KWerner's CI Challenge #49

OK, so I am posting multiple times in one day...I had a lot to show. I participated in Kristina Werner's 49th colour Challenge, and you can find that post HERE. The colours are what we will call...not up my alley:

Anyway, I hmmmed and hawed for a while, then decided to give it a try.

I used the stamp set A Flower for All Seasons - can't go wrong with that bad boy.

I stamped three of the images, watercoloured them, and punched them out with my 1 1/4" Circle Punch. I layered them on a 1 3/8" black circle, and then those were layered onto Rose Red, Kiwi Kiss, and Pacific Point pieces punched with my Curly Label Punch.

The sentiment is from Verve, which I got for free when I ordered from their new releases in March!

The ribbon is the Satin Kiwi Kiss ribbon from SU.

Hope you enjoyed it, and thanks for stopping by!

I'm so sorry...

...for the pictures you have to endure below. Here's my story: I wake up for work when it's dark out, and I get home when it's dark out. Soooooo, the only option for me to take pictures is on the weekend in the day time, when we have sunlight. Unfortunately, that's not exactly conducive to time deadlines for stamping challenges. Enough of that.

I saw KWerner's colour challenge #48, and I loved it again! It must be that Chocolte Chip, or something. The colous are: Chocolate Chip, Kiwi Kiss, Baja Breeze, and Whisper White. I bet this one is a fan favourite!

I made a couple of cards. Even though I should be embarrassed, I will show you anyway.

***ADDED: I took a better pic...

Old pics:

Out of the two, this is the card I think I would submit. It has a little bit more sanity. I embossed with my Cuttlebug folder, and I used the Double Stitched Baja ribbon from SU.

The stamps are from Verve (see my sidebar for the link), and the set is called Beautiful Kindness (one of their new releases!).

There are a couple of white butterflies on there - they are really hard to see, once again because of the picture quality.

And, I did some paper piercing on the smaller panel.

This is the card that did NOT turn out the way I wanted. I used the Cute & Curly Labels set, as well as the Curly Label, Small Oval, and Martha Stewart Punches.

Thanks for stopping by!

I made it!

My weekly web finds are going to have to wait, because I am SOOOOO excited to share something with you!

If you'll recall my post HERE from last week, I made a card to enter Kristina Werner's colour challenge #47. AND GUESS WHAT??!?!!?

My card is in her Top 20 this week! Check out her post HERE for her top 20 picks. Mine is in the first column, three rows down.

I am so honoured! *sob* It's like a dream come true!

Kristina Werners Colour Inspiration Challenge #47

Hi All,

Phew! I'm so glad it's the weekend. I haven't done a CI Challenge from KWerner in a really long time. Well, when I popped over there to see what the latest combo was, I gasped! It was right up my alley, so I couldn't help but participate. Get this: it's Chocolate Chip, Tangerine Tango, So Saffron, and Whisper White. I LOVE IT!

So, here is my take on it. I tried to go for simple.

I used plain white as the base. I tied the So Saffron ribbon around it (the one you receive from the Sale-A-Bration Catalogue), and I tied a small piece of Linen Thread around that, too.

For the top right square, I used my 1 3/8" square punch, and punched out a piece from the Delicate Dots DSP pack (also from Sale-A-Bration). I stamped a flower on it from the A Flower For All Seasons stamp set. I coloured it in with regular SU markers, and I stamped it again on a piece of scrap, so I could cut parts of it out and mount them on Dimensionals (just the pot and the flowers).

For the other 3 squares, I used my 1 1/4" square punch with Tangerine Tango Prints DSP, Hawaii Papaya DSP, and Bella Rose DSP to get the different patterns. I used my Scallop Square punch for the layers for those 3 squares.

The buttons are from the Buton Latte pack - they just so happen to be the EXACT colours in the Colour Challenge! I mounted them all with Mini Glue Dots, and Linen Thread is tied around the brown one.

I think that's about it - I hope the pictures are OK; it was a pretty nice day this morning.

Thanks for stopping by!

