Guest Designing for the Color Throwdown

Hey my friends!  I'm thrilled to let you all know that I was asked to be the Guest Designer for the Color Throw Down for the month of April!  They seem to always have 4 colors for their challenge - and for some reason that is a real challenge for me! (I find 3 or less colors much easier to create with!)  What are your thoughts on this???   Here are this weeks colors from Danielle (a most superb stamper AND colorer! Have you seen her cards??).

 

And here's my card using these FOUR colors -  (or reasonable facsimiles there of!)

My lovely Easter Basket and Happy Easter greeting are from Rubbernecker. I embossed the background panel with the Square Lattice Embossing folder by SU.  The pretty green jute ribbon is from Pouch Mart.  I colored the basket with Copics in 'close to' the challenge colors!?!

So -  please check out the Color Throw Down blog - where you'll find all the details of the challenge - and some wonderful inspiration from the Design Team!   I hope you'll join us this week.  If I can use 4 colors than so can you!! LOL!!!

Stamps:  Rubbernecker - Happy Easter Script #31-08, Easter Basket with Eggs #59-04

Paper:  White, Terrecotta Tile - PTI, Tempting Turquoise - SU.

Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black

Accessories:  Copics - B00, B05, YR04, YR07, YR09, YR24, YR61, YG63,  Circle Nestabilities, Circle and scallop circle punches - SU,  Green Jute Ribbon - Pouch Mart. Square Lattice Embossing folder - SU

The Promise of Easter - John 14:3

I made this card for 4 challenges:
SCS Color Challenge - Mary gave us Peach Parfait, Lucky Limeade, Pool Party to work with.
SCS Ways to Use It - focus on the sentiment
SCS Featured Stamper -  Redlynny (Vickie Simmer) - I CASED this lovely card of Vickie's, using the same frippery stamps, a different background stamp and different colors.
Raise the Bar #98 - the Promise of Easter - use an Easter Image or Sentiment

The Bible Verse is from Scripture Collection II by Our Daily Bread Designs.  The herringbone background stamp is from Heirloom Patterns and the green and blue frippery label stampings are from Florentine Frippery by Waltzingmouse.  I sponged the edges of the herringbone panel and the Bible verse with Wild Honey Distress ink.  I love how bright the colors look on this - and the promise of this wonderful verse.......


Note!:   the topic for the Waltzingmouse Blog Party for April 17th  has been chosen - check out all the details here!  (listed on my side bar as well!)
Thanks for stopping by today!

Stamps:  Bible verse - Scripture Collection II - Our Daily Bread Designs, small herringbone background from Heirloom Patterns and Florentine label from Florentine Frippery  - Waltzingmouse.

Paper:  white - PTI

Ink:  Memento Tangelo, Bahama Blue, Bamboo Leaves, Ranger Distress Wild Honey

Accessories:  thick foam tape, foam tape

April Sisterhood Sunday - A Fishy Sketch

And the times - they are a changin' !!

The Sisterhood Sunday Challenges are changing!   We will have just one challenge a month - posted on the 1st Sunday of each month - and you will have all month to participate!    The winner each month will be announced when the next challenge is posted on the 1st of the next month! (are you with me?!) The winner will get to choose a Rubbernecker stamp set of choice!

Here's the Sisterhood Sunday challenge for April - a great sketch by Jacquie!

Here's my card using the sketch

I inked up the fish bowl with 3 Dewdrop Memento Inks - Bamboo leaves on the plant, Desert Sand on the gravel and Summer Sky for the bowl.  It's so easy to ink separate areas on a stamp with the Dewdrop shaped inks.  I die cut the image with a circle Nestability - inking around the edges with Ranger Distress Scattered Straw before taking it out of the die. Then I colored the image with Copics.   I sponged some Ranger Distress Weathered Wood over the inside of the fishbowl.   I stamped Rufus in black, colored him with Copics, cut him out and layered him over the fishbowl with foam tape.  I stamped the sentiment on Barely Banana and punched it with the Keytag punch by SU.

I used a rectangle panel instead of the triangle on the sketch.  I embossed it with the Polka Dots embossing folder by Life Style Crafts.

We hope you'll join us by making a card for the April  Sisterhood Sunday Sketch Challenge - check out all the details and link up your creation at the Stampin Sisterhood Blog!

Stamps:  Rubbernecker - fish Rufus #86-15, fish bowl #321-17, sentiment #86-10

Paper:  White, Enchanted Evening - PTI, Barely Banana - SU, DP DCWV  green from Fall Stack, blue sky with clouds from Spring Stack.

Ink:  Ranger Distress Scattered Straw and Weathered Wood, Memento Bamboo Leaves, Desert Sand and Summer Sky, Versafine Onyx Black.

