Color Cue time, once again!

Ooooooowwww! It's time to get my COLOR-ONNNNN!



Sweet Mrs. "W" {as in WPLUS9}, Dawn, has assembled another scrumptious color swatch to entertain, delight and s-t-r-e-c-h our color expertise, once again! Are YOU ready?



I sure hope so! Here's what I came up with ~


Since lovely Dawn, so kindly reminded me that it's not just STAMP, ink and paper that can "make" the color palette sing... I grabbed some wonderful material that I've had stashed in a pocket in one of my {many!} scrapbooking totes... for a LONG time! Anywhooo, looked "HARVEST GOLD" enough to me, so I made some flowers! {*Gasp!*} AND liked it!!! Then, I grabbed some stamps - from FOUR different sets, from W9, and had a card craft FESTIVAL! What FUN!

Let's check out what the OTHER lovelies from Dawn's creative team came up with!

Jinny

Savitri
Maile
Kerrianne
Hannah
&
Dawn!

Wahooooooo! Color FUN! Don'tcha know! {*Swoon!*}

I cannot WAIT to see what YOU come up with! Head on over to Stamp Away With Me and Giddy on UP!

{Yeeeee Haw!}


Supplies -

C/S - Stampin' Up!
Stamps - WPLUS9 design studio
Ink - Stampin' Up!
Scallop Edge Punch - Stampin' Up!
Half Pearls - Kaiser Craft
Alcohol Ink - {used to custom color pearls in flowers...}
Ribbon - Making Memories

All Eyes On... RIBBON!

So, if you haven't acquainted yourself properly with Dawn Woleslagle and her amazing blog, I sincerely hope you will, soon! She's really on a groove these days, between her dynamic stamp line, super sense of design and color, and the overall fact that she's just a crazy-nice kind of soul, she is featuring a monthly post, showcasing one particular technique... This month she was responding to a fair amount of inquiry regarding her amazing way with ribbon... {And BELIEVE me, she is a magician of technique and engineering on the subject!!!} Anywhoo, when she shared with the design team the subject of this month's "All Eyes On" feature.... I gulped, real hard.

You see, I have never ventured into much "ribbon art", unless it was a sweet lil' bow. That's about all that's on my resume, regarding ribbon.

Oh, and I hoard it. {But you probably already knew THAT!}




Determined NOT to let Dawn down, I "googled" hand made ribbon flower tutorials... And basically clicked on the first post that sounded applicable. So, for a novice, ribbon flower maker, I was able to cough up, this:




(*Gasp!*) I can't believe I made that!

The tutorial I found was awesome! Several terrific pictures and super easy to follow instructions ~ please visit here if you've never made one of these because it was super fun and easy, and brace yourself.... You'll be seeing a LOT more of these from me! hee hee

Here's my card in it's entirety. I had a LOT of fun using a variety of Dawn's stamps from three different sets and Cosmo Cricket's new line, DeLovely.... {and, it truly is DELIGHTFUL!}



I'm so excited about how this all came together! I decided not to add my own tutorial because this gal, Sharon, did such an outstanding job and being the "ranch gal" that I am, I'm saving you the burden of having to see my un-manicured hands close up... Nevertheless, I have to add just a few recommendations, including the use of "Fabri-tac", if you've never tried the stuff - it's fantastic! I use it with 90% of my ribbon/fabric gluing needs ~ it dried FAST, and in most cases NEVER shows through the ribbon and really sticks! I used it to attach the pearl to the center of this lil' flower and also to secure the ribbon to the card stock base. The only note of caution I have about this product is that it can produce the most microscopic and spider-web like strings... You might not even notice them - UNTIL PHOTOGRAPHY! And while this might be a desired look, say for a Halloween card..., otherwise, not so good. Just use your best eyes at clean-up time. I can't WAIT to try this flower technique with ALL kinds of material - I'm so glad that Dawn gave me a little creative push! Hee Hee

Now, I urge you, GO OVER TO HER BLOG! And learn from her amazing and fun tutorial.... Drool, drool, drool! BUT WAIT, there's more! {Hee Hee} Dawn runs with some pretty amazing friends... Please check out what the rest of the DT "pack" has up their creative sleeves.... You'll be glad you did!

