Another Rose

Created by Lorna
Images ©1990-2009 Stampin' Up!®

I entered into a Cyber Challenge a couple of weeks ago and one of the challenges was a colour challenge. Although the colours weren't given in Stampin' Up!'s colours, they were pretty easy to match up. I decided to use one of the stamps in A Rose Is A Rose that I haven't used before. I've always thought this rose is too big for a card but would probably suit a scrapbook page, but I think it worked well with this space. I sent the card to my friend Vanessa for her birthday.

Stamp Sets: A Rose Is A Rose, Best Yet Hostess Set
Cardstock: Certainly Celery, Tempting Turquoise, Really Rust, Whisper White
Ink: Really Rust
Ribbon: Whisper White Taffeta Ribbon
Brads: Square Fire
Punches: Large Oval, Scallop Oval (from the Mini), Photo Corners

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A Rose is A Rose

Created by Lorna
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This is the second card we made at my class yesterday. We used some heat-embossing and two-step stamping. I put the rose (from A Rose is A Rose stamp set) together using the Stamp-a-ma-jig positioning tool.

Stamp Sets: Priceless, A Rose is A Rose, Oval All (New Mini)

Card Stock: Riding Hood Red, Kiwi Kiss, Pink Pirouette, Very Vanilla

Ink: Versamark, Riding Hood Red, Kiwi Kiss, Pink Pirouette

Punches: Eyelet Border, Scallop Oval (New Mini)

Other: Clear Embossing Powder, Pretties Kit, Dauber

Christmas In July

Created by Lorna
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On Friday night, my Stampin' Up! team had a Christmas In July dinner. We each made one card as a kind of swap. This is the card I made and one of the stamp and stack cards in my next class. The Window Dressing stamp set has some great stamps for watercolouring.

Cardstock: Old Olive, Real Red, Whisper White
Ink: Basic Black, Old Olive
Stamp Sets: Window Dressing Level 3 hostess set, Pocket Silhouettes
Other: Stamp-a-ma-jig, Pastels, Blender Pens

A Very Close Second

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This is Lena's entry to my colour challenge. You can see why I had such a hard time deciding on the winner. Lena has only been making cards for a few months, which makes this card even more impressive.

We have a Winner

Those of you who receive my monthly newsletter (send me an email to subscribe) will know about my June 2009 colour challenge. The colours were Elegant Eggplant, Old Olive, Riding Hood Red and Very Vanilla.

It was a tough choice between the great entries I received, but there can only be one winner and I think this month, the most deserving card was created by Vanessa.

Congratulations Vanessa, I hope you enjoy your new stamps.

I will show you some more entries in the next few days.

Wish Big

Created by Lorna
Images ©1990-2009 Stampin' Up!®

When I'm stuck for colours, I like to look at the colour schemes used in the Designer Series Patterned Papers. For this card, I started out by looking at the Raspberry Tart set of paper and added Whisper White and Chocolate Chip. We made this card at my class yesterday afternoon.

Stamps: Organic Grace Hostess Set, Eastern Blooms, Short & Sweet
Cardstock: Cameo Coral, Rose Red, Kiwi Kiss, Chocolate Chip, Whisper White
Ink: Cameo Coral, Rose Red
Punches: Corner Rounder, Small Oval, Large Oval
Other: Dauber, Paper Piercing

Garden Whimsy

Created by Lorna
Images ©1990-2009 Stampin' Up!®

Where does the time go? I just realised it's been nearly 2 weeks since my last post, so sorry I've been such a bad blogger.

This is one of the cards I'll be showing at my class next Saturday. It uses one of my favourite sets, Garden Whimsy on page 85 of the Idea Book and Catalogue. There are so many options in this set. I've decided to mix and match a couple of Earth Elements colours with a Rich Regals colour and I'm happy with the way they all suit each other.

Stamp Set: Garden Whimsy

Cardstock: Garden Green, Bravo Burgundy, More Mustard, Very Vanilla

Markers: Garden Green, More Mustard

Ink: Garden Green

Punches: Large Oval, Designer Label, Eyelet Border

Accessories: Dauber, Basic Grey Taffeta Ribbon

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