Oct 25, 2011 | Big Shot, Cards, Designer Series Paper, Halloween |
So this week’s UDI Color Challenge just screamed Halloween and Candy Corn to me!
Here is the inspiration picture:
Daffodil Delight, Pumpkin Pie, Whisper White is all candy corn! And the I had to add black. So I am thinking about what to make and that everyone is thinking candy corn or at least Halloween. So do I want to make something else – thinking, thinking, and I just can’t get the candy corn out of my head. So I went ahead with my idea and here is what I ended up with:
Yep it is a giant candy corn on a piece of Basic Black card stock for the card base. I started by cutting a piece of Daffodil Delight Patterns Designer Series Paper with the Big Shot and the Perfect Pennants die. And also a piece of Pumpkin Pie Patterns Designer Series paper and a piece of Whisper White card stock.
For the Pumpkin Pie piece I cut off 1″ from the bottom and 1-1/2″ from the top. For the White piece I kept the 1-1/2″ at the top. I glued the Pumpkin and white pieces onto the Daffodil Delight piece so they matched up in the right spot. Now I used my Corner Rounder Punch to round the corners of my candy corn.
I tied a piece of Whisper White Taffeta ribbon around the center of the candy corn – I really wanted to use Pumpkin Pie but that ribbon retired with the last catalog. I added a little BOO tag from the Tiny Tags stamp set to the ribbon. And then attached the Candy Corn to the front of the card.
Because the inside needed a panel for writing I decided to dress it up a little too. I added strips of the Designer Paper and the Happy Halloween greeting from the Teeny Tiny Wishes stamp set.
Click on this link to go to the Utah Diva’s Color Challenge blog. There you can see the creations from the entire design team and add a link to your creation if you decide to play along.
Stampin’ Up! Supplies:
- Card stock: Basic Black, Whisper White
- Ink: Pumpkin Pie, Basic Black
- Stamp sets: Teeny Tiny Wishes, Tiny tags
- Accessories: Big Shot Die-Cut Machine, Perfect Pennants Die, Brights Designer Series Patterns Stack, White Taffeta ribbon, White Baker’s Twine, Jewelry Tag punch, Corner Rounder punch, 1/16″ punch, Stampin’ Dimensionals.
To order Stampin’ Up! Supplies to make this project click here.
Oct 18, 2011 | Cards, Flight of the Butterfly, Thank You, UDI Color Challenge |
I’m taking a quick break from my little paper bag ideas for the UDI Color Challenge today. We are on week #58.
Here is the inspiration picture:
These colors had me stumped for a while. Wisteria Wonder, Blushing Bride, Calypso Coral, Rich Razzleberry and Very Vanilla. Very girly colors. What should I do with them. It always surprises me how hard it is to use some of these color combinations. It is certainly called a challenge for a reason.
So I flipped through my Stampin’ Up! Idea Book & Catalog for some little kick of an idea on what to do with these colors. I finally got near the end of the stamp sets and saw a card with a hand full of butterflies in different colors – it is on page 152. That was an idea –
So here is the result –
The base is Calypso Coral with a piece of the First Edition Specialty Designer Series Paper on it (I know that pulled in some black but that’s a neutral – right?). The butterflies are in the four colors – Wisteria Wonder, Calypso Coral, Rich Razzleberry, and Blushing Bride. The images are stamped on Very Vanilla card stock and punched out. then I punched a matching butterfly out of the colored card stock and cut it in half. I layered the wings behind the stamped butterflies. Then I punched a small bitty flower in the colored card stock. I crinkled it up and then put it in the center. I attached them to the card with Stampin’ Dimensionals and then added a pearl to the center of each flower.
Across the bottom of the card is a strip of Calypso Coral card stock and covered it with Very Vanilla Seam Binding. Then I stamped “thank you so very much” directly on the ribbon using the Calypso Coral ink. So what do you think? For not liking these colors very much I do like how the card turned out.
