Diva Coffee Break Designs Meets The Sweet Sunday Sketch

Hello again!

It is C-O-L-D and rainy here in Central Alberta today - the perfect combination for staying inside and CRAFTING!!  I knew you'd agree...  :)  So, I combined the Diva Coffee Break Designs color challenge with Karen's Sweet Sunday Sketch.

At first, the colors screamed fall, but when I looked through my stamps, I didn't find anything that screamed "Use ME!" so I went in a completely different direction and made a boy-ish card:

Recipe: Stamps - Dog-Gone Cute (MFT)  Paper: Kraft, Cajun Craze, Peach Parfait, Very Vanilla,
Wild Wasabi, Woodland Garden DSP  Ink: Versafine Onyx Black  Accessories: Nesties, Seeing Spots EF, Gridlock EF, clear embossing powder, twine, Copics
 

I had so much fun paper-piecing his clothes - isn't he cute?  The colors are very fall-ish so this card also qualifies for Paper Sundaes' challenge this week to use fall or Halloween colors.

Thanks for stopping by - I hope the weather is much nicer wherever you are!  Send some this way if you can.  :)  See you tomorrow!

Sunday Morning Four-in-One

Hello chickies!

I was up kind of early this morning. . . why is it when you {can} sleep in, your body says you {can't}?  I took it as an opportunity to put a Berry Crisp in the oven for breakfast and then peruse the blogs to see if I could conjure up a quick card.

What did I find?? I found four amazing challenges that seemed to be perfect for each other.  First of all, Embellish Magazine has another pretty combination this week - not colors I'd normally put together or even use:

I popped over to Paper Sundaes and discovered that their challenge this week is a Recipe Challenge: Use 4 flowers, 3 buttons, and 2 designer papers on your card.  As soon as I read that I KNEW which sketch I was going to use because it was a-match-made-in-heaven-perfect for this recipe!  Karen's Sweet Sunday Sketch is a beauty (as usual):

After I had those three challenges put together in my brain, I needed an image or sentiment so I clicked over to Sentimental Sundays to check out the freebie digi images for this week and discovered the most perfect one - along with the challenge to use ribbon on your card.  Ummm....hello?  Ribbon's what I {do}!  LOL  So, off I went to create - - - wanna see?

Stamp: Digi image from Sentimental Sundays  Paper: Very Vanilla, Sage Shadow, peach-y Bazzill, SU! DSP, unknown polka dot paper  Accessories: Various ribbons, CutUps Flowers Die (TCP), hemp twine, buttons, paper piercer, scor-tape

I'm not sure if this card qualifies for the second part of the Embellish Challenge for a quirky-cutesy-clean style but it's the best I could do!  I actually love the soft color combination and the sketch was so perfect, how could I not use it?  I did have to squish the flowers together a bit to make the sentiment fit properly but I think the basic gist of the sketch is still there...right?

Thanks for stopping by - I love to have visitors and appreciate the time it takes for you to stop and take a peek.  See you tomorrow with another two cards and three more challenges!

8-in-1 Monday!

Wow...I sometimes shock even myself!  I don't think I've ever done a card that incorporated eight challenges at the same time.  Of course it helps when so many challenges have the same theme the same week.  :)

So, here are the challenges this card qualifies for:

• Sweet Stampin' Challenge Blog gave us the theme "Spring is in the Air" and told us to interpret it however we wanted to.
• Crazy 4 Challenges also asked us to think "Spring."
• One more... Our Creative Corner Challenge's theme is "Spring/Easter."
• Paper Sundaes challenged us to use paper piecing somewhere on our project.
• Pile It On's theme: "Furry Friends."
• Wags 'n Whiskers is challenging us to "pop it up" and use dimension somewhere on our card.
• My sketch comes courtesy of Pals Paper Arts:

• And last, but not least, my colours are thanks to Just Us Girls:

I just received this cute image from Wags 'n Whiskers as part of my Sketch Saturday win a few weeks ago and thought it would be perfect for all of these challenges:

Recipe - Stamps: Some Bunny Loves You (Wags 'n Whiskers)  Ink: Versafine Onyx Black  Paper: Close to Cocoa, Certainly Celery, So Saffron, Bashful Blue, Assorted SU! DP, Whisper White  Accessories: Clear embossing powder, Argyle embossing folder, Copics, Bashful Blue satin ribbon, buttons, hemp twine, slot punch, paper piercer, dimensionals

I paper pieced her dress and hair bow, the flower and his shirt and tie.  I used dimensionals to pop up the flower as well as the entire image panel.  I will admit that this image is a bit more "cutesy" than I normally use but I think it makes a really nice spring-y card.  :)

Don't forget to stop and check out The Shabby Tea Room's new challenge as well as The Curtain Call's Color Challenge!  See you tomorrow!

Monday Morning Five-in-One!

Good Morning (almost afternoon)!

What have you done today?  I've been busy doing laundry and trying to get rid of this sore throat I woke up with this morning...and crafting, of course. :)

I can't believe I was able to combine five - count 'em, FIVE - challenges with this fun springy card:

• Paper Sundaes asked us to create a multi-fold card with an Easter/Spring Theme.  I love making Easel Cards so that's what I decided to do.

• The Pink Elephant also requested a spring theme.

• Pile It On wants to see pastel colors which is lucky for me because look at what the Sweet Stampin' Colour Challenge has for us this week:

• And, last but not least, another fabulous sketch from Julee over Mojo Monday:

And here's what I created with all those challenges rolling around in my brain:

Recipe- Stamps: Live Simple (Hero Arts)  Paper: Whisper White, Sage Shadow, Certainly Celery, Blush Blossom, Barely Banana, SU! DP (various)  Ink: Versafine Onyx Black, Certainly Celery, Barely Banana  Accessories: Scallop Edge Punch, adhesive pearls, Barely Banana grosgrain ribbon, twine, Copics, Divine Swirls EF, button, paper piercer, clear embossing powder


I realize that I didn't position the pearls like Julee has in the sketch...whatever!  LOL  I had fun with this card- I got to use colors I don't normally use and a stamp set that hasn't seen ink for a LONG time!

If you have time, stop over at The Curtain Call for this week's color challenge and The Shabby Tea Room for our very first weekly challenge!  And don't forget about the Design Team call Megan has going on over at Picture Perfect Creations Color Challenge.

Enjoy your Monday!

Shhhhh...It's WAYYYY Past My Bedtime

... but I found another really cool sketch and color challenge!  Well, I didn't exactly *find* the sketch - my peeps, Leanne and Tamie have already used this sketch to make some awesome cards so I thought I'd see what I could do with it.  Paper Sundaes has their seventh sketch up now:

 

ANOTHER square card!  I really like the square card because it gives me a chance to use some of those bigger stamps I can't use on a regular sized card.  I paired it with Julie's Easy Breezy Kewl Colour Challenge:

Ummmm...what?  Bermuda Bay with Artichoke?  Are you kidding?  After much contemplation and rearranging, I came up with this:

 

After all is said and done, I think I did a pretty good job of working the Artichoke in there but keeping it to a minimum and letting the Bermuda and Burgundy be the stars.  This adorable little girlie is from Stamping Bella - Hydrangea Bittybloom - and there are MANY more cutie-patootie stamps just like her.

Ok - going to bed now.  I have to work for a bit in the morning but I hope to come back for some Verve-y fun tomorrow afternoon!  See you then!