The Challenge # 35

The Challenge has an inspiration photo

Here I used PTI Sweet Life along with the jar from Friendship Jar: Summer

My jar was die cut using the dotted vellum.

Some lime sorbet Pretty Pink Posh sequins were used also.

 

thanks for taking a look!

The Challenge # 34 Colors!

Welcome everyone.   

Today I am the Guest Designer on "THE CHALLENGE" after my polka dot win card a couple of weeks ago. 

It is a color challenge this time around: 

I hope you will go take a look at the challenge and be inspired by the other designers!  Sometimes it is a sketch challenge and like this time, it is a color challenge!

Thanks for stopping by and taking a look!

And thank you all from "the challenge" for selecting my card as the winner!

I am honored and proud to participate with this challenge!

I smooshed orange zest and harvest gold onto the paper first.  I actually dried it with the heating tool because I was impatient to let it sit and dry on its own!

The big banner that I am loving is from PTI is Layered Banner Banter..there are two dies and then stamps that will fit into the banner.  I chose a polka dot orange zest color for the folded layer of the banner.  My big sentiment "celebrate"  was stamped with both harvest gold (at the top) and orange zest at the bottom half of the word.  The "on your birthday is from Lovely Laurels. The balloon is a die and stamp from Simon Says: Birthday Balloons and the string was hand drawn!  I added a few green sequins to the card for some more green!

Thank you so much for taking a look!  Have a great week!

MIM & The Challenge plus a Baby card

First I want to share a baby shower card because I need it!

My nephew and his wife are expecting a baby in June and there is a 'couples' shower next week.

I asked my niece if she knew what their color scheme for the baby's room was or if they had a 'theme' (thinking, airplanes, baby animals, etc).

I was told NO themes that she knew but their colors were black, gray, white with splashes of red!  Okay then....

So I pulled out Mama Elephants:  Ellie and Friends (cause you know elephants are 'gray'!) and this is what evolved!

Little piglet was colored with the "C" copic colors and Ellie was colored with the "W's".  I was going to have Ellie blow red bubbles, then it evolved to the umbrella) cause it is a "shower" and then because we needed rain, I thought it could rain hearts because again, it is a BABY!

So there you have it, my baby shower card...BTW it is a BOY!

 

MIM # 210  is using vellum to soften patterns.

I pulled out Wishes come True and stamped the dotty candle in rainbow colors for my background.

The vellum is a tag and the sentiment is new from Graceful Greetings along with a smaller sentiment from Wishes come True.

I am also entering this in "The Challenge" 

which asks for "dots" on your paper!  yahoo, I have lots of dots on this card!

 

Thanks so much for taking a look!

The Challenge # 30

This week's  "The Challenge" is a color challenge:

 

I thought I would try something new and different!

I taped down the two colors, red and hawaiian shores and then stamped an outline flower stamp and leaf stamp on them (of course I taped off the top and bottom!)

stamps:  Verve: Abundant Blessings

Die:  PTI Swoosh

paper: PTI white, red, hawiian shores and smokey gray

Thanks for stopping by!

die:  

The Challenge # 29

I am playing along with The Challenge this week..it is a sketch and a good way to use up some of the pattern papers we have in our stash!

 

stamps:  PTI petite pots

paper:  Doodlebug:  hello spring paper pad

The Challenge ~ by Lesley

I haven't played along with

The Challenge in quite awhile...

I loved the bright cheery colors:

 

and thought this would be perfect to cheer someone up who is a bit under the weather.

Now you can use either the sketch or the colors or both...I am not sure mine qualifies for the sketch, maybe, but for sure the colors!!

ink:  Papertrey Hawaiian shoreds aqua mist, orange zest, harvest gold

stamp:  PTI Notched flowers

 

Heart Hugs

Merry Monday & The Challenge

I don't have many images with a Santa Hat...or even Santa's with clear images of hats.

How is that possible?

 

I did have a Paper Smooches stamp called Merry Motifs that had a Santa Hat...so off and running I went with that one little tamp.

I decided to use the sketch from HERE  and play along with The Challenge while still making my Merry Monday  Christmas card!

 

 



 

All solid papers are PTI, the pattern paper is from Lawn Fawn:  Peace, love, joy

the "Believe" is from PTI stamp set:  Believe

also used Li'l Inkers stitched mats rectangles and ovals

Oh, used copics to color the hat and some diamond stickles for the trim on the hat!

 

Thanks for taking a look!

Hope you all have a wonderful week!

Heart Hugs,

Colleen

 

 



The Challenge & Card Conncept

You know I am just loving the sketches provided by Lesley at Always Playing with Paper

and this time I decided to join it with the Card Concept challenge # 8...use and umbrella

The sentiment and umbrella are from Wplus9,

the pattern paper is Doodlebug:  Hello Spring

 

 

Thanks for taking a look, I have a full weekend of volleyball. 

It is the regional championships, both granddaughters are playing in the same location,

and fortunately it is in town at the Portland convention Center!

At least we don't have an hour drive (or more!) to get there!

Have a great weekend everyone!

Heart Hugs,

Colleen

Merry Monday & The Challenge

I finally had time to play this afternoon in the craft room...I definitely wanted to play with the Merry Monday Challenge # 104 ...I missed it last week!  And forgive me Lesley, I am taking a little creative license with your sketch for The Challenge # 4 the legs of the "buck" are taking the place of the banners!!  And my "any shape is at the bottom instead of the top corner!

Paper:  PTI rustic cream, kraft, kraft pattern stripes, MFT steel gray

stamps:  PTI Masucline Motif, Winter Hills

dies:  Impression Obsession:  Deer Trio

versamark and white embossing powder

This was a difficult one because the colors were rather challenging!!

 

Thanks for taking a look, I hope you all have a wonderful rest of the week!

 

Heart Hugs,

Colleen

The Challenge # 3 a second card

On my last post I mentioned prayers for JoAnn, she is on the Seize the Birthday design team with me, she is also on Dynamic Duos...she may be on others, she is so very talented.

She is in ICU with severe injuries, if you could please keep her and the family in prayers to help them get through these difficult days it would be so uplifting for them.

I will be sending her a prayer shawl and this card.

 

I used the sketch on Lesley's blog: Always Playing with Paper

I mentioned that I love this sketch and Lesley gives the measurements for cutting the papers!

Love that!

 

 

Okay, back to knitting!

 

Heart Hugs,

Colleen