Color Dare 84

Color Dare 84

Pear Pizzazz 

Night of Navy 

Soft Suede

What a wonderful colour combination Riley came up with this week.  I knew today's card was going to be a round one because my new lacy circle nesties just had to be broken in :)  It's also been a while since I made a button bouquet.  I put the celery at the bottom as the "grass" and built my bouquet from there.  Added to the fun was using two varieties of my beloved dots :)  Yes, I was a happy stamper making this card LOL!

The rest of the Team has lots of inspiration for you.  You can check out their creations here:

• Glenda Wyatt at Paper, Scissors, Rocks 
• Heater Prince at Princess Scrapper Stamper
• Joan Jeffery at JJ's Creations
• Melissa Hubert at My Paper Obsession
• Nance Lempinen-Leedy at Canopy Crafts
• Riley Fitzgerald at Stampin' With Riley  (our leader)

We'd love you to join us!  Simply create a card using this week's colours and add your card to InLinkz on the The Colour Dare Blog.  If  you are uploading to a public gallery, please make sure to use the keyword CD84.   In addition, each week, Riley will select a Featured Stamper and showcase your card on her blog.




What's In It?
Stamps:  Flower Filled
Paper: Night of Navy, Certainly Celerly, Soft Suede
Ink: Certainly Celery
Accessories: Lacy Circle, Large Circle, Scalloped Square and Square Nesties, Swiss Dots and Seeing Spots Embossing Folders, Buttons, Glue Dots, Dimensionals

Fluttering Mojo

Loved Julee's Mojo Monday sketch this week.  So many things you can do with it.  Since my butterfly die was still out I used it again...sorry!  It's now put away so it won't appear on cards for a while LOL!

I used Recollections DP from Michael's, giggled with glee as I used my lacy square nestie again (told you this could become my next addiction LOL!) and added a simple sentiment tag with a button.  Love the crisp look the white outlining gives this card.

Things may get a bit quiet around here for the next few weeks as I'm gearing up for a craft fair at our school at the end of this month, and the kids get a four day weekend with Remembrance Day on Thursday and a Pro D Day on Friday.  It's going to be a busy weekend keeping them busy LOL! 

Thanks for popping in and I'll be back tomorrow with my Color Dare card.





What's In It?
Stamps:  (SU) Fancy Flexible Phrases
Paper:  Recollections DP, Really Rust, Tan, 
Accessories:  (SU) Sizzex Butterfly Die, Lacy Square and Square Nesties, 5/8" Saffron Satin Ribbon, Buttons, Half Pearls, Glue Dots, Dimensionals

Inkspiring News!

I have some wonderful news I've been having to keep all to myself for some time now and it's been killing me!!  Today I finally get to share it with you :)  I have been given the wonderful opportunity to be part of the Inkspirations Design Team for the next six months!  Squeal!!!  I love Keesh's work as well as her sketches and colour challenges, and now I get to play along every week :)

Every Friday, Keesh will post either a sketch or a colour challenge on the Inkspirations Challenges Blog, her new, dedicated challenge blog, so you can come along and join in the fun.  In addition, each week a winner and an honorable mention will be chosen.

  This week, Keesh has given us this wonderful sketch to work with and I combined it with Stacey's Curtain Call challenge.  Loved the mix of rust, orange and mustard, and as luck would have it, I had some perfect DPs to work with!

I over stamped the sentiment with a Verve leaf in pumpkin pie to get that colour in the mix, and since my butterfly die was still out on my desk I used it in lieu of the flower on the sketch.  Adding to the fun, was being able to use my newly acquired Lacy Square Nesties.  Be forewarned, this could become one of my new addictions LOL!

Below is a list of the talented ladies I get the honour of working alongside for the next six months.  You can check out their blogs for some inkspiration (sorry, couldn't resist) to get you started on this week's challenge:

Cindy Kirsty Makeesha Renée Brandi Carrie Helen Ilina Lee-Anne Marisa

Thanks for stopping by today and hope to you are can make a little time to  play along with us this week :)   Have a fabulous day!





