Color and Sketch Challenges

This is for the Color Challenge yesterday and the Sketch Challenge today over on SplitcoastStampers.  This is a great sketch and the colors are beautiful together.  The recipe is over on SCS here.  http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/photo/1971578?&cat=20567

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Dad's Birthday and Mother's Day

Yesterday my folks and David came for dinner.  David brought me flowers.  They are beautiful.  I wanted to share with you the card I made for my mom and the birthday card for my dad.  His birthday is actually today, but we celebrated yesterday.

This is what I made my mom.  I LOVE the new Doily Triple Layer Punch.  It is what the flower is made with.  I layered 3 of them together. 

This is what I made my dad.  Do you remember this image from the petal cone I made previously?  Well, we got my dad a gift card and it didn't fit in the cone.  Sooooooo, I stole it from that project and put it on this one.  He loves it!

We had such a nice day.  And I got to see Hali too after she got off of work.  It would have been just perfect if Erin, Will, Elise and Irelyn had been here.  I cannot complain.  Life is good.

I almost forgot.  Do you remember this?  It is for my folks anniversary in June.  Well, I was so excited about it I couldn't wait to give it to them.  They LOVE it. 

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May Creative Crew!

I am excited to be part of the Creative Crew for May - August!  The Creative Crew is a group of ©Stampin' Up! Demonstrators chosen to showcase their work in a gallery over on Splitcoaststampers.  This is to be inspiration for all of you to stamp and load your work into the gallery as well.  Let me show you what I have done with this months challenges.  There is a LOT in this blog post, so make sure you scroll to the very end.

Keyword CCREW0511CF, Catalog Focus -- So Distressing. We had to use the Distressing Essentials kit, cutter kit, sponges, daubers. Make the new look old.  I stamped, then crumbled up my paper, distressed it, inked and sponged it and even tore it a bit.  The ribbon I scrunched in my hand and then ran the Crumb Cake and Pink Pirouette stamp pads along it.  LOVE it.

CCREW0511DF,  DSP/Color Focus: -- For this challenge we had to go neutral with a splash of color! Instead of whisper white or very vanilla, try naturals white or ivory, confetti white or cream. Large emphasis on neutrals. The Elegant Soiree Designer Series Paper is the inspiration: All neutrals with that splash of baja breeze! You do not have to use the Elegant Soiree DSP but that is the look that we're after.

I used the brand new Doily Triple Layer Punch.  LOVE that.  I scrunched it up in this project.



CCREW0511HF,  Holiday/Seasonal Focus -- Family Time!  This is a his & hers challenge. The focus for this month was to be granparents.  Choose one layout and make a masculine card and a feminine card!  Both sets of our grandparents have passed so I did make mine mom and dad.  Also it says to make a CARD!  I made the Petal Cones first and then was reading over the challenges and saw that it was to be a card.  OOOoops!  So I made 3x3's to go with them.  LOVE that.  For each one I show both of them together and then another view of the cones.

CCREW0511SF,  SB Inspiration Focus: -- Vintage Pages. The challenge is to use black and white or Sepia photo's! To make the page to look like it's from a by-gone era, think antiquing, distressing, lace, etc.

This is a photo of my folks.  I do not scrapbook.  I still have photo's from Erin's wedding 9 years ago.  I know!  Terrible.  Anyway, I love this so much and will give it to my parents for their anniversary in June.  I cannot wait!  I love how it turned out.

All of my recipes for these challenges are in the gallery at SCS.  Play along on any or all of these challenges!  They are really so much fun.  To see the full May Creative Crew gallery just click http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/showgallery.php?cat=21245

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May Creative Crew Sneak Peek!!!

The May Creative Crew Gallery will go live tomorrow at noon!  I am sooooo excited.  Here is a sneak peek of a couple of things I will be sharing.

Do you want to see more?  Come back tomorrow!!!

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Flower Fest, Creative Crew, a Sketch Challenge and Avery

This morning I worked on the Sketch Challenge over on Split Coast Stampers (SCS).  I also added one of the Creative Crew Challenges.  Do you know what the Creative Crew is?  The Creative Crew is a group of demos that SCS chooses to create cards or items using the challenges that are given.  This just started in January.  Each month there are new challenges.  When the challenges are posted to the rest of us, then anyone can do them and post them to the galleries. 

This is what I did for SC328.  It also used the Creative Crew Catalog Focus of Punches.

I used a brand new set out of the Summer Mini.  It will be available May 1.  It is called Flower Fest.   I stamped on Shimmery White Cardstock and I also added shimmer with the Smooch Pearlized Top Coat on the roses and the butterfly.  The Beyond the Garden Designer Series Paper is also new. 

Stamp set:  Flower Fest

Cardstock:  Wild Wasabi, Melon Mambo, Shimmery White and Beyond the Garden DSP

Ink:  Melon Mambo, Wild Wasabi, Tangerine Tango and Daffodil Delight

Accessories:  Taffeta Ribbon, Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border Punch, Butterfly Punch, Basic Rhinestones, Top Coat Smooch

If you click the picture you should get a closer view.

