Back to Stamping with Two Challenges!

I've been away from my stamping quarters too long! I did enjoy a quick get-away to Colorado Springs with my hubby though. Boy are those mountains beautiful!
I thought I'd use the PPA Theme Challenge here AND the Stamping 411 sketch here.
So I started with a base of Whisper White and added a rectangle of Real Red card stock. I stamped the triple star image from Starring You in Real Red classic ink on that Real Red card stock. I used a strip of Night of Navy from the Patterns Pack III Hostess set. Then I stamped the stars in Night of Navy ink on Whisper White. I colored one star with blender pens and Night of Navy ink and punched out a Real Red one with the Star punch and popped that up with a Stampin Dimensional. "Thank you" from Teeny Tiny wishes was stamped in Real Red, punched out with the Word Window punch and layered onto a Night of Navy piece punched with the Modern Label punch. Finally, a Silver brad was added for a little flair.
Here's my recipe:
Stamps: Starring You and Teeny Tiny Wishes
Papers: Whisper white, Night of Navy, Real Red, Patterns Pack III Hostess set(Night of Navy)
Inks: Night of Navy and Real Red
Accessories: Star punch, Word Window and Modern Label punches, blender pen, Stampin dimensionals

A Sketch and Color Challege Combo

This quick and cute graduation card was made using a sketch, SASC44 here, from Stampin Addicts, and Color Combo #268 from Splitcoast here.

The color combo is Barely Banana, Ballet Blue and Old Olive.

I started with a base of Old Olive then layered on a piece of patterned paper from the Sweet Pea DSP stack. Then on each piece of colored card stock I used the star stamp from the Starring You stamp set. I used Barely Banana, Ballet Blue and Old Olive Classic Stamp pads respectively on each rectangle of card stock. The "way to go" sentiment was inked in Old Olive and punched out with the Curly Label punch. Then the stars were stamped in Barely Banana and Ballet Blue. Finally, that label was popped up with Stampin dimensionals.

Here's my recipe:

Stamps: Starring You

Papers: Whisper white, Barely Banana, Ballet Blue, Old Olive and Sweet Pea DSP stack

Inks: Barely Banana, Ballet Blue and Old Olive Classic stamp pads and Barely Banana and Ballet Blue stampin write markers

Accessories: Curly Label punch and Stampin dimensionals