Green with... Love!

This week at Colour Me...! we are rocking the monochromatic looks using Old Olive. Be sure to check out all the Design Team cards - there is so much variation! While you're there, you can say hi to our Featured Designer for February; Michelle Bala :)

I kept it really simple this week with a one-layer card. I started with a Whisper White card base and masked a large oval. I sponged around the edges with Old Olive and before taking the mask off, I stamped En Francais on the background.

After I remove the mask, I did some paper-piercing around the edge. The heart and the sentiment are both from the Best of Love set. I just adore that heart!

Check out the challenge this week.

Thanks for stopping by today!

-Tara
xox

Supplies:

Stamps: En Francais, Best of Love

Ink: Old Olive, Basic Black

Paper: Whisper White CS

Embellishments: Basic Black Candy Dot

Tools: Paper-Piercing Tool, Oval Framelits, Essential Paper-Piercing Pack

Match-y, Match-y!

This weekend we had fun celebrating my brother's birthday with him. I wanted to make him a really special cake, so I decided to go with this Petal cake design. Nice white cake and a delicious buttercream icing.

Once the cake was done, I just had to make a card to match (naturally!). I used the 1/2" Circle Punch to punch out Bermuda Bay, Coastal Cabana and Very Vanilla. I made a border for the Chalk Talk framelit with another of the same - a quick snip in the middle and extended it out the ends slightly.

I stamped the cake image from Sketched Birthday and coloured with Blender Pens. Afterwards, I cut out a scrap cake and masked the original so that I could sponge around it with Daffodil Delight. The Happy Birthday banner is from the same set. I finished it off with a few rhinestones to mimic the bigger and smaller circles from the Freshly Made Sketches sketch I used for this card. 

Check out the sketch I used from Freshly Made Sketches:

Thanks for stopping by (again) today :)

-Tara

xox

Supplies:

Stamps: Sketched Birthday

Ink: Bermuda Bay, Coastal Cabana, Daffodil Delight, Crumb Cake, Smoky Slate

Paper: Bermuda Bay CS, Coastal Cabana CS, Very Vanilla CS

Embellishments: Rhinestones

Tools: 1/2" Circle Punch, Chalk Talk framelits, Blender Pens

Sweet Baby for The Friday Mashup!

Good morning,

This week at The Friday Mashup, Sara has a great challenge and sketch for us. I actually made about 3 cards before I finally decided on using this one. In hindsight, I should have photographed them all to share!

I started with a piece of Coastal Cabana cardstock and did a quick faux-stitch around the edge. I layered the oh-so-fabulous Retro Fresh DSP over some Baked Brown Sugar and again did a faux-stitch around these two panels. Not nearly as noticeable!

The fun part was the bunny. I stamped the bunny in Baked Brown Sugar and then punched out with the 2-1/2"Circle Punch. I outlined the bunny in Coast Cabana and then cut out another bunny to lay overtop. Once I has masked the bun-bun, I sponged around the edges with Coast Cabana. Afterwards, the bunny was coloured and I addd some highlights with a white gel pen.

The shading in the background was done in a similar way, by masking with a scrap 2-1/2" circle.

Check out the challenge this week:

1. Create a project with the "Sketch".
2. Create a project using some "Sponging". 
3. Or Mash it Up and create a project with "Sponging using the Sketch".

Thanks for stopping by today!

-Tara

xox

Supplies:
Stamps: Baby, We've Grown
Ink: Baked Brown Sugar, Coastal Cabana, White Gel Pen
Paper: Coastal Cabana CS, Baked Brown Sugar CS, Very Vanilla CS, Retro Fresh DSP
Tools: 2-1/2" Circle Punch