What's In It?
Stamps:  (Verve) Autumn Splendor, Plain Jane
Paper:  Recollections DP (Michael's), Bo Bunny DP, Cajun Craze, Linen Vanilla, More Mustard
Ink:  Chocolate Chip, Pumpkin Pie
Accessories:  Lacy Squares and Square Nesties,  5/8" Cream Satin Ribon, SU Butterfly Die, Brown Half Pearls, Button, Glue Dot, Dimensionals

Throwing Down My Mojo

This week is Mojo Monday challenge time which means a chance to win some free Verve so I'm a playin' :)

I combined the sketch with this week's Color Throwdown.  They were a great mix of colours and though I had to sub a few colours, I think it worked.

Please excuse the very sad job on the border punching.  I don't have the corner punch yet and it shows - ugh!  Tried doing it free hand and would get one end to work and not the other, or one side and not the other and a whole mess of other combinations which didn't add up to any semblance of uniformity so I gave up and what you see is what you get for now.  The bottom right hand corner was a bit bare so I turned the corner and added a button.  Thanks to Julee for her continued generosity in the Mojo challenges.  Love that girl and her Verve :)

Thanks for fluttering by (sorry, couldn't resist) and enjoy your day.







What's In It?
Stamps:  (Verve) Kind Words
Paper:  Blue, Kraft, Orange
Ink: Black
Accessories:  Swiss Dots Embossing Folder, Stampin' Up Sizzex Butterfly Die, 5/8" Red Satin Ribbon, Black Buttons, Blue Dots, Dimensionals

Color Dare 82

Color Dare 82

Garden Green

Perfect Plum

Blushing Bride

Very Vanilla

If the sketch looks familiar, it is because I paired this week's colours with the same Sweet Sunday Sketch as last week because it had a large panel for me to work with. This time I kept true to the sketch and didn't rotate it.

The Garden Green was working me over until I saw my Inspired by Nature set and bingo, grass it would be LOL!  I added some butterflies and this fun Martha Stewart Border punch I haven't used for a while.  I needed something else to tie in the garden green and as luck would have it, I had the perfect button in that colour - score!  Love it when that happens:)  Not sure why my Perfect Plum paper and ink look so different, but they are the same, I promise!

 The rest of the Team has lots of inspiration for you.  You can check out their creations here:

• Glenda Wyatt at Paper, Scissors, Rocks 
• Heater Prince at Princess Scrapper Stamper
• Joan Jeffery at JJ's Creations
• Melissa Hubert at My Paper Obsession
• Nance Lempinen-Leedy at Canopy Crafts
• Riley Fitzgerald at Stampin' With Riley  (our leader)

We'd love you to join us!  Simply create a card using this week's colours and add your card to InLinkz on the The Colour Dare Blog.  If  you are uploading to a public gallery, please make sure to use the keyword CD82.   Each week, Riley will select a Featured Stamper and showcase your card on her blog.

Thanks for stopping by today and have a great day :)






What's In It?
Stamps:  (SU) Inspired by Nature, Flight of the Butterfly
Paper:  Perfect Plum, Cream Linen, LSS Pink
Ink:  Garden Green, Perfect Plum
Accessories:  Martha Stewart Border Punch, Black Half Pearls, 5/8" Cream Satin Ribbon, Green Button, Glue Dots, Twine, Dimensionals

A Few More...

I am having a ball making this bookmarks - just in case you couldn't tell :o)   On the other hand, photographing them today was a challenge no matter where I took the picture, until I got smart and stood the book up instead of having it lie flat.  What can I say, the brain cells were not firing too well this morning LOL! 

