Tuesday, April 23, 2013

Simon Says Stamp Challenge: Color

Simon Says Stamp's new challenge is Color - yay!  I love color :)
I was playing around with a new Simon Says Stamp stamp set from the April card kit and came up with this for the challenge.  I love the line of dots stamp from that kit although mine aren't all that straight, but I like it that way.


Wednesday, April 17, 2013

10 Minute Craft Dash # 16



Hello.  I'm here again with another 10 Minute Craft Dash Challenge.  This one is sponsored by Avery Elle and you can have a chance to win a $20 gift card to Avery Elle by participating in this challenge.

For this card I took out one of the very first stamp sets I ever bought.  I can't even remember who the manufacturer is, but I still love it because it's so graphic with all the dotted circles.  I created my own background paper with the stamps using the colors in the challenge.  I also used one of my newest stamp sets for the greeting.  It's an exclusive from Simon Says Stamp.
I used Melon Mambo and Gumball Green ink from Stampin' Up! and a colorbox in for the purple.
Ribbon is Melon Mambo from Stampin' Up! and the Striped patterned paper is also Gumball Green from Stampin' Up!




Monday, April 15, 2013

Simon Says Stamp - April Showers and or Spring Flowers

Well, my colors aren't all that springy, but the card is flowery!   Here's my entry for the Simon Says Stamp Challenge using one of the past Simon Says Stamp card kits.


Saturday, April 6, 2013

CARDS magazine April 2013

I just wanted to share a card I have published in the April issue of CARDS magazine. This was for the style challenge. The colors: navy, pink and green.  The theme: bicycles





Thursday, April 4, 2013

10 Minute Craft Dash #15



Well, I messed up my blog post scheduling and thought this posted yesterday - oops!

Today I'm sharing another card for the 10 Minute Craft Dash.  If you haven't tried one of these 10 minute challenges you should - it's so much fun to try and beat the clock!  I've been coming so close to 10 minutes lately I think I need to simplify my ideas.  For this card I used strips of card stock for the background and then stamped and embossed with white embossing powder.  The problem I ran into for this was that my card stock has different thicknesses so it didn't stamp well and I smeared it a little.  Normally I would redo it, but knew I wouldn't make it in time so I had to accept it and move on. 



Head on over to the 10 Minute Craft Dash challenge and give it a try.  There's a prize!