Tonight I needed to make a wedding card, so I combined this week's Play Date Cafe colors (and wedding theme) with the Laura Bassan's fabulous card from CASE Study Challenge.
I stamped a vintage couple image from A Muse in charcoal (several have asked me if it's availble anywhere, and I am unable to find it) and added an EAD Designs rub-on sentiment.
The lacy paper is from the Sassafrass Mix and Mend Wee Bundle.
This month at Rogue Redhead Designs we're Getting Griddy ... creating cards using grids of images. I love how Shar repeated one of the images from Snow Hugs in her card, so I did something similar with the cute little couple from Candy Kisses.
I pulled my colors from this week's Play Date Cafe Challenge using Echo Park's Season's Greetings papers & a sentiment Stickerz from EAD Designs.
And my inspiration from this cute little cake at the new Get Inspired Challenge.
The Sketch is this week's Sweet Sunday Sketch.
Link-up your Get Griddy Card by January 8, 2012 (you don't have to use Rogue Redhead stamps, but we love it when you do) for a chance to win a $15.00 US Voucher to the RRD Store.
The color story at the Play Date Cafe this week is Black & White with a splash of ... my favorite color ... orange.
I just got a new Basic Grey / Hero Arts Little Black Dress Cling Stamp from Ellen Hutson (seriously, some of the best selection & customer service out there), so I decided to ink it up.
I stamped the image twice, so I could spotlight a section with an orange frame. The layout is this week's Card Sketch #2 from Let's Capture These Sketches. The butterflies are a combination of Martha Stewart Punches & a Memory Box Butterfly Delights Die Cut.
I finished with a *Free Spirit* sticker from EAD Designs Random Words.
I also made a card using last week's Let's Capture these Sketches for this week's Jingle Belles Sticker Challenge, but missed the cut-off for uploading.
It features Saint Nick Papers from Fancy Pants Designs together with Christmas Stamps & Deck the Halls Stickerz from EAD Designs.
Enjoy your Friday!
The CAS-ual Friday Challenge this week is What's Black & White and Read All Over? ... to make a card using black, white & red that is inspired by a book. I chose this book and vintage book cover as my inspiration.
I loved the contrast of the bird against the solid background ... with a song bird theme.
A quick and easy card using Red Felt stickers, black gems, and a sentiment from Artistic Outpost's Songbirds stamped in Indigo Ink.
This color combination is also being celebrated at The Play Date Cafe this week.
I'm thrilled to be the Guest Designer at the Play Date Cafe this week. The sponsor of this week's Challenge is Stampendous, who provided the Design Team with stamps to use for our cards. I received this gorgeous Swirly Bird Nest Cling Stamp.
Make sure you click on over to the Play Date Cafe and check out the prize & contest details.
Here is this week's Color Story ... I like the shabby distressed texture of the oars and the pepsi crates, so that's what I went with for my design. I used this week's CardPatterns Sketch.
I started by stamping my image in grey ink on light grey cardstock and clear embossing. Next I sponged on lots of Barn Door & Fired Brick Distress Ink with a bit of Stormy Sky around the edges. Next I sprinked with quite a bit of water to add some more interest to the background.
I used a distressed navy designer paper from Bo Bunny's Liberty Collection for my card base & awning with more of the grey cardstock for my punchy background and sentiments trip. My circle border was trimmed from the Marth Stewart Bangle Chain Trim punch and my pearls were colored with more Distress Ink. I finished with a sentiment from Rogue Redhead Design's Floriculture Set.
I needed a birthday card for my teenage nephew. He enjoys playing in the band, so I wanted to incorporate some vintage sheet music into my design. I decided to use the colors from this week's Play Date Cafe for a masculine birthday design.
Also, one of my favorite sketch sources, PageMaps is celebrating its 5th anniversary with a card contest. They're asking you to create a Celebration-themed card using one of their sketches. I chose this sketch from March 2011.
Papers are My Mind's Eye Fine and Dandy True Blue and sentiment is from Hero Arts Live & Laugh.
I did quite a bit of sponging with Wild Honey distress ink to help tie everything together and give it more of a grunged masculine feel. I finished with a bit of orange bling and a party hat ... bring on the happy.
Tonight I made a sympathy card inspired by this week's Play Date Cafe Challenge, which was a Color Splash of Yellow.
Once again, Pink Paislee's Queen Bee papers come through for me. I combined the greys and a splash of yellow with a sketch from Just Add Ink.
I used the EK Success Fleur de Lis border punch along the edge and two of the punched out Fleur de Lis (topped with tiny A Muse twinkle gems) to frame my sentiment.
I loved this week's Play Date Cafe inspiration art work by Bonnie Rose of A Life Unrehearsed, so I wanted to play along ... such fabulous colors.
First I started by coming spray inks in those colors to try to mimic her background, but it was a bit to heavy on color to work with several images I tried, so I moved on to another plan.
I stamped Hero Arts Stunning Snowflakes in Ocean ink on a piece of purple and blue Memory Box DP and clear embossed. The Inkadinkado snowman was stamped in Ocean on another piece of Memory Box DP together with a sentiment from A Muse.
As I thought about what to use to finish the design of this week's CPS Sketch, I came back to my sprayed page, which turned out to be the perfect source for my flourish of punched snowflakes.
This card is also for the Snow Much Fun Challenge at Daring Cardmakers.
And right now I have lots of real snowflakes falling in big wet clumps outside my window ... welcome winter.
I used the colors from this week's Play Date Cafe together with this week's Unscripted Sketch for a delicious cupcake birthday card.
The Hero Arts You Deserve Card stamp was paper pieced with scraps of the background papers, and I added some glitter pen for the candle flame.
The tiny sentiment is from Inkadinkado's Let's Celebrate, and that yummy ribbon is from Artistic Outpost's Attic Finds.
Enjoy that extra hour of sleep!
The Play Date Cafe is celebrating their 1 year anniversary with another great color combination ~ yellow, orange & pink.
I used this week's Sketch for You To Try and Artistic Outpost's Bloom & Grow stamps for my card. This is the first mounted set I've purchased from Artistic Outpost. The images are mounted on EZMount and trimmed close (no extra rubber to punch out or throw away) and it comes with a clear printed index card for perfect storage.
I inked the Marigold Seed Packet with Yellow, Orange and Pink Chalk inks and spritzed the stamp with Ink Potion No. 9 before stamping to help blend the colors.
I stamped it a second time using the same technique and punched out a 2" circle to spotlight the design.
I masked the Bloom & Grow sentiment from the set for my card sentiment. I finished with some Memory Box Yellow Pearls, Orange adhesive gems, and EKSuccess Flower Border punch. Papers are K&Company.
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