Click on this link to go to the Utah Diva’s Color Challenge blog. There you can see the creations from the entire design team and add a link to your creation if you decide to play along.
Stampin’ Up! Supplies:
- Card stock: Calypso Coral, Very Vanilla, Wisteria Wonder, Rich Razzleberry, Blushing Bride
- Ink: Wisteria Wonder, Calypso Coral, Rich Razzleberry, Blushing Bride
- Stamp sets: Flight of the Butterfly, Butterfly Prints
- Accessories: Butterfly Punch, First Edition DSP, Basic Pearls, Bitty Flower punch, Very Vanilla Seam Binding, Stampin’ Dimensionals
To order Stampin’ Up! Supplies to make this project click here.
Oct 7, 2011 | Cards, Holiday Mini catalog 2011, Thank You |
Do you have the new Simply Scored tool from Stampin’ Up!? I love mine.
This card today uses the Simply Scored tool to create a frame on the front of the card.
The frame is a subtle scored outline around the center element on the card. I put the card on the Simply Scored tool and added a scored line 1/2″ from all four sides of the card front. Inside the rectangle is the focal element – a piece of More Mustard card stock, layered with a piece of Spice Cake Designer Series paper. I used the Spice Cake Fabric to tie around the front – it is just a 1″ strip of fabric tied in a knot.
To finish it off I used the Gently Falling stamp set – stamp the leaf in More Mustard ink and then the outline of the leaf in Soft Suede ink. It is stamped on Very Vanilla card stock and then cut out and add to the front of the card with Stampin’ Dimensionals. There is also a little Jewelry tag punch stamped with Thanks so Much from Tiny Tags and attached with the Vintage Safety Pin to the fabric knot.
The fabric, the designer paper, the stamp set and the Simply Scored are all in the Holiday Mini catalog – and you can order from me any time through my website – www.monika.stampinup.net.
Enjoy this nice fall card on a nice fall day – at least we have been having nice fall days for the last little while. It’s a busy weekend – tonight I have Stamper’s Club and we are making the Advent Calendar projects. And tomorrow is the Birmingham Regional Stampin’ Up! Regional conference – I can’t wait. I’ll be going with two of my downline – Lisa and Travice and a bunch of my demonstrator friends – about 11 of us will be there together. And wish me luck because I’m doing a Workshop Wow demonstration on stage – and I am super nervous – I hope I don’t shake too much and that everyone can hear me. I’ll share my projects next week. If you are a going be sure to say hi.
Have a great day!
Oct 4, 2011 | Big Shot, Birthday, Cards, Masculine, UDI Color Challenge |
I finished this card and have it sitting on my desk so I remember to write my blog post. It makes me smile! I keep looking at it and see all the smiling faces and I smile right back. I think I’ll just keep it there all week. Do you want to see it too and see if it makes you smile?
See all those smiling dogs – aren’t they so happy looking? I hope it brings a smile to your day today. This is my card for the UDI color challenge this week – #56. Here is the inspiration picture that we had for these colors –
These are all in the Neutrals Collection – Soft Suede, Chocolate Chip, Basic Gray, Crumb Cake and Very Vanilla. After looking at the colors the first thing that came to mind was dogs and the fun little stamp in Not So Seriously stamp set. So that is what I decided to use. Then I decided it would be fun to put a big bone on the card. Well did you know that you can make a bone from two hearts and a rectangle – yep you can. That was what I did – I opened My Digital Studio and added two of the heart punches to my page – then I made them bigger and added the rectangle in between. With My Digital Studio I can line them up nicely too – so I made the bone the size I wanted and printed it out to create a template which I traced onto Very Vanilla card stock. Then I sponged the edges with Crumb Cake ink and stamped it with the Wonderfully Worn stamp. That gave me a big bone for the front of my card.
