Willow & Paisley

Embellish Color Trends Challenge - Ribbon (or not!)

 

 

Do as I say, not as I do.  When you join us and play along with this Embellish Magazine challenge add some ribbon to your card.  Um, yeah, I kinda missed that part.

 

My excuse is that I was watching PVR'd episodes of my new favorite fall shows while making this and completely went brain dead.  (Revolution...OMG such a good show....freaks me out to imagine the power going off in the entire world.  Is anyone else watching this???  Nashville....just watched 2 episodes so far....but totally enjoying it.  And of course X Factor.  I'm not in love with any of the finalists yet but I love the show overall).  

 

So what I'm trying to say is....add some RIBBON!

 

 

I used the following Technique Tuesday stamp sets.  Thank you and Chevron Two Step.  The Chevron was stamped on with a cream coloured chalk ink, which was barely visible.  Once I sponged my distress ink around the edges of the card it clung to the design and showed up perfectly.   

 

 

 

I hope you all have a wonderful weekend.  Mine will be very full and busy.  My sister is bringing my nieces and nephew to Calgary and I am babysitting them for the weekend.  I haven't seen them since July at their cabin and I'm so excited to get lots of hugs and play time!  Can anyone suggest how to apply Saran wrap to my walls?  LOL.  

 

 

 

 

Embellish Color Trends Challenge - Paint

 

 

Hey Everyone.   Well, it's Friday and it's snowy and cold here so it's been the perfect week to stay indoors and get stuff done.  Does anyone else find there is always so much to do no matter how productive you try to be with list after list? 

 

Here is my newest Embellish Magazine Challenge card. {I don't do many Halloween cards but I have a few more I've made recently so I'll have to get those up before the holiday comes and goes.  And MAYBE I'll even mail some out.  Maybe.  Maybe not.}}

 

 

I used Chevrons Two Step stamp set as well as Leaves are Lovely by Ali Edwards from Technique Tuesday.   I LOVE that Chevron set.  I used acrylic paint on it and love how distressed the Chevron stripes came out.  Does it remind you of Charlie Brown's shirt too?  I have a Charlie Brown Christmas stamp so I'll have to remember to use it with the chevron.  

 

 

Hope you can join us over at the Embellish blog.  See you there and have a wonderful weekend. 

 

 

 

Embellish Color Trends Challenge - Stars

 

 

 

Hello Everyone.  Well it's Friday!  I love Fridays especially because it means I'm sharing a new Embellish Color Trends challenge!  Look at that globe in the inspirational photo!  Oh I wish I had some sort of globe stamp or embellishment but I don't.  

 

Our niece that lives in Texas (we are Cdn) is having a birthday in a couple of weeks so I made this card for her.  I think it will work for a 15 yr old girl, don't you?  

 

 

I used one of the many HB sentiment stamps from the Happy Birthday set from Technique Tuesday.  The sentiment has the built in frame which I trimmed out after stamping it on the green cardstock. 

 

 

Thanks for stopping by.  I must get a move on.  I like to get all my errands done today so that I don't have to go out into weekend traffic.   And while we've been having such amazing "fallmer" (Fall Summer) weather I am really looking forward to cooler weather and getting all cozy.  One of those errands means it's time to stock up on Bath & Body Works candles!  I love them.  What is your favorite B&BW candle scent?

 

 

Embellish Color Trends Challenge - Stripes & Polka Dots

 

 

Hey Everyone. 

 

We had delayed the Embellish Colour trends challenge for just a few days but it was worth the wait, I promise.  Just look at those colours!  And stripes and polka dots?  Together?  Yes, please!

 

 

I loooove this stamp set.  It's awesome, don't you think?   It just happens to be called AWESOME {{by Technique Tueaday, of course}}.  I also used one of the gray story cards by Ali E.  I'm telling you...if Ali E makes it I will find a way to use her designs regardless of the fact that I.do.not.scrapbook.   