Kristina Werner's Colour Challenge #27

Hi All,

I decided to participte in Kristin Werner's colour challenge. It was to use Reds and/or Pinks, and the rest is up to you!

I decided to use Purely Pomegranate for the base, and then a layer of white. The top panels are from the Berry Bliss DSP.

I used some self-adhesive chipboard letters, decorated with Classic Ink (using sponge daubers).

The heart charm is from the Always stamp set. It was stamped in Timber Brown Staz-On ink onto shrink plastic and cut out, and then heated with the heat gun (down to bite size). It was tied to the pink ribbon with linen thread.

I wish I had a better camera, but you gotta work with what you got, I guess.

Thanks for stopping by!

Kristina Werner's 27th Colour Challenge

Well, Kristina has posted her 27th colour challenge. The challenge is to use reds and/or pinks as the main colour, and the rest is up to you!

Try it out!

My Sample for KWerner's Challenge #23

WOW, huge computer issues today. I will have to post details later.

*Added Sept. 20*

OK, so here are the details. The card base is a 10 1/2" x 5 1/4" piece of Whisper White CS folded in half. Then, there is a 5" x 5" piece of Chocolate Chip. I used a polka dot stamp from Close To My Heart on the left side with Versamark, and embossed with dark brown EP (retired SU).

On top is a piece of So Saffron, and then some Chocolate Chip DSP (retired) with some paper piercing (paper piercer and Mat Pack). I used some of the Old Olive Rub-Ons (retired) from the SAB 2008 catty.
The piece of Whisper White has "Birthday Celebrations" stamped using Bravo Burgundy and Old Olive Stampin' Write Markers.
There is a Pumpkin Pie Circle and a Bravo Burgundy Scalloped Circle (both Nestabilities), and the flowers from Upsy Daisy are stamped in Pumpkin Pie, and highlighted with the White Gel Pen.
There is also some 5/8" Chocolate Chip Grosgrain Ribbon around the base layer.

I didn't end up liking this colour challenge as much as in past. It's probably because I used the colours badly. I should have toned it down a bit...but what can you do when it's late at night?

Thanks for stopping by!

KWerner's 23rd Colour Inspiration Challenge

Well, I thought Kristina was regularly posting her challenges on Wednesdays, but lo and behold, here it is on a Tuesday! The challenge colours are Bravo Burgundy, Chocolate Chip, Pumpkin Pie, So Saffron, and Old Olive (plus the neutral that you would have to use). I will definitely be submitting mine on time. HERE is the link to her post of you'd like to check it out!

My Sample for Colour Inspiration Challenge 22

I was too late to participate in the actual competition part of it, but I decided to post anyway. I only had about 40 minutes after work today to try my hand at it, and it took me an hour and 40 minutes. *blush*

Here are the details:

The card base is a 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" piece of Whisper White CS folded in half. The Bravo Burgundy piece is 4 1/4" x 3 1/2". The Regal Rose piece is 5 1/2" x 2", and on top of that is a 5 1/2" x 1" piece of Rose Red. On top of that is a 5 1/2" x 1/2" piece of Soft Sky Prints DSP (retired). Then I used some of my white Rub-Ons that SU had in their SAB catty in 2008. I LOVE rub-ons!

I stamped 2 of the onesies from By Ones & By Twos (retired?) on white, coloured a TINY bit with my Blender Pen and my Soft Sky ink, cut them out, and adhered them with Dimensionals. Next, I inked up my sentiment from the same set with my black Stampin' Write Marker and punched that out with my Word Window punch.

Oh well, I will try to be earlier next week! Thanks for stopping by!

KWerner's 22nd Colour Inspiration Challenge

Well, I am clearly late in posting this week's colour challenge from over at Kristina's blog. In order for them to be considered for the top ten, or the random ten, they have to be in by Thursday (today) night at 7pm, MT. I think we are 3 hours ahead of them, so that would be 10pm, EST here. However, I will get home from work around 9pm, so not too sure if 1 hour will be enough.

