{ case study challenge #29 }

Happy Saturday!!

I've lurked on this blog for a long time and decided that it's time to play along! 

I'm still thinking of Diggin' on Damask challenge in the Moxie Fab World so I'm linking my card to that challenge as well.

Click HERE for a link to the card we were to case this week. And here is my take:

 

Card Recipe:

stamps- happy birthday- CTMH, sassy icons- me & my big ideas

paper- cranberry- CTMH, kraft- HL

ink- walnut stain- Tim Holtz

other- ribbon (from my stash), twine- Archivers, felt doohicky- won from the Traveling Mama, button- Walmart

{ clean and simple }

Here's a card for CAS.

Card Recipe

stamps- triple play- CTMH, happy birthday- CTMH

ink- pansy purple, orange- CTMH

other- adhesive rhinestones- michaels

{ damask }

Cath has a great damask challenge going right now...Diggin' on Damask challenge in the Moxie Fab World and a stamp immediately came to mind.... the scrolly damask image is actually stamped twice- I 'butted' the images up to each other and then decided to mount a sentiment in the center of the focal image.

Then I trimmed it out and mounted it onto a piece of kraft paper that I embossed the beoynd borders image on.

I inked the edges of the kraft base as well as the sentiment layer. I love the way it turned out.

Thanks for stopping by!

Card Recipe

stamps- delight 10 x 10 delight- fancy pants, beyond borders- Mint Motif, For Every Occasion- CTMH

ink- sunset, black-ctmh, versamark

other- adhesive pearls- CTMH, black embossing powder- CTMH

{ couple of cards for a couple of challenges }

Here's a couple of cards I created combining both a card layout challenge from CAS as well as a color combo (for the first card at least) from OTWC

Here's the color pallette:

 

Here is the card using the color combo from above: 

For this card, I combined a couple of new (and already some of my favorites) from both Mint Motif Stamps as well as W+9 Design. 

The border background was created from the Mint Motif stamp and the image on the squares is from the W+9 Design stamp. Finished it off with a sentiment and some buttons. 

Card Recipe for card above:

stamps- mehndi medallions W+9 Designs, beyond borders- mint motif, party pennants- CTMH

ink- garden green, cocoa- CTMH

paper- cream, cocoa- CTMH

  

And here's another card that I threw in for good measure using a favorite color combo of mine- white, aqua and red: Super easy. just stamped the polka dot layer then used my square punch and mounted them onto a the card layers. 

Card Recipe for card below: 

stamps- hit the spot, party pennants- CTMH

paper- lagoon, cranberry- ctmh

 

{ color chef challenge #68 }

Color Chef Challenge #68

Kraft     Cream     Pink

I was super excited to get a new set of stamps in the mail- Beyond Borders...had to create a card right away. Loving this cute little border stamp.  My card is simple. I inked the edges, of both paper layers and then put foam dots all over the back of the cream layer. Then I attached bakers twine to the back of the sentiment. I created the same cream layer for the inside of the card.

Card Recipe

stamps- beyond borders- Mint Motif, Party Pennants- CTMH

ink- cotton candy, dessert sand- CTMH

paper- kraft- hobby lobby, cream- CTMH

other- twine, foam dots

{ color chef challenge #67 winner }

Check out the beautiful card that Karen created for last weeks color challenge! Thanks so much for playing along, Karen and to everybody else. I think it was a hard combo for people based on the number of entries :)

Have a great week!!

{ jugs challenge }

oh stamps, how I've missed you! Didn't have much time in the stamp room this past week but I have been saving some sketches from the last few days to get my mojo flowing again!!

Loved the color challenge going on over at JUGS...here is my take:

Card Recipe:

stamps- Darcey Collection- Anna Griffin, A Year of Flowers: Violets- PTI

paper- black, cream-CTMH, kraft- Hobby Lobby

other- adhesive pearls- CTMH

{ color chef challenge #67 }

Color Chef Challenge #67 

purple     yellow     brown     cream

It was time to pull out a fall color combo.  For this card, I inked the edge of the buttercup paper layer and then I scored it using my MS score board.

Card Recipe:

stamps- a sip, party pennant- CTMH

paper- pansy purple, chocolate, buttercup and cream- CTMH

ink- chocolate and buttercup- CTMH

other- Scoring Score Board and Envelope Tool Martha Stewart Crafts EK Success, foam mounting tape- hobby lobby

Don't forget you can use any brand of supplies! Can't wait to see what you create!

{ color chef challenge #66 winner }

Thanks so much to everybody who entered last weeks Color Chef Challenge- it was so fun to look at your cards!  As promised I'll be sending out a little package of goodies to the winner that was randomly drawn and this weeks winner is just 11 years old! She has an adorable blog- you must check it out! Here is the card that Carly created:

Carly- here is the winner badge if you'd like to display it on your blog!!

Thanks again everybody and have a wonderful week!!

{ party pennants }

I used to challenges as my inspiration for this card. CAS Sketches and H2H Birthday Challenge

Card Recipe:

stamps- party pennants- CTMH

ink- lagoon, cranberry and chocolate

paper- lagoon, cranberry and white- CTMH

{ cups of hope for breakfast }

 

I noticed that the box of yogurt at Sam's that I usually buy was pink this time around but didn't think much about it until the next morning when I enjoyed my little 60-calorie cup of yogurt  for breakfast. In the past I've always felt a little guilty because I've thrown my lid away rather than taking a few seconds to clean it and send it off the label(s) so that the company will make a $x.xx donation to the National Breast Cancer Foundation.

This time around there is a link to Dannon Cup of Hope and all you have to do is enter the code on the underside of the lid- no saving and cleaning messy yogurt lids.  And it is quick and easy. Code. Email Address. Opt-in to receive special offers from dannon or don't. Done!

Dannon will make a minimum donation of $50,000 but up to $1.5 MILLION to the foundation.


Not only do I get to enjoy a healthy serving of a tasty breakfast, but it also gives me a warm fuzzy when I enter the code to their site. Isn't it great to support corporations who give back? I enjoy trips to the grocery store during the month of October and seeing all the pink packaging on a variety of products. 

P.S. After you enter your code, you can post  it to your facebook wall for an additional donation that Dannon will make to the foundation.

P.S. S. I was not compensated for this post in any way, just spreading the word and happy to support a company that is so generous.

{ cas 110 }

Anybody else having problems uploading pictures to their blogs today? I was finally able to do it through Photobucket, but that's no fun for long term. Boo.

Here is a card that I made over the weekend. Great sketch!!!

Thanks for stopping by & have a great week!

Card Recipe:

stamps- pennant party- CTMH

ink- pear

paper- cream, black- CTMH, striped DP- Hobby Lobby

other- button, waxy flax- CTMH

{ color chef challenge #66 }

Color Chef Challenge #66

Your Favorite Colors

Since the photo upload tool appears to be down, we'll switch things up a bit and if you're so inclined you can upload a card that utilizes your favorite colors. Since we're having this little problem I'll add a small prize for this week which will be randomly drawn. Have a great week! Hopefully I can upload a few projects I got done over the weekend at some point this week. 

{ Color Chef Winner #65 }

You all created some great cards this past week- Romaine's card was drawn to win the challenge- check it out:

P.S.   There seems to be something wrong with picture uploads tonight so I'll give it another shot in the morning