Wednesday, August 29, 2012

CTD#207/MOJO256 - Hello Friend

 It's time for another Color Throwdown Challenge (CTD207).  Our hostess for this week is Lori who has chosen some yummy looking colors and inspiration photo for all of us to create with this week.
For my card I not only used this week's colors for the CTD challenge but also used the Mojo Monday Sketch Challenge #256 for my layout.  I used the Papertrey Ink stamp sets Think Big Favorites #3 for my sentiment and Turning a New Leaf with the coordinating dies for around my flower.
 Supplies: Think Big Favorites #3, Turning a New Leaf + dies, MME dp, Oval Nesties, Flower die, Simple Stripes Impressions Plate, Button, Bakers twine, 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
  Vickie Zimmer - For the Love of all Things Stampin - as our August Guest Designer

Hope you'll join the fun and play along in this week's challenge!
 
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Sunday, August 26, 2012

SSSC166 - HELLO

 It's time for another fun Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge (SSSC166)!  Karen has a great sketch for all of us to create with for the next two week's and we all hope you'll play along.

 Supplies: Heart 2 Heart + die, Nesties circle dies, Banner dies, MME dp, Circle punches, Ribbon, Button, Polka dot embossing folder, Bakers twine, Foam tape.  Colors: Chocolate Chip, Ruby Red, So Saffron.
 
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
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
Becca Whitham - Becca Expressions - Our Sweet Sunday Guest Stamper
 
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Saturday, August 25, 2012

RS#26 - Happy Haunting

Happy Saturday!  This is my second post for today, so if you're looking for my Our Creative Corner/ Papertrey Ink Blog Hop post please see below.  It's time for a new Retro Sketches Challenge (RS26)!  I'm sad to write that this is the last Saturday of the month and that my time as a Retro Sketches Headliner has come to an end.  I've really enjoyed working with the talented women on the team and designing cards using the fun sketches each week.
The sketch for this week's challenge was created by this week's Retro Sketches guest designer Danielle Daws.
Yes, this is a Halloween card the first one for this year, I couldn't resist since I just received my PTI order and this adorable Happy Haunting set was part of it. 

Supplies: Happy Haunting + die, Mat Stack 5, Oval dies, Chevron Stripes border die, Button, Bakers twine, Embossing folder, Corner rounder, Foam tape.  Colors: Basic Black, Only Orange, Kiwi Kiss.

 Be sure to stop over at the Retro Sketches blog to see Arielle, Kasia, Laurie and Danielle's creations using this fun sketch.
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Exciting News - Nut'n Better Gift Set

Hello everyone!  Yep I've got some exciting news, I'm this week's guest designer over at the Our Creative Corner blog!  The hostess for this week is Kim Price and the theme for her challenge is Recycle, along with using something resalvaged/recycled on your card or project she asks that you also use the color green.
The projects I have for today, I'm also entering in for this month's Papertrey Ink August Blog Hop.  As you can see from the PTI inspiration photos below, the challenge was to create a project with texture, something with either herringbone, tweed, burlap, felt, corduroy, houndstooth or argyle which I attempted to do with my gift set. 
For my card and jar full of nuts I used the Papertrey Ink stamp sets Autumn Acorns and Modern Wood Mats.  For the recycled material on my two projects I used cardboard, the corrugated banner and die cut border on my card and the corrugated cardboard tag for my gift jar.  I've incorporated the color green into my projects with the designer paper and acorns and I've also embossed a herringbone pattern into my background panel and used an Autumn color palette.


Supplies:  Autumn Acorn + dies, Modern Wood Mats, Mat Stack die, Banner die, Chevron die, Ribbon, Herringbone embossing folder, Button, Twine, Cardboard, Nestie dies, We R Memory Keepers designer paper, Jar, Foam tape.  Colors: Chocolate Chip, More Mustard, Vanilla, Crumb Cake, Really Rust, Old Olive.
 
Well that's it in a nut shell for me (pardon the pun), I hope you'll join in for this week's OCC challenge!
Thanks for stopping by!
 
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