Challenges

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Color Cue Challenge- #2

I know, I know, you all are sick of me mentioning how much I love Funky Foliage. However, I really do and I can’t stop saying it! Another reason I probably love it so much is because the owner/ designer is such a great person and I like supporting people like that! When Dawn posted a new Color Cue Challenge on her blog, I just had to play along. (I honestly think I’m Dawn’s biggest fan….I love love love when she does new blog posts!)
For this challenge we were to use White, Teal, Light Yellow and Bright Pink. Well, being the “rebel” that I am, I had to use brown- I didn’t think black ink looked right with this card. If you follow my blog, you know that I love using my scraps of paper and I’ve been known to create cards like this many times. (You can find some here and here and here and here) I just love the way all the different prints and colors look together! For the scalloped rectangle I used some decorative scissors- yup, I did that by hand! I really need to get the Spellbinder dies…..it’d be so much easier and also even! LOL
Since I already posted today, I’m going to keep this short. Be sure to check out my blog tomorrow. I’ll have my card based off of the sketch I designed for the DeNami Design blog!
Thanks for stopping by (again). Have a great rest of the night!
Stamps: Small Solid Circle, Funky Foliage (WPlus9), Dots Background
Paper: White, Lemon Tart, Raspberry Fizz, Bitty Box Basics
Ink: Vintage Sepia, Ocean Tides, Raspberry Fizz, Tea Dye Duo, yellow
Other: decorative scallop scissors
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Poppy Seed Challenge- #2

Hi there!
It’s a beautiful day in Washington. The sun is shining and the whole weekend is before us. Really looking forward to resting up after my crazy work week. Today I’m spending time with my sister, which will be fun. We’re going to see Bounty Hunter- the movie with Gerard Butler and Jennifer Aniston. It looks like a good one!
Today I have a quick and easy card for Lisa’s Poppy Seed Challenge. This time around we were to use spring moss, buttons and polka dots. Usually it’s not too difficult for me to come up with a card with these elements but this time it was a toughy. My mom is doing a show this weekend so she had to take almost all the markers, a majority of the stamps and all of the scallop paper punches. For some reason my brain froze since I knew I couldn’t use these items. This card isn’t horrible, but it’s definitely not my best work. Hopefully I’ll have time to create another card for this challenge!
In closing I wanted to let you know that I *finally* updated my Items for Sale page- I’d love for you to check it out!
Thanks for stopping by! Hope you were inspired!
Stamps: Small Daisy Blossom, Large Daisy Blossom, Signature Greetings, Polka Dot Basics
Paper: White, Dark Chocolate, Spring Moss, Summer Sunrise, Aqua Mist
Ink: Vintage Sepia, Spring Moss, Tea Dye Duo
Other: assorted buttons, corner rounder
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2 Sketches 4 You- Kazan’s Sketch #48

Hey, it’s me again. Boy am I glad that tomorrow is my last work day of the week. It’s been a LONG week and I’m in dire need of some rest. Lots of exciting things happenin’ at work, which of course, leads to lots of planning and paperwork. At least most of it is fun stuff!
Tonight I have a card to share that was based off of Kazan’s sketch over at 2 Sketches 4 You. This card is a lot more busy than usual, but I still like how it turned out. Can you tell that I’m digging turquoise lately? Seems like I just can’t get enough! Paired up some very “non-Paulina” colors for this one but I think it all goes together nicely. What are your thoughts?
It’s getting late and I need to rest up. Thanks for stopping by!
Stamps: Teeny Swiss Dot, Background Basics: Tin Types, Baby Button Bits, Signature Greetings, Fillable Frames #1
Paper: White, Lime, Summer Sunrise, Lemon Tart
Other: fillable frames die, orange rhinestones, Turquoise grosgrain ribbon, EK Success scallop border punch
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Embellish Fabric Color Challenge


Hey, I’m back with another post!

As I was doing my routine blog browsing I saw that Embellish had a new challenge up. Have I mentioned how much I love them? ;) This time around Ashley challenged us to use some fabric on a card- something I have never done before. I didn’t have any fabric of my own so I dug through some of my mom’s scraps. Shhh…don’t tell her! Since this was my first time using fabric on a card, I didn’t have any genius ideas on how to incorporate it. I added the strip of fabric behind the balloon panel which added some dimension and also reminded me of clouds. :)

Thanks for stopping by! Hope this card inspired you to play along with this challenge!

