The Outlawz Color Challenge: Think of Mom (or Grandma)

Good morning!

A new Color Challenge has started at The Outlawz Challenges. You can check it out HERE

Our challenge this month is a pretty pallet featuring dusky blues and pinks with a twist of thinking about mom (or Grandma)

Sadly, I lost my mom in 2020 after a stroke, but there is another strong, independent woman in my life that is like another mom to me so I made my card with her in mind and will be sending this to her for Valentines Day!

I got a new light box with adjustable lighting and I am still trying to get it figured out. My card is a bit dark but the colors really are soft dusky blues and pinks...

Colors

Sketch Inspiration

Supplies (5 x 7)

• Cardstock from The Paper Studio (base) and Stampin Up!
• Design paper from Colorbok (Marbled) and I think the pink design paper is from Close to My Heart
• Die unknown
• Ink from Tsukineko
• Punch from Stampin Up! (Treasured Tags)
• Sentiment from Inkahootz!
• Sequins from Close to My Heart
• Sketch Inspiration from Isbaha's Home

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Color Challenge January 2025

Good morning!

A new Color Challenge has started at The Outlawz Challenges. You can check it out HERE

Our challenge this month is a wintery monochromatic.

Colors

Sketch used

Supplies (5 x 7)

• Cardstock from The Paper Studio (base) and Stampin Up!
• Design paper from Echo Park (The Magic of Winter)
• Liquid Silk from Fun Stampers Journey
• Sketch from Susan Stringfellow/BasicGrey
• Punches from Marvy (Large snowflake), Stampin Up! (Small snowflake & Tag corner) & We are memory Keepers (Hole Punch)
• Stamp from Stampin Up! (Making Spirits Bright)
• Twine from Stampin Up!

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Thanks fo stopping by!

(Hugs) Cara

Monochromatic kind of day ...

Good morning!
A new Color Challenge has started at The Outlawz Challenges. You can check it out HERE

Our challenge this month is monochromatic.
I always find working with monochromatic colros to be very interesting. Sometimes I'm good with the overall way it turns out and others I struggle to not had other colors to add more interest so its a gamble when I ply with one color family.

I generally don't use design paper, sticking with solid cardstock and inks but I'm working on using my DP and I have a bunch of Stampin Up! In color papers that I've had forever that makes it super easy to create monochromatic projects with interest.

Here I created a masculine sunburst card using design paper in the color mellow moss from Stampin Up!

However, I feel that I could have made my strips a bit wider because I think this looks a bit more busy than I wanted but over all I'm not unhappy with it given that I don't do this card technique often.

Supplies (5 x 7)

• Cardstock from The Paper Studio
• Design paper from Stampin Up!
• Die is unbranded
• Sequins from my Stash
• Stamps from Stampin Up! (Antique Auto) & (Teeny Tiny Wishes)

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Thinking of you & coffee ...

Good morning!

A new Outlawz Color Challenge has started. You can check it out HERE

This month we have a gorgeous Inspiration photo from Angela.

While I have way more white accents than the photo I did pull in the blues along with the browns and caramel plus I went with the coffee theme!

I colored the bird with an ink pad and a blender pen then added a bit of clear Pop of Color to the for some shiny!

Sketch: Mojo Monday, week 2

Supplies (5 x 7)

• Cardstock from The Paper Studio and Stampin up!
• Design Paper from Unity Stamps (Coffee Lovers)
• Dies from M&C Boutique (Looped Edge Circles), Sizzix (Class Circles) & Unknown (Coffee cup with bird)
• Embossing folder from Stampin up! (Tasteful Textures)
• Ink from Stampin Up!
• Sentiment from Close to My Heart (You Make me Happy)

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Say it with Flowers ...

Good morning!

A new Outlawz Color Challenge has started. You can check it out HERE

This month our challenge is to use 5 colors and add flowers

 

Here’s the card I created

The bird was part of a piece of the design paper that I used to die cut the flowers from. I thought it would be cute sitting on the sentiment.

