....and a splash of Orange

My favorite challenges at The Play Date Cafe have become the "splash" ones!  This week we're to use black and white and a splash of orange.  Here's my card:

supplies: white cardstock, Hero Arts CG246 Classic Fabric Design, versamark ink and white embossing powder, CL511 Sweet Threads Thank You, CL435 So Artsy (sentiment), Memory BoxG1781 Index Card, Versafine onyx black ink, spiced marmalade distress ink and orange colored pencil, orange ribbon

Here's our photo inspiration:

Flower Power

Here's the gorgeous photo inspiration at this week's Shabby Tea Room:

Literal Lin decided to try and stamp most of the picture, and I used a real mix of lots of different brands of stamps, some of them really ancient.

supplies: peachy-pink, white and tan cardstock, Sugarloaf Whispers 6-pane shadow stamp, stampology onyx ink, Hero Arts CG215 Wreath of Leaves, peeled paint and shabby shutters distress inks, Judith rose stamp and Delta Solidago Sprig, worn lipstick distress ink, Lawn Fawn Bannerific (birds), versafine onyx black ink on My Mind's Eye Gertie design paper, Papertrey Ink Vintage Picnic sentiment, barn door distress ink, natural twine, seam binding dyed with worn lipstick distress ink, Memory Box tiny red pearls


I'm entering this into the Stamp It! Cards at the Moxie Fab World challenge.  And just realized that this will also fit into Mona's current CR84FN challenge, to use red, pink, and a neutral.   Here's the inspiration for that challenge:

Words to your Mother

The Flourishes Release Week Challenge is "Words to Your Mother", using a sentiment directed to your Mom as your focal point.  I spent Mother's Day with my parents and my sister Nancy, who also made a card for our Mom and her sentiment was this computer-generated one, which I absolutely ADORE.   It describes exactly how I feel about our Mom.   Sorry, Nan, but I'm lifting this one!

supplies: pink and white cardstock, My Mind's Eye Lost & Found "Madison Avenue 'Sisters" Lace Paper, BoBunny  Tutu Dot dp, computer-generated sentiment, Hero Arts CL130 Frames and Messages (little swirls  above and below sentiment), pale pink pearl heart, My Favorite Things Rolled Rose dies ( used all 3 sizes), Nesties Labels Four, dusty pink organza ribbon, lace

Sweet Dreams

Look at these lovely soothing colors that we get to play with at the Shabby Tea Room this week:

Wouldn't a guest here feel pampered in this room?  Here is my take on this week's colors:

It's so very difficult to find this pastel baby blue color anymore - mine came from a 12" paper pad by Colorbok that was at Walmart of all places!  I love all of the soft pastels in it, so you'll be seeing more of them, at least this season.  I also used an older punch, this pretty lacy one by Fiskar's, a toile-like background stamp, and this lovely label that's easy to cut out by hand, plus some die-cut flowers, some winter white seam binding and lots of pearls.

supplies: kraft, blue, (Colorbok Textured Dark Pastels), and winter white cardstock, Fiskar's lace punch, Hero Arts CG245 Classic Fabric Design, CL488 Congrats (stamped label), CL342 Everyday Sayings (sentiment), Adirondack Stonewash and an almost empty teardrop pad of ColorBox French blue inks, PTI die-cut flowers, swiss dot embossing folder, Martha Stewart Monarch Butterfly, blue and white pearls, Hug Snug winter white seam binding

Play Date Cafe

Look at these colors that Sarah Anderson chose for us this week at the Play Date Cafe!

I used Silke Ledlow's sketch from Case Study again, and incorporated the PDCC colors:

supplies: white cardstock Core'dinations Azure, Jet Stream and Guava, Hero Arts CL338 Be Yourself, Grass chalk ink, D2129 Vanessa Butterfly, versafine onyx black ink, EKSuccess Sticko brand clear sticker (sentiment), EL Success scallop diamond border punch, Sizzix swiss dots embossing folder, dotted blue grosgrain ribbon, blue button, 2 sizes of white pearls

Sweet Hearts

Here's our photo inspiration for this week's Shabby Tea Room challenge:

And here's my take on it.......I zoomed in on the dotted green base of the tiered stand and the doilies, and then the yummy colors - I love the way the minty green, peachy pink, and chocolate work together!

I started with a chocolate card base, and trimmed a piece of Lasting Impressions Whimsical Dot in kiwi to fit the front.  Then I added a paper doily, and topped that with some hand-dyed seam binding (worn lipstick distress ink).  The hearts and sentiment are from an Impression Obsession clear set of hearts, stamped in worn lipstick and vintage photo distress inks, and I added some punched hearts and a lacey one that my friend Linda sent me, and topped it with a pearl heart gem. 

Supplies: chocolate, white, kraft cardstock, Lasting Impressions kiwi Whimsical Dot,  Impression Obsession CL65 Love is All Around, vintage photo and worn lipstick distress inks, heart-in-heart punch, lace heart, pink pearl heart, Hug Snug seam binding, dyed with worn lipstick distress ink, sentiment label is a cuttlebug die, cut apart to make smaller

Winter White

Hi everyone!  Hope you're having a good day - we're having some fluffy snowflakes coming down, but it doesn't appear to be accumulating very fast, so I'm just enjoying the show! 

This card was made for 4 challenges; first for the The Moxie Fab World Tuesday Trigger, shown here.  Gorgeous, huh?

                                               

It also qualifies for the Clean and Simple challenge from Paper Play, for the New Beginnings challenge at Simon Says Stamp, and for Really Reasonable Ribbon's Something New challenge (mine is my new Nesties Labels Four).  

I chose 2 cardstocks, one a solid ivory (card base and tag) and the other a creamy parchment (background panel).  I stamped the lace background in Versamark on the parchment, and embossed it with Ranger's Embossing Pearl in silver.  It doesn't appear silver at all to me, but it does give a lovely pearl shimmer. 

Next I stamped my sentiment using antique linen distress ink, and then stamped versamark over the entire label and heat embossed with more of the pearl embossing powder. 

Here's a closeup to show you the lovely pearliness - I think I've found a new favorite embossing powder!

I finished by adding some ivory pearls, an ivory ribbon and a bow tied with a button topped with a larger ivory pearl.

Supplies:  Ivory and cream parchment cardstocks, Hero Arts S5341 Lace Background, AR130 Handwritten Sentiments, Versamark ink and Ranger Embossing Pearl Silver, antique linen distress ink, labels four Nestie, Hero Hues pearls from the Sunshine Mixed Accents pack, ivory ribbon