Kristina's Colour Challenge #48

It has been so long since I've participated in one of Kristina's challenges so I was pleased I had time for this one. Here is the inspiration picture:A couple of new in-colours in this challenge Baja Breeze, Kiwi Kiss with some Choc Chip and Whisper White. Here is the card I made with the colours:Stamp sets: One of a Kind, Short and Sweet
Cardstock: Whisper White, Baja Breeze and Kiwi Kiss
Ink: Choc Chip, Kiwi Kiss and Baja Breeze
Accessories: blue rhinestone brad, blender pen, piercing tool, dimensionals, scallop edge punch, choc chip wide grosgrain ribbon and stamp-a-ma-jig

I really like using White for card bases sometimes, it gives a clean fresh look I think. Once I had scored the card in half for the side fold I then scored it again 2cm from the fold. This is where the ribbon is attached and tied into a bow on the front. I used the scallop edge punch several times on this card - perhaps I got a little carried away; I was having fun so I guess that's all that matters. I used the stamp-a-ma-jig to stamp the centre of the flower and then pierced a hole for the rhinestone brad. The piece of Kiwi cardstock on the inside is also scalloped with the scallop facing the centre of the inside of the card.

Challenge time

It's time for another one of Kristina's Colour Inspirations. Here is number 38, a tricky one this week I thought.The colours we had to use are Ruby Red, Pretty in Pink, Pumpkin Pie and Whispter White. Here's the card I made:Stamp Set: Short and Sweet
Cardstock: Ruby Red and Whisper White
Ink: Ruby Red
Accessories: Flower Fusion, striped grosgrain ribbon, corner rounder punch, rhinestone brads, dimensionals, mini glue dot and Spring Fling designer series papers.

This is a very simple layout. I cut the whisper white to size and rounded the corners using the punch. I then cut a piece of patterned paper and rounded the bottom corners to match the white cardstock. I also used the corner rounder punch for the piece of cardstock with the greeting on it. The ribbon is wrapped around the cardstock and then a bow is made a stuck down using a mini glue dot. I used a large rhinestone brad for the centre of the flower and mounted it using dimensionals.

Colour Challenge Time

It has been ages since I have participated in one of Kristina's Colour Challenges so I was very pleased with myself to get this one done. We are up to number 37 and here is the inspiration:
The colours we are to use are Old Olive, Baja Breeze (I used Soft Sky as we don't have this colour yet), Chocolate Chip, Pumpkin Pie and Whisper White.

Here is the card I made:

Image copyright Stampin' Up! 1990-2009

Stamp set: Embrace Life and Short and Sweet

Ink: Chocolate Chip and Soft Sky ink pads and Old Olive and Pumpkin Pie Markers

Accessories: Dimensionals, Pumpkin Pie striped grosgrain ribbon, Glossy white cardstock, Soft Sky re-inker and Baby wipes

I used the Soft Sky re-inker and a baby wipe to colour the glossy white cardstock a pale blue colour. I then stamped the image using choc chip ink several times randomly onto the cardstock and coloured it in using the fine tip of the markers. I stamped the same image using the Soft Sky ink onto the card base but only on the bottom half. I added some ribbon at the side and mounted it onto choc chip and then mounted it using dimensionals onto the Soft Sky card base. I then stamped the thankyou greeting using choc chip ink also.

The photo could have been better but I was in a hurry to post it before heading out. Hope you like it.

Kristina's Colour Inspiration #25

Here we are again - colour challenge time. This weeks colours are very nice. Here's the inspiration picture:When I saw these colours I thought they would be perfect for another card I needed to make so the card you will see serves 2 purposes - hows that for time management!!! I needed to make a card for my niece for her birthday and new that I wanted to use the Pretty Princess stamp set but didn't know what colours I was going to use so I decided to use the colour challenge colours and I think it turned out really well. Here's the card:

Sorry about the quality of the photo but I was in a hurry as I am going away for the weekend and still packing but wanted to get this up before going away.