I continue to be amazed by the differences in lighting between the four of pictures I took.  They were in the exact same location, and the first three sets of pictures I took looked like I took them at sunset.  Amazing what changing the angle of the object can do.  One of these days I will go back to trying to use my light box.  I tried one earlier this year and didn't like the outcome of my photos (I need to change my lights or get more of what I have) so I went back to using the window ledge.  Natural light is soooo wonderful.  However, with winter coming, I may need the convenience of taking pictures any time of day or night.


Sorry, I regressed....back to the bookmarks.  The top one is one of my favorites to date.  Flowers and butterflies, what more can I ask for :)   May just have to make myself one!  The shoe bookmark was made for a friend who has an extreme shoe addiction.  I almost ran some bling up the heel and put some one the "poof" (may still add it) but regardless, I'm sure she will love it :)   In the mean time, though it's hard to see, I covered the poof of the shoe with Stickles and it is really sparkly.

I've actually got a few more (told you I was addicted to making them !), but will space them out in my postings, I promise LOL!






What's In It? 
Flowers and Butterflies
Stamps:
Paper:  Elegant Eggplant, Almost Amethyst
Ink:  Sage Shadow
Accessories:  Circle and Scalloped Circle Nesties, Swiss Dots Embossing Folder, Martha Stewart Butterfly Punch and Daisy Border Punch, Michael's $1.50 Flower Punch, Ribbon, Half Pearls


Stiletto Shoe
Stamps:  Mike's $1.50 Stamp
Paper:  Black, Pretty in Pink
Ink:  Black
Accessories:  Circle and Scalloped Circle Nesties, Swiss Dots Embossing Folder, Martha Stewart Heart Border Punch, Ribbon, Stickles

Flower Bookmarks

The addiction continues, and this time round I made a few flower bookmarks.  The best part is they are made from scraps in my "to be used later" box.  This is a box I use to put things that don't make it on to a card for whatever reason:  changed my mind, colours were wrong, too big, too small etc., etc.  Figured it was about time I start using some things in the box rather than just adding to it LOL!

It's great fun mixing up the border punches along the bottom.  Next time I won't use the twine because it catches when you are putting the bookmark on and that would drive me nuts (that is the practical side of me speaking).  However, for aesthetics, it works just fine LOL!

Thanks for bearing with me and all these bookmarks!! If you haven't tried on yet, do!  They are very easy to make and the sky is the limit :)

Have a fabulous day!





What's In It? 
Verve Flower
Stamps: (Verve) Great Friend, (Stampin' Up) French Script
Paper:  So Saffron, Real Red
Ink:  So Saffron
Accessories:  Circle and Scalloped Circle Nesties, Stampin' Up! Border Punch, Script Embossing Folder, Ribbon, Half Pearl

Punched Flower
Paper:  Brocade Blue, Pretty in Pink
Accessories:  Circle and Scalloped Circle Nesties, SU Flower Punches, 3/8" Circle Punch,  Swiss Dots Embossing Folder, SU Border Punch, Silver Twine, Blue  Half Pearls

Inkspirations Goes Off The Wall

 I loved the wonderful pictures in the inspiration piece and corresponding colours for this week's Off The Wall Colour Challenge so I just had to play along.  I combined it with this week's Inkspirations  sketch, even though I missed the submission link - darn it all anyway!  

The earthy colours were a great excuse to use my PTI Turning A New Leaf set (love this set!).  Leaf images just make me happy :) 

The wonderful striped ribbon which I found at my trustworthy ribbon supplier, the Michael's ribbon bin LOL started things off.  I matted it with the scalloped, white border for a little punch, embossed the white background panel with Diamonds in the Rough,  and added some green butterflies on the focal image.  Can't say I have ever seen a green butterfly, but they apparently exist in my craft room LOL! 


Scruffy is back to his normal self and still getting a bit more attention than normal so I have to bring him back to reality with his medications LOL!  He had me laughing the other day as one of the medications must taste awful.  He scrunched his face up like the guy on the Buckley's add and then he runs to the tap for a drink of water.  Thankfully he only has a few days left of that one.

