Colour Create Challenge #96 - Happy Birthday

A bit of sad news. This will be the last challenge for a while.  Yes, it's very sad, but there are circumstances that mean it isn't possible to keep this challenge going for a little while. Hopefully it'll be a short break, but we're not sure yet. We would like to thank you all for supporting the challenge and sharing your talents with us, and we hope you'll do so again with this challenge.

Now, on to the challenge.

 Fast approaches the time of year for me, filled with birthdays. For this Colour Create Challenge created by Edna, I decided to make a masculine birthday card for one of my son-in-laws. Edna chose the colours of brown, green, and a hint of purple with the additional optional challenge of using a metal embellishment.

The May prize is provided by Wenche and the online KORTHOBBY store.

  "I have been scrapping for several years. I do a lot of shopping abroad and often my shopping includes much more that I can use myself. That's why I got the idea to open an online store. Please take a look at my store at http://www.korthobby.no/ Hugs,Wenche"

For this card I used Flourishes "Trees of the Forest" stamps stamped with Memento Rich Cocoa and coloured with Prisma Colored Pencils. The metal embellishment is a dollar store find. I just love those tiny little Tim Holtz Idea-ology paper clips, used here to attach the birthday sentiment.

Pop on by the Colour Create Challenge to see what the other DTs have submitted, and leave a little love for them on their blogs.

• Sharon
• Mina
• Julie
• Sharon L
• Edna
• Sabrina
• Suzie

Thank you for stoping by. Wishing you continued happiness in your creations.

 

Colour Create Challenge #95

Wow! Two weeks have gone by so fast, and it's time once more for another challenge at Colour Create Challenge! Kerry chose the colours rose pink, kraft, and white, with the additional option of masking, for our Colour Create Challenge #95. Kerry's fun inspirational photo is to the right.

The prize for this challenge is a candy package of some Prima paper & flowers, an embossing folder, some metal word strips and gingham bows.

 This card certainly presented me with several challenges. The first was finding the right shade of pink. The second was the masking part of the challenge. I don't do it that often, and in looking for the right stamp for this project, the only one I liked was a rubber stamp! I decide to try anyway. Three tries later, I just decided to use the best one.

The third challenge was that I thought I had a certain pink ribbon that I planned to use. You guessed it, it was all used up. So I had to use a different ribbon that is not the right shade of pink. But here it is.

And by know you've noticed another challenge I had. I took three different photos, and each one was blurry. This is the best one of the lot. I almost feel like this project was jinxed or something. lol
It makes me wonder if I should give this card to the person I had intended for Mother's Day. But didn't Kerry pick a fun colour combo and challenge!

Thank you so much for stopping by to have a peek. Be sure to go to Colour Create to have a look at the other DT designs. Have a great day and happy crafting!

TOOLS & SUPPLIES

STAMPS: Hero Arts - Old Letter Writing, JustRite - Beautiful Blossoms Set
INK: VersaFine Umber, Memento Rich Cocoa 
Prisma Coloured Pencils
SPELLBINDERS: Pettete Ovals, Fleur De Lis Squares
SIZZIX: Leaves embossing folder

Colour Create Challenge #94 - A Happy Hello

Easter is over; Spring is here, and there are blossoms on some trees while others are budding green. Aaaahh, so nice. That means Summer isn't far off. And summer is definitely what one thinks of when you see Sharon L's inspirational photo for Colour Create Challenge #94; a bright beach scene. The colours for this challenge are Bright Yellow, Bright Blue, and White. The additional, but optional challenge, is to included shells in your design. Unfortunately, I have nothing along those lines, so my DT submission does not showcase any shells.


Our sponsor for this challenge is Bunny Zoes Crafts, so the prize will
be a gift certificate for some fun shopping over there.


For this challenge I thought I might try something I've never done before. I was with a friend shopping, and she picked up some chalks on sale that she wanted to try out, and since I've seen some gorgeous designs where they were used, I bought some too to see how they would work for me. At this point I'm still preferring the coloured pencils, but I'll practice some more before making a definite decision about it.

Here is my DT submission for the challenge.

