Boho Bright Birthday

Hello!

Just popping in quickly to share a card I made combining a couple of challenges: the sketch from Mojo Monday and the inspiration from Curtain Call...

I love the colours and woodgrain in the inspiration pic and decided to ink up a hostess set that hasn't seen much {any?!} love from me...

I coloured the sun and bird with Blendabilities, added a couple of die-cut banners and some pattern from a Project Life card and finished with some ribbon and a button.

Here's the recipe:
Stamps: Hello Love, Hardwood
Ink: Memento black, Hello Honey, Rich Razzleberry, Sahara Sand, Blendabilities (Daffodil Delight, Rich Razzleberry)
Paper: Happiness Is PL card, Rich Razzleberry, Lost Lagoon, Sahara Sand, Whisper White, Naturals White
Accessories: Hello Honey ribbon, gold button, white twine
Tools: Hearts a Flutter framelits, Large scallop edgelit

Thanks for stopping by!

x Amy x

Starry Lagoon Shaker...

Hello!

Welcome to the Create with Connie & Mary Holiday Collection blog hop! Each Saturday the team will be sharing a Christmas/Winter themed project with you. You should have made your way here from Claire Broadwater's fabulous blog (if you have just stumbled upon this hop though, you can click the pic above to take you back, or the link at the bottom of this post to take you to the start of the hop).

This card is another one I made at team training - it was my first attempt at a shaker card for years and I loved how it turned out.The shaker was created using the Chalk Talk framelit, punched with a 2 1/2" circle punch, with the shaker filled with punched stars from the Confetti Stars punch. The background and greeting were created with Endless Wishes using Silver Encore ink, Lost Lagoon and Soft Sky for the snowflakes.


Here's the recipe:
Stamps: Endless Wishes
Ink: Silver Encore, Lost Lagoon, Soft Sky, Lost Lagoon marker
Paper: Lost Lagoon, Whisper White, Window sheet
Accessories: Lost Lagoon ribbon, All is Calm snowflake embellishment, white baker's twine, rhinestones
Tools: Chalk Talk framelits, Confetti Stars punch, 2 1/2" circle .punch


I'm at the end of the hop so if you want to go back to the start to the fabulous Mary Brown, click on the link below.... I hope you've been inspired today!

Thanks for stopping by!

Christmas tag card set...

Hiya!


It's time for a new ColourQ challenge and it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas....

The fabulous Tracey McNeely is having a fun event over at her blog at the moment called the 25 Tags of Christmas and she invited the ColourQ team to play along. Unfortunately I have been SO busy this last week that although I made a tag with this in mind, I didn't get the chance to get my tag to her in time so I'm not officially playing along but I do recommend popping over to her blog for a chance to win lots of cool prizes!


Anyway, for this challenge I made a tag, then decided to add it to a card, then went ahead and made a whole set...!

Here's the tag by itself...

These cards were nice and quick to put together - I just cut some Gold Soiree with the Party Pennants Bigz die and used those pieces as the background for my tags, along with embossing the white card base. The trees were stamped with Garden Green (the closest I have to Handsome Hunter) and the baubles stamped with second generation Tangelo Twist (again, the closest I could get to Peach Parfait!). I added some rhinestones to the trees and coloured them with an Old Olive Blendabilities marker which made them look very similar to Lucky Limeade.


Here's the recipe:
Stamps: Endless Wishes, Festival of Trees
Ink: Garden Green, Tangelo Twist, Real Red, Old Olive Blendabilities
Paper: Gold Soiree dsp, Whisper White, Old Olive, Project Life journalling card
Accessories: Real Red 3/8" ribbon, rhinestones
Tools: Angled Tag Topper punch, Tree punch, Large Polka Dot embossing folder, Party Pennants bigz die, banner framelit


Make sure you check out the fab creations from the rest of the design team this week!


Thanks for stopping by...


x Amy x

Starry Simple Trees...

Hello!

Welcome to the Create with Connie & Mary Holiday Collection blog hop! Each Saturday the team will be sharing a Christmas/Winter themed project with you. You should have made your way here from Claire Broadwater's fabulous blog (if you have just stumbled upon this hop though, you can click the pic above to take you back, or the link at the bottom of this post to take you to the start of the hop).