Accessories:  Circle Nestability, Rhinestones - Kaiser, Copics: E11, Y38, B00, B02, YG11, Keytag punch - SU, foam tape, Polka Dots Embossing folder - Life Style Crafts

Gay Paris, Gingerbread Men and an Egg!

Happy Friday my stamping friends!   I've got a busy weekend coming up -  Kent and I are going to a play tonight at the Lyric Stage Boston call The Tempermentals,  then out to eat at Not Your Average Joe's with my college roommate and her husband Saturday night -  and celebrating Palm Sunday at church on Sunday where our organist will be playing on our brand new organ (our very old organ died a slow death over the past several years!)

Today I'm sharing 3 cards I made for challenges this week over on Split Coast Stampers.

This card was for the Tuesday Teapot Challenge - where  the theme was Paris.  I also used the Sketch from last week.

My image stamps are  Rubbernecker from the Paris 1908 Set and the sentiment is from the Floral Silhouette set. The pretty papers are from Pink Paislee Vogue Collage Paper Pak.

My next card was made for the Clean and Simple Challenge where we had a lovely inspiration picture of pastel frosted cupcakes.

I used little gingerbread men and a sentiment from the Oven Fresh Gingerbread Joy set from Waltzingmouse instead of cupcakes, framing them with a line frame stamp from the Frame It set.  I used a Fabriano card that has a distressed edge and is textured almost like watercolor paper. 

And my final offering today was made for the Color Challenge -  to use Concord Crush, Elegant Eggplant and Melon Mambo (I substituted some colors here not having all of the SU ones - but that's allowed!)

This beautiful egg is from Nestie Eggs from Waltzingmouse and the papers are Pink Paislee Vogue Collage Paper Pack.

I'll be back on Sunday with my card for the Sunday Stampin Sisterhood challenge -  hope you'll check back then and join in on the challenge!

AND Jacquie has extended the deadline fo the stampin Sisterhood Mother's Day blog hop to tonight (Friday) at midnight EST.  So if you haven't hopped yet check it out here!  There are stamps to be won!  The winner will be announced Saturday at the Stampin' Sisterhood blog.

Happy Weekend everyone!

Eiffel Tower card:
Stamps: Rubbernecker - Paris 1908 #527, Embrace Your Dreams from Floral Silhouette Set #467

Paper: Vintage Cream, Smokey Shadow - PTI, DP Pink Paislee Vintage Vogue Collage Paper pak
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Ranger Distress - Antique Linen, Shabby Shutters, Milled Lavender, Tattered Rose
Accessories: Plum pudding saddle stitched ribbon - PTI, Gradient Jewels - Creative Charms, oval Nestabilities, foam tape

You're Yummy:
Stamps: Waltzingmouse - gingerbread man and You're Yummy from Oven Fresh Gingerbread Joy, Frame from Frame It

Paper: Fabriano Card
Ink: Adirondack Lettuce, Mountain Rose & Lemonade, Archival Coffee


Easter Blessings:
Stamps: Waltzingmouse - Nestie Eggs

Paper: Berry Sorbet, white - PTI, Concord Crush - SU, DP Vintage Vogue collage paper pak - Pink Paislee
Ink: Versafine Imperial Purple, Ranger Distress Worn Lipstick
Accessories: purple cord - Prairie Bird Boutique Etsy Shop, tiny twinkles - Taylored Espressions, glue pen, foam tape, lace - Mark's Finest Papers, Nested Eggs Nestabilities

Courage with Faux Patina

My goodness - what a fun Try a New Technique challenge we had over at Split Coast this week!  Faux Patina!! Have you tried this before???

Here's how I made mine based on Judy Rozema's instructions for the challenge.   It looks like a lot of work - but it doesn't take much time at all.  I listed the colors that I used - but you can use any combination you want!

1. I ran my River Rock ink pad over the inside cover of my Patchwork embossing folder, inserted my white card stock panel and embossed it.  This colors the background of the embossed panel and not the pushed up parts (clean the ink off your folder as soon as you emboss the paper).

2. Next I sponged Taken With Teal Ink over the embossed panel.

3. Then I sponged Always Artichoke over the embossed panel.  

Sponging with all these colors gives a wonderful mix of color -  you can see how it mixes as you go along so you can sponge more or less depending on how you want it to look!

5. I lightly brushed my embossing ink pad (Versamark)  over the raised areas of the embossed panel, then I sprinkled the panel with gold embossing powder (you can use any color metallic embossing powder you want to).  It will probably stick to most of the card - so brush off most of it with a cloth or brush (you only want the gold here and there) then emboss it with your hot gun.

and you have a lovely faux patina!   

My Rubbernecker sentiment says "Courage doesn't always roar, sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying "I will try again tomorrow". "   I gold embossed it on a piece of Ocean Tide card stock, cut it with a rectangle Nestability, sponged the edges with Bundled Sage before taking it out of the die and layered it to a gold card stock panel.   The crown is from Heart & Wings Tim Holtz die.  I buy my pretty wrinkled seam tape from Prairie Bird Boutique Etsy shop.

