The Color Throwdown - Christmas & Kindness

 Hello friends!  It's Wednesday and time for another Color Throwdown Challenge!  Broni has selected some gorgeous colors for all of us to work with this week and I hope you'll join in and play along. 

For my first card I used the Papertrey Ink stamp set Wreath for all Seasons.

The second card that I created uses the SU stamp sets Pocket Silhouettes and Heard from the Heart.

For all the details on how to play along, visit The Color Throwdown site.

And be sure to check out what the other design team members have created using the colors for this week:

Barbara Anders - Paper Pursuits

Broni Holcombe - Splashes of Watercolor

Danielle Kennedy - Wild Dragonfly Designs

Tammy Hershberger - Stamp Happy

Kristin Beuter - Mindless Creativity

Laura Pryor - Lil' Inker Designs

Thank you for stopping by!



SSSC92 - Crazy for Cupcakes

 Good morning!  It's time for the Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge.  Karen sure has a sweet sketch for us today, I love the scallops on this one!  In my quest to get ahead on creating birthday cards for next year I decided to use the stamp set Crazy for Cupcakes for my card.  I wasn't so sure about the colors I used on this card, I found this combo in the Color Coach and figured I'd give it a try.  I guess if you never try anything new you never find out what you really like.

Supplies: Crazy for Cupcakes, Perfect Polka Dots Impressions Folder, Sizzix SU Blossom Party die (for flower), Ribbon, Scallop square Nestie, Button, Dazzling Diamonds, Aqua brush, Dimensionals.  Colors: Early Espresso, Marine Mist, Pink Pirouette.

I added Dazzling Diamonds on the pink frosting of each chocolate cupcake for a little sparkle.

To play along create a card using Karen's Sweet Sunday Sketch, then go to Karen’s blog The Sweetest Thing and link your card so we can all see your creation! 

Be sure to visit each of the Sweet Sunday Stampers below for more samples using this week’s sketch!

Joanne Basile: ...just a little something

Karen Motz: Paper Playhouse

Laura Fredrickson: Scrapnextras

Sarah-Jane Kale': Janeybell

Vicki Burdick: It's a Stamp Thing

Jen Tapler: Jen Tapler Designs

Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things.  ~Robert Brault

Exciting News!!!

Guess who the new Guest Designer is for The Color Throwdown?  Yep you got it, me!  I'm so excited and honored to have been asked to design cards and projects for the next month and a half along with the talented women from The Color Throwdown. 

So without further ado onto the cards, yes that's right I created two cards because these colors were so fun to play with and I hope you'll play along too.  The first card I have uses the stamp sets On a Pedestal and A Word for You.  I'm going to try and stock up on birthday cards so I'm ready for some of next years birthdays when they come around instead of being last minute {OK I said try}.

Check out these great colors for The Color Throwdown:

For this next card I used the fun colors from the challenge and the Two Step Owl punch as well as the stamp set Curly Cute.  These owls crack me up every time I see them!

For all the details on how to play along, visit The Color Throwdown site.

And be sure to check out what the other design team members have created using the colors for this week:

Barbara Anders - Paper Pursuits

Broni Holcombe - Splashes of Watercolor

Danielle Kennedy - Wild Dragonfly Designs

LeAnne Pugliese - Wee Inklings

Tammy Hershberger - Stamp Happy

Kristin Beuter - Mindless Creativity

Laura Pryor - Lil' Inker Designs

Thanks so much for stopping by!



MTSC98 - Forever Friends

 Hello, hope you're having a good day!  My day has been crazy or I should say crazier than normal, lol.  I wanted this card that I had created for Mercy's Tuesday Sketch Challenge posted this morning but ended up having to run our three year old to the doctors.  The long and short of it is that we've come to the conclusion that our youngest son is lactose intolerant which may be the reason for him waking in the middle of the night screaming and for the cause of his on and off again stomach problems.  If indeed that is the case I'm grateful that that's all it is and nothing more serious.

Anywhooo, I used my fun Taylored Expressions Key Ingredients Kit to create this card for the sketch challenge.  I absolutely Love this Cider Apple designer paper that comes with the Kit and the rich fall colors are right up my ally!  So if you haven't already ordered your Key Ingredients Kit this month, what are you waiting for?  You can click here to find out all of the details.

Supplies: TE October Key Ingredients Kit, Branching Out, Branching Out Coordinates.

Have you seen the adorable sneak peeks of the new Taylored Expression Stamps & Accessories?  If not you can click here to hop over and take a look.

Be sure to stop by tomorrow because I have some exciting news that I'll be sharing!