Hello peeps! Nichole Heady of Papertrey Ink has got a fun color challenge going on right now. I was inspired by all the different color comobos I could choose from. I was going to do more than one, but if you follow my tweets, you know this project gave me a fun for my money! The challenge is to create a card/project using any one of the Design Team Member’s color combos. I chose Michelle’s kraft, vintage cream, spring moss and aqua mist color combo! I pulled out one of Lauren Meader’s timeless templates, Keeping Tabs, and got to crafting…. I love the way it turned out (except for my bow, I just CAN NOT TIE BOWS) – The cute little bird from Everday Button Bits, the color combo, everything. I found some great dp in my paper stash and the aqua/white polka dotted paper is digi. I wish I could remember where I found it… 
I sponged the circle punch with Spring Moss ink. I just LOVE all of these colors together! Thanks Michelle for such a great color palette…. Now just to decide what to put inside of it. Any suggestions?!?!?
I have followed the talented Becky Oehlers for quite some time. Imagine my surprise when I saw she has started doing her own challenges! She also puts up a tutorial video with some really cool music in the background to go along with her create a card challenges. I was anxious to participate this week because I loved the color combination she used! And I neglect my scor-pal so much, which is a shame because I feel like it really adds a great texture to the card. The score lines on this card remind me of beadboard. Next time, I’ll add some double score lines and I bet you it will look identical. I pulled out an oldie stamp set, Green Thumb, for this project because I don’t have any flower die cuts. I also added the strip of ribbon and stamped my sentiment directly onto it, inspired by the CPS Challenge this week. Happy Tuesday everyone!!!
Ok guys! Here is the other card (or part of the card) I initially made for the Jugs Challenge. Instead, I am giving it to my garbage can. This is the card I referred to in my previous post as the poop card! LOL. I don’t like how I put two border punched strips on there. I tried to get them off but it was too late. Those suckers were stuck on that card and not coming off! Only I could ruin an adorable little heart cut out…. But, check out the distressed inking with water I learned about here. I love how that turned out…. So, I am only showing you that part of the card because I can not embarrass myself by showing you the entire card. HA HA! I will make another card tomorrow using the same technique and sentiment and see if I can do better! Here’s to hoping! Happy Superbowl to those of you watching! I am probably the only person on the planet who is not watching and could care less! I do like the commercials though! 
I am still in the Valentines Day mode today, so I thought I would knock out a couple of cards using the JUGS sketch challenge as inspiration. I was just introduced to a great website that has tons and tons of inspiration, including online classes! That is definitely something I need. I watched the Thinking Inking class on Distressing Inks this morning and thought I would give it a whirl. Now on this card, it is hard to see the distressed ink. My other card (which I will reluctantly post later because the distressed inking really stands out but the card itself is poo) really shows off the distressed ink using water! I took a close up it on this card in hopes you will be able to see it… It is really quite easy and I had all the supplies in stock (I don’t know why, I have never used Tim Holtz distressed inks before and don’t remember buying them, but me and my shopping sprees really to get the best of me, don’t they)…. I used that cute Argyle Print digi paper I linked to in this post. Happy Sunday!
Happy Saturday! This morning, my son did something he never does. He slept in. Until 11:00!! Seriously! I didn’t know what to do with myself because that never happens. I haven’t even begun on Valentines Day projects so figured today I would create a cute little mailbox (template courtesy of Lauren Meader’s My Time Made Easy store). Crazy 4 Challenges has a Valentines theme challenge (hoping it includes projects and not just cards???) so I thought it was a perfect time to play along! I found a cute Argyle Print digital download as party of the Back To School Paper Pack on DigiChick’s website. Used some ribbons and buttons. And the brad is a button shaped brad, not sure if you can tell. And voila. A cute mailbox for my son to store all of his Valentines Day Cards. It was hard finding VDay patterns without pink in it (my husband would croak) but I think that argyle paper was perfect for a little boy. Have a great weekend!
Today, I participated in my first ever Everything But The Kitchen Sink challenge. Their challenges are so fun. They incorporate every day items into paper crafting. Today’s challenge was using a box top. I found the perfect box top to match my project. Came off of a Tastefully Simple Chocolate Cake Mix Box. BUUUUT, I smeared the ink so I just turned it over and used the white side instead of the design side! I could NOT photograph the strawberries to do them justice. I tried and tried. The lighting was off. My camera was acting loony and my son didn’t nap, need I say more?!? The adorable strawberry template came from the ever talented Kelleigh Ratzlaff.
My son’s school had snow!! I love Parkwood! It is such an awesome school. I wish I could send Lucas there for all his schooling! But unfortunately, he only has one more year after then and then we are off to the public school system! They had snow day a few days ago and it was such fun. Last year, I went down the slide and it was quite a hoot! I’ll upload the video. It is about a minute long but if you want to skip it, go to the last 15 seconds. Don’t miss it if you want to laugh at my expense! NOT SURE WHY IT WON’T EMBED MY VIDEO, SO MAKE SURE TO CLICK THE LINK AND IT WILL TAKE YOU RIGHT TO IT.. GRRRR
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWxnU86VTAk
Now, here is this years video! He and his BFF Mason! Those boys are attached at the hip!
And here are a few pictures from the day!
Ok. Seriously. Isn’t this little elephant card just the cutest card ever? I printed the template on double sided with some digi paper, used PTI Polka DotBasics for his cute little ear and the sentiment is from Baby Button Bits. Color Throwdown had a great color challenge and Embellish Mag challenged me to use ribbon.You may be wondering about the ribbon, since this was a ribbon challenge. I used some DMC Floss instead of the traditional ribbon. Not sure if that will count as ribbon.. I will leave that up to the wonderful Ashley to determine… But I just had to share this cute little elephant. Now, someone I know just needs to hurry up and have a baby, preferably me!!!
I have become quite fond of the very talented and beautiful Kelly Marie Alvarez, AKA, Lawnfawn Cards. She recently made the most adorable cupcake (template courtesy of Kelleigh Ratzlaff) and I just had to try and CASE her, TRY being the key word here….. I used the color scheme the same as before inspired by Color Throwdown and Embellish Magazine. I have become a huge fan of digital paper and thought I would use one of the same designs I used for the elephant card. I lined the inside of the cupcake with the same print as the bottom of the cupcake. Cut out some circles, distressed the edges and attached an Aqua Mist button with a pop dot for the top. Putting the ribbon around the top was quite the task I am embarrassed to say. There was lots of peeling off and restarting let me just say!
Who doesn’t like baby cards? I do and I don’t even know anyone having babies right now! I wanted to participate in the Embellish Magazine ribbon challenge so I added some ribbon to outline the onsie. I did some color distressing and added some buttons and voila….. Cute card. Check out my other baby card in my next post?!? That is the one that I really, really adore…..
