COLORING DOWN THE LINES

Helloooo there! We are Coloring Down the Lines again!!! Must be Wednesday! And this week we are going for a softer look! Dare I say "warm"?!  These colors make me think of summer!  Seems like that's never gonna happen as I once again look out my window to snow falling! Ugh!

Anyway, at least you can join us on our little blog hop! You probably traveled here from Helen's beautiful blog! Love that she's back online!!!! I missed her!  If you're starting here, then be sure to continue on to Liz's awesome blog!! Then keep going right around until you get back here!! Fun time for all!

I also decided to double up on challenges this week! The design of the card is courtesy of Sketch Frenzy Friday! I love their sketches over there!

So here we go!!!

Here's my card this week:

Here's the (yummy!) inspiration photo:

Here are the colors in Stampin' Up! MDS:

Here's the Sketch Frenzy Friday Sketch:

This was a fun, simple little card.  Most of the products used are from the 

Sale-a-Bration Catalog!  Namely, the Best Year Ever-stamp set, DSP, and Accessories Pack! I love my goodies from the SAB Catalog! I want to be sure to use it as much as possible before the catalog disappears!

A little Crisp Cantaloupe Bakers Twine, Sahara Sand Lace Trim, and some Pearl Basic Jewels colored with the Calypso Coral Blendabilities & you have a cute little card!!! It "made my day"!!!

Happy Stampin'!

COLORING DOWN THE LINES!

Happy Wednesday morning!!! Today I am Coloring Down the Lines with some pretty soft colors & Sketch Frenzy Friday!!! I needed some inspiration today!!

Hi to the hoppers from Helen's blog! If you're new here then I'm soooo glad you are here! If you're a regular, glad you are back!!

Here's today's card:

Here's the inspiration:

And here's the coordinated Stampin' Up! colors:

Pistachio Pudding
Wild Wasabi
Basic Black
Crisp Cantaloupe
Pear Pizzazz

Lastly, here's the Sketch Frenzy Friday sketch:

I love the softness of the Pistachio Pudding & Crisp Cantaloupe together. I just love these In-Colors anyway. Lots of people will surely miss them when they retire in May!

I used the Choose Happiness stamp set. It's versatile & sweet.I simple stamped the flowers & "fussy cut" them out. It wasn't too hard!

 The main "cut out" is cut with the Apothecary Accents Framelits.  Haven't visited that set in awhile! It has a pretty sentiment. I used half of it on the front & finished it on the inside.  I just simply punched it out with the 

Mosaic Punch. 

Finish the whole card off some of the cool In-Color Sequins & it adds just that "pop" of fun!

Now hop over to Liz's blog & see what she has for you! Don't forget to keep going! Lots of cool stuff to see!!!!

Then go visit over at Sketch Frenzy Friday! Lots of great ideas there! You can even add your own!

Happy Stampin'!!!

COLORING DOWN THE LINES AND SKETCHING

Hello all!!! Welcome to Coloring Down the Lines!!! This week I am using a sketch from Sketch Frenzy Friday. I needed some inspiration!!!

Welcome to all from Helen's blog!!! I know she has amazed you! So now go be wowed by Sandy's blog!!! Always something special there!!! Then keep going!!! 

I love this week's colors!!

Here's my card this week: 

Here's the inspiration:

Here are the colors in the picture:

Here are the MDS colors:

Here is the SFF sketch:

 

I love the colors this week! I thought they fit with my Amazing Birthday stamp set! Good celebration colors!! Plus, I got to use my  

Trim the Tree DSP Paper Stack from the Holiday Catalog for the first time!!!

I kind of played with the sketch though.  I didn't make it a full card. Here it is when it's opened. I thought it added a bit of excitement to it! Kinda different!!

And did you know you can "color" our beautiful Silver (or any color!) 

Glimmer Paper? It's best with our amazing Blendabilities, but here I used my 

Wild Wasabi Stampin' Write Marker! It just adds that extra bling!!!

So now go follow the rest of the blogs on this blog hop!!! There are some very talented ladies here! You won't want to miss their designs!!!

And don't forget to visit over at Sketch Frenzy Friday! Maybe add your design!!!

Happy Stampin'!!

COLORING DOWN THE LINES!!!

So here we are again! This week's Coloring Down the Lines Blog Hop is "dark"!! lol No, silly! I mean Basic Black!

So hello hoppers from Helen's blog! I know it was fun over there! I always have fun there! Hope this is as much fun! Then join the fun at Liz's blog! Another fun girl! Can you tell it was almost 50 degrees F here today!!! lol  I'm a bit giddy! Finally! Just in time for more snow! Ugh! But celebrating today anyway!

So here's this week's challenge:

Basic Black, Smoky Slate, Bermuda Bay

 OR

 Basic Black, Daffodil Delight, Old Olive

Added Piece - Add Metallic - could be glimmer paper, foil sheets or sequin trim

I love the first combo, so here's my card:

Now I decided to go with another challenge this week for inspiration! These colors are cool together, but I needed a jump start this week! 

So I visited over at Sketch Frenzy Friday for the design. Here's their original design:

 

Now I think this is a close approximation. Remember, these sketches are to get you started. It's a design. You should stay within the design, but creativity counts! 

When you visit the blog you'll see some cool ideas! Be sure to pop over!

I used my new punch from the Sale-a-Bration Catalog! Love this little

 Banner Punch & so glad it will continue into the new Big Catalog!! 

I stamped & embossed all the little banners. I also used the cool 

Decorative Dots Embossing folder on the Basic Black background. Hard to tell in the picture! It's becoming a favorite! Another carry over into the new catalog!!! 

Now here's the thing. The added piece, when I read metallic, I kinda missed the after words! I used the Encore Metallic Silver Ink Pad for the Just for You sentiment! I tried to get it to shine in the light, then tried to edit it a bit so you can really see it, but didn't work so well! It's shiny in person tho! So while I do have some metallic, maybe not enough? Hmm. Oh well!!! I tried!!

Anyway, be sure to check back this week for my entry on the Can You Case It challenge. Hope you visited last week!!!

Happy Stampin'!