Feb 15, 2011 | Baby, Big Shot, Cards, Occasions Mini 2011, UDI Color Challenge, Watercoloring |
This week for the Utah Diva’s Color Challenge I made a Baby card. I don’t seem to make very many of those. Most of my friends are beyond the baby years and we are all dealing with teenagers! I’ve decided there are also the terrible teens – not that my kids are terrible actually they are really good kids but they just enjoy aggravating me! So I don’t really have a need for a baby card – I’m not sure that I can even think of anyone I know that is pregnant right now – but I have a card in case I need it!
Click on this link to go to the Utah Diva’s Color Challenge blog. This is our Color Challenge inspiration for week 23:
It just seemed like such pretty little girl colors. I have all boys so I didn’t use pinks for decorating baby rooms, but wouldn’t this be a pretty color combo for a little girls room. I ended up using both of the hostess sets in the Stampin’ Up! Occasions Mini Catalog – A Slice of Life and Something to Celebrate. I water-colored the little baby clothes and cut the out to hang on the “clothes line”.
Stampin’ Up! Supplies:
- Card stock: Certainly Celery, Melon Mambo, Chocolate Chip, Whisper White
- Ink: Basic Black StazOn ink
- Stamp sets: A Slice of Life, Something to Celebrate
- Accessories: Big Shot Die-Cut Machine, Square Lattice Embossing Folder, Petal Cone Die, Linen Thread, Aquapainter, Watercolor Wonder Crayons, 1/16″ circle punch, Stampin’ Dimensionals.
To order Stampin’ Up! Supplies to make this project click here.
Stamping Together at Monika’s Place – February 2011 Newsletter – CLICK HERE.
February 2011 Ribbon Share – CLICK HERE.
Feb 8, 2011 | Designer Series Paper, Medallion, My Digital Studio, Sale-A-Bration 2011, Scrapbook Pages, UDI Color Challenge |
Yep – its another MDS page – I know I’m showing a lot of those lately. But you know what the cleanup from creating a My Digital Studio scrapbook page is so fast – just save and shut the laptop! Plus it is a totally portable workspace – so on Sunday night I sat downstairs in the basement with my husband to watch the Super Bowl. And I used My Digital Studio to create my project for week 22 of the Utah Diva’s Color Challenge.
Click on this link to go to the Utah Diva’s Color Challenge blog. Gretchen sent us this for our Color Challenge inspiration:
Some nice masculine colors this time. I have been missing my oldest son Kyle (he is away at college and doesn’t call me quite as much as I would like him to) so I created a scrapbook page featuring a picture of him after the Convocation Ceremony at Georgia Tech this past August. That’s the GT Rat cap that he is wearing all the freshman got one at the ceremony and part of the ceremony were the traditions on how to personalize your hat. I’ll have to check if he ever did that. Here is a quick run down on what they are supposed to do –
The Georgia Tech Rat Cap Diagram. On the underside of the bill, write RAT in the center of the bill. Write your name above RAT and your hometown below RAT. On the left of RAT, write your incoming major and on the right, write your expected graduation year. On the back of the hat, write TO HELL WITH GEORGIA. If you are planning on co-oping, circle the tip of the cap.
For every football game write TECH above the opponents name with the respective score. If Tech loses, write the game score upside down. If Tech wins, write the score rightside up.
I looked through the different Designer Templates that I had in My Digital Studio and found this one – I switched out all the colors and Designer Papers to fit the color challenge but kept the layout of the page the same as the template. I did add a digital stamp from the Bliss set in the So Much to Sale-a-brate CD – you can get it for free during the Sale-A-Bration promotion going on right now. So it is a great time to purchase My Digital Studio if you haven’t already done it.
This is also my page for this week for Project 52. I ahead for week 6 – got it done at the beginning of the week instead of the end. By the way I did talk to Kyle on Monday and he is coming home Friday for the weekend – yeah! He said he has been busy at school with a heavy load of classes and his TA position.
