Yesterday’s Color Challenge was fun! Pink Pirouette, Kiwi Kiss and Chocolate Chip. What’s not to love? I came up with this card.

The card base is a 4 1/4″ x 11″ piece of Pink Pirouette cardstock folded in half.

I cut a 4″ x 4 1/2″ piece of Chocolate Chip cardstock and punched on of the short edges with my Scallop Edge Punch.

A 3 3/4″ x 4″ piece of Whisper White was stamped with the Bella Toile Background stamp in Pink Pirouette, attached to the chocolate layer and paper pierced. Kiwi Satin ribbon as tied around the right hand side. On the bottom right I adhered three 1/4″ Chocolate Chip circles and topped them with three Styled Silver Brads. The layers were attached to the card base with dimensionals.

Demonstrators can order the Statement of the Heart on a supply order. I love this Statement.  Anyway….I stamped the sentiment in Chocolate Chip on a 2″ x 3 7/8″ piece of Whisper White cardstock and adhered it first to a 1/4″ bigger piece of Kiwi Kiss, then a 2 5/8″ x 4 3/4″ piece of Chocolate Chip cardstock. The bottom edge was punched with the scallop edge punch. The top right corner was paper pierced. The layers were attached to the card with dimensionals.

I stamped the flower from Bella Blossoms in Pink Pirouette four times on Whisper White cardstock. I cut one out completely, the other three always a bit smaller and adhered the pieces on top of each other. I inked up the small leaf of the big flower with Kiwi Kiss and stamped it twice. They were cut out and taped behind the rose. The flower was attached the the sentiment layers and Dazzling Diamond Glitter was added with Liquid Glue (retired).

This BIC wasn’t very easy for me. It took me quite a while to decide what layout I wanted to use. Colors were no problem. I picked: Basic Black, Basic Gray, Whisper White, Tangerine Tango and a touch of Old Olive (plant on top of one shelf). I finally decided to use the shelving as my inspiration for the card.

I had planned to use a background stamp or something on the back panels since they could only be 7/8″ wide. 

But then I decided to use the stamp set Eastern Influences. The colors seem to fit. I changed the layout up a little bit and came up with this card:

The card base is a 5 1/2″ x 8 1/2″ piece of Basic Black cardstock folded in half.

A 3 3/4″ x 5″ piece of Haiku Designer Paper was layered on a 1/4″ bigger piece of Basic Gray cardstock and the edges were paper pierced.

 5/8″ wide Olive grosgrain ribbon was tied around the lower third of the layers. Three 1/2″ black circles were taped to the bottom right corner. Those were topped with brads from the Styled Silver Hodgepodge Hardware kit. In the center of each flower brad a small olive circle was adhered and topped with Dazzling Diamond Glitter.

I stamped the flower branch from Eastern Influences in Black Stazon on a 1 7/8″ x 3 3/8″ piece of Shimmery White cardstock. It was colored with Aqua Painter and Classic inks (Tangerine Tango, Old Olive, Close to Cocoa and Going gray) and cut in three 1 1/8″ x 1 7/8″ pieces. Those were adhered to a 2 1/8″ x 3 7/8″ piece of Basic Gray cardstock which was layered on a 1/4″ bigger piece of Basic Black carsdtock. The edges of the Shimmery White cardstock were paper pierced and the image layers were attached with dimensionals to the card front.

For the sentiment layers I inked the bird stamp from the same set in Tangerine Tango, stamped it off once on scrap paper and then stamped in on Shimmery White. I stamped the Beautiful symbol over it in Black Stazon and punched it out with the 1 1/4″ circle punch. That was layered first on a 1 3/8″ Basic Gray circle, then on a black scallop circle. I added paper piercing under the sentiment and then attached it to the card with dimensionals.

Have a wonderful day! Hugs and smiles

I had a little time stamping yesterday. So I decided to participate in the Featured Stamper challenge. I picked this card from Emily. I changed it up just a bit. I made it into a long card and added a few layers on the stars. I also added the sentiment.

The cardbase is a 6″ x 7″ piece of textured Baja Breeze cardstock folded in half.

The Chocolate chip layer measures  2 5/8″ x 4 7/8″. The top corners were punched with the ticket corner punch.

A 1/4″ smaller piece of Ski Slope Designer paper had it’s top corners punched with the ticket corner punch, was adhered to the Chocolate Chip layer, paper pierced and sanded with the sanding block. Both layers were adhered to the card base.

I stamped the round snowflake image from Scandinavian Season three times in Baja Breeze on Baja Breeze and three times in the same color on Whisper White.  The white snowflakes were cut out, the Baja Breeze snowflakes were punched out with the 1″ circle punch.

Three stars were punched out of Riding Hood Red cardstock with the large Star punch, three flowers were punched with the Trio Flower punch out of the same cardstock. I punched three 1/4″ circles out of Chocolate Chip and adhered them to the little flowers. Then I adhered 1″ Baja circle to the Star, topped it first with the cut out snowflake, then with the flower. To finish them off, I added a silver brad in the center, added liquid glue (retired, boohoo) on the white snowflake and added Dazzling Diamond Glitter over it.

The stars were adhered to the Designer Paper layer with dimensionals. 5/8″ wide Chocolate Chip ribbon was tied around the card base. The sentiment is from the stamp set Fundamental Phrases. I stamped both words in Chocolate chip on top of each other and punched them out with the large oval punch. I added a 1/4″ Riding hood Red circle to the bottom right and topped it off with a brad. The sentiment was attached on the bottom right with dimensionals and snail adhesive.

Have a wonderful Monday! I won’t be doing all my Monday chores today. They are bumped back to Tuesday since the kids are home (Teacher Work day). Wohoo! That means sleeping in and hanging with my girl (and my boys if they want to). Hugs and smiles