CQC328 and CAS179 Ahoy!

Happy Wednesday, peeps!  My card today features the sketch from CAS Colours & Sketches:

and the colors from ColourQ:

I have delayed using this cute little sailboat from Swirly Bird because it was everywhere in blogland and on Pinterest and I was just sort of "saving" it for the right time!  I thought these colors were really fun (although I did substitute more current ones) so here we go:

I started out by sponging some "clouds" on my Pool Party sky by punching out a scalloped circle and covering up the lower half with a post-it note, then sponging white ink through the upper portion (the birds were drawn with a marker):

I stamped the boat in Night of Navy, and the sails in Pear Pizzazz and Tangerine Tango, then cut them and popped them up on a "swell" of Whisper White cardstock cut with the Swirly Scribbles die.  The sentiment was made with the Labeler Alphabet....if you are fortunate enough to have the 1/4" square punch that SU used to sell, it is the perfect size to punch out these little letters!  A drop of Tombow glue and they line up so nicely! Finally I added some little banners from the retired Banner Blast and added some cute enamel accents in Night of Navy:

I just love these cheerful colors!

Enjoy your day!

Frosty the Snowman

Happy Saturday, all!  Phew, it's getting hot and I cooled off today by stamping another Christmas card, LOL!  This one uses the colors from ColourQ as well as the "Frosty" challenge from Jingle Belles:

I love this snowman image from Artistic Outpost (Frosty & Friends) but sometimes I struggle with what to do with it!  I tried really hard to use white on my card, but in the end, I had to go with Vanilla, because with that rustic very cool DSP (SU's Serene Scenery), I just needed Vanilla!  So here we go:

I stamped the image in Soft Suede, then used Bordering Blue and Taken with Teal inks to color his scarf and the bird.  I stamped the hat in Basic Gray and cut it out, sponging it a bit for some dimension.  Finally, I stamped the mitten in Soft Suede on Bordering Blue cardstock and cut it out too, adding some dimension with some BB ink and a blender pen:

I added a diecut Christmas sentiment from Simon Says Stamp (Deco Tree) and a liberal sprinkling of Dazzling Diamonds!  It all went on a Soft Suede card base!

'Tis the season....for carnivals, that is:

Lots of fun but a long night for a little girl!

Thanks for popping in!

AYSI135 and CQC343 Smile

Hi, peeps!  My card today is for two challenges:  the sketch from As You See It:

and the gorgeous color challenge from ColourQ:

After seeing the CQC photo, I had an idea in my head but it took me a day or so to figure out how to make it work....so here we go:

   

I stamped a floral image from Tim Holtz's Flower Garden in Versamark and Basic Black inks on Calypso Coral cardstock, then heat embossed it with black embossing powder.  I filled in the design loosely with a white gel pen and added some white speckles and sequins in black and gold:

I used a Simon Says Stamp diecut to cut my "smile" from Gold cardstock and mounted it on a piece of white cardstock, then added a butterfly (Butterfly Basics) and a little punched heart.  My banner is covered with some retired washi tape:

I didn't put a sentiment on the inside; I'll add it when I decide to send this card out!

Cassidy has been practicing riding her two-wheeler...it still has training wheels, but she's about ready to take them off.  We thought maybe her practicing would help her with her scooter as well (and yes, I know she should be wearing a helmet and sneakers!!) so she dusted it off and got it out:

 

I thought this photo said it all!

Baby Boy Card

Happy Thursday, peeps!  When I saw the Stamp, Ink, Paper challenge yesterday, I was disappointed, because I didn't really need any baby cards:

Then a notice popped up in my inbox that one of our church families just had a baby!  Yippee!  So I went to work:

I used a retired Project Life card to cut my Pear Pizzazz panel, using a Chalk Talk die; the banner is some retired DSP, and the sentiment is from Itty Bitty Banners.  The stamped stars are from Holly Jolly Greetings, and the star diecuts are from Simon Says Stamp and My Favorite Things. I used the colors from ColourQ and the sketch from Paper Craft Crew:

                 

Now my only problem is that when I double-checked my email, the couple had a GIRL....duh!  So you'll have to come back tomorrow to see that card, LOL!

Meanwhile, check out my be-spectacled girls....yep, Cassidy got glasses yesterday!  

Enjoy your day!

FMS222 and CQC327

Happy Friday, everyone!  Yay, the weekend is upon us!  I made some thank you cards for some sweet friends; the first uses the Freshly Made Sketches sketch for this week and they both use the color palette from the ColourQ Challenge:

I just happened to have a piece of Pool Party cardstock already laying on my desk, so I went with it:

I used a scrap from the Love Blossoms stack with a mat of Cherry Cobbler; a little banner of Dazzling Diamonds glimmer paper and a snippet of Pool Party sparkly ribbon!  I diecut my "thanks" from Ruby Red, then added a Pool Party punched heart and a little bling!  Just for a little "movement", I added the swoosh from Work of Art on the card base along with a couple of little splatters from Timeless Texture!

I while I had my heart punch out, I utilized some more scraps to make another card, this one is notecard-size:

I added a sentiment from Endless thanks and some yummy Cherry Cobbler twine!  Thanks for visiting!

AJ and Liam got a suds-intense hair-washing from Miss Cassidy earlier this week:

We have the cleanest dolls in Chester County!  Enjoy your day!

RS181 and CQC

Happy Thursday, peeps!  Another sympathy card today, this one using Arielle’s Retrosketches sketch and the ColourQ color palette, neither of which I’ve played with in quite a while:

First, I flipped the sketch so my little bird wouldn’t be staring off into space!  I used a Sahara Sand card base and stamped the Dictionary background stamp on it with Versamark so it wasn’t too dark.  Then I went to work on my elements:

I had a scrap of textured Soft Sky in my scrap pile, so I stamped it with a MFT Distressed Background Blocks stamp, then added a diecut bird and some diecut leaves from the same Lawn Fawn set as yesterday’s card:

Same Petite Pairs sentiment too, since it was already on my desk!  Thanks for visiting today!

CYCI80, SIP08 and CQC302

Just a quick post today; I have a simple card using the sketch from Can You Case It:

as well as the ColourQ colors:

and here we go:

I punched squares of So Saffron, Hello Honey and Peach Parfait, then embossed them  in White embossing powder with various stamps: Cottage Greetings, Flower Patch and Paisley background stamp.  Then I colored them in a little with my aquapainter, added a butterfly from Papillion Potpourri, embossed on vellum, a candy dot and a diecut thank you from the Greetings Thinlets.

And the Stamp, Ink Paper team has a Designer’s Choice challenge this week, so I am entering this as well!  Thanks for popping by today!

CQC287 and Muse

Happy Wednesday, all!  Hope your week is going well!  I needed a really fast sympathy card, and the ColourQ challenge colors were perfect:

I also found a new-to-me challenge, the Muse Card Club, and they also have a monochromatic challenge; you can see it here. Michele’s sample is just beautiful in blue, but I wanted to use the softer hue of Blush Blossom for my notecard:

I knew I could use the Basic Gray for the sentiment, but wasn’t sure how to incorporation the black, so I added a simple grosgrain ribbon and stamped the butterfly from Papillon Potpourri in black Stazon ink, colored it with my marker and popped it up:

Clean, lovely, simple!  Enjoy your day!