Stampin' Celebration Inspiration Challenge

Happy February, friends! Today I have a brand new Stampin' Celebration Challenge to share with you! 

DEEtails:
Quite honestly, I haven't been in my craft space for a while... I almost felt like I didn't know what I was doing. In a way, it was nice because I felt like I was looking at my supplies with a new pair of eyes, which may be why a lot of retired product came out for this challenge.

Paper: Poppy Parade card stock, Watercolor Paper, Whisper White card stock
Stamps: Messages for Mom, Perfectly Preserved, Valentine Defined
Ink: Elegant Eggplant, Going Gray, Gumball Green, Pacific Point, Poppy Parade, Pumpkin Pie, Summer Sun
Tools: Heart to Heart Punch, watercolors

Be sure to take a peek at what the rest of the Stampin' Celebration design team has created. 

Erica Cerwin - Pink Buckaroo Designs

Erin Gonzales - Hand Stamped Style

Rochelle Gould - I stamp, I create, I have fun!

Cori Kozak - Creative Chat
Allison Ohran - Sweet Impressions
Lauri Ingram - Paperville Crafts

Krista Jensen - Krista's Stamper Room

Anita Krul - My Paper Chronicles

Stampin' Celebration Inspiration Challenge

Bright Love

Today's card was made for the current Embellish Magazine Color Trends Challenge. Fabulously bright colors, right?

Ready for the DEEtails?

I started with a piece of Whisper White card stock and stamped the cute heart garland stamp from SU!'s Valentine Defined set. I matted it with some Kiwi Kiss card stock with a scallop edge border and tucked a piece of Old Olive Striped Grosgrain ribbon underneath. Then I added a Riding Hood Red heart die cut, topped with an Old Olive Designer Button tied up with Baker's Twine. I also added the sentiment, also from SU!'s Valentine Defined, which I inked with Stampin' Write Markers (Old Olive, Taken with Teal and Riding Hood Red) and matted with some Taken with Teal card stock. I adhered everything to a Pixie Pink card for a fun, bright card!

Totally Hues Valentine

I've always admired Heather Pulverenti's ability to create with such interesting color combinations and I was excited to hear that she decided to make a challenge out of it. I certainly don't have the knack that she does, since I'm more a lover of neutrals, but I thought I'd try it out. Check out the colors for the first challenge:

Here are the DEEtails:

These colors are so bright and bold that I just had to let them shine. I used my Sizzix heart dies to create 3 fun heart shapes in Daffodil Delight, Melon Mambo, and Kiwi Kiss. I attached them to some Old Olive Grosgrain ribbon, which I wrapped around a Bermuda Bay card. Lots of color right?! Then I simply stamped the Valentine definition from the SU! Valentine Defined set, which I matted with some Daffodil Delight, trimmed with a Pinking Hearts Border on one side. What do you think?