Color Throwdown #294

Broni is our Color Throwdown hostess this week, and in her typical fashion she’s chosen something beachy for her colors!  :)  The girl loves her sand and surf!  I hope you’ll stop over at the CTD blog and join us!

Here’s my card…

We had a staff outing at work a few weeks ago, and a bonus of the day (for me, anyway!) was the chance to stop at Stamplistic in Amherst, Ohio and do a little shopping!  I’ve always loved these Girlfriends stamps from Art Impressions… I own several sets that have hardly been used but that sure didn’t stop me from buying another one!  The wine-theme in this set just sucked me right in!  Other than coloring with Copics, I kept the design pretty simple.  I can stamp a birthday sentiment inside this anytime, and have it ready to go!

So, stop by the CTD blog for all the challenge details, and play along with us!  And visit my Throwdown sisters for more inspiration…

Barbara Anders
Broni Holcombe
Cindy Lawrence
Joan Ervin
Lori Tecler
Monika Davis
Vickie Zimmer
Wanda Cullen
Annette Allen, May Guest Designer
Christy Stanford, Guest Star Stamper

Thanks so much for visiting my blog today!

A Garden Party

Linda’s got a new Catered Crop challenge for us this week!  Here are the details…
What’s growing in your garden? Flowers? Vegetables? Herbs? Weeds!? There’s just something so therapeutic about getting your hands dirty. For this challenge show us anything that might grow in a garden.

• Include a link to us at Catered Crop or add our button, which you can grab on our sidebar or at our {button gallery}.
• Link up and link often, but be sure you link up by 8:00 PM EST on Saturday, June 7.
• Keep the party hopping by visiting the other players and leaving comments.
• Check back with us on June 8 to see if you’ve won an opportunity to be a guest designer.

Now, I do not do any gardening!  My husband and I have a deal… he tends to things on the outside, I tend to things on the inside!  So, if he grows the veggies, I’ll cook/can/freeze them once they come inside.  But getting dirt under my fingernails…. no way!  LOL  BUT, I’m perfectly happy to create a garden on a card front, so here’s what I did for the challenge…

I reached for my very favorite LJD Splendid Sunflower stamps and Die-Namics to create my card.  The sunflower was stamped with the luscious new Lemon Drop Hybrid Ink from MFT… is that not gorgeous and rich?  Then, using a Y35 Copic marker I added some shading to the flower petals.  The leaf was stamped with Jellybean Green Hybrid Ink, and the flower center was stamped with Kraft and Hot Fudge Hybrid inks..  The layout was inspired by the Deconstructed Sketch #152 for this week.  The papers are from Fancy Pants.
Be sure to stop over at the Catered Crop blog for all the challenge details, and play along!
Thank you for visiting me today!

I Mustache…

The Curtain Call Inspriation Challenge is a challenge I check out every week, but just never seem to have the time to try.  But finally this week I got it done!

This also gets entered in the Anything Goes TCP Tuesday #267 challenge at The Cat's Pajamas!

I sat down last night to make an uber-quick gift card holder for someone at work.  I knew I wanted to use The Mustache stamp set from The Cat’s Pajamas along with the matching Mustache Cut-Ups die for this design, and that made me remember the Pajama Party Curtain Call challenge for this week so I made this very quick, very simple gift card holder…



The papers I used are from Doodlebug.  See… very quick, very simple!  :)

The weekend is in sight, and here in Northeast Ohio it’s slated to be beautiful!  Thanks for stopping by!

Color Throwdown #293

My BFF Barbara is our Color Throwdown hostess this week, and she’s got this great color combo for us to try!  Personally, I LOVE it… aqua and orange is always a favorite of mine, and a little green just makes it that much better!

I grabbed some new goodies from My Favorite Things to create my card…



I used the new Free-with-$60 Centerpieces You Mean the World to Me Die-Namics die on my card without a layout inspired by the Sweet Sunday Sketch #220 for this week.  I cut out some extra “land” on the globe (a triple layer) with Pear Pizzazz cardstock that was stamped with the new Linen Background stamp in Sour Apple hybrid ink.  I embellished with a punched heart, some enamel dots, and ribbon.  The idea to highlight the "WORLD" came from Joanne's awesome card here.

