Favourite Colours

The latest Color Throwdown challenge uses one of my favourite colour combinations!

I thought I'd do something where I coloured flowers with the blue, yellow, and green but instead used them as a background:

I used the splat stamp from the SU Gorgeous Grunge set for the three colours and then layered a flower die cut over it, letting it slightly overhang the panel. I set the heat embossed vertical sentiment stamp below the overhang.

I scattered blue, green, and yellow gemstones for embellishment and popped the panel up on fun foam.

Supplies:

Stamps - SU Gorgeous Grunge splats, Gina K sentiment

Ink - Memento Dandelion, Bamboo Leaves, and Danube Blue; Versafine Smoky Grey

Paper - white cs, shimmery black cs

Size - A2

Accessories - Memory Box die, gemstones, embossing powder, fun foam

Adjacent Colours

This week's Less is More challenge is to use three adjacent colours on the colour wheel.

I chose blue, turquoise, and green from the bottom right corner and made this card:

I used the splotch stamp from SU's Gorgeous Grunge set, then topped it with a die cut dark grey tree and a stamped and heat embossed dark grey sentiment.  I trimmed the panel down and mounted it on fun foam.  I'd also cut the tree out of fun foam to give it more dimension.

It's going off in the mail to my 26 year old nephew - always hard to know what kind of card to make for him.

Supplies:

Stamps - SU Gorgeous Grunge splotch, Rosie's Roadshow sentiment

Ink - Distress Mowed Lawn, Peacock Feathers, and Salty Ocean; Versafine Smokey Grey

Paper - white and dark grey cs

Size - A2

Accessories - Memory Box Coastal Tree die, clear embossing powder, fun foam

Cards for National Chocolate Day

When I saw yesterday's SCS Ways to Use It challenge, I discovered that yesterday was National Chocolate Day - never knew there was such a thing, but I took it as an excuse to go out and treat myself to some lovely chocolates and to make two cards that refer to chocolate.

The challenge is "Celebrate Chocolate" by using brown, white and/or cream with the option of red, gold and silver.

I have two fabulous sentiment stamps by Kay Foley that refer to chocolate so decided to make two cards so that I could use them as my focal points.

For the first card, I used the option of gold:

I used cream cs, stamped the sentiment in brown, and framed it in brown. I stamped a bit of Gorgeous Grunge splatter on the card base and scattered some gold sequins around the frame.

And for this card, I used the option of red as it toned in well with the reddish colours that come out in brown bister:

I stamped the sentiment on a piece of coated cs that had been sprinkled with brown bister, spritzed, and air-dried. I then layered it with red and brown borders, and used a cream card base.

It will make a great get well card next time I need one.

Speaking of dogs, as the second card does, my sweet pup, Tessa, is growing so quickly.  Here she is out on the back porch soaking up some sun:

Thanks for dropping by today!

Supplies for the first card:
 

Stamps: Kay Foley sentiment, Gorgeous Grunge splatter 
Paper: PTI Vintage Cream, Bazill brown linen cs 
Ink: Memento Rick Cocoa 
Accessories: gold sequins, MFT pierced frame die  

Supplies for the second card:

Stamps: Kay Foley
Paper: PTI Vintage Cream, coated cs, brown and red cs
Ink: Versafine Vintage Sepia
Accessories: brown bister, clear embossing powder, fun foam, Nesties matting basics rectangles    
 

Gold and Vanilla

Today's Color Challenge on SCS is gold and vanilla - it immediately said Christmas card to me. And gold is so perfect for stars.  And I hold a Christmas card sale to fund raise for Southlands Therapeutic Riding Society, more commonly called STaRS, so I need some cards with stars on them for the sale. 

I stamped and heated embossed Gorgeous Grunge stamps and a sentiment for my base layer, and did the same with the Christmas Star stamp on a separate piece of cardstock. I fussy cut the star and scored and folded it for dimension. To keep the dimension, I put three layers of foam tape in the centre and two layers in the middle of each point, and then a bit of sookwang tape at the ends of each point.

Supplies:

Stamps: SU Christmas Star and Gorgeous Grunge, Wordsworth sentiment

Paper: Gina K ivory cs

Paper Size: A2

Ink: ColorBox Gold

Accessories: Stampendous detail gold embossing powder, foam tape