Yellow, Orange, Teal Plus Flower Tutorial

Cat's Pajamas has a challenge this week using the colors yellow, orange and teal. Here is my card using these colors. I did paper piecing on the cat's hat. I made these flowers awhile back and had one with perfect colors to use on this card. You can see the challenge here -- http://dancinginpajamas.blogspot.com/. These flowers are easy and fun to make. First punch or die cut a scallop with 14 scallops from a solid piece of card stock. Punch or cut another scallop ( the same size ) out of patterned paper to coordinate with the solid card stock. Lay the patterned paper on a cutting mat.  Glue a larger button to the center. Take an exato knife and cut a small triangle from every two humps towards the button. Do not cut off the triangle pieces. When all are cut, turn the paper over and add a glue dot and stick it over the solid color scallop, matching the scallops.  Pull the pieces up over the button and secure with a large glue dot. Then glue down the rest of the patterned paper. Add a smaller button to the top of the larger button. You can see a close-up of the flower in my first picture.

Stampendous Sketch

The Stampendous challenge this week is a sketch. You can view it here -- http://stampendousblog.wordpress.com/.  I had these beautiful butterflies from Stampendous that I colored , cut out and then used glitter at the ends of their wings. I just bought this pretty K&Co. pad where the paper punches out with a design around it. I love it! Just had to use it. These butterflies just make me want Spring to stay. I hope it does. We have had nice warm weather these past few days.

Sweet Stamps Challenge

At Sweet Stamps the challenge is to use ribbon, 2 patterned papers and 3 brads or jewels. I have this beautiful Sweet Stamp that I stamped on heavy vellum and embossed in white. I then colored on the back. I cut out another center of the stamp and popped it over the center of the first stamp. I used K&Co. double sided paper, flipped the paper over and cut out the Fleur de Lis die to use as a backing for the stamp. I added green pearls to the stamp as embellishment. The border was made by using Martha Stewart punches. You can see the challenge here -- http://sweetstampsblog.blogspot.com/

Greatest Joy

At Just Rite Stamps the challenge is a color challenge this week. These are soft, pretty colors for Spring. I used flowers from the Greatest Joy set and stamped them on a sizzix oval die. The swirls behind the die is a Quickutz die. I punched the butterflies using a Paper Studio punch. You can see the challenge by clicking here --
http://justritestampers.typepad.com/

Monocromatic

It is such a lovely day here today. Warm and sunny! At Joan's Gardens the challenge this week is to make a monocromatic card with a splash of color. I have been wanting to make an all white card for some time now, so this was the perfect opportunity. I think these type cards are so pretty for a wedding or anniversary. We also were to use an embossing folder, die cut and a dimensional item. I really enjoyed making this card. You can see the challenge by clicking here --http://joanscreations.blogspot.com/2011/04/13-weekly-card-challenge.html#more

Encouragement

At Impression Obsession this week the challenge is to make an Encouragement card. I enjoyed making this card because I love the Colonial Spring stamp ( K1006 ) that I used for the background. I stamped it with Staz On Black on glossy card stock and used metallic rub ons to add color. I used the Flower Wheel Barrow ( D 1312 ), popped it up and used Flower soft for the flowers in the wheel barrow. The saying is a PSX stamp. Please click here to see the challenge  http://mitrafriant.typepad.com/impression_obsession_news/

Felted

I am entering this card into two challenges. At House Mouse we had a sketch to follow here -- http://housemouse-challenge.blogspot.com/ and at the Cuttlebug Spot the theme is to use felt. I love the House Mouse stamps and had this cutie eating watermelon. I had these felt "buttons" that I had never used, so I was glad to be able to use them for this project. I cuttled the yellow background with the large flowers cuttlebug folder and brushed darker yellow ink over them to enhance them a bit. I enjoyed making this card. It was cheery after a week of cold and rain here. The sun has come out today -- YEAH!  You can click here to see the cuttlebug challenge -- http://thecuttlebugspot.blogspot.com/