Birthday Invitations

Today I decided to go ahead and have a birthday party for my daughter who's turning 4 on SUNDAY! So I had to make these invitations quick to hand them out at church tonight. I used the color scheme from colourQ - my daughter picked it. And she picked out all the stamps and what colors they should be. So, if you don't think this is my best work, that's why. :)

Here's the inside:

I made 4 of them because she's turning four. My rule is that you can only invite as many friends as how old you are.

I stamped the cute little cat on the front of the envelopes, because they're Susanna's favorite animal:

 

And she loved that monogram stamp so much that she wanted me to put it on the inside and the envelope:

Materials used:

Cardstock: White Daisy, Gypsy

Stamps: Birthday Boy, Art Philosophy celebration, Life is Tweet, Monogram S, Critter Expessions Petite Perks

Ink: Gypsy, Lagoon, Cranberry

Markers: Cotton Candy, Taffy

Finding Nemo

That's the title of the movie I chose. Less is More's challenge this week is to make a one-layer card based on a movie. I chose to make a Father's Day card with a Finding Nemo theme. The colors from Dynamic Duos were perfect - light blue and deep orange. I used the sketch from the Sweet Stop.

I kept thinking it needs something, but when making a card for Less is More, I guess your mantra has to be "less is more, less is more." So I didn't add anything. What do you think, people from Less is More, does it need anything?

Here is the inside:

Materials used:
Cardstock: White
Stamps: Footloose WOTG, Victory WOTG, Limited Edition, Say It In Style
Ink: Slate, Goldrush, Heavenly Blue

52CCT April Color Challenge

Hi again! It's still winter in Wisconsin. Just in case you didn't catch it from my last post. :)

At 52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown, we are having a color challenge this week. We are to use Navy, Light Blue, and White.

I chose to add some brown into the mix. I found a Christmas card sketch challenge called Christmas Challenges (with Sketches). I have not played there before, so I hope I followed all the rules. Here is my card:

 

Now this kind of card is not normal for me. But I always like to try new things. I put a little felt snowflake flower on there because the twist was to use felt.

I hope  you'll come play with us this week at 52{C}CT!

Materials used:
Cardstock: Kraft, Colonial White, Outdoor Denim
B&Ts: Wonderland
Stamps: Christmas Delights
Ink: Tuxedo black (Memento - not CTMH)
Marker sets: Outdoor Denim, Crystal Blue, Desert Sand, Taffy
Other: Silver Glitz Glitter Gel, Icing Overlays, Antiqued Gold Mini Medleys, Neutrals Baker's Twine

Color My Heart 38 and Deconstructed Sketch

Hi! Happy Friday. We are having a snow day here in Wisconsin. At least I don't have to go out in this blizzard. I chose some of the Chantilly colors for our color dare this week. Twilight, Pear, and Buttercup. I think this combo works really well. The sketch is from Deconstructing Jen. The sentiment is from the Chantilly zip strip.

I hope you'll come play with us this week at Color My Heart!


Materials:
Cardstock: Twilight, Colonial White, Kraft
B&Ts: Chantilly
Stamps: Gnome Garden
Ink: Twilight
Other: Kraft Color Ready Borders, Twill Ribbon, Chantilly Level 2 Assortment,

Fridays are nice

Here is a card for all the Friday challenges:

Frosted Designs - Scallops
Black Tie Fridays - Yellow and Black
A Day For Daisies - Favorite Technique
CAS - ual Fridays - Chevrons and Flowers
Sketchy Friday - (this one's new for me)

 

My favorite Technique is to use black and white with one other color.

Materials used:
Cardstock: White Daisy, Black, Buttercup
Stamps: Diverse Backgrounds, It's Your Day, ADFD digital image (not CTMH)
Ink: Black
Markers: Buttercup, Creme Brulee, Black, Taffy
Other: Kraft Color Ready Borders, Black Ribbon Rounds, Bitty Opaques, yellow flowers from Prima (not CTMH)

Neutrals Vase Card

Well, I debated making this card last night, but I decided to go to bed and make it in the morning. BAD idea. I think now I'm late on TWO of the challenges. Oh well. I'll remember next time. I do like how this card turned out, though. I sort of CASED this card. This is for 3 challenges:

For Your Inspiration
The Play Date Cafe
CAS(E) this Sketch! (My first time playing with this one)

 

I really liked the vases and the texture paper on the original card. I had a scrap of this B&T already inked from my WOTG, so I cut my card base to fit it. The card is 5"x5 1/2". I cut out the vase and mounted it on foam tape. I never knew this stamp set looked so good with neutral colors! The textured paper also came from the sand-castle textured building in the inspiration photo.

 
Materials used:
Cardstock: White Daisy
B&Ts: Scholastic
Stamps: With Love
Ink: Slate, Bamboo, Saddle
Other: Natural Hemp

Inspired by Thursday

Here is a card for a couple of Thursday challenges: Inspired By and Deconstructed Sketch. This kind of card is a little different than what I usually make, but I'm not beyond stretching myself.

I had some rainbow ribbon that I've been itching to use. And I wanted to use the same colors in the inspiration photo. My interpretation was (mostly retired colors) Moonstruck, Sky, Cotton Candy, Holiday Red, Sunflower, and Sunny Yellow. The B&Ts I used were the Sky paper from Surf's up and the Cotton Candy paper from Chantilly. I also used Moonstruck for the card base. I used loads of different colors on this one, and I kind of like it! The heart was made just by stamping a background image from Love Life onto a Dimensional Element Heart in Holiday Red.


Materials used:
Cardstock: White Daisy, Moonstruck
B&Ts: Chantilly, Surf's Up
Stamps: Love Life, Happy Holidays
Ink: Moonstruck, Sky, Holiday Red, Cotton Candy, Sunflower, Sunny Yellow
Other: Pink Button Assortment, Dimensional Elements Hearts, rainbow ribbon from stash (not CTMH)