Inkspirations Colour Challenge 17

Wow! I can't even imagine what it would be like to move from one side of a country to the other, but that is what Makeesha has done. She has moved from Perth to Cairns, and I am sure it won't take long for them to settle in. (It might take a bit longer to get used to the humidity LOL!).

Here is another 'Inkspiration Colour Challenge' with very yummy colours ....

Stamps: Everyday button bits (PTI), Polka dot basics (PTI)

Card: Kraft, very vanilla, so saffron & chocolate chip DSP, chocolate chip

Ink: Chocolate chip, versamark, so saffron

Accessories: Melon berry vintage buttons (PTI), so saffron wide twill (SU!), fiskars scallop scissors

Inkspiration Sketch Challenge 14

It has been forever since I have been able to do one of Keesh's challenges, what with missong mojo and Calum's broken leg (which is definitely on the mend now!). So here is the sketch ...

... and here is my card ...

Stamps: Fancy flourishes (PTI), Lots of thoughts (SU!), A happy heard (SU!)

Ink: Close to cocoa, riding hood red

Card: Pink pirouette, close to cocoa, very vanilla, candy lane (DSP)

Accessories: Chocolate twill ribbon, pink button, rustic twine, paper snips, dimensionals

{two} for one

Woohoo! Another {two} challenges done, and before the deadline. This card is for my MIL's birthday tomorrow and I have used Karen Giron's SSSC27 along with Makeesha's Inkspiration Colour Challenge. You can't see in the photo, but I have used stickles on the background and on the flowers. This is also one of the new stamps from the new SU! Spring mini which will be available from the 1st of August.

Karen's Sketch:



Inkpiration Colours: Rose red, mellow moss, always artichoke and very vanilla

Stamps: SU! Soft summer, PTI Damask designs

Card: Rose red, very vanilla, mellow moss and always artichoke

Ink: Rose red, always artichoke and mellow moss

Accessories: Stickles

Tools: Nesties (thankyou Sue), Bigshot, Fiskars threading water punch, paper snips, stamp-a-majig

Inkspiration Colour Challenge #7 & SSSC #18

This is a 2-for-1 challenge. I have done the 'Inkspiration Colour Challenge' and the sketch I have used is from Karen Giron's 'Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge'. I think I am on some sort of mission LOL! The colours are:

Chocolate chip, really rust, sage shadow and very vanilla

And you can see Karen's sketch above.

Stamps: SU Lovely as a tree, SU Occasional greetings

Ink: Chocolate chip (+marker), really rust (+marker), sage shadow (+marker)

Card: Very vanilla, chocolate chip, DSP Outlaw (retired)

Accessories: Twine, brads

Tools: 1/4" circle punch, paper piercer, paper snips, dimensionals

Makeesha's Inkspiration Challenge #5

If you would like to play along, go here.






Stamps: Eastern blooms, embrace life & friendly flowers
Card: Sahara sand, soft sky, whisper white & blue bayou
Ink: Blue bayou, soft sky & sahara sand
Accessories: Silver brads, blue bayou dlb stitched ribbon
Tools: Cornder punch, 1/2" circle punch

Makeesha's Sketch Challenge #5

I needed to make a card for my Nan. I am trying to keep up to date on my birthday list. So I used Mekeesha's Sketch challenge for this one. If you would like to play along go here.

Stamps: Warmest regards (retired) & Live you dream

Card: Soft sky, chocolate chip, whisper white & 'afternoon tea' DSP

Ink: Wild wasabi & chocolate chip

Accessories: Brads

Tools: Fiskars 'threading water' punch, sponge

(All products used are Stampin' Up!)

Makeesha's Sketch Challenge #2

I was on a bit of a roll last night, even though we are in the middle of a heat wave here in Melbourne, and last night we experienced our first power blackout between 1830-2030. But I didn't have huge plans for today (just relaxing - because it is still HOT!), I was able to stay up a bit later (1 am).

Anyway, back to business. Here is my second card for Makeesha's sketch challenge (scroll down for my previous one). As you can tell, this is my 'boy' card.

Stamps: SU! Congrats, SU! polka dot punches & PTI wise owl

Card: SU! Maine Bluberry DSP, bashful blue, not quite navy, whisper white & old olive

Ink: Old olive, bashful blue, night of navy

Accessories: SU! Wide dble stitch ribbon, twine, paper snips, sponge + dauber

Makeesha's Sketch Challenge

This is my first card for Makeesha's sketch challenge this week. I have a few babies arriving in the next couple of months, so I thought I will get a couple of cards done.

Both the sets that I have used you can get free during our 'Sale-a-Bration' promotion with Stampin up! for details go here.

