Challenge #34 - A Sketch Challenge

Apologies for this fortnight's challenge being a little late but I was crazily busy this weekend and was out all day yesterday so I didn't get chance to upload until today.

Anyway this fortnight's challenge is to make a card using the sketch below. The side twist is that you cannot use any flower stamps at all! So dig out all those other stamps you have and get creating!

This is Elaine's pretty card using patterned paper to make her flowers.

Recipe:

Stamps: Live Your Dream, Framed with Love, A Bit of Birthday Cheer

Papers: Whisper White, Pretty in Pink, Sweet Pea Paper stack

Inks: Rose Red

Accessories: Large Heart punch, Scallop Circle punch, 1" double stitched Rose Red grosgrain ribbon, 1/4" Chocolate Chip grosgrain ribbon, Flower Designer brads, Square Ice brads, platinum shimmer paint

And here's mine.

Recipe:

Stamps: I {Heart} Hearts, Live Your Dream

Papers: Chocolate Chip, kraft, real Red, Whisper White

Inks: Chocolate Chip, Real Red

Accessories: Chocolate Chip Satin Ribbon, Small Heart Punch

Don't forget to leave us a link to your card in the comments box below.

Challenge #33 - Colour Challenge

This fortnight's colour challenge is an easy one - you can only use retiring colours but you can use Whisper White or Very Vanilla as your neutral colour. The side twist is to use a patterned paper that will also be retiring because of the colours in it or because Stampin' Up have already stated that it will be retired at the end of the catalogue.

Up first is Amy's beautiful ode to the pale purples that are going in October. It's such a shame that these ones are going as they really are pretty shades of purple.

Recipe:

Stamps: Mr & Mrs, Trendy Trees

Ink: Lovely Lilac, Lavender Lace

Paper: Tea Party DSP, Lovely Lilac, Lavender Lace, Almost Amethyst, Whisper White

Accessories: Markers, Mellow Moss button, whisper white satin ribbon, purple glitter, white signo gel pen, word window punch.

Next is Elaine's beautiful card using the same DSP as Amy but with different colours of cardstock this time. The first photo shows the front of the card.

This second photo shows the card partially opened.

And the last of Elaine's photos shows the inside in more detail. What a fabulous design huh?

Recipe:

Stamps: Flight of the Butterfly, Greenhouse Garden, Oval All

Ink: Almost Amethyst, Lovely Lilac, Barely Banana, Apricot Appeal

Papers: Tea Party, Almost Amythest, Barely Banana, Whisper White

Accessories: Fine cosmo glitter, Dazzling Diamonds, Butterfly punch,Large oval, oval scallop, So Saffron striped grosgrain, Pretties Kit

And finally here's mine. I didn't use any Tea Party DSP, but chose the NIght & Day pack which will also be retiring in October and teamed it with a bright pink and purple to make a folder for my nestabilities. Amy told me how to do this when I visited her this week and there are more details on my blog.

Recipe:

Stamps: Sweet Stitches wheel, Flight of the Butterfly, Just Perfect Alphabet

Inks: Pixie Pink, Orchid Opulence

Papers: Pixie Pink, Orchid Opulence, Whisper White, Night & Day DSP

Accessories: Eyelet Border Punch, Butterfly Punch, Whisper White Satin ribbon

So which colours are you sad to see going? Leave us a link below to show us what you've made!

Challenge #32 - An Inspiration Challenge

This fortnight's challenge is an easy one - just use the picture below as inspiration for your project. You might want to choose the theme, the colours or just certain parts of the picture. How you interpret it is totally up to you! The side twist is to use 3 different stamp sets or more!

This is Amy's gorgeous card. I love that hummingbird in the bright Summer Sun - such a great contrast against the blue background.

Recipe:


Stamps: Garden Dream, Baroque Motifs, Loads of Love Accessories

Paper: Whisper White, Night of Navy, Watercolour crayons

Ink: Riding Hood Red, Wild Wasabi, Summer Sun, More Mustard, Baja Breeze, Night of Navy, Pacific Point, Stazon

Accessories: Hodgepodge Hardware, brayer
 

This is the outside of Elaine's trifold with a twist card. So much detail has gone into this card - it's just amazing!

And this is the inside...How cute is that little boat scene?!

