Creative day at Colour Me!

This week at Colour Me...!, since it's the 5th week of the month and they only come around every now and then, we are giving YOU the choice of which colours to use! You can use up to 5 colours, time to get your creative on!

This whole card started with the flower... I wanted to try making a flower with the Mosaic punch, so I started with some Melon Mambo and Pink Pirouette. I had the pleasure of making this at my mom's house while I was visiting for a few days, and the Pink Pirouette scrap I grabbed was already embossed - how perfect!

I used the soon-to-be-retired Little Leaves sizzlet die to cut the leaves from Wild Wasabi. Last, a bit of Gorgeous Grunge splatters in the back in Daffodil Delight and my absolute favourite birthday sentiment from Bring on the Cake. I finished it off with a bit of faux stitching around the edges in white.

If you haven't checked out the retired list yet, I recommend swinging on over to Stampin' Up! and taking a peek!! If there's something you love - get it quick!

Check out the challenge this week:

Thanks for stopping by today!

-Tara

xox

Supplies:

Stamps: Bring on the Cake, Gorgeous Grunge

Paper: Elegant Eggplant CS, Melon Mambo CS, Pink Pirouette CS, Wild Wasabi CS, Daffodil Delight CS, Whisper White CS, 

Ink: Elegant Eggplant, Daffodil Delight, White Gel

Embellishments: Basic Pearls

Tools: 3/4" Circle punch, 1/2" Circle punch, Mosaic punch, Little Leaves

Sweet Baby for MDS Monday

This week at MDS Monday, Tami has an absolutely fabulous card sketch and the added challenge of adding some gold embellishments.

I started with the stars and it morphed quickly from there. My gold accents were the sequins (who can resist the sequins these days!) and a sweet little gold brad from the Antique Brads download.

Check out the sketch this week:

Thanks for stopping by today!

-Tara
xox

Tri-Shutter card for Friday Mashup!

This week at The Friday Mashup, Cindy has a fab little challenge for us; Fun Fold + Polka Dots! 

I was so excited for this challenge as I've been wanting to try out one of these super awesome cards for a bit now. I didn't use a tutorial, although there are many good ones around (including this one at Splitcoast) - It was one of those 'lets just wing it' situations using some basic math (thank goodness it was basic!).

I whipped out the Bright Blossom set, one I haven't used in (literally!) ages. I forgot how much fun it was. Combine that with some Blushing Bride and Soft Sky DSP and you've got yourself a sweet and soft little birthday card.

When you open it up...

You have a whole other world of card to enjoy! Petite Pairs was the absolute perfect stamp set to use for this card design. You can use one sentiment for the 'outside' and another for the inside. I left the far right/long panel for writing your own personalized birthday message. 

The inside panels are decorated with the Little Leaves sizzlet cut from Soft Sky and the small butterfly punch. A few pearl accents, a Soft Sky bow, et voila!

Check out the challenge this week:

1. Create a project with "Polka Dots"
2. Create a project with a "Fun Fold"
3. or Mash it Up and create a "Fun Fold project with some Polka Dots"

Thanks for stopping by today!

-Tara

xox

Supplies

Stamps: Bright Blossoms, Petite Pairs

Ink: Basic Black, Blushing Bride, Soft Sky

Paper: Blushing Bride DSP, Soft Sky DSP, Basic Black CS, Whisper White CS

Embellishments: Pearls, Soft Sky Seam Binding ribbon, Sot Sky candy dots

Tools: Little Leaves sizzlet, 1/2" circle punch, Butterfly punch

Blue Hello for Colour Me...!

Well happy Wednesday to you! We have a brand new colour palette over at Colour Me...! this week - lots of blues :)

I started off with a bit of colour blocking in the background with the challenge colours... Then I got stuck! What next?

Usually when I sit and wonder "what next", the answer is grunge, grid or chevrons. I picked grid and chevrons!

I sponged black Stazon onto the Chevron background stamp with some sponge daubers and then stamped onto the colour blocked piece. Then I stamped the Off the Grid stamp in white Stazon overtop. The "HI" was cut out with the alphabet bigz die, but before I did that I layered some Whisper White onto that really thick cardboard type material you get in the pack of specialty DSP or Glimmer papers. I wanted the letters to stand out!

That pretty much finished off this card. I debated adding some bling, but thought it might detract too much from the grid!

Do you ever struggle with knowing when to stop? ;)

Time to check out the challenge this week:

Thanks for stopping by today!

