Be Inspired 28 and Color Challenge 189

Well, it took all day, but I finally finished the two cards I started this morning! Between getting cavities filled, driving kids around, and delivering Stampin' Up! orders, I think I spent less time in my house today than out of it. But I did want to play the Color Challenge over at SCS and I also wanted to participate in Beate's Be Inspired Challenge. You can click on the links to check them out. I have a raging headache at the moment, so I'm only going to post the pics of the cards. After my tooth extraction (YIKES!) tomorrow, I may come back and add some more details. You can always find more info at my SCS gallery. The first card is for BIC28 and also for WSC61:

The second card is for CC189:

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Be Inspired #27 and Weekend Sketch #62

Hi! This is for two challenges over at Beate's blog, Fresh and Fun. Everyday Tuesday she offers the Be Inspired Challenge. This week we were to get inspiration from this scarf:

She also provides the Weekend Sketch Challenge every Friday. This is the sketch from this week:







I decided to combine the two challenges this week, since I haven't had much "fun" stamping time lately. I loved the colors in the scarf and chose to work with Basic Gray, Going Gray, Pink Pirouette, Whisper White, and the retired Purely Pomegranate. This card did not turn out as I had pictured it, but I decided to post it anyway. So here it is:



















Definitely not one of my favorite cards. It's the top half that bothers me. I wanted a mixture of the PP and GG, like the scarf, but mine just looks wrong some how. I inked up my Bella Toile BG with PP and used my GG marker to add some highlights. Maybe I should have added more GG. I do love the Purely Pomegranate piece though. I inked up my brayer with White Craft Ink and rolled it onto my Cuttlebug Embossing folder. Then I Used my Big shot to emboss my cardstock. Isn't it cool! I learned about it on Splitcoaststampers. I'm sure it has some fancy technique name, but I have no idea what it is. I colored one of my silk flowers from the SU! Pretties Kit with my Pink re-inker.

Enough chit-chat, the rest is pretty self-explanatory! If you want more recipe info, check out my gallery at Splitcoaststampers.

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Be Inspired Challenge #26

Beate is one of my favorite stampers. On her blog, fresh & fun, she offers two challenges a week. Tuesday is her Be Inspired Challenge and on Friday she does a Sketch Challenge. This photo of the Greenwich Sofa was our starting point to be inspired today. I loved the Vanilla, Kraft and Navy colors, so that's where I started my card. This color combo always reminds me of the beach, which made me think of my A Light Unto My Path stamp set from Stampin' Up! So this is the card I came up with.

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