Stampin' Royalty, Just Add Ink and Sketch Book Saturday

Happy St. Patty's Day everyone!  The day has flown by!  Corey and I enjoyed our Anniversary as best we could...he was at work late!  But we ordered in some nummy Chinese Food and watched a movie together...it was nice...just to sit and relax together!

Thank you to all my blogging friends for your anniversary wishes...we appreciated them!

Tonight I wanted to make one last card before I headed off to sleep and was inspired by these 3 challenges:

1. Just Add Ink-Colours ~ Rich Razzleberry, Old Olive, Whisper White and Crumb Cake
2. Sketch Book Saturday- Sketch
3. Stampin' Royalty- Texturize-I used my crimper for something different!

Edit:  I was so inspired by the colours that I came up with a whole "group" of cards!

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All supplies are Stampin' Up:
Stamps: Nature Walk, Thoughts and Prayers
Inks: Old Olive Marker, Rich Razzleberry Marker, Crumb Cake
Paper: Whsiper White, Crumb Cake, Rich Razzleberry
Tools:  Butterfly embosslit die, Big Shot, Razzleberry Satin Ribbon, Oval Punches, Scallop Edge Punch

Stampin' 411, Colour Q and Diva Coffee Break Designs

Finally got to play the Stampin' 411 Challenge and the Colour Q challenge but I am late! Oh well! One of my cards also qualifies for the Diva Coffee Break Sketch Challenge. I had forgotten where I had got the sketch for my "Thank You" card!! The Colour Q had me work with a colour I had never used before...Lovely Lilac and I got to play with Lavender Lace which is not a colour I usually pick. I lurve this colour combo! Who knew! LOL! I made two cards in these colours...and now I am ordering the Lilac ink and paper! LOL! The sketch was really pretty at Stampin' 411 and I decided to combine the challenges, I thought my daisy would look to fresh next to those colours.Thanks for stopping by!

Smiles,

Lesley :)

Stampin' 411 Sketch...Clean and Simple

I wanted to make a Clean and Simple Card and was playing with the new "Whimsical Words" set from the Sale-A-Bration" and the lovely, "Thoughts and Prayers" Set. I coloured the flowers in both Pretty in Pink and Rose Red with my Markers and the vine was coloured with my Old Olive Marker. The Designer Paper is from the new Sweet Pea Paper Pack in the Mini Catalogue. One again I used my Lots of Tags Die and the Big Shot, along with my Wide Oval Punch for the sentiment. Thanks for stopping by! Make sure you check out the Stampin' 411 Sketch this week, it is perfect for a Clean and Simple (CAS) Card!

Smiles,
Lesley ;)

Mojo#123 and Curtain Call Colour Challenge Act 14

Wow! I love challenges! I looked at Stacey's Curtain Call Colour Challenge and thought, what will I do with those colours? I used my Stampin' Write Markers in Orchid Opulence and Almost Amethyst and coloured right onto the flower stamp from the Thoughts and Prayers Set. Now I really like this colour combo and would have never attempted it myself!I used the sentiment from the Thoughts and Prayers set as well and inked it up in Orchid Opulence. The flowers that are popped up are from my Boho Blossoms Punch and I used the end of a pencil eraser to make them rounded and look like they are blooming. I also used the new Border Punch that I received for FREE from the Sale-A-Bration Catalogue. The sketch is the current Mojo Challenge to make a square or circle card. My card measures 41/4" Square. I also embossed the side panel with my Perfect Details texture plate. The ribbon is 1/4" white grosgrain. I used some little sticky gems in the centre of my flowers. I stamped the inside with the same flower and a pretty sentiment from the same set.

Thank you for stopping by!
Happy Stamping!
Lesley ;)

Colour Throwdown #75

Yeah! I got to play the Colour Throwdown this week. I was so excited when I saw the pretty colours and knew I had to ink up my newest stamp sets. This set is so pretty and the flowers kind of reminded me of that retired set called "Peaceful Wishes". The flowers on my card are from the set called "Thoughts and Prayers". Here is a picture of the "inside" of the card with the same floral image. I also used the Eyelet Border Punch for some added detail and prettiness.I used my Rich Razzleberry Ink pad and pressed it directly onto some of the flowers. Then I took my Stampin' Write Markers (love them!) and finished off the flowers with Orchid Opulence. I had to be smart about this so that I kept true to the challenge colours. Then I inked up the vines on the flower stamp with my Mellow Moss marker and my Garden Green marker. I love that these markers can be used directly onto the stamp.Then I huffed and puffed on my flower stamp and pressed onto the Whisper White Paper. I wanted the flower to droop down to the sentiment. The sentiment is from a new Clear set called "Well Scripted". This is such a pretty word set...it stamps well. The sentiment also fits beautifully into the oval punches!!! I was so excited about that!I wanted to challenge mysef to make something different from the regular card and so I did an easel card. I found it quite simple to make and wanted to keep the card CAS. Here is a picture of the side of the card. The card folds flat and fits in a regular envelope.

Here is the finished card! I did it!! I made my first easel card!
Have a great day! Hope you all get to stamp. Thank you for stopping by my corner of the blogging world.

Lesley :)