Kristina Werner Color Inspiration # 53

Well, I didn't know how this card would work out being all black as a background, but I'm happy with it. It is certainly different than I have ever done before. I'm not sure I have EVER done a black card. When I saw these colors, I instantly thought of a rainbow. At first I was going to put the background white, but then I thought, wow, the colors would really pop on a black background and so I went with it. To incorporate the white and to tie it all together I drew the outline stitches in.

Supplies:

cardstock - Stampin Up!, Bazzill (black)

stamps - Papertrey Ink

pen - Signo Uniball

ink - Memories Ink

Raspberry Suite Color Challenge #7

Beautiful colors, and that vase is pretty nice as well. I will always have a soft spot for pottery because my mom loved to collect it as well.
At first I was leary about only three colors, but it keeps the card "clutter-free" if you will.

Time is flying by and I can't believe I have done 7 of these color challenges already. And as always, great colors. They really go well together especially if you use the pink in moderation. At least that is how I see it. It is such a bold color and really pops off the card. And if you keep the pink simple, it really stands out on the card more. I am hoping to see a card with more pink in it than green so I can see how they did it. Because in my head, I keep thinking of different ways to do these colors and everytime, pink is in short demand. So, if you have created a card in mostly all pink, please link me to it in my comments section, because I would love to see it. It could give me some new inspiration to go off of. Thanks Ladies!!!

Supplies:

cardstock - Bazzill

stamps - Papertrey Ink

ink - Colorbox

ribbon - Robert Stanley Collection

border punch - Fiskars

Kristina Werner Color Inspiration #52

Don't these colors spark images of a summer cottage off the beach? Beautiful colors and it was fun working with them.
I wish you could see this card in person, it doesn't seem to photograph well. I wish I knew my computer better to edit this picture and make it look as nice as it does in person.

Loving the new stars stamps set by Papertrey Ink.

It took me no time to make this card. I'm not sure if it is the simplicity of it or just the fact that I loved working with these colors so much that it took no time for ideas to pop in my head. Such cool, summertime colors and images of a day at the beach strolling along the boardwalk. Mmmm, now saltwater taffy is sounding pretty good.

Not only are these colors awesome but THIS new stamp set from Papertrey Ink is pretty awesome as well. Stars might be one of my favorite shapes to stamp. Love 'em. This month could have been Papertrey Ink's best new release so far.

Supplies:

cardstock - Stampin Up!

stamps - Papertrey Ink

ink - Colorbox

ribbon - KIMemories

Raspberry Suite Color Challenge #6

Is it sad that I practically live for the day that Dawn posts her color challenges? I just love her color combos so much and I love how they inspire me and make me try new things. I have never been the best at picking out colors and Dawn's challenges help me with that. I seem to create my best cards because of these challenges.

I got some new Papertrey Ink goodies on Monday and I am loving every set I purchased, best buy for me in a while. I used the new stamp set bird watching for this card. I have always had a love for birdhouses and all things related. And the birds in this set are awesome. I love the decorative touches on them. How adorable. If you want to see this full stamp set, go HERE.

Supplies:

cardstock - Stampin Up!

stamps - Papertrey Ink

ribbon - Robert Stanley Collection

ink - Memento

embossing powder - American Crafts

other - cuttlebug dots embossing folder, border punch Stampin Up!

My Little Cheerleader

Wow, I hadn't realized it had been since the middle of last week since I posted. Sorry!! The end of the school year gets a little busy with the last of soccer and graduations and all. I have a great page for you today to make up for it.

I made this page for Riley a month or two ago using all of my favorite BasicGrey stuff. I just love their patterned papers. They are so full of great designs and color, especially the Urban Prairie line. That is one of my favorites. And for this time of year, the colors are perfect for springtime.

The pictures for this LO are from last spring at Homecoming time here in Rockwell City. Every year our cheerleading squad puts on a morning camp to teach the kids some cheers and the school fight song. Riley just happened to be old enough to go this year and she loved it. Then the night of skit night all the little kids get to perform their cheers and the school song. She did great and really loved being in front of everyone. She is sooo going to be a cheerleader when she grows up. But then again, she does love her sports as well. Tough decisions for a little kid. :)

Supplies:

all BasicGrey

Mother's Day Card

I can show you this card now for Mother's Day since the day has come and gone and the card delivered. I was so in love with Kristina Werner's color choices for the color inspiration #50 that I decided to do this Mother's Day card in those same colors. The brown and white are great neutral colors for the background and then when you add the red, yellow, and turqoise those colors really pop off the card at you. I didn't feel like I needed a lot of those colors since they are so vibrant and stand out so well. This card was really simple but pretty with the small spashes of color.

