Inspirational Challenge

The timed challenge this week is an inspirational challenge.  I am supposed to look at this card and use the theme, colors or whatever from it to come up with a card in 15 minutes or less.

Ready to go!

It’s time to create!

Tulipe Die

The first order of business, as always, was the paper cutter.  From there I used a fun new technique, one I taught the Technique Club last night.  That is what you see pictured here.   If you’re not part of the Tech Club . . . maybe you should consider!  We learn lots of great techniques!

Framed Tulips embossing folder

The Framed Tulips embossing folder is quickly becoming a favorite!  I just love this folder and the look it gives!  I used the folder on Very Vanilla cardstock.

Teeny Tiny Wishes & Silhouette Sentiments

Next I used the Teeny Tiny Wishes (page 157 IBC) and Silhouette Sentiments (page 11 IBC) stamp sets with a Rose Red marker to make some tags with the Jewlery Tag Punch.

Add a little ribbon, En Francais stamping, some Stampin’ Dimensionals and . . .

Done!

I’m done!  Whew!  It looks like I may have gone a few seconds over but I think it was close enough.

Handmade Card

Here we are!  I think I managed to pull off the correct colors as well as the wedding theme with this card.  Now all I have to do is find someone getting married!    Of course one of the Tech Club members last night mentioned this card would work great for a baby girl card too.  Too bad I don’t know of any baby girls on the way either . . .

Handmade Wedding card

Here’s a close up for you.  Rose Red isn’t a color I turn to too often but I think it turned out well!  For the fun of it, I made another card, much like this one, using some different colors.

Elegant Eggplant Version

Here we go!  I used Elegant Eggplant on this version, now this is my style!  I love the colors!

So what do you think?  Which is your favorite?  I hope you’ll take a minute to leave a comment!

For our challenge this week we are supposed to look at this picture and be inspired to make a card in 15 minutes or less (used to be 10 but it’s been changed.)

Ready to stamp!

Let’s see how well I work at 9:00 in the morning!  I was awake (I think) and ready to go!

The first job, as always was to run to the paper cutter ready to cut some Whisper White and Basic Black cardstock.

Thoughts & Prayers stamp set

The inspirational picture made me think of the Thoughts & Prayers stamp set so I grabbed that up along with Versamark ink and some black embossing powder.  The lighting in the picture makes the cardstock look kind of purple and blue but really it’s just plain old Whisper White cardstock, promise!

Ewww, what a mess!

Next I proceeded to make a mess!  Can you tell what I was doing?  Don’t worry, this isn’t my project, just the scrap paper that was under it!

Did you guess brayering?  You’re right!  I used Daffodil Delight, PumpkinPie and Cajun Craze inks.

Done!

I added a little adhesive and ribbon and the card’s done!  It looks like it took me almost 12 minutes.  Not too bad!  Let’s see what it looks like!

Brayered Card

Here it is!  I’m still learning about brayering but I think I did a fairly decent job, especially for morning!

The finished card is a 4″ square with the base being in Cajun Craze.

Close up

Here’s a close up view.  I’m going to have to practice brayering some more, I just never seem to get around to that one!

What do you think?   Does it remind you anything of the inspirational picture?  I’d love to hear your comments!

The Stamp-A-Holics blog post is up with the cards all of the Design Team members made.  Go on over and see how everyone else was inspired and then play along with us, it’s fun!

Colors I have to work with

It’s Friday and time for the 10 Minute challenge!  I was given these colors to work with.  As you can see, the last star says to choose my own color.   Hmmm.  Well, the only thing I have in Poppy Parade is a Stampin’ Write Marker and I have yet to do anything with this color but . . . I’ll step out on a limb and just go with Pear Pizzazz (for which I only have the Stampin’ Write Marker for this too).

Time to go!

It’s time to go, off to the paper cutter I go with Whisper White and Basic Black cardstock in hand.

Poppy Parade & Flower Fancy

Grabbing up the Flower Fancy stamp set I set to work coloring with my markers and stamping.

