PDCC #42: Exploring the World

This week's Play Date Cafe Challenge is using the earthy colors of brown, green and beige. Isn't the inspiration photo cool--imagine all those camels! Hope I didn't use too much green but I love green so perhaps it kind of overrides the browns!

Supplies

Stamps: Up, Up and Away, All Booked Up, Fly Away (PTI); Creative Words (Inkadinkado)

Cardstock: Beige is Core-dinations; Dark Chocolate, Vintage Cream, New Leaf (all PTI)

Additional: Fillable Frame 4 (PTI), Ribbon (May Arts), Copics

There still time to join in on the challenge. Lots of fun and inspiration over at the PDCC blog!
So glad you dropped by,

Sharron 

Papertrey Peeps Challenge #14

Photo from Country Living

It is my turn to come up with a Papertrey Peeps challenge. To play along, go HERE for the Peeps Blog.

I found this photo some time ago and flagged it. I think I was first drawn to the background which reminds me of Harvest Gold. I am so loving that color! For me, color is usually a major factor in coming up with a design. I love to select the colors and lay them all out for inspiration. It is so much fun to just play and change things around to get different effects. I was intrigued about ways to use 2 primary colors with both cream and white. I have seen some really awesome cards recently that use white as the accent--very striking! 

So here's the challenge: Make something using RED, YELLOW and CREAM with at least a dollop of WHITE!

When thinking about what to make, I first thought of seasons. The red and yellow seemed naturals for summer and also for fall. My first card is a basket of apples for a fall thank you note.

But how about spring and winter! Card 2 is my winter sample. Something bright and cheery for a cold winter day. Hard to remember how that feels with our long stretch of over 100 degree days! I again used plastic film over the globe image. So easy to do since I found the right glue! I even used an eyelet! I have a bunch of these laying unused in a drawer. One of my first 'had to have' purchases when I started stamping. DH bought me a Crop-a-Dile too! I thought I was going to use it for everything (LOL!).

Hope you find time to play. You don't have to pick a season. Anything that inspires you will do--JUST HAVE FUN!

Have a great week,

Sharron

Supplies

Card 1:

Stamps: Vintage Labels, Vintage Picnic, Bird Watching

Cardstock: Rustic Cream, Harvest Gold, White (scrap)

Patterned Paper: Cosmo Cricket Material Girl

Additional: Spellbinders Labels 1, Doily (Little Yellow Bicycle), Silver Brads, Copics, Quikutz Embossing Folder Diamonds and Dots, Martha Stewart Border Die

Card 2:

Stamps: Mr. Willie and Friends (Plum Purdy); Daily Designs Sentiments, Butterfly Kisses (both PTI)

Cardstock: Rustic Cream, Harvest Gold, Stamper's Select White

Patterned Paper: Holiday Vintage Prints (PTI)

Additional: Spellbinders Labels 11, Sizzix Embossing Folder Snowballs, Medium Scallop Die (PTI), Copics, Glitter, Ribbon (Michael's), Snowflake Charm (Michael's), Grafix Plastic Film, Eyelet, Dew Drops

PDCC #41: Italian Style

While I have never been to Italy (unless a couple of hours in the airport in Rome count), I would love to go there. Everyone I know that has visited says it is beautiful. For my card I thought the mood of the beaches and all those colorful umbrellas you often see in photos would be appropriate for this week's Play Day Cafe Challenge (Italian Style)---a fun in the sun theme!

Supplies:
Stamps: Umbrellas from Scattered Showers (PTI); Lace from KaiserCraft Tea at Elsie's; Sentiment from  Pure Innocence Beach Bum set (MFT) and I used the cattail reeds image from Pond Life (PTI) for the handles
Cardstock: Harvest Gold, Terracotta Tile, Stamper's Select White (all PTI); pale aqua sheet from Bazzill (color unknown)
Patterned Paper: WR Memories
Additional: Spellbinders Labels 1; Brad from Bo Bunny and I used the PTI In Bloom Impression Plate on the gold umbrella but hard to see in photo


Enjoy your weekend!
Thanks for dropping by,
Sharron

Embellish Color Challenge (Pink, Green, Brown and Birds); Papertrey Peeps Challenge #13

Hi everyone! Today's card will hopefully make you smile! It was such fun to play with all these patterns and bright colors! When I saw the Embellish Challenge I knew I wanted to use a recent purchase from KaiserCraft. I bought the 6" Paper Pad in the Hey Birdie Collection because I loved the nature theme and thought the colors were awesome. In the pad, in addition to the paper, there are 3 sheets of die cuts to match. 

And then our newest Papertrey Peeps Challenge by Carol is to use Mary Englbreit's whimsical, colorful designs for inspiration. Don't you think this is a fun combo! I don't usually use a lot of patterns and layering so this is a little 'out of the box' for me but the paper was a perfect starting place. Stamps are from Bird Watching by PTI. 

