Color Throwdown #269

Happy Sunday everyone!  I was able to play in this week's Color Throwdown challenge.  Love these fall/Thanksgiving colors and they went well with an idea I've had for about a week.

 

I was in Starbucks last week and saw this sign for one of their coffees.  Isn't it cool?  I immediately thought I could replicate it with the help of my Silhouette Cameo.  And guess what?  I did!

I searched the Silhouette store for a turkey and found one that was almost exactly the same as the one in the photo.  Here's what I did:  I just created a rectangle and welded it to the turkey!  Voila!  It looks just like the photo!  In keeping with the CTD colors, I cut the shape out with soft suede cardstock, but I think it's a little light.  So...

I made another using early espresso and I like it better.  More like the photo.  I added an embossed sentiment, a burlap circle, a button, and some twine to finish it off.  A simple card that could be reproduced quite quickly.

 

Thanks for stopping by!

 

Recipe

Stamps:  Autumn Hills (Papertrey Ink)

Paper:  Soft suede, early espresso, peach parfait, Sugar Hill (Farmhouse)

Ink:  Versamark

Accessories:  Silhouette Cameo and turkey die cut, burlap circle, button, twine, white embossing powder

Just Us Girls #216 - Photo Inspiration

My favorite Just Us Girls challenge is the photo inspiration challenge, and this one is fabulous!  Vicki always manages to find the most amazing photos for these challenges.

 

Just take a look at this photo!  Isn't it so festive?  So many inspiration possibilities!

 

I was so inspired by the red stripes, the stockings, the blue, and the polka dots.  The stripes on my card were created using a Wendy Vecchi stripe stencil and Festive Berries Distress Ink.  I just applied the ink with a blending tool and it really came out so clean and crisp.  I die cut the stockings from white cardstock and pattern paper then layered them together.  The tops of the stockings were run through my Xyron machine then I applied Clear Rock Candy Distress glitter on top.  The dots on the bottom are just a strip of the pattern paper, and I stamped the sentiment below.  I added some red crystals for more bling.

 

I followed this sketch from Clean & Simple Sketches.

I have forgotten the last two weeks to mention our November Guest Designer Nancy Penir.  I am so sorry for Stylibeing so remiss because her last two creations were absolutely fabulous.  Please make sure you check out her blog along with all of the JUGs DT blogs below.

 

JUGs blog

Cheryl Rowley

Maria Levine

Marisa Ritzen

Nancy Leppek

Sharyn Polesel

Sue TrembethSue VanDeVusse

Vicki Dutcher

Nancy Penir, Guest Designer

 

Thanks for stopping by!

 

Recipe

Stamps:  Stylish Sentiments: Holidays (Papertrey Ink)

Paper:  Neenah white, 'Tis the Season (MME)

Ink:  Festive Berries Distress Ink, real red

Accessories:  Precious Stockings die (Memory Box), Yikes Strips stencil (Wendy Vecchi), Clear Rock Cancy Distress Glitter, Xyron machine, red crystals

 



Sympathy

My husband unfortunately needed a sympathy card for a former co-worker of his whose wife passed away.  I don't make many of these, but they would be nice to have on hand.  These events are always so sudden.  I decided to CASE myself with this card I made years ago.  I just love that sympathy stamp and the Penny Black flower has always been a favorite of mine!  The last time I made this card, I used watercolor crayons.  Today I used Distress markers.  Both so pretty!

 

So do you have a stash of Sympathy cards?  I  think I should include some in mine!  Thanks for stopping by today!

 

Recipe

Stamps:  Sympathy Calligraphy (Paper Inspirations), Flower (Penny Black)

Paper:  Vintage cream, black, Madison Avenue (MME)

Ink:  Memento tuxedo black, Distress markers:  crushed olive, spun sugar, aged mahogany

Accessories:  Corner chomper, PTI ribbon

 





Just Us Girls #215 - Color Challenge

Hi everyone!  We have a new color challenge this week over at Just Us Girls.  Marisa chose the fabulous color palette and it happens to be my favorite!

 

I have been seeing these angled panels all over blogland, and as a matter of fact, Papertrey Ink has just released a die yesterday to get the perfect angled panel.  I cut one myself and just made a template of it so I could use it over and over.  Will I buy the PTI one?  Probably!  I'm a PTI junkie!

 

Anyway, I digress!  On this card, I cut the angled panel out of riding hood red cardstock and paired it with one of my all-time favorite pattern paper from SU which is retired called Christmas Cocoa.  The Santa image is from the Tim Holtz Collection and Stampers Anonymous.  I've always loved this image, and apparently I love it so much I purchased it twice!  Yes I have the cling mount as well as the wood mount versions!  That ever happen to you?  Be honest now!  I stamped the sentiment, from PTI's Instant Photo: Holidays, in Versamark and embossed it in white ep.  Ribbon and a snowflake button finish it off.

