colourQ #210

Happy Tuesday!

Before I begin today's post I want to thank all of you for your overwhelming comments yesterday regarding being Moxie Fabber of the Week! Here on my blog, at Moxie Fab World and on Facebook! I could barely be on the computer yesterday because I kept getting a lump in my throat and tears in my eyes. You are so fabulous and I love you all! {sniff sniff}

Okay down to business, it's Tuesday and time for this week's new colour palette at the colourQ!

I have been making birthday cards lately that can be either masculine or feminine.  Often the cards I have been making have been perfect for teenagers.  I have 20 nieces and nephews ranging in age between 1 month and 39 years--yes I was an aunt at 7! So there is always a birthday in our house. Here is a card using Papertrey Ink's Sketched Shapes, love that stamp set.

Head on over to the colourQ to see what the rest of the design team has been up to, grab some inspiration and then go and create something.  We can't wait to see what you do.

Cardstock:  White (Papertrey Ink) Tempting Tourquoise (Stampin' Up)

Stamps:  Sketched Shapes (Papertrey Ink) Sentiment Sampler (Paper Smooches)

Ink: Terracotta Tile, Hawaiian Shores, Harvest Gold, True Black (Papertrey Ink)

Dies: Stitched Mats (Lil' Inkers)

Dynamic Duos #73 and Seize he Sketch #5

Happy World Card Making Day!
What are your plans for today?

Time for this week's new colour duo at Dynamic Duos!
This week is a bold and sassy colour duo, hope you play along.

For my card I used the new sketch at Seize the Sketch and gave it a counterclockwise turn.  Really loving the rich vibrant colours against the white.  I stamped the chevron on white and fussy cut, then created a banner the same width that I embossed the sentimentn on. I will also be submitting this to Seize the Sketch #5.

Cardstock:  White (Papertrey Ink)  Island Indigo (Stampin' Up)

Stamps: Autumn Pattern Pieces (Papertrey Ink) Sentiment Sampler (Paper Smooches)

Ink:  Terracotta Tile (Papertrey Ink) VersaMark (Tsukineko)

other: foam tape, white embossingn powder

Dynamic Duos #71

Happy Saturday and time for a new colour duo at Dynamic Duos!
This is a black tie week with a dessert option of wet embossing. I think we are going to see a lot of entries this week for this fantastic duo!

I inked up Papertrey Ink's Autumn Pattern Pieces to create my argyle pattern, I found the pattern so easy to join. The finished product definitely has a masculine feel to it.

We hope that you join us this week, can't wait see all of your fabulous creations!

Cardstock:  Kraft (Papertrey Ink)

Stamps: Autumn Pattern Pieces (Papertrey Ink) Sentiment Sampler (Paper Smooches)

Ink: True Black (Papertrey Ink)

Muse #29 and Lunch with Ardyth

A card for this week's Muse Challenge.

This week our Muse is Laurie Willison with this sweet card.

Working with her design this is the card I came up with.

I had the pleasure of having lunch on Wednesday with Ardyth! We both live in Toronto, we both work together at CASology and after discussing getting together for over a year we finally did.  If you are wondering she is absolutely as you imaged--delightful.  Time flew by too quickly and we had no shortage of things to talk about.  The waitress was sweet enough to take a picture for us.

Cardstock:  Simply Chartreuse, Pure Poppy, Sweet Blush (Papertrey Ink)
Patterned Paper: Lime Twist (My Mind's Eye)

Stamps: Sentiment Sampler (Paper Smooches)

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black (Tsukineko)

dies: balloons (Lil' Inkers)

Muse #25

A card for this week's Muse challenge. I didn't want to miss this week, Therese Calvird created such an interesting card as this week's muse. 

I followed her basic design and focused on the 'different bird' that stands out. I'll tell you masking that line my birds are standing on was tricky tricky, so don't look too closely.

Cardstock:  White, Aqua Mist (Papertrey Ink)

Stamps: Tweet Talk (Papertrey Ink) Sentiment Sampler (Paper Smooches)

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black (Tsukineko)

Dies: Stitched Mats (Lil' Inkers) 

other: assorted Copics

CCC #52

Time for a new Card Card at CASology!

