Two Challenge Tuesday

This week I have cards using a classic color combination - pink and green.  It's one of my favorite combos no matter what shade of pink and green.

This card was made for the color challenge at SplitcoastStampers.  The colors are Powder Pink, Soft Seafoam and Early Espresso.  Those really said sweet and confection to me so I decided it was cupcake time!

The card was straightforward to make.  The cupcake is popped up using foam dots and I added some sparkle with iridescent sequins.

My next card is for CAS Colour & Sketches sketch challenge.  I loved these colors so much I used them on this card as well.

Here is this week's sketch:

I used the Dahlia Turnabout stamp from Concord and 9th.  I've played around with these stamps and I find the most pleasing color combos to be one dark color, two mid tone colors and one light color.  The light or the dark can be substituted for a metallic.  Here I used gold embossing powder as a substitute for a light color.

Both of these cards are simple to make and are helping to add to my stack of birthday cards available to send!

Stamps:  Stampin' Up! Hello Cupcake (only available through 3/31/19 with  a $50 purchase); Concord and 9th Turnabout Dahlia, Lawn Fawn Wavy Banner Sentiments
Dies: Stampin' Up! Hello Cupcake Coordinating Dies, Lawn Fawn Way Banner and Fancy Wavy Banner
Ink: Powder Pink, Soft Seafoam, Early Espresso
Accessories: Gold embossing powder

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Color Challenge Tuesday

Today is a double color challenge for me since both challenges where I'm on the design team have color challenges this week.

I really had fun with both these cards although one proved to be more challenging than the other.

CAS Colours & Sketches posted these colors:

And Splitcoast Stampers has these colors:

I created the card for CC&S first and I'm happy I did.  It took me quite some time as the colors were difficult for me and I went through several versions (using several stamp sets) before I arrived at this card.  I felt everything I came up with was dreary.  This happened once before with a card using gray.  I think I need to practice more with my grays!  In any case, I was trying something else when FedEx rang my doorbell with my new MFT order.  And that was it.  When I opened up the bunny stamp set I knew I would use it.

I admire the coloring I see on kraft card stock but have never tried it.  Here I used Prismacolors to color on Sahara Sand card stock.  I'm pleased with my first attempt.  To add a bit more color I stacked some die cut Pacific Point card stock under the white panel.  It gives just a hint of the blue.

I'm the hostess for this week's SCS color challenge and chose the colors and theme (wings).  I fully intended to use parrots on the cards but ended up with the butterfly.  It was one of those days where I looked at the stamps I was going to use and didn't "feel it".  LOL!  So I went with Plan B.

For this I used Stampin' Up! water color pencils in the challenge colors along with an Aquapainter.  I've seen similar cards on Pinterest using flowers but I needed the "wings" so - a butterfly front and center.  To make it sparkle I added several coats of Wink of Stella.

Stamps: MFT Stacy Yacula Easter Bunnies; MFT Fluttering Friends
Prismacolors: Pacific Point 103 & 1100; Old Olive 1097 & 1005; Sahara Sand French Grey 30%, 70%, 90%; white, blender pencil
SU Water Color Pencils: Lemon Lime Twist, Flirty Flamingo, Pacific Point

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Teacup Bouquet

Hi everyone!  It's a sketch challenge this week at CAS Colours & Sketches. For today's card I used a stamp for the sentiment and the rest is completely die cut!

 

Here is the sketch that was posted:

The die I used is from Cottage Cutz and it cuts all pieces from one die with one pass through the Big Shot.  For this card I ran it through twice to give me more flowers.  I cut everything from white card stock and used Distress Oxide inks to color them.

I adhered one flower and some leaves to the outside of the cup then popped it off the card using foam dots just around the outside and bottom edges of the cup.  I left the top and inside open so that I could "arrange" the flowers  inside.

This method of designing was quite fun.  It was just as if I had real flowers!

Dies: Cottage CUtz Spring Teacup Bouquet
Stamp (sentiment): Stampin' Up! Vibrant Vases
Ink:  Distress Oxides Picked Raspberry, Scattered Straw, Peeled Paint, Tumbled Glass, Forest Moss

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Purple Pisces Color Challenge 311

Happy Tuesday!  This week I have a color challenge card made for CAS Colours & Sketches.  Super fun colors - Blackberry Bliss, Pool Party and Highland Heather.

This is one of the Zodiac Girls from Stamping Bella and I thought it would be fun to blend that tail!  I used Copic markers color matched to the challenge colors as a base. Because this stamp has some very fine areas I did most of my blending and shading with Prismacolor pencils.

 In this photo you can see the base shading with the markers in her skirt and the more detailed shading in her tail after I used my pencils.  Although I often use markers for the final detail shading and don't use pencils at all, I find pencils very calming to use.  And when I have an image like this, pencils are the perfect choice for me!

Because this is a mermaid I HAD to add Wink of Stella, but just to the Highland Heather areas.  Then I used some epoxy dots as "water" droplets. To give a soft background, I used Pool Party to stencil the fish scale pattern.

Stamps:  Stamping Bella Zodiac Girl Pisces
Copic markers: Highland Heather - BV0000, BV01, BV00; Blackbery Bliss - RV00, RV63, RV66; Hair - E35, E31, E37; Skin - E50, E30, E21
I apologize but I can't find where I wrote down the pencil colors I used!  If I do find them I'll post.
Stencil:  really old and of unknown origin

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