Challenge: Clean & Simple 35

The Clean and Simple challenge this week is to create a card from a sketch (shown above). I've been wanting to play more with my Whisper White Craft ink, so I sponged the edges of the butterfly, early espresso and crumb cake to soften the edges. As you may have noticed from the other cards on my blog, I've been on a brown and pink kick lately (as well as butterflies :)

Ingredients

Stampin' Up! (SU) Crumb Cake, Early Espresso, Pink Pirouette, Melon Mambo and Whisper White Card Stock

SU Crumb Cake Classic Ink

SU Whisper White Craft Kink

SU Bring on the Cake Stamp Set

Fiskars 2" Circle Punch

Cricut & MTC for butterflies

Perfect Polka Dots Dry Embossing Folder

Baby Pink Offray Ribbon

Sponge

Challenge: ColourQ #80

The "cue" this week at ColourQ is to use Kraft, Cherry Cobbler, Kiwi Kiss, Tangerine Tango, and Whisper White inspired by these cute reusable lunch bags. I found this challenge rather... er... challenging :) Having orange, red and green together was a bit out of my regular colour pallet - thankfully the designers really showed how beautiful these colours can be together. I drew my inspiration from them and the images on the lunch bag and am surprised by the outcome!

Ingredients

Stampin' Up! (SU) Crumb Cake (Kraft), Cherry Cobbler, Kiwi Kiss, Tangerine Tango and Whisper White Card Stock

SU Chocolate Chip and Crumb Cake Classic Ink

SU Bring on the Cake Stamp Set

SU 1 3/4" Circle Punch

SU 1 1/4" Circle Punch

Fiskars 2" Circle Punch

Martha Stewart Flower Punch

Misc. Brad from my collection

Sponge

Challenge: Inkspirations Sketch #65

This week at the Inkspirations Challenge blog we are to make a card based on the sketch above. I decided to make a 4 x 4 card and use more than just one circle. I used a number of different stamps and techniques and really liked how it turned out - sweet, pink and soft :)

Ingredients

Stampin' Up! (SU) Crumb Cake, Early Espresso, Pretty in Pink, Regal Rose and Whisper White Card Stock

SU Pretty in Pink and Crumb Cake Classic Ink

Versamark Watermark Ink

SU Always Elegant Stamp Set

SU Punch Bunch Stamp Set

Beautiful Wings Embosslit Dies

SU 1 3/4" Circle Punch

SU 1 1/4" Circle Punch

Fiskars 2" Circle Punch

Martha Stewart Flower Punch

Brown Offray Ribbon

Sponge

Challenge: Just a Touch

For day 38 at 365 Days the challenge is "just a touch" - we are to colour only two parts of a stamped image with different colours. Quite a few of my friends are expecting babies this month, so I thought it would be a sweet technique to use on a little rabbit stamp that is a recent addition to my collection. I coloured the rabbit's bow blue, heat embossed it, and then sponged green around the image.

Ingredients

Stampin' Up! (SU) Wild Wasabi and Whisper White Card Stock

DCWV Nana's Nursery Baby Boy DP

SU Wild Wasabi Classic Ink

SU Tempting Turquoise Stampin' Write Markers

SU Short & Sweet Stamp Set

SU So Cute Stamp Set

Versa Marker

SU Clear Embossing Powder

SU Heat Tool
SU 1 3/4 Circle Punch

SU 2 3/8 Scallop Circle Punch

Green Offray Ribbon

Challenge: Anything Birthday

Robyn over at The Pink Stamper is having her monthly Friday Blog Hop. This month the theme is anything birthday as it is her daughter's 13th! I made this cute little train card for my good friend's son's first birthday. I used MTC to trace and cut the train images (along with their shadows). There is also a stamp set similar to this available from Stampin' Up!

Ingredients

Stampin' Up! (SU) Crumb Cake, Early Espresso, Wild Wasabi, Tempting Turquoise, Pumpkin Pie, and Whisper White Card Stock

SU Real Red and Crumb Cake Classic Ink

SU Bring on the Cake Stamp Set

Challenge: ColourQ #79

The "cue" this week at ColourQ is to use Melon Mambo, Old Olive, Bermuda Bay, Basic Black and Whisper White inspired by cute dress. I love the combination of the blue, pink and green. I just received the Beautiful Wings Embosslits Die and am in love with it :) I used the Old Olive to layer underneith the Melon Mambo and Bermuda Bay and like the effect.

Ingredients

Stampin' Up! (SU) Crumb Cake, Melon Mambo, Old Olive, Basic Black, and Whisper White Card Stock

SU Bermuda Bay DSP

SU Basic Black Classic Ink

SU Word Play Stamp Set

Beautiful Wings Embosslits Dies

Challenge: Mojo Monday 185

The Mojo Monday Contest this week is sporting the following sketch:

There are quite a few babies coming this month so I thought I'd use the sketch to inspire a baby card. Here's what I did with it:

Ingredients

Stampin' Up! (SU) Crumb Cake, Wild Wasabi, Certainly Celery, and Whisper White Card Stock

DCWV Nana's Nursery Baby Boy DP

SU Wild Wasabi Classic Ink

SU Short and Sweet Stamp Set

Versa Marker

SU Clear Embossing Powder

SU Heat Tool
SU 1 3/4 Circle Punch

SU Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border Punch

SU 2 3/8 Scallop Circle Punch

Button & Rhinestones

Challenge: Birthday Theme

Paula over at More Than Favors is having a Birthday themed Challenge for this week's Wacky Wednesday #33. This is a perfect challenge for this time of year because there are so many birthdays in the Spring - all four of my nieces and nephews, my dad, my sister, and my husband (and myself!) - and that's just in the next few months - plus my own little one is only a few days away (due date of April 12th)! It's a great time of the year to come into the world :) I made this card yesterday for my little niece who is turning 3!

Ingredients

Stampin' Up! (SU) Crumb Cake, Wild Wasabi, Daffodil Delight, Tempting Turquoise, Real Red, and Whisper White Card Stock

SU Pumpkin Pie DSP

SU Basic Black, Wild Wasabi, and Chocolate Chip Classic Ink

SU Tempting Turquoise, Real Red and Dafodil Delight Stampin' Write Markers

SU Fox & Friends Stamp Set

SU Bring on the Cake Stamp Set
SU So Cute Stamp Set

Versa Marker

SU Clear Embossing Powder

SU Heat Tool
SU 1 3/4 Circle Punch

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