Kristina Werner's Color Inspiration #50

Wow. The big 5-0. I only wish I could have done all the color challenges but when you just start out as a lurker and don't actually post a card until the challenges are in the 40's, I have no one but myself to blame. Shame on me because I love these challenges and they bring out the best in me every week.

To celebrate her 50th color inspiration, Kristina is being so generous to give away prizes. And can you believe the top prize is a $75 gift certificate to Two Peas in a Bucket, only the best place to shop ever!!! And she is also giving away two runner up prizes plus prizes for the next 10 cards that tickle her fancy. Thanks Kristina for your generousity, so nice of you, and even more inspiration to create something great. :)

I have a few friends' birthdays coming up and I thought this would be a great card for one of them. I love Papertrey Ink's Guide Lines 2. It is so much fun to use and you are unlimited to what you can create. I'm just happy I had all the ink colors on hand to use to match the colors in the challenge for this week.

Supplies:

cardstock - Stampin Up!

stamps - Papertrey Ink

ink - Colorbox, Memento (brown)

butterfly punch - Martha Stewart

From Our Home to Yours

I'm not sure if I ever showed you this card, and if I did, I am sorry. I have been going back through my old stuff that I took pictures of and I ran across this one. Actually this isn't that old, I made this about two months ago. I did this for one of the Hero Arts Blog challenge, and I believe the challenge was to use a birdhouse or birds or something on one of our creations.

It was pretty simple to make this card. As you can see I tore green cardstock to make the grass and tore brown cardstock to create a tree. I used blue cardstock for my card base and of course to represent the sky, I even chalked in some clouds for a more real effect. The grass looked a little too plain for me when I was done, so I added some flower gems to spruce it up a little. I still feel like this card could use something else, but still happy with it.

Supplies:
cardstock - Stampin Up!
stamps - Hero Arts
flower gems - Hero Arts
ink - Memento
colored pencils - EK Success
thread - DMC

My Boy

To go along with my last post, this is a scrapbook page I created for the Hero Arts my message challenge. If you remember, we had to custom make our own messages using a variety of Hero Arts sentiments or make our own sayings using their letter stamps. I chose again to use a variety of their sentiment stamps to create my one of a kind journaling. I didn't win anything with this page, but was very proud of it. I had a blast making this page and loved working with the bold colors. To me, those colors describe Gavin's personality. He is a rambunctious, go getter kind of kid and the scallops that border around the picture displays his softer side because because he is so affectionate and loving.

Supplies:

cardstock - Stampin Up!

stamps - Hero Arts

letter stickers - American Crafts

border punch - Fiskars

ink - Memento

thread - DMC

other - Cricut cartridge Doodlecharms for ladybugs

Honorable Mention

I was checking out the Hero Blog this morning and found out I received an honorable mention for some bookmarks I made for Jordan and Zach. Click HERE to view the Hero Arts blog post. The challenge for the week was to make our own message either by using a variety of stamps to word it, or by creating our own message using Hero Arts letter stamps. I chose to create a message to my kids on a bookmark about how proud I was of their reading accomplishments with a variety of Hero Arts word stamps.

It turns out that not only did the kids really like the bookmarks, but now Zach has most of his class wanting some bookmarks as well. I may have to find some time to make these and give them away at the end of the year. It is a good way to encourage summer reading for the kids.

Supplies:

cardstock - Stampin Up!

patterned paper - BasicGrey

stamps - Hero Arts

felt stars - American Crafts

ink - Memento

thread - DMC

buttons - ?

Happy Birthday - Star

I know, it has been almost a week since I have posted any new stuff. I have been pretty good at posting 3 a week but it has been pretty busy around here and not a whole lot of time at the computer, only enough time for about 5 minutes here and there.

Here is a brand new card I finished last night for a special little man that is having a birthday Saturday. I have no worries he will be looking on my blog to see what is coming his way. :) I just love the star stamps from Hero Arts, they work perfectly for boy cards or boy layouts. I arranged all the individual stars on an acrylic block to make a background and then stamped them with versamark and then covered it with white embossing powder and heated. It turned out pretty good and the distressing gives it a warm feeling.

Supplies:

cardstock - Stampin Up!

stamps - Hero Arts

gems - Hero Arts

embossing powder - Hero Arts

ink - Colorbox, Ranger Ink

thread - DMC

Get Well Card

Hi again. Back with another card for you. I have been slacking lately in my card making. It seems like life just gets too busy sometimes and we are in the midst of soccer season. Being the coordinators of our soccer program entails a lot of work sometimes, and painting the fields is one of those times. We are almost done though so maybe I won't be so tired at night to be able to stay up a little to create. Here's hoping because I am really missing it.

This get well card I created specifically for a little boy in our community who has just been diagnosed with cancer. We don't know specifically what kind of cancer he has, but any type of cancer is not good news. His name is Jace and any thoughts and prayers you can send his way would be greatly appreciated by his family. His parents mentioned that he enjoys getting cards, so I was happy to make this card for him. I plan on making another card that is more silly and fun, but this first card is to just let him know we are thinking of him and hope that he recovers well from his recent surgery.

