Reverse Confetti SFYTT

It's a terrific Tuesday with having off work today and again tomorrow. The perks of being a long time employee means I build up vacation leave hours pretty quickly. I like to use days randomly just to get a few "extras" done - like play in more challenges - haha! 

Reverse Confetti's August Sketch For You To Try challenge is up and running and soon the month will be over before I get to play along.  Not letting that happen!  I just love this Posted Note Confetti Cuts die that came out with the last release!  I layered it up over other RC dies then added some fun RC posies to embellish.  I added some Glossy Accents to the flower centers.  Here's what else I used...
STAMPS: Petals 'n Posies and Posted Note Sentiments (Reverse Confetti)
PAPER: Park Bench by Fancy Pants Designs; Crushed Curry (SU), Smoky Slate (SU), White.
INK: Crushed Curry, Daffodil Delight, Lucky Limeade, Smoky Slate - SU; Versafine Onyx Black.
ACCESSORIES: Petals 'n Posies, Posted Note, Diagonal Stripe Pretty Panels, Love Note Confetti Cuts - all by Reverse Confetti.

Mojo Monday

Hope you're ready to get your mojo on, because Julee has a really fun sketch for the new Mojo Monday challenge!  I especially loved the open circle element!  I went with bold patterned papers...using one of my lesser fave colors - purple.  :-/

I white embossed the two flowers then fussy cut and layered with foam tape after adding the center brad. After I had the card all assembled, I couldn't decide how to add the sentiment.  I finally went with die cutting a vellum flag strip then clear embossed after stamping with Versafine Onyx Black ink.

STAMPS: Be Blessed (Verve).
PAPER: Craft It Flora by Recollections, White, Vellum.
INK: Versamark, Versafine Onyx Black.
ACCESSORIES: Stitched Fishtail Flags Die-Namics by MFT, Stitched circle dies by Lil' Inker Designs, Sprightly Sprigs dies by Verve, Sequins, Corner chomper.

For more inspiration from the rest of the mojomakers, be sure and visit their blog links below!
Carole Burrage
Julee Tilman (Owner)
Justin Krieger
Lori Tecler
Marisa Ritzen 
Mary Fish
Sarah Bigelow
Teresa Kline 
Wanda Cullen (you are here)

Dare to Get Dirty

This is my sample for Lori's second DTGD challenge on SCS! The week of posted challenges is over but you still have time to play along! Click on the blinky ad at the top of my right side bar for details! 

I flashed back to the past with this retired SU set - Feathered Hope - and paper pad (will have to hunt for it to find the name...posting this quickly now before heading out to run errands).   The stitched scallop border and square panel are both dies by Lil' Inker Designs.
Looking forward to a weekend off after a stressful work week!

Sweet Sunday Sketch

I'm using Karen's sketch (in a flipped version) for her Sweet Sunday Sketch challenge and combining it with Tenia's and Susie's fun Dare to Get Dirty challenges on SCS! I can't go into Tenia's technique details for the background, but I will say it was simple and fun!  I've had this crazy bird stamp set for some time and I'm FINALLY inking it up!  They make me laugh every time I see them!  I stamped the bird over the background glossy paper panel and also stamped it on X-Press It Blending Card so I could color it easily with Copics.  I fussy cut and paper pieced it...adding the hat from Paper Smooches Chubby Chum Pals stamp set.  I turned the sentiment bubble upside down by inking only the outline in black, stamped it, then inked the whole stamp again with TH Twisted Citron distress ink, wiped off the outline area and stamped the words in the previously stamped bubble.  Hope that makes sense - lol!  I'm not happy with how different the two white papers are together, so am thinking I need to revamp this card when I have more time.  The glossy panel looks much too gray. :-(

STAMPS: Crazy Birds (Tim Holtz Collection by Stampers Anonymous), Chubby Chums Pals by Paper Smooches, Just Sayin' by SU.
PAPER: White Georgia Pacific, Glossy CS, X-Press It Blending Card.
INK: Ripe Persimmon, Twisted Citron, Fossilized Amber distress inks; Memento Tuxedo Black.
ACCESSORIES: Stitched rectangle die by Lil' Inker Designs; Flag It die set by Verve; Sequins; Copics.

Color Throwdown

Hi everyone! It's Color Throwdown Challenge time and yours truly is the hostess this week!  Whenever I'm needing some inspiration for a project, Pinterest is my 'go to' place.  The weathered background and the soft corals and greens paired with kraft really caught my eye and I thought it would make a fitting color combo for endless card possibilities!  I really thought I was going to go with a beachy theme with my card, but decided in the end to go with an old technique I call "weathered wood" instead.

I cut a 4" x 5 1/4" piece of kraft cardstock then scored in 1" intervals.  I then swiped a white ink pad vertically "with the grain" in an uneven pattern.  Next step was to swipe some Oasis Green chalk ink in random spots.  This card was also created for Stacy's (JBgreendawn) Dare to Get Dirty challenge on SCS.

We're excited to announce our new guest designer for August...drum roll please...Lindsay Amhrein of Note to Self!  I love her work and am so excited to see what she'll bring to the gallery!

Also, our guest star stamper this week is Jen Wills of JENerally Speaking (love that cute blog name)!  Congrats!

Be sure and check out the rest of the design team's inspiration cards by clicking on their blog links below, OR you can go to the Color Throwdown blog to see the team's cards and to get the details on how to play along. 
Barbara Anders  
Broni Holcombe   
Joan Ervin
Jodi Collins 
Lori Tecler   
Monika Davis
Tammy Hershberger
Vickie Zimmer 
Wanda Cullen (you are here)
Lindsay Amhrein - Guest Designer for August

Here's what I used:
STAMPS: Pretty Peonies (WPlus9), Greetings and Salutations (WPlus9).
PAPER: Kraft, Aqua Mist (PTI), Sour Apple (MFT), White
INK: Crisp Cantaloupe, Calypso Coral (SU), Color Box white pigment ink, VersaMagic chalk ink in Oasis Green, Versafine Onyx black.
ACCESSORIES: Fanciful Flourish die (Cheery Lynn Designs), Stitched Fishtail Flags Die-Namics (MFT), Timeless Tags 2 dies (WPlus9), Jute twine, Score-Buddy, Wood dots (Teresa Collins).

Dare to Get Dirty

 Hopefully, you've been able to play along with some of the many challenges happening for the Dare to Get Dirty week on Splitcoaststampers.  My challenge was posted today...no details can be given here since you need to a Fan Club member for that.  You can find out more details about joining and/or playing along HERE.

Dare to Get Dirty and Color Challenge

I'm playing along with the Color Challenge on SCS to use Elegant Eggplant, Cajun Craze, Mossy Meadow and Delightful Dijon.  I'm also playing in Anne's DTGD challenge and for details, you will need to be a Fan Club member.  If you are interested in joining...please check it all out HERE.

For my background, I took 4 different distress markers that were close to the SU colors and scribbled them on an acrylic block.  I then sprayed the block with water and "stamped" it onto the rough side of Tim Holtz water color cardstock.  I heat set it then die cut it using a stitched rectangle die (Lil' Inker Designs).  The image is from Flourishes' Dahlias set - a retired company that I always loved.  It's colored with Copics on X-Press It Blending Card paper and fussy cut since I was too lazy to hook up my Silhouette Cameo to crank out the cut file.  Also, the machine is VERY noisy and I didn't want to wake up my sleeping husband. :-/  The sentiment is from Greetings and Salutations by WPlus9 and stamped on the smallest tag die of their Timeless Tag 2 die set.  Thanks for stopping by...