COLORING DOWN THE RASPBERRY MOJO LINES!

So this week I decided to use a sketch challenge for our weekly 

Coloring Down the Lines Blog Hop! See, this week is kinda wierd! lol Wait until you see what our added piece is!!!

Hope you enjoyed Helen's card on her blog! So much fun! Be sure to see what Liz came up with for this week!! Interesting for sure!! Be sure to keep on hopping to see everyone's designs!!!

So here's the color challenge:

Raspberry Ripple, Old Olive, Blushing Bride

   OR

 Raspberry Ripple, Crumb Cake, Perfect Plum

Sounds perfectly normal, right? Well, here's this week's added piece:

Make a Christmas Card!

Wait! What???

Yup that's what I said! Now those of you who know me know I'm a Christmas junkie!!! But you also know I HATE winter! And it's now March 4, & it was 

0 degrees this morning!!! So I am so all done with anything winter! lol

I decided to give Mojo Monday weekly sketch challenge a looksie for inspiration! Here's their sketch:

And here's my card:

Now it's a pretty simple card! I love these colors for a Christmas card, but so hard to get into the "spirit"! 

See, I took another picture that shows more how I feel! lol Come on spring!!!!

A little blurry but gets the point across!! Simple to make. New embossing folder-Arrows-from the Occasions Mini.  Pennant Parade stamp set from the Big Catalog and a sentiment from the Holiday Mini.  

A little retired ribbon and some Dazzling Detail & it's a pretty quick 10 minute card!

 I actually think I might use these colors for a card next year-or a close facsimile! 

We will soon be saying goodbye to Raspberry Ripple! I will sooooo miss this group of In-Colors!  They are so bold & bright! I sure hope they have some pretty bright ones!!

So watch back this week for another cool challenge!!! My friend Amanda has hooked us up with a fun new site!!! Don't miss it!

Happy Stampin'!!!

A COLORING DOWN THE LINES "SLUSHIE"!!

So this week we are beginning our blog hop with our new In-Colors!!! They are such nice tones! 

Our challenge this week is using Strawberry Slush with Rich Razzleberry & Sahara Sand OR with Coastal Cabana & Crisp Cantaloupe. 

I definitely chose the latter because I wanted to use all my new In-Colors!!!

So welcome back from Helen's "slushie" blog!!! I know her creation is super "juicy" and "cool"!! Ok, enough with the puns!!! I'm sure you loved her creation!! :)

So here's mine!!!

I pulled out my new Mosaic Madness tools!! The Mosaic Madness stamp set, Mosaic Punch & the Mosaic Embossing Folder!! I am really enjoying this combo!!! 

I love the way the "mosaics" look with the embossing folder! Especially when Stampin' Dimensionals are used to "puff" them up! Cool!!!

This is a tri-fold card, but a little different than the standard gatefold! See?

I have the design panel attached on the left side, but the right side needs to be "over" the left base side! Clear as mud?? I'd be happy to share if you'd like, but it makes a nice gatefold-style stay closed instead of kind of flopping open. Just as easy to make though!!!

Here's a close up of the panel!!!

You can see the dimension & texture with the folder & "mosaics". You can also see the Basic Pearl Jewels accents. 

Oh, btw, the little sentiment is from the Pennant Parade stamp set!

Overall, it's a fairly simple card, but I think it looks nice & showcases the new In-Colors well!

Now pop on over to Laura's blog & check out her La-Dee-Dah lovely creation!!!! I'll see you there!!

Watch over the next few days for some of our exciting new products!!! I can't wait for the man in brown to deliver my BIG box of goodies from the new catalog!!! Wait until you see!!! I sure can't!!!!

Happy Stampin'!!!

MORE MUSTARD & EARLY ESPRESSO SPRING!

Ok, so those 2 colors aren't normally what you think of when you think spring, right? Well at my demonstrator meeting recently, I was given the task of assigning a challenge! I tend to need  a reason to go totally outside the box, so I gave myself one! 

The challenge was to use Early Espresso & More Mustard to create a Spring card!!!

So here it is!!!

I thought Spring=Sunshine!!! So I pulled out my 
Single Stamp You Are My Sushine!! I LOVE this stamp!!! That song goes back to fond memories for me so when they first offered it I jumped on that one!!!

So I attempted to create a "sun" with my Pennant Parade stamp set & Pennant Punch.  I really like the way this turned out! Kinda different! A little thematic!  The only other "color" in the card is Very Vanilla!  Its tricky to use only 2 colors-especially if they're on the darker side. 

I threw in a couple of little Boho Blossoms (Punch) for interest.
 The Glimmer Brad in the middle is a perfect match! Kinda hard to see, but there's Dazzling Details all over the place!! Yes, I am a "bling" kinda girl!

So just wanted to share!!! These single stamps were supposed to be done, but they've continued them through July!!! Don't miss out on yours!!!!! You can find them HERE!!!

Happy Stampin'!!