Supplies:

cardstock: Stampin Up!

patterned paper: October Afternoon

stamp: Papertrey Ink

ribbon: American Crafts

ink: Memento

other: label punch (Stampin Up!), scalloped edge (Bazzill Basics Paper)

Kristina Werner Color Inspiration #49

Hi all. Here for another color inspiration challenge. I really had to make this card quick because I found out we were leaving soon to go to Easter with my husband's family and I knew I wouldn't be back in time to post this later. So, this card was made in less than 30 minutes. Not bad. It usually takes me a little longer.

But anyway, love the colors again for this week. They are so bold and I am loving that.

I hope you all have a great Easter!!

Supplies:

cardstock - Stampin Up!, Bazzill Basics Paper

patterned paper - Cosmo Cricket

stamps - Papertrey Ink

embossing powder - American Crafts

brad - Paper Studio

flowers - Heidi Swapp (large), Bazzill (small)

ribbon - ?

ink - Memento

October Afternoon 3 Pack of Cards

October Afternoon is one of my favorite companies. They always have the best patterned paper and they are so much my style. The colors are fabulous and the designs are awesome. I was visiting their blog one day and they asked for us blog readers to make a card using OA products and to link them to their website. Here are the cards I am linking. I just wanted to make any occasion cards so I can send them out on a whim if I like to. Aren't the patterned papers delicious, you just got to love them. I am so looking forward to their new Road Map line coming out soon. I am going to use the whole line for our summer vacation to Maine. I can't wait!! The trip should be exciting, too. :0)

Supplies:

cardstock - Stampin Up!

patterned paper - October Afternoon

flowers - Heidi Swapp

letter stickers - Doodlebug Design

pen - Bic

Raspberry Suite Color Challenge #3

Boy was it fun making this card for this week's challenge. It has been a long time since I hand stitched on a card or scrapbook page. I was totally loving it and now all sorts of ideas are popping into my head to incorporate more hand stitching into my everyday crafting.

I was a little hesitant with the colors though this week, but I was thinking if you keep them to a minimum they could look very nice on a kraft background. Other people know how to incorporate more of these colors into their cards and make it look good, but I am better to keep them in little amounts, especially when it is colors I don't typically use a lot. You know, that is what makes these challenges so much fun, it pushes us beyond what we typically do and makes us think of other color combos we aren't familiar with.

Supplies:

CS - Stampin Up!

Stamp - Hero Arts

Floss - DMC

Ink - Memento

Brad - Brand ?, got it from Paper Wishes

Kristina Werner's Color Inspiration #48

I'm back again for another great color challenge by Kristina. I know this card seems really long and short, but I just thought I would try something different. The card fits in a standard letter size envelope so at least I don't have to make an envelope to go with it.

I thought I would break out the Guide Lines 2 stamp set again. How can you not love a stamp set that you can use for a background for any color inspiration challenges? My difficulty is which great stamp to use on the grid because you get a lot of them.

I made this card for my son. He just gave my husband and I an award for the greatest parents so that definitely requires a custom made card for him to keep. He is always drawing me stuff and giving me awards and he asked me the other day to make a card just for him. So, here it is. Thanks, Zachy. And you know what, he went and hung my card up right away on his door, I guess he liked it.

Supplies:

CS - Stampin Up!

Stamps - Papertrey Ink

Ribbon - American Crafts

Ink - ColorBox

Pen - Creative Memories

Chipboard - Fancy Pants

Scallop Punch - Stampin Up!

Buttons - ?

Raspberry Suite Color Challenge #2

Here is my card for this week's Raspberry Suite color challenge. I love the colors, they are so rich and look great together. I was a little nervous because I couldn't find any brown cardstock (I use it quite often and the nearest scrapbook store is 25 miles away) and then I found a small piece that fit perfectly into my design.

With this challenge I had to break out my new stamp set, Wishing You, from Papertrey Ink. I love stamps that have a crisp, clean look when you stamp them. Papertrey Ink does not disappoint, they definitely have high quality stamps that stamp beautifully every time. If you are in need of some new stamps, take a look at their website. There is a link to their store in my sidebar for my favorite places to shop.

Thanks, Dawn McVey, for another great color challenge. Keep em comin.

Supplies:

CS - Stampin Up!

Stamps - Papertrey Ink

Ink - ColorBox, Mementos

Ribbon - American Crafts

Other - Cuttlebug embossing folder

Kristina Color Inspiration #47

Hi all. I didn't make the deadline for this weeks color inspiration due to being gone, but I still made a card anyway. I'm a sucker for warm, fall colors and so I had to do the challenge. And thanks to my new Guide Lines 2 stamp set from Papertrey Ink, it sure was fun making this card. I love this stamp set because you can create your own custom paper to fit any of your needs. There are so many circular design elements to choose from this set that the possibilities are endless.

Supplies:

CS - Stampin Up!

Stamps - Papertrey Ink

Thread - DMC

Ribbon - Making Memories

Button - ?

Ink - ColorBox, Mementos