Another Wednesday which means a new Color Throwdown Challenge! We have a gorgeous, elegant color combo...brought to us by Amy Rysavy: gold, gray, black and white! I used products from three different companies to create a couple of cards.
PTI recently released this birch background stamp and birch frame which pairs up well with WPlus9's Stag Trio dies. The large snowflake is by Stampin' Up. Sentiment is also from WPlus9 and is from their Hand Lettered Holiday stamp set with matching dies.
While I had my supplies out, I went ahead and created a similar yet different card. Snowflake dies are by WPlus9.
We'd love to have you join us in the challenge this week! For more details on how to play along, head over to the Color Throwdown blog
and you'll find the information on the right sidebar. You can also
visit the rest of the design team's creations for more inspiration by
clicking on the links below:
Amy Rohl
Amy Rysavy
Barbara Anders
Broni Holcombe
Jodi Collins
Lisa Henke
Lori Tecler
Lynn Put
Vickie Zimmer
Wanda Cullen (you are here)
Kelly Lunceford - November Guest Designer
Are you all shopped out yet after Black Friday or are you like me and you do most of your shopping online? I'm waiting on Cyber Monday to roll around to pretty much complete my Christmas shopping! A few clicks, no or few shipping charges and it's delivered to my doorstep. Doesn't get any better than that! I'm not a fan of long checkout lines and extra traffic, so ordering online solves that stress as well.
OK...let me get down to stamping business - lol! Hopefully, you'll have some free time to get inky and play along with the new Inspired By All The Little Things challenge!
I took one look and thought "rustic farmhouse decor"...something Chip and Joanna Gaines would add to one of their Fixer Upper houses! I used mostly Reverse Confetti products with the exception of the pine bough. I was inspired to incorporate some black, an evergreen image and some pops of gold. I also used the merry and bright sentiment that is in the photo. The gold splatters were added using yellow gold paint from Gansai Tambi's Starry Colors palette. I'm thinking this card would be good for a masculine recipient.
STAMPS: Peaceful Pinecones (PTI); Whole Lotta Dots, Arrows and Elements, Bring on the Merry - all by Reverse Confetti.
PAPER: Cozy Christmas 6x6 pad by Simple Stories; Cajun Craze (SU).
INK: Fired Brick, Peeled Paint, Black Soot Distress Oxide inks by Ranger; Versamark.
DIES: Tag Me and Winter Words by Reverse Confetti.
That's all for now folks...enjoy the rest of the holiday weekend! It's been wonderful having the entire week off work!
It's a special week of celebrating Thanksgiving here in the US and yours truly is this week's hostess for the Color Throwdown Challenge! Though I thought the inspiration photo was rather cute months ago, I'll admit I was a bit stumped at my own colors of yellow, orange, red and brown. I browsed through a box of miscellaneous stamps that I accumulated many years ago, and this rubber stamp image from Lili of the Valley Ltd from the UK caught my eye. I colored with Copics and thought this polka dotted paper from My Mind's Eye Winter Wonderland 6x6 pad would be a perfect background for the image!
STAMPS: Bitty Banners (Reverse Confetti), Girl w/Daisy (Lili of the Valley.
DIES: Bitty Banners, Gift Card Holder Tag and Hang Ups - all by Reverse Confetti. Stitched rectangle borders by Lil' Inker Designs.
We'd love to have you join us in the challenge this week! For more details on how to play along, head over to the Color Throwdown blog
and you'll find the information on the right sidebar. You can also
visit the rest of the design team's creations for more inspiration by
clicking on the links below:
Amy Rohl
Amy Rysavy
Barbara Anders
Broni Holcombe
Jodi Collins
Lisa Henke
Lori Tecler
Lynn Put
Vickie Zimmer
Wanda Cullen (you are here)
Kelly Lunceford - November Guest Designer
I decided to create two nearly identical cards using the current layout for the CAS(E) This Sketch challenge. The poinsettias are from Verve's Joyous Noel stamp set - stamped in black on Cherry Cobbler cardstock. The leaves are Spellbinders' poinsettia dies which I sponged with Old Olive ink. The stitched lines are from Reverse Confetti's Edge Essentials die set and the sentiment was layered 3 times using RC's Winter Words die set. Patterned papers are from the Simple Stories 'Cozy Christmas' 6x6 pad - a long time favorite set of Christmas papers.
Speaking of joy...as I finished my card, Martin Truex, Jr. won the Nascar championship race at Homestead! He dominated all season and I was rooting for him to win!
Here's hoping you are having a super Saturday! If you have some free time to get inky, we'd love to have you play along with us in the new challenge at Inspired By All The Little Things!
Check out this yummy pastel inspiration photo! I was inspired by the staggered heights of the trees and with the pastel shades of color. I used Coastal Cabana and Pink Pirouette inks by SU to stamp with this Tim Holtz' trees stamp by Stampers Anonymous. I love the subtle look of falling snow that is given with SU's Softly Falling embossing folder. The sentiment is a combination of a Winter Words die (Reverse Confetti) paired with a white embossed 'christmas' from RC's Winter Words Coordinates stamp set. The tiny scalloped border is from RC's Edge Essentials border die set that is one of my all-time favorites! The striped paper is from Recollections' Blush and Mint 6x6 pad.
We have the famous Susan Opel - a big name in the papercrafting industry - joining us as our guest designer this week! Be sure to stop and say hello!
Slowly but surely I'm chipping away at my Christmas card list! I was drawn to the colors in this gorgeous retro styled wreath and was inspired to create a clean and layered design for the new Card Concept Challenge. I used dies from Reverse Confetti (Leafy Wreath, Beautiful Banners and Winter Words) and patterned papers from My Mind's Eye "Merry Little Christmas" 6x6 pad. The wreath colors are Gumball Green and Pear Pizzazz by SU. The sentiment has 3 layers with the top one being brushed silver cardstock. To keep it from being lost in the text background, I layered it over a white banner.
My eyes are barely staying open, so guess it's time to hit the bed! Nite all!
Another Christmas card completed...this time for the Freshly Made Sketches Challenge using products by Reverse Confetti. I stenciled Iced Aqua ink using their Pointed Out stencil. Love these delicate Trio of Snowflakes dies, though you most definitely need a metal plate added to your "sandwich" as you run it through a die-cutting machine. I used Lil' Inker Designs' Wonky Stitched Rectangle die to get the stitching detail. I layered two aqua 'merry' words, then adhered a brushed silver top layer to give it lots of dimension. This was such an easy peasy card to create!
Headed to work shortly then excited to be off through all of next week! Woohoo! Thanks so much for stopping by...