Recipe:

Stamps: Studio Sketches, Autumn Splendour, Life's a Breeze, Greenhouse Garden

Papers: Confetti White, Tempting Turquoise, Whisper White, Vellum

Ink: Garden Green, Tempting Turquoise, Real Red, Chocolate Chip, Summer Sun

Accessories: Watercolour crayons


And this is my card. I went for summery colours with the tropical flowers.

Recipe:

Stamps: Greenhouse Garden, Dot Dot Dot, Circle of Friendship

Papers: Melon Mambo, Rich Razzleberry, Whisper White, Pink Flamingo DSP

Inks: Melon Mambo, Rich Razzleberry, Summer Sun

Accessories: Scallop Edge Punch, Rich Razzleberry Polka Dot Ribbon


Don't forget to leave us a link below so we can come and check out your lovely creations!

Challenge #31 - A Theme Challenge

This fortnight's challenge is a theme challenge - to honour July being my birthday month, we challenge you to make a birthday card or project with a simple side twist of using any shade of pink (my favourite colour along with black!)

Here's Amy's cute hot air balloon card. I love all the stitching she has done.

Recipe:

Stamps: All for Friends, Baroque, Framed with Love, Sweet Birthday

Paper: Melon Mambo, Basic Black, Noueveu Chic DSP, Whisper White

Ink: Melon Mambo, Sage Shadow, Basic Grey, Stazon black

Accessories: black brads, black marker, blender pen

Up next is a cute gatefold with a twist card from Elaine. I love the interlocking squares! The first photo shows the card closed.

This next photo shows the interlocking squares much better.

And this is the pretty inside too.

Recipe:

Stamps: Out of the Box (Level 1 Hostess set), Queue Up (Level 3 Hostess set), Happy Moments, Best Wishes & More, Hello Again

Papers: Ballet Blue, Whisper White, Pixie Pink, Petal Party Simply Scrappin' Kit

Ink: Pixie Pink, Black Stazon, markers: Yoyo Yellow, Pixie Pink, Watercolour crayons: Pretty in Pink, Ballet Blue, Versamark

Accessories: Latte buttons, 1 3/8" circle punch, 1 3/4" circle punch, trimmer, adhesive stickers from Simply Scrappin Petal Party, Heat & Stick powder, Dazzling Diamonds, Crystal Effects, Whisper White Taffeta ribbon, Cosmo Glitter, White Embossing Powder

And finally here's mine using the middle step card technique. This first photo shows the front view.

And this photo shows the side so you can see the steps a bit better.

Recipe:

Stamps: My Sweet Pea, Wonderful Words

Papers: Pretty in PInk, Chocolate Chip, Certainly Celery, Whisper White, Sweet Pea DSP

Inks: Chocolate Chip, Pretty in Pink, Certainly Celery ink and marker

Accessories: Sweet Pea Felt pieces

Please leave us a link to your card, scrapbook page or project so we can come and visit.

Challenge #30 - A Theme Challenge

This fortnight's challenge is a little different to our usual challenges. We challenge you to CASE (copy and share everything) a card from one of the design team members. Please link to the original card on your blogpost so we can see which card you CASEd. The side twist is to use a technique, layout or colour combo you have never used before.

Amy CASEd this card of Elaine's and came up with this. I love the spinner idea for the greeting, don't you?

And the other side of the spinner...

Recipe:

Stamps: Blooming With Besauty, Hello Again

Papers: Whisper White, So Saffron, Sweet Pea DSP

Inks: Stazon, Rose Red, Chocolate Chip, SU Markers

Accessories: Circle Punches, thread

This is Elaine's card, using the 3D roses technique I did on the second card in this post. It looks beautiful in the fabby Melon Mambo don't you think?

A close up of the flowers...

And the inside of the card...

Recipe:

Stamps: Vintage Vogue, Bella Toile, Wonderful Words

Papers: Melon Mambo, Very Vanilla, Gable Green, Certainly Celery

Inks: Melon Mambo, Certainly Celery

Accessories: 2 step bird punch, Melon Mambo Polka Dot ribbon, 1/2" circle punch

And finally I CASEd Amy's flower idea from this card for mine. I just love the "shimmeri-ness" that the shimmer paints add.

Recipe:

Stamps: Circle Circus

Papers: Taken With Teal, Close To Cocoa, Certainly Celery, Sweet Pea DSP

Inks: Taken With Teal, Close To Cocoa, Certainly Celery, Frost White Shimmer Paint

Accessories: Pretties Kit, Certainly Celery brad and ribbon, Scallop Edge Punch

We would love to see what you come up with so don't forget to leave a link to your projects in the inlinkz box below.