 
Perhaps, because the colours of the challenge are bright ones, the chalk may have been a poor choice since chalks are softer in colour. Two yellows, a lighter orange, and two blues where used to colour in the roses after masking and stamping with clear and heat embossing with white.

Please be sure to check in at Colour Create Challenge #94 to see the wonderful DT inspirationals. I hope to see your entry there. Thanks for stopping in today, and happy crafting everyone!

TOOLS & SUPPLIES

INK: Memento Black, Vera Magic
STAMPS: Flourishes - Tag Lines, Rose - unknown @ garage sale
Stampendous White Embossing Powder
Inkadinkado Soft Tones Blending Chalks
SPELLBINDERS: Oval Petite Large & Small

Colour Create Challenge #93 DT Inspirational

Wow! Does two weeks ever go by quickly. It's time again for another challenge at Colour Create Challenge. Challenge #93 is being hosted by Julie who chose the wonderful colour combination of deep purple, bright green, and cream with the optional challenge of adding bows. Here is the inspirational photo that Julie chose. Love it! Those two little girls look adorable.

I usually like to use soft colours for Easter cards, but decided to challenge myself in creating an Easter card using this wonderful bold colour combo. I think it worked well.

I took a deep purple Bazzill cardstock (it really is deep purple IRL) and stamped it with the Hero Arts Background Cling - Reversed Flowers using VersaMark. I also used the Versa Mark around the edges to darken them.The image is a digi printed onto cream cardstock, that I've had for a while and don't remember where I got it from. I used Spellbinders Classic Ovals Small & Large, the small to cut the image and the large for a cream backing. I love how it almost looks like an egg.

Check out the other DT Inspirational submissions here, and play along with us.

Happy crafting!

TOOLS & SUPPLIES
 STAMP: Hero Arts Cling Background-Reverse Flowers & Leaves
INK: VersaMark
SPELLBINDERS: Classic Ovals Small & Large

Colour Create Challenge #92 DT Inspirational - Easter

It's time again for another fun challenge at Colour Create Challenge! Sharon T. is the hostess for this challenge and she chose to go with the colours of Aqua, Pink, Sage and your choice of white or cream with the additional option of tearing paper (which I forgot to do).

The March prize is provided by Wenche and the online KORTHOBBY store. SO if you enter both March challenges, you have two chances of winning!

  "I have been scrapping for several years. I do a lot of shopping abroad and often my shopping includes much more that I can use myself. That's why I got the idea to open an online store. Please take a look at my store at http://www.korthobby.no/ Hugs,Wenche"



I wanted to make and Easter card using these colours, but I ended up softening the colours a little.

You'll note that I forgot to stamp the "Happy" part as this stamp comes in two pieces so the "Happy can be used with the others in the set.

I used a few items from my Secret Santa gift - the pink pearl swirls and the white blossoms which I took my ink pad to in order to colour them.

I've had a busy couple of weeks and it will continue for a while, because I've been asked to be an instructor at Scrapbook Parade here in the area. So I'm busy making up some project samples for classes. I have the luxury of teaching as many classes as I can in the time available, so I'm trying to take advantage to get in as many classes in as I can. So we will see how it all goes. I will be posting my class projects for you to see as the classes come up.

So if you don't see a posting from me as often as usual, you'll know whats going on...though I'll still try to get in the odd challenge here an there, and will still be posting for the Colour Create Challenges.

Thank you for stopping by today, and be sure to check out the DT inspirational projects at Colour Create Challenge here.

Happy crafting!

TOOLS & SUPPLIES

INK: Tim Holtz Distress - Old Paper, Versa Fine - Vintage Sepia, Versa Magic - Sea Breeze
STAMP: Inkadinkado - Happy days
SPELLBINDERS: Labels Fourteen, Fleur De Lis Borderabilities
STICKLES: Star Dust
pearls
ribbon
fine hemp string
blossoms

Colour Create Challenge #91 DT Inspirational

Mina is the hostess for Colour Create Challenge #91 for the next couple of weeks, and chose the colours gray, yellow, black and white. Mina also chose as the optional part of the challenge to add flowers to the project. I love the colours of light yellow with gray. In the mid 80's I had a kitchen that needed a face lift and guess what colours I chose? Yup,you have it, a pale yellow and light gray! It ended up being one of my favorite kitchens. Here is the inspirational photo that Mina chose for our challenge.

