Here's my entry for the Color Throwdown #106.

I subbed Pear Pizzazz for Certainly Celery and Bashful Blue for Soft Sky. I also snuck in some Marina Mist.

This photo stinks...I swear my cards really do look prettier in person. This card is gong to be the very first card I make for my very first stamp class!!! Yipee!

TFL

Retired Hostess Set

Here is a card I made fo my buddy Stacey who's birthday is on the 20th!

I used this week's Colour Q Challenge #46 as well as the Clean and Simple Stamping Layout 103.

I used the retired hostess set from last years SU! catalog, Wings of Friendship...because the sentiment that I used for the inside says, "Your friendship means thae world to me." Which is very fitting for my buddy Stacey!

TFL

Look what I got in the mail...

Yesterday I recieved this birthday card in the mail from my niece Jade. I love it! Thank you Jade! Today is my birthday, so I didn't want to say anything when I got it yesterday...because I know she always checks my blog in the morning and I wanted to surprise her with her own card! :) I love you, Jade!

Here's some news...the extremely talented and super sweet Leanne Pugliese is a Grandmommy!!! (You know her from the Color Throwdown, Colour Q and, of course, her awesome blog Wee Inklings) Her beautiful daughter had an equally as beautiful little baby girl!

So, head on over to her blog and show her some love! Hope everyone has a great day!!!

Holiday Mini - Cute Christmas

I was a little hesitant to get this stamp set, A Cute Christmas. But when I was at convention they decided to offer it in a bundle with the Candy Cane Christmas DSP and the Candy Cane Buttons...I knew it was going to be mine, all mine! (all of which will be offered in the upcoming holiday mini catalog)

So, I got these buttons and WOW they are big and beautiful! The paper has glitter and that stamp set...so, stinking cute!

The Mojo Monday Sketch 152 had this curly label design thingy that looked just like the Decorative Label punch (also in the mini catalog)...so, I just had to use it. The red frame around the ornaments I made using one of the stamps in the Tags til Christmas stamp set. (you guessed it...from the new mini catalog)

Needless to say, I LOVE everything in that mini catalog coming out on September 1st...I just hope I have enough ink to last me through the holiday season!

OK...TFL!!!

Shelli's Color Creation Challenge

So, apparently, Shelli Gardner (co-founder and CEO of Stampin' Up!) has a challenge/contest on her blog, soshelli.com every month.

This month she has challenged us to use one of the color combos from the fantastic Color Coach and make something. She asked that we go out of our comfort zone and use colors that we may not typically use.

For me those colors are More Mustard and Bravo Burgundy. Wouldn't you know it...on the back of the Bravo Burgundy swatch there was a color combo I just couldn't resist.

On that swatch the "Sweet Set" color combination is Bravo Burgundy, More Mustard and Crumb Cake. Thank goodness for the Crumb Cake otherwise I would have been lost!

So what do ya think? I hope Shelli likes it! TFL

CTD105 & SSSC80

Ok...so, here are the cards I made for, both, the Color Throwdown 105 and Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge 80:


Why two cards you ask? Well, here's my story...I always have a story.

At first I made this card:


And I liked it...I did, but I thought, " Man, that wisper white sure is bright. I wonder how the image would look on natural white paper."

And here are the results of that:


The problem is, I think I might like the whisper white better. What do you think?

Aghhh...whatagonnado? TFL

Yum...yummy!

How much do I love this stamp set? A lot!!!! It's so stinkin' cute and yummy looking.



So, I know that I added a few more colors in, but this card is for the challenge over at Stacey's Stamping Stage {Act 42}. I figured the base colors of the card has the colors...right?! lol

I made this card and kept trying to add something to the middle of the panel, but decided against it. Nothing was looking quite right. Anyone got any suggestion?

Let me know...TFL!