Stampin’ Up! Supplies:
- MDS Card stock: Chocolate Chip
- MDS Ink: Very Vanilla
- MDS Stamp sets: Medallion, Bliss, Schoolbook Serif Alphabet, Greatest Moments II
- MDS Designer Series paper: Tangerine Tango Patterns, More Mustard Villa, The Write Stuff II More Mustard large dots, 2011 Notable Desktop Calendar Kit – pattern 11
- Accessories: My Digital Studio
To order Stampin’ Up! Supplies to make this project click here.
Stamping Together at Monika’s Place – February 2011 Newsletter – CLICK HERE.
February 2011 Ribbon Share – CLICK HERE.
Jan 25, 2011 | Occasions Mini 2011, Tags, UDI Color Challenge |
I can’t believe it has already been 20 weeks of the Utah Diva’s Color Challenge. It seems like we just started a couple of weeks ago but it has actually been much longer than that. Click on this link to go to the Utah Diva’s Color Challenge blog. This is the inspiration that Gretchen gave us this week –
Another spring set of colors – and I’m ready for spring to be here. Actually I can’t wait because of two things – the birds will be back building nests and raising babies in my yard and we are building a sunroom/all-season room where we used to have a screened porch/deck and it will be so nice to sit out there when it is finished.
So back to my project today – I made tags again – I needed some for my latest batch of customer orders so I decided to use the Color Challenge for my inspiration. I decided to use the stamp set that we received at Leadership – Clearly for You. This weeks colors are Always Artichoke, Regal Rose, Pretty in Pink and Kraft (or Crumb Cake). Here is what I came up with:
One of the things that we learned at the Leadership conference was that you could use the aqua-painter to “paint” on the Shimmer Mist paint. I loved how it look and the aqua-painter gives you control of where you are putting it. So I did that here on my little butterfly – on the tips of his wings and on the body. I tried to take a close up picture so you could see the shimmer – this was the Champagne Mist color.
The rest of the tag is punches – Always Artichoke 2-1/2″ circle, Regal Rose 2-3/8 Scallop Circle, Whisper White 1-3/4″ circle. The berry image was colored with Stampin’ Write Markers.
I hope you like these little tags. Now it is your turn to play with these colors – then go to the UDI blog and add your creation to the linky section.
Stampin’ Up! Supplies:
- Card stock: Always Artichoke, Regal Rose, Pretty in Pink, Whisper White
- Ink: Crumb Cake, Always Artichoke, Stampin’ Write Markers: Regal Rose, Crumb Cake, Always Artichoke
- Stamp sets: Clearly for You
- Accessories: Stampin’ Dimensionals, aqua-painter, Champagne Mist Shimmer Paint, 2-1/2″ circle punch, 2-3/8″ scallop circle punch, 1-3/4″ circle punch, Stampin’ Sponge, crochet thread
To order Stampin’ Up! Supplies to make this project click here.
Jan 18, 2011 | Cards, Rock 'n Roll, UDI Color Challenge |
I was so tired when I returned from the Stampin’ Up! Leadership Conference that I did not get to work on my Utah Diva’s Color Challenge card until late last night. That was the first time I had made it back to my craft room. Most of yesterday I was on the computer and cleaning up around the house (I still have plenty more of that to do today). Finally my boys are back in school. It is January 18 and until today they had only had 4 days of school this month and one of those counted towards last semester because they missed a day of exams right before the Christmas break. The last note we saw said they have to only make up 2 of the days that they have missed so far – there were 4 “extra” days built into the schedule.
We are on #19 of the Utah Diva’s Color Challenge. Click on this link to go to the Utah Diva’s Color Challenge blog. This is the inspiration that Gretchen gave us this week –
I did get to see Gretchen at the Leadership conference – only for a few minutes Friday night during our make&takes. I can’t wait for you to see those – I’m trying to get pictures of all that kind of stuff today. I always love to see in real life the people that I know from Stampin’ Up! through blogs, yahoo groups and from reading about them in the Stampin’ Up! magazine and website. It’s like talking to celebrities!
