Stampin' Celebration Inspiration Challenge #29

Hi Stamping Friends!!

Well it's been awhile since I've posted to my blog.  Such a busy time of year!!  But that doesn't mean I haven't wanted too!  I finally had time last night to make a card for the Stampin' Celebration Inspiration Challenge.  Aren't these pictures just absolutely gorgeous?!!  I love the simple color palette.  So pretty!

PAISLEY PRINTS

I really loved the golden leaves on the napkins.  Plus, I just had to use my paisley leaf one more time before fall is behind us.  I can't believe next week is Thanksgiving already!!

The card base is Soft Suede, layered with Very Vanilla that has been embossed with the Vintage Wallpaper IF.  The piece of DSP is from the Deck The Halls pack in the Holiday Mini.  I love that set of paper.  So many gorgeous patterns.  The sentiment is from the Word Play set.  The leaf is stamped in More Mustard and hand cut.  I sponged all the edges with Soft Suede ink to give it a vintage look.  The button is from the Nuetrals Collection.  I LOVE SU! buttons!!  They are fabulous!

This great sketch comes from my favorite SUO online hangout, Stampin' Addicts.  The have a new sketch posted every Thursday.

Since it is Thanksgiving next week in the USA, the SCIC challenge will last two weeks, instead of the regular one.  That should give you plenty of time to play along!!  Be sure to stop by and see what the other talented design team members have created.

Thanks for stopping by!

Happy Stamping!

Stampin' Celebration Inspiration Challenge #21

Hi Stamping Friends!!  It's Thursday and that means it's time to celebrate!!  Won't you celebrate with us?!  Join us this week at the Stampin' Celebration Inspiration Challenge.  Our inspiration pictures could be used for a variety of events... bridal shower, baby shower, birthday party, or just a wonderful afternoon tea party in the backyard.  I wanted to do a baby shower type card, but I realized I don't have any decent baby style stamps.  How can that be?!  I really need to work on fixing that!  :-)

WORD PLAY

I really fell in love with colors in the pictures.  I chose to use Pear Pizzazz (love that shade of green!), Daffodil Delight, and Pretty In Pink.  The striped DSP on the bakground is super old.  It came in a SAB scrapbook kit.  It was perfect to use for this card.  It has all the right colors!  The pink polka dot DSP is from the Subtles DSP Pattern Stack.  The fun flower was made using about 10 Scallop Circles punched out, wetted, squished, and then layered.  After looking at the inspiration pic again, I should have maybe made the flower pink.  Oh well!!  I got to use two of my favorite items out of the catalog... buttons and rhinestones!!  I love all the new SU! accessories.  They are such amazing quality.  You just don't get that with some other products.  I used this week's sketch form the Mojo Monday blog.  This is sketch MOJO157.

Stop by the Stampin' Celebration blog and see what are amazing Design Team has created.  These gals never cease to amaze me!!  We hope you can celebrate with us this week and stamp something!!

Thanks for stopping by!

Happy Stamping!

ColourQ Tuesday #44

Hi Stamping Friends! Tuesday means it's time for another one of Arielle's fabulous ColourQ Challenges!!  When I first saw these colors I really wanted to to do a modern looking card.  I went searching for a suitable sketch challenge (heaven forbid I should come up with my own sketch!!).  I found one I liked at the Clean and Simple blog.  It's their Fall To Layout #101.

FIFTH AVENUE FLORAL

I used the Manhattan Flower Embossing Folder on the black layer.  I altered the Saffron Top Note slightly.  I cut it in half, then layered it on top of itself.  This made it alot smaller.  I didn't want it to cover up my pretty embossed layer!  The rest is pretty self explanatory.  This was my first time playing with Poppy Parade and I have to say that I LOVE it!  Such a fun shade of red.  I was pretty happy with how this card turned out.  Kind of modern and funky.  But when I saw the cards that the other DT gals were uploading for this challenge, I realized that these are the perfect "Mary Engelbreit" colors!  So I just "had" to make another card ala Mary style!

WORD PLAY

I went to the Mary Engelbreit website and looked at a few things they have for sale.  I was inspired to create this!  I just love those lollipop style flowers and have been wanting to make them forever.  This was the perfect reason to finally do it!  I punched out three circles and then distressed the edges.  I then sponged the edges with matching ink.  After adhering the layers with Glue Dots, I then distressed and lifted the edges even more.  I knew I wanted buttons in the center, but I haven't gotten any of the new buttons... yet (they are on the order I just placed!).  So I dug into my retired stash and found these really old ones.  They are actually Very Vanilla, but I colored them with the Daffodil Delight marker.  If you touch them, the ink may still rub off.  I must have colored them five times, because everytime I messed with them, I would rub more ink off!  The sentiment comes from a new set called Word Play.

I hope you can play along with us at the ColourQ this week.  Make sure and stop by the other Royal Court DT members.  You can click on their links on my sidebar.

Thanks for stopping by!

Happy Stamping!