PPC Specialty Challenge - "Christmas"

Welcome to the last Monday before Christmas everyone!!!  Are you all ready to go?  I *think* I'm pretty close - I just have to wrap and buy a couple more gifts and I'm done.  :)  Whew...  what a busy holiday season it has been and it's not quite over yet!

This week's challenge at Picture Perfect Creations is *not* our usual color challenge - instead Megan has given us the theme of "Anything Christmas Related."  Easy peasy, right?

I found this week's challenge over at the Play Date Cafe and the first thought that popped into my head was definitely NOT a Christmas card - not with that yellow in there but I thought I'd give it a try anyways:

I started out with the Diva Coffee Break Design Challenge sketch as my inspiration but my card ended up evolving into something {a bit different} from the sketch:

Stamps: Warm Words (SU!)  Paper: Basic Black, Whisper White, Daffodil Delight  Ink: Basic Black, Versamark Dazzle Frost  Accessories: Daffodil Delight sating ribbon, Oval scallop punch, oval punch, eyelet, Cropodile, silver cord, Baubles embossing folder (Crafts Too), adhesive pearls, Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder, Iridescent Ice embossing powder

I started out with some Daffodil DSP as the main back panel but decided that it was *too much* yellow - it's just supposed to be a {splash}, right?  So I cut a new piece of white and tried to decide what to do with it because it was too boring for me!  HA!  I initially thoguht about embossing it but that would have been too much embossing.  Hmmmm...what to do?  I finally decided to ink the entire surface with Versamark and heat emboss Iridescent Ice onto it... I LOVE how it turned out!  Here's a close-up of the sparkly-ness:

If you have a few spare minutes this week, we'd love it if you'd play along with us at Picture Perfect Creations and if you need some more inspiration make sure to stop and see what the other PPC Creators did with these colors!  See you on Wednesday with a Color Dare combination that would be the PERFECT complement to this PPC Christmas challenge ~~~ I'm just saying... :)  Later, gators!

Sentimental Sundays - Inspired by Song

Only one more week... are you ready?  I'm slowly getting there - mostly done but since we are traveling to my sister's, the pressure is on to get it all done before we leave.

This week's challenge at Sentimental Sundays is a fun one - "Inspired by Song."  You can choose any song you want and don't forget to include a sentiment!  Since we *are* in the Christmas season, I kind of wimped out and chose a Christmas song, "Walking in a Winter Wonderland."

I {heart} Arielle's colourQ combination this week - I haven't used Ruby Red for a LONG time so I was really happy to see it in her combo:

I haven't played with Melissa's Tuesday Morning Sketches for quite awhile and when I saw this week's, I knew it was perfect for the image I wanted to use:

I had to make my card a 5-1/4" square to accommodate my trees but I think I made the sketch work:

Stamps: Lovely as a Tree (SU!), Medallion (SU!), Sleigh Ride (Flourishes)  Paper: Whisper White, Kiwi Kiss, Chocolate Chip, Bermuda Bay, SU! DSP  Ink: Bermuda Bay, Chocolate Chip  Accessories: Paper piercer, Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder, Kiwi Kiss corduroy buttons, Sookwang adhesive sheets, sugar beads, silver cord, dimensionals

Here's a close-up - so sparkly and wintry:

We'll see you back here tomorrow for a new Picture Perfect Creations Color Challenge - have a great day!

Snowmen Abound at the 4 Crafty Chicks!

Are you ready for a new 4 Crafty Chicks Challenge?  Hopefully it will be an easier one for you all to play along with than my color challenge last week...;)  This week Tamie is the hostess with the mostest and she has challenged us to use snowmen on our cards.  You could have one or you could have many - the choice is yours.  :)

Like I said yesterday, I'm trying to keep my cards quick and easy for the next couple of weeks and this one is no exception.  Seriously, this card couldn't have taken me any longer than about half an hour... and no stamping! 

I have had this My Mind's Eye paper pack, Colorful Christmas, sitting in my stash for a couple of months now and haven't even cracked it open until now.  It is SOOOOO cute I can see more cards coming out of it!  LOL

Paper: Whisper White, Purely Pomegranate, Kiwi Kiss, Colorful Christmas (MME)  Accessories: Nestabilities, Purely Pomegranate satin ribbon, paper piercer, corduroy brads, dimensionals

How's that for a quick card?  No sketch, no color challenge...I think this is a first for me!  LOL  If you want to see what the rest of the Chicks created, make sure you stop by their blogs and leave 'em some love.  Enjoy the rest of your week and play along with us if you have time!

Color Dare #89 (...and there are only 10 more sleeps! ACK!)

