Shouts of Color

Yesterday I realized that I’d completed all but one of the weekly Creative Confetti Challenges at Power Poppy. So, I decided to create a card for the final one called “Make It Your Way.” Using the chart provided I was to create a card that featured a pop-up image (birth month), Yellow (first initial) and Red (last initial.) I decided to make a gatefold card base and a Iris Fold strawberry to meet the color requirements. Then I added some cute fuzzy bumblebees (from my newest Beccy’s Place digi set) with foam tape to pop them up from the card front. Sparkly stickles on the wings highlight the Bumbles even more. So fun!  

I am entering this card into several challenged including Outlaws Color Challenge (my card includes all of the colors red from the top of the color wheel, plus yellow and green from the bottom half.)
I also just noticed that I colored the bees knees (legs?!) yellow... when they should be black. Or...maybe they are just trendsetter/hipster bees wearing yellow tights? Ha!

 

 

Supplies: 

·   Iris Fold Strawberry- Template found via Pinterest HERE (and basic Iris Fold instructions HERE.)

·   Bees digi- and inside Sentiment- Beccy’s Place Digi Set (Bees and Blooms)

·   Inside Sentiment- Beccy’s Place Digi Set (Bees and Blooms)

·   Assorted background papers, foam mounting tape and Stampin’ Up flower punch from my stash

·   Stickles- Star Dust (adding sparkles to the bees wings)

Entered into: 

Power Poppy- Creative Confetti- Make it Your Way 

Beccy’s Place Challenge- August      

Outlawz Challenges- Tuesday Color Challenge- Color Wheel  

Lemon Shortbread Challenge- Anything Goes #125
Bugaboo Stamps- August Anything Goes

Crafty Hazelnut’s Patterned Paper Challenge- August                   

Digi Doodle Studios Blog- Challenge #30 Things with Wings                 

The current challenge at wecraftcards Forum is titled “Love Me Tender” and requirements were to create a card/other item to share with someone we love. I made this card for my hubby. We celebrate our 43rd Anniversary on Dec 30th... so I hope that I remember where I put this card when that date rolls around!
PS Her beautiful hair color is a joke between my hubby and me. As I get older, I always tell him that when I am old(er) I'll be one of those cute little blue-haired ladies! So I think he'll get a kick out of her hair!  The sweet little Elvis teddy bear? Not so much! (He thinks I already have waaaay too many stuffed animals!)

 

Supplies: 

·   Digi- The Paper Shelter (My Elvis Teddy Bear)

·   Colored with Spectrum Noir alcohol markers and Sakura Gelly Roll white gel pen

·   Front Sheet Music Can’t Help Falling in Love” from HERE

·   Die- CAS-ual Friday Stamps (Treble Clef)

·   Inside Sentiment- Computer Generated

·   Assorted cardstock, red checked napkin and black photo corners from my stash

Entered into:  

We Craft Cards Monday Challenge- Love Me Tender

The Paper Shelter- #437 Anything Goes

Outlawz Sunday Challenge- Songs and Rhymes- All I Have To Do Is Dream
Besties Challenge- August Anything Goes

Outlawz Challenge- Inlinks Challenge

I wanted to make a Christmas card to fit into a few challenges including one that is titled “Use Fall/Autumn Colors.” I did find this a bit challenging but think I figured it out. I knew I wanted to use gold embossing because fall leaves display so many great shades of GOLD. So I pulled out some old (I mean from the ’80s or ’90s) wood-mount stamps and got busy. For my color palette, I picked many shades that appear in the beautiful fall leaves in Wisconsin including rusty red (dotted paper), orange-red (ribbon and marker) and orange (photo corners- which are almost neon, like maple leaves in the bright sunshine!), a few shades of sage/olive green (backgrounds and gift wrap details), plus kraft brown (layering cardstock.) I carried these colors over to the inside of the card… but just had to add the touch of traditional pine green and red with the cute little holly sprig that I upcycled from a candy cane box I saved from last Christmas (I am such a packrat!)

Supplies: 

·   Front- Wood Mount Stamp- Denami Stamps “Gift” (Retired)

·   Colored with Sage Green Tombow Marker

·   Inside- Wood Mount Stamp- Embossing Arts “Jesus Is the Greatest Gift” (Retired)

·   Inside embellishment- Upcycled small holly leaf

·   Assorted background papers, gold embossing powder, sheer ribbon, and photo corners from my stash

Entered into:  

Crafty Hazelnut’s Christmas Challenge- #501 Anything Goes

Christmas Crafts All Year Round- Use Fall/Autumn Colors

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge- Anything Goes                                      

Word Art Wednesday Challenge- #450-451 Anything Goes                    

Outlawz Challenge- Festive Fridays                                                

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends- #139 Anything Goes