Give it a try! Colours are Bravo Burgundy, Rose Red, Regal Rose, Soft Sky, and Whisper White.

My Sample for KWerner's 21st Challenge

This was a really difficult challenge for me. I could see myself using maybe the white, plus 2 of the other colours together...but the blue, the green, AND the pinks??? It was really bright for me, so I tried to make it as simple as possible.

The card base is a 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" piece of Whisper White CS folded in half. The next layer is a 4" x 5 1/4" piece of Whisper White, sponged with Regal Rose ink. At the bottom of that, I stamped my sentiment from Sincere Salutations in Versamark, and sponged on some Rose Red pastel.


Then, there is a 4 1/4" x 2 1/2" piece of Kiwi Kiss CS, which was scalloped using the Scallop Edge Punch from SU. It was also embossed in white with the sprig image from the set Always. I tied some of the new Kiwi Kiss Satin Ribbon around that and mounted it with Dimensionals.








For the heart (also from the set Always), I stamped it once in Pacific Point ink on White CS, and cut it out. Then, I stamped it in Versamark onto Pacific Point CS and embossed in white. I cut that one out, but a little smaller than the first one. I layered those on top of eachother, then onto the card, all with Dimensionals.

I think I saw this general layout somewhere on SCS, with the horizontal strip and the heart. Not too sure though.

Thanks for stopping by!

Kristina Werner's Colour Challenge #21

It's time again for another Colour Challenge from KWerner! This is a bright one, so watch out. But, it does include some of the new In Colors, which is great! The colours are: Pacific Point, Kiwi Kiss, Rose Red, Regal Rose, and Whisper White.


I will post my sample ASAP. Good luck!

My Sample for KWerner's 20th Challenge

I whipped up my sample for Kristina's Colour Challenge #20 (you can see it in the post before this one). The colours were Chocolate Chip (I know, you're thinking, "Winner already"), Regal Rose, Pink Pirouette, Certainly Celery, and Very Vanilla.

Love these colours together. Another hit for her! Here goes:

The card base is a 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" piece of Pink Pirouette folded in half.

The next layer is a 1/8" piece smaller piece of Chocolate Chip CS. For the next layer, I had 2 panels. The first one is a 5 1/4" x 2" piece of Regal Rose, which was run through my Cuttlebug with the new Argyle emboss folder. The second is a 5" x 1 3/4" piece of Certainly Celery run through the Cuttlebug with the new Forrest BRanches emboss folder. I stuck the 2 embossed layers to the brown layer with Dimensionals, and then wrapped a piece of Satin Chocolate Chip Ribbon around it, and stuck it to the card base.

For the sentiment, I used one from A Little Birdie Told Me, and cut it out with the My Way Punch on Very Vanilla CS. I punched out another arrow in Chocolate CS, and layered it underneath the first arrow. I stuck that to the card with Dimensionals.

For the main image, I cut out an oval with my Nesabilities and my Cuttlebug. I stamped the flower from Bloomin' Beautiful in Black Staz On ink, and watercoloured with my Aqua Painter and my Regal Rose and Certainly Celery ink pad lids. I drew a gray outline around it with my BV23 Copic marker to make it POP. Next I layered that onto a larger oval in Pink Pirouette, and then finally on a scalloped oval in Chocolate Chip. I added some Platinum Liquid Pearls to every other scallop for some interest.

This one's nice and simple. Hope you like it!

Kristina's 20th Colour Inspiration Challenge

Well, here is yet another Colour Challenge from Kristina Werner...YAY! She always does such a great job, and I don't know how she has time to do all this extra stuff. Anyway, I'm really gonna like this one. I enjoy anything with brown, really.
Colours are: Chocolate Chip, Regal Rose, Pink Pirouette (new In Color), Certainly Celery, and Very Vanilla. I will be posting my card as soon as I can!

Enjoy!

