Color Hues ONE YEAR Anniversary!

One year ago, Nancy Leppek launched a new challenge blog called Color Hues! And now here we are, on our second September 1st colour pairing - and 25th challenge! I like that one year ago, we started with yellow and green, and a year later we're mixing things up just a little bit with YELLOW and ORANGE.  I came very close to riffing on my very first Color Hues card - sunflowers, but decided to design something entirely new instead. Here it is! 

How about a cute little yellow and orange kitty? This is an older PTI die set that I don't remember to get out often enough. There are tiny dies for his facial features, but I found stamps for his nose, mouth and whiskers before drawing in the eyes myself. I gave him a strip of patterned paper to sit on, and some orange brick as a backdrop. The fun sentiment comes from a Paper Smooches cat set. 

For me, it's always fun to take a colour pairing that could easily be used for florals, and find something else to create with them instead. (Also avoids the conundrum of leaves if there is no green involved. 😉 Not that each of the DT hasn't been creative with leaves at least once.)  You definitely want to check out what my teammates have dreamed up for this colour pairing - including a brand new addition to the team, my sweet friend and talented cardmaker Tracey! One more thing before I let you go - we have prizes to celebrate our one-year milestone - $25 Simon Says Stamp gift certificates for two of our talented gallery participants for this challenge! Prizes, great inspiration from my design teammates, what are you waiting for? 

Supplies: Neenah white cardstock, Authentique Be(you)tiful patterned paper, The Ink Road Meow Mix & Paper Smooches Feline Friends stamps, Versfine onyx black & cracking campfire distress ink, Wow clear gloss embossing powder, Papertrey Ink Kay's Critters: Cuddly Cat, Paper Smooches Talk Bubbles & MFT Blueprints 27 stitched rectangle die

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ABC Christmas Challenge: S and T

Suddenly, it's September! And since the first of the month falls on a Wednesday, it is time for a new ABC Christmas Challenge. Today's post is brought to you by the letters S and T! For S, we are looking for STENCILS. I chose to go with a glittery Christmas tree: 

This is a fun stencil that can be used lots of different ways, but I chose to make a green ombré tree and added a layer of glitter gel for extra Christmas fun. I included a couple of pops of red with my sentiment and star atop the tree. This plaid paper matched my shades of green quite nicely! 

Our second prompt this month is T for TWO. I made it easy on myself by finding a stamp that already had two mittens, and also made two cards! 

The mitts and sentiment are both from a 2010 Unity kit - I've been doing this a long time! :D I stamped the entire image on each card base, then cut the mittens out of red and green textured cardstock. For more texture, I ran my panels through a knit embossing folder after cutting out the scalloped frame. Here's a closer look at the two cards: 

As always, we have a little prize on offer for one participant, so be sure to check out the ABC blog with all the DT's beautiful inspiration - and then join us! 

Supplies: (merry Christmas) Neenah white cardstock, Jillibean Soup All About Plaid patterned paper, Prima Snowflake Tree stamp, Catherine Pooler rockin' red & squeezed lemonade, twisted citron, mowed lawn & rustic wilderness distress ink, Gina K. white glitter gel, MFT rounded rectangle die, Studio Calico red star sequin; (warm winter comforts) Neenah white & scrap red & green textured cardstock, Unity September 2010 Kit of the Month stamps, Versamark, Catherine Pooler rockin' red & Stampin' Up garden green ink, Wow opaque white & Ranger silver embossing powder, Studio Katia elegant scalloped oval die, Sunny Studio cable knit embossing folder

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Addicted to Stamps and More: Birthdays

It's time for the newest Addicted to Stamps and More challenge! We are ready for some BIRTHDAY CARDS! With a number of family birthdays in July and August, I have been using a lot of cards, so it's a perfect time to add more to my stash. Here's what I came up with: 

I wanted to try using this Concord & 9th set for a chocolate cake - often the flavour of choice! For me it's a challenge as I prefer bright colour palettes to neutral ones. All things considered, I'm quite pleased with how it turned out. I fussy cut my three tier cake of chocolate, mocha and chocolate layers and popped it up on a neutral patterned paper background. The cake topper is cut twice, once from gold and once from regular cardstock, which I sponged with the chocolate ink for a shadow. I went over the white frosting on the cake with a white glaze pen for a little extra texture. 

Lots of birthday inspiration on the ATSM blog from my design teammates - be sure to check it out, and then I hope you'll join us! 

Supplies: Neenah white & (?) gold glitter cardstock, (?) patterned paper, Concord & 9th Top It Off stamps & die, MFT biscotti & Memento rich cocoa ink, Winnie & Walter Katharine cutaways pierced rectangle die, Gelli Roll white glaze pen, foam tape

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Water You Up To at Scrap 'n Stamp

I'm on the Scrap 'n Stamp blog today with two cards for today's Random Acts of Cardness prompt, WATER! For all the details, please pop over to the blog, but here's a sneak! 

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The Sisterhood of Hormonal Stampers

Time for a new Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers challenge: H is for HORMONAL! Edna obviously knows all about the delights of mid-life hormone fluctuations. :D Here's my take on the theme:

I would not complain about looking like my Gibson Girl on train wreck days, come to think of it! :D My stash of people stamps is small, and she seemed the best one to go with the fun sentiment. Honestly, some days do feel that way! She is coloured quite simply with Copics, and matted on some pretty patterned paper. Clean and simple, which on train wreck days, is the obvious way to go. ;) 

I am entering this in the current Face On challenge at Lost Coast Portal to Creativity.

Be sure to check out the hormonal inspirations of my sisters in snark as well as our current guest designer (and Queen of Snark), Tristan! Show us where your hormone surges lead you, creatively! 

Supplies: Neenah white cardstock, Pink Paislee Spring Jubilee patterned paper, Deep Red Gibson Girl & The Ink Road The Struggle is Real stamps, Versafine onyx black ink, Copic markers, Sunny Studio slimline basic borders die

 

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Inkspirational: Photo

It's time for a new Inkspirational challenge, and we have a fun photo inspiration for you today! I was inspired by the row of cups, the black and white, and the circles in the cups and saucers:

Coffee cards! I knew I wanted to use this pierced circle cover plate in black and white - and rarely for me, used both versions at the same time. I mixed two different coffee sets to get my lattes and sentiments. Here's a closer look at the two cards: 

Where will this photo inspiration take you? It took my Ink teammates in all sorts of different directions, so be sure to check out the Inkspirational blog. I hope you'll join us! 

Supplies" Neenah white & desert storm, Stampin' Up basic black & Recollections red cardstock, Lawn Fawn Thanks a Latte & Ellen Hutson Oh Frappé stamps & dies, Versamark, Versafine onyx black & MFT biscotti ink, Wow clear gloss & pale gold pearl embossing powder, ARTplorations Circles All Over cover plate die, foam tape

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