Curtain Call Act 67 - My Last Week As Guest Designer

It's my last week as Guest Designer for the Curtain Call Color Challenges, and I'm so sad about it!  I've loved being a part of such a fabulous team.  The DT all made me feel so welcome and have been so generous with their compliments on my contributions.  Thanks so much to Stacey and the team!

Onto this week's challenge...

How yummy does that hot chocolate look?  Here's what I came up with...

I hope you like my final card as Guest Designer... *sniff*  I'll be back to playing along in the challenges next week!  :-)

The Curtain Call Crew have samples to show you today, too, so make sure you stop by to see:

Christina MacLaren at Seaglass & Sentiments

Jean Martin at Stampin' Scrapper

Julie Lacey at Stamps & Taxes

Laurel Seabrook at Seabrook Designs

Makiko Jones at MakInk Studio

Monika Davis at M.A.D. Stamper

Piali Biswas at Touch of Creation

Silke Ledlow at My Life

and January Guest Designer, ME!

…then play along with us and post your Curtain Call Color Challenge creation using Mr. Linky back at Stacey's Stamping Stage.

I'm also entering my card into the challenge at Pals Paper Arts - PPA 78 – CAS - Element of Style – Bows, and The Paper Players Challenge #32~ Anything Goes.

Materials:

Stamp sets - Greeting Card Kids, Signature Greetings (PTI), In Stitches (TSG)

Cardstock - White Cambric Linen, Cajun Craze, Chocolate Chip, Watercolour paper

Inks - Blush Blossom, Almost Amethyst, Chocolate Chip, Cajun Craze, Crumb Cake

Accessories - Big Shot, Nestabilities, PTI Impressions Plate, EK Success Scallop Border punch, Aqua Painter, dimensionals, White satin ribbon 

JAI53 - Inspiration Challenge

Just a quick post to share my card for Just Add Ink 53 - An Inspiration Challenge.  We're doing something a little different this week - we have a photo to get you inspired.  It's amazing how different the DT projects are!  Here's the photo:

And here's my contribution:

It's a little more CAS than I planned, but nevermind!!  :-)

I'm also entering this card in the Pals Paper Arts Challenge - PPA 78 – CAS - Element of Style – Bows, and the Wee Memories Anything Goes Challenge.

Materials:

Stamp sets - Signature Greetings (PTI), Dot Dot Dot

Cardstock - White Cambric Linen

Inks - Crumb Cake, Basic Black

Accessories - Daffodil Delight satin ribbon

Custom Owls

A friend put in a custom order recently for a naming day card that was a bit more general in design than your regular naming day type card.  I really like how they came out, so I thought I'd share them here too.  I made two slightly different owls, but couldn't decide which I liked better, so I made two cards... she bought them both!  :-)

It's a bit hard to see in the photo, but the little hearts are Cherry Cobbler with Crystal Effects on top.

Thanks for visiting!  :-)

Materials:

Stamp sets - Embrace Life

Cardstock - White Cambric Linen, Whisper White, Pear Pizzazz, Chocolate Chip, Cherry Cobbler, Parisian Breeze DSP

Inks - Crumb Cake, Chocolate Chip

Accessories - Big Shot, Nestabilities, Owl punch, Bird punch, Cherry Cobbler seam binding, dimensionals, sponges, Crystal Effects

Curtain Call Color Challenge {Act 66}

Welcome!  I hope you're ready for another Curtain Call Colour Challenge!  It's another gorgeous colour combo, but I still found it challenging!  :-)

I'm completely addicted to seam binding at the moment...

My cards are getting ridiculously CAS all the time... do you think I've used enough colour on this card??

The Curtain Call Crew have samples to show you today, too, so make sure you stop by to see:

Christina MacLaren at Seaglass & Sentiments

Jean Martin at Stampin' Scrapper

Julie Lacey at Stamps & Taxes

Laurel Seabrook at Seabrook Designs

Makiko Jones at MakInk Studio

Monika Davis at M.A.D. Stamper

Piali Biswas at Touch of Creation

Silke Ledlow at My Life

and January Guest Designer, ME!

…then play along with us and post your Curtain Call Color Challenge creation using Mr. Linky back at Stacey's Stamping Stage.

I'm also entering my card into the challenge at The Sugar Bowl,

And the Wee Memories Anything Goes Challenge.

Thanks for visiting!

Materials:

Stamp sets - Fly Free - Sugar Nellie (Leanne Ellis)

Cardstock - Very Vanilla, Bravo Burgundy, Pretty in Pink

Inks - Ranger Black, Prismacolour pencils

Accessories - OMS, blending stumps, Cherry Cobbler Seam Binding, dimensionals

Clean & Simple Inkspirations

Good morning!  It's a beautiful day in Hobart - I hope it is wherever you are too.  :-)

I have a challenge card to share with you this morning.  I was a bit unsure about it last night, but I like it a little more this morning.  :-)

And here are the challenges I followed...

Clean & Simple Challenge 124

Inkspirations Colour Challenge #54

Thanks for stopping by!

