Sketch Saturday

It's a quick post before the football game between Washington Commanders and Philadelphia Eagles gets going! Go Commanders! 

My card uses a loose interpretation of the block layout for the new Sketch Saturday challenge. The florals are washi tape adhered to white cardstock then die cut then adhered to a stenciled background. 

STAMPS: Chrysanthemum (Pinkfresh Studio.

PAPER: Stamper's Select White (Papertrey Ink.

INK: Lovely Lady, Hibiscus Burst, Harvest Gold, Melon Berry (Papertrey Ink); Versafine Clair Nocturne.

DIES: Chrysanthemum (Pinkfresh Studio); Stitched Polka Dot Card Front (Concord & 9th); Skinny Frames: Diagonal Border (Papertrey Ink).

OTHER: Modern Rug stencil (Pinkfresh Studio).  

 Thanks for stopping by and commenting!  ~Wanda

Oh, Hello

Loved the July Color Challenge over on the Reverse Confetti blog and knew right away I wanted to pair it with Chupa's fun layout for her Sketchbook Saturday Challenge!  This is pretty self-explanatory, so I'll just get right to the supply list...




STAMPS: Petals 'n Posies (Reverse Confetti), Arrows and Elements (Reverse

Confetti).
PAPER: Ooh La La For Her by MME, A Walk in the Park by Echo Park, Vintage Cream (PTI), Yellow textured paper by Bazzil.
INK: Groovy Guava, Lucky Limeade, Black Licorice by MFT.
ACCESSORIES: Fishtail Flags Die-Namics by MFT, Petals 'n Posies Confetti Cuts, Pretty Panels Diagonal Stripes, Class Act Confetti Cuts, Groovy Guava stitched ribbon by SU.

Watercolor Birthday

Fun card to create using an acrylic block as a "stamp" with distress ink colors! I stamped the block

on Tim Holtz' Peacock Feathers, Peeled Paint, Spiced Marmalade, and Mustard Seed ink pads, misted lightly with water and stamped on Ranger watercolor paper using the smooth side.  I dried it after each "stamp" using a heat gun.  Balloons were stamped on die cut shapes then popped with foam tape.  Perfect for another masculine birthday card needed this month!  Loved the easy sketch in Chupa's Sketchbook Saturday Challenge #124.  I'm also CASEing today's Featured Stamper - Maura (aka beesmom) - on SCS with her card HERE for inspiration.

STAMPS: Whole Lotta' Happy (WPlus9)
PAPER: Orange Zest (PTI), White, Black
ACCESSORIES: Whole Lotta Happy dies and Happy Trio dies by WPlus9.

Color Throwdown

Check out these yummy colors for this week's Color Throwdown Challenge!  Broni has this fabulous beach scene to inspire us, however, I decided to go with a feather theme (from seagulls, of course)!

I'm also playing along with Chupa's Sketchbook Saturday Challenge which is a real classic and simple layout.  I die cut then stamped and white embossed the feathers.  To color them, I squished the ink pads (Coastal Cabana, Strawberry Slush and Sahara Sand) and picked up the colors in the lids with an Aquapainter brush and painted on the back side of each feather. I discovered that adhering vellum to a card is easy and doesn't show through when I use clear Kool Tak foam pads (found mine at Simon Says Stamp).  I die cut two sentiments - one in black and the second in Sahara Sand then off set them slightly for a shadow effect. 

Our guest star stamper this week is Christy Stanford of Snapdragon Stamps, so be sure and check out her gallery HERE!  Play along with us this week and you just might be in the spotlight next week!  You don't have to have exact colors to play along, but you do need to have a close resemblance.  Be sure and link your creation to the linky tool at the bottom of the current challenge post on the Color Throwdown blog.

Want some more inspiration from the rest of the design team?  Check them out below...

