Color Challenge

Hi everyone. It's time for a color challenge over at The House That Stamps Built.  Here is the palette to work from.

I have to admit that I sometimes have trouble with color challenges and struggle to make it work. I'm really not sure if I personally like what I came up with for this one or not. But it is what it is.....

I used the new flower power separates to create the back grounds on this. For the pink one, I used Versamark and then heat embossed with clear embossing powder. Added some white liquid pearls to the center of the big flower.

The white one is done using Fresh Ink in pink lemonade and black. Yellow self adhesive pearls are added for the centers of the flowers.

Sentiment is from unmounted plate 8600 which you can find here.

Grid die is from Impression Obsession and I tied that white satin bow with the Bow Easy.



So what are you waiting for?! Why not play along with us and start stamping up a card now. We can’t wait to see your creations!

Don’t forget… Take part in one weekly challenge or all of them. The more you play along, the more chances you have to win! Each submission enters you in the drawing for our gift certificate. And you don’t always have to use our stamps in your creations, but we will reward you if you do. Each submission using a Repeat Impressions stamp will earn you an additional entry in the drawing! Also, check out our Rock Star blogs to see what they did with the challenge.

Heather

Patti

Joy

Cheri

Kathy

Shirley

Deonna

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Christmas in July

Hello. The Paper Players are hosting a Christmas in July challenge and I decided I would play along.

Snowflakes are cut out with a few punches that I have in my drawer. The big one is from EK success and the smaller one is from Martha Stewart.

I used some silver liquid pearls and mixed it with Rangers cornflower blue reinker. Then smooched it on a piece of cardstock and added some white liquid pearls and then mixed it all up.  The color of the snowflakes is what I ended up with, which I think is pretty cool.

Sentiment is from Impress Rubber Stamps and stamped with one of the new mini dye inks from Hero Arts.

Vintage cream and kraft cardstock from PTI used as the card base and main panel up against the teal snowflakes.

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Christmas tag

Hello - I had this tag sitting on my desk for a week and then this sketch challenge over at the Paper Players pops up in my in box. WooHoo! Now I get to put it to use.

I had a few fir branches left over from the tree that I made using the new Concord and 9th dies. I glued it down onto a kraft tag and then added from there.

The berry sprig is a die from Poppy stamps. I used a Copic marker on the branch and then some liquid pearls for the berries.

Pine cone is made from a swirl flower die from MFT, I just used brown cardstock and cut a bit off to make it look like a pine cone.


Tiny red bow is made using the Bow Easy and hemp twine used at the top to make a multi-layered bow. I popped this up onto a white layer using foam tape to give it more dimension.

Sentiment is from Papertrey, Ink.  Stitched dies are from Lil' Inkers, MFT and SSS.

I'm linking this card up to the Addicted to CAS dimension challenge as well. They are celebrating 3 years, congratulations! Thanks for stopping in.

Watercolor flowers

Hello! I'm back with a card covering two more challenges. First off it's the "frame" challenge over at The Paper Players and Just Us Girls has a color challenge out. I just bought this flower stamp at Ben Franklin's and thought it would work great for both these challenges.

The stamp is from Stampendous and I stamped it Archival Jet Black ink onto distress watercolor paper from Ranger.

I used three of the colors from the JUGS challenge, pink, yellow and lime green. Gelatos were used and smeared around with a bit of water to get the effect. Added some white liquid pearls to the center of the flowers.

Sentiment is from Technique Tuesday. To frame this up, I used two of the stitched rectangle dies from Lil' Inker Designs on watercolor paper then added some tiny square pieces of foam tape onto the back.

OK, that's it for today. Off to finish up my Sunday chores.

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Get well soon

Hey everyone! Played around with this weeks Fusion Challenge and got a bit frustrated. I struggled with finding the right flower stamp to use with this. Everything I tried, I didn't like! Ended up with this!

Flower stamp is from Simon Says Stamp. I used fresh ink in french lavender to stamp the solid flower and black to do the outline. Then I got out the liquid pearls and dabbed some lemon yellow on for the centers.

Sentiment is from Avery Elle. I cut out the dotted banner then stamped the sentiment. It's popped up using foam tape. The white grid/mesh over the lavender cardstock is a die from Cherry Lynn Designs. That die makes great confetti too!

Dragonfly die is from Memory box. I cut the body out of black cardstock and the wings out of vellum. Added some Wink of Stella in clear to get them to appear gossamer. Love how they turned out. Now I get to add this card to the Wednesday challenge over at SSS which is Things that Fly.

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Mojo #341 - you are always

Hi all! It's been ages since I participated in the Mojo Monday sketch challenge. I just can't seem to find the time early in the week with having to do my day job. However I carved out an hour today and came up with this.

Stamps are from Powerpoppy called Azalea and colored with Copic's. I colored this up for another sketch challenge and didn't end up using it, so I was able to work it into this week Mojo sketch. I like how it ended up! I added a bit of liquid pearls onto the stamen but then ended up crushing it when I ran it through the cuttlebug.

Designer paper is from the Old World stack from DCWV and the coral cardstock is from PTI that I didn't even know I had. WooHoo it matched wonderfully with the Copic markers I used. Copic marker used to color the satin ribbon to match as well.

Every time I see this sentiment I always think of Willie Nelson and then that song is stuck in my head! Ugh!

Ok, off to make something for dinner! Thanks for stopping by!

Mojo 248 - Wishing

Hi everyone! Had a few minutes to play around with this weeks Mojo Monday sketch this morning.  Here's what I came up with.

Stamps are from the Verve set Kind Words. I used Marvy markers to color directly on the stamp and then spritzed with water to get the water color effect. A little dot of liquid pearls in lemon yellow used for the flower centers.

Blue and white cardstock is from Papertrey. Ink and the gingham designer paper is from A*Muse and was bought at my local stamp store before they went private. Yellow cs is from Bazzill. Pearls are from Queen & Co.

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Holly

Hi everyone! I've been messing around with this card for a few days and still I'm not sure if I'm happy with it or not.

The fairy is a digital stamp from Bugaboo and colored with Copic markers and highlighted with a white gel pen and a stardust pen.

I used some golden colored vellum and put it behind a piece of printer paper and cut out the scalloped circle to go around the main image. I struggled finding a color that went with the colors I used on her to layer with and this is the best I came up with.

The holly around her is a die from Memory Box that I cut up and glued down. Added some berries with liquid pearls. Not sure if I like this addition or not, but it's glued down now so I'm stuck with it.

Holly embossing folder is from Provo Craft and I love that it's a 5x7 folder!

So, give me some feedback on this one! I would appreciate suggestions at this point!

Thinking of you

Hi everyone! Sorry I've been missing in action the last couple of days. The day job has kept me extremely busy with no end until next Wednesday! Yuk! I'm so tired and my body is telling me that too!

Ok, enough complaining....Here's a card I recently made for Verve's challenge over at SCS.

Stamps are from Verve and done by coloring directing on the stamp using Tombow markers then misting with water and stamping onto a piece of cardstock. It took me a couple of tries to get this one exactly how I wanted it. Added some yellow liquid pearls onto the flower centers.

Pink designer paper is from Lasting Impressions and the other dp is from my stash which I believe comes from My Minds Eye, but not certain. Kraft cardstock is cut with the Plaque Alterations die.

I did cut the doily in half and then overlap it to get it to fit within the body of the card. Lastly, used the boweasy to tie the bow from the white satin ribbon.

Thanks for dropping by!