Flower Fancy stamp set

This particular stamp can be fun to line up but I’m not going for perfection, perfection won’t give the whimsical look I want.  If I wanted perfection I would use the Stamp-A-Ma-Jig.

Done!

After some Basic Black ink, a little Whisper White taffeta ribbon and some Stampin’ Dimensionals .  .  .

Less than 10 Minute Card

Here it is!  It’s a simple card, quite basic really, but I got it done in just under 10 minutes!

Thank you for stopping by today!  Be sure to come back often for more stamping ideas!

Inspiration for stamping

Oops!  Did I say I was going to show you a card using the Night of Navy, Brocade Blue and So Saffron color challenge today?  Sorry!  I forgot about the 10 minute challenge on Fridays.  I’m going to post the 10 minute card today and show the other card tomorrow  . . . . or sometime!

This week’s challenge is an inspirational challenge. I was given the picture above and my job is look at it and make a card in 10 minutes. Well, lets see what I can come up with!

Time to stamp!

It’s time to run to the paper cutter with my Whisper White and Pretty in Pink cardstock.  Whisper White is going to be the base for the card so I grabbed the Eyelet Border punch and some Pretty in Pink Satin Ribbon.

Embrace Life stamp set

I used the Embrace Life stamp set to stamp in Pretty in Pink onto Pretty in Pink.  The next step was to use one of our white gel pens to highlight the flower petals.  This was the most time consuming part of the project but it adds so much when you take the time to add the little touches.  Some of our new Vanilla Smooch Spritz also added one of the special touches.

I’m afraid I didn’t get to take too many pictures while I made this card, I was to busy working!  When I first saw the inspirational picture I noticed the colors and then I noticed the flower which looks like our large Pretties Kit flower and the butterflies that are on the wall.  (I still can’t believe the Pretties are retiring!)

Done!We

Whew!  I think I did it!  I really should get a timer so I can know to the second how close I am, then again, maybe it’s to my advantage not to have that exact of information!

Beautiful Wings Embosslit Die

Here’s the finished card.  You can’t really see the smooch spritz but if you look closely, you may be able to see thee Dazzling Diamonds I put on the swirls of the Beautiful Wings Embosslit butterfly.  In the photo it looks like the Pretties flower has a pink tint.  I didn’t do anything to the flower, I left it white, but all the pink around it is giving a bit of a tint.

Stampin' Up! Eyelet Border Punch

When I punched the Eyelet Border Punch along the front of the card it took away some of the base.  I used some Pretty in Pink ribbon across the inside of the card to show through and make a pretty border when the card is opened.

Inside a handstamped card

See what I mean?  This pretty ribbon gets to be seen at all times, whether the card is open or closed.

So, what do you think?  I kind of had the handmade Mother’s Day card that I made for my mother in mind when I made this card.  When you’re working fast sometimes it helps to have an idea from a previous project in mind.  To be truthful, I’ve been working fast on a lot of projects the last couple days.  We’re getting ready to head out on vacation soon and I want to have plenty of projects to show each day while we’re away – I think I’ve got them ready!  They’re very exciting!

Thanks for stopping by!  If you have a moment to leave a comment I’d love to hear from you!

Color Challenge

It’s Friday again and time for the 10 Minute Challenge.  To be quite truthful, I put off doing the challenge today for as long as I could.  Don’t get me wrong, I enjoy the 10 minute challenges, I just dreaded using the colors we were given to work with today.  I just don’t work well with any of these colors, I never seem to be able to come up with anything I like with them.  It was the challenge though, so . . . .

Here we go!

Alrighty, 8:30 P.M. and we’re ready to go!

Fresh Cuts stamp set

I’m afraid my running wasn’t quite as fast as normal today.  I shouldn’t have waited until evening, when I’d be so tired!  Oh well, I ran to the paper cutter with my cardstock, turned my Sage Shadow through the Big Shot with a Texturz Plate and then back to my table to stamp Fresh Cuts in Creamy Caramel onto Barely Banana cardstock.  Whew!