Stamps: Look Up , Background Basics: Tin Types
Paper: Cream, Brown Kraft, Enchanted Evening, Pure Poppy, New Leaf
Ink: Vintage Sepia, Tea Dye Duo
Other: SU! scallop border punch, red rhinestones, scrap fabric, corner rounder
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Pink Hello


Hey, it’s me again! I have been a busy little card making bee recently- I’ll have lots of cards to share in the next few days. I want to thank you all for your sweet congrats on being selected to design with Courtney this month. I have truly had a great time playing with Look Up– I know you all will love it too!

Tonight I saw that the amazing Dawn was sponsoring this weeks challenge at JUGS. Before I even saw the challenge I knew I had to play along. Seriously…choosing two sets if you win…yeah, didn’t need to even think about that one! I quickly whipped up this card featuring Funky Foliage along with some Papertrey stamps. I still can’t get enough of those pink trees! ;) In case you missed them before, you can find them here and here.

Thanks for stopping by (again!). I’ll be back tomorrow with two new cards featuring Look Up. Be ready for some yummy pastel goodness!

Stamps: Funky Foliage (WPlus9), Turning A New Leaf, Background Basics: Tin Types
Paper: White, Brown Kraft, Raspberry Fizz, Sweet Blush
Ink: Vintage Sepia, Cherry Pink, Sweet Blush
Other: Pink grosgrain ribbon, pink button, Labels 1 Spellbinders, SU! scallop border punch

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Spring is in the Air

Hey there!

Today I have a bright and cheery card to share with you. Over on Nichole’s blog, she challenged her DT to create some Spring cards. As usual, there was some stunning creations! To add to the fun, she posted the colors that each member used and challenged us to create a card using one of the color schemes. I LOVED the colors that Betsy Veldman used so I chose those as my colors.

For this card I pulled out my beloved Wishing You set along with Signature Greetings and Background Basics:Tin Types. LOVE how it turned out. Such a vibrant card that would cheer up anyone! I decided not to add any ribbon {gasp!} and opted to use some pink rhinestones instead. Have I mentioned how much I love rhinestones? I have at least eight colors and use them all regularly!

In closing, I want to mention that Dawn over at Stamp Away With Me did a sweet feature on me using her Funky Foliage set. I love her line and couldn’t believe my eyes when I read all the things she said about me! Just goes to prove that you never know who reads your blog and looks at your creations. :) For those newbies out there, keep posting to your blog! Who knows, you might get featured!

Thanks for stopping by, friends! I hope you were inspired! I’ll be back tomorrow with a card for a special challenge- you won’t want to miss it!

Stamps: Wishing You, Signature Greetings, Background Basics: Tin Types
Paper: White, New Leaf, Summer Sunrise, Sweet Blush
Ink: Vintage Sepia, Fresh Green, Cherry Pink, Summer Sunrise
Other: pink rhinestones, SU! scallop border punch

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Poppy Seed Challenge #1

Saturday greetings to you all!

Last night I went to bed super late- thankfully I got quite a bit more done on one of my projects. Since I’m stressing about trying to finish all my commitments, I woke up really early and got some more things crossed off the list. Sometimes to-do lists can be really daunting…..

You may all laugh, but I needed to do something NOT on my list, so I created a card for Lisa’s Poppy Seed Challenge. Isn’t it a cute name? For each challenge there will be different “seeds” which must be incorporated into each card. For this first challenge, we were to use crystals, a flower stamp and light yellow. I had no trouble using crystals or a flower stamp, just had a bit of difficulty with the light yellow. I originally tried using light yellow ribbon but that didn’t look so great. I finally decided on light yellow ink for the flowers and a yellow butterfly. Since I don’t have a butterfly stamp to fit this die, I decided to add some outline dots and of course, more rhinestones!

Well, it’s time to take a nap before I head off to a wedding. Hope you were inspired!

