Color Throwdown #248

Hi there!  Today Broni is hosting our Color Throwdown challenge and she picked these awesome colors.....

...oh how I love Cool Caribbean. One of my all-time favorite SU colors!  I think these colors together are very beachy or very girly so I decided to get out one of my all-time favorite, beloved Sarah Kay stamps and get to some coloring.  Here's my card:

The card base and image were cut with curved rectangle nestabilities dies, the image and clouds are popped up on foam tape, the image was colored with Copics, and I added a bunch of sparkly accents with Stickles. Here's a close-up:

As I mentioned in yesterday's post, I've decided to take a break from blogging for the summer (or possibly longer), so this will be my last post with the CTD team for now.  I have truly enjoyed being a part of this fun team with such a GREAT group of gals!

Speaking of the great gals, check out the gorgeous creations they have to share with you today:

Barbara   **   Broni   **   Joan

Lori   **   Lynn

Tammy   **   Wanda
and our June Guest Designer, Wanda Guess!

Have a great Wednesday and a WONDERFUL summer!!

Color Throwdown #246

Hi all. It Color Throwdown time. Wanda is our hostess this week and here are the lovely colors she picked for us:

 

For my card, I used some new heart dies (new to me) from Lil' Inker Designs.

  

The three pale pink hearts are all up on foam tape.

Here are links to what the CTD girls have created for you today:

Barbara   **   Broni   **   Joan

Lori   **   Lynn

Tammy   **   Wanda
and our June Guest Designer, Wanda Guess!

Have a great Wednesday!

Color Throwdown #245

Hi all!  Tammy is back over at the Color Throwdown and she's kicking off June with some very fun colors. Check it out...

Here's my card using a die and sentiment from Verve, and cloud dies from Lil' Inker Designs.

  

There are two butterflies stacked on top of one another and they're each up on foam tape.  The clouds are also up on foam tape.  Papers are My Mind's Eye Tangerine and the adhesive pearls were colored with Copics (YG23, RV25, and YR65).  The layout was inspired by this card by Jen del Muro that I saw on Pinterest.

Here are links to what the CTD girls have created for you today:

Barbara   **   Broni   **   Joan

Lori   **   Lynn

Tammy   **   Wanda
and our June Guest Designer, Wanda Guess!

Have a great Wednesday!

Color Throwdown #244

Helloooo and happy Wednesday. It's Color Throwdown time and Lynn is our hostess this week.  Here are her fun, happy colors...

Here's my card using dies from Lil' Inker Designs and a sentiment from Penny Black...

 

The clouds, balloon, and stitched flag are all up on foam tape.

Here are links to what the CTD girls have created for you today:

Barbara   **   Broni   **   Joan

Lori   **   Lynn

Tammy   **   Wanda
and our May Guest Designer, Audrey Hiltke!

Have a great Wednesday!

Color Throwdown #243

Hi everyone. It's Color Throwdown time and I'm your hostess this week. I thought it'd be fun to pick this colorful classic car image.

Here's my card...

The layout is the Viva La Verve Week #3 Sketch, the sentiment is Verve's Starlight Starbright, papers are from my Prairie Chic 1-2-3 Create Kit from Flourishes, the stitched flag is from Lil' Inker Designs, and the Spellbinders star is up on foam tape.

Here are links to what the CTD girls have created for you today:

Barbara   **   Broni   **   Joan

Lori   **   Lynn

Tammy (taking some time off)  **   Wanda
and our May Guest Designer, Audrey Hiltke!

Have a great Wednesday!

Color Throwdown #242

It's time for this week's Color Throwdown and check out this SWEET lemonade picture that Lori chose for our inspiration. Too cute!

 

Here's my card...

I used stamps and dies from Lil' Inker Designs, and the layout is Mojo Monday #293.  Two of the clouds and the kraft circle are up on foam tape.

Here are links to what the CTD girls have created for you today:

Barbara   **   Broni   **   Joan

Lori   **   Lynn

Tammy (taking some time off)  **   Wanda
and our May Guest Designer, Audrey Hiltke!

Have a great Wednesday!

Color Throwdown #239

Hi everyone.  Barbara is our hostess for this week's Color Throwdown and she picked some very soft, springy colors for us. Check it out...

Here's my card...

 

The sentiment, die-cut grass, and kite are from MFT stamps; the clouds are from Lil' Inker Designs.  The kite was stamped onto the peach patterned paper, then I stamped a second one onto Barely Banana, cut it out and popped it up on foam tape.  I added some pink twine bows and adhesive pearls to the kite string.  The clouds are also up on foam tape.

Here are links to what the CTD girls have created for you today:

Barbara   **   Broni   **   Joan

Lori   **   Lynn

Tammy   **   Wanda
and our April Guest Designer, Frances Byrne

Have a great Wednesday!

Color Throwdown #238

Hi everyone. It's Color Throwdown time and Wanda is our hostess this week. Check out this FUN, colorful shoe she picked as our inspiration...

Love it!  Here's my little 4" square note card...

