PP418 - A Color Challenge

I am not really sure how long my creative streak will last. I am hoping at least till end of this Month for sure, so that I have bunch of Christmas cards to mail to my family, friends and business partners.

Here is another Christmas card that I created using Lawn Fawn's Ornate Ornaments stamp set using The Paper Players - PP418 - A Color Challenge.

The colors were as following. But since I do not buy Stampin Up products, I used the closest colors that I had in my stash.

I used some Grey striped paper from Simple Stories paper collection. I colored the ornament in The Orange red combination that I hope resembles Poppy Parade color. A sentiment completed the card. I I popped up the cut out ornament to give it a bit more 3D effect. I love how this card turned out.

Thanks for stopping by,

Supplies:

Stamp: Lawn Fawn Ornate Ornaments

Paper - Coredinations Pre Folded Kraft Cardstock, PTI Cardstock, Simple Stories patterned Paper

Ink - Memento Black, Hero Arts Grass, Copic Markers

More One Layer Cards

Happy Wednesday friends. It is mid week :) Weekend is not too far away. ICRC27 - One layer card with repeated stamped image is still going on and there is still time to Enter. Check out all the deets on ICR Forum.

I ended up doing two cards for the 2nd round of Inspiration. :))

For this first one,  I did Ink Direct to paper technique. I took distress ink pads and wiped the pads directly over the card stock. You can do the same with regular dye inkpads as well. This is a good way to add color without doing lot of coloring.

For my 2nd card, I stamped the vine image on white CS and then colored it with Copics. So, a different way of coloring it.

 I used the Lawn Fawn Blissful Botanicals stamp set for both the cards. Just love that stamp set. So Versatilie. Kept it simple. Love CAS Cards as well.

Thanks for stopping by. I hope your will stop by ICR and check out our Challenges.

Supplies:
Stamp - Lawn Fawn Blissful Botanicals
Paper - PTI White CS
Ink - Memento Black, Memento Lady Bug, Distress Ink - Squeezed Lemonade, Crushed Olive, Forest Moss, Pine Needles, Shabby Shutters
Other - None

My First 10 Minute card dash

Hello Friends, I am back with a quick quick card that did for 10 minute card dash. I did pull out papers and stamp set out earlier. But everything else was done on the clock, cutting of the papers, stamping, coloring, scoring the card base etc.

I loved how this card turned out.....I used the Lawn Fawn Blissful Botanical stamp set for this card. Love that set and had not inked it in ages. I colored the leaves alternatively with dark orange and green and then added the simple Thanks sentiment.

I am entering this card for the following challenges,
1) 10 Minute Card Dash #6

2) Lawnscaping Challenge Dust 'Em Off! - to use something from your stash that you have not used in a while. I inked up the Lawn Fawn Blissful Botanicals stamp set that I had not used for a while.

3) Last but not the least - Case Study Challenge #116<. I loved Angeline Yong's gorgeous card and I loved how she had those flower stalks going up on one side of the card, which was inspiration for my card.

I wanted to share a quick photo of my stop watch. It took me to 6:37 minutes to complete the card.

Thanks for stopping by.
Supplies:
Stamp - Lawn Fawn Blissful Botanicals
Paper - PTI Yellow, Orange Zest and White CS
Ink - Memento Black, Memento Ivy Cottage, Copics
Other - None

Diwali Cards

2nd Post of the day. Please scroll down or click here to see the Appreciate You post.

Diwali is the Festival of Lights celebrated through India. The festival is celebrated by lighting lamps all around and outside the homes and with plethora of sweet and savory dishes. I love this festival as it feels so bright to be sorrounded by lights and where families & friends get together and have a good time. So, when I saw that a few Indian stampers had joined together for a Diwali blog hop, I had to create a few cards. You can start the blog hop at Chaitali's blog (She even has some Silhouette cut files for you) and get all the details there.

Warning - Picture Heavy Post as I ended up creating three cards :)

1) I used the PDCC 155 colors (mint, gold and leather) for this card. I also used Retro Sketches #34. 

The lamp (diya) image is from about.com - a free clip art. I printed it and colored it with copics. The sentiment is in Samarkan Font.

Here are PDCC Challenge panel and Retro Sketch,

2) I did this second card again using PDCC 155 colors (mint, gold and leather) and this time I used the CASE this sketch #3 for this card.

I used the same lamp clip art and sentiment. :) Just a variation in the sketch. I used gold bling for the gold color.