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Here are all of the Creative Crew Challenges for this month.

April Creative Crew Challenges

CCREW0411CF, CreativeCrew, SUO or SUM - Catalog Focus:* PUNCHES *

We all know that SU! punches rock, so this month punch us up some flowers, butterflies, birds, and bugs! You don't have to make actual punch art (unless of course you want to Jackie!), but show us what your punches can do!

CCREW0411DF, CreativeCrew, SUO or SUM - DSP/Color Focus:
When you see Bluebirds you know spring is here! So use this very blue color combo: Pacific Point, Not Quite Navy, Very Vanilla, Sahara Sand. Which also happens to be the colors of the Blueberry Crisp DSP!

CCREW0411HF, CreativeCrew, SUO or SUM - Holiday/Seasonal Focus: * Mother Ocean *
The rain fills our Oceans with the lovely water that balances life here on earth. So in honor of Mother Ocean let's do some watercoloring! Break out your aquapainter and your inks, crayons, pencils, and blender pens! Show us watercoloring at it's best.


CCREW0411SF, CreativeCrew, SUO or SUM - SB Inspiration Focus: * NO DSP! *
Yep you have to use stamps and make your own background for your pages this month. Other than that, it's a free for all!

Grab your stamps and do a challenge or two!

By the way, I will be on the Creative Crew from May to August.  I am pretty excited about that.  WOOOHOOOOO!!!

I have to share one more thing.  I went to see my sister Diane this afternoon.  She just had Avery on Friday.  This is the first I have seen her and I took a couple of pictures.

Don't they look GREAT!?  This is #12 for Diane and Brian.  The rest are Amy, Holly, Mindy, Stephen, Carly, Issac, Stacy, Kelly, Mallory, Jesse, Mark and now Avery.

This is Kelly and I caught Avery with her eyes opened.

Had to take my turn.  What a sweet snuggie!



Faux Mother of Pearl

I have been playing with some new, fabulous stuff from ©Stampin' Up!  In the April Stampin' Success there is a tutorial for Faux Mother of Pearl.  LOVE it.  It was hard to photograph.  I made this on Sunday afternoon and had to wait until today for some sun to get a decent picture.  The shimmer is just gorgeous. 

The technique is easy.  Put a few drops of Frost White Shimmer Paint onto a paper plate.  Using a piece of scrunched plastic wrap, dab it into the paint and then pounce it all over a piece of Whisper White Cardstock.  Leave some areas uncovered.  Let it dry.  Sponge or brayer with any color of ink to get the color and pearl effect.  WOW.  So beautiful.  The piece that is stamped is also Faux Mother of Pearl.  It is then stamped with Black Staz On.  Don't you just LOVE the Paisley Petals Paper?  It is fabulous!  And this piece was just begging for the Basic Pearls.  And the Vintage Flower.  Holy cow!  I need to tell you.  Those just did not grab me AT ALL when I saw them.  I finally decided to order them and they are WONDERFUL.  You really need to get them.  I mixed some of the paint with the reinker and dabbed that on.   And then of course addedsome pearls to that too.  

Stamp Sets:  Four Frames; You're a Gem

Cardstock:  Baja Breeze, Whisper White, Paisley Petals Designer Series Paper

Ink:  Black StazOn,  Tangerine Tango, River Rock, Baja Breeze

Accessories:  Basic Pearls, Vintage Flower Adornments, Fun Flowers Bigz L Die, Decorative Label Extra Large Punch

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Stamp Case Notepad Holder and Heat Embossing

For class this month we made a stamp case into a notepad holder.  We made one of those at Leadership in January.  I decided we should use the Ice Cream Parlor Designer Series Paper & Quick Accents Pack as well as the Ribbon & Button Pack. 

 

How bright and cheerful is this?  The "D" is from the Broadsheet Alphabet Set.  We stamped our initial and then punched it out with the 1-1/4 inch circle punch.  Then we chose a color in the DSP to punch out and layer in between that and the scalloped piece from the Accents Pack.  A piece of Old Olive Taffeta Ribbon is tied in a bow around the spine with a Trinket key tied to a tail.  Then a piece of the ribbon in the Ribbon Pack is tied to the taffeta ribbon.

Here is the inside view.  The notepad is 5x8 in size.  An inch is cut off of the bottom of the pad to fit inside the case.  A piece of the DSP covers the top.  LOVE it.

We also did Heat Embossing.  I used the Bliss set that is FREE in the Sale-a-bration catalog.  We inked the images in Versamark and then Poppy Parade to get our color and embossed with clear embossing powder.  The card uses Shimmery White Cardstock as well as the Poppy Parade.  A piece of the Poppy Parade Poly Ribbon is tied at the top.  A Basic Pearl is also added to the image.

 Here is a view of just the card.  Love this set.

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