Outlawz Tuesday Color Challenge

Wow, what a party we are having over at the Outlawz.  And the party is not over.  There is still some time to get your entries in.  Just not to our color challenge. That ended last night.  We had some awesome entries last week. Thanks to all of you that played along!!  Can't wait to see who wins all the prizes.  This week the challenge is a tough one!!  At least I think so!!!  Here is your color challenge inspiration picture!

Lime, charcoal, and white.  The twist is to add some bling.  Now I am on the design team and even I overlook the rules sometimes!!  I made my card, posted it to prepare for this week and realized I forgot the bling.  I added pearls for my bling.  I hope that counts as bling!!  I did a CAS card.  Clean and Simple!!  We have had people make comments that they didn't want to join the challenge cuz they didn't know how to color.  That would be a different challenge, LOL.  Ours is a Color Challenge in using color

 as our inspiration. 

I usually try to start out with paper, then go forward.  I found this paper, again from My Mind's Eye. You would think I had stock in the company as much as I have used it and mentioned it lately!!!

Then I used a stamp on charcoal colored cardstock.  I dug out my Zig Chalk Writers to make it pop a little, added my silver/grey ribbon and my pearls.

What do you think? Can you come up with an entry for Tuesday's Color Challenge? I bet you can, and I would love to see your take on this weeks challenge.

Thanks so much for stopping by today. I appreciate every single comment I get!  

Feb 21st Guest Design Team for All That Scraps

I can not believe how fast time has flown.  I have enjoyed every minute of my time being the Guest Designer for All That Scraps.  I only have 1 week left!!  The cards I have to share today were so much fun to make. I went a little outside the box for my first card today. I used Spring Brigitta Bouquet on this flip flop card.  I saw this type of card in the March edition of Card Maker, but I bet if you google flip-flop card you can find the directions. Let me know if you can't and I will post them here.

I used different My Mind's Eye papers on here.  I also used the Tags it Rubber stamp and die set to cut out the flowers.  I used AmyR Get Well Sentiments on the inside. 

You know these sentiments from AmyR have so much more than get well sentiments. This may just turn out to be one of my favorite sentiment sets ever.  Check out the shot from above.

OK, now this second card was also so fun to make. I used the Spring Kiki LaRue.  You know how much I love Kiki!!!  I used her twice! I love the look of featuring her on the inside of a card, just in a monochromatic ink.  I also used another sentiment from the AmyR Get Well Sentiments.  I used a Spellbinders Label 8  to cut out my card.  Again some fabulous My Mind's Eye paper for this one. The 2 sheets of paper I used are actually one.  The layer is the opposite side of the cardstock. One of the things I love about My Mind's Eye is that their paper is thicker and textured. Love it! It looks so rich on this card. 

I used my Copic Color Chart to find the BG's in the paper to choose the colors for her dress and headband.  Here is the inside of the card.    

And a close up of the sentiment.

And another shot of the front of the card. I used a bigger wild rose from Wild Orchid Crafts. And a Gold sheer ribbon bow tops it off.   This card just really showcases that great image and that fabulous paper.

  This card is going to go out in the mail today to a sweet blogging fried that just lost her mother.  Sympathy cards are not easy to make and sentiments are not easy to find. I think this one is perfect.

If you have time, head on over to the All That Scraps Blog and Challenges.  

Thanks so much for stopping by today.  So sad that next Monday will be my last as GTD.  I have had a blast!!

A Day For Daisies Very Vintage Challenge #12

I recently was invited by an online friend to join A Day For Daisies on the Simply Scrapping ning group.  When the group has 100 members there will be a free digi image given out.  Head on over and tell them Brenda sent you.  :)
They recently released some gorgeous images  of mother and babies.  The images are called You Make Me Happy.  I just think these are gorgeous images.  I had a hard time choosing, but I really love this image.  I have a friend that just recently had a baby.  This week in fact and I wanted to make her a special card.  She had a sweet little baby girl, so there has to be some pink involved!!  I wanted to make a card for the Challenge this week.  The challenge is Very Vintage.  There are new releases as well as a freebie to use if you want to make a project and enter it into the challenge.  I have been wanting to get this image inked up though so I chose to use it instead of the freebie. I will use that later!!!
I had this gorgeous paper called  Lost & Found by My Mind's Eye, I thought the roses looked vintage.  I used CTMH creme brulee ink to ink around the edges of the image and papers to give it that vintage feeling.  The flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts.  The black bling is from Prima. Ok, onto the card.

I stepped away from my favorite Copic Colors that I use so often and used the G-21,24,28.  I had used the G-21 as well, but just didn't like the blend and went over it.  The baby's blanket is R-20,21,22.  The skin colors were E-0000, 00,01,02,93,95.  I wanted the mom's hair to be black, I hope it is not appearing grey!!  I used C-5,3,1.  

The sentiment is from AmyR, Get well sentiments. I thought this sentiment would also be good for a new mom.  I inked again with the creme brulee and added another piece of Prima swirls bling.  The paper on the inside is another from the same line, but it has smaller roses.  I also used 3 different nesties on this card.
As always, thanks so much for stopping by. I am enjoying a quiet Sunday, doing some coloring and catching up on design team stuff.  Don't forget to stop by tomorrow for my Guest team spot for All that Scraps.

