A smidge late to link to her blog post, but I love this colour combo and had to make a card! Check out Kristina's Color Inspiration Challenge #52:

And here's my card (are you sick of seeing this set yet? lol):

Supplies (all SU!): Stamps (Fifth Avenue Floral, On Your Birthday), Cardstock (textured Sahara Sand, textured Baja Breeze, Whisper White), Inks (Baja Breeze, So Saffron, More Mustard, Sahara Sand, VersaMark), White Embossing Powder, Aqua Painter, Stampin' Dimensionals

Raspberry Suite Colour Challenge #1

I'm late, but here's my card for Dawn's Raspberry Suite Colour Challenge #1:

supplies (all SU!): cardstock (Tangerine Tango, Pink Passion, Apricot Appeal, Whisper White), Stamps (Fifth Avenue Floral, Oval All - Occasions Mini), inks (Chocolate Chip, Tangerine Tango--rubbed on the texture plate before embossing the Apricot Appeal cs), Blender Pen, Pink Passion Stampin' Write Marker, Scallop Oval Punch (Occasions Mini - available April 1st), 5/8" Chocolate Chip grosgrain ribbon.

This was the inspiration:

Hopefully I'll be on time next week... this was really fun!

Sketch #46 (and KWCI #42)

Here's this week's sketch:

and my card using the Level 1 Hostess set God's Beauty:

The colour combination was inspired by Kristina Werner's Colour Inspiration #42


If you create something inspired by the sketch, link me up so I can see!

KW Colour Inspiration #38 (and a sneak peek for my January Stamp Club

Here's the Colour Inspiration from Kristina for this week:

and here is the card I created:

supplies (all SU!): cardstock (Whisper White, Pirouette Pink, Vellum Cardstock); inks (Riding Hood Red, Versamark); Pumpkin Pie Stampin' Write marker (added some pumpkin pie to the Upsy Daisy flowers on the bottom layer); Pumpkin Pie striped ribbon, White Embossing powder, Sweet Stems Embosslit & Upsy Daisly stamp set.

I'm featuring Vellum this month for my Stampers Club, and this is one of the cards we'll be doing this Sunday. It shows embossing on vellum and also layering with vellum. The card below is the other project this month. I used black embossing powder and markers/blender pens to show the Stained Glass technique. I saw this idea for using the Open End envelopes on Patty's blog and thought it was a great way to showcase these envelopes before they're gone (retiring January 18th). I thought they'd make a great little valentine--they even have a spot to hide the mushy message... ;)

If you're in the London area and want to try out my Stamper's club and make these projects, you're more than welcome! The first time is free... I just need notice to prepare extra projects (e-mail is in sidebar)


product list (all SU!): Love Owl-ways & Define your Life stamp sets; Bella Rose & Holiday Treasures DSP; 1 3/4" circle punch; black embossing powders; Stampin' Write markers; Riding Hood Red & Versamark inks; Big Shot scallop circle die cut; Kraft Open end envelope; Chocolate Chip & Pirouette Pink cardstock.

KWerner's Colour Inspiration #32

Love this colour combo from Kristina's blog for Christmas cards (and in general):

I had to use silver EP for this dove (love this set!) and on the edges of the Riding Hood Red cardstock... I also used clear EP on the Very Vanilla cardstock, and then sponged over it with the Riding Hood Red ink.

card recipe (all SU!): Whisper White notecard; cardstock (Riding Hood Red, Very Vanilla); Stamps (Priceless, To You & Yours, Fresh Cuts); Embossing Powder (clear, silver), Inks (Versamark, Riding Hood Red).

KWerner CI #29

I always underestimate how tricky Kristina's colour challenges can be... the colours look so great together in the inspiration piece, but when I try to work with them, it's never quite as easy to get the right balance. So I used a lot of Whisper White in this one... ;) I am happy with the way it turned out though, so it was worth the struggle.

recipe (all SU!): Whisper White notecard; Pumpkin Pie cardstock; Pumpkin Pie striped grosgrain ribbon; Whisper White cardstock; Fall Flair (Hostess level 2) and Wow Flowers (sentiment) stamp sets; Pumpkin Pie and Pacific Point classic inks; Elegant Eggplant and Taken With Teal Stampin' Write markers, 1 1/4" circle punch; Stampin' Dimensionals; Stampin' Sponge.

Colour Inspiration #20

I love the colour combination Kristina Werner picked again this week and couldn't resist whipping up a card for it!

sorry for the not-fantastic night picture... I used a couple of the new SU! Level 1 hostess sets and I really like how pretty this card is... definitely feminine!

card recipe: SU! Cardstock (Very Vanilla, Chocolate Chip, Pink Pirouette), Inks (Certainly Celery, Chocolate Chip), Stampin' Write Marker (Rose Red--I don't have Regal Rose), and Stamps (Kind Thoughts, Organic Grace, Best Yet). Coluzzle to cut oval panel

Colour Inspiration #19

I was inspired by this challenge on Kristina Werner's blog. I really like the colour combination (although it's a big stretch for me) but I'm not sure how I feel about this card... it was put together and taken apart a few times before I came up with this... it's also based on my sketch for this week (see post above).

card recipe: black and grey bazzill cardstock; SU! whisper white cardstock; SU! Bella Rose DSP; SU! Priceless (swirl--barely visible on the black) and Fresh Cuts stamp sets; SU! punches (scallop circle, 1 3/8" circle, 1 1/4" circle); SU! inks (Basic Black; Kiwi Kiss) and Versamark ink.

Kristina's Colour Inspiration #16

I've been stalking Kristina's blog for a month or so, and I love the colour inspirations she finds and interprets to SU! colours. Here's the inspiration for this week:

and here's my card (please forgive the not so great lighting):

I didn't have Certainly Celery, so I improvised... here's the recipe:

Cardstock: Soft Sky, Very Vanilla, Pumpkin Pie

Inks: Soft Sky, Pumpkin Pie, Kiwi Kiss

Stamps: Dreams du Jour (available Aug. 11)

other: Scallop Edge punch, double sided ribbon (I think it's May Arts)