Are you ready to play along with this week's card challenge over at What Will You Stamp? This week's feature set is Circle of Spring and below is the card I created using this set. Hop on over to the WWYS blog to see more amazing creations using this stamp set.
My layout is straight forward and symmetrical but I really like the end result. I am so addicted to the It's My Party Enamel Dots - best 3 colors ever. I seem to be using them everywhere! Here is my color combo.
One Big Meaning Thank You card
Chris and I are in LA this weekend. I get to observe while he presents his final defense for his dissertation. He needed three Thank You cards to give to his dissertation chair so I decided to make 3 very different Thank You cards using the same stamp image from One Big Meaning.
One Big Meaning Thank You card
Chris was in need of a few thank you cards to give to his dissertation chair. He defends today! I made three very different cards using one image from the One Big Meaning stamp set. I really like how all three turned out.
One Big Meaning Thank You card
One Big Meaning Thank You card
One Big Meaning, Going Global Thank You card #GDP027
One Big Meaning, Going Global Thank You card #GDP027
'Thank You' also just happens to be the theme challenge this week over at the Global Design Project. Woohoo! I submitted the above card. Check out all the other fabulous entries. It seems they get over 100 card ideas each week. Tons of constant inspiration!
Eat Cake & Celebrate #ctd384
Eat Cake & Celebrate #ctd384
Why not?! Let me introduce you to another cool card making weekly challenge via my card sample entry. The folks over at Color Throwdown have been doing their color challenge for a LONG time. It looks like every week is a new color combination to try out. I am so into these card challenges lately ... more great reasons to craft!
Check out this Color Throwdown combination: #ctd384 #colorthrowdown - more details about their weekly challenge and inspiration can be found on their blog here.
Of course I needed to interpret these colors using SU inks. Turns out it is a great opportunity to pull out a couple retired Stampin' Up! Colors; Poppy Parade, Lucky Limeade and Wisteria Wonder (still current). I never get rid of any of my retired ink and I am so glad. If I were to use current colors I would of used: Wisteria Wonder, Real Red, Cucumber Crush.
My card uses the Eat Cake & Celebrate stamp set from Concord & 9th. Ribbon is a retired product from Stampin' Up! and the number 14 embellishment is from Studio Calico. FYI - Concord & 9th is a newer paper crafting company founded by a couple of awesome former coworkers. Their products rock! You can buy all of their products directly from them.
I used the candle image from the set and stamped it repeatedly to get 14 candles (this card is for a certain teen turning 14 soon). Then I colored and sketched random patterns in each candle image. I wanted every candle to be a little bit different. I filled in each flame with a little dazzling details glitter glue.
This week's What Will You Stamp Challenge Stamp Set is Balloon Celebration. Yippee, more BALLOONS! These two cards I created are super simple in design and supplies. Not much is needed to recreate these cards. Want more Balloon love... flash back to a sample I made a couple of weeks ago using Balloon Celebration. I have certainly got a thing for YELLOW. Check out the WWYS blog for even MORE awesome samples using this set.
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