CTD213/SSC80 - Birthday Butterfly

 It's time for the Color Throwdown Challenge #213 (CTD213).  Our hostess for this week is the talented Broni and she's chosen some fabulous colors along with a beautiful inspiration photo.

For my card there's not a whole lot of stamping going on, I used the Papertrey Ink stamp set Think Big Favorites #12 for my sentiment and layered two PTI butterfly die cuts with a button for my focal image.  I used the Sketchbook Saturday Challenge #80 for my layout.  I wasn't sure whether I would like my sentiment on the top portion of my card because I'm used to stamping it toward the bottom or within a shape with my image but I actually really like it.

 Supplies: Beautiful Butterflies dies, Think Big Favorites #12, Simple Stripes Impressions Plate, Scallop border die, Circle Nesties, Ribbon, Button, Rhinestones, Foam tape.   Be sure to check out what the other design team members have come up with for this week's Color Throwdown Challenge!

 

Barbara Anders - Paper Pursuits

Broni Holcombe - Splashes of Watercolor

Joan Ervin - Stamping With Passion

Lori Tecler - Inking Aloud

Tammy Hershberger - Stamp Happy

Wanda Cullen - Cullen-ary Creations

Kerri Michaud - Cards by Kerri
Denise Marzec - The Paper Landscaper
Dawn Easton - Treasure Oiler Designz - our October Guest Designer

 

So honored

Hi there friends!  I'm not trying to toot my own horn by this post, but when I woke up this morning and saw that I was chosen as the Featured Stamper for this week over at the Splitcoast Stampers site I couldn't believe it.  Being the Featured Stamper means that members of Splitcoast Stampers can choose a card from your gallery as inspiration for a card that they create.  It's such an honor to be chosen by your peers and to have your gallery with all of your work highlighted, it truly means a lot to me.  The thought of any of my cards inspiring someone to create is so flattering.  I'll be smiling all week long and I look forward to seeing the cards that are created.   Thank you!  

SSSC168/SSSC169 - Christmas Snowman

 Hello there!  It's time for the Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge and since I missed the challenge from two week's ago I've got a card for that as well.

For this first card I used the SSSC from two week's ago and kept it clean and simple with a little bit of detail on the snowman with his scarf and hat.  Both the cards I have for today use most of the same supplies. I used the Papertrey Ink Shape Up Snowman die & stamp set, Wonderful Words Holiday & word dies and My Mind's Eye 12 Days of Christmas designer paper.

 

Be sure to visit each of the Sweet Sunday Stampers below for more samples using the SSS sketch!

Karen Motz: Paper Playhouse 

Sarah-Jane Kale': Janeybell 

Vicki Burdick: It's a Stamp Thing

Dana White: Dana's House of Cards

Karen Giron: The Sweetest Thing

Dawn Easton: Treasure Oiler Designz 

Jackie Pedro: The Scalloped Edge
Lori Tecler: Inking Aloud
Melissa Hubert: My Paper Obsession
Tracy Clemente: Eat Sleep Stamp
Tracy MacDonald - I Wanna Build a Memory - Our Sweet Sunday Guest Stamper 

   Thanks so much for stopping by today!

CTD212 - Wonderful Friend/With Sympathy

Hello there!  It's time for another Color Throwdown Challenge!  Our hostess for this week is the talented Barbara who has chosen some really pretty rich colors which are perfect for this time of year.

I created two cards for this challenge since I haven't been posting here on my blog a lot lately.  I've been busy getting some things done around the house now that my kids are in school all day and I've been job searching.  For my first card I used the Papertrey Ink stamp sets Wreath for all Seasons, Bitty Bird and Think Big Favorites #12.  This is a clean looking card (not too much detail) but I wish you could see the wreath in person because I took a red glitter pen and glaze pen and dotted over almost all of the stamped berries on the wreath to give a little sparkle and shine.

For my next card I needed another sympathy card for a customer so I thought the rich colors for the challenge would work nicely.  It's fun how you can get such a different look by using all the same colors as my first card, but using one color more, like the "more" mustard on this second card.  On this card I used the PTI stamp sets Think Big Favorite #12 for the sentiment and the Houndstooth Basic Background set for the bottom portion.

Be sure to check out what the other design team members have come up with for this week's Color Throwdown Challenge!

 

Barbara Anders - Paper Pursuits

Broni Holcombe - Splashes of Watercolor

Joan Ervin - Stamping With Passion

Lori Tecler - Inking Aloud

Tammy Hershberger - Stamp Happy

Wanda Cullen - Cullen-ary Creations

Kerri Michaud - Cards by Kerri
Denise Marzec - The Paper Landscaper
Please welcome Dawn Easton - Treasure Oiler Designz - our October Guest Designer

 Thanks for stopping by and I hope you'll play along with the challenge this week!