 

 

Well, that was fast but I must run.  Thanks for stopping by.  I know it sucks that the weekend is over and it's Monday.  Blech.  But what better reason to stop what you're doing to go make a card using these vibrant, fun colours.  Move away from the computer and go make a card.  Then head on over to Embellish Magazine Blog to link it up to share with all!  See you there!!

Have a great day, everyone. 

 

 

 p.s....I'll try to do a thrifty post soon!  I haven't been out thrifting since mid-July (I lied....I was out on Saturday to one store but that's it) but I still have stuff from the start of the year to share, as well as a freebie dresser I painted.  It turned out pretty darned cute.  

 

 

Embellish Color Trends Challenge - Pinwheels

 

 

 

Hey Everyone.  Today we challenge you to create PINWHEELS over at the Embellish Magazine Blog.  I've never made pinwheels before so I'm glad I got to try this.  I cut out a square using my 1 1/4" punch from Stampin Up and cut a slit inwards from each corner and folded them over.  Could not be easier.   {{I did start out by trying to create THIS pinwheel but it didn't work out for me at all.  I tried to make it tiny and it looked funny.  I think they are amazing though but isn't anything that Heather Bailey does amazing?}}

 

 

I used Cute by Ali Edwards for all the little sentiments.  They are just one of her many new stamp releases.  I love them all. 

 

 

Must run.  I have several lists on the go.  I'm on my last 3 days of vacation and I need to make the most of them.  I'm fighting like mad not to let the summer get away on me before I enjoy it!  Have a great day everyone. 

 

 

 

Embellish Color Trends Challenge - Buttons

 

Hi Everyone.  I hope you're having a great week.  Is it a long weekend in the US, and other parts of the world, as well this weekend?  {{This weekend marks 15 years ago that I met Mike. I love this weekend.}}  I'm happy to say I'm officially on vacation until August 20th!!!  The summer is flying by and it is August already but not having to work most of it helps.  Hee. 

 

 

 

Hope you have some sunglasses to view my card.  I love the bright colours for the challenge this week.  I scrounged through my paper which is practically archaic and found some that would work (except for the blue...that is a new Stampin' Up pack I just got).  I used a banner from one of Ali Edwards new stamp sets called Remember This Banners.  If you haven't checked out Technique Tuesdays summer release you must do so now!  I love this release and you can pre-order now for shipping on August 7th.  Go.  Now. 

 

 

 

Please join us over at Embellish Magazine Blog and play along.  Can't wait to see what you do with this fun inspriation picture, these bright colours and of course buttons! 

 

 

 

 

Well, I'm off.  I have a ton of running around to do today before packing up and heading to Mike's family farm tomorrow.  Have a great day everyone!!

 

 

 

Embellish Color Trends Challenge - Dry Embossing

 

 

Hey Everyone.  Raise your hand if you cannot believe it's July 20th ALREADY!!  EEEK!  I feel like I need to just slow down and start relaxing and enjoying this summer.  I need to sit on my back deck and enjoy the flowers and drink many, many cocktails.  Anyone with me?!

 

 

 

 

We have a new challenge for you over at Embellish Magazine blog.  DRY EMBOSSING.  It's not something I remember to do very often so it was great to go through my Cuttlebug folders and decide what to use.  I was going to use an oval die to make balloons but instead I just drew a balloon and then cut and traced it onto the colored cardstock.  I taped some jute to the back of each balloon to create the bouquet.  Overall it's about as simple (aka boring?) as you can get.  This would be pretty easy to mass produce for any age.  

 

 

 

 

We hope you will play along.  All you have to do is combine, purple, lavender, green and fuscia with the dry embossing technique.  Then come on over to Embellish Blog and link up your fabulous creation.  Can't wait to see what you all come up with. 

 

So tell me, are you all enjoying your summer?  Is it flying by or are you finding time to relax and enjoy every bit of it? 

