Monochromatic Birthday wishes for Dynamic Duos

Hello!

Sorry for the late post of my Dynamic Duos card this week. On top of computer problems today, we've also had a little case of the "Flash Flu"... Inexplicably, almost everyone in the family got super sick, but only for a very short period of time! My oldest son literally looked grey at one point. Pretty terrifying!

I digress...

The colour combo this week is Blushing Bride and Primrose Petals. Lovely combination of pinks!

I used the chevron background stamp to add some interest to the back, and my very favourite flower stamp Stippled Blossoms. I finished it off with some Smoky Slate/Basic Grey accents.

Check out the challenge this week:

We would love to see you over at Dynamic Duos this week!

Thanks for stopping by!

-Tara
xox

Colour challenge at The Friday Mashup

Happy Friday!!

A great colour challenge is waiting for you at The Friday Mashup today!

This card is for my grandma for her 90th birthday today!! I always used to say to her that blue and green didn't go together and she would respond "every flower has a green leaf".... meaning everything went with green. So, there you have it. Turns out she's right :P

Here's the challenge for this week!

1. Make a project with the colors "Pacific Point, Marina Mist, Gumball Green, and Lucky Limeade". 
2. Or Make a project using "Rectangles".   
3. Or "Mash it Up" and create a project with the "Color Combination and Rectangles".

 I ended up using only one rectangle, but I was very caught up in the colour combination! haha

Happy 90th birthday, grandma!!

our little man and his great-grandma last halloween

Thanks for stopping by today - look forward to seeing what you create with Erica's fun challenge this week :)

-Tara
xox

Having some quiet time

There's not tons you can do when you have pneumonia... Even walking upstairs to use the bathroom is exhausting! So, I decided to plant myself in my craft room and go nuts. If I can't move, at least I'm some place happy! Next stop is the couch with some tea and Legally Blonde (that's right, Legally Blonde!)

I  made two cards today - One for one of my favourite challenges and another for a challenge that is no doubt going to be one of my favourites... ith the always-awesome RetroSketches thrown in for some flavour!

The Play Date Cafe had some fabulous colours this week - I made a baby card (which I always seem to do with this set). This is for a friend who will be having a fall baby. Don't know if it's a girl or a boy yet, so I've got plans to make another one with blue if a boy pops out.

Here are the colours for this week (I interpreted them as Melon Mambo, More Mustard and Early Espresso):

And this one is for Fab Friday - a new challenge with a stellar design team that brings endless amounts of inspiration. Also for RetroSketches - one that I seem not to get to play along with as much as I want to!

It's hard to tell with this card, but the second stamp on the Stippled Blossom is actually Illuminate ink. I was playing around with this set the other day and thought it would be cool to use a colour and illuminate rather than two colours.

Here are the colours for this week. As many of you know, Sahara Sand is my all-time favourite neutral. What a great colour combo this is!:

And here's the sketch from RetroSketches:

Wow... that was a lot for one post. I'm pooped!

Thanks for stopping by today!

-Tara
xox

Monochromatic Neutrals

As if I didn't love neutrals enough, the Dynamic Duos team is challenging us to make a monochromatic card using neutrals! Sweet :)

Birthday Wishes

Stamps: Stippled Blossoms, Bring on the Cake

Colours: Early Espresso, Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla

Embellishments: Crumb Cake Seam Binding ribbon

Tools: Big Shot, Top Note die, Elegant Lines embossing folder

I really enjoyed making this card. I have to say, the Stippled Blossoms stamp set is probably one of my favourite 'floral' sets from the new catalogue. Every colour combo I've tried just looks gorgeous together - even browns!!

It's been a really long time since I whipped out the Top Note die... Sometimes it pays to shuffle through your supplies. Normally I have something in mind and grab the necessities, but today I browsed my stuffs first and came up with the card afterwards!

Here's the challenge from the Dynamics Duos

Thanks for stopping by! Would love to see you back tomorrow for a new challenge with Sunday Stamps :)

-Tara
xox

Sunday Stamps!

If Sunday isn't the perfect day to stamp, I don't know what is :) The wonderful Holly Endress has created a brand new challenge blog that switches between sketch and colour challenge every other week, and I have the immense pleasure of being on the design team with a bunch fabulous ladies!

Sympathy and Prayers

I kept my card fairly simple today, as I needed a sympathy card for a very sudden and tragic death in my extended family.

Pop on over to Sunday Stamps and see the fantastic colour combination Holly has this week, as well as the great inspiration from the rest of the design team:

Holly Endress

Lisa Johansen

Monica Hornof

Hayley Kew

Joan Jeffery

Look forward to seeing you there! :)

-Tara
xox

Merry Monday and Freshly Made Sketches

When I saw the Happy Hour stamp set in the new catalogue, I fell in love! I was open to all the possibilities, but I knew the first time I used it would be for a Christmas Card.

Christmas Cheer

Previously, I had only owned one Christmas set and I didn't want to keep making the same card, so I didn't participate with the Merry Monday challenge created by Lesley. Alas, now that the new catty is out (and I've had a sneak peek at the Holiday catalogue coming out in August) I know that I will have a surplus of holiday cheer to choose from :)

Here's this week's Merry Monday sketch.

I also played along with Freshly Made Sketches to make this pretty little birthday card for my sister-in-law who turns 30 today. I LOVE the Stippled Blossoms set SO much. I knew it was pretty... but I didn't know how pretty it was until I actually used it. For this one, I used Primrose Petals on the bottom layer of the flower and Raspberry Ripple on the top. For the leaves I used Lucky Limeade on the bottom and Gumball Green on the top.

Birthday Wishes

Here's the sketch from Freshly Made Sketches.

I have some cute Father's Day cards to share as well, but I'll wait for tomorrow for those :) 

Edit to add: So excited that my SIL's birthday card got a "Perfect Princess" nod at the Freshly Made Sketches - Thank you! :)