Tulip Baby Welcome

Hi everyone!

I tend not to combine challenges and then, if I'm ever brilliant enough to do so it is usually a maximum of 2 different challenges.  So you can imagine my surprise when I realized that I could combine 4 different challenges without my head exploding!  LOL!

First up, the CAS-ual Fridays challenge was to make a baby card. Also, Use it Tuesday's challenge is also to make a baby card - in celebration of Heather's new arrival Clarie!  As it just so happens, I need one!

Then I saw these lovely soft colours on the Play Date Cafe challenge ... that would work!

and finally over at Our Creative Corner the challenge is Over the Edge, which I love but rarely think to do....(and I see I am too late to link it up for the challenge ... sigh!)

In the end, it all came together with this card:

Featuring 2 of my own hand-created stamps.  The background image is a new one - a starburst of sorts, and then my flower image - which I think can be used as a rose (see yesterday's card) or as a tulip as shown here.  It also features my home-made template for the Sahara Sand (Stampin' Up!) panel across the front (looks way more kraft in the image but is a much softer sand colour in real life!).

Here is a close up of the dimension.  Senitment if from Round and Round (Papertrey Ink anniversary stamp set).

This card was so much fun to make!!! Now I'm off to load it up and check out what all the other challenge go'ers made with these challenges.

Donelda

Play Date Cafe #119 and One Layer Wednesday (OLW) - Hello

I love a black and white + splash of colour challenges!  This one was certainly no exception!  I decided to combine it with this week's One Layer Wednesday challenge - to use 3 or more stamps on your one layer card.

Here is my first card using a new set of stamps (Happy Spring Day - Inkadinkado).   The butterfly and flower centers were coloured in using a blender pen and some Raspberry Fizz ink (Papertrey Ink).  Love masking!

And my second card, however, as you can see I used different colours and added a border of the word 'friend' from Gracious Vases (Papertrey Ink).

Fun, fun, fun!

Hope you are having a wonderful long weekend.  I know I am!

Donelda

One Layer Wednesday (OLW) #78 and Play Date Cafe 118 - Celebrate Circles

So the latest One Layer Wednesday challenge that Susan R. threw at us was to use "at least 5 circles on a card".  Well at first I was stumped.... but not for long!! And then I got inspired by the colours of the latest Play Date Cafe challenge ....

Here is the card I ended up with ....

Stamped the open circles (Polka Dot Basics, PTI) and filled them in with the Play Date Cafe colours (Broken China, Faded Jeans, and Wild Honey - Ranger).  Check it .. there are 17 circles!!  So there, Susan!!  Haha!! Sentiment is from Think Big Favorites #4 (PTI) with a half rhinstone for emphasis .. the 17th circle!!

There,  that was fun.

Off to see what everyone else came up with ...

Donelda

Play Date Cafe #117 - In My Prayers

Check out the soft, beautiful colours in the latest Play Date Cafe challenge #117....

I couldn't resist and ended up with this card .....

The lovely Angel Anya (the Greeting Farm) is compliments of one of my former Secret Sisters (thanks Imke!!).  The papers are Memory Box (purple/blue) and Lily Bee Design (tan).  I have to admit, I really struggled to use that tag!!  The sentiment if from my 'new to me' Gracious Vases set (Papertrey Ink).  My favourite part of this card - her blue hair and the Star Dust stickles on her wings!! 

Off to see all the other creations with these colours.

Thanks for dropping by.

Donelda

CASual Friday #37 and Play Date Cafe #116 - Bamboo Sympathy

I got some time to play in my craft room!  Had fun with 2 challenges ... CAS-ual Fridays #3737 (a sketch) and The Play Date Cafe#116  (plum, pear, and mouldy cheese)

Here is the card I ended up with.  I wanted to use one of my new sticky-back canvas pieces by Ranger and also a new-to-me set Peaceful Garden by Papertrey Ink.  Oh yeah, and I also pulled out my new white silk 1/4" ribbon and added some of the plum colour (using a Copic), also from Papertrey Ink. 

