Cozy Kindness

Mornin' y'all.  I got some time to stamp on Friday so I had cards to share through the weekend and here's today's card:

A couple of cozy creatures to go with the Inspired By... challenge:

That knit texture in the photo reminded me of the Knit Together background stamp I got a couple of years ago, and I love the animals from All Bundled Up so that's where I started my card.  I took the colors Pecan Pie, Cajun Craze, and Mossy Meadow from the pic, plus some Wild Wheat.  I thought this challenge worked well with the inspo list at Festive Friday:

I chose bold colors, wool (the knit stamp counts, right?), feet, and kindness.  Now I'm wondering if I have any stamps with sock images...hmm.

That's it for me today, peeps.  Ryan starts school again tomorrow after having two weeks off for fall break.  I will be doing super fun things while he's at school...like laundry ; ) Cheers!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  All Bundled Up, Knit Together, Kindest Gnomes
Ink:  Early Espresso, Cajun Craze, Stampin' Blends in Pecan Pie, Ivory, Crumb Cake, Mossy Meadow, Cajun Craze, Wild Wheat
Paper:  Wild Wheat, Cajun Craze, Thick Very Vanilla, Mossy Meadow DSP
Accessories:  Ornate Frames dies, In Color Dots, Dimensionals

Warm Friendship with the Paper Players

I was typing the title for this blog post and my pinky finger hit a key funny and it typed a pi sign, I have no idea how to do that on purpose.  Ooh, I just figured it out, it's option + p and it gives you π!  (I have a Mac keyboard.)  Here it is nine in the morning and I've already learned something today.

And now it's time for a new challenge from the Paper Players!

This super versatile sketch is from Laurie!  If I'd had time I could have made a whole bunch of cards with this sketch, but Thanksgiving prep last week took up a lot of my stamping time.  (It was worth it though!)  Anyway, here's what I made:

I hadn't used the bunny from All Bundled Up yet, so I stamped her and the cute raccoon, colored with Blends, cut them out and popped them up on a piece of the Fitting Florets DSP.  Very simple card design but I think it's cute!

I hope you'll have fun with this sketch too and post your card creation over at the Paper Players blog.  Enjoy!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  All Bundled Up
Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Evening Evergreen, Stampin' Blends in Gray Granite, Smoky Skate, Balmy Blue, Mint Macaron, Petal Pink
Paper:  Mint Macaron, Evening Evergreen, Thick Basic White, Fitting Florets DSP
Accessories:  Dimensionals

The Paper Players Design Team

Jaydee

LeAnne Pugliese

Claire Broadwater

Joanne James

Laurie Schmidt

Anne Marie Hile

Ann Schach

Cindy Beach

Christy Stanford <-- You are here : )

Jennie Maier

SUO Challenges: Color My World

Good morning, y'all!  It's time for a new challenge at Stampin' Up! Only Challenges!

This time it's a technique challenge and I think you're gonna like it:  coloring!  You've got some options here, you could do Stampin' Blends, the regular markers, watercolor pencils...hey, I think watercoloring would count too ; )  I decided to take a break from Halloween cards (whaaaaat) and instead went for All Bundled Up from the holiday catalog.  Take a look:

I chose that pink snowflake pattern from the Celebrate Everything DSP Stack, which gave me Polished Pink as a starting point.  I chose Tahitian Tide and Granny Apple Green for complementary colors and then neutrals for these two woodland pals.  Normally I seriously dislike brown and gray together, but I think it works for these two.  (And I still think that moose looks like my brother!)

I've been practicing a lot with my Blends of late.  When I first got alcohol markers, I tried laying down the lightest color first and then using the darker Blend for shading, but I always ended up with harsh lines around the shadows.  Now I do it in reverse:  I put in the darker areas and then lay down the base layer of the lighter shade, which lets me blend the colors together better.  I think I saw a video somewhere where they did the dark color first, but I don't remember when or where I saw it.

Hope you'll join us for this challenge and upload your card at the SUO Challenges blog.  Cheers!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  All Bundled Up, Yeti to Party
Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Tahitian Tide, Stampin' Blends in Tahitian Tide, Granny Apple Green, Polished Pink, Gray Granite, various neutrals
Paper:  Granny Apple Green, Tahitian Tide, Thick Basic White, Celebrate Everything DSP
Accessories:  Deckled Rectangles dies, Yeti dies, Dimensionals, In Color gem

The Coolest Moose

Mornin' y'all!  Today's card is a bit unusual for me...I did NOT make it for any challenges!  Last week I decided to just play around with some of my new stamp sets, just for funsies, and this is one of the cards I made.

Funny story:  I bought this stamp set in part because I think this moose looks like my brother.  Exhibit A:

I showed this card to my mom on a video chat and she agreed with me!  Hubs thinks that's mean but seriously this moose is adorable.  I chose a super-colorful pattern from the Celebrate Everything DSP in the holiday catalog and just went to town with ALLLLL the wild colors and gave him a Doctor Who-inspired scarf.  I had fun just playing with the stamp set and not worrying about making this for a challenge : )

Have a great day, peeps!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  All Bundled Up
Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Versamark, Stampin' Blends in Cinnamon Cider, Ivory, Pool Party, Granny Apple Green, Shaded Spruce, Polished Pink, Poppy Parade, So Saffron, Pacific Point marker because it doesn't have any Blends and WHY, SU?!
Paper:  Pool Party, Granny Apple Green, Crushed Curry, Polished Pink, Poppy Parade, Thick Basic White, Celebrate Everything DSP
Accessories:  Stylish Shapes dies, white EP, Dimensionals