Needing some Pizzazz

June 21, 2010

There is actually some rain drops falling down from the sky!  That's great since it so dry here in the North Kohala area of the Big Island.

Today's color scheme is:  Not Quite Navy, Cameo Coral (Soon to be retired color!), and Certainly Celery.

I am doubling up on crafting challenges today by taking on the Color Throwdown challenge #97 and Always Playing with Paper Challenge #3 (sketch).  The Always Playing with Paper is a blog site that I stumbled upon just the other day.  If you get a chance—do stop by and check out this inspiring crafting blog!

The sketch challenge provided me a good reason to use my big SU! flower punch.   I teamed it up with the five-petal flower from the Petal Pizzazz stamp set.  The flower's center is a rhinestone from SU!'s Pretties Kit which I have had for ages.  To create the flower I first stamped the image on white paper using Not Quite Navy ink and next punched it out.

I purposely left the card without a sentiment.  It's always nice to have a sentiment-free card on hand to write your own special message inside.

Paper:  Certainly Celery, Cameo Coral, Not Quite Navy, White
Ink:  Not Quite Navy
Punch:  Large 5-petal flower punch
Stamp sets:  Petal Pizzazz
Misc:  Embosslits Sweetest Stem, Textured Impressions Square Lattice

Now, if I only I had some pizzazz toward life!

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Keeping it Simple

February 18, 2010

I am playing along with Paper Pal Arts PPA30-KISS (Keep it Simple, Sweetie) challenge.  My card is simple—trying to take a representative photo of the card was not.  Let me just say my photo shoot and prop spot is limited so that in itself poses challenges for me. 

Today's color scheme:  Rich Razzleberry, Crushed Curry, Melon Mambo, an Razzleberry Lemonade DSP.  Card base is Whisper White.

The card's completed dimension is 3 1/4" x 6" (6 1/2 x 6—folded in half).  The Blossom Party BigZ die was used to create the flower.  The Scallop Trim Border punch (Sale-A-Bration catalog – pg.9) was applied along the card's bottom front flap.  A strip of 1" x 6" Rich Razzleberry was adhered to the card's inside to help emphasize the scallop trim border.  A strip of Razzleberry Lemonade DSP was adhered just above the scalloped border.  Truth be told—I had stamped the sentiment there and made a mess of it.  OK—go with Plan B!  I added Rich Razzleberry polka-dot ribbon to the card's front, assembled my flower (lots of flower choices with the Blossom Party BigZ die!!), added couple dimensionals to back of flower and stuck it to the card's front.

Now came another moment of truth.  Did I feel brave enough to try stamping the sentiment from Of the Earth (Hostess stamp set) with Rich Razzleberry ink to the card's front?  Downside—mess up and I get to start all over.  I took the plunge and whew—it turned out OK.

Here's another photo of the same card except I added a butterfly made using my Beautiful Wings embosslits die.   The little butterfly was a leftover from another stamping adventure and thought what the heck—let us see what the card looks like with the addition of the butterfly.

                    

Enjoy your day!

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February 7, 2010
Timeless Type Junior Alphabet

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Today's card was inspired by a card made by Nichole Heady (PaperTreyInk).  In fact I was so inspired I made TWO cards.  Once again I am using the medium size Timeless Type Junior Alphabet sizzlit dies to make "Hi!" from Basic Black card stock.  Here's what the second card looks like: The card base is [...]