Runway Inspired Challenge # 10

Another fun card challenge this week.  I'm definitely going to try to do more of these.

This week over at the Runway Inspired Challenge, this Nanette Lepore look was the inspiration.  Not sure how I feel about it as an outfit, but the color and design were fun and interesting.

courtesy of style.com

Here's my take:

Supplies:

Cardstock:  White, Smoky Shadow - Papertrey Ink; Silver, Gold - Recollections; Tangelo - Bazzill

Stamps: Flower - Hero Arts/Basic Grey; Sentiment - Mega Mixed Messages - Papertrey Ink

Ink - Ginger, Slate - Fresh Ink (Impress Rubber Stamps)

Border Punch - Martha Stewart Crafts

 

Make It Monday #61 - What could it be?!?

I'm trying my hand at a challenge today.  The Papertrey Ink Make It Monday Challenge this week was to make flowers from a non flower die.
I looked through my (far too large) collection and thought I was going to use one of the Papertrey Ink Fruit Fusion dies.  After looking a bit more, I stumbled upon another die and had to give it a try.

Can you goes what the flower petals are?  

Frog feet!!  From the Papertrey Ink Boy Basics: Frog Hop set.  

Supplies:  

Cardstock:  Kraft - Papertrey Ink

Decorative Paper - Unknown

Die - Boy Basics: Frog Hop

Punches:  Scalloped Circle, Button - Martha Stewart Crafts

Stamp - Woodgrain - Impress Rubber Stamps, Hello - Savvy Stamps

Ink - Brilliance Pearlescent Beige, Pearlescent Crimson

Twine - Cappuccino - The Twinery

Other - Yarn - from Lawn Fawn packaging

Limes

Not sure where I've been for the last few months, but it clearly wasn't here!  I need to regain my focus and get myself back together.  I've been trying (albeit unsuccessfully) to work on submissions for publication.  I think I'm going to do one more round for the holidays, then take a break for a while.  I've really enjoyed the work part and stretching myself, but the heartbreak of rejection has taken a bit of the fun out of it.

Here's a fun card.

After seeing some "letterpressed" backgrounds lately, I thought I would give it a try.  This was my first attempt at using a Cuttlebug embossing folder and dye ink together.  It came out a bit messy, but I liked the effect and decided to use it anyway.  I'm definitely going to do more experimenting with this technique!

The sentiment made me smile, hopefully the recipient will like it too!

Cardstock - White, Chartreuse - Papertrey Ink

Ink - Chartreuse - PTI, Rich Cocoa - Tsukineko

Stamps - Margarita and sentiment - Unity Stamp Co

Embossing Folder - Provo

Colored Pencil - Faber Castell

Sweet baby card

It was a busy week for babies around here!  One good friend had her little girl on Friday and another had her baby shower on Saturday.
I made a couple of variations on this card for them.  I love this patterned paper from October afternoon and thought it would make a cute, but not overly girly card.

Supplies:

Card - Blossom - PaperSource

Paper - Sidewalks - October Afternoon

Banner Die - Lil' Inker

Stamp - Studio G (from the dollar bins at Michaels)

Ink - Steel Blue - Fresh Ink

Twine - Pink & Yellow - Whiskers Graphics

Peonies? Poppies? Some sort of hybrid?

I bought this stamp from Impress ages ago and have always loved it.  I decided to play with some Copic Markers and my favorite - PolyShrink.

Since I didn't have a pinky marker, I used a poppy-ish color and turned my peonies into poppies!

Supplies:

Cardstock - White - PTI

Stamps - Peony - Impress, Sentiment - Sophie's Sentiment - Lawn Fawn

PolyShrink - White - Lucky Squirrel

Ink - Graphite Black Brilliance - Tsukineko

Markers -Salmon Red, Yellow Green & Light Walnut - Copic

Ribbon - Impress Rubber Stamping

The Swing of Things

After a long holiday trip, I'm struggling to get back into the swing of things.  I've made a few things for a publication call and finished a couple of baby gifts, but haven't gotten around to making anything for fun.


I got a lot of great stamps and dies for Christmas, so today I made a card with some of those.  I was looking to make something to brighten my mood.

The alignment on the pencils needs some work, but overall, I love it!

Supplies:
Cardstock - Khaki (PaperSource), Colors (The Paper Studio)
Stamps & Dies - Happy Trails set (Papertrey Ink)
Ink - Brilliance Graphite Black - Tsukineko

Bunko Gift

I've been hosting Christmas Bunko for several years now and like to come up with a cute little gift for all my friends.  I've mentioned my addiction to shrink plastic before, so I wanted to come up with something using it.  I decided on keychains (who knew it would be so hard to find key rings that would work though!?).

Since I was making 11 of them, I went for a simple design.  First I stamped the sheets using 2 Basic Grey stamp sets and several colors of Fresh Ink.

I let the ink dry overnight.   I cut the sheets into rectangles, punched holes for the key rings and 'cooked' them at 325 until they were done.  

They came out really cute!  Too bad there were a couple of mishaps - I wish there was one left for me!

For the packaging, I stamped some little muslin bags I got from Etsy using my favorite stamp of this season.

Supplies:
Shrink Plastic - Frosted Ruff n Ready Shrinky Dink
Stamps - Flowers - Basic Grey, Partridge/Pear - Savvy Stamps
Ink - Red Current, Tomato Red, Celery, Mango, Ginger, Pool, Navy, Provincial Grey (Fresh Ink)
Key rings - Darice
Muslin Bag - Clever Thoughts on Etsy