Stamp set: Pretty Princess

Cardstock: Ballet Blue, Rose Red, Certainly Celery, So Saffron

Ink: Stazon ink

Accessories: Glitter, Corner rounder punch, dimensionals, 2 way glue pen, watercolor wonder crayons and blender pen.

Kristina's Colour Challenge # 24

Wow it's been so long since I've done one of Kristina's colour challenges. This week's colours are so my colours which should have made things easier but it took me a while to complete and at not 100% satisfaction with the end result. Anyway here is the inspiration picture:The colours as you can see are Choc Chip, Pumpkin Pie, Kiwi Kiss (which we don't have so I have used Old Olive) and Very Vanilla

Here is my card for this weeks challenge:

Stamps: Occasional Greetings, Priceless
Accessories: Very Vanilla taffeta ribbon, old olive brads, dimensionals
Ink: Choc Chip and Pumpkin Pie

I've used the Die Cut blooms from the mini catalogue and then stamped the swirl from the Priceless set randomly in pumpkin pie ink over the flower. I used the same swirl for the corners of the cards stamped in choc chip ink.

Colour Inspiration #18

Kristina has given us a Colour Inspiration this week with interesting colours. I thought I would have trouble putting them together but I think I did ok. Here is the Inspiration picutre

The colours are Basic Black, Pumpkin Pie, Rose Red and you could use Summer Sun or Green Galore. I chose Green Galore. I must try using Summer Sun in a card as I don't really use that colour.

Here is my entry for this week:

I've made a square card (love them at the moment). The layout is pretty basic I think. The flower is from the Die Cuts in the Spring mini catalogue as are the Rub Ons used for the greeting. I've used a jumbo eyelet for the centre of the flower then added a rhinestone brad in the centre also. The brads are from the earth elements and bolds brights colour ranges. The Black cardstock is textured and in the corners I've used the slit punch and just taken a little bit out from each corner. The circles in the centre of the flower were made using the 1 1/4" and 1 3/8" punches and once stuck together were mounted using dimensionals along with the pumpkin pie flower.

Here is a closer look at the flower with the eyelet and rhinestone brad in the centre:

Colour Inspiration #17

Here is Kristina's colour inspiration for this week:

The colours are Regal Rose, Rose Red, Sage Shadow and Whisper White

When I saw this Inspiration picture I thought of the Wild Rose stamp set so that's what I used. Here is my card for the week:

I thought I would use Whisper White for the base of the card as it's nice and fresh. I stamp some leaves on a piece of Sage Shadow cardstock. I stamped onto scrap paper first before stamping on the cardstock to give a more subtle finish. I then tore the paper to get a rough edge.

I stamp the flower in Regal Rose then the outline in Rose Red onto Whisper White cardstock. I mounted that onto Sage Shadow and textured Regal Rose cardstock. The Sage layer is mounted using Dimensionals.

The greeting is from the True Friend stamp set from the spring mini catalogue. I stamped this in Rose Red ink and used the stamp-a-ma-jig to get the greeting where I wanted it. I then used Whisper White grosgrain ribbon down the side of the card.

Colour Inspiration #16

It's that time again for Kristina Werner's colour inspiration. The colours in this weeks colour inspiration are very pretty and the picture is so cute. I automatically thought baby card but I didn 't go in that direction; anyway here's the picture:

The colours are very vanilla, soft sky, certainly celery and pumpkin pie.

I made 2 cards this week, here's the first:

I've used another new stamp set from the spring mini catalogue soon to be available. This stamp set is called A Beautiful Thing. There is a matching roller that goes with this set and of course I did buy it too - couldn't help myself!!!

I stamped the 3 flowers in certainly celery, soft sky and pumpkin pie on very vanilla cardstock. I used the Stampin' Around Wheel Guide so that the flowers were all in line with each other. I stamped them a couple of times and then used the 3/4" and 1/2" circle punch in each colour for the centres of the flowers. I used the mat pack and a piercing tool to pierce 4 holes in the centre of each flower like the centre of a button. The 2 circles are mounted on dimensionals. I used the mat pack again with the certainly celery marker to put dots as a border around the flowers - you can't really see it in this photo.

