CTD120 - Butterfly Birthday

Hello friends hope you're well today!  It's Wednesday and time for another Color Throwdown!  Danielle has chosen a very pretty color palette for us this week with the colors Rich Razzleberry, So Saffron and Old Olive.  For my card I used the stamp sets Flight of the Butterfly and Well Scripted to create a birthday card.

Supplies: Fight of the Butterfly, Well Scripted, Cottage Wall DSP, So Saffron DSP, Butterfly punch, Scallop Trim border punch, Perfect Polka Dot Impressions Folder, Ribbon, Floral Fusion Sizzlits die, Pearl, hole punch.

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
Cathy Indelicato - Crafty Thoughts

To all of my American friends, I hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving.



SSSC94 - Finding Each Other

 Good morning!  It's time for the Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge!  Karen has an excellent layout for all of us this week and I hope you'll find time to play along!  For my card using the sketch I decided to have some fun using the Two Step Owl punch and the stamp set A Word for You.  I think this layout using the owls would make a cute Valentines Day card as well.

Supplies: Two Step Owl Punch, A Word for You, Sunny Garden DSP, Two Step Bird Punch (for branch), Scallop border punch, Ribbon, Dimensionals.  Colors: Poppy Parade, Daffodil Delight, Old Olive.

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

You cannot always have happiness, but you can always give happiness. ~Author Unknown

Color Throwdown #119 - Greatest Gift

Hello everyone!  It's Wednesday and time for this weeks Color Throwdown!  Barbara has picked out a sharp looking color combo for this week of Early Espresso, Pear Pizzazz and Cajun Craze and we hope you'll play along!  For my first card I used Mercy's Tuesday Sketch Challenge for the layout and the retired SU stamp set Branch Out and since I don't have Pear Pizzazz I went with Kiwi Kiss.

Supplies: Branch Out, Retired DSP, Square Lattice Impressions Folder, Ribbon, Brads, Oval Nestie, Piercer, Dimensionals.

For my second card I used the stamp sets Aviary and Curly Cute (I love these sets together).

Supplies: Aviary, Curly Cute, Ribbon, Perfect Polka Dot Impressions Folder, Scallop border punch, Brads, Piercer, Dimensionals.

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
Cathy Indelicato - Crafty Thoughts

Taylored Expressions November Key Ingredients Kit

Hello everyone!!!  Today is the release of the Taylored Expressions Key Ingredients Kit and I'm super excited to share a few of the projects I've created using some of the fun materials from the Kit! 

Each month Taylor comes up with a challenge for all of us to get our mojo going and this months challenge is:  November Key Ingredients Challenge: There's a modern homemaker in all of us, right? For our challenge this month, you should create something to spice up your kitchen, or anything featuring kitchen icons or food (food stamp images or real food!).  

 For the challenge I created a few projects that I know I'll definitely use (I'm always striving to stay organized), I used yummy food images (can't go wrong with these cute TE cupcakes) and I know these items will help to spice up my kitchen.  I used the Taylored Expressions stamp set For the Love of Cupcakes to create a coordinated set with a notebook, magnetic calendar and cupcake magnets.  The Key Ingredients Kit for November has so many fun products included in it this month, one being the Modern Homemaker designer paper by October Afternoon.  I love the colors, patterns and designs on these great double sided designer papers and they offer so many possibilities when it comes to creating.  To see all of the details for this months KI Kit and to sign up to receive your TE Key Ingredients Kit click HERE.

Above is the notebook I created, which measures 4 1/4" x 6 1/4", I bought a pack of five Post-it note pads and used one of them for the inside.  The outside cover which was made using a piece of the Maraschino cardstock measures 6 1/4" x 9" with score lines at 4 3/16" and 4 3/4" to create a book cover.  This notebook is the perfect size to carry in your purse or have at hand.

 For the base of my magnetic cupcake calendar I used some of the Lakeshore blue cardstock and cut it to 4 1/2" x 8", I attached a computer printed calendar with brads and cut and colored this cute cupcake image using my Copic markers.

Here you can see the calendar and magnets on my fridge already in use.  This set would make a great gift for a friend, co-worker or teacher.

Be sure to visit the rest of the Key Ingredients Design Team members below to see what they've designed for this month's challenge.

Melody Rupple

Jen Tapler

Jessica Diedrich

Lisa Hjulberg

Rosie Hughes

and Taylor of course!

We would also love to see what you can create for this month's challenge when you receive your Key Ingredients Kit!

Thanks for stopping by!