Happy Birthday {CTD339}

Hello and happy Wednesday! It's time for another Color Throwdown challenge and this week it a dramatic color palette - take a peek!

Gorgeous, right?! I loved the daisies on the cell phone cover and wanted to use those on my card too. I cut out a few of the Plentiful Petals Die-namics in Smooth White card stock and then added some shimmery yellow card stock in the center (with some black enamel dots too, of course). I stamped the sentiment in Sweet Tooth pigment ink and heat embossed it with white embossing powder. Love the look of the white lettering on black. Yummy!

Be sure to check out what the rest of the Color Throwdown team created for you today:

• Barbara Anders 
• Broni Holcombe 
• Joan Ervin 
• Jodi Collins 
• Lori Tecler 
• Monika Davis
• Tammy Hershberger
• Vickie Zimmer 
• Wanda Cullen

Thanks so much for stopping by!

recipe -
stamps: big birthday wishes (sss)
paper: smooth white (mft), black licorice (mft), yellow pearl shimmer (crafters companion), sunshine yellow (sss)
ink: sweet tooth pigment (mft)
accessories: plentiful petals die-namics (mft), black enamel dots (doodlebug designs), white embossing powder, foam tape

Happy You're My Friend {SSSC261}

This week absolutely flew by! It must be the warmer weather, right? I feel like stamping flowers and bright, happy colors all the time right now. Might as well go with it until the flowers finally bloom here in my brown, dormant yard. 

I'm back with this week's Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge - yay! Here's a peek at the sketch:

For this card I used the Reflections stamp set from Paper Smooches and I stamped the leaves in Factory Green ink and then filled in the blossoms randomly.  The sentiment is from Flowers On My Mind by Simon Says Stamp, which I simply stamped on a strip of Smooth White card stock. Easy peasy!

Hop on over to the Sweet Sunday Sketch Blog to take a peek at all cards from the design team and you can link up your project there as well. Happy stamping!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

recipe -
stamps: flowers on my mind (sss), reflections (paper smooches)
paper: smooth white (mft)
ink: black licorice (mft), bubblegum (mft), safety orange (mft), factory green (mft), blu raspberry (mft)
accessories: white enamel dots (freckled fawn), foam tape

THANK you

Hello and happy hump day! I have had lots of time to stamp this week (stay tuned!) and I've been playing some more with the Flowers On My Mind set from Simon Says Stamp. The layout is really simple, but the striped paper from Simple Stories really gives it a ton of energy, don't you think?

Thanks so much for stopping by!

recipe -
stamps: flowers on my mind (sss)
paper: primitive white (mft), vintage bliss 6x6 (simple stories)
ink: steel grey (mft), safety orange (mft), factory green (mft), blu raspberry (mft)
accessories: onyx pearl liquid pearls (ranger), foam tape

You've Been On My Mind {SSSC260}

Good morning! I have a new card for you, using Sweet Sunday Sketch SSSC260.  I love the wonky panel - it's so perfect for a piece of patterned paper.  Here's a look at the sketch -

My Kit of the Month from Simon Says Stamp arrived this week and I couldn't wait to use this delicious paper! Yellow, grey, and black is scrumptious! The kit came with journaling cards, so I used one of those with the flower trio on it for the main panel. I stamped the sentiment in Versamark ink and then heat embossed it with white super fine powder. Yum! I also added a few enamel dots (not with the kit, but perfectly delicious) to fill up some of the white space.

Hop on over to the Sweet Sunday Sketch Blog to take a peek at all the design team cards and you can link up your card there as well. Happy stamping!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

recipe -
stamps: flowers on my mind (sss)
paper: fog card stock (sss), 6x6 patterned paper (authentique), journaling card (authentique)
ink: versamark
accessories: super fine detail white embossing powder (sss), enamel dots  (mme), fishtail flag layers stax die-namics (mft), foam tape

love U

Well, hello there! I hope you had a good weekend. My boy had a dance recital on Friday and Saturday, so it was a pretty jam-packed couple of days. Sunday was just pure football-watching laziness and bliss. And I loved every minute of it!

I meant to blog this card last week, but never got around to taking pictures for it. So, here you go! I created the background using the Plaid Background Builder from My Favorite Things and then cut out the Heart Full of Love Die-namics in Smooth White and Smoke card stock. I wanted to have something a bit more than the love die and the U, so I snuck a little fishtail flag underneath the U. And, of course, I added a few sequins.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

recipe -
stamps: plaid background builder (mft)
paper: smooth white (mft), smoke (sss), electric red (mft), sno cone (mft)
ink: smoke (sss), fog (sss)
accessories: heart full of love die-namics (mft), by the letter upper die-namics (mft), fishtail flags stax (mft), shine bright sequin mix (verve), foam tape