Stars Color Trends Challenge

I love Embellish challenges, but I am always late in getting them done. This time I was on a roll and I got it done on time - Stars Color Trends Challenge.

As soon as I saw the word stars - I thought of these pictures of my friend's son enjoying some kitchen time with his Mom - helping her cut vegetables and the title I thought of was "Star Chef"....So here is my layout.

The base card stock and the large patterned paper and the stickers are from Studio Calico Scrapbook kit - City of lights. The maroon, navy blue and green circles are from stash. I just love these pictures and how concentrated he is with this task.

Here is the challenge pad from Embellish blog,

I used a bonus sketch that I got from Got Sketch Express 4 class from Gotsketch Blog. You still have time to register for this class. Valerie's sketches are always the best.

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Supplies:
Studio Calico City of Lights Scrapbook Kit, PTI Enchanted Evening CS, Green and Maroon Cardstock from Staash
Circle Punch, Star Punch, Scallop Circle Punch

PTI June 2011 Blog Hop

The blog hope theme this time is an inspirational photo (shown below). As soon as I saw this photo, it reminded me of the card that Nichole Heady had done for the June stamp release using copics and I had to give it a try (Loved that technique). Plus the three open boxes reminded me of the take three die :) You can see the entire list of participants on Nichole's Blog.

So, here is my take on this inspirational photo, I think the wall hangers are more like dragon flies, but I thought the butterflies worked well too.

I wanted my card to look like I took a bucket of paint and then poured it on the card stock from top. My copic lines are not that clean or that well blended (I was using the chisel tip), but I still like the overall effect of the card and will for sure give this another try. Maybe stamp it with a background stamp and then use that piece of card stock or something like that.

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Supplies:
Stamp - PTI Handwritten Notes
Paper - PTI White, True Black, Vintage Cream CS
Ink - Memento Black, Copics
Other - PTI Take Three Die

Blue Birds

I am in the wold of blue birds inspired by the Embellish magazine color trends challenge. I did these cards for,

1) Embellish Magazine Color Trends Challenge with Birds

2) For Pals Paper Arts Challenge PPA82-CAS-Elements of Style-Scallops
3) CPS Sketch #206

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Supplies:
Stamp - SU Asian Artistry, Sweet and Sassy Digi Birdhouse Stamp
Paper - PTI Fine Linen, Dark Chocolate, White, Kraft and Blueberry Sky CS
Ink - Memento Rich Cocoa, Copics, PTI Inking Cube - Chai
Other - Nestabilities Petite Scallop Circles, Nestabilities Rectangles, Cuttlebug Embossing Folde

Birds and Hearts

2nd Post of the day. Please scroll down or click here to see the PTI Tag and Frame Challenge Post.

I wanted to share this card that I did for Embellish Color Trends Challenge with Hearts using Unscripted Sketch #92.

I stamped the bird house from PTI Bird Watching set and then added a sentiment from PTI Mega Mixed Messages.

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Supplies:
Stamp - PTI Bird Watching, PTI Mega Mixed Messages
Paper - PTI Blueberry Sky, White and Hibiscus burst Cardstock, PTI Men of Life Patterned Paper
Ink - Memento Black, Memento Bamboo Leaves, Memento Love Bug
Other - Blue Gel Pen, SU Heart Punch, Nestabilities, PTI Inking Cube - Chai, SU Circle Punch

Embellish Color Challenge

Embellish Magazine Color Challenge with the use of squares - were Purple, Green and Black. This color combo is a bit hard for me to visualize and I wanted to give it a try. The Squares were a bit challenging, I always have hard time putting these punched squares together and this card is no exception :)



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Supplies:
Stamp - Paper Source Asian fan Stamp
Paper - PTI Plum Pudding and Black CS, GKD Avocado CS
Ink - Memento Black
Other - PTI Ribbon, PTI Vintage Button and Rustic Twine

Hippity Hop Monday

It's Monday and time for {ippity} hop. Please stop by {ippity} blog to see the complete list of participants.

My card is for the Embellish Magazine Color Challenge Featuring Birds. I used this bird image from Because Of You {ippity} set and kept it simple using the colors from the challenge.



I used this Green Patterned Paper from Bo bunny and sponged some Ranger DI - Tea Dye all over it. I then cut out the Stamped {ippity} image with Nestabilities and matted it over Pink CS. Button with Twine completed the card.

Here is the inspiration photo from Embellish Magazine,



I am having a Summer Sale for the {ippity} stamps. Please click here if you want to buy some {ippity} stamps.

Thanks for stopping by,

Supplies:
Stamp - {ippity} Because Of You
Paper - Bo bunny Patterned Paper, PTI White, Raspberry Fizz and Dark Chocolate CS
Ink - PTI Dark chocolate, Ranger Distress Ink - Tea Dye
Other - PTI dark chocolate button, PTI Rustic Twine, Nestabilities

Sweet Sunday Sketch #65

2nd Post of the day! Please scroll down for the Card Patterns Sketch Post or Click here.

I created this card using the Sweet Sunday Sketch #65 using the Embellish Magazine Color Challenge.



I see that the friend word is not stamped that straight and the flower cut out is not my best :) but I really liked how this card turned out. I might try this combination again.

Here is the sketch,



Supplies:
Stamp - PTI Friends Till End
Ink - PTI Pure Poppy, Memento Black
Paper - PTI Bitty box basics PP, PTI Black and white PP, PTI Kraft and White CS
Other - PTI Black Vintage Button, PTI Cream Twine

Combined Challenges

2nd Post of the day. Please scroll down to see the Pagemaps Card Challenge Post

I wanted to share this card that I did for multiple challenges :)



1) The Sketch that I used for this card was from Tuesday Morning Sketches - #35

2) This was also for the Squigglefly Challenge #38 - to use a fun border on your layout along with a Squigglefly image. I used the Flower Vase image from Squigglefly on my card.

3)I also used the color combination from Embellish Magazine Challenge.

4)Last but not the least - for the Poppy Seed Challenge #1 from Lisa Johnson - To use Crystals, Flower Stamp and the color yellow.


Supplies:
Stamp - Digi Image from Squigglefly
Paper - PTI Spring Moss, Raspberry Fizz, Melon Berry, Lemon Tart and White CS
Ink - Copics, Copic Spica Glitter Pen
Other - PTI Lemon Tart Polka Dot Ribbon, Gem Stones, Scallop Border Punch

Sketch Girl SG8 and Embellish Owls Color Challenge

This is the card that I did for the Sketch Girl sketch SG8 and for the Embellish Owls Color Challenge.

Here is my card,



The Embellish Owls challenge was to use a owl image in your card/project and to use the colors - Coral, Green and Dark Brown. I used PTI Melon Berry, Spring Moss and Dark Chocolate. I embossed the Spring Moss with this flower/Vine Cuttlebug Folder and then followed the SG8 Sketch :) It was fun to do this card.

Here is the sketch,



Supplies:
Stamp - GKD - Owl Always Love you
Paper - PTI Dark Chocolate, Spring Moss, Melon Berry, White CS
Ink - Memento Brown, Copics
Other - Fiskars Border Punch, Prima Flowers, Cuttlebug Embossing Folder