Supplies

Stamps: Bird Watching (PTI)

Cardstock: Raspberry Fizz, Simply Chartreuse, Spring Moss, Vintage Cream (all PTI)

Patterned Paper: Hey Birdie Collection (KaiserCraft), Bitty Dots (PTI)

Ink: New Leaf, Ripe Avocado, Burnt Umber (all PTI); Rose Bud (Memento)

Additional: Spellbinders Scalloped Circles, EK Success Border Punch, Circle Punches, Martha Stewart Butterfly Punch, Copics

Smiles,

Sharron

PDCC #40: Splash of Green

I spent a lazy Saturday afternoon playing with some stamp sets that I have been neglecting. I almost sold Butterfly Kisses and then today realized how glad I am that I didn't! I didn't necessarily intend to make cards today using all the selected older sets but just played with colors and designs for fun! I am anxious to incorporate some of my new ideas soon. Seems I am always wanting something new and forgetting what wonderful stamps I already have! Does anyone else have this problem too?

Today's card is for the Play Date Cafe Challenge using black and white and a splash of green. I really enjoyed last week's challenge using neutrals so this is kind of an extension of that one but with a splash of my favorite color--green! Any shade of green will do so I chose Simply Chartreuse cardstock. Another new found favorite--I didn't order it right away thinking I wouldn't like it that much but now that I see it IRL, it is awesome! Another product that I got as a gift, and have had for ages, but never even used is a Spellbinders Shapeabilities set. I don't know the name but it has several insects, a branch and the leaf I used today. I did some samples--the butterfly and dragonfly and several copies of the leaf. Great to have on hand to use when needed. I just sponged with the London Fog ink to accentuate the design.

Supplies
Stamps: Beautiful Blooms II, Through the Trees (sentiment), Background Basics: Text Style) (all PTI)
Cardstock: Stamper's Select White, Pure Black, Soft Stone, Simply Chartreuse (all PTI)
Patterned Paper: Bitty Boxes (PTI)
Ink: Tuxedo Black, London Fog (Memento)
Additional: Spellbinders Labels 1, EK Success Border Punch, Martha Stewart Butterfly Punch, Pearls

Hope you are having a good weekend--relaxing, having fun or just chilling out!

Smiles,
Sharron

2 Sketches 4 You Challenge: Laura's Sketch #57

Playing with turquoise again and came up with this card for the 2S4U challenge! The colors for the recent Embellish Color Challenge seemed appropriate for a 'Fun in the Sun' theme and I always love using a Pure Innocence image.

I stamped the entire panel of Hawaiian Shores with a stamp from Background Basics: Retro and die cut a square out of the middle. Her dress is paper pieced with a Color Couture digital paper. The swing rope is some brown baker's twine.

Supplies

Stamps: Start the Day with Whee (Pure Innocence), Sentiment is from Scattered Showers (PTI) and the Sun is from Sun Kissed (Bo Bunny)

Cardstock: Kraft, Dark Chocolate, Vintage Cream, Hawaiian Shores, Orange Zest (all PTI)

Patterned Paper: Color Couture Downloads--June

Additional: EK Success border punch, Ribbon (LSS), Page Pebble (Making Memories), Glossy Accents, Copics, Martha Stewart Baker's Twine

Thanks for stopping by--I love when you visit!

Sharron

Jill's Angillic Creations Christmas in July Challenge

This card is for Jill's Angillic Creations Christimas in July Challenge! What a sweet thing for her to do! Be sure to check out her blog--there is still time to play and perhaps win a PTI gift certificate! It's hard to think of Christmas in the summer but I wanted to try something new and once I got started, I was so glad for the challenge. I wanted to use part of the new Mat Stack 3 die to create an ornament and also play with using some type of clear covering.

DH has some scraps from some laminating he had done and I had saved it for possible craft projects. They are some edge pieces that are already laminated together. I did the design and cut the plastic. All looked good until I tried to find some type of glue to use. The first recommendation was Vellum Glue Dots but I couldn't get it to work. I thought maybe it was the material I was using so I called a new scrapbook store close by and she told me to bring out some samples and they would see what worked. She carries both the Glue Dots product and Helmar V2 Vellum Adhesive Spray. Fortunately the spray worked like a charm! Does anyone else have other ideas on what works for this type of application?

Supplies:
Stamps: Mr Willie and Friends (Plum Purdy), Merry and Bright Additions (PTI)
Cardstock: Spring Moss, Aqua Mist, Stamper's Select White (all PTI)
Patterned Paper: My Mind's Eye
Addtional: Rickrack Die (PTI), Labels 11 and Large Circles dies (Spellbinder's), Mat Stack 3 Die (PTI), Laminated Scrap, Copics, Aquatic Splash and Lady Bug Inks (Memento), Gold Embossing Powder

Thanks Jill for the bit of Christmas cheer! Now I actually have one card ready for the holidays and what a fun way to spend a summer day!
Sharron