Hey everyone! Are you ready for another Color Throwdown Challenge? I hope so, because you won't want to miss Barbara's great inspiration photo that inspired the hot pink, green (note it's a bluish green shade...leaning towards teal), black and white color combination! It's been awhile since I've played with Altenew's Peony Scrolls and I thought they'd be perfect with the hot pink!
I used last week's sketch for the Freshly Made Sketches Challenge (missed the deadline unfortunately!). I die cut the flowers and leaves then stamped the images using Memento Tuxedo Black. I colored with Copics (RV02, RV04, RV06, RV09, G12, YG45, YG63) then popped some of them with foam tape. I added a zigzag SRM sticker stitch to the sentiment flag which was clear embossed after stamping in black. A trio of clear sequins finished off the design.
STAMPS: Peony Scrolls and Painted Greetings by Altenew.
PAPER: Recollections' Black and White printed cardstock; X-Press It Blending Card.
DIES: Stitched Fishtail Flags Die-Namics by MFT; Stitched squares by Lil' Inker Designs; Peony Scrolls by Altenew.
We're happy to announce that Leslie Miller of Running With Scissors is our March guest designer! I've been a fan of Leslie's work for a long time and look forward to having her join us!
Our guest star stamper is Michele Greenwood of Whimsical Creations! Congratulations Michele! Be sure and stop by her blog to check out her gorgeous card!
To get all the details on how to play along, please go to the Color Throwdown blog!
You can also check out the rest of the design teams' creations for more
inspiration on the CTD blog or you can clink on their links below.
Barbara Anders
Broni Holcombe
Joan Ervin
Jodi Collins
Lisa Henke
Lori Tecler
Lynn Put
Vickie Zimmer
Wanda Cullen (you are here)
Leslie Miller - March Guest Designer
Looking
forward to seeing how you use these colors this week!
Happy stamping!
We're at the end of February (goodbye to my least favorite month of the year!) and that means a different shaped card other than A2 for the Mojo Monday Challenge. Julee has a fun square sketch for us and I knew it would be perfect for this sweet little peep from Verve's Chicks Rule set! The card is 4 1/4" square so it will still fit into an A2 size envelope. I'm thinking a special little grand-daughter would love to get this card in the mail or maybe in her Easter basket! :-)
I colored the chick with Copics then fussy cut and popped it with foam dots. The flowers and leaves were embossed with Melon Mambo and Wild Wasabi embossing powders and lightly colored with Copics. The sentiment was embossed with Stampendous detail white EP. Designer papers are all from the Sugar Shoppe pad by Doodlebug Design Inc.
For more inspiration from the rest of the mojomakers, click on their blog links
below...or...you can go to the Mojo Monday blog and click on the first nine thumbnails.
Carole Burrage
Julee Tilman (Owner)
Justin Krieger
Lori Tecler
Marisa Ritzen
Mary Fish
Sarah Bigelow
Teresa Kline
Wanda Cullen (you are here)
TGIF and I'm off work today! Gives me time to play along with the new CAS(E) This Sketch challenge! I'm needing to build up my supply of birthday cards, so this sketch was perfect to create another balloon shaped card - inspired by Jennifer McGuire's tutorial HERE. I changed it up some by using a Versamark pad to "sponge" the dots then heat embossed with clear EP instead of using embossing paste. This was so much easier and I didn't need to include drying time! Here's what I used...
STAMPS: Sending and Wishing (Simon Says Stamp)
PAPER: Coastal Cabana, Black, White, Metallic Silver
INK: Versamark, Memento Tuxedo Black
ACCESSORIES: Balloons die set (SSS), Wishing die (SSS), Large Dots stencil (SSS), Twine by SU, Stitched Stars (Lil' Inker Designs), Stitched Fishtail Flags Die-Namics by MFT, Clear embossing powder by SU.
This is a first for me to play along with a Papertrey Ink blog hop, but couldn't resist when I got an early sneak peek at this month's gorgeous inspiration photo! I was primarily inspired by the colors, the florals and the textures. Here is what I came up with...
