Monday May 24th {ippity} blog hop

Hello Friends, It is the {ippity} blog hop time. Time to get inspired and see some beautiful creations. :) Please stop by at the {ippity} blog to see the complete list of participants.

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I have two cards to share with you,

1) {ippity} card that I created for The Play Date Cafe Challenge #30



Sorry for the picture quality. The weather was so dull that I could not get a good picture. The challenge was to use the colors light yellow, light green and Light Pink. I used PTI Lemon Tart and Spring Moss CS. I stamped the ferns from the {ippity} Fishy Philosophy in Memento Pear Tart and New Sprout Inks on PTI Lemon Tart CS. I color the Fish image from the same set using Copics, cut it out and popped them up using some foam dots. The sentiment was stamped in Brown ink.



2) I created a card using Our Creative Corner Sketch #16 and the new Spring 2010 release {ippity} set Now and Always. I love the flourish in this set. I stamped it off once on a scratch page to get a faint faded image effect - almost like a debossed effect. I can imagine this flourish in bolder colors as well.



Here is the sketch,



Supplies:
Stamp - {ippity} Now and Always & Fishy Philosophy
Paper - PTI CS
Ink - Memento, PTI and Copics
Other - PTI Vintage Buttons, PTI Ribbon, Punches

Combined Flowery challenges

I used PTI Hawaiian Shores, Terracotta Tile and Vintage Cream for my card. The Gray is from SU. Tulips from Wishing You stamp set from PTI is the focal image. I have stamped PTI Background Basics - Text Style II using Versamark ink on the Hawaiian Shores paper to add additional punch. Terracotta tile paper cut with the PTI Ric rac die and some buttons completed the card

This card is for,

1)The Play Date Cafe Challenge PDCC26 - To use the colors Turquoise blue, Terracotta and Cream with optional Gray or Silver.

2)Sketch is from Papertrey Paper dolls Challenge #1

3)A Passion for Papertrey challenge - Pretty Flowers

4)Our Creative Corner Challenge - Blooming Blossoms

Supplies:
Stamp - PTI Wishing you stamp set, PTI Background Basics - Text Style II
Paper - PTI Hawaiian Shores, Terracotta tile, Vintage Cream CS, SU Gray CS
Ink - Memento Potter's Clay, Memento Bamboo Leaves, Versamark Ink
Other - PTI Vintage Buttons, PTI Ric Rac Die

Our Creative Corner Sketch Challenge - SASSC39

This is my entry for the Our Creative Corner Sketch challenge. I used this Penny Black Charlie Brown stamp set and colored it with Copics. Kept it simple with just some patterned paper and ribbon.



Here is the sketch,



Supplies:
Stamp - Penny Black Charlie Brown Stamp
Paper - American crafts DP, PTI White and Generic Green DP, PTI Enchanted Evening CS
Ink - Memento Black and Copics
Other - Generic White Ribbon, PTI Scarlett Jewel Button

Combined challenges

I wanted to share my card that I did for a few challenges :) I kind of like mixing challenges together.

Here is my card that I created using the PaperMakeup Stamps that I had won during an earlier Copic Color Challenge. I used the Hope Awareness Fairy stamp.



I used a combination of E33, E35 and E37 for the hair. R20 - for the dress and accented the dress and shoes with YG06. I used a combination of R35 and RV34 for ribbon. BG10 for the wings and B12 for the bird.

1) I did this card for the Copic color challenge #37 - which was to use colors - YG06 (Yellowish Green), R20 (Blush), E33 (Sand).

Here is their color chart,



2) This was also for the Pals Paper Arts challenge - PPA14 - which was to use Pink in the card (For breast Cancer Awareness Month)

3) I used the Our Creative Corner Thursday Sketch - SASSC38 for this card.



Supplies:
Stamp - Papermakeup Stamps - Hope Awareness Fairy
Paper - Generic Pink DP, PTI White CS
Ink - Memento Black, Copics
Other - PTI Hibiscus Burst Ribbon, Nestabilities

TESC 84 and Moxie Fab World Challenge

The Moxie Fab World Challenge this time is called - Gradient is Radiant. It was really neat challenge and I ended up using the latest Taylored Expressions Sketch #84 for this card. This sketch is really very versatile and I can see myself using this in future. This card was also for the OCC Challenge of creating Monochromatic cards :)

Here is my card,



Diwali the festival of Lights is coming in the Month of October and I wanted to make a bunch of cards for that. I used this fan stamp from the Paper Source Company. They have come with this whole line of Indian stamps that are just stunning. I used the Dee Gruenig Gradient Ink for the image. It is the Dee Gruenig's Signature series from Marvy called Blending Box. It has shades of Orange within the ink pad making it easier for this kind of gradient stamping. You might not be able to see the shades in the stamped image, but it is there :)

I also used different shades of Orange from the Coredinations Card stock for the panel on the card further tying in the gradient factor. I kept the card simple without adding further embellishments. I kind of liked the different shades of orange on the card.