Supplies (5 x 7)

Cardstock from The Paper Studio (base) and unknown paper set

Design paper from unknown paper set

Dies: Flowers are unknown, Sentiment is Happy Birthday to You from Paper Roses

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CHALLENGES ENTERED

Unicorn Challenge: #87, Flowers
Entry 5

Monochromatic Birthday ...

Good morning!

A new Outlawz Color Challenge has started. You can check it out HERE

This month we are going with a monochromatic theme!

I made a couple cards based on a sketch from Call me Crafty Al

 

Supplies (A2)

Cardstock from The Paper Studio (base) and Stampin Up!

Design paper from Stampin Up!

Die: Unknown

Ink from Stampin Up! & Palette

Sentiment from Studio G

Sketch: #SUYSAug2020, #showusyoursheetload

Stash: sequins

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The Outlawz Color Challenge: "B" is for Bunny ...

Good morning!

A new Outlawz Color Challenge has started. You can check it out HERE

This month we are using 3 colors with a twist of adding something with a "B"

The colors are a soft yellow, pink & purple and my “B” is Bunny!

Plus I made 4 cards since I needed more for Easter!

Supplies (5 x 7 card)

• Banner Punch, Stampin Up!
• Black pen
• Cardstock from The Paper Studio (base)
• Design paper from Colorbok, Dena’s closet
• Die from Frantic Stamper, Peeking Bunny Squares
• Die, Sentiment, Unknown
• Glimmer paper from Bazzill
• Nuvo drops
• Sequins from stash

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The Outlawz Color Challenge, Black, White and one color choice

Good morning!

A new Outlawz Color Challenge has started. You can check it out HERE

Our challenge this month is to use Black, White and one color of choice with an optional twist of adding an animal.

I opted to use red as my third color since that is my favorite and I’m trying to get some Valentine cards done to get mailed out.

Supplies (5 x 7 card)

Image from BabyCakesdnd (Tattoo Hippo 251) printed on Hammermill color copy
Cardstock from The Paper Studio (base) and scrap box
Design paper from Catherine Pooler (Fleur De)
Heart lace banner die (Unknown)
Heart sequin from my stash
Letter “U” die from Sizzix (Groovy Girl Font)
Love sentiment die (Unknown)
ProMarkers
Sketch used; Sunday Sketches SS007

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Peaceful prayers ...

Faith is not without worry or care,

But Faith is Fear that has said a prayer.

~Thelma Ireland, "Faith," 1943

Hi everyone!

New Outlawz Color Challenge located HERE has started. We have gone to a monthly challenge with a start day of the first Monday of each month. We also do not have sponsors with prize offerings.

For my card I used the mirror technique to mimic the lake, pulling the soft brown and blue and the lovely golden sky.

Inspiration picture …

Supplies (Slimline ... 4.25 x 8.50)
Cardstock from The Paper Studio (base) & Hammermill color copy
Dies are unbranded
Image from Fun Stamper Journey (Stay Wild)
Ink from Stampin Up!
Rhinestones from my Stash
Sentiment from Halo Stamp Company

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There is Magic in the Air ...

An optimist stays up until midnight to see the new year in. A pessimist stays up to make sure the old year leaves. ~Bill Vaughan (1915–1977), in The Kansas City Star

Hi everyone!
New Outlawz Color Challenge located HERE has started.

This challenge will run for 2 weeks, ending on January9, 2023 and our sponsor is Beccy’s Place

The colors are pastel but I’m afraid I used the wrong color green on mine and didn’t think about it until after the card was made and would not come apart easily…

The twist is New Year’s… the inside of the card says Happy New Year

Supplies (5 x 7 card)

• Digital image & sentiment (Rubeus) printed on Hammermill Color cardstock
• Cardstock from The Paper Studio (base) and Stampin Up!
• Design paper from my stash
• Die unknown (Stitched fat ovals)
• Rhinestones from Stampin Up!
• Stampin Up! Stampin blend markers

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Happy Christmas ...

