Colour Q

I'm sneaking another post in today after seeing this week's ColourQ challenge which, as you can see from the inspiration picture above, is Soft Suede, Daffodil Delight, Calypso Coral, Blushing Bride and White. As we no longer have Blushing Bride in the UK I have substituted this with Pink Pirouette. I started by sponging a piece of Whisper White with pink in the centre, then yellow and finished with coral on the outside. After this I ran the bottom half of the cardstock through the Honeycomb Embossing folder, matted it onto Soft Suede cardstock, added a knot of Pink Pirouette Taffeta ribbon and then fixed to a white card blank. I punched six flowers, two of each from Daffodil Delight, Pink Pirouette and Calypso Coral, with punches from the Itty Bitty Shapes Punch Pack and added these to the Honeycomb. Basic Pearls were used for the flower centres and a sentiment from Sassy Salutations was stamped in Soft Suede.
I really enjoy taking part in the ColourQ challenges because I am very much a 'monochrome person' and these challenges really do take me out of my comfort zone - I would NEVER think of putting these colours together and it really surprises me when I actually like the finished card :0)

Back tomorrow x (if you were expecting to see my second b&w card I have re-scheduled it for 2pm this afternoon!)

LIM & Colour Q

I told you I'd be back and here is my second post of the day! This time a card made specifically with this LIM challenge 'Scallops' in mind. Before making this card I popped onto the Colour Q challenge site and I was really keen to have a go at their colour challenge which is Pool Party, Wisteria Wonder, Always Artichoke, Lucky Limeade and Whisper White. So here is my card that fits the criteria for both challenges. I started by using my brand new Simply Scored Borders Plate to emboss two rows of scallops onto a piece of Whisper White. I masked this off with a piece of copy paper before stamping my three Wisteria Wonder flowers, from Summer Silhouettes and added the stamens in Always Artichoke. I masked off the flowers with some pre-cut post-it note flowers (I keep these in with my stamps so they can be used several times) before stamping the leaves in Lucky Limeade, then stamped again without re-inking to give different shades. After removing the masks I embossed a straight line above the scallops. The sentiment, from Teeny Tiny Wishes, was stamped in Always Artichoke, punched out with the Small Oval and matted onto a Wisteria Wonder Scallop Oval which had been paper pierced. A small loop of Wisteria Wonder Ruffled Ribbon was added and the sentiment placed on top with dimensionals. Three small flowers were stamped in Pool Party and three butterflies from Beautiful Wings Embosslits were added and a few Basic Pearls finished the card off.
Thank you for stopping by and, if you pop back tomorrow you will see my Simples Sunday cards for this week. Take care and keep warm x

Colour Q

It's been a long time since I entered a card for the Colour Q challenge but today was the day to change that and I've made, not one but, two cards!! As you will see from the inspiration picture (top right) there are four colours plus white but the two blues are no longer current SU colours in the UK so I have used Bashful Blue and Pacific Point which I thought were the closest.
For my first card I used a stamp from the now (sadly) retired set, Easter Blossoms, and stamped this in Staz-on, then stamped again to give a lighter branch in the background, before colouring the blossoms with a Daffodil Delight marker. I then cut out the image with an oval from the Oval Framelits Collection and sponged around the edge with Daffodil Delight before fixing onto a square white card blank using dimensionals. Two Bashful Blue and one Pacific Point butterflies, cut with the Beautiful Wings Embosslits die, were positioned onto the branches and the sentiment from Bloomin' Marvelous stamped at the bottom. Basic Pearls were added to the butterflies to finish the card.
When I went back to tidy up my mess I had sudden inspiration and made my second card with Summer Silhouettes.

I'm not too sure what the flowers are meant to be but these two stamps always remind me of Agapanthus which come in beautiful shades of blue - perfect!
I stamped the stem in Staz-on then the flowers in Bashful Blue and Pacific Point and matted this onto Pacific Point cardstock and then onto a square white card blank. I then added a sentiment from Teeny Tiny Wishes, stamped in Daffodil Delight, and cut with one of the Itty Bitty Banners dies with a bow of Daffodil Delight Taffeta ribbon to finish. Out of the two I like this one the best - much more CAS!