Challenge #29 - Technique Challenge

This fortnight's challenge is a technique one, using the emboss resist technique. this technique is so simple, yet so effective. All you need to do is heat emboss a stamped image with clear or white embossing powder and then colour over it with ink, by using either a brayer, daubers or even some sponges. Wipe off any excess ink from your stamped image with a tissue and voila! So very quick and is a perfect way of making your own background paper in whatever colour you need.

The side twist is to use at least one punch, whether it's a shape, border or an image punch.

This stunning first card from Amy also uses two of the gorgeous new colours, Melon Mambo and Soft Suede.

Recipe:

Stamps: Baroque Motifs, All a Flutter, Friendly, Oval All

Paper: Melon Mambo, Soft Suede, Very Vanilla

Ink: Melon Mambo, Soft Suede, Creamy Caramel, Versamark

Accessories: Very Vanilla ribbon, Choc Chip button, thread, clear EP, sponge daubers, crystal effects, eyelet border punch, oval punch, scallop oval punch.

Elaine's beautiful card uses a frame on the front which makes the main image stand out so wonderfully - a great technique!

And the inside look like this...

Recipe:

Stamps: My Sweet Pea, Pocket Silhouettes, Curvy Verses, Occasional Greetings

Paper: Whisper White, Barely Banana, Pumpkin Pie, Sweet Pea Stack, Old Olive

Ink: Bashful Blue, Barely Banana, More Mustard, Pumpkin Pie, Really Rust, Old Olive, Chocolate Chip 

Accessories: Eyelet border punch, two-step bird punch, Pumpkin Pie grosgrain ribbon, sponge daubers, white embossing powder

And finally here's mine using a set I very rarely use, Bella's Bloom to make a pretty little background paper design.

Recipe:

Stamps: Hello Again, Bella's Bloom

Papers: Cameo Coral, Ruby Red, Tempting Turquoise, Whisper White, Mellow Moss

Inks: Cameo Coral, Versamark, Tempting Turquoise

Accessories: Tempting Turquoise grosgrain ribbon, Eyelet Border Punch, Extra Large Bird Punch

Don't forget to leave us a link below so we can come and see what you've created! Happy Stampin'!

Challenge #28 - A Sketch Challenge

This fortnight's challenge is to make a project, card or scrapbook page or anything else you might like to do, using the sketch below. The side twist is to use retiring colours. You don't have to use the side twist, but they just give something else you can include.

Here's Amy's gorgeous card using the retiring Orchid Opulence. This is such a beautiful colour when paired with the gorgeous new Rich Razzleberry.

Recipe:

Stamps: A Flower for All Seasons, Fresh Cuts

Paper: Cottage Wall DSP, Orchid Opulence, Rich Razzleberry, Old Olive, Whisper White

Ink: Rich Razzleberry, Old Olive, Chocolate Chip

Accessories: Rich Razzleberry polka dot ribbon, Old Olive button, linen thread, 1 3/4" circle punch, corner rounder, Word Window punch


This is Elaine's beautiful card, using 3 different retiring colours, Sage Shadow, Blush Blossom and Almost Amethyst.

Recipe:

Stamps: Tiny Tags, French Filligree

Papers: Blush Blossom, Sage Shadow, Almost Amethyst, Whisper White, scraps of Wintergreen DSP (retired)

Ink: Cameo Coral, Sage Shadow, Versamark

Accessories: Scallop circle punch, 1", 1 1/4", 1 3/8", 1 3/4" circle punches, square scallop punch, word window punch, heat & stick powder, Dazzling Diamonds, Champagne Mist shimmer paint

And finally here's my card, using Not Quite Navy, Pretty in Pink and Basic Gray. I actually thought Not Quite Navy was retiring and forgot to check the list before making it, so I didn't actually do the side twist! Oops!

Recipe:

Stamps: Vintage Vogue

Papers: Basic Gray, Not Quite Navy, Pretty in Pink, Whisper White, Bella Bleu DSP

Inks: Basic Gray, Not Quite Navy, Pretty in Pink ink and marker

Accessories: Whisper White and Basic Gray Tafetta ribbons, 1 3/4" Circle Punch, Scallop Circle Punch, Clear Rhinestone Brads

Don't forget to use the inlinkz link below to show us what you've come up with.