May Peace be your gift at Christmas and your blessing all year through! ~Author unknown, 1960s

Hi everyone!

New Outlawz Color Challenge located HERE has started. This challenge will run for 2 weeks, ending on December 26th and our sponsor is Beccy’s Place

The challenge this fortnight is to use a tic tac board. You get to choose which column / row / diagonal boxes you want to use. 

For my card I am using the left side columns from top to bottom. The image “Holly Bauble” is free from our sponsor and can be found HERE

The white with a touch of green & red from the top square

The kraft color from the cookies from the middle square

The purple and ornament from the lower square

I replaced the circles with ovals

Supplies (5 x 7 card)
Digital image (Holly Bauble) printed on Hammermill Color cardstock
Cardstock from The Paper Studio (base) and Stampin Up!
Die unknown (Fat stitched ovals)
Embossing folder from Cuttlebug (Snowflake cookies)
Embossing folder from Stampin Up! (Pine Bough)
Ink from Tsukineko (Versa fine Claire)

Judikins diamond glaze
Metallic Artiste gel marker
Metallic twin markers
ProMarkers
Rhinestones from my stash
Sentiment from Hampton Arts (Holiday Sentiments)
Sketch by Me CCBC10
Wink of Stella

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Santa Paws...

The reason a dog has so many friends is that he wags his tail instead of his tongue. ~Author unknown, 1940s

Hi everyone!
New Outlawz Color Challenge located HERE has started. This challenge will run for 2 weeks, ending on December 12th and Sponsored by QKR Stampede

The fortnight we are using a color wheel.
The challenge is to use one color from the top half and two colors from the bottom half.
I chose Red, light blue & dark blue.

I am using the cutest image from our sponsor; Dog with a bone! I just added a Santa hat and he became Santa Paws!

Supplies (5 x 7 card)

• Digital image (Dog with a bone) printed on Hammermill color copy
• Cardstock from The Paper Studio (Base) and Stampin up!
• Deckle scissors
• Design paper from my scrap bin
• Dies for hat from Memory Box (Jolly old Santa) and Ornament Unknown
• Embossing folder from Cuttlebug (Geometric circles) and Stampin Up! (Tasteful Textures)
• Ink is Versafine Clair
• ProMarkers
• Sentiment from Every Elle (Santa Paws)
• Silver cardstock from my scrap bin
• Snowflake sequins from Stampin Up!

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Just bee-cuze ...

How blest to sit in the fragrant shade,

In the hush of a summer noon,

To watch the bees at their happy task,

And listen their drowsy tune...

~Elizabeth Anne Chase Akers Allen, "My Air–castle," The Sunset–song and other Verses, 1902

Hi everyone!

New Outlawz Color Challenge located HERE has started. This challenge will run for 2 weeks, ending on December 28th and Sponsored by QKR Stampede

We have a new color chart for you to play along with a twist of using tags.

I created a tag as part of my background layout

Sketch used

Color Chart

Supplies (5 x 7 card)

Digital image (Bee image 6703) printed on Hammermill color copy

Card Candy from my stash

Cardstock from The Paper Studio (Base)

Design paper from DCWV (Old World Stack)

Die from Gina Marie Designs (Cross Stitched Circles)

Ink from Stampin Up!

ProMarkers / Copics

Sentiment from The Angel Company (Wittle Bug)

Sketch by me CCBC25

Wink of Stella

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Jammin' Snowman ...

  Music is in the ear of him who hears, As beauty in the eyes of him who sees...