I actually did this card first, but I wasn't loving the way the twine looked.  To "petite".  I should have wrapped it around the panel about three times.  Hind sight is 20/20!  I reversed the colors of the panels, image, and card base from the other one.  I like the red image better I think!

 

Want more inspiration?  Check out these blogs.  We have a fabulous guest this month, Nancy Penir! 

 

JUGs blog
Nancy Penir, November Guest Designer

Cheryl Rowley

Maria Levine

Marisa Ritzen

Nancy Leppek

Sharyn Polesel

Sue Trembeth

Sue VanDeVusse

Vicki Dutcher

 

Thanks for stopping by!  Have a great weekend!

 

 

Recipe

Stamps:  Instant Photo:  Holidays (PTI); Santa (Tim Holtz Collection by Stampers Anonymous)

Paper:  Neenah white, soft suede, riding hood red, Christmas Cocoa (SU retired)

Ink:  Versamark, riding hood red, soft suede

Accessories:  Ribbon, twine, snowflake buttons, white embossing powder, dimensionals 

Die Cutting for Holiday Cards

I'm taking the Holiday Card Workshop from Online Card Classes and Jennifer McGuire did something that just blew me away today.  I watched her video while I was a lunch at work today, and I just couldn't wait to get home to try this technique.

Jennifer called this technique layered die-cut inlay and her cards were amazing.  However, I didn't have dies that I could layer, so I made do with what I had.  She used wood paper, and of course I didn't have that either.  So I went to Michael's on my way home and just bought some wood grain pattern paper.  I cased a card  she did to create this card.  The word, trees, houses, and clouds were all colored with copics, then I added shimmer with a Wink of Stella brush.  There was a spot that was bare, so I stamped the word "merry" in red.  I don't think I inked it up enough!  This really looks so much better in person.  I had fun doing this technique and creating this card 

I hope you enjoyed my card.  Thanks for stopping by!

 

Recipe

Stamps:  Merriest Christmas Wishes (Hero Arts)

Paper:  Vintage cream, riding hood red, wood grain pattern paper

Ink:  Copics - G94, R27, E25, B52 & 97

Accessories:  Clouds 1&2 dies (PTI), Country Landscape and Christmas Script dies (Memory Box), Wink of Stella brush

 



Just Us Girls #214 - Technique Challenge

Are you ready for another technique challenge from Just Us Girls?  I chose another challenge that Jennifer McGuire shared on her blog.   You can see it here.

And so the Christmas card making begins for me!  I chose Papertrey Ink's Polka Dot Parade #9 stamp set to create my background.  I stamped the Merry in riding hood red ink and Christmas in kiwi kiss ink.  The ribbon was added to separate them.  The sentiment is from Two Feet Deep by PTI also.  The clear snowflake I believe is from Heidi Swapp, and I added the white glitter dot in the center.  It's mounted on a lucky limeade card base. 

I was so intrigued by this sketch from CAS(e) this Sketch.  So fun!

You can see more inspiration from the JUGs design team at these blogs.

JUGs blog

Cheryl Rowley

Maria Levine

Marisa Ritzen

Nancy Leppek

Sharyn Polesel

Sue Trembeth

Sue VanDeVusse

Vicki Dutcher

Thanks for stopping by!

Recipe

Stamps:  Polka Dot Parade #9 and Two Feet Deep (Papertrey Ink)

Paper:  Neenah white, lucky limeade

Ink:  Riding hood red, kiwi kiss, Versafine onyx black

Accessories:  Riding hood red and kiwi kiss taffeta ribbon, clear snowflake, glitter dot



Just Us Girls #213 - Sketch Challenge

Hi friends!  This week's Just Us Girls challenge is a sketch challenge, and Sharyn created a great one.

This is my interpretation.  I'm usually pretty literal when it comes to sketches, but those two small circles really through me for a loop!  I just could not make them work with my clock die. I tried every button, bow, brad, and flower in my stash! I think it came out ok though.  This die is from Impression Obsession and I cut it out of this cool silver cardstock my friend and now fellow JUGS member Cheryl gifted me.  You can buy it here and see how it is used in this Theresa Momber video. You can also see how Cheryl used it on her card here.   Really cool stuff!  Thanks Cheryl!

 

I made this card for my SIL's birthday.  I bought her a ticket to see Cher in concert here in Buffalo, NY in April (I'm going too!).  I was thinking of her song "If I Could Turn Back Time" when making this and I will probably type that up on my computer and print it out for the inside of the card. 

You can see more from the JUGs design team at these blogs.

 

JUGs blog

Cheryl Rowley

Maria Levine

Marisa Ritzen

Nancy Leppek

Sharyn Polesel

Sue Trembeth

Sue VanDeVusse

Vicki Dutcher



Thanks for stopping by!

 

Recipe

Stamps:  Hands of Time (Papertrey Ink)

Paper:  Neenah white, Trend Setter (Fancy Pants), silver paper

Ink:  Versamark

Accessories:  Clock die (Impression Obsession), Fancy Flourishes die (PTI), white embossing powder, button, floss, dimensionals