Stop by the CTD blog for all the challenge details, and see my Throwdown sisters for more inspiration…

Barbara Anders
Broni Holcombe
Cindy Lawrence
Joan Ervin
Lori Tecler
Monika Davis
Vickie Zimmer
Wanda Cullen
Annette Allen, May Guest Designer
Jo Hooper, Guest Star Stamper

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

Color Throwdown #292

Hello, friends… I’m running a little late today with my Color Throwdown blog post!  I left home early this morning for an outing with some co-workers and realized I never typed up my post!  LOL  That might be a first for me.  But anyway, I’m home now, and hope you’ll still come around to see what I have to share today.
Vickie is our challenge hostess this week, and she’s got a beautiful Spring color combo for you to try, with a twist!  Whadya’ think of the metallic silver addition?  It was fun to shake up the color combo a little this week!  So here’s my card…

I created my background with some Picked Raspberry and Festive Berries distress inks, along with some spritzes of water and Heidi Swapp Tinsel Color Shine spray. Then I used some Wendy Vecchi Metallic Silver embossing paste, along with a Prima-brand Chevron stencil up at the top, then added a Razzle Berry cardstock Die-Namics Gerbera Daisy, and a Leaf-filled Flourish behind it.  The sentiment from More Essential Sentiments was stamped on a Fishtail Flags STAX Die-Namics.
Be sure to stop over at the CTD blog for all the challenge details, and visit my Throwdown sisters for more inspiration…
Barbara Anders
Broni Holcombe
Cindy Lawrence
Joan Ervin
Lori Tecler
Monika Davis
Vickie Zimmer
Wanda Cullen
Annette Allen, May Guest Designer
Susie Moore, Guest Star Stamper
Thanks for stopping by today!

Color Throwdown #291

Hey everyone!  Wanda is our hostess this week for the Color Throwdown, and she’s got some cool colors for you to try based on these cool gemstones!

I went nautical for my card today…

I just HAD to have this darling Die-Namics Sailboat when it was released a few months ago, but had yet to use it!  (Isn’t it that way with most of the supplies we all buy?)  So I got it out for today’s challenge, along with the Catch a Wave Die-Namics, and the sentiment from the Go Overboard stamp set.  On the green background, I added the On the Diagonal background.
I’m especially excited for today’s challenge because, while we’re sad to bid farewell to Melody Rupple last week, we’re happy to welcome the fabulous CINDY LAWRENCE to the Color Throwdown team!!!  Cindy has long been a stamping idol of mine, as well as a wonderful friend and I’m thrilled to have her join us!  I hope you’ll stop by her blog and give her a warm welcome.
Stop over at the CTD blog for all the challenge details today, and for more inspiration visit my Throwdown sisters (including our Guest Star Stamper today, and our new May Guest Designer!)
Barbara Anders
Broni Holcombe
Cindy Lawrence
Joan Ervin
Lori Tecler
Monika Davis
Vickie Zimmer
Wanda Cullen
Annette Allen, May Guest Designer
Roberta Morin, Guest Star Stamper
Thanks bunches for stopping by today!

Brewin’ Up Birthday Wishes

I overheard yesterday at work that one of my coworkers is celebrating a birthday today.  She’s one of my most favorite people to work with, so I just had to stop by Starbucks to pick up a gift card for her (one of her favorite places!) and create a quick card.  I knew my Be a Barista stamp set from Reverse Confetti would make the card even more suitable, so here it is…

I made a little gift card pocket for the center panel of the May Sketch for You to Try, and put it on a slight angle.  Then, inside the pocket is the Starbucks gift card which can be pulled out by the tab I attached to the top with temporary glue dots.

I used the flag from the Tag Me Confetti Cuts, and stamped just the first part of the birthday sentiment from the stamp set, and added the rest of the sentiment on the inside…

The papers I used are Heidi Swapp “Sugar Chic”.
I hope Hannah will like this!  :)  Thanks for stopping by today!

Button Up Recipe Swap

Linda has another great new Recipe Swap challenge over at the Catered Crop blog, and it’s definitely my favorite one so far… buttons!  Here are the challenge details…
Hopefully you like playing with buttons as much as we do, because that’s what we’re doing with this challenge – our annual button challenge. Just add a button or more to your project and come join the party. Or, alternatively, show us how you store and organize your buttons – that’s always fun, too.

• Include a link to us at Catered Crop or add our button, which you can grab on our sidebar or at our {button gallery}.
• Link up and link often, but be sure you link up by 8:00 PM EST on Saturday, May 10.
• Keep the party hopping by visiting the other players and leaving comments.
• Check back with us on May 11 to see if you’ve won an opportunity to be a guest designer.

For my card, I decided to play with a new-to-me stamp set from Wplus9 Design Studio…

I’ll be spending some time with my Mom this coming weekend, and I wanted to be ready to wish her a happy Mother’s Day a week early so I made her this card using the Spring Blooms stamp set.  I took a few hints from some beautiful release week cards I saw on the Wplus9 blog to create this, stamping my flowers with my new Festive Berries distress ink pad, and the leaves with a combination of Shabby Shutters and Peeled Paint.  Then I spritzed with some water here and there, dried everything and added some Antique Linen shading around the edges.  I also used my aquapainter brush to add some splotches of red ink, and sprayed the whole card with one quick mist of Heidi Swapp gold lame spray.  Then, of course I added a few buttons in the centers of the biggest flowers!  :)
So hey, get buttoned up with us and join in the challenge!