Twig Wreath - (CTD410)

Hi there!  It's time for this week's Color Throwdown Challenge!

For my card I used the Papertrey Ink stamp set Twig Wreath to create a birthday card.  I started out with a white card base, then die cut a stitched panel of aqua mist which I stamped using the PTI stamp set Scripted.  Then using the coordinating die to the Scripted set, I die cut two of the Many Blessings, one in white and another in melon berry adding some melon berry ink along the bottom of the white and gluing them together, then adding them to my aqua panel.  Next I die cut and stamped my twig wreath, flowers and leaves in melon berry, ocean tides, gray and chocolate chip ink.  Before adding my wreath, I sponged on a little of the aqua mist ink in the center of the stitched panel then glued on my wreath and all the little bits including some silver sequins.  The whole aqua mist stitched panel was then added to my card front with foam tape. For more inspiration, check out the design teams' blog links below OR you can go to the Color Throwdown blog for details on how to play along and you can see all the sample entries in one location.
Amy Rohl Amy Rysavy

Barbara Anders   

Broni Holcombe   

Jodi Collins 

Lisa Henke 

Lori Tecler

Lynn Put   

Vickie Zimmer 

Wanda Cullen

Karren Johnson - September Guest Designer

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Have a Magical Day!

Happy Saturday!  It's a rainy day here today and I'm glad, once in a while you need a rainy day.  Other than running to the farmers market this morning and doing some cleaning, I was able to finish a book I was reading and make a few cards (it's a good day!).   The card I'm sharing today is one I created using two different challenges.  I used the Lawnscaping Challenge #137 which is to add texture to your card and the Fusion Challenge for it's sketch and a bit of color. For my card, I used the sweet Lawn Fawn stamp set Fairy Friends along with the coordinating Fairy Friends Lawn Cuts.  I started out with a white card base, then added an embossed white panel using the an embossing folder.  Then I die cut a rectangle of white cardstock and using chipped sapphire & mustard seed distress inks I blended a morning sky, added green hills cut with the Stitched Hillside Border dies with one hill embossed with polka dots and my stamped sentiment on a banner.  I stamped, colored with Copic markers and die cut the swirly fronds, lantern, flowers and fairy from the set and added them to my scene, popping up the fairy and lantern.  As a final touch I tied on some black & white bakers twine and added some yellow Stickles for some glitter. Hope you're having a good weekend!

Where Creativity Meets C9 - Celebration

Hello!  I'm super excited today because today marks the first Where Creativity Meets C9 Challenge!  Yahoo!  Our first C9 Challenge is all about Celebrations and what better time to celebrate than the start of a fun new challenge!

I was in need of a birthday card for a crafty friend of mine and wanted something fun and colorful, so I pulled out the Concord & 9th Birdie Banner set along with the Banner Alpha Bits set and made my card.

For my card I used a piece of white cardstock and started with stamping the lines from the Birdie Banner set.  These are flexible line images which can be stamped straight or curved in different configurations.  On the ends of each banner line I stamped the little bow image from the set.  After that I stamped the outline of each banner and then the solid image in, hawaiian shores, limeade ice, hibiscus burst and canyon clay.  Once that was done I used the Banner Alpha Bits set and stamped my Happy Birthday sentiment.  I used two of the birds from the set and stamped them first in black ink for the outline and then in raspberry fizz and daffodil delight with the one bird wearing a party hat in limeade ice with a hawaiian shores pom pom which I added glitter to.  This whole panel was then adhered to my white card base with foam tape.

This Birdie Banner set is so versatile and can be used in so many different ways.  Angie from Concord & 9th has a fantastic video on how this set can be used which you can see here but below is a picture of what I stamped while playing with this adorable set.  It's just a very small sampling of what you can do.  The possibilities are endless!

Thank you kindly for your visit!  I hope you'll join us for our first challenge over at the Where Creativity Meets C9  and don't forget to check us out on Instagram and Facebook! 

Exciting News!!!

Yep that's right, I've got some exciting news to share!  If you've visited my blog any time in the last 6 months then you know that I love the stamps and products from Concord & 9th and enjoy creating with them.  So imagine how excited I was when Jessica contacted me and asked if I would like to join her new challenge team, Where Creativity Meets C9 using Concord & 9th products?  I said YES of course!  And so I can't wait to share with you all of the fun we're going to have in the upcoming months!

 To help kick off the celebrations we’re giving away one $25 gift certificate to a lucky commenter during our introduction week so be sure to hop over to the Where Creativity Meets C9 site for a chance to win!
Below I'm sharing a few of my favorite cards that I've created using Concord & 9th products.

Thank you so much for stopping by and for all of your sweet comments and support!