My Sample for Colour Inspiration Challenge 19

Here is my card for Kristina's Colour Challenge. I just got my first new catty order, so I had to play right away! So I used the black, the gray, the white, and....the blue. My colour of choice is Baja Breeze! I chose that because I saw my new double stitched ribbon in that colour, and I really wanted to use it. I tried to tie it 2 times, and ended up wasting it. I need practice with the fat ribbons.

For the main image, I used the new stamp set Upsy Daisy. I covered the stamp with the Basic Gray ink, then I took my sponge dauber, soaked it in Baja Breeze ink, and dabbed that around some of the flowers, so there is a dual-toned sort of look to it.

In the background, I used the Inspired By Nature stamp set (the grass), and stamped that in Basic Gray ink, and sponged the bottom.

I used an old chipboard piece from one of the retired packs. I covered it in Versamark, put the Heat & Stick powder on it, and heated it up with the heat tool. While it was sticky, I poured Onyx Glitter on it (Martha Stewart), and then heat set. THe middle part is the Designer Label Punch and the Large Oval Punch.

Recipe:

SS: Upsy Daisy, Inspired By Nature

CS: Basic Gray, Basic Black, Whisper White, Baja Breeze

Ink: Baja Breeze, Basic Gray, Versamark

Other: Silver Brads, Gray Tafeta Ribbon, Sponge Daubers, Chipboard, Glitter, Large Oval Punch, Designer Label Punch, Paper Piercer, Mat Pack

Hope you like it!

***Added: the first pic was taken at night. Here is a day-time pic.

Colour Challenge #19

Kristina has posted her Colour Challenge for this week. It is a great one to inspire creativity! The colours are Basic Black, Basic Gray, Whisper White & a colour of your choice! I will try to post my sample tomorrow!

My Sample for Colour Inspiration Challenge 18

Here is my sample for Kristina's Colour Challenge. You can find the colours in the post right before this. I didn't realize the deadline was coming so quickly, so I rushed this one. I used my 5-Petal Flower Punch for the main flower, and my Scor-Pal for the Grid Technique. I had to cheat because I had no Rose Red CS left (the pink panel is Purely Pomegranate, but they are VERY close). I also didn't have any Green Galore, so it was Summer Sun as the 4th colour. Do white or vanilla count? I hope not, because I think my card would have been very goth-like if I couldn't include a neutral.

Recipe:

SS: Embrace Life

CS: Summer Sun, Basic Black, Very Vanilla, Rose Red ; )

Ink: Summer Sun, Pumpkin Pie

Other: Felt Flowers, 5-Petal Flower Punch, Scor-Pal, Word Window Punch, Ticket Corner Punch, Sponge Dauber

Thanks for looking!

*Added* This might be a better picture. The first one is from last night (really dark), and this one is from early this morning (but it was raining).

Colour Challenge for the week of August 6, 2008

Hi everyone!
Well, Kristina has posted yet another Colour Challenge. Here it is: Basic Black, Pumpkin Pie, Rose Red, and your choice between Summer Sun or Green Galore. I will try to post my sample shortly...

HAVE FUN!

My Take on Colour Inspiration #17

OK all,


Here is my card for KWerner's Color Inspiration this week. You can see the inspiration photo in the post right before this. These colours are gorgeous! So, it's Rose Red, Regal Rose, Sage Shadow, and Whisper White. I really had to fight the urge to use black. Black always frames things so nicely, and makes things Pop. *Sigh*





Hope you like it. Give it a try!




Recipe:
SS: One of A Kind (one of my fave's)
CS: Rose Red, Whisper White, Regal Rose, Sage Shadow
Ink: Sage Shadow, Regal Rose, Rose Red
Other: Rose Red Button, Small and Large Oval Punches, Antique Brass Hodgepodge Hardware, Sponges, Photo Corner Punch, White Grosgrain Ribbon

Thanks for stopping by!!! : )

Colour Challenge for the week of July 22.08

Stuck without some ideas? Here is this week's Color Inspiration Challenge from K Werner's blog. The colours are: Rose Red, Regal Rose, Sage Shadow, and Whisper White.

Have fun!

To see the original post, check out KWerner's blog.