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Posts from March 2011

Cross of Hope

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It is Ash Wednesday and for all of you who celebrate the Christian faith, I wish you a day filled with reflection.  During the journey of Lent, I hope you find peace in your prayer and penitence as we look to renew our lives with God’s grace.

Last weekend, my son’s school had a fund-raiser that was really fun.  As a small Catholic school, these fund-raisers are critical to get needed books and up-to-date teaching supplies.  The community members of Warrenton were incredibly generous and offered raffle items for the event.  If you live in or near Fauquier County, please remember to tell Iron Bridge Wine Company, Hartman Jewelers and Old Town Athletic Center that their contributions are truly appreciated!  As a small thank you to them, I made some cards for the school to send.  We all know the power of a hand-made, hand-written note and I hope that these will show our gratitude.

I think the beauty of the card lies in the Clean and Simple style.  I love the crosses in my Crosses of Hope set and the sentiment says it all.  I stamped in Night of Navy and added a Night of Navy border.  A large pearl from the Basic Pearls is the finishing touch.  The event coordinator wanted to hand write her thanks and I think the sponsors will greatly appreciate her efforts! 

Thanks for stopping in today.  I’ll be back tomorrow with another ColorLab Challenge. 

I hope that your Lenten sacrifices come back to you as rich blessings and that the true Cross of Hope strengthens you every day.

Stamp:  Crosses of Hope (120567); Paper:  Whisper White (100730), Night of Navy (100867); Ink:  Night of Navy (102977); Accessories:  Basic Pearls (119247), Dimensionals (104430)

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SUOC14 – You’re still Wonderful

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Thank you to the team at Creative Sketches for choosing this as their winner for the week!  Make sure you go see their latest challenge and design team call!

Over at SU Only Challenges, we are asking you to show us your favorite retired Stampin’ Up set.  You KNOW you have one…it’s the one you turn to when you are out of ideas, need something fast or just want it to be right.  For me, I have a couple but one of my very favorites is Wonderful You.  Those leaves have made a lot of cards for me and I’m always happy when I’m done.  It is especially useful when I need the ever-challenging masculine card.

I started with a great layout from a new-to-me challenge, Creative Sketches (CS22).  Since this is a retired stamps challenge, I also pulled out the recently retired Deck the Halls DSP…another favorite.  Paper this pretty shouldn’t be hoarded and demands to be used!  The colors in the DSP are Crumb Cake, Early Espresso and Always Artichoke so my palette was chosen for me.  If you click to expand the picture, you can see that the base layer DSP looks like Always Artichoke was sponged on it.  I matched that by inking the solid leaf in Crumb Cake and sponging on a little Artichoke with a sponge dauber.  The line image leaf was stamped over it in Early Espresso and I added the sentiment from the set.  An Antique Brad seemed like the perfect final touch so I secured it around some Early Espresso Satin Ribbon to finish the card.  This phrase is a favorite too because I can use this as a birthday card, an anniversary card or even a Father’s Day card.

So run right over to those craft rooms and get to stamping!  I can’t wait to see which retired sets you love most.  I’ll be back on Thursday for another ColorLab Challenge.  Until then, I hope you have a great week.

Stamp:  Wonderful You (retired); Paper:  Deck the Halls DSP (retired), Early Espresso (119686), Whisper White (100730); Ink:  Crumb Cake (121030), Always Artichoke (105219), Early Espresso (119670); Accessories:  Antique Brads (117273), Espresso Satin Ribbon (119753), Sponge Daubers (102892), Stamp-a-ma-jig (101049), Dimensionals (104430)

ColorLab 31

ColorLab 31 published on 11 Comments on ColorLab 31

Today’s ColorLab Challenge brings us another taste of spring!  These colors are going to make you smile.

Aren’t they pretty??  Maybe it is just because Virginia has started having little signs of spring but I immediately thought flowers for these colors.  In fact, I thought that the new Blossom Petals Punch needed to be put to use!  And what comes with blooming flowers?  Butterflies!!  I love butterflies!  So out came my Beautiful Butterflies Bigz Die and my Beautiful Wings Embosslit too.

After playing around with some variations I finally realized that Clean and Simple (CAS) would be best…specifically a one layer card.  I stamped the punched petals and the Pink Pirouette butterfly with images from the Bliss SAB set and added Basic Pearls to finish the look.  The sentiment is from Elements of Style and works perfectly here.  All of the edges are sponged with their respective colors and I added a little Baja Breeze sponging on the white too.

I hope you like this one and have a great time playing with these colors!  Thanks for stopping by today.  Don’t forget to go see what the other Color Chemists made for you this week!

Stamps:  Bliss (SAB), Elements of Style (118611); Paper:  Baja Breeze (111352), Pink Pirouette (111351), Peach Parfait (119794); Ink:  Baja Breeze (111833), Pink Pirouette (111838), Peach Parfait (119783); Accessories:  Big Shot (113439), Beautiful Butterflies Die (114507), Beautiful Wings Embosslit (118138), Blossom Petals Punch (121808), Neutrals Buttons (119743), Basic Pearls (119247), Sponges (101610)

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