OLW 74: Red & Pink

I am soooo happy the OLW challenges are back!  Yippee!
These one layer challenges always pull me outside my comfort zone and when I am pleased with my results I get so hand clappingly (yes, it's a new word...my word) giddy that I dig through my stamp drawers looking for more stamps to use.  And, I usually end up using stamps that haven't seen the likes of ink since I bought them.  So, it's all good.
The challenge over at Simplicity's blog this past Wednesday was to use the colors red and pink only on a one layer card, keeping embellishments to a bare minimum.

The first card has a background by Hero Arts, image by Inkadinkadoo and sentiment by Hampton Art.

The second card incorporates a second Hero Arts background, and both image and sentiment are from Impress Rubber Stamps.

On the third card I used the Hero Arts Background I used in the first card, Lockhart image and Technique Tuesday sentiment.

Thanks, Susan....I had fun with this challenge!

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Rainbow Thanks

There are lots of wonderful sentiments in my new Paper Smooches Chit Chat stamp set, but, this 'thanks'  is my favorite.  I knew right away that I wanted to color it a rainbow.  And, then!  Less is More challenge # 47 asks us to use just  a SINGLE WORD on our card, and, Skipping Stones Design has a new sketch challenge #109 which is PERFECT for a rainbow color scheme!   How could I not make this card????

Cardstock is from my scrap pile, ribbon and gems from my stash.

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Boston

This card is going to some friends of ours in Kentucky.  Their furry four legged baby recently crossed over the Rainbow Bridge.  Boston (or, Bossy, as many of the neighbors called him) was such a sweetheart who roamed the neighborhood and knew all the neighbors.  My favorite and most vivid memory of him was the day he and Chynna, another neighbor's dog sat for photos with my golden retriever/chow mix Sammy on her "sweet" sixteenth birthday.   My dear neighbor set her kitchen table with a pretty tablecloth, good china and silver for 3 place settings.  In the center of the table was a very large, many wicked, candle sitting on a cake plate resembling a birthday cake.  In 3 chairs placed around the table were Sammy, Boston and Chynna, all wearing party hats.  It was the funniest sight I and my neighbors have ever seen.  We laughed ourselves silly while all three dogs sat quite contentedly around the table.

On to the card:

Paper from my stash, sentiment from Club Scrap.

I'm also submitting this for the current Skipping Stones Designs challenge #108.

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Paper Smooches Sparks Challenge

I've recently fallen in love with some really cute stamps.  And I'm not one to jump on the cutesy bandwagon that has been so popular this last year or so.  But these stamps aren't 'cutesy'....they are just darn cute and adorable!

I have some of Kim Hughes stamps from prior years as a designer for other companies, so it was fun to find out she now has her own company, Paper Smooches. (papersmoochesstamps.com)  She also has a blog where she runs fun challenges.  The current challenge (yes, I am down to the wire!) is based on this photo from Pinterest:

I am in the middle of making Christmas thank you cards and decided to make one using this challenge.  I used the adorable dog from Birthday Buddies and a sentiment from Sentiment Sampler.

Designer paper is from Basic Grey,  cardstock from PTI.  Colored with Copics.  Santa Hat is from a Studio G stamp.  Twine  is from May Arts.

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Merry Christmas!

So sorry for the lack of posts.  Life's been busy.  But, Christmas is winding down, so life should get a bit simpler.
Here's this year's Christmas card.  Found this stamp by Impression Obsession last February at a rubber stamp show in Clearwater.  HAD to HAVE it.  L.O.V.E. it!  Had so much fun coloring it with my copics.  Kept it simple.  Remember this post?   This stamp inspired that.

I hope you all had a wonderful and enjoyable Christmas.  I did!
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Stamped Tile Card

This past weekend I was reminded by someone, who shall remain nameless, but she knows who she is, that I haven't posted in a while.  Yes, I'm guilty of that.  The history of my blog shows that.  It all has to do with the mojo.  If it isn't flowing, it isn't happening.  I have plenty of cards that can be posted, but again, it's the mojo thing, whether it is creating cards or posting them.  It's all lumped together for me.   And, lots of time, I'm busy, or I just simply forget.

So, to break the current rut, here's a card I made a couple months ago for one of my brothers-in-law.  He is a hunter and loves dogs....I think this was the perfect card for him.   I sat down and made it right after I got my issue of the Autumn 2011 Take Ten magazine.  In it there were Stamped Tile Cards by Amber Demien on pages 52 & 53.  Absolutely loved the concept and I'll certainly make other cards like this.  Susan over at Simplicity was also enthralled with these cards and recently did a similar post here.

Cardstock by SU, corrugated & twine from my stash.  Inchie stamps by Inkadinkadoo, sentiment by A Muse.

Inside:

Sentiment here from Rosie's Roadshow, punch from EKSuccess.  Dog bone punch by Marvy.

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LIM 39: Lucky Dip - Stars

I really wanted to play along with the Less Is More crew last week when the theme was polka dots.   Love me some polka dots....my hands down most favorite pattern....any color, any size dots!  Time was not in my favor last week, but it is this week, so I combined this weeks theme of stars with last weeks polka dots.   I also LOVED the sketch layout over at the Clean and Simple blog last week (FTL 163), so I combined all three to make the three cards posted below.

First and second up are 2 super simple creations.  I used the retired SU! small star punch and sentiment from Morningstar.   The patterned paper are tiny scraps from my scrap drawer....have no clue who the manufacturer is, and popped up the stars with dimensionals.

This card doesn't apply to the LIM theme this week as it doesn't have any stars, but it does have polka dots and uses the same sketch.  The flowers are made from a SU! flower punch and EKSuccess circle punch, and the sentiment is from a Hero Arts clear set.

Ahhhhh.....  Feels good to get back to some challenges!
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