I watercolored the background using Picked Raspberry and Peeled Paint distress inks. I wanted to use the largest Circle Scribbles die to give the illusion of a wreath that was topped off by some Bitty Bouquets. The sentiment - also from Bitty Bouquets stamp set - was black embossed on a vellum die cut flag.
Tiny Tip: I used a yellow marker to add some highlights to the tulips and leaves. When I first began my stamping journey many, many years ago, my first SU demonstrator pointed out that real life flowers and leaves often have a hint of yellow in their coloring and recommended we add yellow highlights to our stamped images.
I'm playing along with the current CAS(E) This Sketch Challenge! All of the horizontal lines led me to try the overlapping stamping technique using a solid line stamp that Jennifer McGuire recently demonstrated in a tutorial HERE. I used 4 colors from WPlus9's Pure Color dye inks: Little Piggy, Wild Mango, Beanstalk, and Bo Peep. The images were all stamped with Versamark and heat embossed using Stampendous' Detail White Opaque embossing powder. I went with this older MFT Timeless set...stamping the sentiment on vellum. The clock hands were fussy cut from vellum and attached by a mini silver brad. The card base is New Leaf CS by PTI and the line stamp is from Reverse Confetti's So Stripey set.
We are having yet another rainy day here in VA, but I'm OK with that as long as it's not SNOW!! Thanks so much for stopping by...
Welcome to another Color Throwdown Challenge where yours truly is the hostess this week! This photo inspired me to challenge you to use some springtime colors: pink, light green and kraft. After recently buying this Floral and Flutter Bundle from Concord and 9th, I knew right away I wanted to do an emboss resist technique on my card.
I started by white embossing the florals on Ranger watercolor CS, then I watercolored with Picked Raspberry and Twisted Citron distress inks then splattered with a mixture of Antique Linen and Scattered Straw. I'm loving the open floral die that coordinates with this stamp set and adhered only the center with a tiny glue dot so the petals could be slightly curled up! The sentiment is PTI's Wet Paint stamp and die set - cut once in metallic gold and once in kraft CS. The Diagonal Stripe BG stamp is by My Favorite Things and was stamped using a MISTI with Little Piggy ink by WPlus9. It's difficult to get thorough coverage with only one inking on a large background stamp, so the MISTI allows you to do it twice for a crisper image! This card was created for my one DIL who hit the big 30 year birthday milestone last week!
Big congrats to our guest star stamper - Karren Johnson! Be sure and stop by her blog and say hello!
A big THANKS to the uber talented Kay Miller for being our guest designer in February! We'll miss her but will have another great guestie to announce next week...stay tuned!
To get all the details on how to play along, please go to the Color Throwdown blog! You can also check out the rest of the design teams' creations for more inspiration on the CTD blog or you can clink on their links below.
Barbara Anders
Broni Holcombe
Joan Ervin
Jodi Collins
Lisa Henke
Lori Tecler
Lynn Put
Vickie Zimmer
Wanda Cullen (you are here)
Kay Miller - February Guest Designer
Looking
forward to seeing how you use these colors this week!
Happy stamping!
I wanted to play along with the Color Challenge on SCS after seeing Joyce's posting of these lovely spring colors: Wisteria Wonder, Pool Party and Pear Pizzazz with the dessert option to use flowers. I used non-SU colors that were in the same family: Tumbled Glass distress ink for the watercolor BG and Cockleshell and Beanstalk dye inks by WPlus9. I cut three of the 'happy' dies and layered them to give better dimension.
STAMPS: Bitty Bouquets (florals) and Wet Paint (sentiment) by PTI.
PAPER: Sno Cone by MFT; True Black by PTI; Neenah Solar White.
ACCESSORIES: Circle Scribbles die, Wet Paint die, and Bitty Bouquets die by PTI; Stitched rectangle die by Lil' Inker Designs; Sprinkles (lily white) adhesive dots by Doodlebug Design.
It's another rainy day in Virginia, but I'll take that ahead of the white stuff! Have a great day and thanks for stopping by...
