Welcome Baby – revisited

I loved the baby card from last week so much, I decided to remake it for the Embellish Magazine Baby Theme Color Challenge. The colors for that challenge are Yellow, Cream, Peach, and Green – I used So Saffron, Naturals Ivory, Peach Parfait and Pear Pizazz cardstock.

Same bling as last time…shimmery linen thread, shimmery ducks on the onesie, shimmery label with rhinestones on it.

I made a few additions…the hanger is now all wire, I added a ribbon to step it up a bit more, and I dressed up the inside of the card as well. Here are a side view that shows the dimension to the card and an inside view that shows the sentiment:

Recipe

• Stamps: Baby Tees Jumbo Wheel, Short and Sweet, Occasional Quotes
• Ink: Basic Black
• Paper: Naturals Ivory, Pear Pizzaz, Peach Parfait, So Saffron
• Accessories: Fire Circle Brads, Linen Thread, Champagne Mist Shimmer Paint, jewelry wire
• Tools: Perfect Polka Dots Textured Impressions Folder, Scallop Trim Border Punch, Scallop Trim Corner Punch, Matchbox Die

Butterfly Mobile

At long last – here is the project I had planned for my Earth Day Challenge…more than a month later! I had a busy and fun month – I hosted my book club and then had a friend from Hong Kong visiting. So I spent a lot of time cleaning, traveling, and obsessing about Artisan Award results until I finally got around to getting started on this project. That is when I saw the Embellish Butterflies Color Challenge and my idea fit perfectly for the challenge they put forth…projects using butterflies and the colors olive, black and Kraft.

Starting at the top, the mobile is held up with some black braided cord that I got at my local craft store in the jewelry section. The top of the mobile is made from five cat food cans that I dressed up with paper. I stamped the butterfly from Dreams du Jour in Basic Black on strips of Old Olive cardstock cut to cover the outside of the cans. I dressed these up with a strip of Kraft (soon to be Crumb Cake) punched with the Scallop Trim Border  punch that will be available in the new 2010-2011 Idea Book and Catalog. I also added a thin strip of Basic Black cardstock for an added touch.

The butterflies were cut using the Beautiful Butterflies die. The large butterflies were cut from Kraft and the smaller butterflies from 5 retiring colors (Barely Banana, Apricot Appeal, Lavender Lace, Brocade Blue, Blush Blossom). All were run through the Big Shot using the Perfect Polka Dots Textured Impressions Folder. I used a Basic Black Stampin’ Write marker to add color to the polka dots on the big butterflies. Crystal Effects and Dazzling diamonds were used on the small butterflies to add some sparkle. I then stapled the butterflies together and then used Crystal Effects and the black glitter from Chunky Essentials to make the body of the butterfly and to cover the staple.The butterflies are hung with a hemp cord that is very similar to Stampin’ Up!’s linen thread.

I used the Crop-a-dile to punch holes in the sides of the cans so that I could attach them to each other with brads and hang the butterflies. I used a small awl to punch the holes in the top of the cans so that they could be hung.

Supplies

• 5 used and cleaned cat food cans
• Stamps: Dreams Du Jour
• Paper: Kraft (Crumb Cake), Old Olive, Basic Black, Barely Banana, Lavender Lace, Apricot Appeal, Blush Blossom, Brocade Blue
• Ink: Basic Black Classic Ink, Basic Black Stampin’ Write Marker
• Embellishments: Black cord, hemp cord, brads, Crystal Effects, Dazzling Diamonds, Chunky Essentials, staples
• Tools: Beautiful Butterflies die, Perfect Polka Dots Textured Impressions Folder, Crop-o-dile, Scallop Trim Border Punch, 1/16″ circle punch

Earth Day Creative Challenge

For this challenge I was inspired by the Friskies “Together We Can Recycle Pet Food Cans” campaign. In addition to educating and having people pledge to recycle their pet food cans, Friskies also asked people to create cat themed art out of their left over cans.  So it occurred to me that this would make be a great Earth Day themed challenge:

Repurpose your left over pet food (or other food cans) into somthing fun and crafty, not necessarily cat themed.

I have the most fantastic idea in mind, and I’ll post the final product on Thursday in honor of Earth Day.

Post a link to what you create in the comments below. Can’t wait to see what you come up with!

Here’s my creative challenge card

Well, that was fun! I actually forgot about the 3×4″ card part and got almost all the way through a standard card before I remembered. I just retooled for the smaller card. What a fun size! Now I have to figure out how to make an envelope.

Ok…so here were my selections for my challenge:

• Stamp set: Garden Whimsy – I love this set, but haven’t used it in ages. It was fun to break out
• Colors: Bravo Burgundy (ick), Only Orange (hmmm…never seem to find a way to use this one), Sage Shadow (eww)

Here is the result:

Recipe:

• Stamps: Garden Whimsy
• Paper: Whisper White, Sage Shadow
• Ink: Only Orange, Sage Shadow, Bravo Burgundy, Always Artichoke

Creative Challenge – March 2010

My good friend and up-upline, Amy, just texted me to say “Help! I want to stamp but am creatively challenged!” So I made up this crazy challenge for her:

• Pick out your least used stamp set
• Pick out your 3 least favorite or used colors
• Make a 3″ x 4″ card

My thinking is that if we work with stamps, colors, and a size that we don’t normally use it’ll get the juices flowing. I’m joining her in trying this tonight, and you should too! When you are done, take a photo, post online (splitcoast, your blog, flicker, wherever), and leave a note in the comments on where to find it!

Can’t wait to see the results!