Color Throwdown Snowman Peeps

Hi Friends

Today I made this card for the Color Throwdown.  The challenge this week is to use a pale or lime green, blue, kraft and grey.  I immediately thought of flowers ... no!!  No more flowers until springtime.  I'm really in the mood for Fall/Christmas and the colors and decorations that are associated with those seasons... pretty much done with the heat in SoCal.  You can click here to see what others have done.



I love the colors barbara chose and decided to go with a Penny Black snow family stamp ... I think her snowmen are the cutest around.  I also dug out some retired SU Christmas dsp ... it's so "retired" I don't even have the packaging anymore so can't tell you the name of it.  I only have a wee bit left.  Well, here's my card...

Of course, you knew my assistant, Bailey, would have to join in the fun, right?  Of course!  There's nothing particularly complicated about this card.  The only thing I did, other than coloring with my copics, was to paper piece their scarves.  The sentiment is from Stampin' Up Warm Words (also retired).  I kept the layout simple (my new goal) and just added a bit of silver ribbon and a silver glimmer snowflake for some sparkle.  I hope you like it.

Thanks so much for the visit.  I appreciate all your comments too, thanks!

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Pastel Flower Patch

Hi Stampers...

Sorry I've been AWOL for a while ... been busy deep cleaning the house now that the painting job is done and the windows are just freshly washed ... guess I could see the grunge better =) ... and also trying to stay cool while we were in the midst of the most recent heat wave (ugh).  Those are not compatible, let me tell you.  

So, let's make a card.  It will last longer and be more fun.  I visited one of my favorite challenges this morning (the Color Throwdown) and Wanda Cullen has chosen all my favorite colors ... pistachio pudding, crisp cantaloupe, and coastal cabana... how could I not play???  I immediately thought of my new Flower Patch set with matching framelits from Stampin' Up so that's what I went with.  I also needed a sketch as a taking off point so I went to see what Julee Tilman (Mojo Monday) had created this week.  Loved the sketch so here it all is....

I ended up making two cards since I had some spare parts when this one was done... I added another flower and leaf to the upper right.  Now I'm not sure which I like better ... ?

What I used....

Flower Patch clear polymer stamp set

sentiment from Peaceful Petals

Flower Patch framelits

pearls, score tape,  glue dots

inks - coastal cabana, crisp cantaloupe, pistachio pudding,

 old olive, bermuda bay to accent

coastal cabana, whisper white card stock

Sweet Sorbet DSP

Thanks for stopping by and taking a look 

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Sunny Summer

Hi Friends

I've entitled this card 'sunny summer' because these are really summer-y colors.  This card is for the Color Throwdown which is to use the colors of Daffodil Delight, Melon Mambo, and Pumpkin Pie.  The first thought that popped into my mind were of popsicles... but, if you go look at the challenge site (click above) you'll see that Joan Ervin had the same idea (*smile*).   Also, my friend is borrowing my 'kinda eclectic' set for a few weeks, so I decided to work something up using that set.  

Here's what I came up with...

I love this "kinda eclectic" set... it's so versatile.  This time I paired it up with Petite Petals and the matching punch.  This was such a fun, quick and easy card to put together.  I cheated a little and used my pistachio pudding (second generation) for the leaves.  I also decided I didn't like seeing white around the edges of my petals so I used my dauber to give them some depth (and take off the white edge).  That was about all there was to it... I also added a piece of daffodil grosgrain ribbon above the sentiment.  Oh, yes, one more thing... I added some small and medium pearls to the flower centers... a little sparkle is a good thing.

Well, I hope you've enjoyed this card ... it sure is 'sunny'.

Thanks for dropping by

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Color Throwdown Sunflower

Hi Friends

Today we're going to play with the Color Throwdown folks.  This weeks challenge is to use the colors of Pacific Point, Crushed Curry, and Old Olive.  Here is the inspiration picture... you can click here to view their fabulous samples.



As soon as I saw this inspiration photo, I guess the idea of a sunflower got hard wired into my brain and I just couldn't think of any other flower to use.  Fortunately, one of my favorite sets is by Flourishes Stamps, called 'sunflowers'.  Here is my card

As I've been saying in my previous blogs, I am trying to do more CAS cards (clean and simple) but, somehow, this card just needed to have some more detail so I went to a sketch I've had for some time and matched my colors with a strip of DSP from SU's Print Poetry mini stack.  

I colored the sunflower with my Copics and added a candy dot from the brights collection in Pacific Point to kind of balance the blues.  I love the sentiment which reads...