Maile
Savitri
Kerrianne
Heather
Hannah

AND right now, a special, limited time offer ~ for even MORE inspiration, check out what my cutie patootie friend, Dana, has done with "burnt edged fabric flower" technique! It's right up the "ribbon art" alley and she has multiple links to tutorial sites, plus her own, riveting explanation of her collection-o-materials and technique. So much coolness in flower craft!!!

Thanks for checking in with me! I'm DElighted that you did and I hope you have a DElovely Father's Day and rest of YOUR weekend!

Supplies -

C/S - Stampin' Up!
D/P - Cosmo Cricket
Stamps - WPLUS9 design studio
Ink - Stampin' Up!
Border Punches - Stampin' Up!
Ribbon - Recollections/Michael's
Self-Stick Pearls - Kaiser Craft
Paper Leaves - Hand cut, hand embossed, coated with Crystal Effects

Color FESTIVAL!

It's a festival of color ~ THROWDOWN STYLE!

Brought to you by my dear and crafty friends at the Color Throwdown! This week, the lovely and talented, Broni is hostessing... Type and click fast, VERY FAST, to see the terrific samples on the Color Throwdown Site and if you have time, check out the DT's private blogs! They have some heavy hitting TALENT on team THROWNDOWN! Lot's of inspiring work! I hope you'll be as excited as I was to play with these fab colors! I'm delighted to start my second week as guest designer for November! Wahooo! Perhaps you'll find a bit of inspiration RIGHT HERE!

Say "Hello" to my litte friends:

So much potential for FABULOUS CRAFT contained in this gorgeous lil' swatch! Wouldn't you agree? Why, THIS card practically made itself.... ! Tee Hee.... Well, with a little help from some fabulous supplies! This week's sponsor is Simon Says Scrap ~ for more info about their awesome resources, check out the link at the GRAND old Throwdown! I have to boast that I won a gift card from them a month or so ago, compliments of a CTD random contest, and I had a DELIGHTFUL shopping spree just last week! Good, clean and inspirational fun, I'll tell you...!

Singing ~ "I went to the dessert on a card with no name, it felt good to get out of the rain!" {Wait, WHAAAAAT?} No, seriously, I can't remember the last time I made a card without a sentiment! This was a big step for me!!! I just had so much fun with these colors: when I finished, there just didn't seem to be a big need for a sentiment! { My M-I-D-D-L-E name is "DANGER!" ~ shhhhh!}




I'm still having an affair with this background stamp! I busted out a BRAYER and re-inkers with the colors of the THROWDOWN! Using some wax paper I loaded my brayer...


And then inked up the cloud stamp and made this:



And with some heavy transparency material, I stamped this beautiful butterfly with Staz-On and let it dry.... THEN, using my trusty CRAFT & RUBBER scissors, I was able to cut this baby out, quite detailed, mind you! Just because S/U! die cuts their stamps now, there are still many uses for the original craft scissors from S/U! LOOK at the antennae! I was shocked that they cut so easily and did NOT break! They look kind of real! WAhooo!




I treated the back side of the butterfly with Tim Holt'z alcohol ink - YIPEE SKIPEE! Pure transparent magic! Alcohol ink works soooooo beautifully with transparent material and dries relatively quickly! Also, after the butterfly was cut out, it was pliable and I was able to pose it in a flight position, bending the wings where they attach to the body. That way, I glued the body direct to to background paper, but the wings are freely floating just above the background, which gives a lovely source for light to shine through and illuminate the image even further. I also used alcohol ink to alter these pearls ~





I hope you can see them here. I'm fairly sure they are from Kaiser Craft.... Watch what happens with a few drops of espresso brown alcohol ink ~




I wound up using these for the butterfly's body! I can't wait to try this with OTHER colors! Yipee!

