Celebrate With the Throwdown & Dance with the Hoedown

The Color Throwdown is celebrating FIVE YEARS!!!  I was honored to be one of their first guests designer back in July 2009.

The Color Throwdown remains one of my favorite challenge blogs to this day!  It is always a great starting place when I sit down to craft.

The folk at Color Throwdown are having a great celebration for their 5th birthday.  Head on over there to get some more inspiration and links to even MORE inspiration.

For this occasion the colors are like a summer party!!  So I hope you can play along!!

Also this is my second card as a guest designer for Hambo Stamps and the Hambo Hoedown!  Check out the Hambo Hoedown  This week we were challenged to use office supplies on our cards!  Fun, eh!  IF I can't go to a craft store... I love to wander the aisles of an office supply store!

Here is my card:

Details:

• Image and sentiment:"Bad Connection" from Hambo Stamps Digital Image Store; 
• Paper: Kraft; So Safforon (SU!) Melon Mambo-ish and Bermuda Bay-ish cardstock from Bazzill;
• Accessories: Copic Markers, Spellbinders die, hole punch, heart punch, bakers twine, paper clips, foam tape;

I hope you found inspiration here for both challenges!
Check them out:

• Color Throwdown #250-- 5th year celebration
• Hambo Hoedown-- Office Supply Challenge

Thank you for stopping by!!

Happy Independence Day, USA!!!

Happy 4th of July!

My youngest daughter is at camp this week, including the 4th of July.  So I made her a fun card.  The main image is from Whimsy Doodles.  The background is from Rubbernecker Stamp Company.  I inked it once with red ink, then turned the stamp around and inked it with the blue ink.

Details:

• Stamps: "July 4 Day" from Whimsy Doodles; Star Flower Background from Rubbernecker Stamp Company; 
• Paper: Red, white, and blue cardstock;
• Ink: Tim Holtz Distress Ink: Faded Jeans and Barn Red; Copic Markers;
• Accessories: Stickles, foam tape, photo corners;

I hope you have a safe and wonderful Independence Day!!

God Bless America!

Hoedown Racecar!

I am so honored to be a guest designer for Hambo Stamps and the Hambo Hoedown!  Check out the Hambo Hoedown blog for challenge information.   We were challenged to use Red, White and Blue in our projects this week!

Today I have a card with one of their digital images for you.  Not only is it a racecar but also extra symbols for the car side and sentiments!

Details:

• Images: Racecar digital image from Hambo Stamps;
• Papers: Red, White, Blue and grey cardstock; patterned paper; Bristol paper;
• Ink:  Tim Holtz Distress Ink in Pumice Stone and Black Soot; Copic Markers;
• Accessories: foam tape; stickles;

Make sure you check out the Hambo Hoedown Challenge blog for all the details to the challenge as well as other projects the Hambo team has put together for this week's project!

Thanks for stopping by!!

Country Wake Up Call

Today I have a combined challenge card:

• A Day For Daisies: Challenge #72 Add Some Nature;
• SplitCoastStampers: TLC434 Ruffled Embellished Ribbons;

The folks at A Day For Daisies are even generous enough to provide a digi for use on the challenge... you can check it out at the above link.  I used some grass that had gone to seed in the front yard as my added nature.

At SplitCoastStampers, my friend Judy challenged us to create some ruffled embellished ribbons.  She suggested beads, but the available bead/ribbon combinations in my stash just weren't doing it for me... so I added buttons.

Details:

• Images: "Prince of the Coop"from the A Day For Daisies Blog; Lace stamps from Rubbernecker; alpha stamps from Hero Arts;
• Paper: Patterned Paper from BoBunny and 7 Gypsies; Bazzill cardstock;
• Ink: Printer; Frayed Burlap, Vintage Photo, and Antique Linen from Tim Holtz Distress Inks;
• Accessories: Mother of pearl buttons, gingham ribbon, baker twine, Spellbinders die, foam tape, thread, edge distressing tool, file folder punch; grass seed;

There is still time to play along with both challenges!  I hope you can play, too!

Thanks for stopping by!!

Have Mercy!

His mercies are new every morning; ~Lamentations 3:23

The color was applied to this stamp with cotton swabs dipped in reinkers.  The stamp was misted before stamping.

Details:

• Stamps: "3 Flowers", "His Mercies", "Watercolor Stripes" and "Branch Shadow" all from Rubbernecker Stamps;
• Inks: Tim Holtz Distress Inks: Worn Lipstick, Peeled Paint, Shabby Shutters, Spun Sugar; Memento Tuxedo Black;
• Paper: White Cardstock;
• Accessories: Edge distressing tool, ribbon, paper and ribbon roses;

Thanks so much for stopping by and taking the time to comment.