Hey Smile - CCG#250 & Simon Says Stamp

YAY! The Color Combos Galore Challenges started up again and the new color palette is gorgeous! I used the Simon Says Stamp! You Are My Favorite June Card Kit, along with two of their fabulous dies - the Chevron Pattern Full Card Die and the Kelly Purkey Smile Die:

DESIGN INSPIRATION:

I was so excited to create this Color Combo using these colors. Totally loving the navy, aqua and pink right now and the gold just knocks it out of the ballpark!

Color Combos Galore Challenge #250

My Focus Challenge was from Inspiration Photo #2 - Focus On Patterns: Chevron. I chose to use the chevron die and filled some of the negative spaces with the aqua paper. I drew other inspiration from the bowl in Photo #1 to use the Smile Die and a circle punch, a gold glittered enamel dot from the glitter in Photo #2, enamel dots from the headboard studs in Photo #3, and finally the frame in Photo #4 prompted using script stamps and to layer white on pink.

Seriously, I REALLY LOVE how much fun it is to play with these Color Combos and Inspiration Boards. The combos always work so well together and it's such a great challenge to find and use all the inspiration I can.



Thanx so much for stopping by!!

Hugs and Happy Scrappin'!!!!

xoxo

challenge entries:

• Seize the Sketch: Sketch #21
• A Cherry On Top: June 3 In a Row Challenge

project list:

{ Hey Smile } Card:

Kit: Simon Says Stamp! - You Are My Favorite (June 2014 Kit)



From the Kit:

• Cardstock: Marshmallow Card Shoppe (Bazzill)
• 6x6 Patterned Paper: Now & Then "Today" Shine, "Girls" Yarrow, "Girls" Garden (My Mind'e Eye); Lily White Sprinkles Vellum (Doodlebug Designs)
• Embellishments: Now & Then Mildred Enamel Dots (My Mind's Eye)
• Stamps: Favorite Flowers (Simon Says Stamp!)

Other:

• Inks: Rose Coral Fluid Chalk, French Blue Fluid Chalk, Gold (ColorBox); Tuxedo Black, Teal Zeal (Memento)
• Misc: 1¼ Circle Punch (EK Success); string

stamps & dies:

toolbox:

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You Are My Sunshine - Studio Calico

Good Morning! Last night I played with Seize the Sketch and the Build a Background Challenge at A Blog Named Hero. The designers are using Lawn Fawn this month, so I decided to do the same for my challenge entry:

I used the Interlocking Backgrounds stamp inked in Green Hills Shadow Ink, Studio Calico Office Hours March Card Kit and a Hero Arts/Studio Calico stamp for the sentiment.

I'm liking the cleaner lines of my cards lately, so this was a great sketch to work with. I am also participating at A Cherry On Top's April Pinterest Challenge with this pin that I had liked for using with the background stamp.

DESIGN INSPIRATION:


Isn't that pillow great? I am still saving it for a Color Combos Galore Challenge down the road. Thanx so much for stopping by today. Hope you have a wonderful Sunday!

Hugs and Happy Scrappin'!!!!
xoxo




(See below for all challenge and product links to this post)

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challenge entries:

• Seize the Sketch: Sketch #17
• A Blog Named Hero: Challenge #41 - build a background
• A Cherry On Top: April Pinterest Challenge

Product List:

{ You are My Sunshine } Card:

Kit: Studio Calico - Office Hours (March 2014 Kit)

From the kit:

• Cardstock: Solar White (Neenah); Sugar Wafer (Bazzill)
• 6x6 Patterned Paper: polka dot, coral (Paislee Press); Floral (Basic Grey)
• Embellishments: button (Color Theory by Studio Calico)

Other:

• Mediums: Watermark Stamp Pad (Tsukineko); Zing! White (American Crafts)
• Misc: corner rounder (Marvy Uchida) circle punch (EK Success)

stamps, dies & inks:

toolbox:

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One Layer Card? Interesting...

Okay! I will take the challenge, I have yet to make a one layer card! So here it is, my first. Ever. One Layer Card:




So how did I do for my first CAS? The Color Combo is rose, blush, butter and gray for the Flashback Challenge at Color Combos Galore, we are playing with 2012 this week. This Color Combo that was scheduled to post when we were at Blogger, but never did once we went back to Ning. I was going to contribute this card, but my colors are way off. If I get a chance, I will try again tomorrow.

Seize the Birthday has a new sister site called Seize the Sketch. I thought it was a good sketch for CAS, one layer card, which I exactly the kind of sketch I needed for this week's Lawnscaping Challenge. Now does one layer mean nothing, like NO embellishments or overlapped die cuts? Is it just stamping on the base? I hope you readers can clarify this for me.

Onto the deets, Lawnscaping Challenge = Lawn Fawn Stamps....

So here's what I did. First, I created a mask for the speech bubble from the A Birdie Told Me set. I next chose the chevron strip from the Interlocking Backdrops set. I was feeling a little adventurous with it, really, since the card was going to be "only one layer". Some people do plain very nicely. Clean. Me? It would probably be boring, LOL! So here I decided to ink both sides of the chevron with different inks, then stamp over the mask. I ripped open some new waiting-to-be-used Prima Chalk, Old Rose and Pastel Pink. Jenni B's Malted Milk dabber, and stamped again, reversing the colors. This little technique was a little frustrating, least to say. I attempted this feat twice, and had to throw out the cards each time. On the third try I FINALLY, I got a decent impression!

Once I was satisfied done, I removed the mask and stamped the bubble with Attic Dust. Again, the Prima Chalk. I LOVE how it inked up stamps. Total coverage. The sentiment is from the Happy Everything sentiments set, stamped with Memento's Tuxedo Black ink (my faaaa-vorite black). The tiny bird and heart is from the A Birdie Told Me set. I am also playing along at Charisma Cardz again this week, with their Faux Stitching Challenge, as well as the All Sorts Challenge with the same. Faux stitching, right up my alley! I used the Dritz tool and ran it alongside the top edge of the card to create the threadless stitch. Not sure if that's the right term? Yeah, you know I still haven't used my machine, and it's like what, five years since I got it? Never used.

Anywayz, thanks for stopping by again, if you want to try a color combo with your next project, here's the LINK. You should play. It's fun. Have a great rest of the week!

Happy Scrappin'!!!!
xoxo



(See below for all challenge and product links to this post)

What are your thoughts?

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challenge entries:

Lawnscaping Challenge - One Layer Card
Seize the Sketch - Sketch #1
Charisma Cardz - Stitching Faux or Real
All Sorts Challenge - STITCHING(real or Faux)

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Product List:

{ Happy Everything }

Inks:

• Prima Fluid Chalk: Old Rose, Pastel Pink, Attic Dust
• Memento: Tuxedo Black
• Jenni Bowlin: Malted Milk

Lawn Fawn:

Toolbox:

linked products available at simonsaysstamp.com

COMMENTS:
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