Mojo Monday Week 92

I had some stars left over from Kristina's colour challenge so decided to put them to work on a sketch challenge while I had everything out. My card is based on this Mojo Monday sketch but still using the challenge colours.

The gray looks a bit blue in this photo but rather than try and fix it you will just have to take my work that I used Basic Gray!

Stamps: Classic Stars Stampin' Around Wheel, Three Little Words
Cardstock: Very Vanilla, Really Rust, Basic Gray, Designer Paper
Ink: More Mustard, Really Rust
Accessories: Scallop Border Punch, Stampin' Dimensionals, Word Window Punch

Colour Inspiration Challenge #55

If you want to play along click on the title of this post and it will take you straight to Kristina's challenge page.

My nephews 17th birthday is coming up early next month so I thought these colours would work well for a card for him. I stamped the Classic Stars Stampin' Around wheel on a strip of Very Vanilla in More Mustard and scrap Very Vanilla in both More Mustard and Really Rust. I then cut out stars in both colours and varying sizes and mounted them with dimensionals on both the wheeled strip and off it onto the card, I love the feeling this gives the card.

I have yet again used Embrace Life, I love this sentiment, it seems to work with just about everything I do! As this is his last year at school I thought I would write on the inside "and shoot for the stars". I hope he likes it :-)

The photo below shows some of the dimension on the card, thanks for looking and have a great day.

Stamps: Stampin' Around Wheel Classic Stars, Embrace Life
Cardstock: Very Vanilla, Really Rust, Basic Grey
Ink: More Mustard, Really Rust
Accessories: Stampin' Dimensionals

Lovely As A Tree

I have been playing with backgrounds a bit lately - this is my attempt at a brayered background.

I am quite pleased with the end result but I think i need to practice more as the graduation from one colour to the next isn't as smooth as i would like. Hehe, the little bird in the sky is to disguise the fact that I touched a dauber loaded with Baic Brown ink on the card :-)

Stamps: Lovely as a Tree, Embrace Life
Cardstock: Baja Breeze, WhisperWhite, Chocolate Chip, More Mustard
Ink: Black StazOn, Basic Brown, So Saffron, Really Rust, Riding Hood Red, Brocade Blue, Basic Black
Accessories: Brayer, Sponge Daubers, Chololate Chip Marker, Corner Punch, Chololate Chip Taffeta Ribbon

Rustic Rooster

I lovel this Level 2 Hostess Set, it is so much fun to colour in!

Stamps: Rustic Rooster

Cardstock: More Mustard, Chocolate Chip, Whisper White

Ink: Black StazOn, Basic Black, Basic Brown, Handsome Hunter, Real Red, So Saffron, Really Rust, More Mustard

Accessories: Stamp-a-ma-jig, Sponge Daubers, Blender Pen

Techniques: Stamp-a-ma-jig for placement and reverse stamping, colouring using stamp pad lids and a blender pen

Colour Inspiration Challenge #31

Another fabulous colour challenge, if you want to play along click on the title of this post and it will take you straight to Kristina's challenge page.

I love the colours, but I don't have any Pumpkin Pie or Elegant Eggplant card or ink - what is a girl to do? Why, use my Stampin' Pastel's of course! With these I have ALL the Stampin' Up! colours so there is no excuse not to play.

I decided to use Poppin' Pastels technique to add the colour to the background (Pumpkin Pie) and the "frond" images (Elegant Eggplant). Lots of piercing, sponging and cutting later, this is what I came up with. I hope you enjoy it.

Stamp Sets: Looks Like Spring, Petal Prints, Polka Dots and Paisley
Card: So Saffron, Close To Cocoa, Whisper White
Ink: So Saffron, Basic Brown, Versamark
Accessories: Dimentionals, Mat Pack, Spring Flower Bouquet Punch, Crystal Effects, Dazzling Diamonds, Stampin' Pastels, Sponge Dauber

Colour Inspiration Challenge #30

Well I am up and crawling - I hope to start blogging regularly now that we have finally moved and are settled in Levin. I have decided to start my blogging again using the fabulous Colour Inspiration challenges from the uber talented Kristina Werner. These are a fabulous way to get your creative juices flowing, this weeks challenge is:

The inspiration image is so soothing and calm I just had to play along, this is the first time I have tried the challenge and actually linked my card.

This is the card I came up with - a misty melancholy scene using Lovely as a Tree on the sunniest day we have had for ages - go figure! I think it works really well with the missing you sentiment from So Many Sayings, and sort of describes how I am feeling at the moment having moved cities and not having my friends close by.

My husband took one look at it and said it was nice to see me make a masculine card, but I would have to take the sentiment off it - he gets to go to work and socialise! LOL.

Thanks for looking and have a great day :-)

Stamps: Lovely as a Tree, So Many Sayings, Card: Sahara Sand, Whisper White, Old Olive, Certainly Celery Designer Paper, Ink: Old Olive, Cerainly Celery, Sahara Sand, Accessories: Certainly Celery Ribbon, Hodge Podge Hardware, Dimentionals

Season of Joy

Playing with the new Christmas set Season of Joy. This is an awesome set and is very versatile - watch out for more cards using this set.