Here is a close up of the sentiment and bamboo on the canvas ... great texture!!  and although you can't really see it in the photo very well, I did some embossed diagonal lines on the blue cardstock.

Thanks for dropping by for a visit.  Hope you have a great week!

Donelda

Play Date Cafe #108 - Rich and Warm Colours

The Play Date Cafe colours for challenge #108 were so delicions that I wanted to play along.  However, they were so much fun, I couldn't stop.  I ended up making 2 different cards and then using my scraps to create a third card!

This fist card was clean and simple.  I'm really digging the graphic look these days

I knew the 3 colours would make a great background for a silouette stamp so I used this old Stampin' Up! image on a sponged background.  I kep the rest of the card cas ... and couldn't bring myeself to stamp a sentiment on the front so it went inside.

And then, I just couldn't bring myself to throw out the beautiful scraps.  I saw them all sitting there on my craft table and figured I could add them together for a mosaic look .....

... and here is a close-up. 

You might recognize the sketch from CPS ... but too late to add it to the challenge.

That was fun!!

Thanks for dropping by.

Donelda

Play Date Cafe Challenge - Tiger Butterfly

This week's colors at the Play Date Cafe were too yummy to pass up!!  Challenge #107 looks like this:

And here is the card that was created by me:

I am totally "into" the color Spiced Marmalade (distress ink by Ranger) these days.  When I bought it I was a bit hesitant because I didn't know how often I'd use it ... turns out I don't seem to be able to put it down!!

In the end, a clean and simple card with the emphasis on this lovely "tiger butterfly" floating among the white flowers.  The butterfly was hand cut, sponged with ink, then stamped with flourishes, and black wire wrapped around the body to create antenna. 

Hope you enjoy! 

Donelda

Play Date Cafe - More Pink, Yellow, and Grey

( Note - this is my second post for today.  To see my Take 3 card, scroll down.)

I just can't seem to stop creating with this color combo!!  

Here are 2 more cards. 

This card started out with that awesome K&Co. fabric brad.  Love it!  Love this Clean and Simple effect.

This card was created based on the top right image of the inspiration picture.  When I saw that, I remembered that I had made this pink flower from ribbon a while ago and never used it.  The leaves are cut from yellow patterned paper ... the color is off in this picture.

Okay, I have had a huge run on challenges these days .... whew!!!

Thanks for visiting!  Hope you enjoyed all my challenges.
Donelda

Play Date Cafe Challenge #106 & CASual Fridays - Unique

The Play Date Cafe has so many great colour challenges and #106 is no exception - pink, yellow, and grey!   Here is my card with these colours:

No actual stamping.  The focal point is from KI Memories.  The little flower was white but I added a bit of yellow with a copic marker.  And the grey double banner goes "over the edge" of the card, which means it qualifies for the CAS-ual Fridays challenge #27. 

Wow, two challenges in one card ... I almost never take on more than one challenge at a time!

Thanks for dropping by!

Donelda

Play Date Cafe challenge #105 - You Did It!

Here are the yummy colours of the latest Play Date Cafe challenge #105.  I just couldn't resist

And came up with this.  I am really getting into these wide banner shaped elements on my cards these days.  You can see another one on THIS card. 

Well, I seem to be on a roll with the challenges today.  This is my third post today.  Scroll down to see my other 2 challenge cards. 

Donelda

Play Date Cafe 394 challenge - Ahoy Matey

(Note - this is my 2nd post for the day.  I also participated in the Colour Q challenge ... scroll down to see that post as well!)

Another great color combo found here on the Play Date Cafe challenge #94!  I just couldn't resist.










The colors just looked like nautical-like when I had them all laid out on my craft desk.  So I pulled out my Out to Sea stamp set (Papertrey Ink) and got to creating! 

I ended up with these little mini cards.  I create them to leave little notes on my co-worker's desks, for birthdays, when they are sick, etc.  I am very low on the masculine variety so these will come in handy!

I hope you like!  Don't those oars look cool with the woodgrain stamped over top.  Buying that Designer Woodgrain background stamp (Hero Arts) was such a good investment!!

Well, thanks for dropping by.  Off to see what others did with these colors ....

Donelda