Super fun and super bright, this week's Cue Card is:

For my card this week I used some inspiration from Laura Bassen when she did this card embossing white on speech bubbles.  I think it looks great in neon!

Head on over to CASology today to learn what the 'cue card' means to you, how you can play along and see the all the cards created by the Design Team to inspire you.

Melissa Chipperfield

Rosemary Dennis

Tracey McNeely (that's me)

Jen Wills

Ardyth Percy-Robb

Judy Marino

Maureen Merritt

Meghan McMillan

Guest Designer:  Shirley

I can't wait to see what FIREWORKS means to you!

Cardstock:  White (Papertrey Ink) Neon (Recollections)

Stamps: Sentiment Sampler (Paper Smooches)

Ink: VersaMark (Tsukineko)

Dies: speech bubbles, white embossing powder

CCC #49

Ready for another CASology Cue Card?

This week's Cue is:

You either remember from your own childhood or you read this Dr. Seuss story over and over but I know you are going to be saying the verses in your head all day long now.  I used sticker's to create a quick, clean and simple card perfect for a child, big or small.  The card base is 3" x 5.5" which seemed to lend itself better to the layout of these stickers.

Head on over to CASology today to learn what the 'cue card' means to you, how you can play along and see the all the cards created by the Design Team to inspire you.

Melissa Chipperfield

Rosemary Dennis

Tracey McNeely (that's me)

Jen Wills

Ardyth Percy-Robb

Judy Marino

Maureen Merritt

Meghan McMillan

Guest Designer:  (none this week)

I can't wait to see what FISH means to you!

Cardstock:  White, Pure Poppy (Papertrey Ink)

Stamps: Sentiment Sampler (Paper Smooches)

Ink: True Black (Papertrey Ink)

other: One Fish, Two Fish (EK Success)

3 Sketches and 3 Challenges

Three rockin' sketches and I couldn't stop myself!

After what I feel has been a loss of mojo, I sat down with three sketches for three challenges this week and it came easy.  No over-thinking, just creating and it felt good.  The icing on the cake is that now I have three more birthday cards in my stash.  Here is what I came up with...

All supplies are from Papertrey Ink unless otherwise noted.

Cardstock:  Kraft

Patterned paper: Bow Ties (Basic Grey)

Stamps: Sentiment Sampler (Paper Smooches

Ink:   Dark Chocolate

other: green twine (Divine Twine), wood camera (Prima)

All supplies are from Papertrey Ink unless otherwise noted.

Cardstock:  White, Kraft

Patterned paper: Seen & Noted (Pebbles)

Stamps: Stylish Sentiments Birthday

Ink:   Memento Tuxedo Black (Tsukineko)

other: foam tape

I am also entering all these cards to the current Simon Says Stamp & Show challenge blog.

All supplies are from Papertrey Ink unless otherwise noted.

Cardstock:  Aqua Mist, Sweet Blush, Summer Sunrise

Patterned paper: My Girl (My Minds Eye)

Stamps: Stylish Sentiments Birthday, Sketched Shapes

Ink:   Smokey Shadow, Summer Sunrise 

other: corner rounder (We R on the Net)

colourQ #186 & CFC99

Time for this week's colourQ challenge.  

This palette is very springy, just what we all need!

I have been gravitating for some graphic patterns lately which is unusual for me, but these leaves make a great pattern and I love these colours. I am also submitting this cards to the CAS-ual Fridays Birthday Bash challenge.

We hope that you come a play with us this week at the colourQ and while you are there make sure to visit the blogs of the rest of the Design Team to see their fabulous creations.

All supplies are from Papertrey Ink unless otherwise noted.

Cardstock:  White

Stamps: Heart-2-Heart #7 (PTI) Sentiment Sampler (Paper Smooches--thanks Kim)

Ink:  Simply Chartreuse, Raspberry Fizz, Orange Zest, Kraft

other: foam tape