SPCC Challenge #8

Super quick post tonight!! Better day at work but my bed is calling my name! Lol! Anyway, managed to finish my card tonight for SPCC color challenge!! The colors I found super hard this week again!! It was the yellow again & the dusky durango!

I used my new 'In Bloom' set from PTI & kept it really simple! Sorry for the bad photos it gets so much darker earlier now in the UK & I'm not in the mood for messing on!!

The colors are quite bright in real life but the photos have made them even brighter! Each of the flower layers are mounted on foam dots for dimension!

{Ingredients}

Card Stock: SU! Whisper White, Mellow Moss, Summer Sun & Ruby Red

Ink: SU! Mellow Moss

Stamps: PTI In Bloom & Polka Dot Basics 2

Accessories: SU! Markers in Summer Sun & Ruby Red, Foam dots, SU! Corner Rounder

Hope I'm in time to enter for the challenge this week!! Thanks for stopping by & I have more to share tomorrow!

Raspberry Suite Color Inspiration Challenge #13 Card #2!

Hello! This is going to be a super short post for me as I am MEGA tired after a long hard day at work & I am back tomorrow for another 12 hour shift :(

I got my new PTI goodies on Friday YAY! and I had some time to use them and make a 2nd card for Dawn's Raspberry Suite Color Challenge. One of the sets I got was 'In Bloom'. I just loved the look of the biggest flower stamp which you can do all sorts with. For this card I stamped it 3 times in Berry Sorbet & cut it out and layered it!

The flower layers have Star Dust Stickles over them which adds a little bit of sparkle!

{Ingredients}

Card Stock: PTI Pure Poppy, Berry Sorbet & Spring Moss, SU! Whisper White

Stamps: PTI In Bloom & Beautiful Bloom (Sentiment)

Ink: PTI Berry Sorbet, SU! Mellow Moss

Accessories: Fiskars Upper Crest Border Punch, SU! Whisper White Grosgrain Ribbon, Star Dust Stickles, PTI Berry Sorbet Bitty Dot Designer Paper, Foam Pads

I had started a card for this weeks SPCC color challenge but I am too tired to finish it tonight. I hope that work tomorrow is not as bad so I can come home & finish my card!! Oh well off to bed now!! Thanks for stopping by!

Christmas in July!

Well, I had to jump on the band wagon before July is over and join in on the Christmas in July trend! The other day I was looking about the internet for some ideas & inspiration & I came across some 'Tags' that Kristina Werner had made HERE. I liked them so much I decided to make some using my Hero Arts Supplies for this weeks HA Challenge - 'Tags'!

Ages ago I bought some acetate tags and they had been sitting in a draw waiting to be used! Once I had made one tag I had to go on & make 2 more! It got kinda addictive! Lol! I will most likely make more before Christmas!

For this first tag I stamped Hero Arts Holly Flourish Design Block onto the acetate tag using White StazOn. You can see this better in the photo below. I used some scraps of designer paper which are from SU! Dashing Collection. The coloring around the penguin I did using my Copics and I added a little bit of baby blue Stickles for the snow mound!

I kept this second tag really simple, I used one of my favorite holiday birds from the Holiday Dove collection as he fits perfectly inside my 1 3/8" circle punch!

I used some scraps of Spring Moss CS & Bitty Dot Paper from PTI & the darker green of the scallop circle is Old Olive from SU!

I decided to change the orientation of this last tag and again kept it simple. I used the Tiny Santa stamp from Hero Arts & colored him with my Copics & put a tiny bit of Frosted Lace Stickles on his hat bobble & brim!

The designer paper is again a scrap from the SU! Dashing Collection!

{Penguin Tag Ingredients}

Card Stock: Red from stash

Stamps: HA Warm Wishes CL243, DB Holly Flourish S5067

Ink: Memento Black, StazOn White

Accessories: SU! 1 1/4" & 1 3/8" Circle punches, SU! Scallop Punch, Fiskars Border Punch, SU! Real Red Grosgrain Ribbon, Copics, Stickles Baby Blue & SU! Dashing Designer Paper, Foam pads, Hero Arts Acetate Tags

{Dove Tag Ingredients}

Card Stock: PTI Spring Moss, SU! Old Olive

Stamps: Hero Arts Holiday Dove LL213, Hero Arts Warm Wishes CL243

Ink: Memento Black

Accessories: SU! 1 3/8" Circle Punch, SU! Scallop Punch, SU! Kiwi Kiss Satin Ribbon, Jute, PTI Spring Moss Bitty Dot Basics Paper, Foam Pads, Hero Arts Acetate Tags

{Santa Tag Ingredients}

Card Stock: Red from stash, SU! Old Olive

Stamps: Hero Arts Tiny Santa A139, Warm Wishes CL243

Ink: Memento Black & PTI Vintage Cream

Accessories: SU! Old Olive Grosgrain Ribbon, Copics, SU! 1 1/4" & 1 3/8" Circle Punches, SU! Scallop punch, SU! Dashing designer paper, foam pads, Hero Arts Acetate Tags

This is my second post for the day so be sure to scroll down and check my previous post. I am guest host over on SPCC today! I am working tomorrow & Sunday :( but I have made some cards today so I will be sharing those. I received my PTI order today so have been playing with stamp goodies I have bought!!

