Welcome back! Getting a chance to play today. Hope you are having a great weekend! Challenges: Atlantic Hearts (#512) for the flipped Sketch: Just Us Girls (#667) for the Roses within the Mood Board; and Color Throwdown (#730) for both the colors and the photo inspiration. Here is the result: Steps: Case Base: (8½” xContinue reading “Happiness Abounds – Floral Birthday”
Category Archives: Color Throw Down
Queen Bee – Birthday Blessings
Welcome to the weekend! Will you find some time to craft? After a morning of chores…here is what I created. Playing with the Tuesday Morning (#694) Sketch and Color Throwdown (#729) along with a materials suggestion from Just Us Girls (#666) for a pretty birthday card. Here is the result: Steps: Card Base: (8½” xContinue reading “Queen Bee – Birthday Blessings”
The Secret Life of Sunflowers – Jar of Flowers
Welcome back! A few more challenges with quickly approaching deadlines… The Challenges: Use Your Stuff (#475) – Inspired by a Book, Color Throwdown (#727) and Sketch Saturday (#717), I really enjoyed reading The Secret Life of Sunflowers by Marta Molnar. It is a work of historical fiction based on the true life of Johanna BongerContinue reading “The Secret Life of Sunflowers – Jar of Flowers”
Embellished Ornaments
Card number two for today. Giving myself a speed challenge courtesy of As You See It (#289). Can I do it ten minutes or less? Let’s see… I chose the sketch from Freshly Made (#564) and the colors from Color Throwdown (#721). The trick for speed stamping is to be prepared and then set theContinue reading “Embellished Ornaments”
Post Script – Mixed Media Hello
Hi! Next challenge deadline… Sketch: Tuesday Morning (#685), Inspiration: Festive Friday (#123) and Colors: Color Throwdown (#720). Here is the result: Steps: Card Base: (8½” x 5½” scored at 4¼”) Basic Black cardstock. The sentiment, Hello, from the Ranunculus Romance stamp set was stamped in the upper right corner, also with Gray Granite ink. TheContinue reading “Post Script – Mixed Media Hello”
Coffee Cafe – Life Happens, Coffee Helps
I hope you have had your cup of caffeine today. What is your favorite? Coffee, Tea, Cocoa? I am a true lover of coffee. Over at Double Trouble (#125a), the team has a coffee theme going on and partnering with the Coffee Lovers Fall/Winter Blog Hop and Caffeinated Christmas Cards (#11). I’m game! I choseContinue reading “Coffee Cafe – Life Happens, Coffee Helps”
Butterfly – Happy Everything Blueprints
Welcome back to the Inque Spot Studio! The suggested option for the current Try Stampin’ On Tuesday’s Sketch challenge (#580) is Flight. I have had the Tim Holtz: Happy Everything Blueprints stamp set for a long time but it had never seen ink. The Butterfly image felt appropriate for the theme to create a cleanContinue reading “Butterfly – Happy Everything Blueprints”
Sweet Candy Canes – Merry & Bright
One more Holiday card. Thursday’s featured stamp set on the Facebook Stampin’ Through the Catalog Challenge is Sweet Candy Canes found on page 10 of the July – December Mini Catalog. I selected the sketch over at Global Design Project (#366) which I tweaked a bit and chose the suggested colors over at Color ThrowdownContinue reading “Sweet Candy Canes – Merry & Bright”
Special Day, Special Person – Framed Florets
Happy Sunday! I had an opportunity to squeeze in a clean and simple card for the Freshly Made Sketches (#558) and Color Throwdown (#715) challenges. Did you have a chance to be creative this weekend? Here is the result: Steps: Card Base: (8½” x 5½” scored at 4¼”) Basic White cardstock. The sentiment, For aContinue reading “Special Day, Special Person – Framed Florets”
Soft Seedlings – Hello
Welcome back! A Sunday to play in the Studio… Playing with Color Throwdown (#714) and the sketch over at Atlantic Hearts (#494). Here is the result: Steps: Card Base: (8½” x 5½” scored at 4¼”) Early Espresso cardstock. Background Panel: (5¼” x 4”) Sahara Sand / Early Espresso Dotted Grid patterned piece of paper fromContinue reading “Soft Seedlings – Hello”