Welcome back to another Color Dare, all you crafty crafters!  This week's combination is one that you could definitely use to finish up those Christmas cards; it's a bit non-traditional but I *know* there are many of you out there that could make it work.  So, this is my own personal challenge to you:  Can you make a Christmas card using Rich Razzleberry, Very Vanilla, Baja Breeze and Pink Pirouette?  :)

I have been trying to get ahead of the game with my DT cards so I don't have as many to do over the next couple of weeks and I'm really trying to make cards that are quick and easy so I immediately went over to clean&simple stamping for a sketch and found this one:

I started out wanting to make a Christmas card but couldn't find anything Christmas-y to use for the snowflake so I dug out my Sizzix Daisies die and a few cranks through the Cuttlebug later, voila!

Stamps: Well Scripted (SU!)  Paper: Pink Pirouette, Very Vanilla, Rich Razzleberry, Baja Breeze, SU! DSP  Ink: Rich Razzleberry  Accessories: Paper piercer, buttons, silver cord, Square Lattice embossing folder, Rich Razzleberry polka dot ribbon

Off to do some more *getting ahead* so I can relax and enjoy the week before Christmas without deadlines looming over my head!  :)  See you tomorrow for a brand new 4 Crafty Chicks Challenge.  :)

PPC #42

Hi everyone!  I have to make this post a short one as I have lots of things on the go this weekend and being on the computer is not one of them!  LOL

Here we are at Picture Perfect Creations Color Combo #42 and I started off by trying to make a Christmas card with these colors but failed MISERABLY!  So, off I went in another direction entirely...

Stamps: Love's Flower (Verve)  Ink: Basic Grey  Paper: Whisper White, Basic Grey, SU! DSP  Accessories: Kassie's Brocade embossing folder, baker's twine, dimensionals, adhesive pearls, Cherish border punch (MS), button

The sketch is a great one from Tracy over at Eat, Sleep, Stamp - I rotated it to make it fit my image.  I also want to thank Tracy for choosing my PPC card last week making me her featured Sketch Artist!  Thank you!!

Please take a few minutes to pop over to the rest of the PPC creators blogs to see what they created with these colors - I know they'd love to see you!  I'll be back on Wednesday for a new Color Dare!

Let it Snow at Sentimental Sundays

....{shhhh}  There are less than two weeks before Christmas and I am SOOOO not ready.  I am trying to *feel* it this year but am having a hard time - so much other stuff to do and not enough hours in a day to get it all done.  Sound familiar?

All of my lamenting aside, I have been finding a few minutes here and there to do some crafting and this week's challenge at Sentimental Sundays is a fun one: "Let it Snow!"  You can interpret this in so many ways so have fun with it and don't forget your sentiment!

Like I mentioned, time has been at a premium so I wanted to make something that wouldn't take hours.  I couldn't find a sketch that worked for me so I just made a simple, square card with a few layers but I did use Arielle's colourQ combination as inspiration for this CAS card:

Stamps: Snow Wonderful (Verve)  Ink: Real Red  Paper: Whisper White, Tempting Turquoise, SU! DSP  Accessories: Oval punch, corner rounder, white taffeta ribbon, baker's twine, adhesive pearls, Snowflakes embossing folder, paper piercer, sponge dauber

This card also qualifies for these other two fabulous challenges:

• City Crafter Challenge #34 - Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow!
• Tuesday Throwdown  #28 - Clean and Simple

Thanks for stopping by - enjoy your Sunday and I'll see you back tomorrow with a new Picture Perfect Creations Color Combination! 

Another Color Challenge at the 4 Crafty Chicks

Good morning!  One day closer to Christmas and the pressure is on... are you ready?  This week's challenge at the 4 Crafty Chicks is brought to you by yours truly and I've chosen a color challenge with colors inspired by my new favorite Basic Grey paper, Marjolaine.  Take a peek:

I haven't played with Jen's Sketch For You to Try for awhile so I popped over to see what she had for us this week.  Lo and behold, she didn't have a new sketch but instead asked us to use a favorite sketch from the past.  So off I went and found this one from November 13, 2010 that has lots of layers...perfect to showcase this amazing DSP:

Stamps: Hebrews 11:1 Plain Jane (Verve)  Ink: Early Espresso, Not Quite Navy  Paper: Not Quite Navy, Kiwi Kiss, Whisper White, Bashful Blue, Early Espresso, Marjolaine DSP (Basic Grey)  Accessories: Button Flowers Die, button, baker's twine, paper piercer, Sweetest Stem Embosslit, adhesive pearls

I hope you will play along with us this week - our Golden Egg badge is up for grabs!  Please take some time to visit my fellow chicks' blogs for more inspiration with these colors.  Have fun!