~Florence Percy (Elizabeth Anne Chase Akers Allen, 1832–1911), "A Brace of Sonnets," Forest Buds, from the Woods of Maine, 1855

Hi everyone!
New Outlawz Color Challenge located HERE has started. This challenge will run for 2 weeks, ending on November 14th and Sponsored by QKR Stampede

Our challenge this fortnight is a monochromatic challenge with a twist of using snow so I am using this fun Air Guitar Snowman Digital Stamp.

Supplies (5 x 7 card)

• Digital image (Air Guitar Snowman) printed on Hammermill color copy
• Design Paper from my scrap bin
• Embossing folder from Cuttlebug (Snowflake Cookies)
• Ink, Versafine Clair
• ProMarkers
• Rhinestones from my stash
• Music bar stamp from Hampton Art
• Sketch: Sketch by me CCBC26

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So Thankful!

One can never thank people, I thought regretfully, at least not by piling gratitude on top of them like heavy American Beauty roses. One can never pay in gratitude; one can only pay "in kind" somewhere else in life. ~Anne Morrow Lindbergh, "Our Early Mornings," Listen! the Wind, 1938

Hi everyone!
New Outlawz Color Challenge located HERE has started. This challenge will run for 2 weeks, ending on October 31st and is Sponsored by Fred she Said.

Our challenge this fortnight is a lovely color pallet of blue and browns with a twist of creating a card/project based on the letter "G"

My card was creating using a lovely pre colored image and the "G" for my card is Gratitude as I always like to have thank you cards on had for unexpected events ... some times I just send them out to tell someone I am thankful for them.

The layout is based on a sketch I created.

Supplies (5 x 7 card)

• Digital pre-colored image (Blue Jays) printed on Hammermill color copy
• Cardstock from The Paper Studio (Base) and Stampin Up!
• Embossing folder from Parklane (Basket weave)
• Sketch by me: CCBC24
• Ink from Stampin Up! & Scrapbook.com
• Nuvo crystal drops
• Sentiment die from Reasonable Craft Dies
• Sequins from my stash 

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O Christmas Tree ...

Once again the pine-tree sung:—

'Speak not thy speech my boughs among;

Put off thy years, wash in the breeze;

My hours are peaceful centuries...'

~Ralph Waldo Emerson, "Woodnotes, II"

Good morning!

Today we have new Sunday Song & Rhyme Challenge to play along with! You can find the challenge HERE

Our poem this fortnight was picked by Theresa Pace

O Christmas tree, O Christmas tree

How lovely are thy branches

O Christmas tree, O Christmas tree

How lovely are thy branches

Your boughs, so green in Summer-time

Stay bravely green in Winter-time

O Tannenbaum, O Christmas tree

How lovely are thy branches

Let us all remember in our gift giving and our merriment

With our family and friends and loved ones

The real and true meaning of Christmas

The birth of our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ

O Tannenbaum, O Tannenbaum

How lovely are, are thy branches

O Tannenbaum, O Tannenbaum

How lovely are, how lovely are thy branches

Their pillars all please faithfully

Our trust in God unchangedly

O Tannenbaum, O Tannenbaum

How lo-lovely are thy branches

On Comet

On Cupid

On Donder and Blitzen

Our sponsor this fortnight is Fred she said and I am using a pre colored image called Pine Trees

My inspiration comes from the lines

Stay bravely green in Winter-time

O Tannenbaum, O Christmas tree

How lovely are thy branches  

Supplies, 5 x 7 card

• Pre colored image (Pine Trees) printed on Hammermill Color Copy
• Cardstock from The Paper Studio (base) and Stampin Up!
• Dies from Sizzix (Class Circles) and M&C Boutique (Looped edge circles)
• Ink Versafine Claire and Fun Stampers Journey Silk
• Sentiment from Unity Stamps (Christmas Elements)
• Silver cardstock from Metropolis

Thanks for stopping by and don’t forget to check out the main blog located HERE to see the other challenges we offer!
(Hugs) Cara

Grateful Blue Jay ...

