May 4, 2018

Casual Grey

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Grey isn’t just for old ladies and sweat pants anymore.

Grey has become one of my favourite colours to wear because it’s not as harsh as black (I look terrible in black!!) and it goes with almost anything. It has also become a very common colour for home decor – there are a lot of grey walls out there!

Grey can be elegant and classy, but I don’t think I have seen many fancy evening dresses in grey. I think of grey as a cozy, casual colour. It is a colour of river rocks, misty skies, and foggy roadways. Casual grey is a comfort colour for me – in the same way that mac and cheese for some people is a comfort food.

Today’s card is all about grey – shades of grey!

(good grief, NOT the movie!! *shudder* LOL!).We haven’t had a speed challenge for a while. I LOVE the speed challenges because they really push me to work fast and keep it simple. I don’t always love how my cards turn out, but I ALWAYS find inspiration. It’s as though the pressure to complete a card is just the right catalyst to get my creativity to flow.

I did this card in 8:28 minutes! It was a good thing, too, because when I started making it, I had 10 minutes before I had to leave my house to pick up my daughter at school. This is another reason that I love speed challenges – I can get ‘er done!!!Friends, I have a terrible time photographing my white cards lately. The white never looks right AND it just looks worse the more I fiddle with it in my photo editing program. I think I need to consider trying some different light bulbs for my light box.

I started with the heart stamp from the Ribbon of Courage Stamp set and used my Stamparatus to stamp it multiple times in a row on my Whisper White cardstock with Smoky Slate Ink.

(I am so excited for you all to be able to purchase this awesome tool in June! It is “da bomb!”)

The sentiment from the same stamp set was stamped on Whisper White cardstock using Tuxedo Black Momento ink. I die cut it using one of the circles from the Stitched Shapes Framelits. That is layered over top of a Sahara Sand (we would categorize this as “greige”, I believe) scallop circle from the Layering Circle Framelits Dies.Behind the circle are the leaves made from Basic Black cardstock punched with the Leaf Punch and adhered to the back of the circle. I attached a triple loop of the Basic Black Metallic Thread to the back of the circle/leaf combo using Stampin’ Dimensionals, then attached the entire ensemble to the card front.

Behind the “hearty” Whisper White layer of of the card, you can see a thin matte of Sahara Sand cardstock over a Basic Grey card base.All of this classy, cozy, casual grey goodness in less than 10 minutes!! 8 minutes and 28 seconds, people!! I take hours to do some cards – literally HOURS!! It is quite an accomplishment to design a card in such a short time for me.

And I actually LIKE this one!

So, now it’s your turn. I challenge YOU! You can think it through, gather your supplies (no precutting allowed!) and set your timer for 10 minutes. Show us over at the As You See It Challenge blog what you come up with and get your creative mojo flowin’ in the process!!

January 12, 2018

You’re Welcome

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Have you seen the new catalogue yet! So many cute things!! And the Sale-a-bration catalogue is up and running! I LOVE FREE STUFF!!

The card today features the Birthday Wit Stamp set and the Bubbles and Fizz Designer Series Paper (DSP). Of course, my creative mojo has been inspired by the recent As You See It Challenge sketch:As soon as I pulled up this sketch image, I thought of the word bubble image from the Birthday Wit stamp set. The colour in my card are inspired by the designer paper.

I stamped the “you’re welcome” sentiment all over the Smoky Slate cardstock, some full strength and some stamped off once, then adhered this layer to the Basic Gray Carstock base. The two strips of Bubbles and Fizz DSP were adhered next.

I stamped the large word bubble sentiment with Basic Black Archival ink on the Daffodil Delight cardstock, then die cut the stitched circle shape with the Stitched Shapes Framelits and my trusty Big Shot. After attaching a swirl of Black Metallic Thread to the back with a Stampin’ Dimensional, the Daffodil Delight circle was then attached to the card front with more Stampin’ Dimensionals.

I stamped the “You’re Welcome” sentiment again, but this time with Archival Black ink on a strip of Burmuda Bay cardstock, flagging the end with my Paper Snips and attaching the completed piece with … you guessed it!! Stampin’ Dimensionals.

The final touch was to add the individual dots of colour. I added a Daffodil Delight dot and a Burmuda Bay star, both from the Brights Enamel Shapes. I also added one of the new Tutti-Frutti Adhesive Backed Sequins (in Lemon Lime Twist). I love these adhesive backed sequin!! We need more of these (different colours and sizes – don’t you agree!!?)

March 10, 2017

It’s Your Party!

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It’s time for another challenge! For this happy card, I used the Large Letters Framelits and the Festive Birthday Designer Series Paper from Stampin’ Up!

Here’s the As You See It Challenge sketch that is responsible for my creative mojo:

So fun and simple, don’t you think!? At first glance, I liked how the dots on the sketch went light to dark across the page and tried to think of how I could use that in my own design. But my final result rarely goes as planned and I found myself inspired by a deep desire for bright colours to pull me out of the winter blues.

Here’s what I came up with:

I used the Large Letters Framelits from Stampin’ Up! to cut the letters ‘P’, ‘R’, and ‘Y’ from a piece of Whisper White cardstock and stamped the sentiment from the Endless Birthday Wishes stamp set above the ‘Y’ with Melon Mambo ink. I then adhered a piece of the Festive Birthday Designer Series Paper (DSP) to my Thick Whisper White cardstock base before adhering the stamped and die cut Whisper White layer over the DSP with Stampin’ Up Dimensionals.

I added the inside of the letter ‘P’ and ‘R’ using Dimensionals cut in half because those pieces are so narrow. The letter ‘A’ is die cut from Emerald Envy cardstock, while the letter ‘T’ is cut from Tempting Turquoise cardstock. These letters were added to the front of the card using Stampin’ Up! Dimensionals.

For a festive confetti-like flare, I added some Brights Candy Dots. Sadly, these are no longer available, but the current Brights Enamel Dots would be perfect for this card. In fact, if I had them, I would have used the star shapes to make this card even more fun!

I like how this card is appropriate for anyone, male or female and of any age. This one will be for my son, who’s turning 13 this month!

I’m going to have a TEENAGER!!! ACK!!

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