Curtain Call Act 69 & Mojo Monday 177

Hello there, friends!  How is the weekend treating you?  I hope you've carved out some time in the week ahead to play along with the latest Curtain Call Color Challenge!  I paired up this week's colors with the sketch at Mojo Monday, which I turned on its side.

The photo and colors inspired me to make one more Valentine.  I saw the triangle in the sketch as the bottom of a heart and took a few liberties to adjust the rest of the sketch to my idea, but I hope you can still see it in there.  I used a spray adhesive to attach the heart doily to a hand cut Cherry Cobbler heart.

Can you believe this is the first time I've made a card with a banner?  To make it, I die cut a border with PTI's Victorian Lace die from Real Red cardstock and cut it apart into "flags".  Each section is backed with kraft cardstock stamped with text.  

I stamped two flowers from Verve's Dream Big, cut them out and layered them with over some punched leaves.  The sentiment is also from Dream Big.

Cardstock:  Stampin' Up! (Cherry Cobbler, Real Red), Papertrey Ink (Vintage Cream), Bazzill (kraft)

Patterned paper:  Stampin' Up! (Neutrals DSP)

Stamps:  Verve (Dream Big), Papertrey Ink (Background Basics:  Text Style)

Ink:  Clearsnap (Chianti, Cranberry), Ranger (Antique Linen)

Tools:  Papertrey Ink (Victorian Lace border die), Martha Stewart (leaf punch)

Accessories:  Royal Lace (heart doily), Papertrey Ink (jute twine), thread

The Curtain Call Crew has samples to share, too, so stop by and see:

Jean Martin at Stampin' Scrapper
Julie Lacey at Stamps & Taxes
Laurel Seabrook at Seabrook Designs
Makiko Jones at MakInk Studio
Monika Davis at M.A.D. Stamper
Piali Biswas at Touch of Creation
Silke Ledlow at My Life



...and February Guest Designer, Laurie Willison, then link up your creation using this week's colors.

Thanks for stopping by!  Have a great Sunday!

Papertrey Ink Tag Challenge & Totally Hues Color Challenge

Hi folks!  Just a quick post tonight to share a card I made for today's challenge for the Papertrey Ink anniversary festivities.  Nichole challenged us to make a tag using a frame.  I also used the colors of Heather P.'s first color challenge, called Totally Hues.  Check out her super sweet graphic:

I've always admired Heather's choice of colors, so I had a lot of fun working with these bright hues.  I started with a Hawaiian Shores base, die cut with Tag Sale #1.  I stamped some polka dots along the bottom and heat embossed with white powder (thinking of Heather while doing it, because she does some amazing things with embossing powder too!).

I die cut, stamped, and heat embossed Fillable Frame #10 on Hibiscus Burst cardstock and adhered the frame off the edge of the tag.  I topped it with a flower die cut with Beautiful Blooms II, a Harvest Gold button, and two leaves cut with the Dahlia small leaf die.  Phew, that's a lot of die cutting!

I never would have pulled out these colors on my own, but this made such a happy little tag that I will have fun attaching to a card or gift for someone special.  

Another fun share tonight is an award I received from super sweet Kim at Joyful Creations with Kim.  I'm so delighted that she chose to pass it along to me!

There's a fun twist to this award, which is to pass it along to bloggers from your reader who are fairly new.  I decided to take Kim's lead and choose some of my favorite blogs with less than 100 Followers.  I hope you'll check them out and leave them some love!

Nance Lempinen-Leedy at Canopy Crafts:  Not only is she an incredible stamper with a wonderful sense of design, but she is an absolute doll who always leaves me the sweetest comments.  It's the little details on her cards that set her apart, and her posts never disappoint!

Xiumayuki:  I adore her clean style, and she is one of the nicest gals I've "met" in blog-land!  She's been away from the blog for a few weeks but indicated she'll be back at the end of the month.  I, for one, am anxiously awaiting her newest creations!

Kara at K and R Designs:  I just discovered her blog recently and have been thoroughly impressed with her simple elegance.  She has some really lovely creations!

That's all I have time to share at the moment!  Ladies, enjoy your award!  And thanks again to Kim for passing it on to me!

Thanks for stopping by tonight!  I hope you all have a wonderful weekend planned!

CR84FN14, WMSC #33, and PTI Button Challenge

Welcome back, friends!  I have a fun card to share with you tonight.  Have you been following along with the festivities over at Papertrey Ink?  Well, today's challenge is to use buttons in a unique way.  I immediately thought of this week's Waltzingmouse sketch challenge and the color combo at CR84FN.  Here's the inspiration:

Can I just tell you how much I enjoyed dumping out my buttons and picking through them to find the right ones?  They're just so much fun to look at.  This card actually came together fairly quickly.  First I cut a rectangular window in a piece of scrap paper to use as a mask.  I placed it onto Rustic Cream cardstock with removable adhesive, then stamped the Tin Types background onto the cardstock with Dark Chocolate ink.  

Next I took buttons from my stash and arranged them around the outside of the stamped area to make a frame.  You could adhere them with glue dots, but I prefer the look of stitched buttons, so I took a paper piercer and carefully pierced through each of the button holes.  Then I moved the buttons off of the cardstock, keeping them arranged in the same order so I would know where each one should be stitched.

Once the piercing was done, it was super easy to stitch on the buttons with coordinating floss.  I just used a long strand and did all of the bright pink at once, then the light pink, then the chocolate.

To finish off the card, I mounted the panel with foam adhesive onto a Sweet Blush card base and added a die cut teapot and label.  This little card makes me kind of giddy with all those darling buttons, and I feel good about clearing some out of my hoard collection.