Just then the branches lightly stirred…

See, out o' the apple boughs a bird

Bursts music-mad into the blue abyss...

~Edwin Markham, "At Dawn"

Hi everyone!

A new Outlawz Color Challenge located HERE has started. This challenge will run for 2 weeks, ending on October 17th and is sponsored by Fred she Said.

Our challenge this fortnight is to pick two colors + yellow. I choose blue and white.

The twist is to add flowers or lace. 

My "lace" is the strip of ribbon that looks like rhinestones. I trimmed it down to just one row rather than the two it has.

Supplies (5 x 7 card)

• Digital pre-colored image (Blue Jays) printed on Hammermill color copy
• Cardstock from The Paper Studio (Base) and American Crafts
• Rhinestone strip from my stash
• Sentiment from Unity Stamps
• We are Memory Keepers Corner punch  

Thanks for stopping by and don’t forget to stop by The Outlawz Challenges for more challenges and Inspiration! 

Happy Hellos

I need more hellos. ~Charles M. Schulz, Snoopy, Come Home, 1972

Hi everyone!

New Outlawz Color Challenge located HERE  has started. This challenge will run for 2 weeks, ending on October 3rd and is Sponsored Alex Serbia Design. Her images are stunning and I love using them!

Our challenge this fortnight is to use black, white + 1 color with

an added twist of adding stripes. I do believe my blue is a little more blue that blue green though.

Supplies (5 x 7 card)
Digital pre-colored image (Happy Flower Digi Stamp) printed on Hammermill color copy
Cardstock from The Paper Studio (Base) and Stampin Up!
Glitter glue from Studio G
Ink from Stampin Up!
ProMarkers
Rhinestones from my stash
Sentiment from Studio G
Strip dies from Scrapbook.com

Thanks for stopping by and don’t forget to stop by The Outlawz Challenges for more challenges and Inspiration! 

(Hugs) Cara

Make Waves

If you surrender to the wind you can ride it. ~Toni Morrison, quoted in Laura B. Randolph, "The Magic of Toni Morrison," Ebony, July 1988

Hi everyone!

I’m running a bit behind with my card, but a new Outlawz Color Challenge located HERE has started.

This challenge will run for 2 weeks, ending on September 19th and is Sponsored Alex Serbia Design. Her images are stunning and I love using them!

My inspiration from the photo comes from the flower on the tea cup, the colors and the map background. I am using a simple flower image that I did some digital paper-piecing using digital background paper from Touched by a Butterfly, fussy cut out and popped up on foam.

Inspiration Photo

Supplies used for A2 card

Digital pre-colored image (Happy Flower Digi Stamp) printed on Hammermill color copy
Background Stamp from Beeswax Stamps (Old Map)
Digital background from Touched by a butterfly
Ink from Stampin Up!, Versafine Claire and Liquid silk from Fun Stampers Journey
Sentiment from The Angel Company (Sail Away)

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Friend of Mine ...

Among these kinds of beauty the eye takes most delight in colours. ~Joseph Addison, The Spectator, June 23rd 1712 (Nº 412) [Quoted Addison by Maturin M. Ballou, 1886: "In the recognition of beauty the eye takes the most delight in color." —tεᖇᖇ¡·g]

Hi everyone!

Today I am sharing a card I created for the Outlawz Color Challenge located HERE. This challenge will run for 2 weeks, ending on September 5th and is Sponsored by Beccys Place.

This round we are using 3 colors and a twist of Friends and I am using a free pre-colored image Beccy offers on her site.

Supplies 5 x7 card

Digital pre-colored image (Birdhouse with Bow) printed on Hammermill color copy
Embossing folder from Stampin up! (Old World Paper)
Rhinestones from my stash
Sentiment from Unity Stamps
Stencil from Creative Expressions (Scattered diamonds mini)

Thanks for stopping by and don’t forget to stop by The Outlawz Challenges HERE for more challenges and Inspiration!