Here is the CASE Sketch #3,

3) Last but not the least, I used Lawn Fawn's Lunar Lights stamp set to create this card. During Diwali we hang these lanterns in our homes and you get the most amazing and beautiful lanterns and this stamp set reminds me of those lanterns. I paper pierced the lanterns in bright patterned papers and kept it simple.

Thanks for Stopping by,
Supplies:
Stamp - Lawn Fawn Lunar Lights
Paper - PTI Enchanted Eventing and White CS, PTI Aqua Mist and Dark Chocolate Patterned Paper, Bo Bunny Patterned Papers, GKD Mint Card Stock, Gold Glittered Paper from Hobby Lobby
Ink - Memento Black, Copics
Other - Gem Stones, Circle Punches, PTI Scallop Border Die

Retro Sketches #30

2nd Post of the day!! I know :)) Always playing catch up with the challenge deadlines. That is me :)  You can either scroll down or click here to see my post on D2D Challenge.

I just loved this sketch #30 from Retro Sketches. It is so adaptable. Keep it simple using some gorgeous patterned paper that you can show case or make it elaborate.

I used this sketch to create a holiday card. You can never have too many of those.  I used the Lawn Fawn Ornate Ornaments set for this card.

I heat embossed the Ornaments on colored card stock using gold embossing powder and then cut it out. I used some twine for hanging the ornaments. The background white - I dry embossed with a cuttlebug embossing folder just to give it some more texture. The sentiment was stamped with Impress Fresh Inks. Just love these inks. Such beautiful colors.

Here is the Retro Sketch #30,

Thanks for stopping by,
Supplies:
Stamp - Lawn Fawn Ornate Ornaments
Paper - GKD Green and Red CS, PTI Simply Charteruse Card stock
Ink - Fresh ink Tomato Red
Other - Cuttlebug Snowdots embossing folder, Twinery Twine

Thanks

Hi Friends, It feels good to be creating cards and enjoying some good weather here in Texas. I used Lawn Fawn's Blissful Botanicals for this card.

I did this card for
1) ColourQ Challenge #130A - I used this lighter green from GKD Called Green Apple, but it is showing up much lighter in the photograph.

2) I also used Retro Sketches #4 for this card.

3)I am also entering this card for Lily Pad's Flower Challenge.

Thanks for stopping by,
Supplies:
Stamp - Lawn Fawn Blissful Botanicals
Ink - Memento Black, Copics, PTI Raspberry Fizz
Paper - PTI Hawaiian shores and Yellow CS, GKD White and Green Apple CS, PTI Raspberry Fizz Patterned Paper
Other - Nestabilities

You are Sew Lovely

I wanted to share this card that I did for March SFYTT by Jen Del Muro. I was in fact inspired by Jen's card that she did with a similar image.

I used the beautiful image from Lawn Fawn paper pierced the skirt. The beautiful news print flower with the button was a gift from my dear friend Sara.

I kept it simple and loved how it turned out. Thanks for stopping by,

Supplies:
Stamp - Lawn Fawn Sew Lovely stamp set
Paper - PTI White and Kraft card stock, Patterned Paper from Stash.
Ink - Memento black, PTI Chai Inking Cube
Other - Cuttlebug Textures Embossing folder, Beautiful Blooms by Sara,

Less is More - Sketch

I was browsing through some blogs and saw a card done with "Less is More" Week 52 - a sketch. I did a Christmas card using this sketch - also for our Weekly Christmas Card challenge on SCS for Feb3rd weekend challenge which is to create a CAS Card that does not require extra postage to mail.

Here is my card,

I used Lawn Fawn's vintage ornaments set for this card and stamped the ornaments on a few tree branches and colored them with copics. Added a red card stock border. The sentiment is from PTI Holiday Spirit Sentiments.

Here is the sketch,

Thanks for stopping by,
Supplies:
Stamp - Lawn Fawn Vintage Ornaments, PTI Holiday Spirit Sentiments
Paper - PTI White and Pure Poppy Cardstock
Ink - Memento Black, Copics, PTI Chai Inking Cube
Other - Border Punch

Christmas Card with Non Traditional Colors

One of the challenges on the Weekly Christmas Card Challenge group that I am part of was to create a Christmas card with Non Traditional colors. Also, I just happen to love the color combination from this week's The Playdate Cafe Challenge #116 - Plum, Pear and Moldy Cheese. So, here is my card combining both of these,

I used the Lawn Fawn Vintage Ornaments set for this card. I embossed the ornament image with silver embossing powder and then sponged some Ranger DI Dusty Concord. I would have preferred a lighter purple, but this was the only good purple that I had. I then cut out the ornament and popped it up with some foam dots. The background bluish patterned paper is from Becky Higgins Project Life cobalt edition. I did not have a true pear color - this stars patterned paper was the closest that I found.

