Month: November 2013

SU Warmth and Wonder

Hello, everyone! Heidi has a fun challenge for us at the Friday Mashup #135. Be sure to go check out what the Design Team has come up with to inspire YOU to play this week…we love seeing your creations!

Here’s your Mashup Challenge:

Create a project with a “Game type image.. Deer, Moose, Turkey, etc. “
Create a project using a “Woodgrain look. “
Or Mash it Up and create a “project with Woodgrain and a Game animal image.

I used the beautiful Birch paper from the Thankful Tablescape Simply Created Kit for my woodgrain and the prancing deer from the Hostess Set Warmth and Wonder- both in the Holiday Catalog. I sponged around the Garden Green on the card base and the deer image to bring out the embossing on the Designer Frames EF and to create a rustic feel to the card. In person the Raspberry Ripple border around the deer and the satin stitched ribbon inside the ribbon slide are spot on but the photo shows a bit of contrast. Thanks to Sandy Mathis for the inspiration to use the birch paper on my card with the deer image;)

We made these cards at my Christmas Stamp-a-Stack on Saturday- you should have seen the assembly line! Here are just two of my wonderful friends- they had a table for a moment all to themselves- a luxury!

The Paper Players # 170 has a challenge this week to use wildlife so I will share it over there as well!

SU Backyard Basics

I often find ColourQ a definite challenge because sometimes I don’t have the colors and sometimes I can’t figure out what to do with the colors! I still love the challenge site though;) I didn’t have Peach Parfait ink or cardstock so I scrounged around my DSP paper and found this design in the retired Everyday Enchantment. I stamped my tulip in Basic Gray and used my blender pen to color in the image with Lovely Lilac and Certianly Celery since I didn’t have any Kiwi Kiss ink or paper. The sentiment didn’t photograph as dark as it turned out in person.

Card Recipe:
STAMPS: SU Backyard Basics, SU Sketched Birthday
INK: SU Basic Gray, SU Lovely Lilac, SU Certainly Celery (retired)
PAPER: SU Basic Gray, SU Lovely Lilac, SU Everyday Enchantment DSP (retired), SU Watercolor Paper
ACCESSORIES: SU Crochet Trim, SU Pearls
TOOLS: Nestabilities dies

SU Christmas Collectibles for the Dynamic Duos # 77

I am soooooooo excited to be taking a position on the Design Team at the Dynamic Duos Challenge Blogspot- a super fun challenge site focusing on COLOR! I love how the challenges are open to any and all supplies, images, and themes with only one requirement- use the colors selected that week. I hope to see you playing along! Here is my first official card for Dynamic Duos #77 Bold and Cheery Week with Real Red and Bermuda Bay:

Card Recipe:
STAMPS: SU Christmas Collectibles, SU Petite Pairs
INK: SU Real Red, SU Bermuda Bay
PAPER: SU Real Red, SU Bermuda Bay, SU Whisper White, SU Smoky Slate, SU Winter Frost Designer Series Paper Pack
ACCESSORIES: SU Pearls, SU Silver 1/8 inch ribbon
TOOLS: SU Christmas Ornament Punch, SU Word Window Punch, SU Perfect Polka Dots Embossing Folder

Make sure to check out what the Design Team is up to…

The Dynamic Duos Challenge Blog:
Anne Marie Hile
Annette Elliott
Angel Johns
Caroline Bredeson
Cindy Brumbaugh
Holly Endress
JoAnn Burnham
Julie Gearinger
Michelle Bala
Sarah Fleming
Tenia Nelson

Our challenge ends on Thursdays at Noon (PDT). We have a few rules to keep things fun and fair!

Any project is welcome…paper crafts, scrapbooking, digital, or crafts…
Please ONLY use the two colours listed for your project. Neutrals are welcome.
Combine us with as many other challenges as you would like, except other colour challenges.
Please add our graphic to your blog with a link back to us.
Any offensive or inappropriate posts will be deleted respectively. Thank you.
Happy Crafting!

SU Alphabet Bigz

Don’t you just love Holly’s Chevroned Sketch over at the Friday Mashup #134 this week? Make sure you go over and play along using this cool design and/or chevrons as your inspiration. Link up by 6 pm on Wednesday, November 6th.