Color Q Challenge 38 - A crazy quilt

I love the colors in this weeks ColorQ Challenge ( bordering blue, kiwi kiss, pumpkin pie, riding hood red) Since I have put away my retired colors, I substituted Marina Mist and Old Olive. I have had the idea of a colorful quilt running around in my head so I thought I would apply it to this challenge. Keeping with the textile theme, I accented the card with a striped ribbon and a few buttons.  I am very happy with the crazy, bright quilt card.

Stamps - Elelments of Style, Friends 24-7, Artistic Etchings, Vintage Labels
Inks - pumpkin pie, marina mist, riding hood red, old olive, basic black
Paper - whisper white and pumpkin pie card stock
Accessories - matt pack, white thread, square tag, pumpkin pie striped ribbon, dimensionals

No Stamping and a lot of dust on Father's Day.

making a low catch 

Megan and her personal water boy

We spent this last weekend at Megan's All Star Softball Tournament in Sylmar. It was a long dusty weekend with the girls finishing their final game at 4:00 on Sunday afternoon. They took 2nd place in the tournament and we were very proud of the way they played. Megan usually plays catcher but also took her spot at first base. After a long weekend she was ready to get home, relax and stare at her trophy. I am very proud of my beautiful All-Star ( and the water boy too)

We made it home in time to take dad out for a nice Father's Day dinner so he could relax after all the pacing over the weekend:)

PPA47 Summer Time Challenge

This week's PPA challenge is a summer theme. I love the new Greenhouse Gala DSP and paired it with some Sweet Pea DSP for a summer color theme. I love the combination of the blue and yellow. And what can be more summery than flowers and butterflies?

Paper - Greenhouse Gala, Sweet Pea DSP, whisper white, certainly celery card stock

Stamps - Bella's Bloom ( LAST CHANCE ITEM)

Ink - daffodil delight, old olive, baja breeze

Accessories - Beautiful Wings embosslit die, whisper white satin ribbon, scallop trim border punch, button, dimensionals, glue dots

Gift Card Holder - Sneak Peek

Here is a gift card holder I created using the new Artistic Etchings stamp se along with the new Newsprint Designer Series Papers. The gift card is sandwiched between 2 of the black card stock pieces. 

Paper - Newsprint DSP, basic black, cajun craze card stock

Stamps - Artistic Etchings, All a Flutter, Chic Boutique

Ink - cherry cobbler, basic black

Accessories - corner punch, birds and blooms die, dimensionals, black satin ribbon

Stamp a Stack - Gifts for Teachers

Ok I liked the layout of the previous card so well, I decided to use it for a stamp a stack. These are end of the year teacher's gifts that will be given along with some gift cards. All the cards are put in a little shopper that coordinates with the cards.

Color Combos ( Ink and Paper Colors)
- kraft, certainly celery, peach parfait, baja breeze, so saffron, old olive ( love this one)
- kraft, espresso, cherry cobbler, marina mist, basic gray, baja breeze
- kraft, bashful blue, real red, old olive, marina mist, so safron

Stamps - Four Square, Wow Flowers, A Flower for Every Season
Accessories - Baja Breeze Corduroy Buttons, 1 1/4" Punch, 1 3/8" punch, dimensionals, old olive brads

Old Meets New

A fond farewell to the Four Square stamp set featured on this card and a very Happy Hello! to early espresso, cherry cobbler and marina mist. I have combined the Last Chance List stamp set Four Square with the new colors that I am so excited about.

The layout of the card was CASE'd from Kim Sinclair. What a great layout that is perfect for color blocking.

Paper - not quite navy, whisper white, early espresso, cherry cobbler, marina mist, basic gray card stock

Stamps - Four Square

Ink - Cherry Cobbler

Accessories - 1 3/8" and 1 1/4" square punches, dimensionals

Boys to Men Card Class

This is a card we will be making this weekend for our Boy's to Men class which focuses on masculine cards. I CASE'd this card from Tanis Giesbrecht's design in Papercrafts Magazine and adapted SU products. I love the simplicity of the design.

Paper - Island Oasis DSP, basic gray, black, kraft, baja breeze, whisper white card stock
Ink - basic black
Stamps - Teeny Tiny Wishes
Accessories - Stars #2 sizzix die, star designer brads, dimensionals, staple gun