And the prize for the month of March is provided by Wenche and the online KORTHOBBY store. SO if you enter both March challenges, you have two chances of winning!

 

"I have been scrapping for several years. I do a lot of shopping abroad and often my shopping includes much more that I can use myself. That's why I got the idea to open an online store. Please take a look at my store at http://www.korthobby.no/ Hugs,Wenche"


And this is my DT inspirational submission for the challenge.

The funny thing is that in preparing for this challenge I discovered that I didn`t have a whole lot of yellow paper! I had a couple of sheets of a brighter patterned yellow, but had to resort to my scraps for a nice pale yellow.

I used Cuttlebug`s Asterisks dies to create the flowers. In the center I used the smallest size cut in gray and used black Enamel Accents to create a stamen-like look and added white Enamel Accents right in the center. I also used the Enamel Accents to frame the embossed yellow paper and the die cuts framing the sentiment.

The leaves are also a Cuttlebug die. I edged them with a gray ink and used my stylus on an old mouse pad to create the veins and give them a bit of a curl.

In case you are wonder what embossing folder I used on the pale yellow background, I purchased this paper about two and a half years ago at a Dollar store in Calgary.

I debated whether or not to include this next photo or not, because I got too close in taking the photo and therefore the image came out fuzzy. I wanted you to see the card form the side to see how the flowers and leaves work on the card. So here it is anyway.

Thank you for stopping by, and I look forward to seeing your design for this challenge at Colour Create Challenge. Stop in at the blog to check out the wonderful DT inspirational projects. Happy crafting everyone!

TOOLS AND SUPPLIES

SPELLBINDERS: Labels Six, Labels Fourteen, Petite Ovals large
CUTTLEBUG DIE: Asterisks, Leaves
STAMP: Micheal's .50 stamp bin
INK: Memento Tuxedo Black. Memento London Fog
Ranger Inkssentials Enamel Accents: White, Black

Colour Create Challenge #90 - DT Inspirational

It's time for another challenge at Colour Create Challenge! It's my turn to host the challenge and I chose the inspirational photo some time in December when we where all up to our ears in red, white and green for Christmas. So, I wanted to choose colours that were more reminiscent of spring. I thought of snowdrops and crocuses - white and light purple, so when I came across this image I thought it to fit the colours and also inspire simplicity.

The challenge is to use this photo for inspiration using the colours of lilac, white, blue, and kraft, with the option of including a paper charm that you make yourself; preferably one with a little dimension to it.

This is my DT Inspirational design for the challenge.

The stripes on the right are 3/8" strips that I cut, lightly ink distressed, and placed side by side, as an element taken from the inspirational photo. I think the clean straight lines of the stripes work well in contrast to the lacy print on their left. After lightly ink distressing all but the white behind the patterns and the white base of the card, I assembled the card front and used a seamstress's tracing wheel to perforate around the edge.

I used the Forgetmenot digi print as my blue for the challenge and printed two. All the lightest blue blossoms I cout out of the second copy and popped up with dimensionals over the first print.

I did the same for the little bundle of flowers that I used for my optional charm.

At the top of the digi print I tore the white, and then the kraft at an angle. I then wet the torn edge with a wet paintbrush and using the bristles of the paintbrush distressed the torn edge even more. I dried it with my heat gun while slightly curling the edge. When dry I took my ink blending foam tool and lightly inked the tron edge with Tim Holtz's Distress Antique Linen.

The charm, after stringing it, I attached to the bow using a pearl pin with additional pearl beads.
Here is the card again.

I didn't use a sentiment on the card, because I want to add it later when I use the card. My plan is to stmp the sentiment on a tab to be placed on the right of the image under the charm, or on the left, depending on the length of the sentiment. This could be used for a number of cards - Mother's Day, Easter, Birthday, Get Well, Thinking of you...

