ColorQ 70

This is the card I created for this week's Color Q challenge. Even though the apron gives a sense of clean, bright and modern, I decided to go with darker colors and a bit of distressing.  I am in a flower mood these days so I tried some new flowers to adorn the greeting. The Full of Life stamp set is one of those that I continually reach for. The greeting shown on the card also makes the perfect interior stamp for a birthday card.


Paper - DSP Basic Grey Curio, early espresso and very vanilla cardstock
Ink - Early espresso
Stamps - Full of Life
Accessories - Flower punches, Victoria crochet trim, dimensionals

Mojo Monday 142 - Sneak Peek New Greenhouse Gala DSP

I received my pre-order this weekend which included the new 2010-2011 Idea Book and Catalog and all I can say is WOW, WOW ,WOW! (with a few squeals of delight). The much anticipated Color Renovation is so fresh and fabulous. The new stamps, new colors, new accessories are all fantastic, but my favorite is all the new Designer Series Papers. The images...the colors.. OOOOOhhhh Aaaahhhh.

This week's Mojo Monday Sketch gave me the perfect opportunity to use this yummy new Designer Series Paper Greenhouse Gala. I can't say enough about how beautiful this paper is and all the colors are just delicious. I did use the more muted papers from this collection. Most of the items are very bright and just stunning. The flower is cut out from the paper.  I have had the papers out on my work surface just so I could glance at them every time I went by my craft closet. I would wallpaper my room with one of the papers if I could. I will definitely be incorporating this paper into my craft space since coordinates with my paint color perfectly. Mmmm, Mmm good.

Paper - Greenhouse Gala
Stamps - Full of Life
Ink - Chocolate Chip
Paper - Greenhouse Gala DSP, pear pizzazz, daffodil delight, chocolate chip, baja breeze whisper white card stock.
Accessories - Scallop border punch, baja breeze corduroy button ( clearance bin).

Mojo Monday 134 - Whole Lotta' Flamingo Going On

[  Meet Fabio - He flew into our yard Halloween night and has made our flower bed his permanent home. ]

Mojo Monday's Sketch Challenge had me reaching for the Pink Flamingo DSP again. Fabio also inspires me. I am really enjoying the bright colors and designs of this paper. In addition to the blog challenges, I am challenging myself to use all my different DSP, especially since we will be getting new DSP in a few months. I can't wait!

For this card, I stamped my sentiment right on the DSP since I wanted flowers on the sentiment. I also used the Fleurettes II laced flowers. I combined two of the flowers and pinned them together with a summer sun corduroy button.

Tomorrow I will be on to Storybook DSP.

Paper - Pink Flamingo DSP, melon mambo, whisper white card stock
Ink - basic black
Stamp - Full of Life
Accessories - Fleurettes II, summer sun corduroy buttons, scallop border punch, whisper white taffeta ribbon, dimensionals

Just Us Girls #14 - Sketch Challenge

Another day, another challenge. Just Us Girls is a new challenge for me - I'm on a roll. For this card I again used the Sweet Pea Designer Paper Pack from the new Spring Mini-Catalog. The large flower is actually cut directly from a design on one of the papers. You HAVE to check out this pack it is fabulous. I added a clear circle button with yellow Sweet Pea paper punched with a circle punch and glued behind it. I threaded the button with a small sliver of old olive card stock. The greeting is stamped in taken with teal using the Full of Life stamp set. I first added a few barely banana circles to create a soft background for the paper using the tree top from Trendy Trees. The smaller flowers were stamped using the Out of the Box hostess set and then cut out. Small coordinating circles were punched then adhered to these flowers to give them depth.

I think this is a cute, clean look for many recipients. I have been way too clean lately and need to dirty things up a bit. I think my next card will absolutely have to be distressed.