamped on another piece of white card stock and cut out with a Spellbinders circle die. It is glued to the back of the wreath using liquid glue. After the glue had dried, I used Dimensionals to pop it all up on the card.

For the inside, I made another daisy wreath, cut it out with the die, then cut the top and bottom apart to use them in the corners. I did this for all six cards, some use the top daisy and some use the bottom. The greeting is stamped with SU Flirty Flamingo ink.

Here are pictures of all six. You'll notice that on three of the cards, I used a polka-dot stencil from Paper Smooches to make the center greeting circle a little different. Also, these three card bases are made with Simon Says Stamp Oyster Gray card stock.

I'm really looking forward to playing with the other stencil sets!

I hope everyone has a great upcoming week. If you're like me, I'm back to work after a few weeks of PTO. My work goal for 2021 is retirement, and I'll be discussing options with my financial folks in the coming days. Keep your fingers crossed that it all works out.

Thanks for stoping in,

Colleen

Supplies

Daisy Wreath and Simple Plaid Layering stencil sets and corresponding dies from Pink Fresh Studio, Gina K Designs thick white card stock, Simon Says Stamp Oyster Gray card stock, X-Press It Blending card stock, Spellbinders circle die, Paper Smooches polka-dot stencil, blending brushes, various Gina K designs inks and stamp sets, various SU inks, Gemini Jr, Connect liquid glue, SU Dimensionals

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