Materials:

Stamp sets - Mat Stack 1 (PTI)

Cardstock - Early Espresso, Very Vanilla, Blushing Bride

Inks - Pear Pizzazz, Early Espresso

Accessories - Big Shot, Mat Stack die (PTI), Giga Guidelines IP (PTI), Rolled Flower die (MFT), Blushing Bride ribbon, pearls, dimensionals

JAI52 - Better Late Than Never!!

Hi there!  I'm a little late posting my card for this week's Just Add Ink Challenge, but better late than never, right??  It's a tricky little sketch too...



You might not be able to see it very well, but the embossed pattern on the middle layer is made from Awash With Flowers.

Make sure you check out the fabulous DT examples too.  Thanks for stopping by!

Materials:

Stamp sets - Awash With Flowers

Cardstock - Crumb Cake, Naturals Ivory, Very Vanilla

Inks - Versamark

Accessories - Clear embossing powder, heat tool, Big Shot, Top Note die, Antique brad, Very Vanilla Seam Binding

Sentiments Only! OLW37

One of my absolute favourite blogs to visit is Susan Raihala's Simplicity.  She's a brilliant CAS cardmaker and she also hosts a great CAS challenge called One-Layer Wednesday.  This week's challenge, OLW37, was to use sentiments only (and at least two sentiments)...

I even managed to leave it embellishment free!!  :-)

Materials:

Stamp sets - Signature Greetings(PTI), Communique Curves (PTI)

Cardstock - Very Vanilla

Inks - Crumb Cake, Early Espresso

A Little Hug - A Sugar Nellie Challenge Card

Evening all!  Here's a card I watercoloured tonight to distract myself... ;-)  I managed to incorporate a few challenges as well.

The All Things Sugar Nellie Challenge on PCP to use your first Sugar Nellie Stamp, TSG90 Wet Embossing and The Sugar Bowl - Challenge 51- Kiki’s Sketch.

I'm also entering this card into the Wee Memories Challenge to use ribbon.

Materials:

Stamp sets - A Little Hug - Sugar Nellie (designed by Leanne Ellis)

Cardstock - White Cambric Linen, PTI Cream, Watercolour paper

Inks - Versamark, Blush Blossom, So Saffron, Baja Breeze, Cherry Cobbler, Always Artichoke

Accessories - Black embossing powder, heat tool, Big Shot, PTI impression plate, Basic Pearls, Antique brad, Very Vanilla Seam Binding, dimensionals

5/2/11 EDITED TO ADD:
I was Blog Spotted on Paper Craft Planet!!

A Few Challenges...

There are so many fabulous challenges around lately - I just had to make something for my stash using some! 

These are the challenges I'm entering...

CR84FN11

Card Patterns Sketch 98

and Papertrey Paper Dolls Challenge #29 - Simplicity.

Thanks for visiting!

Materials:

Stamp sets - Mat Stack 1 (PTI), Communique Curves (PTI)

Cardstock - White Cambric Linen, Crumb Cake, Whisper White

Inks - Cherry Cobbler, Early Espresso, Whisper White

Accessories - BigShot, PTI Mat Stack 1 die, PTI Giga Guidelines 1 Impression Plate, Basic Pearls, Early Espresso Satin ribbon

My Second Project for UStamp Year End Blowout

Hello!  My second project for UStamp Year End Blowout went up today, so I thought I'd share a few photos with you.  You can join UStamp here.

And a piece of news that has just blown me away is that Dawn has made me the Dream Team Member for Australia for future rounds!  Woohoo!

Curtain Call Color Challenge {Act 65}

It's time for another Curtain Call Colour Challenge!  I'm having a ball as Guest Designer this month.  But, I'm not really a bright-colours kinda girl, so this week's challenge was an interesting one for me.  :-)

This card is SO much brighter than my usual ones, but I really enjoyed using the colours.  I'm especially loving sponging using Nestabilities at the moment.  If you're interested in seeing how it's done, check out this tutorial on Paper Possibilities.

The Curtain Call Crew have samples to show you today, too, so make sure you stop by to see:

Christina MacLaren at Seaglass & Sentiments

Jean Martin at Stampin' Scrapper

Julie Lacey at Stamps & Taxes

Laurel Seabrook at Seabrook Designs

Makiko Jones at MakInk Studio

Monika Davis at M.A.D. Stamper

Piali Biswas at Touch of Creation

Silke Ledlow at My Life

and January Guest Designer, ME!

…then play along with us and post your Curtain Call Color Challenge creation using Mr. Linky back at Stacey's Stamping Stage.

I'm also entering this card into the Wee Memories Challenge to use ribbon.  I'm hard pressed to not use ribbon these days!

And even though this one's finished, I used the sketch from Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge 99.

Thanks for visiting!  :-)

Materials:

Stamp sets - Gorjuss - Sugar Nellie

Cardstock - White Cambric Linen, Watercolour paper, Wild Wasabi, Pumpkin Pie

Inks - Versarmark, Pacific Point, Wild Wasabi, Pumpkin Pie, Real Red, Blush Blossom, Basic Black

Accessories - Black embossing powder, heat tool, Real Red polka dot ribbon, dimensionals, Big Shot, Nestabilities, PTI Giga Guidelines 1 Impression Plate, EK Success scallop border punch, Aqua painter, sponges