"Turn your face to the sun

and the shadows fall behind you"

I hope you like my sunny card ... it reminds me of a trip we took to Colorado one late summer and all the sunflowers were blooming in this one particular field.  We passed by it several times that day visiting friends and I noticed each time the sunflowers had their faces in a different direction... each time facing the sun!  

Thanks for stopping by ... come back soon!

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Plum Blueberries

Hi Friends

Today I want to share a simple card with you that I made for The Color Throwdown.  This week Cindy Lawrence challenged us to create a card using the colors of Pale Plum, Pear Pizzazz, and Night of Navy.

Don't those little blueberry cups look yummy?  Click HERE to see all the design team samples.  I chose to approach this challenge by celebrating the colors with a one-layer CAS card.  I was so happy to see that my Pale Plum Stampin' Spot (remember those?) was still inky... it's close to dry but still had a little life left.

I used the following stamp sets...

Work of Art
Flowering Flourishes
Papillon Potpourri
Wetlands (sentiment)

That's it for today - a clean and simple card.  I'm happy with the way it turned out.

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An Apple for Teacher

Hi Friends

Today's card is to honor all those wonderful teachers out there who will soon be back in the classroom. They play such an important role instructing young minds to become responsible adults... thank you all!!!

This is for two challenges today ... the Color Throwdown which this week is to use Bermuda Bay, Real Red, and Smoky Slate.  You can see more samples of these vibrant colors HERE.  I also used the clean and simple sketch from Freshly Made Sketches so I am entering that challenge too.  You can see more samples using this sketch HERE.  There is also an underlying theme at Freshly Made Sketches regarding designer Lori Tecler's return to the Kindergarten classroom.  Good luck Lori... I know the kids will love you!

My card base is whisper white and is 5 1/2" square.  I decided to go with the school theme and I searched my room for an apple.  Nope.  So I made this 'core' with my old tab punch (at least I think that's what it was called).  I punched it out in whisper white and then again in real red - after cutting the red one in half horizontally, gluing it together, and sketching in some seeds, it sort of resembles an apple, you think?  I also used a rarely used punch that makes those little binder holes - I don't remember what that punch was called - I've had it for years.  Besides stamping the 'hello' from the new set Four for You and running that piece through the big shot with the stripes embossing folder, it was basically just an assembly operation after that.

I hope you've enjoyed this simple card ... and, again, good luck and thanks to all you teachers!!

Thanks for visiting

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Popsicle Colors

Hi Friends

I'm still slogging away arranging pictures and getting them 'safely' onto Shutterfly.  A few years ago, my computer crashed due to a virus and I lost all my pictures... except those I had transferred off site... like Shutterfly.  I've learned my lesson!  Anyway, thanks for your patience in awaiting our gorgeous Alps pictures... they'll be posted soon.

Meanwhile, I just had to take a break today and play with some colors offered up by the Color Throwdown Challenge.  These colors are so yummy, I just had to use them.  Click on over to see more samples here



I love the crisp, cool "popsicle" colors in the sample - here is what I came up with.

I used my new SU Work of Art for the color splashes and SU's Summer Silhouettes for the flowers.  I was trying to make a card without flowers on it... apparently that is not in my DNA.  I stamped the tiny flower twice and popped it up with dimensionals.  The sentiment is by Reverse Confetti.

I hope you like my cheerful and colorful card... it makes me smile.

Thanks for stopping by

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Fabulous Florets

Hi Friends

Today I want to share a card made for the Color Throwdown.  Love the scene in their sample... sure looks like Venice to me.  This is my first challenge since getting back from my trip and it's one of my favorites.  You can see the other samples here.  I really enjoy playing with different color combinations.  



For my card I decided to do a floral arrangement - but wanted to keep it simple, and so "Fabulous Florets" was the set I chose.  I colored the flowers with my copics trying to get as close to the throwdown colors as possible.  Unfortunately, I don't have these SU markers so here is my effort.

I stamped the flowers onto whisper white ... colored them ... and cut each one out and, using glue dots, arranged them on the card.  The base is whisper white and I ran the white layer through the big shot using the diagonal stripes embossing folder.  Once I had the flowers and leaves placed and stuck down I decided to add just a couple of blingy embellies.  I used my gold stickles for a little depth in the flower centers and some bermuda bay candy dots in the corner.  The sentiment is from Teeny Tiny Messages and I cut it out with the word window punch.

I hope you'll try this color combination sometime... all the complementary colors work for me!

Thanks for visiting

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