3 in 1 Challenges

I have been very time short this week so I am making one card for a couple of challenges, something I rarely ever do as I simply love making cards and usually do them all individually.  However, I am back at work now so am coming home really tired but I will get back to normal soon.  So the challenges are Colour Q and Freshly Made Sketches.  I then remembered about MFT Summer School so considered how I could throw in another lesson too.

When I first saw this colour challenge over at Colour Q this week I thought was 'no way' I was going to be able to do this as the colours are so far off my normal spectrum palate but I think I did a pretty good job.

The colour combo for the weekly challenge was Early Espresso, which I used in the sentiment, Pumpkin Pie, which I used on the My Favorite Things Pinstripe stamp at the far edge, Rich Razzleberry with the heart and Taken With Teal, which I substituted for Island Indigo where I used Cheesecloth stamp from MFT also.  The Island Indigo looks more navy on this photo but it is quite a good teal replacement in real life.  The other orange is Distress Ink Dried Marigold where I used with the Sweater Stitch stamp from MFT.

Inside.

 

Meanwhile at Freshly Made Skches the challenge was this design.

So I flipped it round to make my card.  I could have followed the design in its entirety but where's the fun in that lol.

Lastly, over at My Favorite Things Summer School Symmetrical and Asymmetrical was a lesson and I had already submitted a symmetrical card, so another challenge for me was to do an asymmetrical card.  I think I managed it.

I used the flag from the Die-namics Blueprints 18 set and added rhinestones to embellish.

So great fun meeting 3 challenges in 1 I hope you think I met them too.

To go over to the Colour Q blog click the link and to go to the Freshly Made Sketches blog click that link also.  To see some other Summer School lessons click the My Favorite Things link.  I hope you have fun checking out all the other creations.  See you tomorrow. Take care of you.

Pauline x

Hello

This is a standard A2 size card.  The inner rectangle has been stamped using Grout Gray and Typewriter Text stamp, both from My Favorite Things.

The butterfly has been die cut using Bold Butterfly die set, the silver thread, Hello You sentiment and foil heart banners at the side are all from Stampin' Up!  The circle is die cut using Zig Zag Circle die set from Die-namics and stamped in Mint Macaron from Stampin' Up! using Sweater Stitch stamp from MFT.  All have been raised on Dimensionals to create layers and interest.

Inside the tag was made using die set Pierced Tags from Die-namics and Mint Macaron card from SU.

I hope you have enjoyed this card.  Take care of you.

Pauline x

Leave A Little Sparkle

The word 'Sparkle' and the sequin have been first stamped with VersaMark then heat embossed with Stampin' Up! silver embossing powder.  Additional sequin have been added from Stampin' Up!  The button is Vintage Faceted Button from Stampin' Up! and the butterfly has been die cut using Bold Butterfly, also from Stampin' Up!

The background stamp is Sweater Stitch and stamped in Grout Gray, both from My Favorite Things.  The blue ink is Night Of Navy from Stampin' Up! used in the sentiment and with Typewriter Text stamp from MFT in the tag.  The tag and rectangle dies are from Die-namics. 

The silver glimmer paper and foil paper are from Stampin' Up!

I hope you like this card, why not drop by tomorrow to see another card then.  Take care of you.

Pauline x

Colour Q Weekly Challenge

This was a tough one for me.  I had the concept in my head but I played around with different variations before I decided on the final one.  Equally I thought I had found a close replica of a colour but the ink then came out darker than I had hoped but I had committed myself.  Lots of processing, playing around and much tougher than I expected, so brilliant! It's good to be challenged.

Looks kind of simple now it's finished doesn't it lol.

So, the background stamp is Sweater Stitch from My Favorite Things and stamped in Crisp Cantaloupe ink from Stampin' Up!  It was this that looked much paler and I thought it would be a good substitute for Apricot Appeal but it's much more orange, he ho.  The Night of Navy is my vest last scrap but the card needed it to help balance the colours out.  

The substitute for More Mustard is very close.  I think this is a Bazzill card stock, which I have had in my stash for years.  The tags were made using Die-namics Pierced Tags Stax.  The smaller stack was stamped in Night of Navy using Typewriter Text stamp from MFT.  The butterfly is a die from SU called Bold Butterfly and this is in the tiniest smidging of Calypso Coral I had left.  I then added silver ribbon, a Vintage Faceted Designer Button, adhered with a Glue Dot, and rhinestones to embellish, all from SU.  The words are stickers from Tim Holtz and the peg is from my stash.

Here is the inside.

I hope you have enjoyed this card and if you would like to see more head over to Colour Q click HERE

Here is the inspiration board.

Hope you are having a great day, take care of you.

Pauline x

Take 2

Laugh you probably will but I really hate my last card, the one with the balloons.  It took me ages to make to, but it just wasn't working.  So I made another one, this came together quicker # comfort zone.  I do like to challenge myself and it probably shapes rather than colour and the balloon card was just too much for me but I will leave it up for you to comment upon should you wish.

Now how pretty is this card lol.

And as always the inside gets a bit of decorating too.  I purposely leave thank you cards blank in case the giver wants to write more and needs more blank space.

Ok, I can rest now.  Hope your day has been fun, why not come back tomorrow to see another card then.  In case you aren't coming from my first link, click  here to go over to the Colour Q blog.

Take care of you.

Pauline x