Color Hues Challenge #101 -- Red and Kraft

 One of my favorite color combos are the colors for Color Hues Challenge #101--

red and kraft. There's something about the brightness of the reds paired with 

the neutral kraft that is so appealing to me.

 

 

So with Valentine's Day around the corner. that's the theme I decided to go with.
I pulled out an older Simon Says Stamp set--Printmaking Hearts. And lo and 

behold, a bunch of alcohol inked hearts fell out of the envelope of dies so my work

was mostly done.
 

 It's hard to see in the photo but there are specks of gold and a big splotch in the

middle heart and I'm hoping that's acceptable for the challenge.

I ran a panel through an embossing folder then adhered it to a card base. The

hearts were adhered to the card and I finished with a white embossed sentiment.

I'm also linking this up to Simon Says Stamp's Flickr Challenge for January

with their "Anything Goes" theme.

Off to link this up, thanks so much for stopping by!

 

Featured Stamper for Color Throwdown Challenge #824

 

Hello, and Happy New Year!

 

My mitten and I were thrilled to be chosen the random winner for Color Throwdown 

Challenge #822 and with that honor was an invitation to be the Featured Stamper

for Color Throwdown Challenge #824.

Here's the graphic for the challenge with the colors of black, white, and grey.

Truthfully, I was stumped with the color palette. I couldn't go floral nor graphic so I 

decided to go cute with a dalmatian.

I assembled the Spellbinders dalmatian and fashioned a scarf from dotted paper. 

I stamped the sentiment and ran the panel through an embossing folder then 

adhered it to a card base. After adding some highlights to the pup and skates, 

I popped him up on the card.

 

Are you up for the challenge? I hope you are! We can't wait to see the gallery and 

your creative ideas using the color palette. You have until Monday, January 13th,

2025 at 6:00PM EST to submit your card. 

Many thanks to Color Throwdown for the invitation to join the first challenge of 2025!

Color Hues #100 -- Blue and Purple

 

 Color Hues Challenge has reached a milestone--100 challenges! I just had to play along.

 

I chose Altenew's wreath and the non traditional color palette for my card. 

Two shades of blue and a flipped stencil made for a fuller wreath.

 

  

 

Papertrey Ink's sentiment fit perfectly in the center, stamped with dark gray ink.

I added purple berries from the stencil and ran the panel through an unknown

embossing folder then adhered it to a gray card base.

 

Huge congrats to Color Hues Challenge on their 100th Challenge and here's to 

many more years of color!

Freshly Made Sketches #666

 

Jen B brings a fun sketch for Freshly Made Sketches #666. With the holidays quickly

approaching, I thought about using ornaments or snowflakes for the design.

 

In the end, I resorted to stacking teacups that I could use on an A2 sized card--because 

my slimline dies were hiding from me 😉

 

I rotated the sketch to accommodate the cups which were cut from washi tape

and colored card stock. The sentiment was stamped before the card was run

through a textured embossing folder.

 Off to link this up. Thanks for stopping by and have a great weekend!

Inspired by Challenge #313

 

The theme for the current Inspired by Challenge #313 is GIFTING.

 

Here's my card. I was inspired by the buffalo check gift bags and the greenery.

 

It was also time for me to bring out the gnome from hibernation. He was decked out

in an outfit that matched the patterned papers. I decided to make a shaped card

using Spellbinders decorative arches and added greenery from Tim Holtz's vault.

 

It's serendipitous that some sentiment stamps from Honeybee arrived and I chose

a sentiment that fit the occasion as well as the space on the card.

 

Thanks so much for stopping by!

 

Color Throwdown Challenge #822

 

Here's this week's Christmasy colors for Color Throwdown Challenge #822.

 

 

The very traditional green, red, and cream. And here's my gift card holder, a very

non traditional bit of clothing for someone who hails from Hawaii.

 

 I love seeing all the Christmas stockings and mittens that have been popping up 

and it may not be everyday wear but they'd be very welcome high atop a few

mountain ranges on Hawaii island.

 

I ran the die cut mitten through a cable knit embossing folder for a bit of texture

and added the lace trim, button berries and leaves. I finished off with a tag

stamped with a very old Hero Arts sentiment from my stamp inventory.

I just love the font!

Ok, I'm still early but I'll link this up over at CTD. Thanks for stopping by!

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Note: Special warm thanks to Michele for informing her geographically challenged

friend that the state of Michigan is known as the "Mitten State" because of its unique 

shape--a mitten! Besides the temps dropping to levels where you'd require mittens! 

Thanks, Michele!

Also, my mitten was chosen as the random winner for CTD822 and I'll be guesting

in the new year! Thanks so much CTD!

Freshly Made Sketches #662

Freshly Made Sketches #662 by Jen T. is another sketch with countless

possibilities. Needless to say, I had a few ideas but settled on the simplest one.

Here's my take on it.

 

 

 I stenciled Pinkfresh Studio's Bougainvillea Print Layering Stencil, using just the first two

stencils. I ran it through an embossing folder, then trimmed it per the sketch and adhered

it to a card base. I added a strip of gold metallic card stock then stamped the sentiment 

in gold pigment ink. Done!

Thanks, always, for stopping by!

 

Time Out Challenge #276 -- Cozy

 

The latest cue word for Time Out Challenge #276 is COZY.

 

How about a cozy pair of bunny slippers? Yes, please!

I've been an off and on subscriber to Spellbinders Large Die of the Month Club, but 

when I saw the bunny slippers, I was back on. Our daughter had a white bunny and 

one Christmas I received a pair of bunny slippers from her.

These remind me of Kumo 💗

I tried my best to make the legs look "cross legged" and used papers from a long 

retired pad of Lawn Fawn papers. After assembling the legs on the card I stamped 

and white embossed the sentiment. 

I'm hoping to put together the other slippers in the set. The penguin is next on 

the list. Thanks so much for stopping by!

 

 

Freshly Made Sketches #661

Freshly Made Sketches #661 is a fun, color blocked sketch by Jacquie.

 

 

The sketch made me search for one of my favorite die sets--Christmas Cutouts.

 

The pieces were die cut from scraps of card stock (yay!) and I ran the card 

base through an Organic Linen embossing folder. The moon and sentiments 

were doubled up and I adhered all of the pieces per the sketch.

This card was a good reminder to play with some older supplies and I may

possibly crank out a few more cards.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

2024 Fall Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop

 Talk about "down to the wire", I may or not have made it to the link up for the

2024 Fall Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop. What with Daylight Savings Time and

babysitting, I barely had time to even think of a design.

 

 

 

Some of my postage dies were out and about and I just picked up a pad of coffee

themed paper and my card was born.

I used Ellen Hutson's postage dies and cut out some images from the paper pad.

The sentiment was white embossed before being run through an embossing

folder. I spattered white ink on the card before adhering the stamps. 

 

Ok, off to link this up. Maybe. Thanks for stopping by!