ColourQ Tuesday #55

Hi Stampers!  In honor of Breast Cancer Awarness month, Arielle found these adorable rain boots as our color inspiration this week for the ColourQ.  Pink and black is such a classic combination.  I couldn't wait to make my card this week.  And for once, I wasn't the last one to upload my card for Arielle.  It's a miracle I tell ya!!

RIBBON OF HOPE

For this card I used one of Stampin' Up!s "a la carte" stamps called Ribbon of Hope.  I've had the stamp for awhile, but had never inked it up  This was the perfect opportunity to get it dirty.  The card base is Pretty In Pink.  The black polka dot DSP is from the current Neutrals Pattern DSP Stack.  The Pink Pirouette polka dot DSP is from the retired Sweet Pea stack (LOVED that stack!) and the Regal Rose polka dot DSP is retired from last years big catty.  It's called Sweet Always, which was another one of my favorite DSPs.  The sentiment comes from a retired set called Refuge and Strength.  It's one of those sets that I will never part with.

Of course I had some help with this fabulous sketch.  It's from the weekly sketch challenge over at my favorite Stampin' Up! only online hangout: Stampin' Addicts.  If you love SU! as much as I do, you should stop on over sometime.  They have an awesome SUO gallery that is organized by stamp set.  It's a great place to get ideas and meet other SU! fans.

Make sure to stop by the ColourQ and see all the gorgeous cards the rest of the design team has created.  And while your there, why don't you upload a creation of your own!!  We would love to have you play along with us this week.

And don't forget about Breast Cancer Awareness month.  Almost everyone I know, knows someone who has been affected by this terrible disease.  Within the last 2 years, I've had two of my stamp club ladies who fought this battle.  Thankfully, they both won.  I wish it was called Breast Cancer Cure month, because I look forward to the day when we can finally STAMP out cancer.

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Baptism Mojo

Hi Stamping Friends!

This Sunday my brother and his wife will baptize their daughter, Lindsay Marie.  For once in my life, I have the card done already, instead of trying to scramble on the day of the party!

REFUGE AND STRENGTH

The two challenge I used today are the Cupcake Inspiration Challenge #57 from the HOPE STAMPS ETERNAL blog.  And the Mojo Monday sketch challenge #137 from the MOJO MONDAY blog.  I was inspired by the beautiful work of Teresa Kline at her blog: Enjoy the VA Sunshine.  Mine isn't quite as fabulous as hers, but I am happy with the way it turned out.  I didn't have a great "baptism" sentiment, but I thought the word WONDERFUL summed up the event perfectly!  It was really hard not to create another cupcake card for the Cupcake Inspiration Challenge.  But since I don't own that many cupcake stamps, I thought I would go with something a little different this time.  I used the pink and green colors, along with the swirls and flowers as my inspiration for this card.  The colors I used are Pretty In Pink, Certainly Celery, and Kraft.  The damask stamp image is from the Friends 24-7 set.

Be sure to stop back by tomorrow when I reveal the debut challenge of our STAMPIN' CELEBRATION inspiration challenge blog.  The samples from the design team are absolutley amazing!  I'm so excited for you to see what they have done!!!

Refuge and Strength   #115056   $23.95

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Refuge and Contraband

Hi Stamping Friends!

Today's card was designed for a friend who will be going on a 2 week mission trip to Fiji.  She wanted to send out some cards asking for friends and family to pray for her.  So I quickly whipped up 15 of these yesterday.

I was in such a hurry to take this pic that I didn't even bother to straighten the ribbon.  It's all wonky!  The cross stamp is from the set called Refuge and Strength.  The green flowers and leaves comes from Thoughts and Prayers.  And the sentiment is from Verve.  That is not the name of the set, that's they name of the (whispers very quietly) "other" stamp company I bought it from.  Did I just hear you GASP?!  I know!  I have to confess.  I do have two other stamp companies that I have purchased from... Verve and Our Daily Bread.  They just have such wonderful Bible verse stamps.  I just couldn't help myself!  Everything else on the card is from SU!  This is the first time I've used my Elegant Bouquet Impressions Folder.  I don't know why I waited so long to purchase it, because it's wonderful!

And since I'm confessing and showing my contraband stamps, I thought I would show you the bookmark I made for all the ladies I went with on my mission trip to the Dominican Republic.

I think I made about 26 of these.  Again the Refuge and Strength cross.  This time paired with the flourish stamp from Friends 24-7.  This verse stamp is also from Verve.  Can you tell I LOVE my Beautiful Wings Embosslit die?  It's hard not to use those adorable butterflies on every card.  They are just the perfect size!  It was so cute, after I had given the each lady their bookmark, some of them asked me to sign the back.  I felt like such an artist.  :)

REFUGE AND STRENGTH   #115056   $23.95

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