SSC68 & SSC246

Today's card is for two challenges.  Simply Stampin' Challenge 68 and Stamping 411 Saturday Sketch Challenge 246. 

When I first looked at the Stamping 411 Sketch, I wasn't sure what I'd do....this one perplexed me.  I started with the Everything Eleanor stamp set, because it's one of my new ones, and stamped the big tag on the vanilla piece and everything just fell into place from there!  Sometimes all it takes is finding one element to use as a jump off point and you're off and running! 

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

Stamps: Everything Eleanor, Card Chatter-birthday (CTMH)

Paper: Rose Red, Soft Suede, Very Vanilla, Mocha Morning DP

Ink: Crumb Cake, Soft Suede

Accessories: Swirly EF, Beautiful Wings embosslits, Soft Suede taffeta ribbon, basic pearls

Simply Poppy Pool

Today's card is for three challenges.  Create with Connie and Mary color challenge 202, Saturday Sketch challenge 256, and The Paper Players Challenge 96-polka dot challenge!

I wasn't sure about the colors together, but I'm very pleased with the final results.  The black and white polka dots are what pulled it all together for me.  I'm a sucker for polka dots....I just love them all!

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

Stamps: Simply Soft, Because I Care

Paper: Crumb Cake, Poppy Parade, Pool Party, Black,white, Night & Day DP (retired)

Ink: Poppy Parade, Pool Party, Stazon Black, Soft Suede

Accessories: Floral Fusion sizzlets, In Color brad, Eyelet border punch, square punch (for flag ends on tag) blender pen, sponge

Thanks for taking a peek!

Jenny

Green, Green and More Green..Oh, and Gray

This card is for Saturday Sketch Challenge 246 and Colour Q 128.  I enjoyed this color challenge way more than I thought I would.  I wasn't really sure how all these greens were gonna look together, but I love the way it turned out!  The inspiration for the color combo was a fun pillow with all kinds of green lines on it.  I immediately thought of the herringbone technique I saw over at splitcoaststampers.  What a fun technique to do.....it looks complicated but is really easy!  What a great way to use up all those scraps!

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

Stamps: Fresh Vintage, Say It In Style (CTMH)

Paper: assorted DP, Going Gray, Wild Wasabi, Textured White (Colorbook)

Ink: Certainly Celery, Garden Green

Accessories: Celery ribbon, Latte Buttons, 1 3/8" circle punch, Scallop circle punch, Gray bakers twine, Scallop border punch

Thanks for taking a peek!

Jenny

 

SSC243 & Color Throwdown 180

Uuuhhhggg!  The last couple of months have been VERY trying for me.  To top everything off, my computer is on it's last leg, I'm afraid.  I've got another one order from my computer gal, but she's on vacation and won't be back for a couple weeks to install everything for me.....so, for now, I'll stuggle with this stupid computer and it being SO SLOW just so I can post a card or two.  :)  And hey, maybe I should look on the bright side and see that at least I can still make a post!  (Even if it does take exta long).

Anyway...here's something that makes me smile!  A cheery little card that combines Saturday Sketch Challenge 243 over at Stamping 411 with Color Throwdown 180 (use Pumpkin Pie, Bashful Blue, So Safron, and Going Gray).  I used my brand new stamp set called Array of sunshine.  I can totally see so many possibilities with this set!

I stamped the main flower image three times, once in pumpkin pie, once in so saffron and once in bashful blue and fussy cut them all out.  I also stamped the leaf-looking stamp in gray and cut that out too.  I layered the flower together and curled up the edges to give it some dimention.  I also added a yellow rhinestone brad to the center of the flower.  I also got to play with my edglits die and embossing folder....that was fun!  Here are the other supplies used on this card.....

Stamps: Array of Sunshine

Paper: Pumpkine Pie DP (retired from last years SAB), Going Gray DP, So Saffron, Bashful Blue and White

Ink: Same as above

Accessories: Edglits die and EF, Gray bakers twine, Circle cutting system, Lattice EF, Rhinestone brad

Silver Wedding

This card was made for two challenges.  Create with Connie and Mary 181 which challenges us to use only white and silver glimmer.  Also, I used sketch challenge 235 over at Staming 411.

I thought this card could double as a wedding card or a silver anniversary card.....I'll just have to see what ocasion pops up first, I guess!  The little wedding cake was a snap to make with only two punched squares run through the Big Shot with the Finial Press EF.  It's sitting on a Scallop Oval cake plate.  I used the Itty Bitty Shapes Punch Pack for the accessory flowers and gave them some dimention by laying them on the soft pad from the mat pack and running my stylus over them.  This technique sure does make the little flowers stand out, plus the small rhinestone in the center of each one.  To give the base card some interest, I ran that thru the Big Shot with my Elegant Bouquet EF.  I inked up the Mr. & Mrs. stamp from Tiny Tags with Basic Gray ink, then stamped it off once to get the softer color.

Here is the list of all the supplies I used on this card......

Stamp: Tiny Tags

Paper: White, Silver Glimmer

Ink: Basic Gray

Accessories: Finial Press and Elegant Bouquet EF, Oval punches, Scallop Oval punch, Square punch, Itty Bitty Punch Pack, Rhinestone basics, Organza ribbon.

Shapes and Shadows SSC231





This card is for Stamping 411's Saturday Sketch Challenge 231.  For some reason I'm having trouble copy-ing and pasting the sketch to my blog, so I guess if you want to take a look at the sketch, you will have to hop on over via the link....
The snowflake is from an oldie but a goodie set called shapes and shadows.  I also spritzed the embossed Old Olive backround piece with shimmer spray.  I wish it would photograph better, because that's what adds the pizzaz to this card. :( 
Here are the other supplies I used...
Stamps: Shapes and Shadows
Paper: Real Red, Old Olive, Vanilla, Retired Christmas DP
Ink: Real Red, River Rock
Accessories: Rhinestone brad, circles die, flowers EF, Red polkadot grosgrain ribbon, decorative label punch, shimmer spray.
Thanks for taking a peek!
Jenny 

Bleached Florets

This card combines Pals Paper Arts Sketch 120 and Colour Q Challenge 111.  I used a bleaching technique from Stamping 411.  The technique used crumb cake card stock, bleached out stamping image and ink.  The first time I saw it I knew I wanted to try it and I felt like this was the project to use it on!  Here are the supplies I used.

Stamps: Fabulous Florets

Paper: Crumb Cake, Pear Pizzaz, Pumpkin Pie, Rich Razzleberry, White, In Color DP

Ink: Rich Razzleberry, Pear Pizzaz, Pumpkin Pie, Crumb Cake, White Craft

Accessories: bleach, blender pen, Brights button, Dotted Scallop Ribbon border punch, White EP, Twine

Thanks for taking a peek!

Jenny