This truly was a ROMP through color! I had such fun! I can't wait to see how your wrangle the mighty colors of the THROWDOWN! I'm so delighted that you've dropped by! Now, run along to the fine, fun and fabulous Color Throwdown Challenge Site ~ you'll be glad you did! Yee Haw!

Supplies -

C/S - Stampin' Up!
Stamps - Hero Arts
Ink - Stampin' Up!; Tim Holtz Alcohol Ink; Staz-On
Die cut shapes and texture folder - Sizzix/Stampin' Up!
Ribbon - Michael's
Half Pearls - Kaiser Craft
Heavy Transparency Material - Hambly

Hello, lovely and WONDERFUL friend{s}...

Happy Wednesday, to you sweet friends! I am coming to you live from Rancho Durenberger , in Northern California and I need to share something with y'all... and it goes like this, here: Yee Haw! I finished my card for Dawn's Raspberry Suite Color Challenge #15! I just can't explain how good it feels to "put this one to bed!" She's been settin' on my desk top, in pieces, for too many days now. Finally, she's been gussied up and photographed and I'm sending her out to you! Not only that, but note those scallops on the bottom portion of the panel, well: THOSE were inspired by the "Finally Friday Challenge" from SPCC and their guest designer, challenge host, Mara, who is a card making, scrappy Rock Star in her own right! I know it's not Friday anymore {or YET!!!} but that's what's nice about WEDNESDAY, the middle of the week... So this is a two-fer: I sure hope you enjoy!

Out for Publication!

Dawn and her pinky palette have done it again! It took me a while to harvest the colors from my Stampin' Up! "garden-o-color" but I'm thinking we're matched up p r e t t y well! {Sometimes the fun is in the "hunting and gathering," if ya know what I mean!}

Out for publication!

Let me just share with you, a tiny tale about this here sweet lil' butterfly! One of the very first Sizzix "Bigs" dies I HAD to have from Stampin' Up! was this sweet thang RIGHT here! Those butterfly shapes are heavenly and sooooooo full o possibility! So full, indeed... that this is her maiden race from my Sizzix machine! I have a habit of letting the BEST supplies "ferment" for a while, and that's just how I roll.... for whatEVER reason. Regardless, I'm ALWAYS delighted to have the right tool for the right job: KWIM!?!?!

Out for Publication!

So, it wasn't just enough for me that I could place a folded piece of Regal Rose C/S AND a piece of C/S vellum through my machine (AT THE SAME TIME!) and get my ingredients to make this lovely butterfly... But then I had to whip out the ol' x-acto knife {now THAT'S a knife!}, and make a window in the top layer of my card stock, butterfly sandwich! I love the light and shadow effects created by this step, of course, then the butterfly body had to go up a notch to match... So that's when I decided to wrap two Making Memories "Love Notes" shaped pins with a good old fashioned pipe cleaner! Leaving the sharp ends of the pins EXPOSED made me nervous, so I glued and pierced some itty, bitty (please don't ask me the brand! Doh!) pom-poms to the end of my now FLUFFY butterfly and let it fly!

Out for Publication!

I used more of my fun discovery {if you want to learn more, see directions in this post} with water coloring on Very Vanilla card stock and then stamping in the same color onto of the dried paper to create the scallop border... I liked that I was keeping in the colors of the challenge but giving me design versatility that I craved to make this card work. The butterfly "trail" was created with self adhesive half pearls from Kaisercraft... WHAT FUN!

So, my WONDERFUL friends, thanks for fluttering by! Have a BEAUTIFUL day!

Supplies:

Card Stock - Stampin' Up!
Scallop, Oval and Scallop Oval Punches - Stampin' Up!
Die Cut Butterfly - Sizzix/Stampin' Up!
Stamps - Stampin' Up!
Ink- Stampin' Up!
Dimensional Dots - Stampin' Up!
Pipe Cleaner and Pom Poms - My stash!
Half Pearls - Kaiser Craft
Shaped Pins - Making Memories