Happy Birthday!--Color Challenge #tgifc328

It's color challenge week over at TGIF Challenges.  It's a fun challenge:  Coastal Cabana, Basic Black and White.  Here's my Happy Birthday card:

The happy card has a Coastal Cabana card base layered with Basic Black and a top layer of Basic White.  The flower and splatter images are from the Color & Contour stamp set (#154994).  The splatter was randomly stamped across the front in Coastal Cabana.  The flower was stamped in Tuxedo Black Memento Ink.  The petals were colored with the Coastal Cabana pastel from the Soft Pastels Assortment (#154585) and a barely damp a water painter (#151298, set of three assorted).  The center of the flower was colored with Basic Black Stampin' Blends Combo (#154843).  The flower was die cut using a Scalloped Contours die (#155560, bundled with the above stamp set at 10% off, #158356).  It was layered over a Basic Black floral stem using a die from the Forever Flourishing die set (#152714).

The greeting is from the Artistically Inked stamp set (#154542).  It was heat embossed with White Stampin' Emboss Powder (#155554, Basics Set) on a 5/8" Basic Black card stock strip.  A bow of Pool Party sheer ribbon (#152462) and  three Matte Black dots (#154284) complete the card. 

To see more great projects using this color combo head over to the TGIF Challenges Blog here.

Have a great day!

--Sara Nell

 

A Floral Thank You--#tgifc324

It's sketch challenge week at TGIF Challenges!  I chose one piece of Hand-Penned designer series paper (155499)--one of the papers currently on sale at 15% off--to start my card:  one side for the bottom of the card and the other for the top.

The stamped images are from the Color & Contour stamp set (#154994).  All were stamped in Highland Heather, with a squiggle of Daffodil Delight Light Stampin' Blends color in the center of each flower.  The blossoms and Daffodil Delight large scallop and scalloped frame were die cut using the Scalloped Contour Dies (#155560, bundled with the stamp set at 10% off, #158356).  The Mint Macaron leaf branch was die cut using the Forever Flourishing dies (#152714).  Three Mint Macaron Genial Gems (#155500) complete the card.

Check out the TGIF Challenges Blog here for some wonderful interpretations of this sketch:

Have a Happy Weekend!

--Sara Nell

Happy for You--#tgifc323

It's time for another color challenge from TGIF Challenges!  This month the colors are:  Granny Apple Green, Fresh Freesia and Polished Pink.

I used the Color & Contour Bundle (#158356, including the Color & Contour stamp set,#154994, and the Scalloped Contours Dies, #155560) to create my card.  The images were stamped in Jet Black StazOn ink (#101406) on to Shimmery White card stock (#101910).  The flower was watercolored in Polished Pink and Granny Apple Green inks, then die cut and layered over the greeting piece onto a scalloped edged Granny Apple Green frame. The greeting was die cut using a Stitched Rectangles die (#151820).  Three Fresh Freesia 2021-2023 In Color Jewels (#155571) were added to this layer.

The card base is Basic White Thick card stock (#159229) layered with a scalloped frame die cut out of a Fresh Freesia paper pattern from the 2021-2023 In Color 6" x 6" designer series paper assortment (#155641).  A piece of Polished Pink 3/8" open weave ribbon (#155714) was threaded through two opposite scallops and adhered to the back of this layer. 

For more color inspiration, head over to the TGIF Challenges Blog here.

Have a great day!

--Sara Nell