This card is one I made at team training in about 5 minutes (quickest card EVER) but I love how it turned out! ...

I punched a piece of Kraft cardstock with the Confetti Stars punch and folded it into a card base and glued a piece of Cherry Cobbler card inside, behind the punched out stars. The ribbon is the gorgeous Cherry Cobbler linen ribbon from the Autumn/Winter catalogue. The focal panel is simply a Chalk Talk die-cut layered with a couple of stamped and punched trees with a little sentiment from Endless Wishes.


Here's the recipe:
Stamps: Festival of Trees, Endless Trees
Ink: Garden Green, Pear Pizzazz, Cherry Cobbler
Paper: Kraft, Whisper White
Accessories:Cherry Cobbler linen ribbon
Tools: Tree punch, Chalk Talk framelits, Confetti Stars punch


I'm at the end of the hop so if you want to go back to the start to the fabulous Mary Brown, click on the link below.... I hope you've been inspired today!

Thanks for stopping by!

Blended Flower Patch...

Hi there!


I'm excited to be playing along with Just Add Ink today as their Guest Designer! This week they've got a fab sketch for us to play along with...

I had a flower that I had stamped and coloured a while ago and it seemed like the perfect time to use it with this sketch...

The solid flower (from Flower Patch) was stamped with Real Red ink on Whisper White then I shaded over each petal with Cherry Cobbler blendabilities to give some more dimension. I added some leaves cut with the Flower Frenzy die and a sentiment from Hey You.


Here's the recipe:
Stamps: Flower Patch, Hey You
Ink: Real Red, Stazon
Paper: Deck the Halls dsp, Whisper White, Crumb Cake, Garden Green, Pear Pizzazz, Cherry Cobbler blendabilities
Accessories: Pearls
Tools: Project Life framelits, Flower Fair framelits, Flower Frenzy bigz die


Make sure you stop by the Just Add Ink challenge blog and check out all the inspiration from the design team!


Thanks for stopping by...


x Amy x

Project Hipster Birthday...

Hiya!


It's time for another ColourQ challenge and we've got another fun combo this week...

I was running short on time so I pulled out a Project Life card that had similar colours on it and decided to go with a birthday card for a young person...

I've been aquainting myself with the 'hipster' look in the last week (long story!) as I didn't have a clue what it was and apparently the nerdy glasses are a big thing in this particular fashion so when I looked at the Project Life sticker sheet and spotted the glasses I knew I had to use them! I added Crystal Effects to the lenses for an authentic look.


Here's the recipe:
Stamps: Big News, Gorgeous Grunge
Ink: Blackberry Bliss, Old Olive
Paper: PL 4x3" card & sticker (Happiness Is), Old Olive, Basic Black, Sahara Sand
Accessories: Crystal Effects
Tools: Envelope Punch Board, Confetti Stars punch


I used the Paper Players sketch to help me this week...

Make sure you check out the inspiration provided by the rest of the Royal Court this week!


Thanks for stopping by...


x Amy x

Holiday Village Joy...

Hello!

Welcome to the Create with Connie & Mary Holiday Collection blog hop! Each Saturday the team will be sharing a Christmas/Winter themed project with you. You should have made your way here from Claire Broadwater's fabulous blog (if you have just stumbled upon this hop though, you can click the pic above to take you back, or the link at the bottom of this post to take you to the start of the hop).


This card is one I did for my recent Holiday Home class...

I wanted to try one of the stair stepper cards with this stamp set so I made the base with Garden Green card, added some Nordic Noel dsp and torn Whisper White card for snow, then stamped out a bunch of houses. The 'joy' was die-cut with Garden Green card and made sparkly with some Dazzling Details.

Here's the recipe:
Stamps: Holiday Home
Ink: Stazon, Garden Green, Real Red, markers, white chalk marker
Paper: Nordic Noel dsp, Garden Green, Whisper White, Naturals Ivory, Naturals White, Sahara Sand
Accessories: Dazzling Details
Tools: Holiday Home framelits, Wonderous Wreath framelits


I'm at the end of the hop so if you want to go back to the start to the fabulous Mary Brown, click on the link below.... I hope you've been inspired today!

Thanks for stopping by!