Barbara Anders
Broni Holcombe 
Cindy Lawrence  

Joan Ervin  
Lori Tecler 
   Monika Davis  
Tammy Hershberger  
Vickie Zimmer  
Wanda Cullen (you are here)
Annette Allen - May Guest Designer

STAMPS: Fine Feathers (Waltzingmouse Stamps).
PAPER: Coastal Cabana, Strawberry Slush, Sahara Sand, White, Vellum, Retrofresh DP by SU.
INK: Strawberry Slush, Coastal Cabana, Sahara Sand.
ACCESSORIES: Stitched quilted BG die by Lil Inker Designs, Fine Feathers die set by Waltzingmouse Stamps, Baker's twine, Embellishment by SU, Hello die by Simon Says Stamp.

CQC & Sketchbook Saturday

I am really loving both the colors in the Colour Q Challenge and the layout for the Sketchbook Saturday Challenge! This is the result when I merged the two. When I saw that gorgeous floral dress design, I knew I wanted to use more of the Spring Blooms stamp set with coordinating dies by WPlus9.  The striped border was a scrap piece of paper from MME's "Happier" Six by Six pad and the scalloped border was the negative leftover of a MFT Die-Namic whose name totally escapes me now. The embossed BG is a folder by Lifestyle Crafts.

INK: Old Olive, Certainly Celery, Tangerine Tango, Calypso Coral, Pretty in Pink, Crushed Curry, Black Licorice hybrid ink by MFT.

Thanks for stopping by...

Bunnies and Blooms

This card is a "threefer"...i.e., made for three different challenges:
SCS Free 4 All Challenge - Use circles in the background.
Colour Q Challenge 
Sketchbook Saturday Challenge - sketch by Chupa.

I had happy mail earlier today - several stencils from Simon Says Stamp and
some new stitched dies by Lil Inker Designs!  I picked Tim Holtz distress inks that were close to the Colour Q colors and stenciled the background using TCW's Mini Well Rounded stencil.

Here's my enabler's list:
STAMPS: Rainbow and Clouds Sentiments (Lil Inker Designs)
PAPER: Bermuda Bay, Smoky Slate, White, Calypso Coral, Groovy Guava
INK: Peacock Feathers, Spiced Marmalade, Weathered Wood, Dried Marigold - all distress inks by TH
ACCESSORIES: Stitched bunny and floral dies by Lil Inker Designs; Buttons by SU, A2 Curved Borders One by Spellbinders; TCW Mini Well Rounded stencil.

Corner Collage

 SS and church...beef stew, homemade rolls and baked apples for lunch...then some lazy stamping time in the afternoon! The sun is out and it's not so miserably cold...love this day!  Today's Featured Stamper Challenge on SCS is honoring Mynnette (aka stamping_Mynn).  I cased her card HERE.  I'm also playing along with Chupa's Sketchbook Saturday Challenge...LOVE her sketches!   

I used splatters and sequins to echo Mynn's circle elements.  For the sparkle element, I went with some Wendy Vecchi metallic gold embossing paste which adds so much fun dimension and sheen!  I first stamped the script background by only inking up a portion of the BG stamp with Vintage Photo distress ink.  I then stamped the floral image in Peacock Feathers ink, then added the embossing paste with a fern stencil by TCW.  Some grunge splatters in Lucky Limeade, a hello die (Simon Says Stamp) in Early Espresso, a fussy cut stamped washi tape image from SU's Tape It set, and some Lucky Blend sequins by Avery Elle complete this fun to create freestyle collage card!

STAMPS: Tape It (SU), Gorgeous Grunge (SU), French Script (SU), Nature's Moments (Tim Holtz).

Gaga Over Sequins

...and that's the theme for the Free 4 All Challenge on SCS today.  I'm a big fan of sequins and here lately, you'll generally always see a few sprinkled on my creations.  

