Two of a Kind

I have been using my One of a Kind set lately. I love it! Hope you are not tired of it yet.

This first card is a card I did at a recent workshop. I was trying to use up some of the paper I seem to never use. Apparently, I rarely use shades of purple. This card was very simple. I used a strip of scrap Berry Bliss Paper and some Pretty in Pink ribbon to give some texture and separation. I stamped the blossoms in pink and amethyst and punched them out. Then I popped them up using pop dots.

This second card is for Kristina's Color Inspiration. It had Orchid Opulence in it and I happen to have lots of that card stock as well. Here is the picture she gave for inspiration.

I love the Rose Red with the Pumpkin Pie.

Here is the card I came up with. Fairly simple again. I colored in the image using my Aqua Painter and then did some faux stitching (which I am still unsure about) with my white gel pen. I also used the gel pen on the flower next to the words "for you".

Color Challenge

As many of you know, I love color challenges. This weeks challenge is to use Wild Wasabi, Blue Bayou and Barely Banana. I do not have any Blue Bayou ink yet so I had to use Bordering Blue. They are very close so it is not too noticeable. I wanted to create a simple card. I think I achieved that but even now I am dying to add something to it. Hmmm... maybe I am just not a simple card person. My inspiration for this card came from a card in my favorites by StampinSweetie. As soon as I saw the colors for this week this card came to mind. I pretty much stuck to her layout and just simplified the whole thing. Pretty strait forward stamping here. I used the Wasabi ink pad to ink the stem and leaves and the petals were inked using a marker. I also popped the whole flower panel up on dimensionals.

Stamps: Heartfelt Thanks

Inks: Wild Wasabi, Barely Banana and Basic Black

Paper: Textured Blue Bayou, Barely Banana, Wild Wasabi and Whisper White

Accessories: Bordering Blue Marker and Wasabi Double Stitched Ribbon

Casing My Favorites

Last night I decided to do some sorting and organizing. Not of my stamp room, but of my Favorites folder over on Splitcoast Stampers. I had 8 pages of favorites and at 48 cards a page, well, you do the math. I put card in my favorites for one of three reasons.

1. I own the featured stamp set and love the way the original artist used it.
2. I love the colors that have been used together.
3. I love the layout.

So I went through all my favorites and got rid of everything that featured a set that I no longer owned, unless of course numbers 2 & 3 applied. I also got rid of a lot of stuff that was just plain outdated. Then I kicked out the stuff that I still loved but knew I would never recreate. For example, there were several cards in there that had a lot of the images cut out. Too much time for me. I like instant gratification. So now, I have only 5 pages of favorites. Problem is that in a few months I will have at least 8 pages again. So I decided I better start casing what I already have (once I case a card I remove it from my favorites) so that I don't get overrun by them all again.

So I created this card. Numbers 1, 2 and 3 apply to this card. My nephew has a birthday next week and I thought this card would be perfect. You can see Rohla's original version here. I changed the colors just a little to fit this weeks color challenge. I also left off the brads and tag. I changed the background and added beady little eyes. He's going to be four and I figured that the beady eyes would get much more appreciation than brads and a tag.

Stamps: Wild About You, Polka Dot and It's Your Birthday

Inks: Taken with Teal, Real Red and Certainly Celery

Paper: Taken with Teal, Real Red, Certainly Celery and Whisper White

Accessories: Mat Pack, Real Red and Certainly Celery Grosgrain Ribbon and beady eyes

Color Challenge Card

I created this card for the Color Combo Challenge over at Splitcoast. This weeks challenge combo was based on Basic Grey's Infuse paper. We had to use Pretty in Pink, Chocolate Chip and Old Olive. I love these colors together!

I also love this stamp set, even if it is retired. I originally did not distress the layers but once I was done the card lacked something. So, I ran my scissors along the edges of all the layers. I like the final outcome.

Well, I finally past the 30,000 mark. So be looking gout for a blog gift giveaway at the beginning of next week.

