Our next prompt at Jingle Belles is an Ornamental Color Challenge - create a card using at least three of the five colors represented in this image.
When I saw the colors, I immediately though of Concord & 9th Colors, so that is what I used - Rainforest, Peacock, Powder and Sorbet.
I used this week's Sketch Saturday layout with stitched circle die cuts. The sentiment is Concord & 9th Jolly Holiday Greetings.
We hope those colors inspire you to come join the Jingle Belles fun.
Another week of skipping through blogland:
Have a tremendous Thursday!
The newest challenge at Sketch~N~Scrap is to use one of four Throwback Sketches.
I chose May 20, 2019 for my card. A co-worker is retiring early to go travel the US with us family (can you hear the tinge of envy in my voice). I'm going to miss him a lot, so I wanted to make a special card to wish him well.
I started with a vintage page out of a throwback rate calculation handbook (we haven't used them in years, since all of those calculations are automated today), however I know he'll recognize what it is.
The focal sentiment is from Stampotique and the Whiskey bottle is a new stamp from Splash of Whiskey by Visible Image. Then I used my GelliArts plate to create coordinating paper to back the sentiment. I finished with a collection of stickers as the embellishments for the sketch.
The newest challenge at Shopping Our Stash is Outta This World - Create a card featuring Aliens (or Monsters), Stars, Moon or Planets.
I think these felt Monster stickers have been in my stash for over 20 years ... yes, my love affair with monsters goes a loooooong way back.
With their arm positions, it looks like they were celebrating, so I added a CZ Design Yay You Die Cut sentiment.
We can't wait to see how you shop your stash for this theme.
The newest Simon Says Challenge is Blooming Blooms.
I used Taylored Expressions Blooming with Love and paired it with Hero Arts Happy Mother's Day sentiment. The background is embossed with Taylored Expressions Harlequin embossing folder. I finished with Enamel Dots from Altenew.
I'm also linking-up at the Crafter's Café Blog challenge of Anything Goes with an optional theme of Feminine. And the Creatalicious Challenge is also Anything Goes with an Option of Embossing.
When I saw the newest Inspired By Challenge, I knew I had to visit my neglected drawer of washi tape.
I wanted to make a birthday card for a music lover, so I followed the colors of the inspiration photo with a few musical elements thrown into the mix. I made a slimline card, so I could include more washi in my design including the Music Tape from Eyelet Outlet.
I added sentiments from Hero Arts Let's Celebrate staying relatively closed to the Inspired By Sketch.
I realized today that I better get started on Mother's Day cards. I decided that combining stamping and stenciling was one of the quickest way to get several cards done in a short amount of time.
I started with Taylored Expressions Best Bud Stamp & Stencil combination. For the first one I combined Lemon Meringue and Lollipop inks.
The Mother's Day sentiment is from Taylored Expressions Sweet Sentiments.
For the second one, I switched to Plum Punch and Pink Champagne inks.
My next card was made using the Taylored Expressions Full of Flowers Stamp & Layering Stencil combination using Spearmint, Lavender Glaze and Dried Fig inks.
I love trying different colors and seeing how it changes the look of the flowers.
The current Seize the Birthday Challenge is to create with layers.
I found these birthday tags, stickers, and ephemera in my stash, so I layered it on to create a masculine birthday card.
Happy to be restocking my stash.
We're still celebrating Earth Day at Jingle Belles by making cards featuring recycled items.
Since my recipe worked so well last week, I decided to go with another variation on the same theme. Since Puffs Tissue puts their logo at the bottom (rather than in the center like last week's Kleenex Box), I was able to use a stitched circle to get the most of the lovely holiday floral pattern. I used two of the smaller circles to capture a few more of the lovely little white blooms.
I pulled out the golden yellow from the design by using a piece of K & Company packaging for my card base (they seriously had the best packaging). I die cut CZ Design's Merry & Bright from a scrap of GelliArts print that was so small it was destined for the recycle bin and I backed it with vellum, so the lovely pattern could show through. I had just enough leftover GelliArts print to die cut two snowflakes that I topped with Concord & 9th Enamel Dots.
We hope you'll come share your Earth Day Christmas cards with us at Jingle Belles.
Another week of frolicking through blogland:
Have a tremendous Thursday!