My favorites are from Avery Elle where the color families have varying sizes and shades of color in each package.  I'm also playing along with Chupa's Sketchbook Saturday Challenge - isn't that a fabulous layout?!  I thought it would be perfect to sneak peek some new ODBD goodies that will be released tomorrow!  The bumblebee and zinnias are from the Zinnia stamp set which has matching dies available as well.  The largest zinnia on this card is actually the smallest of two zinnia images.  I wanted varying sizes for this sketch, so stamped the flower 3 times and fussy cut two smaller sizes.  I used Stampendous Detail White EP on Real Red cardstock.  The sentiment was stamped with Versafine Onyx Black on vellum and clear embossed.  Notice the border?  I took one of ODBD Beautiful Border dies from their February release and trimmed off the narrow scalloped portion.  It's a way to get more bang for your buck - lol!  I love trying to think outside of the box with my supplies! 

Thanks so much for stopping by...TGIF and I have the day off!  I'm working on LOTS of laundry today then need to run some errands.

Color Throwdown

Check out the new Color Throwdown Challenge! Broni has given us these yummy colors from this dreamy inspiration photo! 

I tweaked the blue a bit and went with Coastal Cabana CS for the Happy sentiment die.  You've been seeing this SU Fresh Prints pack of papers a lot lately in my creations, and I'm not finished with them yet! :-)  I'm also playing along with Chupa's current Sketchbook Saturday challenge and LOVE this layout!

 STAMPS: Mum's the Word (PTI), Rainbow and Cloud Sentiments (Lil Inker Designs).
PAPER: Fresh Prints DP (SU), Coastal Cabana, Baked Brown Sugar, White.
INK: Chocolate Chip, Coastal Cabana
ACCESSORIES: Jute twine, Avery Elle Berry Blend sequins, Accent It-Celebrate Die-Namics (MFT).

For more inspiration, you'll want to check out the rest of the design team's creations below, along with our guestie...Linda McClain.

          
Barbara Anders - Paper Pursuits

                                              Broni Holcombe - Splashes of Watercolor 
                                                   Joan Ervin - Stamping With Passion
                                                          Lori Tecler - Inking Aloud

Melody Rupple - A Paper Melody

Monika Davis - M.A.D. Stamper

Tammy Hershberger - Stamp Happy

Vickie Zimmer -  Smitten   
Wanda Cullen - Cullen-ary Creations (you are here)
 Linda McClain (January guest designer) - Catered Crop
 I want to say a big THANK YOU to Linda McClain - our January guest designer!  She was a wonderful inspiration to our challenges this month!

Thanks for stopping by...sure hope to see you in our gallery this week! Stay tuned next Wednesday when we'll introduce a new monthly guest designer for February.

Sketchbook Saturday Sketch

This card is a CASE of today's SCS Featured Stamper - rebeccadeeprose - whose card HERE inspired me. It also fits Chupa's current Sketchbook Saturday Challenge, so it's a two for one special! :-)  I took a very literal interpretation with the layout and used these leafy dies by Cheery Lynn Designs then added some satin roses using medium glue dots.  The sentiment was a complimentary freebie stamp from PTI that I never inked up and have had for a very long time.  I was happy for these challenges, so I could finally use it.

PAPER: Soft Sky (SU), True Black and Soft Stone (PTI).

Color Throwdown

Don't you just LOVE this delightful color combo that Broni has thrown down for us this week?! I embraced them for another Christmas card and was in love with the non-traditional color combo!

This is the last Color Throwdown challenge for 2013, but be assured we will be back in 2014 with more awesome colors and a new guest designer!  I want to thank Cindy Lawrence for her gorgeous card samples the past two months!  She totally rocks!

This card is all about favorites for me.  Anyone following my blog knows I love this SU Gorgeous Grunge set for fun backgrounds.  The snowflake die is another favorite winter element that is so fun to layer.  I also love the funky fonts in Julee's Joyous Noel stamp set (Verve), so couldn't resist using a sentiment from that set.  I'm a big fan of Chupa's Sketchbook Saturday Challenge and the current one really jumped out at me.  What a great layout!

