Double Challenge Sunday

Hello,

I hope you are enjoying the sun on this glorious day :o)

I have a card to show you that I quickly made today, I didn't want to be spending too much time indoors!

I tend to shy away from colour challenges and stick with sketch ones instead, so today I decided to combine the two.

The sketch is from The Paper Players and the colour combo from Just Add Ink - Not Quite Navy / Chocolate Chip / Certainly Celery / Sahara Sand

My card base is Not Quite Navy.  I stamped the circles pattern from the Confetti stamp set inked in Versamark all over the card for a subtle background.

The next layer is Sahara Sand and I used the Scallop Border Punch along the bottom edge.  The sentiment is from Just Believe, inked in Not Quite Navy, then a strip of Not Quite Navy card was added above with a Certainly Celery Designer Button.  The butterfly from Strength and Hope has been stamped on Confetti Cream card twice in Chocolate Chip and Certainly Celery, and then one of each colour cut out.  I curled the wings of the cut ones and then added them to the card with Dimensionals.

Right, time for lots of Sunday chores now, plus some sunshine time :o)

The Details: 

Card / Paper - Not Quite Navy / Sahara Sand / Confetti Cream

Stamps / Ink - Confetti / Just Believe / Strength and Hope / Not Quite Navy / Certainly Celery / Chocolate Chip / Versamark

Embellishments - Designer Button

Tools - Scallop Border Punch / Paper Snips / Trimmer / Stampin Scrub and Mist / Snail / Dimensionals

Just Add Black and White

Black and White is the colour theme for the Just Add Ink challenge this week.

Very simple and elegant, which is how I wanted my card to look. 

I think I have achieved that, though without my stamp-a-ma-jig I think it wouldn't have turned out so well!

Those little Cute by the Inch stamps are exactly as the name suggests, CUTE!

Swing by the Just Add Ink site and check out every ones entries.  It's a great way to find inspiration......

The Details:

Card / Paper - Basic Black / Whisper White

Stamps / Ink - Curly Cute / Cute by the Inch (Level 1 Hostess) / Basic Black / Whisper White

Embellishments - None

Tools - Stamp-a-ma-jig / Eyelet Border Punch / Trimmer / Stampin Scrub and Mist

Double Challenge Day!

Another day, another challenge, or two.....

I'm enjoying doing challenges as it makes me think a bit differently, gives me some guidance, and in today's case, makes me use colours that aren't necessarily my first choice!

The first challenge is a sketch from Just Add Ink

I wanted a sunny and bright card, so used the Sunny Garden DSP for the side strip, mounted on Pear Pizzazz, and then stamped the words from Strength and Hope stamp set in Poppy Parade and mounted on the same colour card.  The gorgeous butterfly from the set is stamped in Pear Pizzazz and cut out and popped onto the card using dimensionals for some definition.  I added a few Basic Rhinestones for a bit of bling!

It's the first time I've used this stamp set and I was really pleased with the result.

The second challenge of the night was from The Paper Players website.  It was a colour challenge!

Cherry Cobbler, Not Quite Navy, Early Espresso and a neutral, so I picked Very Vanilla.

I've not used these colours before so kept the card nice and simple and used the Cute by the Inch stamp set, this is a level 2 hostess set and as the name suggests, it's so cute!

The Textured Card base is Cherry Cobbler which I really do love.  I stamped out three images in the Not Quite Navy and punched out with the large square punch, then mounted on a scalloped square of Not Quite Navy textured card.  The fourth image was stamped in Cherry Cobbler and mounted on Early Espresso and attached with dimensionals - gotta love those dimensionals, so handy :o)

Right, time for a sit down, cuppa tea, and a bit of choccy!

I'll be back tomorrow with another Mojo Monday - a happy start to the week :o)

The Details: 

Card / Paper - (1st card) Sunny Garden DSP / Pear Pizzazz, Poppy Parade, Peach Parfait, Very Vanilla card (2nd card) Cherry Cobbler, Not Quite Navy, Early Espresso textured card / Very Vanilla card

Stamps / Ink - (1st card) Strength and Hope / Poppy Parade and Pear Pizzazz / (2nd card) Cute by the Inch / Cherry Cobbler and Not Quite Navy

Embellishments - Basic Rhinestones

Tools - Trimmer / Stampin' Scrub & Mist / Clear Blocks / 1 1/4 inch Large Square Punch / Scallop Square Punch / Dimensionals