TGIF Challenge #TGIFC153

Thank goodness it is Friday! Right!  Today I am playing along with TGIF Challenge 153. This weeks challenge is 'anything goes'. I was inspired by the design that Stesha Bloodhart, one of the designers, posted.

 

I decided to step a little outside my comfort zone and play with a color that I'm typically not drawn to as much, calypso coral.  I just love how this turned out. The calypso coral works really well with the metallics in the springtime foil dsp. And I thought that the black embossed background really makes everything pop!  The flowers from the springtime foil dsp is fussy cut and attached using dimensionals. I made the banner, with the sentiment, pop by using my bone folder to curl the paper in both directions to make it slightly wavy and I sponged the edges with calypso coral.

Thank you for looking! 

Kerry

Global Design Project #GDP131

This is my first time submitting an entry to any online creative challenge!  Today I decided to play along with the Global Design Project.  The theme this week is Easter #GDP131.

To me, this basket image has Easter written all over it.  I wanted to do something a little non-traditional. I like the color combination; the designer series paper is wonderful for pulling colors as a spring board to build the rest of the card.

Springtime Foil Paper

I just love the springtime foil specialty designer series paper that came out for the last half of sale-a-bration. In this picture I showcase two techniques.

Left Card:  I cut a piece of the foil paper and slid or brushed the dapper denim ink pad directly on the paper. I decided that I liked the visible brush strokes because it gives it a bit of a distressed look. Then I took a kleenex and wiped the paper to remove the ink from the foil part of the paper, kind of like buffing the paper.  Added a quick sentiment, cut out with a stitched framelit and finished off with some shimmer ribbon. Tada! so quick and easy!

Right Card: I cut a piece of the foil paper, colored in the floral images with the Blends alcohol markers, added a bit of gold glitter paper along the top and bottom and finished off with a sentiment stamped and punched out.

Mini Easter Basket

Even though it is snowing in Calgary today I am in a spring mind-set. I can feel that blue skies, green grass, and tulips are on their way!  Here is a cute little easter project that I CASE'd from Brenda Quintana. She has a video on her website. They are super quick and easy to put together!

Spring is in the Air!

It is a beautiful Sunday afternoon! The sun is out, there is blue sky, the snow and ice is melting, and the birds are chirping. Ahhhh!  What better way to celebrate than to create a pretty spring card.

This is such a quick and easy card. I started by stamping the stems in old olive, the leaves and grass in pear pizzaz, the pink tulips in powder pink with blushing bride on top, and the yellow tulips in so saffron with daffodil delight on top.  Two of the smaller tulips in the center of the card were stamped on a scrap of white, fussy cut, and popped with a dimensional.

Dreaming of sandy white beaches!

Here is a little something to cheer us up on a chilly foggy day! Like I said, the Waterfront stamp set is so versatile!  I love that I can create a mountain, lake and forest scene one day and then a tropical island scene the next.  Isn't the color combination on this card stunning. It almost makes me feel like I am there!

Waterfront

I am head over heals in love with the Waterfront stamp set!!! This set is so versatile and makes stunning cards.  I CAS'd this card from a video that Tami White posted last week. This looks way more difficult than it actually is!

Playing with Brusho!

This year, Stampin Up! introduced Brusho in the Occasions catalogue and oh my goodness I am in love!  These water color crystals are magical. What is so neat about this product is that no two cards will ever be exactly alike.

Playing with Stampin' Blends

I have been having so much fun with the new Stampin' Blends alcohol markers. The colors coordinate so nicely with the ink pads and because the markers are alcohol based they color / fill in space smoothly...in other words they blend nicely! They really give your projects that involve coloring a very professional look.

This is a Valentines day card that I made for a special order from a colleague. The request was for a flamingo valentine.

Sale-a-bration

These are the projects that I designed as make-and-takes for an open house that I hosted back in January to kick off sale-a-bration!

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