Have a great weekend & thanks for stopping by!

Finally Friday over @ SPCC & I'm the Guest Host for the Challenge!

Morning! Well today is exciting because I am hosting a Finally Friday Challenge over on the SPCC blog. As I didn't make the design team Samantha asked if I would host a challenge & I said YES of course!!

If you head over to SPCC you will see the challenge & get to know a little about me thats if don't already know enough! I thought I would use an image from one of my Favorite Design Books to inspire everyone & me for this challenge. The book is called 'Think Colour' & it's by Tricia Guild of Designers Guild in London.

The colors in the photo really stood out to me & the flowers also & below is the card I created using the picture as my inspiration!

I used a SU! set called Beautiful Blooms. For some reason I found this two step stampin' set quite hard but in the end I got it how I wanted it!

The 'Just For You' sentiment is from Hero Arts. I tied jute around the pink layer & then matted it to the kraft card stock. The blue & cream layers are matted & adhered using foam pads. I loved the simplicity of this design with a crisp clean which are the feelings I got from the photo above.

{Ingredients}

Card Stock: SU! Bashful Blue & Pretty in Pink, PTI Kraft and Cream from Stash!

Stamps: SU! Beautiful Blooms, Hero Arts Warm Wishes CL243

Ink: SU! Old Olive, Pretty in Pink, SU! Markers in Rose Red & Always Artichoke

Accessories: Jute, Foam Pads, Stamp-a-ma-jig

Thanks for stopping by & be sure to check in over at SPCC & post your entry into the challenge! It would make my day even more special!!

Raspberry Suite Color Inspiration Challenge #13

Yesterday when Dawn posted her latest Raspberry Suite Color Challenge I found the time & inspiration to make a card! I incorporated Hero Arts latest challenge of 'Tags' also as it fitted into my sketch quite nicely!

I'm loving the color's that Dawn puts together recently & often find myself going back to them when I'm a little stuck for what to do!

I got to play with a couple of PTI products I haven't used much which are the Berry Sorbet Vintage Buttons & The Bitty Dot Basics Paper. I also used a new Hero Arts stamp on this project! The only Hero Arts products I used was the stamp which is used on the tags & the flowers!

I used the HA and stamped it onto the tags using real red ink from SU! The Spring Moss Bitty Dot paper is matted onto Whisper White which is punched using a border punch from Fiskars. I used the Martha Stewart Butterfly Punch to punch one butterfly from Berry Sorbet & one from Pure Poppy.

I really like the Berry Sorbet & Pure Poppy together & the Spring Moss & white soften the boldness of those colors really nicely!

{Ingredients}

Card Stock: PTI Berry Sorbet, Spring Moss, SU! Whisper White

Ink: SU! Mellow Moss & Real Red

Stamps: HA Heart Flourish K5153, PTI Handwritten Notes

Accessories: HA Flowers, Martha Stewart Butterfly Punch, Fiskars Border Punch, PTI Berry Sorbet Vintage Buttons, Gems, PTI Bitty Dot Basics Paper, Organza Ribbon in Red & White.

Be sure to check out the Hero Arts Challenge & Blog this week as there is loads going on. They have just released their first digital products too which are available over on 2peas! Thanks for stopping by today! I will have more to share this week!

Friends Always!

Today I thought I would share a card that I made especially for my SPECIAL friend Karen. She has been a friend since I joined in on the fun over at the Hero Arts Blog & Flickr. She has been amazing & always sent cheery messages when needed the most!

This is the card I sent to Karen & now I know she has received it I can share it here, I didn't want to ruin the surprise! I really liked Kristina's card and it was my inspiration. I'm really liking the clean & simple look to cards at the moment.

Below is a close up of the butterflies. They are stamped first onto the kraft note card and then stamped & cut out & mounted on foam dots for dimension.

{Ingredients}

Card Stock: SU! Rose Red, PTI Kraft

Ink: Colorbox Chalk, SU! Chocolate Chip

Stamps: Hero Arts Pattern Butterflies LP110, Friends Always C3890

Accessories: Making Memories Just Chillin' 6x6 Paper Pad, Jute & Foam dots

Have a HAPPY day & thanks for stopping by!

Circle of Friendship Award

The Circle of Friends Blog Award , I would like to thank Cathy for bestowing upon me this lovely award and In turn I would like to pass on this award to some of my fellow blogging friends. Do pop over and check out their amazing work.

My first Circle of Friendship Award I would like to give to Karen. Karen doesn't have a blog but she has some amazing creations over on the Hero Arts Flickr Group.

My Second Circle of Friendship Award I would like to give to Diana, she has amazing work & amazing photographs.

My Third Circle of Friendship Award I would like to give to Chris.

My Fourth Circle of Friendship Award I would like to give to Kate.

My Fifth Circle of Friendship Award I would like to give to Samantha.

To pick up the Circle of Friends Blog Award:

Cut and paste the award logo and use it on your own blog.

Nominate at least 5 other bloggers you feel have become part of your circle of friends.

Link to your nominees within your blog post.

Include these instructions on how to pick up the award in your blog post.

Link back to the person who gave you the award in your blog post, to show your appreciation.

Comment on their blogs to let them know they've received the award.

Thanks for stopping by today. I will have a card share or two tomorrow!