PLUNGING BLACK & WHITE-WITH A POP!

This week over at 

The Paper Plunge 

we are creating using black and white with just a pop of color! Just one little pop!!!

This week I decided to use a Mojo Monday sketch as my design! I think it worked well for this challenge, although it was  a challenge on its own just to figure it out! lol

Here's my card:

It's a nautical, maybe manly card. Although there are plenty of women who are also into nautical!

Stamp sets used are The Open Sea and A Dozen Thoughts.  Add a 

Tiny Triangles Embossing Folder & some black Embossing Powder & voila!

For my "pop" of color, I added some Island Indigo 1/4" Cotton Ribbon. I thought the blue tone kept it kind of "ocean-y"!

So now go hop on over to The Paper Plunge & see what the other amazing designers have for you! If you're looking for some designs, 

Mojo Monday posts a new one each week! Check them out too!

Happy Stamping'!

ELEGANT EGGPLANT COLORING!

Hi kids! Sorry I'm late today for our weekly

 Coloring Down the Lines Blog Hop!!! 

Just got back from the most amazing wedding!!! And guess what I brought back with me?? A nasty cold!!! Fell asleep waiting for the computer to update last nite!!! Ugh!!! Achoo!!!

Anyway, welcome on over from Carol's blog!!! Hope you are doing well!!!

This week's colors are

Elegant Eggplant, Island Indigo, Basic Gray

  OR
Elegant Eggplant, Always Artichoke, Sahara Sand

An interesting bunch after the last few weeks of fairly bright colors! I chose the first for no apparent reason! It shouted "masculine" to me, so here's what I came up with!

I LOVE this stamp set-The Open Sea! Use it often, especially for masculine cards. I'm a Cape Cod girl as I've said before, so bring on the nautical!!! The little sentiment is of course from Teeny Tiny Wishes.

However, retired product alert!!! I did use a retired Ribbon Slide from one of the mini catalogs a couple of years ago.  Sorry, but I love the way these look! Wonder if they'll ever come back??

Here's a closeup of the important stuff!!

Hope ya luv!

Now go visit Liz's blog & enjoy her Elegant Eggplant creation!

I promise wedding pics this week! Not sure if that's a threat or a promise!!!

Happy Stampin'!!!

I'M SEEING RED (AS I COLOR DOWN THE LINES!) WITH TECHNOSTAMPER!

So this week's Coloring Down the Lines blog hop is based in Real Red! Cool!

Now you're maybe visiting from Helen's blog! If so, welcome!!! Glad you hopped over! I know you love her work! I sure do!

If you're not hopping from Helen's blog, be sure to check her's & the other amazing ladies' blogs on this blog hop!!!

So this weeks's colors are
Real Red, Tempting Turquoise, Very Vanilla
   OR

 Real Red, Early Espresso, Pumpkin Pie.

Now these colors, either group, made me think kinda masculine. Not being able to face the end of summer, I went with the first batch because they were kinda more summery than the second! 

Now for a layout, I decided the Technostamper sketch this week would work well for these colors & a masculine card! Here's the original sketch.

 

So here's what I came up with for my card!

 

I used the lovely Open Sea stamp set! I love this set so much! If you follow my blog you know that I use it a bit! I'm from Cape Cod myself, so nautical is perfect for me!  

The sentiment is from the Sweet Essentials stamp set! 

I wanted to use some DSP but didn't have anything with this color combo. I know I could've made my own, but not this week! 

I think the 1/4" Real Red stitched ribbon is a nice touch-not too girly! The Houndstooth embossing folder just worked!

So please go visit Liz's blog & leave her a nice comment! 

In fact, if you have time, go visit them all! We love to hear what you think!

 And be sure to join us next Wednesday for another fun 

Coloring Down the Lines blog hop!!!

Please note that I have added some fall classes! Click the class tab above!!! I'd love to have you join us!!!

Happy Stampin'!