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{Hello Butterfly card supplies}
Stamps: Just Dandy, Fillable Frames #1,
Paper: White, Lemon Tart, True Black
Ink: Onyx Black
Other: SU! scallop border punch, rhinestones, butterfly die, fillable frames die, Summer Sunrise grosgrain ribbon

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DeNami’s First Color Challenge

We have made it to another Wednesday! I hope you all had a fabulous day. I kept super busy at work, which helped made the day go by really quickly.

Today I am so pleased to announce that DeNami Design has launched their new and improved blog! Numerous hours were spent and perfecting this new blog. To launch off the new site, DeNami is hosting their first ever challenge. Each month there will be two new challenges in which anyone can participate. Oh goodness, aren’t these colors just utterly delicious?! In this challenge we were asked to use: chocolate brown, brown kraft, white, magenta and lime. It’s such a fresh and “Spring-y” color combo!

Some of you may know that I’m part of the DeNami design team- such a fun experience. I have the great pleasure to work alongside the talented Nami and Wendy. I just wanted to quickly mention that they are looking for people to add the team. Click here for more info.

Thanks for stopping by! I hope that you’ll play along with the DeNami color challenge– it’d be great to see what you create!

Stamps: Teeny Swiss Dot, Small Solid Circle, Rosebud Trio
Paper: White, Brown Kraft, Chocolate Brown, Lime, Magenta
Ink: Vintage Sepia, Lime, Cherry Pink
Other: Chocolate Brown grosgrain ribbon, Quickie Glue Pen, Extra Fine Glitter, Marvy Super Jumbo Scallop Square punch, Marvy Mega Scallop Square punch

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2 Sketches 4 You- Laura’s Sketch #46


I’m so excited that I was able to play along with another 2S4Y sketch! This week, the fabulous Laura designed the sketch. I have been able to get to know Laura a little more these past few months- she’s such a dear! We have some similar passions (exercising, cardmaking and food). I’m hoping that someday I’ll be able to actually meet her- wouldn’t that be so neat?!

I love this Mimi in the Rain stamp. My favorite part of the stamp? The polka dot rainboots! I don’t own any rainboots, but if I did they would look similar to these! If you click on the photo, you can see that I added some magenta glitter to both the boots and the umbrella. Oh how I love glitter. :)

I just received my blog candy and let me tell ya, you all will love it! I’ll give you a clue: it has to do with Sizzix and they are BRAND NEW! Make sure you become a follower so you can be one of the first to know when the candy is posted!

Thanks for stopping by! I hope you’ll get a chance to play with this super fun sketch from 2S4Y!

Stamps: Mimi in the Rain, Just Dandy, Hello from Hero Arts
Paper: White, Brown Kraft, Golden Tangerine, Enchanted Evening
Ink: Cherry Pink, Onyx Black, Majestic Blue, Summer Sunrise, Tea Dye Duo
Other: orange rhinestones, corner rounder, EK Success scallop border punch, Hot Pink grosgrain ribbon, Quickie Glue Pen, Magenta Glitter, Extra Fine Glitter

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2 Sketches 4 You- Kazan’s Sketch #46

I know I already posted today, but I just *had* to play with this weeks 2S4Y sketch. Like I’ve mentioned before, I always love playing along when I get the chance. I wish I could do them every week, but my creativity and lack of time prevents me for always being able to.

For this card, I decided to play {again} with Funky Foliage. I’ve already made four cards using this set, and I just got it yesterday! I decided to go with the oval shaped trees and added some yummy moss colored rhinestones. You may have noticed the ribbon- it’s my new favorite way to tie bows! Hopefully in the next few days I’ll be able to show you step-by-step pictures on how to create this super easy bow. (Thanks for asking about this, Lisa!)

In closing, I want to mention that I got some SUPER FUN blog candy coming soon. Let’s just say you’ll want a die-cutting machine….. ;)

Thanks for stopping by, friends! Hope you were inspired!

Stamps: Background Basics: Retro, Funky Foliage (WPlus9)
Paper: White, Ripe Avocado, Dark Chocolate, Spring Moss
Ink: Vintage Sepia, Fresh Snow, Tea Dye Duo
Other: Spring Moss grosgrain ribbon, SU! scallop border punch, moss rhinestones