The last color challenge

This is something i put together for the last color challenge i will host inside the stamp shack. can you really believe its been a whole year? to me this looks like one of those tin trays people buy at the holidays to give away their Christmas cookies on... :) colors are red, yellow, black. which if this is not the first time you've seen this blog you already know i don't very often use bright colors or bold colors at all. so, this was fun to do something so "not me" and yet still it is. :)

Birds are from Inkadinkado, for you is from SU, the puffy heart is from MM, the yellow texture cs is from Provocraft, gingham is unknown, black scallop ribbon is from May Arts, mini brads are unknown, red premade sparkly cardbase is from dmd industries. this is a-2 in real life.

Color combo challenge Samples

This month i went with Pink and Orange for the 10th color combo challenge in the stamp shack. This flamingo is an PIF image that came to me from StampinginKansas (Thanks Kris!) (SU tickled pink) It's colored with copic markers and prisma pencils. the Orange pp was run through an swiss dots cuttlebug folder, the swirly pp is from Basic Grey. The sentiments from Rubber Soul. ric rac's unknown this is 5X7 in real life.

these were done from a single sheet of the patterned basic grey paper ( 6inch size cut in half) the orange and pink are also basic grey pp from the same pad. the hearts were cut from an cuttlebug die. the sentiments are both from SU, (welcome is from Fancy Flexible Phrases and the baby is from Noteworthy) these are 4 1/2 x 6 inches in real life.

closer look. figured these would work as new baby girl cards.

Color Challenge Combo 9 Samples

This image is from Stampa Rosa ( Pure Bliss ) House mouse, stamped with versafine ink on gp110 white. and colored with prisma pencils. the textured cardstocks are Bazzill, the yellow is barely banana. The yellow pp strip is from Karen Foster. the ribbon came from walmarts cutting dept. years ago. the photo corners were done with the EK Success whale of a punch. The sentiments from SU (so many sayings) and was colored with the perfect plum marker. this is 6 inches square in real life. This months Colors are Purple, Yellow with a smattering of Green. this challenge is open for a month.

just a simple one, the cardbase is shimmer purple cardstock ( not stardream but package sheet is upstairs will edit this later) the mouse came to me via wish rak from peebsmama ( Thanks Susan!) and Ive colored it with prisma pencils. I punched it with the giga punch then trimmed it smaller to fit onto the giga scallop punch done in barely banana cardstock. the trim is from May Arts and the Sentiments from SU and stamped with elegant eggplant on the barely banana. the mat of this is a pale green speckled pp scrap. these are up on pop dots.

A closer look at that mouse.. ( its teeny tiny ) and oh so sweet...

have a good day!

Challenge cards

This was for Laurie's current twisted sentiments theme challenge going on now in the stamp shack. most the things i think of for challenges like this i either don't have an image that will work ( gasp!) and I'm too lazy to come in the house and print up sentiments... but I'm still thinking about this challenge and if i can think of some smaller one liner types i can try my alphabet stamps i suppose... the background (wine words) and wine sketch are from Inkadinkado and the sentiments from River city rubber works. they are all stamped on ruby red cardstock with versafine onyx black ink. the paper wire is from paperbilities ( walmart like 5 or 6 years ago!) and up on black pop dots.

Jan's current technique challenge is to emboss vellum any way you like so this is my second entry for that one... the red and black cardstocks are from Bazzill, the vellum was run through an Swiss dots cuttlebug folder (which poked a couple of holes into it under the image from club scrap) the sentiments from the su set ( so many sayings) the cappuccino mug is from Inkadinkado. The ribbons May Arts.

this is my 8th color combo challenge colors are pale green (as a neutral) black, white and cream. this card is A-2 in real life, the image is from the retired SU set called laundry notes ( that i won on ebay because it was too much fun to color the wishes granted to me) and the green cardstock is unknown, the black is bazzill, the check pp is from K&Co. the lace ( I think could be from the embellishment studio but, not sure anymore) the cardbase is from DCWV. (some day i am gonna have most these premade cards used up!)

