ColourQ #100!!!!

ColourQ has hit 100!

 Arielle is amazing isn't she?

100 weeks of colour combos to test your crafty skills!

So this week we have something a little extra special.

 Arielle has teamed us up with this weeks Clean & Simple Stamping

Fall-to-Layout sketch #155.



This week, we want you to use the sketch

and pick your favourite past ColourQ combo! How fun is that?

I chose #41 because I love pink and grey together. It's just so yummy!

The card I created is the one that led to the leftovers I used in this card.

This card was sooooooo much fun to make. A little tedious, but fun nontheless!

I used PTI's leafy vine border die, to create the "patterned paper", then used the double ended banner die to create the separation. The butterfly was cut from Raspberry Fizz felt, the button was coloured grey to match with a copic, and the star is just one from my stash that happened to match. The sentiment is Paper Smooches, from the Birthday Buddies set.

Please join us in celebrating this fabulous event by first checking out everything the design team has created as inspiration,

then get inky and link up your sample.

Have fun, there are 99 colour combos to choose from!

I can't wait to see what you come up with!

another one for CQC#99

Hey guys! I just wanted to quickly share a card that was originally made for this weeks ColourQ challenge. I had to come back to it, and ended up making it super, super simple.

And yes, this stamp is also from a Kim Hughes Cornish Heritage Farms set!

I coloured the trees in with Copics, then wanted to add a little bit of texture (inspired by the photo) by going back over with the darker shade of copic.

Thanks for stopping by!

 I hope everyone is having a great week so far. :)



ColourQ #99

Wow!! Can you believe it ColourQ is at #99!!

How exciting!! 

Such yummy rich colours this week.

I didn't know where to go with them at first so I decided to take some inspiration from the picture itself.

I mean use these colours as Christmas colours?

Well, why not?

A litte unconventional maybe, but super fun!

The ornaments are (of course!) by Kim Hughes, from an old

Cornish Heritage Farms set.

I just used some copics to colour them and then use some Twinery twine to "hang" them.

And I thought since they were kind of large I would try out a 9x4 size card.

Please head on over to the ColourQ blog and check out what the rest of our fabulous Royal Court has to offer you for this challenge.

Then go get crafty!

Thanks so much for stopping by. :)

Sparks are flyin'!

Hey guys!

It was sooooo nice to get out today and spend some time in the sun with my hubby. Brunch on the patio at our favourite pub, walked the dog, and used up some gift cards leftover from our wedding. (that was 2 years ago!!)

All in all a great day!

But I am here to share a card with you, not babble about my day. :)

This card was made with this month's Paper Smooches Sparks Challenge

 in mind.

(click the banner above to get all the details)

Based on this inspiration photo:

There is so much to love and be inspired by in this photo. I loved the colour combo, the wood, the bling, the flowers.

So all were somehow incorporated into my card.

The silver (inspired by the bling) was "letterpressed" onto white cardstock using PTI's woodgrain impression plate. The pearls were coloured to match the pink twine. The flowers, sentiment and polka dot border are all Paper Smooches stamps. I had fun with this one.

Thanks so much for stopping by. I hope you all had a fabulous weekend. :)



CAS-ual embossing!

I have to be honest, I have been doing a LOT of sleeping lately!

I was hoping to do so much more with my time off. :)

Although I am super happy because my temporary cast is gone, and I now have a full cast which, although heavier, feels much better.

Anyway, on to my card!!

I have been trying to participate in more challenges to get my mojo going. And since I LOVE CAS-ual Fridays challenges, here's a card for this week's.

Now I know this is SUPER simple but my embossing process was a little more involved. Well sort of!!

I didn't have a folder for what I had in mind but I did have a die cut of a snowflake i love. So, I die cut a few snowflakes from my PTI coasters. (they are thicker, and I thought would stand up to the embossing better)

Then I placed them onto my white cardstock, and ran it through my Cuttlebug.

I think the end result worked pretty well.

This close-up kinda shows the texture of the coasters. Neat I think!

Well, that's it!

Thanks for stopping by. I hope you are all enjoying the weekend. :)



super quick baby card

I was asked tonight to make a baby card for one of my co-workers.

She is, on her birthday, now a new Auntie!! How fun!

So I whipped up a super super fast baby card, using an old Kim Hughes stamp and some PTI polka dot paper.

Isn't that giraffe adorable! My co-worker was giving them a safari themed present so I thought this would work.

I must get to bed, my cast appointment is bright and early tomorrow.

Well, 10 o'clock is bright & early for me right now!!



fabulous day

Hey there!

Just a super quick share of a card I made, again, with scraps. I can't show you the original card just yet.......soon!

Made using my PTI leafy vine border die, and signature greetings stamp set.

I just love this colour combo don't you?

I am slowly making it around to al of your fabulous blogs.

See you soon, thanks for stopping by! :)

ColourQ #98

Happy Tuesday!!

It's time for another fabulous colour combo from ColourQ.

Yummy huh?

Kinda makes me think of the ocean.

Maybe its the names of the colours though! :)

This card was super simple and uses Paper Smooches for the sentiment and a "puffy" sticker from KI memories, that I got at Michaels in the sticker section.

They are the same brand as the ones I used in these cards.

This was as close as I could get to these fabulous Stampin Up colours.

the blue ribbon along the top is PTI blueberry sky and the twine is from The Twinery, honeydew.

Head on over to the ColourQ blog to check out what Arielle and the incredible design team have to share with you today. Then get back to your craft table and create!! I can't wait to see what you all come up with.

Thanks for stopping by!



leftovers!

Hello!

It's been a crazy few days! Championship Rollerderby bout, husband home from trip to St. Lucia, dinner with friends, and weed pulling!! Fun times! I guess it's busy for a girl who right now isn't getting out or up off the couch much. :)

I just wanted to quickly share a card I made from the "leftovers" from making this card.

After all that hard work to put the layers together I couldn't possibly throw out the "scraps", no way!

I hope you all had a fabulous weekend. Thanks for stopping by. :)



Christmas Paper Smooches style!

I have 2 really quick cards to share, Christmas cards!!

I was perusing my paper Smooches stash and really felt the need to make a few. Now my typical Christmas process is to make several prototypes to figure out what I want to send out. But realistically I make 30 different ones, then everyone gets something different because I can't decide.

This year it is to be different! (We'll see!!)

Love this snowman, and I am loving this chevron paper too.

And these "reindeer" how adorable right??

I'll get back to you on where that paper is from, I can't find it right now!!

Have a fabulous weekend. :)

Thanks for stopping by!