Anything Goes Challenge at Guylou's Inimitability

What's not to love about an Anything Goes Challenge?  The Challenge over at Guylou's Inimitability is Anything Goes.  We had some fabulous entries to the last challenge.  I hope you can find your way over to Guylou's site and join in this challenge.  The challenges go on for 2 weeks so you have plenty of time to get your creations done.
 Guylou's Inimitability Design Team got to play with the feature digistamps called "Phillip" and "Molly". "Phillip" and "Molly" are hard working people in an industry that is not always appreciative of their service. Next time you go to a restaurant, please take a moment to thank your waitress and send a good word to the cook, that will make their day.
I chose to work with Molly.  I took the colors for my card from this peach colored card.  I really haven't played much with this color.  I actually used some reds for the peachy color on this card.

Do you ever have your project done and then you start adding stuff you shouldn't have.  Well last minute I added glitter to her cake and well, I shouldn't have.  It looks fine IRL, but to photograph it, nope, doesn't really work!!  I think any musical paper looks good with a birthday card, you know, there is usually some singing going on.  I also used my CC Designs Tag it and Rubber Stamp set to cut the flowers. I used some white ink to soften the edges of the flowers.  The stamp is from AmyR Sassy Sentiments set.

You will have until March 3rd, 10:00 pm (EST or click here to find out the corresponding time where you are) to enter your cards or projects here. Be sure to add the link to your entry and not your whole blog as this makes it much easier on the team to find your creations.

As always, thank you for stopping by my blog, today instead of putting on a pot of coffee, I suggest we go out to my favorite coffee shop, where we can be served by one of these great wait persons!!

Anita Be Stampin Challenge #8

I am so excited to share another Anita Be Stampin  card with you this week.  We had so many people hop along with us on Saturday.  It was so much fun.  We have a pretty simple sketch for you this week.  Sometimes the simple sketches are the hardest to work with!  I love to add all kinds of stuff to my cards, but a simple sketch is hard to make them look right.

 I ordered a Grand Nestie set this past week. It came in the mail yesterday, so when I got home from work I played! LOL, I have been wanting to get some of the larger nesties to make some shaped cards and so here you have it.

It is kind of hard to see on here but I used glossy accents on her barrette, on her eyes and her flower.  Glossy Accents are hard to photograph but look so awesome on a card.   I had some lace that perfectly matched this paper from My Mind's Eye.  Don't you love that plaid?  On the opposite side is airplanes.  I doubt I will ever use that side, but I love the plaid!  The Thinking of You stamp is from AmyR at All That Scraps.

The rest of the design team has some pretty amazing cards to show to you this week. I hope you will head on over to the Anita Be Stampin Challenge Blog and play along with this weeks Challenge.  Anita has some fun stuff up for grabs and I would love to see what you put together with this sketch.
I have 2 posts today so I hope you will scroll on down and see what we are doing over at the Outlawz this week.

Giddy Up Partners......... It's time for a Showdown

Have you headed on over to the Outlawz this week?  We are having a party!  Head on over to the main page and read the rules.  There are so many awesome prizes up for grabs this week. But hey, I am here to talk about my challenge!!  I am on the Tuesday Color Challenge Team and we are running with the western them this week.  Check out our inspiration picture for today.

How perfect is that for a western theme.  OK, now onto my card.  I had fun with this awesome image from Guylou's Inimitability.  Meet Cowboy Chuck.  How cute is he!!  He reminds me of my time growing up on the farm in Northern Alberta.  My brother Stephen once roped a chair when he was on the back of our horse, you should have seen that horse go crazy.  The rope was tied to the horn of the saddle so the poor horse thought something was chasing it as the chair bounced behind it.  It looked funny, but gosh it was scary. So this little guy Chuck reminds me of my brother.  I gave him blonde hair like my brother had.  

I have to say, I had a lot of fun creating this card.  This paper is a pack I have had from Close To My Heart.  The word Celebrate was actually on one of the papers.  

And a view of the inside.

The prizes up for grabs in the Tuesday Challenge include 

1st Place - $15- Gift Certificate

Whimsy Stamps

2nd Place - $12- Gift Certificate

A Day For Daisies

3rd Place - $10 Gift Certificate

Guylou's Inimitability

 

I hope you will head on over and check out all the Challenges this week.  And have some fun partying with the Outlawz!

Happy Monday Guest Spot at All That Scraps

Can you believe we are half way through February?  Happy Valentines Day to you all.  Today I am not featuring Valentines though!!  Today I used the new February release stamps at All That Scraps.  I love the new Bouquet Brigitta and the new Spring Kiki La Rue.  They are so versatile.  You can use them for any reason that you might share flowers!  The other thing that I featured in todays creations is the new Tags it Rubber Stamp and Die Set/.  How great is this set?!!  I love that you can cut out a tag and then border it with the stamp. I also used the flowers on my Thank you card today.

I just love this My Mind's Eye paper. I went looking for it yesterday, it was all gone at the craft store I found it at!  I just love coloring her hair!! I added glitter to her wings and added a flower from Wild Orchid Crafts along with the 2 turquoise ones from Recollections.

The next card I used a Martha Stewart punch and branch punch along with my flowers. Again the bigger rose is from Wild Orchid Crafts and the smaller from Recollections. The thing I was worried about ordering flowers from the UK, but oh my goodness they are inexpensive and fast.  Love that site!!

 

I loved the music paper, I thought it was fitting for someone singing, "Happy Birthday to You."

On both of these cards today I gave a little curl to the tags.   It just gives a little dimension to the card.  

As always, thanks so much for taking the time to stop by my blog today.  I only have 2 more weeks as Guest Design Team member for All That Scraps.  How sad is that!!!  I love playing with these fun images. 

Have a great Monday everyone, now let me get back to drinking my coffee!!!