Stamp Shack's Color Combo 4 ( December )

These were done early in December and they were posted at the Shack the day i got home from the Hospital from the implant surgery so, I just decided to check and see if i had ever posted them here ( nope ) Color Combo is Blue, Green, Brown with White as the neutral.

the main Butterfly in this one is from Stampington & Co. there is some stickles glittler glue added to it in two shades of blue. this is 6 inches square in real life. cut the mat with an Sizzix black die, then the mat of that was free hand cut with scissors. The background printed paper on this one is from the blush line of Basic Grey and the green lace is that ( stuff for hemming) you can get on a cardboard in the notions dept.) but this is some vintage stuff i found at one of those yard sales last summer.

This is an Inkadinkado Snowman and the brown on this one is a dark dusty almost copper shade of brown. The sentiments from Hero Arts. Used that cool SU ticket corner punch. ( probably use that too much or i see it too much online but, some times thats just oh well) I dont remember who makes the brads, the pp is (think) could be My Minds Eye, i still have a little bit of that big pack they had of it at Costco last year and thats what this looks like to me.

These mini gift tags the brown is a rusty shade i know it looks orange in the photo but, such is life. The Butterfly is stamped twice and the top image is only attached in the butterflies body so the wings are 3-d. So this was the least participated upon challenge, all month between when it was uploaded until the January one was posted only one person had tried it. then after i posted the January one i thought oh wow they are too similar and no one will try this either. ( I was wrong, to see some cool cards check out the color combo gallery this month in the stamp shack there has been some really great samples posted.)

Color Challenge Combo 5 (Stamp Shack)

This is a sampling of the colors used for this challenge. I just thought to my self what color do you never use. ( which is peach) ( I'm not really big on blue either) so it was interesting to me to find they looked nice together. then i found the Cosmo cricket paper in my stash with the brown and that cinched the deal.

These are the sample cards i made up for the stamp shack's color combo challenge 5. I didnt post them where when posted them in the shack as, My mom peeks at this blog... ( and her b-day was last week)

The Wreath Stamp is PSX K-1882 from 1996 and is stamped in Memories Chestnut ink on the robins nest watercolor hammered pp. The Just because is from Savvy Stamps, It was punched with an yellow marvy scallop rectangle, then i cut the rectangles off and mounted it with a brown bazzill scrap. there is some pale blue stickles where the berries ( hips?) would be on the wreath. The ribbon is from May arts and the mini brads are from lasting impressions, this card is 6 inches square in real life.

This card I have sent out for my Mom's birthday she loves Poppies, ( and she should have gotten it by now) the image is from Stampendous and stamped 3 times along the bottom of a scrap of the blue pp from the card above. The sentiment is from SU and has some creamy brown fluid chalk ink on the edges. The ribbon i think is from Wal-mart? the centers of the poppies have a bit of diamond glaze in the centers. This one is also 6 inches square.

Something way our of my comfort zone, i received this owl stamp (for free from an lss) and the peach pp is the backside of the Cosmo cricket from the cards above. The sentiment is from Inkadinkado. both are stamped with the memories Chestnut dye ink. the sheer organdy ribbon is from Offray and the ruffled is from May Arts. there is a bit of stickles and liquid pearls on the owl. ( I drew the tree branch trunk with the brush end of an tombo marker) this ones about 5 something by 6 in real life.

I have some other cards i have made this week and not posted and will put them in as their own post.

Stamp Shacks Color Combo Challenge

It's Up I have posted the third color combo challenge for the stamp shack. Click to read the details.

This card the Big Blossom is stamped with Versafine Satin Red on Very Vanilla cardstock, then over stamped with the love definition background in Versafine Spanish Moss. this was then heat embossed in clear detail powder and cut out as versafine ink does not dry on coated cardstocks. the Heidi Swapp clear ghost flower was colored with Ranger Red Pepper Alcohol ink, the button is unknown, the red floral background paper is from Creative imaginations and the cream texture paper is from Provocraft. the button has Karen Foster Scrappers thread tied through it. the Sentiment is from Amuse, stamped and heat embossed as above. the edges of the card were run through a sewing machine. ( I got this idea from Pam Smiley Collector) she has been doing partial sewing on circles lately. Thanks Pam!