-Tara
xox

Supplies:

Stamps: Chevron background, Off the Grid

Paper: Pacific Point CS, Tempting Turquoise CS, Bermuda Bay CS, Coastal Cabana CS, Whisper White CS, Basic Black CS

Ink: Black Stazon, White Stazon

Undefined Mario

We have a Mario lover in this house. Like... hardcore fan. We all dressed up us characters from Mario for Halloween last year, and he stills refers to me as Princess Peach and his dad as Luigi most days. He's even gone to daycare and refused to respond to anything other than Mario.

Let's just say, Mario is a hot topic around here. 

So... This stamp set was a long time in coming! I had finally tried my hand at the Undefined kit by Stampin' Up! a little while ago for my mom's birthday present, and I just HAD to give it another go. 

It is so much fun creating your own stamp sets! And easy-peasey. So easy it almost feels wrong :)

I drew these by hand referencing some images I found online, but you don't have to! You can print out an image and use that as well - there is a world of possibilities at your fingertips with this super-fun kit!

Want to see it in action? Check out the Stampin' Up! video:

Try it out yourself - and if you do, I would LOVE to see it :)

Thanks for stopping by today!

-Tara

xox

Happy Easter for MDS Monday!

I hope you all had a wonderful Easter. We enjoyed so many get-togethers this weekend; from friends visiting from out of town, to brunches and dinners and breakfast... All around a wonderful, feel-good weekend.

Another thing that made this weekend so remarkable was that I was able to finally score a fab picture of  our boys together! This is like a one-in-a-million opportunity right here. Hunter was kind enough to bribe JackJack with some chocolate to get him to cooperate :) Such a smart fella.

I had a page already started (and almost finished!) for this week's MDS Monday challenge, but when I snapped this photo of the gents, I knew I had to scrap it all (haha, pun totally intended!) and start fresh.

Check out the challenge this week - a great sketch from the lovely Joan!

Here is Jackers getting is reward for a job well done ;)

Thanks for stopping by today!

-Tara
xox

Card in a Box... finally!

I have been seeing these 'Card in a box' projects all over the place lately and have been just dying to try one out.  This one was made for a very special friend and I wanted it to be very romantic and have a very vintage/Victorian feel.

To make the box, I followed the tutorial over at Split Coast Stampers (and used the altered dimensions so that it would fit in a standard card).

The base is Baked Brown Sugar and I have (finally!) used more of the Etcetera DSP! I just love this paper and spent a long time decided exactly which piece to use for this project :)

I've layered the DSP pieces with Pistachio Pudding CS and popped each panel onto the flaps. Most of the elements (the flowers) are from the Simply Sketched set, with the exception of the little flower from Petite Petals. I coloured the flowers in with Blushing Bride, and then stamped the smaller flowers in Calypso Coral. I love, love, love the Simply Sketched set, and have used it more times than I can remember!

What is your favourite set? The one you go to when no other set will do? 

Check out the challenge this week at Colour Me...!

Thanks for stopping by today!

-Tara

xox

Supplies:

Stamps: Simply Sketched, Petite Petals

Inks: Baked Brown Sugar, Calypso Coral, Blushing Bride, Pistachio Pudding

Paper: Etcetera DSP, Baked Brown Sugar CS, Pistachio Pudding CS, Very Vanilla CS

Tools: Petite Petals punch, Scalloped Oval punch, Large Oval punch

Thank you for MDS Monday!

This week at MDS Monday Cindy has a great card sketch for us and the added challenge of using the Color Picker tool.

All I can really say about this one is hooray for sequins!! I was so thrilled to see the Gold Sequins pop up on the new weekly downloads. And since I had them, I had to go all out :)

Check out the sketch this week:

Thanks for stopping by today!

-Tara
xox

Having fun with shaped cards!

Hello! This week at The Friday Mashup, Avery has a great challenge for us with some fun spring colours and the added challenge of creating a shaped card!

The hardest part of this challenge was deciding what shape to make my card! I finally decided to whip out my Labels framelits (I don't use these nearly enough!) and make a nice spring "you make me smile" kind of card. 

I stamped the flowers from Happy Watercolour on a piece of velum and used the Stained Glass technique to colour them. I then matted it with some Whisper White and popped it up with a dimensional. 

Check out the challenge this week:

1. Create a project using the colors "Pool Party, Daffodil Delight, Calypso Coral, Wiseria Wonder & Wild Wasabi"
2. Create a "Shaped Card"
3. Or Mash it Up and create a "Shaped Card using the above colors"

Thanks for stopping by today!

