Sharon Harnist asked me to use the card kit we got at regional and make a card with it other then the one suggested by Stampin’ Up!. We supposed to use all the pieces that were given in the kit. We could exchange the set (SU used True Friends) and add additional cardstock and supplies.

Read Sharon’s challenge post here. 

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

The 2 1/2″ Soft Sky cardstock square was stamped with the Close as a Memory Flower in Going gray and sponged in the same color. I highlighted the flower edges with a white gel pen and added a silver brad in each flower center.

The edges were distressed with the cutter kit and paper pierced.

It was layered on a 2 1/2″ sponged and distressed Basic Gray cardstock square.

The 2 1/4″ x 4″ Purely Pomegranate carstock piece was sponged, stamped with the Happiness stripes, paper pierced and taped down. Then Faux Stitching was added with the Argyle stamp from All in a Row.

The ribbon from the Sherbert Ribbon Originals was stapled over the Pomegranate layer.

The saying is from Circle of Friendship. I stamped it with Basic Gray on Whisper White cardstock, punched it out with the 1″ circle punch and sponged it with Soft Sky Ink. I stamped it again on white and punched out the center with the 1/2″ circle punch. I taped the smaller circle in the center of the bigger one and layered them first on a distressed and sponged Basic Gray circle (handcut), then on a 1 1/4″ Purely Pomegranate circle.

Make sure you check out Sharon’s gorgeous card. She lists other challenge stamper in her post!

Yesterday’s Featured stamper was Carol Burrage. I had a great time browsing through her gallery and admiring her work.

I decided to case this card. I kept the size, the layout and I chose the colors of my card by the colors in the ribbon. I also repeated my greeting underneath my images.

I changed the colors and the set I used.

I started out by looking through my ribbon and finding a multicolored one that would work for this card. I picked one from a multi ribbon pack from Papermania.

From the ribbon I knew that I wanted to use Bravo Burgundy, So Saffron and More Mustard.

Since I just got this set at Portland and haven’t used it yet, I pulled out So Much. I stamped five flowers in Black Stazon on Shimmery White, colored two with So Saffron, two with Bravo Burgundy and one with More Mustard refills and Aqua painter and cut them out.

Next I added Pewter Jumbo Eyelets in each center and then a Fire Circle Rhinestone brad in those eyelets.

The card base is a 8″ x 8 1/2″ piece of Bravo Burgundy folded in half. The two circle stamps from So Much were stamped all over the card front and the edges were sponged.

The More Mustard layer measures 3″ x 7 1/2″ and the edges were sponged. Black brads were added to each corner.

It was layered with a 2 3/4″ x 7 1/4″ piece of So Saffron. The edges were punched with the ticket corner punch. The Faux Stitching was stamped with the All in a Row stamp and Basic Black ink.

The top layer is a 2 1/2″ x 7″ piece of Shimmery White cardstock, with punched corners. I used Mellow Moss reinker and aqua painter to color it’s center and paper pierced the edges.

I stamped the sentiment from So Much three times on the bottom of the page and added four black brads in between and on the outside of the sentiments. The flowers were adhered with dimensionals.

I woke up and did today’s Inspiration challenge right away.

The inspiration piece was a painted Gourd (okay…never even heard THAT word before. Is the word for  this particular  shaped vase?).

I loved the colors and shapes it had. I wrote down medaillon, scallops and for a color combo: Basic black, Ruby Red, Creamy Caramel/More Mustard and a tad of gray (under the medaillon)

I thought of Baroque Motifs right away when I looked at the center piece. But when I pulled the set out, the Medaillon piece didn’t quite fit.

So I stamped it three times in Ruby Red on Caramel Shimmery Paper. Remember the trip to the Paper Zone I took in Portland. Well…we didn’t have much time, but I did buy Caramel, Ivory and White Shimmery Paper. Along with a cool book and a tool kit from Making Memories.

Anway….after I cut all three images out leaving only the four large leaves standing. I layered them on top of each other with dimensionals, punched a hole with my Crop-a-dile and added a Pewter Jumbo Eyelet with a Fire Circle Rhinestone center.

I taped the medaillon on Basic Gray cardstock and outlined the edges.

Okay…so sometimes when I design stuff I don’t think things through. After I had done all this, the caramel leaves looked to pale. I sponged them with More Mustard to make them look more vibrant.

I cut a black circle with my Coluzzle, paper pierced the edges and taped my center piece right in the middle.

My card base is a 4 1/4″ x 8 1/2″ piece of Basic Black cardstock folded in half.

I corner rounded the edges on the right hand side.

I did the same with my next layer, a 4″ Ruby Red square.

I sponged the entire square and stamped the swirl image from Baroque Motifs over it. I added Cherish in Black Stazon on the bottom right corner.

After I did all that I thought about how to finish the card off.  The layout for this weekend’s sketch challenge looked perfect with it.

For the horizontal part I cut a piece of Caramel shimmery paper to 2″ x 3″. I sponged it with More Mustard, added scallops with the corner rounder and stamped the Linen background over it.