Gretchen is definitely giving us challenges with these colors each week. And here was another set that I thought – what am I going to do with that? And since I was really late I needed to come up with something really quick. Garden Green, Peach Parfait, Real Red and Basic Black – vivid colors and our inspiration piece involved food so my thoughts turned to a little old stamp set that I haven’t used in a while – Tart & Tangy. Remember that one? It is a set that I really liked to use in the summer time. So I pulled it out and tried to put the challenge colors with it – the Strawberry, Apple and Cherries could all use the Garden Green and Real Red, Black could be my accent so for this card the citrus fruit was going to be a Peach Parfait colored orange slice (I have also used it as a lemon or lime). I wasn’t sure I was going to like this card but in the end I do like it.
The card base is the Garden Green – which seems to be the common color between most of the fruit and what I used on my “HELLO”. Then I added a layer of Basic Black – I thought about embossing it with one of the folders but then it occurred to me that I could also use my Crimper and give it a corrugated look like a card board box – perhaps that is what the fruit came in…. If you want to add some texture and you don’t have a Big Shot and Texture Impressions folders try using a crimper instead. I tied some Real Red Grosgrain ribbon around the card.
The best part is the fruit.
And making it look juicy using Crystal Effects. The strawberry and the apple were colored with Stampin’ Write markers and stamped on Whisper White card stock. I used the Black marker to add the seeds. The orange slice is inked with the Peach Parfait ink and then Rock ‘n Rolled in Real Red – that is why the edges have some red in them. The other little trick I did was for the Hello tag – it is a short Word Window. You do this by punching out the Word Window and then stick it back in the side of the punch, line it up and punch again to create a short piece.
Cut the pieces out and then carefully cover with Crystal Effects – and let it dry. If you touch it before it is dry you will put a finger print in your shiny fruit and you don’t want that. I attached all the fruit with Stampin’ Dimensionals and also the hello – I actually added the Crystal Effects to the Hello after I put it on the card – and I used a straight pin to pull it all the way out to the ends. You do have to punch first – the Crystal Effects is just enough that you’ll have trouble getting the card stock in the punch later if you do it after wards. I hope you learned a few little fun tips with this card.
Now it is your turn to play with these colors – then go to the UDI blog and add your creation to the linky section.
Stampin’ Up! Supplies:
- Card stock: Garden Green, Basic Black, Whisper White
- Ink: Peach Parfait, Real Red, Garden Green, Stampin’ Write Markers: Real Red, Garden Green, Basic Black
- Stamp sets: Tart & Tangy, Fundamental Phrases
- Accessories: Real Red wide Grosgrain Ribbon, Crimper, Stampin’ Dimensionals, Word Window punch, Crystal Effects
To order Stampin’ Up! Supplies to make this project click here.
Jan 11, 2011 | Cards, Occasions Mini 2011, UDI Color Challenge |
The snow came, the snow dumped, the snow changed to sleet, the ice formed, the schools closed, the roads closed and I’m still hoping to be able to drive to Nashville on Wednesday. Please let there be warm temps and sunshine today!! I think I’m going to cry if it doesn’t get better for tomorrow. I took pictures and planned to share them but today I decided I wanted to challenge myself to scrap them using My Digital Studio instead of sharing raw pictures. I finished one page Monday night and will share it tomorrow and work on some more to share while I’m away (positive thinking).
Also for those asking about the Rules of Chocolate from yesterday’s post – the pdf has been added to yesterdays post.
We are on #18 of the Utah Diva’s Color Challenge. Click on this link to go to the Utah Diva’s Color Challenge blog. This is the inspiration that Gretchen gave us this week –
With all the snow we are getting these pretty spring flowers sure are a nice site (although the snow is pretty too). These could also be winter colors but I liked the flowers and decided to stick with that thought. I still have one of my magazines out on the table and grabbed another sketch from it for this card. It is a quick and easy card using Always Artichoke, Perfect Plum, Concord Crush, and Very Vanilla.
