You're My Anchor ~ CMCC75

Hello, or should I say Ahoy!  LOL!  It's Wednesday and time for another new Colour Me challenge.  This weeks colors are Night of Navy and Real Red.  

I just couldn't resist going nautical.  I wanted to incorporate the old wood look, so I stamped my hardwood stamp with Crumb Cake ink onto Crumb Cake cardstock and then cut each plank out individually.  I distressed the ends of each plank and sponged them.  After I adhered them out on a scrap piece of paper, I ran it through my big shot using a square framelit to cut out a center window.  

Them I used some sandpaper and sanded the planks to make them look even more distressed.  

I kept everything else fairly simple as far as the stamping goes.  The type in the background is from an old set called {Daring Adventure}.  The anchor is from {The Open Sea}.  I wish I had a sentiment to go with it, like the one from a new set called {Guy Greetings}....I may just need to purchase that set!  

I made this a shaker card to give it a little something extra.  I put clear seed beads in the shaker...they are sorta hard to see in the photo.  

Lastly, I added some red bakers twine for a small accent.

Make sure you hop over and check out the creations made by my fellow Colour Me designers!  They are fab!!!!

Angel Johns

Hayley Kew

Jenny Engelke (me)

Julia Wilson

Katie Brooks

Sandy Mathis

Tanja Kabel

Tara Bourgoin

Thanks for taking a peek and have a blessed day!!!!

Jenny

Masculine Adventure ~ STB15

 

This card is for Seize the Birthday #15-masculine challenge.  So far I have participated in a few of the masculine challenges, but have failed to do any of the female ones.  I must make it a point to do that!  I will probably have a good chance, because STB is switching over to a two week challenge format. 

Since this was a masculine challenge, I went for one of the most manly paper packs I own....Well Worn.  The color palette is mostly rusts, blues and browns.  I was going in a totally different direction, as far a color goes, until I spotted this patterned paper.  I had never really seen it before.....how could that be?  It's really different from any other design in that bunch and I was drawn to it.  I pulled out the colors from it--Early Espresso, Black, Vanilla and River Rock.  Ahhhh, River Rock.  I used to really, really dislike River Rock.  Then I made this card and it made me see River Rock in a totally new light.  From that time on I had a different relationship with River Rock.  I actually came to love it.  But, now it's retiring and I'm really gonna miss it!  I like the way it's kinda green and kinda tan all at once.  Farewell, River Rock.  You must go so there can be room for a much more hip shade of gray.

Ok...enough nostalgia, let's get back to the task at hand.  After I had my paper in place, I tried to go for a masculine stamp set.  I decided I wanted a sentiment as the focal point of the card, so I went for Daring Adventure.  This could be turned into a graduation card too.  I stamped the sentiment onto a framelit oval and embossed it with Early Espresso EP.  I added some River Rock splotches from French Foliage and then very, very lightly sponged on some black ink to mimic the background of the DP.       

 

Next, I added all the chotchkies, which are what make a card special, I think.  I stamped the typed words from the Daring Adventure set in River Rock and punch it out with the Postage Stamp punch.  I added the footprints in black and sponged on some black ink too.  Wooden buttons, a library clip holding some linen thread complete this card.

Here's a list of my supplies.....

Stamps: Daring Adventure, French Foliage

Paper: Early Espresso, Black, Vanilla, River Rock, Well Worn DP

Ink: VersaMark, Black, River Rock

Accessories: Library Clips, Designer Natural buttons, Postage Stamp punch, Oval Framelits, Chevron EF, Early Espresso EP, Linen Thread, Early Espresso ribbon

 

Thanks for taking a peek!

Jenny

 

Retro Playdate - PDCC125 & RS5

Today's card is for two challenges again.  The Play Date Cafe Challenge 125 using black, white, and brown.  Black and brown really do go together!!  I actually really like it and may even have to try it with my wardrobe.  I will definately be using this color combo again in the future.  It gives such a vintage feel.  The other challenge I used for this card is Retro Sketches 5.

This sentiment I used is from a set called Card Chatter-Birthday, made by Close To My Heart.  I love how the font matches the vintage style of the card. This is actually the first time that stamp has seen any ink!

Here's a list of supplies......

Stamps: Daring Adventure, Card Chatter-Birthday (CTMH)

Paper: Black, Vanilla, Chocolate Chip, Newsprint DP

Ink: Early Esspresso, Black

Accessories: Buttons, Bakers Twine Black, Square Lattice EF, Brown 1/2 pearls

Thanks for taking a peek!

Jenny

Bright Adventure - RS3 & CQC129

Today's card is for Retro Sketches #3 and Colour Q 129.  The color aren't my go to picks, so it was fun to work with.  I'm feeling that this could be a girly graduation type card.....that's the direction I was trying to go, anyway! 

Here's a list of supplies I used.....

Stamps: Daring Adventure

Paper: Tempting Torquoise, Rich Razzleberry, Cool Carribean, Wisteria Wonder, White

Ink: same as above

Accessories: Framlits Labels die, Brights button, rhinestone stickers, eyelit border punch, vintage wallpaper EF, razzleberry polkadot ribbon

Thanks for taking a peek!

Jenny