This was layered on a 2″ x 3″ piece of Black cardstock. Black brads were added in the center of the first four scallops and Gray Taffeta ribbon was tied around the cardstock layers. I adhered the circle and the horizontal stip with dimensionals.

I stamped! I stamped this morning!

Since I was such a slacker all week, I made a card to match the color challenge as well as the limited supply challenge this week on SCS along with my weekend sketch challenge.

I started with a 4 1/4″ x 11″ piece of Purely Pomegranate cardstock. The edges were sponged.

Next is a 4″ x 5 1/4″ piece of Holiday Harmony Designer paper. I paper pierced the edges and sanded over them with my sanding block.

I used the big swirl stamp from Brocade Basics and stamped it in Purely Pomegranate on the bottom part of the paper.

The horizontal Designer paper is from the Holiday Harmony pack as well and measures 2 1/2″ x 3 1/2″.

Again I paper pierced and sanded the edges before layering it on a 1/8″ bigger piece of Shimmery White cardstock. I used the Swirl from Brocade Basics again and stamped it on this layer as well.

To make it match up with the swirl on the darker piece of designer paper, I left the 2 1/2″ wide strip longer then 3 1/2″ and cut it down later to have it match.

White Taffeta ribbon was tied around the layer.

I stamped the big flower from Fabulous flowers three times on Shimmery White cardstock. I cut all three out in different sizes and layered them with dimensionals. Then I added sparkle with my Star Dust Stickles. After it dried I attached it to the card with more dimensionals.

I stamped the saying from Warm Words in Purely Pomegranate on a piece of the lighter colored Designer paper and punched it out with the small oval punch. I sanded it’s edges and layered it first on a 1″ shimmery white, paper pierced circle then on a sponged Purely Pomegranate designer label punchout.

I really wanted to add Clear Rhinestone brads from the Pretties kit in the center of the tiny shimmery white flower. I had punched it out with the Three for you punch. But the Limited supply challenges did NOT list hardware as embellishment. Only ribbon. So I added a Purely pomegranate center, sponged the flowers edges and added more Star Dust Stickles.

I am trying not to miss too many challenges this week. Austin felt good enough to do some make up work for school. So while he was doing his science assignments, I got to stamp!!! YEAH! I miss that.

I wrote my next tutorial and got to make a card just for fun.

I made this card for the sketch challenge layout from yesterday as well as the Way to Use it challenge from today.

I started out with a 2 1/4″ x 5″ piece of Confetti White cardstock. I stamped the horse from Wanted first full force on the right hand side of the cardstock. Then I restamped it over and over moving it a bit more to the left each time to create the illusion of movement.

The cardstock seemed too long though and I cut it down to 2 1/4″ x 3 3/4″. I did try to stick to the sketch and make it a rectangular card. It just didn’t look right!

I colored the bottom part with Old Olive ink, the sky with Soft Sky ink and Aqua Painter. Then I added a little texture to the grass with one of the stamps from Oh, So Lovely (It was still on the table). The edges were distressed with the Cutter Kit.

The cardstock was layered on a 1/4″ bigger piece of Chocolate Chip cardstock, paper pierced and faux stitched with All in a Row. I added a double photo corner in the top left corner. The smaller corner is punched out of Creamy Caramel cardstock,  stamped with Paisley from Wanted and sponged. The bigger photo corner is punched out of Chocolate chip and sponged with the same color.  Three Pewter brads finish off the corner.

The horizontal Old Olive Panel measures 2 1/4″ x 4″. It was stamped with the lines from Happiness in Chocolate Chip and several stamps from Wanted in Old Olive. I then sponged the whole panel in Old Olive to darken it up, distressed the edges with the cutter kit and sponged it’s edges with Chocolate Chip. The top and bottom edge were stamped with the Argyle stamp from All in a Row and paper pierced. The top has two paper pierced rows, the bottom one.

The sentiment is stamped on Confetti White cardstock in Chocolate Chip and punched out with the small oval punch. It sponged and layered on a sponged 1″ Old Olive Circle and a sponged Chocolate Chip Designer label punchout. I connected two pieces of the Pewter Hodgepodge hardware (don’t know what to call those) to the ends and ran stamped and sponged Twill through it.

The card base is a 4 3/4″ x 9 1/2″ piece of sponged and stamped (with the medaillon from Wanted) piece of Chocolate Chip cardstock. The next layer is a sponged and distressed 4 1/2″ square of Old Olive cardstock.

The following layer is a 4 1/4″ square of Soft Sky Cardstock. I first stamped the Printed background on it in Soft Sky and sponged the cardstock with the same color. Next I stamped the background Sanded over it in Chocolate Chip. the edges were distressed and stamped with All in a Row.

Okay…usually I would proof read and add the links to the sets/accessories in the Stampin’ Up! catalog. But Austin is done and already loaded the game. Got to go! I hope I don’t have too many spelling errors in here.

Have a wonderful day! Hugs and smiles