Face-Off Friday: Stampin' Royalty Challenge #37 Stitching

Today I had my sewing machine out - Sarah wanted me to "remove" the pockets from a pair of pants and a top.

What a coincidence that the girls over at Stampin' Royalty were having a Stitching challenge on their blog!

So here are my submissions:

This first one is dedicated to Lesley-Ann (I heard that you were sick - I hope you're better soon).

I used a floss threader to get the ribbon through the buttons!

My stitching is not that great but with white thread it's not that noticeable!

To change things a bit I tied the knots on the bottom of the buttons!

Whatever Wednesday - Colour Challenge with Liz

For this week's Whatever Wednesday I'm doing another challenge with Liz Goldhawk.

This time Liz challenged me to use the following colour combination:

Bravo Burgundy

Sahara Sand

Baja Breeze

This colour combo is so out of my comfort zone and so I decided to try a different style of card.

Here's how I used the colours:

To check out what Liz came up with click HERE to go to her blog.

Face Off Friday - Stampin' Royalty Challenge #35

This week's challenge at Stampin' Royalty is Rhinestones and Pearls.

I chose to use Rhinestones and made this card.

I think the rhinestones make the chandelier look like it's lit up!

It's just occurred to me that I've chosen a similiar colour scheme to the card I made for Wednesday's post. 

I need to try a colour challenge and get out of my comfort zone!

Whatever Wednesday - Glimmer Brads Challenge with Liz

For today's Whatever Wednesday I am joining fellow Stampin' Up! Demonstrator, Liz Goldhawk,  in a friendly and fun challenge.

We've challenged each other to make something using the new Glimmer Brads (available in the Holiday Mini out today!)

Click HERE to go to Liz's blog and see what she's come up with.

For my project I decided to make a card and was inspired by this ruffled blouse.

I thought the black and white would look cool with Baja Breeze and a bit of glimmer.

But I couldn't decide how I was going to use the Glimmer Brads so I ended up making 2 cards!

I hope you like them and leave comments for both Liz and I. 

Afterall comments are a great motivator for MORE blog posts!

My first card uses the Glimmer Brad as an accent in the stamped image.

When I added the white 5/8 " Organza ribbon it made the stripe Elegant Soiree paper look like plaid!

Check out these ruffles!

The second one uses the Glimmer Brad to cinch the 5/8" Black Satin ribbon.

Rather than cut the Elizabeth stamp image out I just cut it along the bottom edge with my craft blade and slipped the striped paper and ribbon under it.

Stamps: Stampin' Up! Elizabeth, Teeny Tiny Wishes

Ink: Black, Baja Breeze

Paper: White, Baja Breeze card stock, Elegant Soiree Designer paper* and Presto Patterns Overlay*
Extras: Glimmer Brads Brights (#121006), White Organza and Black Satin ribbon

*Both of these cards are Hybrids.  I used digital patterned paper from Stampin' Up! My Digital Studio.

Face Off Friday - Stampin' Royalty Challenge #34 Monochromatic Neutrals

I thought I would try a challenge on Fridays - hence the Face Off in today's blog title.

Today's challenge is from Stampin' Royalty and it's a Monochromatic theme.

So I've taken my glossy pear from yesterday and made it into this card.

There are 5 shades of green on this card!

If you want to try this challenge for yourself click HERE for the post from Stampin' Royalty

Stampin' Royalty Challenge #15

I just finished this card for the KISS (Keep It Simple, Sweetie) Stampin' Royalty Challenge #15.

I was inspired by THIS card made by Nicole Heady.

My version has no colouring - I simply stamped the flower on red card stock and used a black gel pen to accent it.

The greeting is stamped right on the patterned paper and the ribbon is retired Stampin' Up!

I know I should be making bright coloured cards now that it's spring but I MADE this Kraft dotted paper (digitally) and I wanted to use it.

ETA: Angela left a comment on this post saying that she loved the SU! Write Stuff digital paper - assuming that's what I used. But I have to tell you that I created this KRAFT dotted paper the hard way with Photoshop not knowing that there was a More Mustard dot in that download. DUH! I really should print out those SU! download kits (using gallery shots) so that I don't have to reinvent the wheel again. Seriously I could have taken that More Mustard dot from Write Stuff and simply changed it to Kraft rather than making it myself!

Let this be a lesson to us all! Stay tuned for a post on keeping track of your digital paper!

Here's a comparison:

Stampin' Royalty Challenge #14

I really wanted to play along with this week's Stampin' Royalty Challenge but I'm supposed to be "purging" and getting ready for our flooring reno.

I had an idea for a card but no time to "play" with it. Before I forgot it I decided to make a digital version so that I can re-create it later. I'll sometimes do a mock up of a card on MDS to see how it will look and tweak it digitally before committing to paper.

That's when I got the idea to make a digital card folowing the challenge colours and submit that!

Here is my card:

I used Stampin' Up! MDS (My Digitial Studio) flowers from Petal Pizzaz, Best Wishes and More and the greeting from A Little Birthday Cheer.

I stamp 2 looks - Card 1

I had out some of my Easter stamps and decided to use Bunny Friends by Penny Black to make a couple of cards.

This stamp is a fairly big one to use for card making - it's 5 1/4 wide by 2 1/2 tall. So both of my cards ended up being 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 "

For the first card I used the inspiration photo from this weeks' Stampin' Royalty Challenge #9 as a starting off point.

Here is the card I made:

I coloured in the pots with Old Olive, Dusty Durango, Crushed Curry, Ruby Red and Brocade Blue markers and then used a watercolour brush on them.

The paper is a retired DSP package from Stampin' Up! called Summer Picnic and the ribbon is from Stampin' Up! as well.

Here's a close up of one of the bunnies!

Stampin' Royalty Challenge #8

This is a quick card I made for the current Stampin' Royalty Blog Challenge.

I recently got Digi-Papers online and thought I'd give them a try. I just printed out what I wanted on my computer printer.

I got the dots and gingham from My Timeless Templates and the pink brocade came from Emily Giovanni's blog. I didn't have any orange paper so I manipulated the colour in Photo Shop to give me the shade I needed to satisfy the challenge.

I punched out the "eggs" using the Stampin' Up! large oval punch. To add some 3D effect to this flat card I used dimensionals under a couple of the eggs.
I couldn't find an Easter greeting that I liked so I used this one but ommitted the chick image using a post it note.
I only inked the part I wanted to stamp!
Hopefully I'll get some more stamping done before Easter but if not -Happy Easter everyone!