DCM - June Colour Palette

The new dare is up over on the Daring Cardmakers blog and it's colour palette week.

Kathy chose this beauty with hues of purples and a splash of black and dared us (and you) to create a card using it as inspiration.

Here is the card I made

This is my favourite stamp at the moment and is 'Dancin Mae' from Some Odd Girl.  It really sums me up really!! I decided to colour (not well) Mae in purples and greys and used a mix of Promarkers and Kurecolor pens to do this.  The lilac card really makes the image pop and I just love the Spellbinder Nestabilities Lacy Circles die to mat it on.

The flowers down the side are the Jewel Flowers and Flourishes Cut - Emboss - Stencil dies from Spellbinders and I have been able to use them in my Xcut Xpress machine with the tan mat so I have edges are embossed.  

I have found that you need to set the dial on the Xcut Xpress machine to 5 - 5.5 and then run it through again with the tan mat on top.  The beauty of the Xpress machine is that it can be tweaked ever so slightly to get the perfect cut/emboss!

The papers behind are from one of Ruby Rock-it's older wedding releases, Two Hearts Flourish but are still fantastic to use.  I often get asked too which ink I have used so here I have used the Brilliance Black ink and clear embossing powder.

The rest of the Dare Cardmakers DT have made some beauties too so please do head on over and take a look!

Have a wonderful day!

Beckie :)

Ruby Rock-It and Some Odd Girl Blog Hop

WELCOME, friends! We're SO excited you've joined us for a fun and fabulous BLOG HOP featuring Ruby Rock-it and our friends, Some Odd Girl!

Our designers have all gathered together to bring you a fun event that incorporates both Ruby Rock-it and Some Odd Girl products into our creations, and we are READY TO ROCK-IT! 

Can you handle the excitement? :)

Let's do it!

You can hop NOW through Saturday, May 31st at midnight Eastern, and there are PRIZES to be won! Oh yes, there are prizes... Two lucky winners will receive a $20 gift certificate to the Some Odd Girl store, as well as this fabulous kit, the "Bella! Year in Review" collection from Ruby Rock-it:

All along the hop, you'll see inspiration from the Odd Girls and the Ruby Rock-it Creative Team, and all you have to do to be eligible to win one of the two prizes is leave a comment at each stop along the hop.

You should have arrived from Leah's blog, but if not, you can CLICK HERE to get started at the beginning! You'll wrap up at the Ruby Rock-it blog, but you have many stops in between!

Products Used : Ruby Rock-It Oriental Chic Collection 

Some Odd Girl 'Dancin Mae' stamp

Artiste Watercolour Pens

Isn't this just a fun stamp!  Loved everything about it and know that I will use this one again and again!

 I decided to stamp Dancin Mae on different sheets of the Oriental Chic paper and then cut each section up before paper piecing them together to create a fabric effect for the clothes.

On some sections of the stamped image I used some Artiste watercolours to enhance the hair line and to give a soft feel to the face.

One of the labels in the Oriental Chic die-cut pack was perfect for adding the really fun title ....

'Dance like know one is watching'  

Such a fabulous quote!

The Ruby Rock-it Creative Team had a lot of fun working with Some Odd Girl stamps for our creations! Leave your comment below, and from here, you're going to head on over and visit Marilyn! In case you're bouncing around at your own leisure, here's the full hop list...

Some Odd Girl blog
Candice
Linda
Jenifer
Dana
Pattie
Leah
Beckie
Marilyn
Erin
Paola
Kaka
Lenny
Monique
Nicole
Katie
June
Suzanne
Alicia
Stephanie
Ruby Rock-it Blog

WHEW! SO much to see along the 21 different stops! Have fun, happy hopping, and thank you so much for joining us! Our hop winners will be announced at the main blogs on Monday, June 2nd… GOOD LUCK!