All supplies Papertrey Ink unless noted

Cardstock:  Rustic Cream, Sweet Blush

Stamps:  Tea for Two, Background Basics:  Tin Types

Ink:  Dark Chocolate, Chai tea dye

Tools:  Teapot die, Label die, Corner Chomper (We R Memory Keepers)

Accessories:  Dark Chocolate buttons, pink buttons (my stash), DMC floss, foam adhesive

So glad you dropped by tonight!  I hope you have a happy Friday!

Papertrey Ink Color Challenge-Melissa's colors

I'm back with my last submission to the Papertrey Ink Color Challenge.  My mojo was definitely waning by the time I got to card #4, so I'll have to file the other color combos for future inspiration!  This last card uses Melissa Bickford's favorite combo, shown below.  I also used the current sketch from Clean & Simple.

I started with a Sweet Blush card base and stitched on a Bitty Dot Ripe Avocado panel.  I layered Spring Moss cardstock and looped ribbon on top.  The doily is a Martha Stewart tag, which I topped with a layered Hibiscus Burst flower cut with the Beautiful Blooms dies.  The sentiment (from Tea for Two Additions) was stamped in white ink and heat embossed with white embossing powder.

All supplies Papertrey Ink unless noted

Cardstock:  Sweet Blush, Spring Moss, Hibiscus Burst

Patterned paper:  2008 Bitty Dot Basics

Stamp:  Tea for Two Additions

Ink:  Frost White (Clearsnap)

Tools:  Beautiful Blooms dies

Accessories:  Spring Moss ribbon, Sweet Blush button, doily tag (Martha Stewart), embossing powder (Stampendous), DMC floss, thread, foam adhesive

Thanks so much for hanging in there through all of these posts tonight!  Good luck to everyone else playing for a chance to win!

Papertrey Ink Color Challenge-Lisa's colors

Back again!  Are you still with me?  This is my third card for PTI's Color Challenge.  This card uses Lisa Johnson's color combo shown below.

I started with a kraft card base, then added a scalloped border and Spring Rain dotty ribbon.  I cut a Vintage Cream panel, rounded one corner, and debossed it with the Book Print impression plate.  The flowers were cut with the Beautiful Blooms dies from Pure Poppy felt and topped with a Vintage Cream button.  The sentiment is from Signature Greetings.

All supplies Papertrey Ink unless noted

Cardstock:  Vintage Cream, Spring Rain, kraft (Bazzill)

Stamp:  Signature Greetings

Ink:  Cranberry (Clearsnap)

Tools:  Beautiful Blooms dies, Medium Scallop border die, Book Print impression plate, Corner Chomper (We R Memory Keepers)

Accessories:  Pure Poppy felt, Spring Rain ribbon, Vintage Cream Button, pearls (Queen & Co.), DMC floss, thread

One more to go!  I hope you'll come back to check it out!

Papertrey Ink Color Challenge-Maile's colors

Hi folks!  I'm back with my second entry into PTI's Color Challenge, this time using Maile's favorite color combo shown below.  I rarely use either Lavender Moon or Harvest Gold, but I am loving this combination!

I started with a kraft card base and rounded a bottom corner.  I debossed a strip at the bottom of the card with the Polka Dots impression plate.  With Mat Stack 3, I cut a label from Lavender Moon cardstock and stamped one of the coordinating frames in Versamark ink.  I added a Fine Linen butterfly stamped with text from BB:  Text Style, then a Harvest Gold butterfly and button.  The sentiment is from the Mat Stack 3 collection, and the rhinestones were colored with a Copic marker to match.

All supplies Papertrey Ink unless noted

Cardstock:  Lavender Moon, Harvest Gold, Fine Linen, kraft (Bazzill)

Stamps:  Mat Stack 3 Collection, Background Basics:  Text Style

Ink:  Dark Chocolate, Versamark, Copic marker

Tools:  Mat Stack 3 die, butterfly dies, Polka Dots impression plate, Corner Chomper (We R Memory Keepers)

Accessories:  Fine Linen ribbon, Harvest Gold button, DMC floss, rhinestones (Me & My Big Ideas)

Thanks for checking in again!  I'll be back in a bit with card #3!

Papertrey Ink Color Challenge-Erin's colors

Hello, friends!  Today's challenge over at Nichole Heady's blog is to use one or more of the DT's favorite color combos to create a project.  If you know me, you know I love a color challenge so I had to try as many of these as I could.  I managed to finish four of them, so bear with me over the next few posts as I share them!

My first card uses Erin Lincoln's color combo shown below.  Love her card!  I used it to make a get well card for my FIL, who just had a hip replacement and is recovering.

I used Mat Stack 5 to cut a label from Vintage Cream cardstock and stamped the trees from Masculine Motifs.  I used Ocean Tides and Ripe Avocado ink to sponge color onto the label.  The sentiment is from Healing Touch Sentiments.  I used my all-time favorite PTI tool, the Woodgrain impression plate, on the Dark Chocolate panel.

All supplies from Papertrey Ink unless noted

Cardstock:  Dark Chocolate, Vintage Cream, Ocean Tides

Stamps:  Masculine Motifs, Healing Touch Sentiments

Ink:  Dark Chocolate, Ocean Tides, Ripe Avocado

Tools:  Mat Stack 5 die, Woodgrain impression plate

Accessories:  Ripe Avocado buttons, foam adhesive (craft supply)

I'll be back shortly with card #2!  Thanks for visiting!