The base of the card is Chocolate Chip and also stamped with Wonderfully Worn. The dogs were stamped on Very Vanilla and watercolored with the Neutrals WaterColor Crayons and an Aqua-painter. I did use the Chocolate Chip Stampin’ Write marker for the collars and the spots. I punched them out with the 2-1/2″ circle punch. Then cut a 3″ Soft Suede circle with the Big Shot. Layered those and trimmed off the bottom and attached to my bone. I tied some Crumb Cake seam binding on the side. They still make me smile.
Click on this link to go to the Utah Diva’s Color Challenge blog. There you can see the creations from the entire design team and add a link to your creation if you decide to play along.
Stampin’ Up! Supplies:
- Card stock: Chocolate Chip, Very Vanilla, Soft Suede
- Ink: Jet Black Staz On, Crumb Cake, Chocolate Chip ink and marker
- Stamp sets: Wonderfully Worn, Not So Seriously
- Accessories: Big Shot die-cut Machine, 3″ Circle die, 2-1/2″ Circle punch, Crumb Cake seam binding, Aqua-painter, Neutrals Watercolor Crayons, My Digital Studio
To order Stampin’ Up! Supplies to make this project click here.
Sep 28, 2011 | Cards, class, Halloween, Holiday Mini catalog 2011 |
Here is a quick card for you today. This will be one of the choices at the Card Maker’s Club today. I got the idea from a candy treat project that Mary Fish made – I just turned it into a card.
I’ve got lots to do so I’m keeping this short. Stamp sets are the new Warmest of Wishes Hostess set in the Holiday Mini catalog and Wicked Cool.
Sep 27, 2011 | Birthday, Cards, UDI Color Challenge, Watercoloring |
Oh my – I forgot to create my color challenge post for today. That is why it is late this morning. I was so busy yesterday pricing retired items for a sale that I totally forgot. I did some cleaning out the last few weeks and I have lots of stuff to sell – stamp sets, ribbons, embellishments, Designer Paper, etc. I will be posting a list soon so check back if you are looking for anything.
Ok so on to this weeks color challenge -here is the inspiration picture for the UDI Color challenge –
I usually pull out my Color Coach and get the color for the week together and let them sit in my craft room while I think about what to do. This week Wisteria Wonder, Pacific Point, Basic Gray, Basic Black and Whisper White. Really it was almost a masculine color scheme but the Wisteria kept throwing me off. I had a couple of new stamp sets on my table that I hadn’t used yet and one was a new set called Under the Big Top. It has a weightlifter, a seal and an elephant – all of which could be gray, and the blue would fit again it was the Wisteria that was throwing me – a weightlifter wearing Wisteria tights – hmmm. So which one did I end up using? I decided on the Seal.
And I used the Wisteria on the cake. The image is stamped in Jet Black StazOn ink. Then I watercolored with my aqua painter – the seal is Basic Gray, the stand is Pacific Point, the cake is Wisteria Wonder. I went over the frosting with a white gel pen. The card base is Basic Gray with a layer of Basic Black and a layer of Basic Gray Deisgner Series Paper. I pierced holes on either side of the paper and tied around some White Taffeta.
You could make a whole set of cards from that stamp set using this layout, just adjust the colors to suit each image.
Click on this link to go to the Utah Diva’s Color Challenge blog. There you can see the creations from the entire design team and add a link to your creation if you decide to play along.
Stampin’ Up! Supplies:
- Card stock: Basic Gray, Basic Black, Whisper White, Pacific Point
- Ink: Jet Black Staz On, Basic Gray, Pacific Point, Wisteria Wonder
- Stamp sets: Under the Big Top
- Accessories: Neutrals Patterns Designer Series Paper, White Gel Pen, Whisper White Taffeta ribbon, Aqua-painter, Paper Piercer and Mat Pack
To order Stampin’ Up! Supplies to make this project click here.
Yep it is a giant candy corn on a piece of Basic Black card stock for the card base. I started by cutting a piece of Daffodil Delight Patterns Designer Series Paper with the Big Shot and the Perfect Pennants die. And also a piece of Pumpkin Pie Patterns Designer Series paper and a piece of Whisper White card stock.
