CPS #241 {Seaside Hello}

The Card Positioning Challenge has a great sketch this week and I was inspired to play along!  I loved the layout and decided to play with some Bo Bunny Paper and a new stamp set called "Seaside Lighthouse" by Essential Stamps.

You should see my fingers!  I used a sponge and ink to colour the image and to add some distressing to the edges.  I also used some twine atthe bottom of my card and tied it in a knot. The twine was a gift from my friend Jen.  Thanks Jen, so happy I got the chance to use it!! 

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Colour Dare #101-Certainly So Marina and CPS Sketch

Due to blogging issues last week, this challenge never went live on the CD blog, so we are reposting it this week. 

This week at the Colour Dare, Riley has a really pretty colour combo of;

Marina Mist

Certainly Celery

So Saffron

I immediately thought of making a baby card but then I decided to make a card using the current CPS Sketch Challenge.  The sketch is awesome and one that would provide so many cool card creations!  I decided that little circle should be the biggest flower from the new "Flower Fest" stamp set that is available in the current Summer Mini Catalogue!

I dug up some retired SO Saffron DSP and a small piece of Pear Pizzazz which I subbed in for Celery.  The main flower was stamped three times on Whisper White CS and then I punched out the first flower with the 2 3/8" scallop circle punch and cut out the other two layers by hand!  Vicki Burdick made THIS card and she lightly coloured part of the flower, and I love the look, so I tried that here with my Bashful Blue SU! marker.  A few pearls and a punched out sentiment was all I needed to complete the card! What a fun colour combo and what a terrifc sketch!!!

We hope that you will join the Colour Dare this week!  Please be sure to visit the other DT Members to see their wonderful creations!

Thanks for stopping by!!!

Smiles,

Lesley

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Picture Perfect Mashup and the CPS

Just a quick post tonight as I am off to bed and tomorrow I am back to work!  I have had a terrific bit of time off and I am excited to get back to work.  Today I went and got my hair done, it is a lot shorter and I love it.  Have a good week at work. 

 

I wanted to participate in these three challenges:

CPS-Sketch-such a fun and simple sketch!

Picture Perfect Creations: Pacific Point, Real Red and Chocolate Chip (love the colours!!)

Friday Mashup: Zoo Animals-how fun is this challenge!

Have a great week! Look forward to playing some more challenges this week.  I have a big list of them to work on! Something to look forward too!!!

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CPS Sketch Challenge #194-In Stitches....

I was surfing around yesterday and stumbled upon this open ended sketch at the Card Positioning Systems.  I wanted to make something vintage and tried some faux stitching...my stitching needs some serious practice and believe me, it would look worse if I actually tried to use a sewing machine, although at this point, it really would be a toss up.  The card was coming together nicely until I added the stitching...sigh...why didn't I resist the urge to stitch.

I used the Bells and Boughs set (my favourite) and added some of the Deck the Halls DSP.

Yesterday was a busy day! I finished my Report Cards on Saturday and so spent yesterday, re-reading them...to make sure everything was in order.  On Friday we had our first snowfall and it is so pretty outside but cold!  This morning is crisp and pretty, the sky is full of grayness and I think there maybe more snow on the way for us!  Lots on the ground right now.

Only 32 days until Christmas Eve!  Eek!  I am seriously behind on my Christmas Shopping.  My husband's family is in Ontario and I need to get my shopping done so I can send their gifties out in the mail.  Last year we spent Christmas with them and had a lovely time.  My mother-in-law Linda is Mrs. Claus!  She dresses up and has lots of fun making Christmas special!  It was awesome!  I need to get myself in gear and get my own Mrs. Claus outfit ready...it really adds to the Spirit of Christmas!

Thanks for stopping by!  Please leave me a comment and let me know what you think of my sideways stitching...maybe it is endearing somehow....maybe?!!!

Smiles,

Stampin' Up Supplies Used:
Stamps: Bells and Boughs, All Holidays (sentiment) and En Francais
Paper: Deck the Halls DSP, Cherry Cobbler, Always Artichoke and Naturals Ivory
Ink: Pear Pizzazz, Cherry Cobbler, Black, Crumb Cake, Stampin' Write Marker in Cherry
Tools: Big Shot, Petals a Plenty Embossing Folder, Cherry Cobbler Seam Binding Ribbon, Mat Pack, Piercing Tool, Sponges

Clean and Simple Snowflakes

At this time of year, I start planning my Christmas Cards.  I like to come up with some mock ups and get my ideas going, so when I place an order with Stampin' Up, I know just what I need!  I was looking around the challenge blogs I like to visit today and noticed a great sketch at CPS and a fun challenge at Stampin' Royalty which was to Keep It Simple.  So this is what I came up with!