I invite you to go to Colour Create Challenge and check out the other DT members' inspirational projects for this challenge. Thank you so much for stopping by and leaving your comment.

TOOLS & SUPPLIES

Ink: Tim Holtz Distress-Antique Linen
Ink Blender/Foam Sponge
Seamstress Tracing Wheel 
Paintbrush & water
Paper Piercer (for the hole in the paper charm to feed the floss through)

Happy Birthday Suzie!

Today is Suzie's birthday! She is on the same DT with me at Colour Create Challenge. I wish her the best birthday with lots of family, friends, and love on her special day, and a great year ahead.

In trying to come up with  a plan for this birthday card my thoughts lead to trying to come up with colour combinations I hadn't yet tried. When I thought of purple and gold, I went to the web for inspiration and came across this royal purple and gold wedding invitation (right). Talk about elaborate! You should check out al the images in your search engine under "purple and gold"! Wow!...

The thing that really gets me is that my deep purple came out more of a deep blue in the photos. No matter how many times I retook the photos, or played at tweeking them. So I had to leave them as is at this point. My pruple is between the purple of the inspirational photo and the photos below. Even the smokey mauve isn't quite like in real life. But it is still a very rich looking card.

I don't have any banner or banner pendant dies, so these I cut myself. Keeping in mind that quality jewelry, if stung, has knots between each pearl, stone, etc, I did the same here in between each banner pendant. I used a lot of gold embossing powder. Originally I had thought I'd use Gold Liquid Pearl, but when I got to laying everything out before attaching it all together, I realized it would be way too much. I see that I forgot to colour the white double layered dimensionals with my gold gel pen...

Again, Happy Birthday Suzie! Lots of birthday hugs too!

Thank you, everyone, for stopping by today, and let me know you stopped by, OK.

LOVE - Colour Create Challenge #89 DT Submission

It's time again for another Colour Create Challenge!

Shanna chose for challenge #89 the colours light brown, dark brown, and either white or cream, with the option of hearts. And, for the month of February, we will be having a surprise candy package for one lucky winner!!

This turned out to be a fun challenge for me as I tried to come up with a way to make a valentine card using only browns and cream. Once I put my mind to it, I suddenly got an idea and I think it worked!

After ink distressing the edges I stamped the sentiment where I wanted it.Then placing my heart mask over it, I continued to ink distress/blend around the little heart. Then I stamped four different hearts using two different brown inks double stamping them or ghost stamping - which ever you call it. I also stamped a flourish on the patterned light brown DP to add a little extra detail.

This card inspired me to do a little more stamping than I usually do. If you haven't tried this technique in a while why not try masking and ghosting and see what you come up with!

Be sure to check out the other DT inspirational projects at Colour Create, and join in on the fun!
Till next time...Happy crafting!!

TOOLS & SUPPLIES

STAMPS: American Crafts Stampp Collection-Thanks, Craft Smart-Damask Heart, Craft Smart-Flower Heart, Inkadinkado-Chelsea Sentiments, Flourishes-Tag Lines, Hero Arts-Fabulous Flourish Woodblock
INKS: VersaFine Vintage Sepia, Tim Holt's Distress-Dark Walnut
SPELLBINDERS: Labels Fourteen
Ribbon
Dimensionals
Ink Blending Tool


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Colour Create Challenge 88 - Pink, Green & a Neutral

 Suzie picked the bright and cheerful colours of pink and green along with a neutral for Colour Create Challenge #88,  with the option of hand made flowers. Such fun colours! I was very excited about the hand made flower idea.

I have many jars with handmade paper flowers I've made with scraps, in a variety of colours. However, my excitement is due to the fact that for Christmas I bought myself  an EKTool Dimensional Flower Punch and thought this would be the perfect opportunity to break it in.

For this challenge we are also each using an image from our sponsor, Kenny K. I chose to go with Maddison Attitude.  Check out all the downloads!

It was a lot of fun making this card, and I know a couple of granddaughters that might appreciate this card with these colours.

