This weeks Play Date Cafe challenge

This week we were to use these colors. You will find all the details and cards that were made HERE.



I looked through my stash of cards trying to find some inspiration. I found this card.



I had brayered a rainbow pad onto a piece of glossy card stock and stamped with white pigment ink. It reminded me of a wax paper resit background that I knew there were several blank ones in my stash. You Cuttlebug emboss the wax paper in an embossing folder. Very cool.
Here is how you do it. Take your piece of wax paper and put it inside an embossing folder. Run it through your machine. Now place it between 2 pieces of glossy card stock. The shiny side of the card stock should be facing the wax paper. Place a piece of copy paper or newsprint over the top and iron for 45 seconds or so. You will know when it is finished as the card stock will separate from the wax paper easily. Let it cool off a minute and then add color. So here is the first one. I sponged on Distressed inks. This one is over stamped with Adirondack red pepper and then the sentiment stamped at the bottom. Of course it wasn't supposed to be going up hill. I have no idea how it got so crooked but I decided to make it work. I added a little Spellbinder doodle under it, added some bling and no one knows it wasn't intentionally stamped that way. Well I guess you know now.LOL. On the inside it says YOU.



The last one I also sponged on the color and over stamped with 2 different SU flower stamps. Added a little bit of Stickles glitter and a flower cut with the Dahlia Spellbinder die. I think I like this one the most.

Stampin Bs dog challenge

Wow when I saw the Stampin Bs challenge was to include a dog item I didn't think I would be able to participate. I just don't have a dog stamp. I kept looking hoping to find a dog somewhere on any stamp. Thank goodness for Stampscapes. Now I can participate. Here is my card. I sponged the whole thing masking the sun.

Maculine card challenge

Over at Pals Paper Arts their challenge for this week was a masculine KISS ( Keep it Simple Sweetie )card. It was to be clean with lots of white space. A simple design with a minimum time to create. And limited layers and embellishments. I immediately thought of the card I just saw On Stamp TV and showed at the last get together. Takes like all of 2 minutes to make. The stamp is brand new from SU. The colors I used were Distressed ink pads Old Paper and Weathered Wood.

Mojo Sketch #150

Here's my card for this weeks Mojo Monday Sketch challenge. I had scraps of purple paper on my desk from a challenge last week so I started there. Still continuing my Birthday card theme. Lots of Birthdays this month. The little butterflies are from a SU embosslit and the butterfly border is a Martha Stewart punch that arrived in my mail yesterday.

A black & white challenge

This week at The Play Date Cafe the challenge was to make a black & white card with a splash of green.

You can read about it Here. This became a real problem for me but once I stopped trying to make my background paper and found this stamp everything just sort of fell into place. I was trying to emboss black flowers on my white card stock and could not get it to look right. So out came the webbing and I was happy as can be with my background. And as soon as I sat down again to try and put something together and saw this great stamp from Stampendous I knew what to do with it to get my splash of green.

I need more purple !

That's what I found out this week. The Challenge at Pals Paper Arts called for a Monochromatic card using purple. Well I searched and searched. I finally found a tiny scrap of the flowered paper and a piece of sparkly paper just the right size for a card front. The image was one on my desk waiting to be colored. So purple bow, hat and chalked background. A raisin color for the ground and I found this small piece of dark purple card stock in my scrap box. I found those 2 purple flowers and the bling to match. I just don't do purple. It's a lovely color. Most of my favorite flowers are purple buts its not a color I reach for when shopping for supplies. Now for the theme. Thankfully over at the Stampin B's the theme for this weeks challenge was to make a birthday card. The punch is SU and I think this is the first time I ever used it. Well here's my card.



Onto the next challenge that has been giving me a hard time. Black and white only with a touch of green. I need color. I have been trying things for days with no success. But this will not beat me. I'll be back with a card.

I found my mojo/ sketch that is

Wow it has been a long time since I participated in this Monday sketch. It's a great sketch and I started this one differently. I had a background on my desk and I started there. Matched it up with some card stock. Cut out all the pieces. Had it all put together and was ready to add the image but what image. Nothing spoke to me at all. After work today I opened a stamp drawer looking again and there was my Celebrate stamp from Rubber Stampede. Added a Spellbinder Flourish and it's finished and ready to mail out to someone with an August birthday.