 

 

 

 

Embellish Color Trends - Tea Cups

 

 

Hey Everybody.  I hope you had a great week.  Welcome to Friday!  We are still away visiting family.  

 

I wanted to pop in to share the latest and greatest Embellish Color Challenge with you.  They are all so great and I hope you can get all crafty and join us!  This week we are asking you to use TEACUPS - or anything tea cup related that the image above inspires you to use.  The colors are light blue, light pink, peach and brown.  

 

 

 

 

I have to tell you that I own NOTHING tea cup related.  Seriously, I must live under a rock.  I ended up just drawing this cup shape on the back of some patterned paper and then cut it out with my scissors.  I free hand cut the handle and the "inside" portion of the cup.   

 

 

 

 

Since I don't have any tea cup dies or stamps I had to search through all my stamps to find something that would work.  It didn't take me long to come across this sentiment from Love Ali, by Ali Edwards (Technique Tuesday).  It is perfect!!  If having a cup of tea isn't the best way to spend time with someone you love then I don't know what is.  {{OK, maybe spending time with many people you love, having LOTS of homemade, skinny lime margaritas, while you're at your sisters cabin is better.  Just a little better.  Hee.}}

 

Thanks for stopping by.  Have a wonderful weekend!!!  I'll see you all soon. 

 

 

 

 

Embellish Color Trends - Telephone

 

 

 

Hi Everybody......it's Friday!  I am so glad you could come on by because we have such a fun new Embellish Magazine Challenge today.  Seriously, just look at the photo above.  How can you not be inspired by all that pretty colour!  All you need to do is use those colours and add in the element of a TELEPHONE.  It can be an actual phone image or numbers on the keypad of a phone or even relate it to texting etc.  Whatever, you choose and however you are inspired is exactly right!

 

 

 

 

I was sure I didn't have a single thing relating to a telephone so I was so happy to find one of my Cricut cartridges had this adorable retro looking phone.  I just love it.  {{an old green, rotary phone has been on my thrifty wish list for some time now.  True story.}}.  This card makes me smile and chuckle because I love it but I cannot imagine it will ever get used.  I'm hardly a card sender as it is but for what occasion would I send such a card?  I pretty much only text people I know and don't answer the phone.  Ha. 

 

 

 

 

Warning:  This song will stick in your head today and possibly even allllll weekend!  Sorry about that!

Raise your hand if you LOVE all 80's music!

 

Well I'm off.  My very exciting Friday consists of lots of errands.  Groceries, bank, {thrift stores...hee}.  I know, I know....I can hardly stand the excitement myself.  I try to get everything done on my Fridays off so I don't have to venture out on the weekend.  Have a wonderful day and enjoy your weekend plans!

 

 

 

 

 

Embellish Color Trends - HAPPY!

 

 

 

HAPPY Friday everybody!  I hope you are all well and enjoying life and soaking in some wonderful summer weather.  Things have been great around here.  There is not too much happening but that is just the way I like it!   We've got some family coming to visit this weekend so I'm really looking forward to that.  

 

OK, so we have a really fun, new Embellish challenge for you today.  All you need to do is use a HAPPY sentiment in your creation.  Literally.  There are so many different ways that you can be inspired to put some happy in your day today.  I chose to go with making a Happy Birthday card because we all know you can never have too many of those. 

 

 

I stamped 4 different "happy" sentiments on the bottom portion of my card.  It's all random but very fun, don'tcha think?  All of my sweet HAPPY stamps came from the Happy Birthday stamp set by Technique Tuesday. The variety of fonts makes it a really fun set to play with.  The coloring done on the middle 2 stamps is about as good as it gets when it comes to me and Copic markers. 

 

 

I hope you have a chance to play along and join us over at Embellish Magazine.  I know we love to see such talented people come together and I know I'm always in awe of what everyone comes up with.  It's very inspiring. 

 

We will see you there!  Have a great weekend everyone!