Since I am on the topic of mother's, just remember to always hold her close and enjoy every precious moment with her. It will give you so many memories to look back on and smile about if she should be called to her Heavenly Father too soon. It will be four years May 21st that my mother has been gone and I am so thankful for all the special memories we shared. I miss her more than my heart can handle sometimes, but I know she is always here with us being all her kids' #1 fan and supporter.

Supplies:

cardstock - Stampin Up!

stamps - Papertrey Ink

ribbon - Robert Stanley Collection

ink - Colorbox

other - butterfly punch Marth Stewart

Raspberry Suite Color Challenge #5

Hi all. Here is another card for Dawn's color challenges. It was a little bit tricky this week for me because I don't use a lot of gray and I don't usually put two similar colors together like the pinks for this week's challenge. So, thanks for putting my mind to work Dawn, I needed it. I just hope I have come up with a card that it to the likings of everyone.

And this card is also different for me because I didn't use any stamping. I did the whole card with my cricut and a border punch from Fiskars. I used the storybook cricut cartridge for the birthday girl sentiment and for the curvy labels.

Supplies:

cardstock - Stampin Up! (light pink), Bazzill (gray and white), American Crafts (dark pink)

ribbon - Robert Stanley Collection

gems - Hero Arts

Kristina Werner Color Inspiration #51

Hi! I have another card for you for color inspiration #51. I love the look of these colors together. I think they go good for preteen and teen girls. They are bold and beautiful colors and it shouts girl power to me. :) And because of that, I made this card with a special girl in mind who has a birthday coming up.

The butterfly on this card was done by heat embossing in white on brown cardstock and then I went back and filled in the hearts on the butterfly with cinnamon stickles to make them shine and sparkle. Every girl loves a little sparkle, right? The card itself was cut out with my Cricut using the storybook cartridge. Love all the different shapes in that cartridge, a must have for scrapbookers or cardmakers.

Supplies:

cardstock - Stampin Up!

stamps - Hero Arts

embossing powder - Hero Arts

glitter - Stickles

ink - Memento

pen - Signo Uniball

We Are... Wildcats!!

I have another layout for you. This one was from a distressing challenge over at the Hero Arts Blog a couple of weeks ago. We had to have some sort of distressing on our projects. I chose to distress the edges of my star squares by fraying the edges and by inking them. I love how the look turned out. I also love this set of star stamps by Hero Arts. You can find them here. They are so great to use on boy cards and pages. Even though I have three boys myself, it is still hard for me to do masculine pages. They take me sometimes three times as long as the pages I create for my daughter. But, these star stamps sure have helped to make it a little bit easier for me. And even though you can't really tell, I hand-stitched the journaling lines for my story. Since the star stamp set gave me creativity to realistically finish this page in less than an hour, why stop at that and enjoy the extra free time. Let's go even farther and hand stitch on my page and add another 30-45 minutes. I just can't make it easy, can I? But, I still enjoyed the process.

Supplies:

cardstock - Stampin Up!

stamps - Hero Arts

ink - Colorbox (distressing), Memento (stars)

border punch - Fiskars

felt stars - American Crafts

letter stickers - Scrap Works

die cut letters - Ellison sunset alpha dies

thread - DMC

Raspberry Suite Color Challenge #4

First of all, I hope Dawn McVey and her husband, Bart, had a wonderful time on their trip to Hawaii. And Dawn was so on the ball that she set up all these posts to be ready for her blog when she was gone. And one of the posts was her color challenges. And of course I had to enter, and I love the colors. Blue and brown look so great together, elegant is a word that comes to mind.

This is just a simple card but filled with one of my favorite techniques, heat embossing. I heat embossed the background screenprint and the butterfly. Not only is heat embossing nice looking on cards and scrapbook pages, it is also so fun to do. At least I love doing it, not sure how everyone else feels about it. To finish off the card, I thought it needed a little something else and so I hand drew the frame around the screenprint background and added a few pearls.

Supplies:

cardstock - Stampin Up!

stamps - Hero Arts, Papertrey Ink (sentiment)

journaling card - Jillibean Soup

pearls - Hero Arts

pen - Signo Uniball

ink - Memento

border punch - EK Success