The ribbon I used was the wide grosgrain in certainly celery just straight across the card and then very vanilla taffeta ribbon tied in a know over the celery ribbon.

The greeting is from the same stamp set and is stamped in pumpkin pie ink and punched out using the large oval punch.

Here is my second card:

This card was extremely quick to make, it literally only took me 15 minutes to make and I really like how it turned out. I think I prefer it to the first one!

I made a square card 10.5cm x 10.5cm. Here I have used the Die-Cuts - Blooms for the pumpkin flower, also from the spring mini catalogue. These are great for making quick cards. I used celery for the base of the card with a layer of very vanilla. I've used the wide grosgrain ribbon in celery down the side. I cut of piece of soft sky textured cardstock to mount the pumpkin pie flower onto which is mounted using dimensionals. I punched a soft sky circle using the 3/4" circle punch and then used mini glue dots to stick a very vanilla button in the centre.

The greeting is from a stamp set called One Of A Kind from the spring mini catalogue which I stamped in Pumpkin Pie.

I really liked using these colours together and I'm finding these challenges really fun. I hope you like what I've done with these colours and thanks for checking out my blog.

Colour Inspiration #15

This weeks colour challenge has come around so fast but the colours are lovely, my kind of colours. Here is this weeks challenge from Kristina

The colours are chocolate chip, close to cocoa, really rust, certainly celery and whisper white (yum). I really enjoyed using these colours and like the card I made. It's a simple layout but I like it so here it is:

I've used my newly obtained spring mini catalogue supplies for this card, True Friend stamp set and Apple Cider Designer Series Paper which is absolutey gorgeous. I used really rust for the base of the card and mounted choc chip with the patterned paper on it. The image is stamped in really rust and certainly celery. I used my stamp-a-ma-jig to stamp the words a true friend then punched it out using the word window punch. I used the lovely wide grosgrain ribbon in choc chip and certainly celery brads. In the centre of the flower I've used a small button from the earth elements colour family.

Colour challenge take two

I thought I would have another go at this week's colour challenge. Here is my card:I've stayed with basic black, basic gray and whisper white (I love basic gray). I've used the stamp set Together Forever along with the matching roller Forever Flowers. I used basic gray textured cardstock for the base of the card. I then mounted white onto black onto the gray. I used basic gray ink for the roller across the middle and mounted it on basic gray textured cardstock and then onto the card. I used the scallop punch on black cardstock with the 1 3/8" circle punch in gray and punched out the image using the 1 1/4" circle punch. I cut out the smaller flower and mounted it using a dimensional onto the bigger flower with a silver brad in the centre. The scallop is mounted on the card using dimensionals. I used the basic gray taffeta ribbon which I love across the middle. Here is a close up of the flower on the scallop:

Colour Inspiration #14

Here is Kristina's challenge for the week:

This was a hard challenge for me but good. I hope you like what I've done with the colours, not sure if I'm happy with what I've done yet but here it is anyway:The colours are ruby red, river rock, basic black, going grey and basic grey.

The base of the card is going grey. I've stamped the flower image from the level 3 hostess set Time Well Spent on going grey in basic black. I've coloured parts of the flower using a blender pen and ruby red ink (I don't have ruby red marker) and put a brad in the centre. I've stamped the greeting from Occasional Greetings in ruby red on river rock. I put a little crystal effects on the dots on the flower. I cut 3 squares, 2 in basic grey and 1 in river rock and mounted them onto black cardstock. I've used the river rock double stitched ribbon and mounted the flower onto the card using dimensionals. I used the 1 3/8" square punch with river rock for the bottom left corner and made photo corners using the large tag punch for the bottom right corner. I added 3 more brads to the top left corner for interest. I tried not to use too much colour as I wanted to try and stick to the greys and black; as I said before I found these colours very hard.