-Tara

xox

Supplies

Stamps: Happy Watercolor, Petite Pairs

Paper: Wisteria Wonder CS, Whisper White CS, Vellum

Ink: Pool Party, Daffodil Delight, Calypso Coral, Wisteria Wonder, Wild Wasabi, Black Stazon

Embellishments: Calypso Coral baker's twine, Design Button

Tools: Labels framelits

A little love for Colour Me...!

Good morning and welcome to a new challenge over at Colour Me...! This week are going striking and using Bermuda Bay and Daffodil Delight. So summer-y and fun!

I've used the oh-so-fun Crazy Mixed-Up Love set, which I absolutely fell in love with when it came out. I thought this challenge would be the perfect opportunity to use the fun Pucker Up lemon :) 

The background zigzags were created using a square stamp from one of the Paper Pumpkin kits. I wanted it to look a little more 'natural', so instead of inking the whole square, I sponged the ink onto the stamp directly to give it a little more funky feel.

The circle is another Paper Pumpkin gem (as is that chevron arrow!). I love digging through those stamps that I've collected and pulling them out for fun projects like this :)

Check out the challenge this week - we would love to have you join us!

Thanks for stopping by today!

-Tara

xox

Supplies:

Stamps: Crazy Mixed-Up Love, Just Sayin', various Paper Pumpkin stamps

Inks: Bermuda Bay, Daffodil Delight, Basic Black

Paper: Whisper White CS, Bermuda Bay CS

Embellishments: Candy Dots, Rhinestones

Peek-a-boo!

This week I'm very excited to be the hostess over at MDS Monday.

I've been trying to scrapbook these pics of my son now for ages, but just never had the right layout or theme - finally, I got to and I love the results :)

Check out the sketch this week:

We would love to see you joining us!

Thanks for stopping by today! 

-Tara

xox

Spring is Springing... sort of :)

"In the Spring, I have counter 136 different kinds of weather inside of 24 hours" Mark Twain

I'm your hostess over at The Friday Mashup this week, and we're thinking about spring! We'd love to see your Spring projects, and if you're up for an added challenge, why not mash it up with oh-so-fun scattered embossing technique? You can check out a great video from Amanda Burditt.

I have used the Watercolour Wonder DSP for the background and the flowers, which I have punched out with the Petite Petals punch from SAB. The scattered embossing technique was done on the bottom panel with the Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder and vellum.

Check out the challenge this week:

1. Create a project using the "Scattered Embossing Technique"
2. Create a project with "Spring Colors or Theme"
3. Or Mash it Up and create a "Spring project with the Scattered Embossing Technique"

Thanks for stopping by today!

-Tara

xox

Suppliers:

Paper: Watercolor Wonder DSP, Daffodil Delight CS, Smoky Slate CS, Gumball Green CS, Vellum

Embellishments: Stitched ribbon, Rhinestnes

Tools: Petite Petals punch, Perfect Polka Dots EF, Elegant Butterfly punch

Monochromatic Easter for Colour Me...!

We have a fun monochromatic colour combo for you today at Colour Me...! 

Easter is a great time to make cute little treats and special packaging. I like to try and do something new for the kiddos each year. This year, I went with one of these super sweet treat tubes and a doodled 3x3 note card.

The carrots were doodled onto a piece of Whisper White and the concept came about as I was on a call at work not too long ago. I was drawing tornadoes, and then realized that they looked a lot like carrots... I've been just waiting for the perfect opportunity to try them out :)

The top of the carrot treat tube is Burlap Ribbon that has been separated out strand by strand and tied together with a piece of Linen Thread. Another piece of Burlap Ribbon was adhered around the top. 

The treat tube itself was made with Pumpkin Pie Core'dinations paper and embossed with the Elegant Lines embossing folder for something a little more exciting.

Check out the challenge this week:

Thanks for stopping by today!

-Tara

xox

Supplies

Stamps: Teeny Tiny Wishes

Ink: Pumpkin Pie, Baked Brown Sugar

Paper: Pumpkin Pie Core'dinations, Whisper White CS, Crumb Cake CS, SIlver Glimmer Paper

Embellishments: Burlap Ribbon, Linen Thread

Tools: 1-3/4" Circle Punch, Small Oval, Itty Bitty Punch Pack, Cupcake Builder Punch