Ticket Corner Punch

I did a little sponging around the edges with Creamy Caramel, stamped on some Cameo Coral, punched with the Ticket Corner Punch and layered the pieces together.

Dying Whisper White Satin Ribbon

This next part was a bit time consuming.  I decided to dye some Whisper White Satin Ribbon in three of the colors.  It wasn’t hard, I just used sponge daubers and an ink pad to rub color onto the ribbons.  When I was done I rubbed them down with a paper towel to take off any access ink.

Dyed Satin Ribbon

Here are the ribbons I dyed.  There are two pieces in Cameo Coral, one in Barely Banana and one in Sage Shadow.

Time to reveal

Uh oh, I’m afraid I went over this time.  Oops!  Must have been because of the time of day!  That’s has to be it!  Alright, should I show you the card?

Finished Card

Here’ it is.  I made some loops with the ribbon and put them together with one of our Chocolate Chip Epoxy Brads.  I’m going to miss these brads with the end of the Occasions Mini Catalog!

Close up

Here’s a close up.  I don’t like the fact that the ribbons look so bright compared to the cardstocks but I do like the look of a layered bow with the brads.  Overall, I’d say this certainly isn’t one of my favorite cards but considering the colors and the amount of time I had, I guess it works.

Satin Ribbon Bow

Here’s a quick close up of the ribbon.  So, what do you think?  Do you like it?  Thank you for stopping by!

Sketch for the challenge

It’s Friday and time for another 10 minute challenge.  We were told to use the sketch you see above as the basic layout for our card.  Now, from what I understand, I haven’t played too many sketch challenges, you can be fairly liberal in your interpretation of the sketch. So, here we go.

Ready to go!

Black and white cards tend to be my favorite and I know I can’t go wrong with those colors so I grabbed up cardstock and ran (yes, literally!) to the paper cutter to get the card started!

En Francais & Ticket Corner Punch

On a piece of Basic Gray cardstock I stamped the En Francais background stamp in Basic Black and then sponged Basic Gray onto the edges.  The next step was to use the Stampin’ Up! Ticket Corner punch on the corners of this piece of cardstock and Whisper White piece that would layer right under this.  As I grabbed up the white cardstock I worried a little, my fingers had black and gray ink all over them but there was no time to consider cleaning them!

Before adhering the two pieces of cardstock together I ran over the Big shot and put the Basic Gray cardstock through with the Manhattan Flower embossing folder for a little texture.

Fifth Avenue Floral stamp set

Next I grabbed up a piece of Whisper White cardstock and the rose from the Fifth Avenue Floral stamp set.  I embossed the rose with black embossing powder.  With my hands flying I cut out the rose, adhered it to Basic Black cardstock and cut around it again.

Getting there!!

A quick glance at the clock said I was doing okay but to keep working.  (Looking at this picture I just might have to make some changes to my lighting sometime, apparently my head puts quite a shadow on my work when I’m working!  No time to make changes right now though!)

Inside the card

Here’s a picture of the inside of the card.  Last week I notice so many of the other participants were stamping inside their cards too . . . gonna have to do it too!

On the front I added some ribbon and Pretties and put the front onto the actual card.  At that point I sat there pondering what else I could do . . . believe it or not, I spent probably a good minute of my time sitting there debating . . . .  okay, can’t spend all day!  I quickly stamped a few roses on the front of the envelope and aimed my camera at the clock . . .

Whew!

Wow!  I made it just in time!  Do you want to see what it looks like?

Here it is!

Here’s the finished card!  The ribbon could use a little work, I was in a hurry, but otherwise I think it turned out pretty well!  Do you see the envelope under it?

Close up

And here’s a close up view.  Woo Hoo!  I can’t wait to do it again next week!  Thank you for taking the time to come and see my card!  I love to hear your comments if you have a minute!