Here is the sketch,



Supplies:
Stamp Set - Indian Fan Stamp from Paper Source
Paper - Coredinations Card stock, SU White CS, PTI Vintage Cream CS
Ink - Dee Gruenig Blending Box - Shades of Orange, Chai Distress Ink from PTI
Other - SU Word Window Punch, Marvy Circle Punches

Triple Treat Saturday

It was fun to create a card combining three challenges. Hence the name of my title. I used a snoopy christmas stamp from Stampabilities that I colored with copics. The sentiment is from the Stampin Up Lots of thoughts set that I punched out using SU Tag Punch. The heart was also colored with Copics and Punched out with EK Success Small Heart punch. Some Basic Grey PP from Blitzen collection completed my card.

Here is my card,



1) I used Taylored Expressions Sketch Challenge #78 for my layout. Here is the sketch,


2) Second was the OCC challenge of Christmas cards in August. I need to start building up my holiday cards stash anyways. So this was really good.

3) Third was the Copic Creations Challenge #10 - which is Red, Pink and Hearts.

I colored Snoopy using R24, R27 and R29. I used a bit of R89 to add some highlights on his shirt. The same three colors (R24, R27 and R29) were used for the heart as well.

Supplies:
Stamp - Stampabilities Snoopy Stamp, SU Lots of thoughts
Paper - GKD Pure Luxury 120 Lb CS, PTI Vintage Cream CS, Basic Grey Blitzen Collection DP
Ink - Memento Black, Copics
Other - SU Tag Punch, EK Success Small heart punch

OCC Challenge - A Pet Parade

Although we do not have any pets, I love dogs and when I saw this challenge from OCC, I had to create this card. It uses this dog image from Penny Black stamps and an adorable sentiment. I colored the dogs using copic markers. Kept it simple with a few dew drops.

Here is my card,


Supplies:
Stamp - Penny Black Dog Image, Penny black senitment stamp set
Paper - PTI Dark Chococlate CS, PTI Soft Stone CS, PTI DP
Ink - Memento Black, Copics
Other - Nestabilities, Dew Drops

OCC Recycled Challenge

April 22nd being Earth Day, the OCC challenge this time was to create a card or project using recycled item. I was thinking about it when I realized that I needed something to hold the 10 cards that I was creating for my friend. Just then I had unpacked a new stamp set from PTI and was feeling bad about trashing the plastic pack they come in. That is when it hit me that I could re-use it to put cards for my friend.

Here is the PTI Recycled stamp case to hold Cards for my friend. Nothing complex, just a simple project.





Supplies:
Stamp - None
Ink - None
Paper - PTI DP
Other - Chipboard flowers

TECC54 and OCC Combined

I was looking at OCCC challenge this time and it was to create your card around your inspiration and I just love the cuttlebug embossing folders so made that the focal point for my card. I was thinking on how to use my the embossed sections when I saw Taylored Expressions Sketch 54 and these two were a perfect fit.

Here is the baby shower card that I did for my friend - we are throwing a surprise baby shower for her on Valentine's day. I am almost done with the center piece for her shower. Will share that and Favours I did either late today or tomorrow.




Supplies: PTI White CS, PTI Dark chocolate CS, Generic Pink CS, Generic Stamp Set, Scallop Punch, Circle Punch.


TECC54 Sketch is,

Combined Challenges

I really liked that latest sketch Challenge that Taylor has on her blog (Click here to see TECC53 sketch). I was trying to come up with a good design for this layout when I saw the OCCC challenge - which was to make a card with two or more hearts (See OCCC Challenge here). So, I figured these two would work great combined and here is my take on these,



I love green and even though it is not a traditional Valentine's day color, I had to use that in my card. :) Sorry for the bad picture, I had completed this project in the evening and could not wait until day time to take the picture. Hence the awkward lighting and shadows. Thanks for looking.

Supplies: PTI Heart Prints, PTI Spring Moss, Berry Sorbet and White Shimmer CS, Large Heart Punch, Word Window Punch, Martha Stewart DP, Nestabilities.

Our Creative Corner Sketch

I have not done "Our Creative Corner Sketches" for a while now and really liked their latest sketch. It has so many possibilities. I ended up doing two cards for this sketch. Holiday card for my SCS Christmas card challenge and a wedding card for my cousin who got married recently.

Wedding Card

I did this wedding card using PTI Wedding day set and plus their Circle Borders and Corners. Some glitter brad and the sentiment in the word window punch completed the ensemble.

I stamped the swirls that are part of the wedding day set on the latest PTI Black DP using Fresh Snow. I personally loved it and felt that it came out very well.



Supplies: PTI Wedding Day, PTI Circle Borders and Corners, PTI Black DP, Fresh Snow and True Black Ink, 1 3/" Circle Punch, Bling Brads

Holiday Card

This is an awesome sketch for a holiday card. I used PTI 2008 Holiday tag collection. Embossed the snowflake using silver EP and punched it out using 1 3/4" Circle punch. The patterned paper is from Martha Stewart collection. I thought it made a good contrast to the metallic CB embossed base.




Supplies: PTI 2008 Holiday Tag collection, DCVW Metallic Paper Stack, PP from Martha Stewart Holiday Collection, Cuttlebug Snowflakes Embossing folder, Silver Embossing powder, 1 3/4" Circle Punch.