Thanks for coming by to say hi and hope you're having or have had a great day, depending on when you read this post :)




What's In It?
Stamps:  (PTI) Turning A New Leaf
Paper:  Chocolate Chip, Wild Wasabi
Ink:  Certainly Celery, Close to Cocoa
Accessories:  Diamonds in the Rough Embossing Folder, Circle and Scalloped Circle Nesties, Martha Stewart Butterfly Punch, SU Scalloped Border Punch, Half Pearls

Color Dare 82

COLOR DARE 82

Daffodil Delight

Night of Navy

Old Olive

This was such a fun colour combination to work with, I will definitely be using it again :)  I haven't used Night of Navy all that much, but the more I use it the more I love it.  Plus, it looks stunning with olive and celery, two of my favorite greens.

Once again, I paired this week's colours with Karen's Sweet Sunday Sketch - can you tell I love her sketches LOL!  The large focal panel  made me immediately think of one of my favorite Stampin' Up sets, For All You Do.  I haven't used it for a while due to my recent Verve flower craze, so out it came. 

Some Girl's Papier polka dotted olive DP was a perfect match and accented with saffron all round.

The rest of the Team has lots of inspiration for you.  You can check out their creations here:

• Glenda Wyatt at Paper, Scissors, Rocks 
• Heater Prince at Princess Scrapper Stamper
• Joan Jeffery at JJ's Creations
• Melissa Hubert at My Paper Obsession
• Nance Lempinen-Leedy at Canopy Crafts
• Riley Fitzgerald at Stampin' With Riley  (our leader)

We'd love you to join us!  Simply create a card using this week's colours and add your card to InLinkz on the The Colour Dare Blog.  If  you are uploading to a public gallery, please make sure to use the keyword CD82.   Each week, Riley will select a Featured Stamper and showcase your card on her blog.


Thanks for stopping in and have a great day :)




What's In It?
Stamps: (SU) For All You Do
Paper:  Night of Navy, Paper Doll DP
Ink:  Old Olive, Night of Navy, So Saffron
Accessories:  5/8" Satin Saffron Ribbon, Black Half Pearls, SU Scalloped Border Punch, Dimensionals

Garden Silhouette Bookmark

I only had a bit of time to stamp today so I decided to make another bookmark.  I really wanted to used some sheer, silver ribbon with a big bow or added a bow to the grosgrain ribbon, but being the practical person that I am, I just couldn't do it LOL!  I would be totally miffed having a huge lump in my book where the bookmark was not to mention my book not closing properly.  So, I keep things pretty simple in the embellishment department when I make these so they remain functional - at least from my perspective LOL!  I have a few more in store for you but I'll spread them over the next three weeks so you don't get sick of seeing them :)

Thanks for all your kind words about our kitty's teeth cleaning and possible tooth removal yesterday.  I'm glad to report his teeth (and gums) look fabulous.  They are all pearly white now and he didn't need to have any pulled :)  Only thing left to deal with is giving him some medicine over the next week.  His blood work was good and the vet says he is in great shape for his age - biiiiiig happy "sigh" :D  

We did have a fun discovery yesterday at his expense.  When we removed the bandage on his front leg where they had to shave a bit of fur to insert the IV, we noticed he has spotted skin like his fur pattern!  He's a spotted tabby and has spotted skin to match LOL!   Who knew?!  Needless to say, we are all glad this is behind us and it is great to have Scruffy back to his normal self today :)

Have a fabulous day and I'll be back tomorrow with my Color Dare card for this week.

What's In It?

Stamps:  Garden Silhouettes

Paper:  Pretty in Pink, Mint green

Ink:  Sage Shadow, Pretty in Pink

Accessories:  Scalloped and Square Nesties, Swiss Dots Embossing Folder, Threading Water Border Punch, Bling, Half Pearls, 1/4" Sage Grosgrain Ribbon