Color Dare #107 - Happy Graduation!

Happy Wednesday!

How is everyone doing out in Blogger land today? Are you in need of a mid-week challenge? Riley over at Color Dare has this GORGEOUS color palette for you to play with - So Saffron, Marina Mist and Certainly Celery....

For my card, I didn't stamp anything except the sentiment! Something I do not do very often, but I had this "vision" in my head with the butterflies in a circle, so that's what I set out to do and I think it turned out beautifully! I cannot *wait* to see what you come up with using these colors this week. I *CHALLENGE* all you crafty peeps out there to make a project this week using Riley's colors and link them back at the Color Dare. Happy crafting!!!

Color Dare #106 - CASE'ing Mary Brown

Good Wednesday morning everyone in Bloggerland :) Riley from the Color Dare has issued us a bright, cheery combo for our mid-week challenge: Pear Pizzazz, Peach Parfait and Real Red.

I was snooping around on some blogs one night and came across Mary Brown's wonderful gallery of cards and I decided to CASE this card: CLICK HERE....

Isn't it super cute and simple!?! I really love the floral fusion flowers - it was easy, peesy to make and super quick! Gotta love that sometimes when we are in a hurry! Please be sure to hop on over to the Color Dare challenge blog to see the rest of the wonderful creations the rest of the Design Team created just for you...I hope you get some time to play with these gorgeous colors this week! Take care!

Color Dare #105 - Remember When.....

Welcome back everyone! Are you ready for another wonderful color challenge from Riley over at Color Dare? I know you will love this one...it's soft, pretty and looks fantabulous together! I put together my new stamp set called Word Play and got to work:

Stamps: Word Play; Paper: Elegant Eggplant, Sahara Sand, Blushing Bride, Pear Pizzazz, Whisper White, various DSP; Ink: Elegant Eggplant; Accessories: Finial Press EF, Blushing Bride ribbon, nestabilities, top note die, birds & blooms sizzlit, little leaves sizzlit, dimensionals, pearls

Thank you so much for stopping in today :) Take some time to click on over to the Color Dare Challenge Blog and check out the rest of the Design Team's work using this color palette. I know you will love 'em all! See you in the morning with another challenge from 4 Crafty Chicks....

Gus is Celebrating with The Color Dare!

Hello again everyone! How's your week going? Mine has been crazy busy and it's only Wednesday! LOL...I hope you are ready for another fabulous Color Dare combination - Riley's given us a lovely one: Not Quite Navy, Baja Breeze and Cajun Craze. I knew "exactly" what I was going to do for this combination of "manly" colors...ink up Gus from Totally Stampalicious...he fits the bill perfectly:

Stamps: Totally Stampalicious; Paper: Whisper White, Not Quite Navy, Cajun Craze, Baja Breeze, Baja Breeze DSP; Ink: Versafine Black Onyx; Accessories: markers, star punches, nestabilities, embossing folder, scallop trim punch, dimensionals, white brad

I sure do hope you get some time this week to play along with these great colors! Please pop on over to the Color Dare challenge blog HERE and check out the rest of the design team's wonderful work. I *know* they will inspire you :) Happy crafting!

Color Dare #103

Happy Wednesday PEEPS!! Are you ready for a mid-week challenge? Riley over at The Color Dare has outdone herself this week with this YUMMY color palette....Tempting Turquoise, Chocolate Chip, Very Vanilla and Pear Pizzazz.

I had so much fun cyber crafting with Leanne one night a few weeks ago and I came up with this beauty:


Stamps: Best Yet; Paper: Very Vanilla, Choc Chip, Tempting Turquoise, Pear Pizzazz DSP; Ink: Chocolate Chip: Accessories: XL Bird Punch, Scallop Trim Border Punch, 5/8" chocolate ribbon, paper piercer, nestabilities, Square Lattice embossing folder, pearls, dimensionals

Thanks for stopping in today! Be sure to check out the inspiration from the rest of the Design Team and be sure to take some time to get crafty with us this week. Link your creation HERE! Happy crafting!

Color Dare #101 - Wonderful Mother

Welcome back to another wonderful color challenge from The Color Dare! This week, Riley has a pretty combination for you: Regal Rose, Old Olive and Early Espresso. This is a Mother's Day card that I made and I loved, loved, loved using my new stamp set, Flower Fest, for this card! I hope you enjoy it too...

Stamps: Flower Fest, Well Scripted; Paper: Whisper White, Early Espresso, Regal Rose, Old Olive; Ink: Early Espresso; Accessories: large flower punch, espresso ribbon, perfect dots embossing folder, dimensionals, pearls

Thanks for stopping in this morning! Check out the rest of the Design Team's work by clicking on their blogs on my right-hand sidebar :) They have some delicious creations for you to drool over - you will be totally inpsired! I hope you have some time to get inky with us this week. See you tomorrow morning for another 4 Crafty Chicks challenge!

It's a Totally Stampalicious Kinda Day....

Hello out there all my crafting PEEPS! I am sooooe excited to tell you that I get to be a Guest Designer over at Totally Stampalicious for the month of February! Whoop! Whoop! I did a jig when Joycelyn emailed me and popped the question :) Yes, yes, yes!!! was my answer *giggle* I have a lot of their stamps and I absolutely {heart} them...speaking of hearts, the challenge this week is to use AT LEAST 3 HEARTS on your project! Easy peesy, right?! Right....here's my card that I created for this week's challenge....

I found this "perfect" sketch for what I needed to do with my stamp over at Diva Coffee Break Designs and the color combination came from The Color Dare (So Saffron, Marina Mist, Basic Black):

Stamps: Gus and Stella; Paper: Basic Black, Marina Mist, So Saffron, Whisper White, So Saffron DP; Ink: Versafine Onyx Black; Accessories: paper piercer, Marina ribbon, heart punch, heart embosslit, dimensionals, markers

The rest of the DT have created some wonderful creations to help inspire you - be sure to check 'em out and come get inky with us! I'm looking forward to playing with y'all for the month of February!!

Coffee Brawd at her finest!

Wow, I've had a challenging night! LOL...I've *attempted* a few cards tonight, and had to walk away from them. My MOJO just wasn't clickin'....so I did the dishes, cleaned up the kitchen, threw some laundry in and came back. I put aside those other 2 and started on a new one :) I needed a break I think cuz I came up with a quick card using 6 challenges...wheeeee!

1. Just Add Ink - "Just Add Ink - make anything you like, using whatever you like!"
2. Papertake Weekly - "open theme" - can be anything we like
3. Crafty Creations Challenges - "anything goes"
4. Totally Stampalicious - use one of their stamp sets - I chose "Coffee Brawd"
5. The Color Dare - color challenge of Ruby Red, Baja Breeze and Whisper White

6. Diva Coffee Break Designs - sketch challenge # 171:

...............and here is my creation:

Don't you just LOVE her?!? I think this stamp set totally rocks! It makes me laugh everytime I see it. I made a fairly simple card tonight (aside from all the paper piecing) and it went together rather quickly - that was nice after the "creation block" I had earlier :o)

I hope you all have a fantastic Easter weekend. I'll be back with more creations tomorrow! Night all!