The sentiment is from Verve's Starlight Starbright Remixed set, the star dies are by Spellbinders, and the "shooting star" trails were made using the rainbow and clouds die set from Lil' Inker Designs.  The yellow star is up on foam tape and the plaid paper is Farmhouse Fair Skies.

Here are links to what the CTD girls have created for you today:

Barbara   **   Broni   **   Joan

Lori   **   Lynn

Tammy   **   Wanda
and our April Guest Designer, Frances Byrne

Have a great Wednesday!

Color Throwdown #237

Hi all! It's Color Throwdown time and Tammy is our host this week. Here are the colors she picked...

...and here is my card...

Dies and stamps are by Lil' Inker Designs. I'm so excited to finally have the rainbows and clouds dies, and I think I'll get a ton of use out of the balloon dies....I'm always in need of birthday cards. In my opinion, pretty much EVERY stamp set on the market should include at least one happy birthday sentiment. Every. Single. One.  JMO though.  Some of the balloons and clouds are are on foam tape for dimension.

Here are links to what the CTD girls have created for you today:

Barbara   **   Broni   **   Joan

Lori   **   Lynn

Tammy   **   Wanda
and our April Guest Designer, Frances Byrne

HYCCT Pink Critters

Here's a birthday card for Lydia's "pink critter" HYCCT challenge. I added Stickles all over the balloon, chickens, hay and flowers. The sentiment flag is up on foam tape.



Here's a close-up...



So guess who won a medal in the run yesterday.....seriously?...heehee, seriously!! I got second place in my age group. Couldn't believe it!



I'm waiting for them to post the results of all the runners on the website so I can see just HOW many were IN my age group. Who knows, it may have only been two of us (lol!)...but whatever, it was totally FUN to GET a medal. Like my friend Dawn said, if it was only two of us, that's two of us that got our butts out there. :) I ran the 6.2 miles in 1 hour and 9 minutes. I'd be lying if I said I felt great the whole run....the hills (too many of them) were tough, it was chilly, and after crossing the finish line I felt a little sick to my stomach...BUT I did it. Yay! :)

*ETA*....just saw the results for all finishers in the 10K....there were only THREE in my age group.....lol! It's okay....it'll take it however I can get it. :)

Have an awesome Sunday!

SUPPLY LIST ~
Stamps: Coop Party (Penny Black), Sentiment Flags (Lil' Inker Designs)
Paper: Kraft and White (PTI); Little Girl DP (Echo Park)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Copics: R81, R83, R85, G28, YG00, YG13, YG17, Y11, YR21, YR24, C1, C5
Accessories: Flag Die (Lil' Inker Designs), Pink Ribbon (PTI), Stardust Stickles, Sewing Machine, Corner Rounder Punch, Foam Tape

HYCCT Butterflies

These cards are for Wendy's HYCCT Challenge (to use butterflies). The one card will be sent to the UT MD Anderson Cancer Center as part of the card drive, the other will go to someone right here in PA that is, unfortunately, dealing with yet another breast cancer scare...which hopefully turns out to be NOTHING. I've only gotten to hang out with her a few times now, but she is one of the NEATEST people I've ever met.....gorgeous, kind, strong, and obviously a great support to her friends and family....



I used my all-time favorite Verve set, Fluttering By. A butterfly was stamped on each circle and then two more were stamped, cut out, and popped up on foam tape. The bottom circle is up on foam tape, as is the flag die from Lil' Inker Designs. The layout is the Viva La Verve Week 3 sketch.

Hope you're having a really great day!! :)

CAS Birthday

Hello all and happy Saturday!

I needed a couple "guy" birthday cards this week, wanted to use my sentiment flag set from Lil' Inker, did some gallery searching for inspiration, and found this sweet card by Debby Hughes that did just that. Here's my take on it.....



I made two of these since they were so quick and easy. I didn't add any sparkle (gasp!!), but I did pop both clouds are up on foam tape (smile).

So what are you up to today? I'm going to go for a run, make some glazed pork loin in the slow cooker, and tonight we're planning to have a little campfire in the back yard....maybe make some s'mores and hobo pies. :)

Hope you have a fun Saturday planned as well. I know my posts are sporadic these days, but I appreciate you taking the time to stop by my little blog. :)

You're #1

Hey there! Hope your weekend is going good. :)



I just got this Sentiment Flags set/die from Lil' Inker Designs and was anxious to try it out. I think I'll get a lot of use out of this one! I paired it up with some of my Penny Black ducks. :) The colors on my card are from the CR84FN Challenge 34.

See ya!

Stamps: Sentiments Flags (Lil' Inker Designs), Lovin' and Huggin' (Penny Black)
Copics: W1, W3, W5, YR04, YR21, YR23
Papers: Rose Garden CS (Penny Black), Little Girl DP (Echo Park)
Accessories: Sentiments and Flags die (Lil' Inker Designs), Twine, Ribbon, Foam Tape, Sharpie White Paint Pen, Stardust Stickles, Circle Nestabilities