Amazing Grace

Well, there is nothing like waiting until nearly the very last minute!  I'm not usually a procrastinator and I've known for a couple of weeks that I wanted to enter the challenge over at the Craft Hoarders Anonymous Challenge Blog and what do I do, wait until the day of with only hours to go to get the project done and posted.  Whew!  I've worked all the morning long to get it done!  Okay, maybe not that long, but I do love the way the card turned out.  Clean, simple and blue.  I do so love my blue!

The challenge was to use a blue color palette and some of your hoarded stuff.  I have quite a bit of that.  The grosgrain ribbon, the patterned paper and the shimmer mist are all from my stash.  I don't remember the name of the patterned paper as this is the last sheet I had.  The ribbon is almost gone and I know I will cry when that is so.  Sigh... all good things come to an end, eventually!

Stamp Set:  Amazing Grace (Our Daily Bread); Inks:  Night of Navy (Stampin' Up!), Antique Linen Distress Ink and Vintage Photo Distress Ink (Tim Holtz); Card Stock:  Night of Navy, Soft Sky and Wild Wasabi (Stampin' Up!), Patterned Paper; Accessories & Tools:  Top Note Die, 5/8" Night of Navy Grosgrain Ribbon - retired, Floral Fusion Sizzlits, Itty Bitty Punch Pack Flower, Bird Builder Punch and Stampin' Dimensionals (Stampin' Up!), Pearl Glimmer Mist (Tattered Mist)

You can find the color palette and the details of the challenge HERE on the Craft Hoarders Anonymous Challenge Blog.  Gorgeous, right?  It's blue!

Thanks for stopping in at the Coffee Pot Stamping Cafe,

Marsha

Ribboned Happy Birthday

Today found me up at the early hour of 4 a.m.  Considering I didn't get to bed until after midnight, that just wasn't enough sleep.  Since I couldn't get back to sleep, I got up and made a card.  Isn't that what you do when you can't sleep?

There were several challenges this week that I wanted to participate in and it worked out that this card fit the bill for them.  I love how that works out sometimes.  I'm going to keep this short as I have a few photos to add to the post.  First, is the Timeless Tuesday Double The Ribbon Challenge over at Flourishes.  The challenge was to use two kinds of ribbon.  I used a wide ribbon and a narrow ribbon.  Here's how I used them.

Stamp Sets:  Delightful Dozen and God's Blessings (Stampin' Up!); Inks:  Night of Navy (Stampin' Up!); Card Stock:  Not Quite Navy, Pool Party and Whisper White (Stampin' Up!), ADORBS Patterned Paper (My Mind's Eye); Accessories & Tools:  Small Octagons Nestabilities (Spellbinders), 1-1/4" Not Quite Navy Striped Grosgrain Ribbon and Corner Rounder Punch (Stampin' Up!), 1/8" Vanilla Ribbon (Offray), Big Shot Die-Cutting Machine

Taylored Expressions is turning five this week, so I've been playing along with all of the fun challenges and games they've been doing.  This one was to play Tic Tac Toe which is why you see , rhinestones, happy birthday and ribbon.  I'll be posting this to the Splitcoaststampers Gallery.  Click on the image below to head over to the Taylored Expressions blog and see all that's happening to celebrate their birthday.

A relatively new challenge for me is the one at Seize the Birthday.  All you do is make and post a birthday card.  Since I always seem to need birthday cards, this gives me the opportunity to stay on top of those cards I need to make and send.  Click on the image below to head over and see all the great projects.

Here is the wonderful sketch I used for my card.  Click on the image below to head over to the Freshly Made Sketches blog.  I love the clean and simple look of their sketches.  This, too, is new to me.

Whew!  A much longer post than normal but it was such fun to find all of these great challenges.  Now I'm off to find a new challenge to join.

Until next time. . .happy creating!