Thanks for stopping by today!


Stamps: Rubbernecker - Courage #582-13

Paper: White, Vintage Cream, Ocean Tide - PTI, Gold paper from my stash
Ink: versamark, River Rock, Taken with Teal, Always Artichoke - SU, Ranger Distress Bundled Sage.
Accessories: Rectangle Nestability, crown from Heart Wings Sizzix Tim Holtz Alterations die, gold embossing powder, patchwork embossing folder - Tim Holz Sizzix, Wrinkled Seam tape - Prairie Bird Boutique Etsy Shop, hot gun, foam tape

A Bird Bath in the Garden

Since we've been having 80 degree weather in March here in Massachusetts - it seems perfectly normal to make a card with a summertime birdbath in it!!

This pretty little birdbath is a digi image called Birdie Bathtime from Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps.  I cut the image with a rectangle Nestability sponging the edges with Ranger Distress Tumbled Glass and Shabby Shutters before removing the image from the die.  Then I colored the image with Copics.  The pretty papers are Amy Butler by K& Co and the wave border is a die from MFT.  My sentiment is a rub on by Stampin' Up.

This card was made for the following challenges:

Raise the Bar RTB97  In the Garden - to use an image of something you would see in a garden.
SCS Ways to Use It Challenge - to use Rub Ons
SCS Queen for the Day - Korin was this weeks queen and I cased this card of hers.
SCS Free 4 All challenge - to use 3 or more of something -  I used 8 rhinestones!
 

Stamps: Sweet 'n Sassy - Digi Image Birdie Bathtime

Paper: White, Ocean Tides - PTI, DP Amy Butler Designer Mat Pad - K&Co

Ink: Ranger Distress Tumbled Glass, Shabby Shutters

Accessories: Copics - BG32, B00, E59, E35, E33, YG95, Y38, Rub Ons - Hidden Garden/SU, rhinestones - Bazill Basics, aqua mist saddle stitched ribbon - PTI, catch a wave die - MFT, rectangle Nestability

Stampin' Sisterhood Mother's Day Blog Hop

Welcome to the Stampin' Sisterhood Mother's Day Blog hop!  Today we hope to inspire you with Mother's Day/Spring creations using stamps from Rubbernecker.  We know we're a little early (Mother's Day in the US is May 13th this year)  but we want you to be ready!!!

 

For my project,  I made two little lavender sachets using these sweet 3"x4" organza gingham bags from Pouch Mart and some dried lavender that I purchased at Pickity Place (a garden shop).  I embossed the butterflies in black and colored them with Copics.

I stamped the sentiment punching it with a 1 3/4" circle and layering it off center to a  punched scallop circle.

I adhered the sentiment to the bags with ScorTape to be sure it would stay on - and adhered the butterflies with a thick foam tape to add some dimension, curling the wings back a little around my finger.  Then I added some rhinestones to the sentiment and the body of the butterflies.

Wouldn't these be lovely to tuck in a drawer (wrap in tissue to protect clothes from possible oil seepage) or to hang in a closet to keep it fresh smelling!

OUR PRIZE:
One lucky commenter will win a Stamp set of their choice!
The winner will be announced on the Stampin' Sisterhood Blog on 3/30

HOP DETAILS:
-Follow the route below
-Leave some love at each stop
-Go back to the Sisterhood Blog and leave a comment there!

BONUS ENTRY:
-As a bonus we will draw an EXTRA winner for a STAMP SET of your choice, just for sharing our HOP on your Facebook page or Blog!!
-After you have SHARED, just go back to the Stampin' Sisterhood Blog and let us know where you have SHARED our HOP!!

Here's the Blog Hop Route!

• Charlene Driggs
• Charlene Merrick
• Ellen Taylor
• Jacquie Peifer
• Jen Charboneau
• Jennifer Cuthbertson
• Joan Ervin
• Judy Rozema
• Julia Aston - you are here!
• Juliana Swanson
• Karen Hunsaker
• Kecia Waters
• Kittie Caracciolo
• Stampin' Sisterhood
   

Also entering this in Top Tip Tuesday Challenge -  Mother's Day


Stamps: Rubbernecker - Butterfly from Butterflies are Free Set #538, Happy Mother's Day #565-1314

Paper:  White, Spring Rain, Raspberry Fizz - PTI

Ink:  Versafine Onyx Black, Versamark Watermark Pad

Accessories:  3" x 4" organza gingham bags - Pouch Mart.com, circle and scallop circle punches - SU, rhinestones - Kaiser, Copics - B02, B05, BG49, RV04, RV17, RV21, dried lavender - from garden shop.