Color Trends Challenge - Thinking of you

I have decided to try and play along with a few challenges.  I really liked the colours on this one at Embellish Magazine.  But then, when I sat down to create ... it took me forever to pull together a card!

Here is the card that I ended up with.  The colours were perfect for this scene from Stupendous. 

Thanks for visiting.

Donelda

Embellish Magazine - Fabric

The most recent challenge going on at Embellish Magazine is to use FABRIC. Yikes, I don't have much of that laying around so I had to really look for something. I found an old blue canvas bag that I recieved as part of being at a conference. Truth of the matter is I will never use the bag ... so I cut it up and cut out this circle!! LOL!! The colors are also very bold and bright, not my typical style so this took some work!

The making of this CAS card is pretty straight forward. I did some blue doodling lines around the green square to tie it all toghether and finish it off.

Supplies: Stamps - Scattered Showers (Papertrey Ink); Paper - Kraft, Garden Green , white(Stampin' Up!); Ink - Pure Poppy (Papertrey Ink); Other - Circle Die (Spellbinders), Cuttlebug, dimensionals, blue marker.

I hope you have a great Sunday!!

Donelda

Bunny Borders

I have been thinking about this little bunny stamp for the last few weeks. Every year around Easter I always want to make cards with him. When I saw the colors over on the Embellish Magazine challenge I knew that I could combine the image and these colors.

Part of the challenge was to use borders. I took the 4 colors and cut them using my old decorative scissors, the scallop ones. Then I lined them all up on a piece of white cardstock. I added a bit of dots and strips on the pink and some white twill.

The bunny was stamped and then matted. Then he was popped up with dimensionals as was this whole piece onto a white card base.

Supplies: Stamps - Delight in Nature (SU!, retired), Beyond Basic Borders, Faux Ribbon (Papertrey Ink); Paper - Wild Wasabi, Groovy Guava, scrap pink and yellow; Ink - Groovy Guava, White (SU!); other - white twill (Papertrey Ink), dimensionals, scallop scissors (Provo Craft), Corner Chomper (We R Memory Keepers).

I think I'm going to check out and see what everyone else did with these colors.

Thanks for dropping in!

Donelda

Embellish Magazine - Birthday Color Challenge

I have had my Polka Dot Basics II from Papertrey Ink for some time but I haven't inked them up nearly enough yet! So, I decided to use them for the lates Embellish Magazine challenge. The twist this time was to use the colors and also make a birthday card. Also, Lucy's most recent challenge was to use polka dots on a card...guess this card fits that challenge as well!! bonus!!

You might remember that flower embellishment from THIS challenge.

Supplies: Stamps-Polka Dot Basics II, Everyday Basics, Background Basics: Retro (all Papertrey Ink); Ink - Enchanted Evening, Hibuscus Burst, New Leaf (Papertrey Ink), Chocoloate Chip (Stampin' Up!); Paper - Kraft, Whisper White (Stampin' up!), Bitty Dots (Papertrey Ink); Other - brown button (Papertrey Ink), hemp, flower dies and tag die (Spellbinders), sponge, floss (DCM).

Don't forget to check out the other post I have put up ...

Donelda

Embellish Magazine - with Ribbon

The latest colors in the Embellish color challenge were just too good to pass up!! Yummy!! And adding ribbon to a card is just second nature, right!! So here is my card.

I decided to go a bit diagonal!! I stamped one of the images from Guide Lines II set (Papertrey Ink) in Vintage Cream (Papertrey Ink) on the brown cardstock, in Hibiscus Burst (Papertrey Ink) on the pink cardstock, and with Versamark ink on the turquoise cardstock. Cut them all up, placed them on the diagnal and then trimmed off the excess. I added a strip of brown cardstock with a scalloped edge (Fiskars) and this turquoise organdy ribbon (which I received from a friend). The button is a small one from Papertrey Ink and the sentiment comes from the Father Knows Best stamp set (Papertrey Ink) - one of my all time favorite happy birthday sentiments!! Thanks for dropping in to my blog today!! Leave me a little comment love!! I certainly appreciate it!!

Donelda

Embellish Magazine - Purple, Brown, and Stripes

Here is my card for the Embellish challenge where the colors are Kraft, Brown, Purple with the twist of adding stripes!! Great challenge!!

This aweosme flower vase comes from a set called Fun Stuff sold by smARTworks. I stamped them onto Kraft cardstock and colored them in using my white and purple pencil crayons (Prismacolor). Then, I sponged around the edge with Walnut Stain distress ink (Ranger).

Next, the stripes!! Taking the stripe stamp from Background Basics: Retro (Papertrey Ink) I stamped Chocolate Chip ink onto Chocolate Chip cardstock. (Does anyone else love this particular background set as much as I do?? I can't seem to stop using it!!). Then I added the scallops (Fiskars) and tied on some linen thread (Stampin Up!).

I added the main image, and then matted that onto a piece of purple cardstock. It was originally a lighter shade of purple but I took my Lavendar Lace (Stampin' Up!) ink pad and dragged it across the cardstock to get a great look. Finally, I adhered everything to a Kraft card base that was also distressed around the edges with distress ink.

