ColourQ Challenge #35

Whoops!  This was supposed to post last week but it looks like I saved it as a draft instead of for it's scheduled time.  Hope you enjoy and check back tomorrow for this weeks ColourQ Challenge!

Hello summer!!  Love the bright, citrus feeling of this week challenge colors:

I was also introduced to a fun new (to me anyway) sketch site this week:

In place of the bottom layer I just drew a box.  And how could I not use this citrus slice stamp?!:

Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies
Stamps:  Stampin' Up, Papertrey Ink
Inks:  Stampin' Up
Marker:  Stampin' Up

ColourQ Challenge #33

This weeks inspiration piece may have been a purse but I decided to go masculine for the card:

In my quest to use all of my April release Papertrey Ink images I bring you this:

I have a few more cards left using the Masculine Motifs set - I'll try to get some posted tomorrow.  My goal is to use them all before this months order shows up!

Supplies
Stamps:  Papertrey Ink
Brad:  Creative Cafe

Have a Ball

This set from Papertrey the only other one that I actually completed my "use every image" plan for this month.  I don't actually have the All Star Team set that this is supposed to coordinate with but I think it's easy enough to use on its own and a super value at only $5!

First I knocked out three of the images with this birthday card:

Next I used the baseball image with the underlying circle stamped in Papertrey's Pure Snow ink:

(You know I like to use my hand drawn boxes around things but these cards are particularly uneven for some reason - I promise I wasn't crafting under the influence!)

So the only image I had left was the fill in image for the larger balls so I thought to myself "it doesn't really need to be a ball at all" and used it as a stand alone image on this card:

All that for $5!!

Supplies
Stamps:  Papertrey Ink, Autumn Leaves, Hero Arts

Chair-ished

When I saw the sneak peek for this set I thought I would be able to be strong and pass on it.  Then I saw this card on Lisa Johnson's blog and this one on Kim Hughes blog and I was powerless to resist it.  So I copied (or cased or lifted or whatever the right term is here) their cards almost exactly:

Then since I had the chairs all lined up on my block after making the first card I went crazy and stamped them the other way and just added a sentiment:

Doesn't this set make THE cutest backgrounds ever?!

All supplies are from Papertrey Ink (except for the button which just came from my stash)

One Layer Challenge

A fun challenge from Kristina Werner's blog to make a one layer card.  Check out her's here - it's flat out adorable (hehe I crack myself up).  We love watching her video's every Monday and Friday.  And by we I mean me and my four year old who comes running whenever she hears the intro music yelling "Is it a card video?!".  She is especially excited whenever there is "e-bossing" involved.  So if you're reading this Kristina - Isabel wants more e-bossing!

Anyway here's mine:

No e-bossing here but a little masking.  I love these fillable frames stamps/die combinations from Papertrey Ink - makes masking super simple.

Supplies
Stamps:  Stampin' Up, Papertrey Ink
Die:  Papertrey Ink

Color Throwdown #88

This gray/yellow/orange combination seems to be very popular on the challenge circut this week!  Look for more coming the next few days.

For today's card I used this combination from Color Throwdown:

And oh yes - I can handle that!

I've had this idea in my head of embossing this flower image in white with a patterned background like this one since I first bought the set.  This seemed like just the time to use it!

Oh and that "thinking of you" sentiment was from a KI Memories set I purchased at JoAnn's for - get this - 97 cents!!  Couldn't pass that by.

Supplies
Stamps:  Stampin Up, Papertrey Ink, KI Memories
Dies:  Papertrey Ink
Patterned Paper:  Stampin' Up
Paperclip:  Ranger

Curtain Call Color Challenge: Act 24

I feel like it's been too long since I've made a card with a kraft base - that's just not right!

So this weeks Curtain Call Color Challenge was the perfect chance to break out the kraft cardstock:

Here's my take:

I don't know if it's the coordinating dies or what - but that Papertrey set hasn't left my desk in weeks!

Supplies
Stamps:  Papertrey Ink
Dies:  Papertrey Ink