Stamps: In Full Bloom and Hugs & Wishes
Inks: Timber Brown StazOn, Pretty in Pink, Old Olive
Paper: Pretty in Pink, Old Olive and Naturals White
Accessories: Dotted Ribbon and Aquapainter

Color Challenge Bella

My wonderful Secret Sister sent me several Bella images. So today I decided to put them to use. I needed a birthday card for a fellow blogger and wanted to do the Color Challenge on SCS.

I started with my Flowahbella image. I watercolored the dress, hair, body and pot with my Aquapainter. then I used my markers on the flowers. The rose panel looked too plain so I added the little starburst image from Sweet Shapes. I also pooled some Celery ink under her feet to ground her a little. After layering everything and adding ribbon it still looked like something was missing. So I did what all the stampers I admire do.... I added coordinating brads. I finished it off by stamping "happy birthday".

Stamps: flowahbella by Stamping Bella, Birthday Cupcake (sentiment) by katie & co. and Sweet Shapes Inks: Chocolate Chip, Regal Rose, Certainly Celery & So Saffron Paper: Certainly Celery, Regal Rose, Chocolate Chip and Whisper White Accessories: Saffron Brads, Saffron Grosgrain, Aqua Painter and Coordinating markers

Color Challenge 95

As you may know I LOVE the Color Challenges on SCS! This weeks challenge colors are Basic Black, Cool Caribbean and Whisper White. I ended up doing two cards with these colors. I love the way the colors pop off of each other.


My first card was CASEd from a card uploaded by Vicky. NurseT made the card for her. This card has been in my favorites for a few months and these colors seemed to be the perfect match. I used my Aqua Painter to color in the birds and I used my Cool Caribbean Ink pad to dye some grosgrain ribbon to match. I also painted a floor under the little birds so that they weren't floating in mid air.

Stamp Set: Love Ya Bunches; Card Stock: Basic Black, Cool Caribbean and Whisper White; Ink: Jet Black Staz On & Cool Caribbean: Accessories: Aqua Painter, Black and White Grosgrain.


My second card was inspired by a card created by Chantel. I am always looking for a way to use my Year Round Fun II Set. I changed things a little but stayed with her basic layout. I wanted to do a larger black square, but my punch would not reach to the center. I ended up with a 3 inch square and used the 1 3/8 SU! Square Punch. To get it centered ( I can never eyeball it) I turned my square panel over and drew lines from each corner, creating an X in the center. Then I centered my punch over the X and made sure that the lines I had drawn lined up with the corners of my punch. Voila! Perfectly centered! Again I used my Aqua Painter to color in everything and create the "table" that the cupcake sits on.

Stamp Set: Year Round Fun II & Mini Mates; Card Stock: Basic Black, Cool Caribbean and Whisper White; Ink: Jet Black Staz On & Cool Caribbean: Accessorise: Aqua Painter, Black gingham ribbon and Square punch

Another CC92

OK, I cannot control myself. I love this color combo! Again, I tried to use sets I never use anymore. I used my Aqua Painter to color in the flowers. What sets tend to sit on your shelf gathering dust?

Stamp Sets: Fresh Flowers & Lexicon of Love Inks: Real Red & Cool Caribbean Card Stock: Real Red, Whisper White & Cool Caribbean Accessories: Real Red Marker, Ticket Corner Punch, Aqua Painter & Red Grosgrain

Color Combination 92

This is a card from the Color Combination Challenge on SCS . I love this combo. I cased this card from a card done by Marika. I have had it in my favorites for a while and these colors looked like they would work well. I also got to use my new ticket corner punch. I think it adds a lot to the layout.

This is an old set that I hardly ever use. I like to try and revive my old ones every now and then.

Stamp Set: Nice and Easy Notes & Sweet Shapes Inks: Cool Caribbean, Basic Black & Real Red Card stock: Cool Caribbean, Whisper White & Real Red Accessories: Red Gingham Ribbon, Ticket Corner Punch, Real Red & basic Black Markers, Red Eyelets & Blender Pen.