Playing with Aqua Painters @ Dynamic Duos

Wow - I simply could not resist this colour combination at Dynamic Duos this week. So, I pulled out my Aqua Painters and got to work.

The card in person looks a lot more 'blended' in person than it does in the photo though. Not sure what happened there!

Bashful Blue is my favourite subtle colour. It's absolutely perfect for baby and sympathy cards. This is one of the colours being retired with the new catalogue this year. And although I'm sad to see it go, it gives me a chance to find another 'go to'! It's always good to step out of your comfort zone and change things up a bit. Can't wait to see the new catty :)

Check out the colours this week at Dynamic Duos:

Thanks for stopping by!

-Tara
xox

List of Supplies: 
Stamps: Word Play, Pleasant Poppies
Paper: Bashful Blue CS, Pumpkin Pie DSP, Watercolour Paper
Embellishment: Linen Thread
Tools: Aqua Painters, Corner punch

A new colour challenge at Sunday Stamps!

It's time for another colour challenge at Sunday Stamps!

These great colours are courtesy of the lovely Steph. And I sure did love them! But let me tell you how shocked I was to find that not only do I not have a Perfect Plum ink pad... I also don't have a Perfect Plum marker... or anything other than a lone sheet of cardstock! My use of colour was very limited for this one ;)

Notice how the butterfly looks like it's coming out of the Whisper White piece, and you can see the Perfect Plum in behind? I discovered that if you go to punch out your butterfly, but don't depress the punch all the way, it punches out only the wings and you can curl them up - the rest of the butterfly is still attached to the main panel. I fell in love... The rest of the card I just kept simple, since I wanted the words and the butterfly to really stand out.

I hope that you will join us this week at Sunday Stamps for this awesome colour challenge. Be sure to check out what the rest of the design team has to show!

Thanks for stopping by today!

-Tara
xox

CAS for Sunday Stamps

Anytime I work with red and black together, I always seem to lean towards "Clean and Simple". It doesn't get much more simple than this!
 

I stamped half of the big Pleasant Poppies with versamak on Watercolour paper. After embossing with black embossing powder, I coloured with Real Red and a blender pen... I wasn't too careful with my colouring - I like a little messy look sometimes!

This week's challenge is brought to you by Holly!

Look forward to seeing what you create for this week's Sunday Stamps challenge!

-Tara
xox

List of supplies:
Stamps: Pleasant Poppies, Word Play
Tools: Heat Tool, Black embossing powder

Sketch time at Sunday Stamps!

Hello!

Guess what? Sunday Stamps has a sketch for you this week - and it's awesome :)

**See end of this post for a list of supplies**

I used the Fan Fair DSP in my card this week, and I just LOVE it. I love it so much that instead of stamping my main image, I punched out a section of the DSP and framed it with some modified Fancy Flower punch bits.

The sentiment is from the Word Play set, which you can now order single stamps from!! How awesome is that, eh?

Joan is hosting this week, and she worked her magic to come up with this beauty:

And we have a new face over at Sunday Stamps, so hop on over there and see who it is!!

Can't wait to see what you create this week!

-Tara
xox

List of supplies: 
Stamps: Word Play
Colour: Island Indigo, Ivory, Basic Gray
Papers: Island Indigo CS, Naturals Ivory CS, Fan Fair DSP
Embellishments: Metallic brads
Tools: Fancy Flower punch, 2-1/2" Circle Punch, sanding block

Sunburst at The Friday Mashup!

Good morning!

Today we're doing a fun technique at The Friday Mashup! Rita has got us going on a great challenge that is perfect for showing off DSP, which is exactly what I did :)

I absolutely love the Fan Fair DSP... it's one of the first packs in the new catalogue that caught my eye... but then I didn't use it for the longest time. I whipped it out for my monthly class the other night, and then again for this challenge. What do you think?

**See a list of supplies at the end of this post**

The sentiment on this one is stamped onto a piece of Naturals Ivory (I know, I've been addicted to this lately!) that I cut to measure 1-1/2". After I stamped, I punched it out with the 2-1/2" Circle punch to give it some nice rounded corners. I fancied up the slat edges with a decorative label punch that was cut in half.

Check out the challenge this week. We'd love to see you playing along!

So here is the "Mashup" Challenge:

1. Make a project with the sketch.
2. Or Make a project with "Starburst technique".
3. Or "Mash it Up" and create a project using the "sketch and starburst technique". 

Thanks for stopping by today!

-Tara

xox

List of Supplies:

Stamps: Word Play

Paper: Fan Fair DSP

Colours: Riding Hood Red, Pink Pirouette, Naturals Ivory, Early Espresso, Soft Suede

Embellishments: Pink Pirouette Taffeta Ribbon

Tools: Decorative Label punch, 2-1/2" Circle punch

2 for 1 - Sunday Stamps & Play Date Cafe!

Good Sunday morning!!

I've got two (very different!) cards to share with you this morning for two separate challenges :) First up, Monica is hosting at Sunday Stamps this week and she has a great sketch for us!

I used the lovely Open Sleigh stamp set for this card and some Dazzling Details. The paper is from the Candlelight Christmas specialty paper and I finished it off with a Cherry Cobbler seam binding bow.

And here's the fabulous sketch from Monica. It's such a versatile sketch, keep it handy!

Also, because I was in my craft room and was ready to leave, I made a card for the Play Date Cafe as well - I just LOVED the colours this week. In fact, I want to make another one!

I kept the theme of the storyboard throughout my card with the feathers/brads. The "stone" colour in my card is in the antique brad. The feathers are stamped in Midnight Muse and coloured lightly with Calypso Coral. I then added a layer of Vellum cardstock overtop and stamped the sentiment. I held it together with the antique brad - I intentionally left the top part unattached so that when the card was standing up, the vellum would turn down a bit.

Because it was a square card, I made a scrapling with the 1-1/4" piece that was left once I cut the card down to 4-1/4" x 4-1/4". Love those little things :)

Thanks for stopping by today!

-Tara
xox