Latte Thanks for Colour Me...!

Over the holidays some dear friends of ours were in town visiting family, and we were able to sneak in a visit with them as well. My friend had brought me this super-duper SimonSaysStamp set, What's Brewing, and I couldn't wait to try it out :)

I put a little extra effort into the coffee cup, but the rest of it is pretty basic. 

First, I stamped Perfect Plum cardstock with white StazOn ink using this awesome chevron stamp from a past Stampin' Up! Paper Pumpkin kit. I love digging through those stamps! You always find something cool.

Then I stamped the mug again on just plain Perfect Plum cardstock, and then once more on Sahara Sand cardstock. I supposed I could have just coloured the mug, but this seemed like more fun ;)

Once I had all pieces stamped, I cut out sections and pieced them back together using the mug stamped on the white cardstock as a base.

The reason for doing this is that I wanted the outside of the mug to have a pattern, but the inside of the mug to be solid purple - and of course the coffee. 

The coffee steam was stamped in Sahara Sand, as well as part of the sentiment. I added a few Frosted Sequins from Stampin' Up! as the final touch. 

Check out the challenge this week at Colour Me...! We have our brand new Design Team with us this week too!

Thanks for stopping by today!

-Tara

xox

Supplies:

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Harvest Paper Piecing at The Friday Mashup!

Wow! What a week. Super excited that it is Friday!

This week at the Friday Mashup, Lisa has a great challenge for us; Fall/harvest theme (which you all know I love) and Paper-Piecing (which you all know I love)! haha.

Needless to say, it was a no-brainer for me.

I'm cashing in my 'think-outside-the-box' card for this week and counting the wheat as my harvest food ;)

The acorn, ribbon around the wheat and the log are all pieced from the Sweater Weather DSP. I love the effect that paper piecing gives.

I punched out the image with the 2-1/2 Circle punch and bordered it with a decorative label. Believe it or not, I resisted the urge to add burlap!

Check out the challenge this week:

1. Create a project with a "Fall/Harvest Food Theme (Preserves, Apples, Pumpkins, etc)."
2. Create a project using "Paper Piecing"
3. Or Mash it Up and create a "Fall Food themed project with some Paper Piecing"

Thanks for stopping by today!

-Tara
xox

Soft & Bright at Sunday Stamps

Hello!

It seems I have an obsession with making cards with a subtle/bright combination! My current favourite is blue and red... I thought it would be fun to see what you do with these colours as well - so come visit us at Sunday Stamps and play along :)

I started with a Real Red card base, and then a layer of Bashful Blue run through the Polka Dot embossing folder. I kept the 'polka dot' theme with a strip of Real Red Polka Dot Parade DSP and piecing the mailbox with the flip side. The clouds were made by punching the Whisper White out with various size circle punches.

The little banner was inspired by a gift bag we have that has lots of little flags all over it with different textures.

Thanks for stopping by today!

-Tara

xox

List of Supplies: 

Stamps: For the Birds

Paper: Real Red CS, Bashful Blue CS, Crumb Cake CS, Polka Dot Parade DSP

Embellishments: Crumb Cake Seem Binding ribbon, Baker's Twine

Tools: Perfect Polka Dots EF, Lots of Tags sizzlet, Vintage Trinkets 

Get out your snips!

Hello friends!

Here it is; my first time hosting the challenge at The Friday Mashup! as a designer. I'm really excited about this one, not only because it features some bright, fun colours, but also because it showcases one of my favourite techniques - paper-piecing.

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So here is the "Mashup" Challenge :

1. Make a project using the " Paper Piecing " technique.
2. Or Make a project using " Rich Razzleberry, Daffodil Delight & Pool Party ".
3. Or "Mash it Up" and create a " Paper Piecing Project using the above colors."

If you've never tried paper-piecing before, do give it a go! A tutorial can be found on The Friday Mashup! "Mashup Tutorials" page along the top header. Each time there is a technique as part of the mashup challenge, one of the design team members will create a Friday Mashup tutorial for you to follow along!

Can't wait to see the fun, patterned-filled project you come up with this week! :)

Family Portrait

Happy Wednesday, everybody!

Let me start this post by saying that we're not 'picture people' in this house. Ok, maybe it's just me that's not a picture person, but I digress. This year for Christmas, instead of having a family photo done (which we will eventually do, I'm sure), I used the All in the Family stamp set and stamped out a little Bourgoin family portrait :)

In making this card, I quickly realized that the Marvelous Markers set would have been a fantastic addition to my craft room. Yes, I stamped each person a couple times on various papers/cardstocks and cut them all out. No colouring for me! It was a tad labour intensive, but I couldn't stop laughing the whole time. This set sure makes me smile.

The awesome colours came courtesy of the ColourQ challenge this week: I modified only slightly to replace Cool Caribbean with Tempting Turquoise.

 Merry Christmas from our family

 (CQC114)

For this card, I wanted to keep it fun!
1. Don't take yourself too seriously!: It's almost impossible to keep a card "serious" when using the All in the Family set! It's so jovial and light-hearted! Every now and then, you have to make a card that just makes you smile with its silliness. Even though I don't necessarily think this card is silly, it's not your typical Christmas card, that's for sure!

2. Try paper-piecing!: Yes, it can be time consuming - but the results are certainly worth it! Granted, with the attention to detail that Stampin' Up! has already done, and the fact that they have markers in all the ink colours, you may wonder why you would ever want to paper-piece. Sometimes, it's worth it! It gives your card some added dimension, and the colours are solid. OR, try piecing with some patterned paper - look at "my" dress - that's a piece of Tempting Turquoise designer series paper! And what about those lights, you ask? Those are leftovers from the Triple Layer Doily punch! Save your scraps, you never know when they'll come in handy :)

The supplies I used for this card were:

Cardstock: Certainly Celery, Poppy Parade, Crumb Cake, Whisper White, Tempting Turquoise
Paper: Temping Turquoise DSP
Stamps: All in the Family, Petite Pairs
Ink: Basic Black

Embellishments: Rhinestones 

Tools: Paper Snips (big time!!), 2-way Gluepen

Until next time - Happy Stamping :)

-Tara