I don't have Copics, so for his image I used my Prismacolour pencils. I found that by going over my colouring with the white pencil it had the same effect as the Copic clear blender has with the coloured Copics. It smoothed out the pencil lines and blended the colours together better. ( I didn't use it on the bags)

Check out the DT inspirational designs at Colour Create Challenge.

TOOLS &  SUPPLIES

STAMPS: Hero Arts-Clear-Celebrate
SPELLBINDERS: Standard Oval Large, Scalloped Oval Small
Prisma Colour Pencils 
EKTools: Dimensional Flower Punch
PTI Button
Black Gel Pen

Colour Create Challenge 87 - Cream, Sage & Red

Colour Create Challenge is back after our holiday break for our first 2012 challenge beginning January 5th and ending January 18th, 6:00 PM UK time. Edna chose a wonderful colour palette for this challenge - cream, sage & red, and the DT's have submitted their inspirational designs for you.

The prize for this challenge is a $5 Gift Voucher for Mo Manning's Digital Pencil. She has such adorable and fantastic digi stamps!

While searching for materials to make my card, I found that the colours were so beautiful together that whatever I made had to be simple so that the colours would be the main focus.

This is my DT submission at Colour Create Challenge 87.

I was so excited to be able to use my very first Waltzing Mouse stamps! Dana ordered some for me as a Christmas gift! Thank you again, Dana.

It's amazing how with the lighting you can see all the minute little specks of embossing powder when IRL you barely can see them at all! I even used the pre-embossing powder pouch and a brush to brush off any bits of powder. It also looks like the light caught one of my finger prints on the paper as well.

The little flower stamps I've had for a long time and never used before now. They are the perfect size for this project. They too were stamped and heat embossed.

Thank you for coming for a visit. It's always nice hearing from you. Happy crafting everyone!

TOOLS AND MATERIALS

SPELLBINDERS: Labels Fourteen
STAMPS: WaltzingMouse Holiday Labels 14, Studio g Series 39, Dimensions Crafts Mini Stamps Flower & Flourish, PTI Botanical Silhouettes
INK: Versa Watermark, Versa Magic Spanish Olive
EMBOSSING POWDER: Ranger Seafoam White
Grosgrain Ribbon

Colour Create Challenge 86 - Silver, Blue & White

Hello friends! Ten days til Christmas! For this last Colour Create Challenge of the year, Sharon has chosen some lovely colours; Silver, blue and white along with this fantastic inspirational photo. The 'Extra' for this challenge is Embossing.

Normally the time frame for the challenges are two weeks. However, as this is a busy time of the year, the deadline for this challenge has been extended out to January, 4th, 2012 6:00PM UK time.


And the prize? It's a $30 US Gift Certificate at Michelle's Scrapbooking & More. A very generous amount that will be fun to spend. Just a little note; you've got to check out some of the new prizes we'll have for you in 2012! Some lovely stuff! I can hardly wait!


Now, for my DT Inspirational piece, I wanted to see what a card would like if it was mostly silver (especially since there was a lot of silver in the inspirational photo with all that silver tinsel garland). This is what I ended up with. A most unusual Christmas card. One that my young welder daughter would appreciate with the look of metal. A card using the traditional with a contemporary twist in colour and the amount of foil used. Usually you see foil used as a border.

I decided to do both dry emboss on the silver foil cardstock and heat emboss on the navy and white. Both the navy blue and white where stamped and heat embosses with the same stamp. Then, cutting the oval out of the white I could place it it over the navy, matching up the stamp image. A very simple card to put together, actually.

I'd love to see some of our blog followers enter in the Colour Create Challenge. Remember that the deadline has been extended to January 4th, 2012, by 6:00pm UK time, giving you plenty of time to enter the challenge.

Thank you for stopping by and checking out my DT Inspirational entry for this challenge. Merry Christmas everyone!

TOOLS & MATERIALS

Silver Foil Cardstock
Splellbinders: Labels Thirteen, Petite Ovals small
Cuttlebug Holiday Ribbons folder & Cuttlebug
Stamp: Inkadinkado "Noel" woodblock
Tsukineko Silver Embossing Powder