Remembering

While not the traditional red, white and blue, I think the Lost Lagoon and Real Red colors from the Colour Me...! Challenge worked well for a tribute to those we remember each year on September 11th.  It's hard to believe that it has been 14 years.  As with many of you, I remember that day only too well.

Stamp Sets:  Flower Shop, Gorgeous Grunge, Wetlands (sentiment); Inks:  Lost Lagoon, Real Red;
Card Stock:  Real Red, Whisper White, Whisper White Thick; Accessories & Tools:  Bold Butterfly Framelits Dies, Pansy Punch, Scallop Oval Punch, Pearl Basic Jewels, Glue Dots, SNAIL Permanent Adhesive, Stampin' Trimmer, Big Shot Die-Cutting Machine.  All Stampin' Up!® product unless otherwise noted.

The colors I used are from Colour Me...! Challenge.

The sketch I used is from Freshly Made Sketches.

Thanks for stopping in at the Coffee Pot Stamping  Cafe,

Marsha

Monochromatic Butterfly

There is just time for a quick post before the next round of thunder storms rumble through.  I always shut things down and unplug the computer when there is lots of lightning.  It's just safer that way.  Please forgive my lousy photo taking.  I've not had the change to set up the light tent so the pictures come out a bit darker and less clear when taken at night.  I've been redoing my craft studio and changed my other mind about how the cabinets should be set up.  Remind me not to do that again.  :-)  Big chore but it's so worth it!

So, on to the card I made for the Colour Me...! Challenge and the Freshly Made Sketches.  I love being able to combine challenges.  With several birthdays on my calendar, I thought the monochromatic theme would make a beautiful birthday card.  What do you think?

Stamp Sets:  Bloom with Hope (retired), Kinda Eclectic, Swan Lake (Flourishes); Ink:  Mossy Meadow; Card Stock:  Mossy Meadow, Whisper White, Whisper White Thick; Accessories & Tools:  Elegant Butterfly Punch, Banner Punch, Whisper White Baker's Twine, Green Button (from my stash), Pearl Basic Jewels, Dimensionals, Glue Dots, SNAIL Adhesive, Stampin' Trimmer.  All Stampin' Up!® product unless otherwise noted.

The monochromatic theme I used is from the Colour Me...! Challenge.

The sketch I used is from Freshly Made Sketches.

Thanks for stopping in at the Coffee Pot Stamping Cafe,

Marsha

Lovely Amazing You

Okay, who set the clock on fast forward?  I thought I had plenty of time to get to some of my favorite challenges but looking at my schedule (yes, I do write everything down - I'm a list maker), I've completely missed the mark on several of them and now I don't have time for all of them.  Who knows, I may just get a couple more done and posted.  Wouldn't you just love to be inundated with new projects from yours truly all the day long?  Well, maybe not.  :-)

So, today I focused on the color challenge from the Colour Me...! Challenge.  I love blue and I like monochromatic so it was an easy pick for me.  I absolutely love the new Lovely Amazing You stamp set from Stampin' Up!®  The feathers and the sentiment and all the other elements to the set.  I added just a touch of Sahara Sand and love the way it looks.  The sentiment is stamped with a full inking of the stamp but I stepped off the feathers since I wanted a softer look.

One of the things I try to do each month, is send a card to family and friends.  I think this one will be a perfect one for my oldest granddaughter, Bailey.  She's such a lovely young lady and I do so admire her and all that she is accomplishing.  I'm so proud of her!

Stamp Set:  Lovely Amazing You; Inks:  Sahara Sand, Soft Sky; Card Stock:  Soft Sky, Whisper White; Accessories & Tools:  Linen Thread, Ticket Corner Punch, Clear Button, Glue Dots, SNAIL Adhesive, Stampin' Trimmer

The colors I used are from the current Colour Me...! Challenge.

Thanks for stopping in at the Coffee Pot Stamping Cafe,

Marsha

A Masculine Birthday Card

Masculine birthday cards are not something I get to make very often.  Rather surprising when you factor in I have three sons and seven grandsons.  I think that's because of the three sons two birthdays are in October and one is in December.  Of the seven grandsons three are in January, one is in February, one is in July, one is in October and one is in November. That bunches most of them together so I don't get to stretch them out throughout the year.  Now that I'm volunteering to make sure each resident in my building gets a birthday card, I'll get to make more masculine ones.  I'm looking forward to it.

Stamp Sets:  Simply Sketched - sentiment (retired), Traveler; Inks:  Pear Pizzazz, Tuxedo Black Memento; Card Stock:  Basic Black, Crumb Cake, Garden Green, Trim the Tree Designer Series Paper Stack (retired), Whisper White; Accessories & Tools:  1/8" Silver Mini Brads, Ticket Corner Punch (retired), SNAIL Adhesive, Dimensionals, Paper Piercing Tool, Stampin' Trimmer

The colors I used are from the current Colour Me...! Challenge.

Thanks for stopping in at the Coffee Pot Stamping Cafe,

Marsha Reed

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A Challenge Trio

Something I rarely do is try to combine three challenges on one project.  So, yes I did try it on this card.  I kept it very simple and used some of that gorgeous new Sheer Perfection Designer Vellum Stack from Stampin' Up!®  I love that stuff!  I used my Simply Scored Stylus to burnish the back side of the vellum.  It turns the image white and it raises it up a bit which is hard to see in a picture.  I love the way it adds color to the vellum image.

The sketch is from Retro Sketches.  The colors from Colour Me...!  The theme is from The Paper Players.  I changed it up a bit as far as the sketch but I'm hoping I pulled off the basic shapes they were after.  So, tell me, how do you think I did?  :-)

Stamp Set:  Best Day Ever (sentiment); Ink:  Tangelo Twist; Card Stock:  Whisper White, Tangelo Twist, Sheer Perfection Designer Vellum Stack; Accessories & Tools:  Flower Medallion Punch, Simply Scored Stylus, Stampin' Pierce Mat, Dimensionals, Adhesive Sheets (Scrapbook Adhesives)

Here is the sketch from Retro Sketches.

Here are the colors from Colour Me...!

Here is the theme from The Paper Players.

Thanks for stopping in at the Coffee Pot Stamping Cafe,

Marsha

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