CYCI #55 - Sketch Challenge

I love our sketch challenge this week at Can You Case It?. I decided to be a little rebellious with it and get creative with the shape.

• Hello Honey card base
• Adventure Bound DSP stack
• Calypso Coral cardstock
• Very Vanilla cardstock
• Pool Party card stock
• Daydream Medallion stamp set
• Big News stamp set
• Early Espresso ink
• Gold Bakers Twine

Please join us and play along with this challenge at CYCI?!

Color Challenge Monday

Happy Monday! Since it's the first Monday of the month, that means it's Color Challenge Day over at Stylin' Stampin' Inkspiration!
I really like this color combination. (You might hear me say that the next few months since one of my current DT duties is the create the color combinations!) You typically wouldn't think about purple in Halloween or Fall cards, but I find it pairs well with orange.

Here is the card I created:

I CASE'd this card from the 2013-2014 Annual Stampin' Up! catalog. You can see the card on page 114; or you if don't have a catalog, you can view it here. (and then call your demo and get a copy of that catalog!)

I bought the Daydream Medallion set when it first came out because I thought I'd use it all the time. Then I didn't use it for almost a year. Now the more I use it, the more I love it. It's really versatile as either a border, or for layering!

The "thx" is from the new Circle Card Thinlits. So much fun!

Thanks for stopping by! Make sure to stop by SSINKspiration to see how the other designers have used these three colors! Also, please come back again tomorrow when I will have an individual post feature.

Swap Breakdown Day 9- All Occasion Tag

When I started thinking about designing tags, I challenged myself to use my framelits. One of the challenges of this swap was that they had to contain at least 3 layers. What better (easier) way to create layers, than with the framelits?

I had purchased the Daydream Medallions set when it first came out, along with the coordinating framelits, and then I had only used them once! After using them on this tag, I'm sold and this set is ranking up there as one of my top layer and background sets.

Supply list can be found here

Sadly the picture doesn't show my favorite details of this card. The biggest layer is embossing with Pool Party (looks great with Midnight Muse). The ribbon was actually also dyed with Pool Party using the reinker, rubbing alcohol, and our Stampin' Spritzer. I wish it showed in this picture because it was really pretty!

This project could easily be used on the front of a card, or even as a card with a little Big Shot trickery!