Raspberry Suite #11

I was a little nervous when I saw the colors for this week. Five colors?!!! Seriously? So last night I made some just to create (which was fun) and tonight I tackled the colors challenge. Out came all the paper and embellies that had these colors.

What resulted was a card that has a little bit of this and a little bit of that. I love mixing manfacturers. All of the flowers are from Prima and I layered them myself. I capped them with a fabric brad from K and Company (I am addicted to the fabric covered brads). The paper is from PTI and Stampin Up, the ribbon is from Michaels and the stickers are Making Memories.

I need to increase my stash of birthday cards....so that was my self imposed challenge as well. Hope you liked it!

Raspberry Suite Color Challenge #9

Another color challenge from Dawn McVey! I love these colors, but of course when I went to sit down with them I was itching to throw some Kraft cardstock in. I resisted that urge, but my craft table is piled high with green, black, and cream ribbons, papers and accents - does that happen to anyone else?

I just got this pom pom ribbon at Archiver's this weekend. It was one of those "it's green" (my favorite color) purchases. Plus I have been seeing the pom poms everywhere and I was determined to make a card using it. The chipboard letters were a $1.99 spot purchase at Archiver's as well. It just didn't look right with just the pom pom and the letters, so I put a Heidi Swapp flower under the letters and added some stamping with Retro Basics. I could have added more, but the clean and simple cardmaker in me called shot clock and I determined that I was done.

Hope you like it! Off to see what you created!

Supplies:
Cardstock: Stampin Up

Stamp: Retro Basics (Papertrey Ink)

Chipboard Letters: Pressed Petals

Flower: Heidi Swapp

Ink: Memento

Raspberry Suite Color Challenge #7

I spent all day outside weeding and planting. In the middle of the day my DH decided we needed to get dirt delivered, and 3 cu yards was on our driveway 2 hours later. I am sooo tired! But when I saw Dawn had posted another color challenge I felt the need to put something together.

Clean and simple. I used all PTI paper and ribbon for this card. It is interesting to me that the spring moss paper and spring moss ribbon look different when paired together. Can't wait to see what everyone else creates! I think I will hop around and look tomorrow it's time for bed (yes its only 9:15 on a Saturday night but I am beat!)

Supplies:

Cardstock: Papertrey Ink

Stamp: Papertrey Ink

Ribbon: Papertrey Ink

Ink: Stampin Up

Bling: Crystal Elements

Raspberry Suite Color Challenge Week 6

I was so surprised when I checked Dawn McVey's Blog tonight and saw that there was another Color Challenge posted! These colors are so fun and so I dove right in. I came up with two cards that are only slightly varied from each other.

I couldn't decide which I liked better so I did what every cardmaker who stamps at home does....I padded upstairs and asked my hubby which he liked the best. He never just placates me with an "They are both great honey", he takes time to look at each card, selects which he prefers, and then describes to me why he likes one card over the other. I love that about him!

He preferred the card above. He said that he liked that the white was the focal point of the card (it is embossed with the cuttlebug leaves folder) and that the colors were just accents. He also liked the bow.

I was still torn because I really, really liked the aqua mist background on the card below...so I posted them both. Hope you enjoy! Off to hop around and look at everyone else's entries!

Edited: I added two more photos I took outside. I think the embossing shows up better.

Supplies:

Cardstock: Papertrey Ink

Ribbon: Papertrey Ink

Stamp: Paper Makeup Stamps

Ink: Memento

Embossing Folder: Cuttlebug

Raspberry Suite Color Challenge #5

This is my first time participating in the Raspberry Suite Color Challenge. I have been following all of the other ones, but something always came up that prevented me from playing. Not this time! I had bought this Doodlebug paper a couple months ago; I loved that it was flocked and bright pink! When I saw the colors that Dawn selected I immediately thought of this paper. The bow is tied with bias tape. I love the fabric look, but hate to fuss with ironing seams so bias tape was totally the way to go.

I love the way the bow came out. Sometimes I fuss with them for what seems like an eternity. This bow prety much ties itself. A die cut tag made with my silhouette and stamped with a sentiment from Hero Arts completes the card! Oh, and I put pop dots under the white layer to give the card a little lift. Hope you like it!

Supplies:

Cardstock: Basic Gray (SU), White (Wausau)

Patterned Paper: Doodlebug Designs

Bias Tape: from my sewing stash, probably from JoAnn's

Stamp: Hero Arts

Ink: Going Gray (SU)