Remember...to play along with the Color Throwdown challenge, you don't have to use exact colors - just something that's close.  If you upload to a public gallery, please use the keyword CTD 272 and also link up your card on the Color Throwdown blog using the linky tool.

For more inspiration, you'll want to check out the rest of the design team's creations, along with our  talented guest designer, Cindy Lawrence:                                                 
                                                      Barbara Anders - Paper Pursuits
                                              Broni Holcombe - Splashes of Watercolor 
                                                   Joan Ervin - Stamping With Passion

Lori Tecler - Inking Aloud
Melody Rupple - A Paper Melody

Tammy Hershberger - Stamp Happy

Vickie Zimmer -  Smitten

                                    Wanda Cullen - Cullen-ary Creations (you are here)

Cindy Lawrence - Nov./Dec. Guest Designer - The Creative Closet

STAMPS: Gorgeous Grunge (SU), Joyous Noel (Verve)

PAPER: Smoky Slate, Baja Breeze, Certainly Celery, Silver glitter CS (SU); White by PTI.

INK: Smoky Slate, Baja Breeze, Certainly Celery, Perfect Plum, Black

ACCESSORIES: Rhinestones by SU, Bigz Snow Flurry die by Sizzix (SU), Button by SU, Silver cording. 

Sketchbook Saturday

Brrrr...baby, it's COLD outside!! It was a rude awakening this morning when I got up at 8 AM and it
was 21 degrees outside and VERY windy with a much lower wind chill factor! Guess the use of snowflakes on this card is right on target when I see the forecast for this week. :-(  I loved the layout that Chupa has for the current  Sketchbook Saturday Challenge!  Pulled out a paper pad from last year called "Sweater Weather" by MME and highlighted with the navy and kraft colors.  For some reason, I'm drawn to using the eclectic combination of sparkle and bling with jute twine.   Thanks for stopping by...

STAMPS: Richly Blessed (Verve)
PAPER: Sweater Weather (MME), Night of Navy, Silver glitter CS (SU), White (PTI)
INK: Night of Navy
ACCESSORIES: Large snowflake punch by EK Success, Small snowflake punch by Martha Stewart, Jute twine, Navy satin ribbon, Doily by SU, Corner chomper, Rhinestone.

Stamp Club Results

Always enjoy getting together every other month for my SU demo's stamp club meeting! This morning we learned how to create custom sized envelopes using the envelope punch board and also created the above winter card using this adorable snowman from SU's "Snow Day" set, some washi tape, an embossing folder, button and twine.  The snowman was stamped off once using Sahara Sand ink which gives it a subtle rustic feel.  I added some jute twine to my button - also by SU.  The card base is Sahara Sand cardstock.  The cool guy was fussy cut and popped with foam tape.
 

 

My notecard is 4" x 3" and uses Chupa's current Sketchbook Saturday Challenge layout - a unique angled pattern.  I had some retired SU designer papers and paired them with Vintage Cream CS - finishing it off with some Early Espresso ribbon by SU.  The stamped images are from Reverse Confetti's last release...a set called "Tinsel 'n Trim.

Gold & Silver Christmas

I have another quick Monday post...this time for 3 of my favorite challenges:
CAS-ual Fridays - embossing
Sketchbook Saturday Challenge - after posting, I realized I didn't make the main panel an offset area of the base! :-(  Will have to try this sketch again and do it right next time!
CAS challenge on SCS - use one of 3 inspiration photos (I chose the gold and silver wreath).

The wreath, from WPlus9's Woodland Wreaths set, has 4 different stamped layers with Pear Pizzazz, Baked Brown Sugar, embossed silver and lastly, embossed gold berries.  I created the embossed stripes using images from SU's Gorgeous Grunge set and the sentiment is from Verve's Joyous Noel set.

ACCESSORIES: Corner chomper, Gold and silver cording, SU silver EP, Queen's Gold EP by Ranger, Woodland Wreath die set.