Colour Challenge #13

Here is Kristina's challenge for the week:

and here is my card. I hope I got it in on time

The colours are purely pomegranate, wild wasabi, regal rose, river rock and whisper white. I struggled with these colours trying to put them all together, still not sure if I really like the card but here it is. Leave a comment and let me know what you think.

The base is river rock with a layer of purely pomegranate on top of that which I roughed the edges of using the side of my bone scorer. I have then put a layer of white and stamped one of the verses from God's Blessings stamp set. In the corner I used the top of the tag punch to make photo corners in wild wasabi. I've used the wide grosgrain ribbon in regal rose across the bottom which I stuck down using double sided tape.

The flowers are from the stamp set called Petal Prints. I've coloured the base image in regal rose and wild wasabi using the blender pen and ink pads to soften the colour. I did the same using the outline stamp over the top for the 2 step stamping process. I've added a rhinestone brad in the corner in pink and roughed the edges of the white cardstock using the edge of my bone scorer and mounted it on wild wasabi using dimensionals and then adhered it to the card using double sided tape.

Kristina's Colour Inspiration #12

Here is Kristina's colour inspiration for the week:

I wanted to participate in the last couple of colour inspirations but didn't end up having time so I was looking forward to see what this week's challenge would be. I managed to make 2 cards this week and here they are: This is my first attempt. I've used the Think Happy Thoughts stamp set for the flowers and dotted cirlces around them. I've stamped the images using So Saffron and Wild Wasabi ink on whisper white cardstock. I then punched them out using the 1 3/8" square punch and mounted them onto wasabi cardstock that I trimmed using my paper trimmer and then they are mounted onto the card using dimensionals. I used Sahara Sand eyelets in the centre of each flower. I used Sahara Sand for the base of the card then a layer of white and another layer in So Saffron which I have pierced around all sides and then used the white gel pen over the top. I used the grosgrain ribbon in white and white eyelets to thread the ribbon through before tying a bow. The For You is from the Occasional Greetings stamp set.

Here is my second attempt. The base is So Saffron with a layer of Sahara Sand at the top. I've used the small oval punch to punch out 2 wasabi leaves, 2 saffron and 5 printed saffron petals. Then it's just a matter of arranging the petals how you want them and sticking them to the plain saffron punch top and underneath. I then put dimensionals on all petals to make sure it sticks. One of the wasabi leaves is on deminsionals and the other is just stuck using snail adhesive. I drew the stem using a blender pen and wasabi inkpad. The daisy is mounted onto white cardstock and then mounted onto wasabi cardstock. The greeting is from Fun and Fast Notes stamp set.

Colour Inspiration # 9

This is Kristina's colour inspiration for this week. It took me a while to make a card with these colours but here's what I came up with:

I used so saffron for the base of the card. I used the so saffron Prints paper from this month's special. I layered real red with tempting turquiose then put a scallop in old olive behind the flower in pumpkin pie with a pumpkin pie rhinestone brad in the centre which is mounted using dimenstionals. I used old olive 5/8" grosgrain ribbon around the card and attached it with double sided tape. The stamps sets used are Baroque Motifs and Occasional Greetings.

Colour Inspiration # 8

This is Kristina Werners Colour Inspiration # 8. Kristina puts up a colour inspiration challenge each week on her blog for anyone to participate. If you haven't checked out her blog you need to. Here is my attempt at the colour inspiration:

Sorry the pictures aren't clearer. I made this tri-fold card using brilliant blue for the base. I made the stripes on the front and middle section using various widths of pumpkin pie, brilliant blue and bashful blue and used my new striped grosgrain ribbon in bashful blue; I only received it yesterday so as my husband would say 'that's a sign'!!! I've used the scallop punch, 1 1/4" circle punch and the 1 3/8" circle punch. The stamp said that was used was Boho Backgrounds and everything was stuck down using double sided tape or dimensionals.

It was fun making this card using colours that I wouldn't normally use, it's good to try new colour schemes so why not have a try using colours you wouldn't normally reach for next time you need to make a card.