Stamps: Congrats & Polka Dot Punches

Ink: Pretty in pink, regal rose (marker), rose red (marker)

Card: Rose red, pretty in pink, whisper white, regal rose & georgia peach DSP

Accessories: Wide regal rose grosgrain ribbon, pink taffeta ribbon, 1/2 sml pearl, stickles, sponge

Makeesha's Sketch Challenge

Here is another card using 'pick a petal'. It seems to be my 'flavour of the month' stamp set at the moment. Here I have used it for Makeesha's sketch challenge which you can see/play here.

I started this card with the flower and built it up from there. And these are definitely NOT my usual colours.

Stamps: SU! pick a petsl. SU! jumbo 'so swirly' wheel & PTI polka dot basics, SU! best yet

Card: Whisper white, basic black

Ink: Yoyo yellow (+marker) & basic black (+marker)

Accessories: Crimper, paper snips, 1/2" circle punch, rhinewtone brad, stickles, dimensionals

Makeesha's Colour Challenge

Here is this weeks challenge from Makeesha. If you feel like playing along, you can find all the details here. The colours were close to cocoa, groovy guava, soft sky & very vanilla.

Stamps: Lovely as a tree & occasional greeting
Card: Very vanilla, groovy guava, close to cocoa & soft sky
Ink: Soft sky, close to cocoa (& marker)
Accessories: Groovy guava dbl stitch ribbon, large oval punch, 1" circle punch, slot punch, fiskars 'threading water' punch, bone scorer

Makeesha'a Sketch Challenge

Just a quickie today (it's cleaning day!). Here is my card for Keesh's sketch challenge. I cased the colours and part of the layout from our current SU! catalogue.

Stamps: Short and Sweet, frames with a flourish, rough texture jumbo wheel

Card: Blue bayou, soft sky, real red & very vanilla

Ink: Real red & blue bayou

Accessories: Spiral punch, paper snips

Makeesha's Inspiration Challenge

For some reason this challenge really stumped me, so I finally thought that I might try a christmas card and just use the colours from the inspiration photo ....

You can see Makeesha's samples here.

Stamps: Season of Joy

Card: Whisper white, blue bayou, sahara sand & sof sky

Ink: Sahara sand, blue bayou, soft sky

Accessories: Soft sky dbl stitch ribbon, stickles

Beate's WSC #65 & Makeesha's Colour Challenge

Another 2 for 1 deal. I have used Beate's weekend sketch challenge for Makeesha's Colour challenge. Here is the sketch ....

And the colours for Makeesha's challenge are: Chocolate chip, regal rose, certainly celery and very vanilla

Stamps: Live your dream

Card: Very vanilla, certainly celery, chocolate chip & regal rose

Ink: Regal rose (marker), certainly celery (marker) & chocolate chip

Accessories: corner rounder, circle template creative memories, stickles

PS: sorry about photo (sun wouldn't come out)

Makeesha Tri-fold/Joy fold Challenge

Makeesha ... Thanks for the push to get this challenge done. It was not too hard and I liked the way it turned out. If you want to see some great inspiration and join in some more challenges, go to Makeesha's blog here.

Stamps: Family phrases
Card: Kraft, old olive, pumpkin pie, whisper white, bashful blue & DS 'summer picnic'
Ink: Pumpkin pie
Accessories: Wide old olive grosgrain ribbon, paper piercer & template, large & small star punch

Makeesha's 'No Stamping' Challenge

I used this weeks sketch challenge from SCS for this one. The only condition was that there was no stamping, so I used a rub-on instead.

Don't forget to scroll down as I have published 3 cards today ....

Stamps: NONE

Card: Whisper white, kraft & 'notebook' DS paper

Ink: NONE

Accessories: Jumbo eyelets, rub-on & brown grosgrain ribbon

Makeesha's Cased Sketch Challenge

Ok this was really weird because I don't actually case many cards from the catalogue (in fact none!) except this one. So for Makeesha's Cased Sketch challenge I will show both cards that I have done ....

I am not really happy with these colors, but I did like the way the card turned out. I used my SU! color coach and chose barely banana, perfect plum and gable green. The stamps I used were bold butterfly, short & sweet and flitting by wheel.

... and this is the card that I cased a while ago. You can see all the details of this card here.

Beate's WSC #56 & Makeesha's Colour Challenge

Yes, this is a two for one deal ... I have done Beate's Weekend Sketch Challenge (WSC #56) and Makeesha's Colour Challenge. First time for both. You can go to Beate's blog to have a look at all the wonderful projects that she does. And the colours for Makeesha's challenge are:

Certainly Celery, Regal Rose & Apricot Appeal

Makeesha blog has lots of great projects and card designs to ...

Stamps: Boho Background
Card: Certainly celery, apricot appeal & regal rose
Paper: Certainly celery DS paper
Ink: Basic black & apricot appeal
Accessories: Certain celery wide grosgrain ribbon, fiskars threading water punch