Stars to Celebrate Some Exciting News!

Hi Everyone,

I have some super exciting news to share today - I am the Featured Guest Designer for the month of August over at Colour Me...!  This has been such a hard secret to keep but I am so thankful to Tara and Hayley for this awesome opportunity!  I hope you all will take some time to play along - it is such a fun challenge.

This week's colour combination is pistachio pudding plus a neutral.

This one was definitely a tough one for me but I decided that I really wanted to use the new In Colour Sequins from Stampin' Up!  so the card came together a little easier following that decision.

I decided to also use a sketch that I hadn't had a chance to play along with as inspiration from CAS(E) this Sketch.

Here is my card for this week:

Please take some time to stop by the regular Design Team's blogs to check out their awesome projects:

Tara

Hayley

Claire

Joanne

Julia

Sherrie

Card Recipe (all products are Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted):

Card Stock: Whisper White

Stamp Sets: Perfect Pennants, Endless Birthday Wishes

Ink: Pistachio Pudding, Early Espresso

Tools/Techniques: Masking, In Colour Sequins (Pistachio Pudding)

 I would love if you took some time to follow my blog!

Thanks for dropping by!

Steph

A Blackberry Bliss Birthday!

Hi Everyone!

Hope the summer is treating you all wonderfully!

I have been dying to try out a bunch of new stuff from Stampin' Up! for some time now but just haven't had the mojo to do so but today was the day!  I decided to make a very simple card that could be replicated in any colour and would look great if one decided to make a few to give to a friend in a beautiful gift box or something similar.  The challenge over at Colour Me...! this week was a monochromatic one - to use the new In Colour - Blackberry Bliss.

 Here is the card I designed, super simple:

The pictures actually don't do this beautiful colour justice at all...

Card Recipe:

Card Stock: Blackberry Bliss, Whisper White

Stamp Sets: Another Great Year

Inks: Blackberry Bliss

Tools/Techniques: Project Life Corner Punch, 3/8" Stitched Satin Ribbon - Blackberry Bliss

Thanks for dropping by!

Steph

More Green....

Hi Everyone!

Happy Thursday!

I swear, every challenge out there seems to want to use green lately.  I have even skipped challenges cause they were using pistachio pudding...  But, I guess everyone is looking for Spring and what screams Spring more than the sprigs of green sprouting up from the muddy lawn.  Although I swear here in Ottawa we are never going to see it!  There is still so much SNOW!!!

So today, I decided to enter the Colour Me...! challenge in which they are going monochromatic and using Old Olive.

I also decided that I really liked one of the DT's cards and decided that I would put my own spin on it.  I cased OttawaMom's (Brenda Hofstatter's) card today.  I also drew inspiration from the inspiration picture provided above.  I knew a large, pouffy flower had to be my focal point!

I also used the CAS(E) this Sketch challenge sketch to complete my card.  Unfortunately, I dilly dallied this morning organizing some of DSP's and missed the link-up deadline for this challenge by about an hour.  I thought it was later today...oh well...it is still a fabulous sketch by Julie.

Here is my card this morning:

I absolutely love heat embossing - especially with white embossing powder!  It makes such a lovely effect.

Card Recipe (all Stampin' Up! products):

Card Stock: Old Olive, Whisper White
Ink: Old Olive, Versamark
Stamp Sets: Regarding Dahlias, Heard from the Heart (retired)
Tools/Techniques: White Embossing Powder, Heat Tool, Square Framelits

Thanks for dropping by!

Steph