This one the green color is more obvious. Can't remember who makes that ribbon though, i have some was gifted to me and some i bought by the yard in a scrapbook store ( not in town)

This Card is 5X7 in real life, the flower was done exactly the same as on the first card, then instead of the plastic flower layer, i looped some snips of this cream scrolly patterned ribbon on top of the stamped flower, then did the button and the tag sentiment the same way. the Background pp is from Chatterbox. so, this card is a little simpler but was still fun to make.

I'm looking forward to seeing what you all do with this. If your a stamp shack member remember to post your card in the color combo gallery so you can be entered in the featured artist drawing for this month too.

Color Challenge Combo 2

This is this months color combo for the Stamp Shack's Creative team challenges: something really over the top i guess, this card would take alot of postage to mail... I've considered switching it out with the one i have already made and signed for Tim ( 18 years ago today we were married) but, its a little on the feminine side, so I'll probably set it aside for the next wedding card i need. this crop view catches some of the bling really nice, yes?

Image is from PSX its stamped in versafine onyx black, then colored with markers and pencils. the basic black cardstock has been spray painted with krylon webbing spray (gold) i do this out side when the wind is not blowing do stacks of different colors then lay them all over Tim's work bench till the fumes go away and the cardstock is dry. ( So i have a small stack of this sprayed cardstock to play with usually all the time in various colors)

front view, ribbons are from May Arts on both of these cards, the cream bling handmade paper is from an big pack that is sold at costco. (not sure who makes it, it was a gift from mil ( she bought all the color packs then divided them to share with me so no wrappers here to peek at) the burgundy cardstock was run through an cuttlebug D'vine swirls embossing folder then there is some sakura gelly roll pen (gold) in the debossed parts and there is also some Krylon gold paint pen along the edges of the layers, used that SU ticket corner punch on the corners too.

this is my simple version of the color combo ( burgundy, creamm black and gold) the SU butterfly was stamped with versamark ink then heat embossed with Ranger super fine detail gold powder, the Hampton Arts sentiment is stamped in versafine onyx black ink, and the black textured cardstock is from Bazzill and the cream cardbase is from Neenah Papers.

Busy Busy again...

this shot shows the sakura gelly roll pen on the centers of the flowers...

This was done for Ethel's sketch challenge in the stamp shack this week.

This is an American Art stamps stick chick image that was Rak'ed to me as a wish from Susan ( Peebsmama) and i colored her with Stampin up Markers. The sentiment is also from Susan, and i do not have the in colors in inks, ( just cardstock) so i used a make-up triangle sponge to daub some Fresco Sistine Sky and Mediterranean Tide Chalk finish ink onto it before it was matted with the Not Quite Navy cardstock ( its up on popdots) the Antique gold clips are from MM and have some May Arts ribbons on them. this card is 5 1/2 inches Square.

This one i did for the first color combo challenge in the stamp shack a week ago i guess? the colors are Black, copper, gold and a little dark green. ( these are the colors in Baileys Irish Creme by the way ) lol the background underneath the giraffe panel was done with an wad of cling wrap pressed into an really rust dye ink pad then daubed on the cream cardstock. for an textured background.

This was the first card i had put together for the color combo challenge, and i had tweaked it to fit the sketch challenge Ethel was working on, and then colors went in the week before the sketch but, so far no one has noticed. I was kind of holding my breath over that one, to not spoil the anticipation for them ( the challenges) We have stalkers threads! ( which is a fun thing) the Leaf Doodle flower is from Hero Arts, and thepressed and dried fern is from my old yard, ( I really am going to shoot photos of the flower storage and the press i found recently at a yard sale, but I am missing a piece to attach the light bar to the tri-pod.)

Now this one is a sneak peak at a project that will have step by step photos in the basic stamping for the 9 am chat in the sunroom on National Card day.