I must say that I really like the striped look and will definatly be using that again!!

Thanks for dropping in!!

Donelda

Embellish Magazine - Pink, Red, and Black

Over at Embellish Magazine, the challenge is to use these yummy colors!! How could I ever resist??

And I am continuing to focus on using my stash.

I pulled out some of this delicious Basic Grey paper that I've had for years and some rub

ons too!!!

I drew and cut the heart by hand and

covered it with some yummy red

glitter!!

Supplies: Stamps/In - none; Paper - Pink Pirouette (Stampin' Up!) Blush (BasicGrey); Other - black satin ribbon (Papertrey Ink), red glitter (Ritz), rub-ons (EK Success).

I can't wait to see what everyone else does with this great color combo! Off to check them out. Thanks for dropping in to my blog! Enjoy your day!!

Donelda

Embellish Magazine - Primary Colors

So this is the first of 3 blog posts today. Make sure you check them all out. And don't miss out on winning some blog candy. I hit 50,000 and want to celebrate! Go to THIS POST and leave a comment there in order to win. So I only have a few select colored brads (I generally use metallic colors) but luckily I had at least 1 of each of the colors for this month's Embellish Magazine color challenge. Supplies: Stamps - Giga Guide Lines, Around and About Sentiments (both Papertrey Ink); Ink - Enchanted Evening (Papertrey Ink), Versamark, Summer Sun (Stampin' Up!); Paper - Enchanted Evening, Pure Poppy, Leaf Green (Papertrey Ink), Whisper White (SU!), yellow (scrap); Other - brads (Dollarama), dimensionals. Thanks for dropping in!! Donelda

Embellish Magazine Challenge - Take Care Owl

Note: this is 1 of 5 posts tonight!! Please keep scrolling down to see all the work I have done entering different challenges. I was just on a roll and kept going!!!

So the latest challenge over at Embellish Magazine is to create a card using Coral, Brown, Green, and to include owls. There is even a cute template over there for you to use if you don't have an owl stamp or anything like that.

I do, however...have an owl stamp that is...but I didn't use it on my card. Instead, I used this cute little template I made myself a while ago. It is based on these cute little owls that are on a pair of my old summer shoes. I created THIS card with the template a long time ago!!!

The semi-circle behind owly is a piece of white vellum with Polka Dots stamped onto it with white craft ink.

Supplies: Stamps - Autumn Abundance, Polka Dot Basics (Papertrey Ink); Ink - Chocolate Chip, Whisper White Craft (SU!); Paper - River Rock (I think that is green), Chocolate Chip (SU!), no name coral, vellum; Other - Chocolate Chp marker, coluzzle, Swiss Dot Dark Chocolate ribbon (Papertrey Ink), dimensional.

Thanks for dropping in. Remember...scroll down and see all my other challenge cards...this makes five in all....don't stop until you see my red and brown polka dot card....yup, keep going!!

Donelda

Embellish Magazine - Color Challenge

This was the challenge for the Dec. edition of

Embellish Magazine. Unfortunately the deadline was Sept but I just couldn't resist the colors... arn't they great!! I had to create something with them.

I love that curve in the Kraft carrdstock and the whole thing is attached to the Chocolate Chip card base with dimensionals. And I love the clean and simple look even thought it has lots of color!!

Supplies: Stamps - Birdie Fun (smARTworks); Paper - Tempting turquoise, Chocolate Chip, Kraft (Stampin' Up!), Pure Poppy (Papertrey Ink); Ink - Chocolate Chip (SU!); Other - hemp, 1and 1/2" circle punch, dimensionals.

Enjoy your day!! Hope it's TWEET!!!

Donelda

Embellish Magazine - Circle Card Color Challenge

Have you checked out Embellish Magazine yet? You should pop over. They have had a few color challenges with the most amazing color combo's!! Really fresh combos and twists like polkadots and circles!! The most recent challenge is to use these colors and create a circle shaped card. These colors are NOT ones I would pick on my own {reminding myself that the whole idea of a challenge is to do something that is different}. This is the card I ended up with. It is definately growing on me. I folded the green textured cardstock and used my coluzzle to cut out the circle. Then I added the colored strips and sentiment. The butterfly is actually stamped onto acetate with StazOn, painted with a light green paint and then adhered to the card with a glue dot. The stitching and the butterfly trail are faux stitching!! Supplies: Stamps-Butterfly(Rubber Stampede), Beautiful Blooms (Papertrey Ink); Cardstock - mint green (Bazzill), Spring Rain, Select White (Papertrey Ink), brown (scrap); Ink - Chocolate Chip (Stampin' Up!), Jet Black (StazOn); Other - Coluzzle, acetate, paint and brush, Chocolate Chip marker (Stampin' Up!). So, have you made a circle card lately?? It has been a while since I have so this was just the challenge I needed to get around to it....snort, hehe, get it!! Thanks for dropping in!! Donelda