Here is the PDCC 116 Color swatch,

Thanks for stopping by,
Supplies:
Stamp - Lawn Fawn Vintage Ornaments
Paper - PTI White, Lavender Moon and Plum Pudding Card stock, PTI Stars patterned paper, Becky Higgins PL Cobalt Edition Patterned Paper
Ink - Versamark Ink, Ranger DI Dusty Concord, Memento Black
Other - PTI Lavender Moon Twill Ribbon

Shine Brightly

I made this Card for my friend for the Chinese New Year Celebrations. I am late, but I am sure she will appreciate the thought. By the time I thought of how great the Lunar Lanterns stamp set from Lawn fawn is and I ordered it etc, it was late :( But now that I have the stamp set in my hand, I should be on time for next year :)

I stamped the Lantern images on the white card stock and on the patterned paper, cut it out and added them on top of the stamped image. These lanterns have such well defined lines that it was breeze to cut them out. The picture is not the best, the card has a soft pastel look IRL.

I also made her this small Origami Box filled with some Hershey's kisses. I paper pierced this lantern image as well. :)

I did this card for the following two challenges,

1) Lawnscaping Challenge #4 - Paper Piercing

2) Moxie Fab World Stamp It! Techniques Week: The Paper Piecing Challenge

Thanks for stopping by. I hope you checkout the Lawnscaping Challenge blog. Lawn Fawn are really neat. These lanterns were so easy to cut out.

Supplies:
Stamp - Lawn Fawn Lunar Lanterns
Paper - PTI White and Kraft CS, Crate Paper and MM Patterned paper
Ink - Memento Black
Other - SU Scallop Punch, Corner Rounder, Pearl Embellishment

Lawn Fawn Hearts Cards for Kids Blog Hop

Hello and welcome to the Lawn Fawn Hearts Cards for Kids Blog Hop! We have all come together today to make cards for a wonderful cause, Cards for Kids! We hope to encourage you to also make cards for this great cause and have fun along the way, too! So please hop along with us, and make sure to leave comments as there will be prizes for commenters and participants! So let's get going! If you have come from Christiana's Blog, you are in the right place. Also, if you are lost in the hop, you can always start at the beginning at the Lawn Fawn blog. Thank you so much for hopping along with us today!

I have a very simple and cute card using Lawn Fawn's Sew Lovely Set. Thanks for stopping by.



The card base is chocolate, but it kind of looks dark in my photo. I loved the combination of pink and chocolate :)

Next on the blog hop is Vera's Blog

Supplies:
Stamp - Lawn Farm Sew Lovely
Paper - GKD Dark Chocolate and Soft Stone CS, Making Memories Patterned Paper
Ink - PTI Dark Chocolate, PTI Raspberry Fizz
Other - PTI Raspberry Fizz Twill Ribbon, PTI White Vintage Buttons, PTI Hibiscus Burst Vintage Buttons, PTI Rustic Twine, SU Scallop Border Punch, Nestabilities

Play Date Cafe - Splash of Orange Challenge

The Play Date Cafe is having a color splash challenge - 'Color Splash' is simply black & white with a 'little bit' of color. And this week's color is orange.

I was really impressed by the card that Kelly from Lawn Fawn Stamps did for this challenge. You can see her card here. So, I had to play along with this challenge. I created two cards for this challenge.

1) The first one is using Lawn Fawn's Sew Lovely stamp set. I used some Luxe Designs Patterned paper. I love love these PP's. I kept the card simple with the image taking the center place. I colored this image with Copic Markers. Some buttons completed the card.



2) I did the second card using {ippity} Regal Greetings set. Please click here if you want to buy some of these yummy stamps for yourself.



I again used some Luxe Design Patterned paper. Everything is kept black and white except for the sentiment and the mat. I really liked how this card turned out. I am thinking of re creating this in other colors.

This card is also for the {ippity} Challenge for this week to create something with Scallops - IHHC20.

Supplies:
Stamp - Lawn Fawn Sew Lovely, {ippity} Regal Greetings
Paper - Luxe Designs PP, PTI White, Black and Summer Sunrise CS
Ink - Memento Black, Ranger Distress Ink Peeled Orange, Copics
Other - PTI Vintage Buttons, PTI Rustic Twine, SU Oval Punches, Nestabilities