The flower images are from the new Button, Button stamp set – one stamped in each of the colors in the color challenge. I poked holes through the center and tied Linen Thread through them. The ‘hello’ is from the Hello Again stamp set it is stamped in Concord Crush. I also used a Concord Crush Stampin’ Write marker to go around the edge of the Perfect Plum card base. The bottom left corner was punched with the Corner Rounder punch.
I hope you like this weeks card. I have been playing a lot with this stamp set and using it for several of my swaps for the Stampin’ Up! Leadership conference next week – oh my it really is just over a week away. Now it is your turn to play with these colors – then go to the UDI blog and add your creation to the linky section.
Stampin’ Up! Supplies:
- Card stock: Perfect Plum, Very Vanilla
- Ink: Perfect Plum, Concord Crush, Always Artichoke, Stampin’ Write Markers: Concord Crush
- Stamp sets: Button, Button (Occasions 2011), Hello Again
- Accessories: Linen Thread, Stampin’ Dimensionals, Paper Piercer, Corner Rounder punch
To order Stampin’ Up! Supplies to make this project click here.
Jan 4, 2011 | Cards, Occasions Mini 2011, Thank You, UDI Color Challenge |
I almost forgot to create my Color Challenge card. With Christmas, New Year and everyone home the days just sort of run together and I’m not sure when is a week day or when its a weekend – they are all the same during that time. Gretchen wants us to have our challenge cards ready by Sunday night – well let just say that didn’t happen (and I’m not the only one either). But I did get it done on Monday afternoon and sent in to Gretchen. And today I get to share it with you.
We are on #17 of the Utah Diva’s Color Challenge. Click on this link to go to the Utah Diva’s Color Challenge blog. This is the inspiration that Gretchen gave us this week –
These colors make me think of birds and nature and the new Nature Walk stamp set in the Stampin’ Up! Occasions Mini catalog that starts TODAY! So that was what I used for my creation. The inspiration piece has kind of a collage look to it so I went with that on my card too.
It’s a little busy – maybe I needed another strip of Marina Mist across the middle so the bird and thank you stand out more. I’ll try that and perhaps add another picture to this post later. Here is a close up of the details with a few things to note:
The eye on the bird is one of the Basic Pearls and I just ran the Marina Mist marker over it to give a blue hue – how do you like that?
I decided to make it look like the bird was carrying a tag in his beak with the “thank you” so I tied the Linen Thread to the top and just attached it right under the beak – it isn’t really tied to the beak at all.
The ribbon is Pear Pizzazz Seam Binding – also in the new Mini Catalog. I decided to try the ruffles that I have seen everyone doing lately on their cards. Needless to say I wasn’t very good at making a straight line across my card…
Yes I did go back and make a slight change to the card – and I do like this second version better – I added a Marina Mist strip above the ruffled ribbon so the bird and tag were easier to see. Here it is:
I hope you like this weeks card. I have been playing a lot with this stamp set and using it for several of my swaps for the Stampin’ Up! Leadership conference next week – oh my it really is just over a week away. Now it is your turn to play with these colors – then go to the UDI blog and add your creation to the linky section.
Stampin’ Up! Supplies:
- Card stock: Marina Mist, Chocolate Chip, Very Vanilla
- Ink: Marina Mist, Chocolate Chip, Pear Pizzazz, Stampin’ Write Markers: Marina Mist
- Stamp sets: Nature’s Walk (Occasions 2011), Teeny Tiny Wishes
- Accessories: Pear Pizzazz Seam Binding (Occasions 2011), Basic Pearls, Linen Thread, Stampin’ Sponge, the little oval punch that I can’t find the exact name of right now, Stampin’ Dimensionals, Paper Piercer
To order Stampin’ Up! Supplies to make this project click here.
It just seemed like such pretty little girl colors. I have all boys so I didn’t use pinks for decorating baby rooms, but wouldn’t this be a pretty color combo for a little girls room. I ended up using both of the hostess sets in the Stampin’ Up! Occasions Mini Catalog – A Slice of Life and Something to Celebrate. I water-colored the little baby clothes and cut the out to hang on the “clothes line”.
