CAS(E) This Sketch

Happy late Wednesday and almost Thursday everyone! I'm squeaking in under the wire to get my card entered for the CAS(E) This Sketch challenge.  Michele Ferguson has this fun layout which I interpreted with some random stamping of Altenew's Daisy set.  I added some quick watercoloring with Tumbled Glass distress ink.  This has been on my leftover pile for quite some time and I don't remember what inks I used for the flowers and leaves. :-(  The sentiment is a new die for me - With Sympathy by Simon Says Stamp - cut twice with PTI's True Black CS.  

That's it from me as I wind down from my busy night at work.  It's beginning to rain lightly, so I'm crossing my fingers and toes that the snow storm will stay north of us.  It was still 55 degrees at 11 PM but we know that will change by morning. 

Color Throwdown #429

Hello blog friends! Vickie is our hostess for the Color Throwdown Challenge this week and you are gonna LOVE these colors! Isn't this a great contemporary office space?!  I was definitely inspired by the striped rug...thus the chevrons and diagonal striped panel dies.  Of course, I couldn't resist taking off on the florals that are in the photo as well.  So...here is my take on the orange, turquoise and black color combo using Reverse Confetti products...

After adhering the chevrons and the diagonal striped panel, it was flower arranging time using Leafy dies - cut from RC's Iced Aqua CS then sponged with their Aqua ink.  The flowers were stamped with RC's Tangerine ink.  Highlights were inked with SU's Tangerine Tango.  A black gel pen was used to darken up the flower centers.  Some clear sequins and a triple layered sentiment from metallic copper CS finished up this fun floral design.

STAMPS: Garden Bunch (Reverse Confetti).
DIES: Love Note, Triple Chevies, Leafy, Diagonal Stripe Pretty Panel (all by Reverse Confetti). 

Welcome back again to Donna Mikasa - guest designer for February -  and to our guest star stamper this week -Aileen Ryan at Colour and Sparkle.

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)  
Donna Mikasa - February Guest Designer 

Friday Inspiration File

Kara Vrabel is celebrating 300 weeks of inspiration on the Friday Inspiration File.  This is a new challenge to me...thanks to the posting of Leigh Penner on FB.  SOOO many gorgeous cards are saved to Kara's Pinterest file here, but I finally went with one of my first blog idols - Laurie Schmidlin - to CASE her card here. Laurie's card inspired me to go with this adorable bear from Reverse Confetti's Bear Hugs set and I paired it with papers from RC's "True Love" pad and also Bo Bunny's "Crush" collection.  The doily is from Martha Stewart and the heart border is a PTI die.  The ovals are punches by SU.  I used Copics to color the image: T1, T3, T5, T7, R24, R29, Y18.  Now, I just need to decide which of my 3 grandchildren will get this card as happy mail. ❤️

I also used the colors - red, white, black - for the Color Challenge on SCS. A classic combo that never grows old for me!  Thanks so much for stopping by...

Mojo Monday

Good Monday everyone! Are you ready for a really fun sketch to play with? Check out Julee's new Mojo Monday Challenge!  I have 3 co-workers with birthdays this month, so it was a no brainer as to what kind of card I would make. I went with a favorite stand by...Verve's Poppy Birthday set!  After applying two shades of orange Mijello Mission gold paint on some watercolor CS, I then stamped the flowers using Versafine Onyx Black ink, then fussy cut the images.  I added Black Enamel Accents to the flower centers.  Ribbon is Mistletoe by SU and paper is from My Mind's Eye "On the Bright Side" 6x6 pad.  I nearly covered up all the texture paste that I applied to the background using a Mini Basket Weave Stencil by TCW.  

So...we'd love to see how you interpret this challenge!  You'll want to post your creation on the Mojo Monday blog.  If you need more inspiration, check out the design team's creations below:

Julee Tilman (Owner)
Justin Krieger
Lori Tecler
Marisa Ritzen 
Sarah Bigelow
Teresa Kline
Wanda Cullen (you are here)

Inspired By All The Little Things

Hello weekend and welcome to another great inspiration photo for the new Inspired By All The Little Things challenge! Love is in the air this month...with a rustic flavor this week! 

With all the wooden elements in the photo, I knew I wanted to use a wood grain patterned paper for my background.  Since the stacked up blocks had a whitewashed paint on them, I was inspired to add white texture paste using a 6x6 Mini Basketweave stencil by TCW.  After that was dry, it was time to distress the edges by tearing then sponging with some Soft Suede ink (SU).  

MFT's Accent It - Celebrate Die-Namics set has a love die which was perfect after accenting it with a puffy heart enamel sticker.  A red frame (die by Reverse Confetti - All Framed Up) added some interest and then a button with twine was needed to balance out the design.  

We're happy to have Nina Forsyth joining us as our guest designer this week!  Be sure to stop by her blog and say hello!

We'd love to see how YOU interpret this challenge, so hope to see you in the gallery!

XOXO

Another Valentine creation here...this time for Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge to use a love theme and also for the new Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge with an XOXO theme. Since Reverse Confetti is sponsoring the SSS challenge, I knew I wanted to use their products - from paper and ink to stamps and dies!  The inspiration photo has bold X's and O's, so that led me to the border idea.

What did I use?
STAMPS: Garden Bunch by Reverse Confetti.
PAPER: True Love 6x6 pad, Piggy Bank, Flamingo and Lime Green CS (Reverse Confetti); Black and White CS by PTI.
INK: Piggy Bank, Flamingo (RC); Versafine Onyx Black.
DIES: Fancy Words, Topped Off Tag, Heart Tag Toppers, Swirlies, Edge Essentials, Leafy - all by Reverse Confetti.

If you haven't figured it out by now, you know I'm a huge fan of Reverse Confetti products.  They have super fast shipping, great customer service and wonderful products!  Thanks for stopping by...

Color Throwdown #428

Another Wednesday has rolled around, so that means another new Color Throwdown Challenge...this time with Lynn as our hostess! She has a great color palette of red, pink, chocolate and white to kick start our creativity! Here is my take on it...

I have to admit I struggled for a bit to come up with a plan to add dark brown to a Valentine theme, but soon had a light bulb moment and went with a a basket die and filled it with hearts rather than Easter eggs.  I used a variety of dies from 3 different companies:

Reverse Confetti: Double Panel Hearts, Edge Essentials, Love Note.

Lil' Inker Designs: Of the Heart and Stitched Easter Basket Die set.

Impression Obsession: Love sentiment.

Patterned papers are from "Filled With Love" 6x6 pad by My Mind's Eye. Other cardstock used - Chocolate Chip and Cherry Cobbler CS by SU; White CS by PTI; Silver glitter CS by SU.

We're so happy to announce Donna Mikasa is our guest designer for the month of February.  You'll want to visit her 3 Umbrellas blog HERE.

For more details on how to play along, head on 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 (click 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)  
Donna Mikasa - February Guest Designer 

Hope to see you in the gallery!