Emma's WICKED Challenge's and WOW!!!

Emma is the hostess for the demo WICKED (Wonderfully Inspiring Challenges Keep Educating Demo's) Challenge's this month. I HAD to take the time and do these. Well, 2 are done. I ended up getting sidetracked playing with, of all things, stencils. More about that later.

Hang on!!!!! I have a LOT to show you even though I didn't finish all of the challenges.

The first challenge is the color challenge. We had to use Chocolate Chip, Mellow Moss and Very Vanilla. The layout I used is copied from Pegg Thomas. Her example is below. It was her shoebox swap at the Michigan Mingle. It was my favorite!






Stamp sets: Friends 24-7, Friendly Words

CS: Mellow Moss, Chocolate Chip, Very Vanilla

Pads: Mellow Moss, Chocolate Chip

Accessories: Oval Punch, Chocolate Chip Marker, Mellow Moss Taffeta Ribbon



The focal image itself opens...



to this!!! Isn't this so clever!!! Plus the actual card opens as well. Just so very clever!!! I love it.















Here is Pegg's sample.










For the next challenge we had to use one of the many floral embellishments that Stampin' Up! offers. I had just been to the © Stampin' Up! site and had watched a tutorial using the stencils. WOW!!!!

This is the card that got me started. This is the one for Emma's challenge. Isn't that flourish absolutely GORGEOUS!!! I just laid the stencil over my cardstock and used a sponge dauber to add color. I used 2 colors to give dimension. LOVE it!! I sponged color on the flowers from the Pretties kit. Over that is a pink button from the Button Bouquet with a pink rhinestone brad. I thought the brad would fit through the holes in the button, but no such luck. But I wanted this look so I just snipped off the prongs and folded them under the brads and attached the brad to the button with a Mini Glue Dot. All of the flower pieces and buttons are all attached with Mini Glue Dots.
Stamp set: Friends 24-7
Pads: Pretty in Pink, Regal Rose
Cardstock: Pretty in Pink, Regal Rose, Shimmery White
Accessories: Pretties Kit, Button Bouquet, Circle Fire Rhinestone brads, Regal Rose Grosgrain, Whisper White Organza Ribbon, Oval Punches, Mini Glue Dots, Kind Thoughts Flourish


After finishing Emma's card I HAD to try other colors. So I tried Chocolate Chip and Riding Hood Red. Isn't this just so gorgeous!!! I am telling you, I love this stencil!!! And now I want more stencils! It is just so much fun!!!








I wanted to do another springy one. So this one is Almost Amethyst and Certainly Celery.

You really do need to try this. Really!!!

April Class: Collage and Ghosting

The Collage technique is one of my favorites. I have not done this one in a very long time. For some reason I really struggled pulling colors together and got some help from my friend Pegg.

I love the distressed edges and the scraping of a stamp pad across your cardstock with this technique. Kind of scruffy looking!!! LOVE it.

Stamp sets: 5th Avenue Floral, Bella Toile
Cardstock: Chocolate Chip, Creamy Caramel, Riding Hood Red
Pads: Chocolate Chip, Creamy Caramel, Riding Hood Red
Accessories: Cutter Kit, Large Oval Punch, Scallop Oval punch, half pearl, Mini Glue Dots





This card is the Ghosting Technique. It is fun to do and I have not used my brayer in next to forever!!!

Stamp Sets: Eastern Blooms, Sanded
Cardstock: Glossy White, Baja Breeze, So Saffron
Pads: Baja Breeze, Ruby Red, Versamark
Accessories: Brads (EE and SS), Designer Buttons, Mini Glue Dots, Foam Brayer


I hope you like this months class!!!

I've been tagged!

I have never been tagged before. Let's see if I am good at following directions. Jami tagged me and I am to go to my pictures, to the 6th folder and the 6th picture.

It is a picture of my folks. We actually had lunch together today. My Mom and Dad are the best parents anyone could have. And I don't say that lightly. They really are. They are a wonderful example to follow and they live their lives as God would want them to. I am very blessed. This isn't the best picture of my folks, but this is the picture in the designated spot! (btw, my Mom has the best skin EVER. I wish I had her complexion)

Now I have to choose 6 people to tag.

Pegg

Emma

Ann

Lynn

Crystal

Dawn Marie

This is what you do ladies:

•Open your photo folder on your computer

•Open the 6th folder of photos

•Select the 6th picture

•Post the picture on your blog with a description

•Invite six friends to join the challenge

I hope you join in and play!!!

•Link your six friends to your blog post

Birthday's Galore!!!

Tomorrow night we are celebrating birthdays. Mine, Jack's and Hali's (Dave's girl).

I covered this candle jar for one of her gift's. Isn't it sooo cute!!! I used the Raspberry Tart DSP. This is the first I have use this paper and it is just beautiful. The top was fun to do! I used the Circle Scissor Plus (this tool is incredible) to cut the piece to cover. Then the Flower, Daisies #2 to make the topper. The center for that is a half pearl from the Pretties Kit.

No stamping and a very fun thing to put together.

Accordian Girls Class

There is a girls group at our church called HeartLife. Once or twice a year I am asked to have a stamp class for a small group of them. Tonight will be 5th graders and they wanted to do something with scrapbooking. This is hard for me and I don't scrapbook much. But I asked the leader if they would like to make a small friend booklet to put pictures in. She said yes and I decided to have them make an accordian type thing.

Here is the cover.

Here is the inside.

Recipe:

Sets: Polka Dot Punches, Celebrate Everything, Beautiful Borders

Pads: Bashful Blue, Certainly Celery, So Saffron, Sahara Sand

CS: Same as the pads plus Delicate Dots DSP

Accessories: Lots of punches!!! Ribbon Bundle

Le Jardin Color Challenge

I decided to do the Color Challenge over on Splitcoast today. Hope you like it!

Lot's of Swaps!!!

There are 5 swaps I need to share with you. Yes 5. I know! What was I thinking!!! But I have gotten back some fabulous swaps so it was well worth it. I will just be posting pics. Hope you like them.

The first 3 are for Jami's New Catty Swap. Jami always has a great group that swaps.

This one is my favorite. I love the textured DSP!!!

This one has textured DSP also!

These 2 are from Crystal's (caspen1973) New Catty Swap