This card was stinkin' easy to make.  I inked up the Serene Snowflakes Set (115438) in Early Espresso Ink and Crumb Cake Ink.  The sentiment is from an old Hostess Set last year.  The sentiment is punched out with the Wide Oval Punch (119859) and is set on one of the tags from the Lots of Tags die (114508) for the Big Shot.  This card could be reproduced in many different colours...can you imagine it in Marina Mist and Night of Navy and Bashful Blue...oh boy!!!

Thanks for stopping by!!
Smiles,
Lesley

An Exciting Day...

Our current Paper Player Challenge this week is "Masculine or Father's Day". Please click HERE to see the Design Team Samples and to find Mr. Linky!!

 

Today is an exciting day for me!!  I just launched a brand new challenge blog with some wonderful blogging friends.  I have wanted to do this for a long time!  I saw the colours on Stacey's Curtain Call Colour Challenge and the sketch at CPS, and decided to make a card to reflect how I am feeling today!

The sentiment I chose is from a retired set but sums up my feelings exactly, it says "HAPPINESS is when what you THINK, what you SAY and what you DO are in Harmony."  Well I am happy today for sure and I love paper crafting!  The colours from Stacey's Challenge...so soft and pretty...I was also inspired by the photo.  I have also added the sketch from CPS. Love it!

I inked up my Fifth Avenue Florals set in Whisper White craft in and using white embossing powder, I embossed it.  Then I used some Bashful Blue and Night of Navy re-inkers and a watercolour pen to colour the flowers.  I then cut each flower out and covered them in Crystal Effects to make them shiny.  I used the spiral punch to make the main panel look like it was from a book.  Then I added a little leaf cut out in Celery using the Little Leaves Die and my Big Shot.  The background is the inspire stamp from the Charming set, inked up in Bashful Blue.

Thank you for stopping by today! 

Smiles,

Lesley :)

CPS Sketch 165 and Curtain Call Colour Challenge #28

Only 2 days away until my next turn as a Design Team Member for the Stamp-A-Holics and the 10 Minute Challenge!  I am so excited to share my creation!!!  I also took pictures throughout creating it and I also took pictures of my timer!!  Did I make my project in time?  You will have to check back to see!  I am going to be offering some Blog Candy with my post on Friday!  This is the first time I have offered Blog Candy, so I hope you will stop byon Friday to check it out!

I have been eyeing up the CPS Sketch Challenge for a couple of days now and I finally had an idea pop into my head tonight.  Here is the Sketch. I decided to use Stacey's awesome Colour Challenge as well!  Stacey had said these colours could be masculine and I decided to go with that idea!  My sister's fella loves Motorcycles and so I thought I would pre-make a Birthday Card for him!  I turned the sketch...here is what I came up with!

My card measures 5x5".  I used my Texturz plates to emboss the Kraft Paper.  I am all out of Rose Red Cardstock and so I used some of the Sweet Pea DSP for the centre section.  The Motorcycle is from the new Summer Mini and is inked up in Not Quite Navy.  The sentiment is from the "All Holidays" set.  I found some old eyelets and used my Crop-i-Dile to adhere them to the little panel above the Motocycle.  I thought they looked kinda cool with this image.  What do you think?

Thanks for stopping by!

Smiles, Lesley :)

CPS Sketches and Curtain Call Colour Challenges

Again I am using my new "Sweet Scoops" set from the upcoming Summer Mini Catalogue. This is one of the wonderful reasons to be a SU! Demonstrator, you get to play with stamp sets in advance!! I loved the CPS Sketch Challenge this week and decided to play along!! My card measures 5"x5" square. The little strips behind the main image measure 1.25"x 4.75". The main panel is 4.25"x 2.5". The Curtain Call Colour Challenge #25 over at Stacey's blog this week is a fun one! We get to use Bold Brights!! I don't have many Bold Brights and so I had to improvise.

Here is my colour conversion:

Yoyo Yellow became So Saffron

Green Galore became Certainly Celery

Pixie Pink became Melon Mambo

Only Orange became Only Orange (I have that one!!!)

I wish I had those colours that were needed for the challenge because I can just imagine they would look beautiful together! Green Galore, Yoyo Yellow, Pixie Pink and Only Orange are on the retiring list of colours going out this July! I finished off the inside too...now I have a card in my stash, all ready to go!! I glittered up the ice cream part of the cone again...I LOVE the Dazzling Diamonds on these sweet scoops!!!

Thanks for stopping by!

Smiles,
Lesley :)