Colour Me Busy!

Hello and Happy Monday!

I am busy with the Hope You Can Cling To challenges over at Splitcoaststampers.  They run through the entire month of October.  I will be hosting a challenge on the 14th, plus I am making a few samples for other hostesses.  I am also having fun commenting on the gallery submissions.  Great stuff!  I am also busy trying to move posts over to my other blog.  I have redone my speaker/writer site, so I am moving my cards back over to my first Blogger site.  More people follow me there!  LOL  So yes, busy busy busy!

I have a card for the most recent Colour Me...! challenge, and even my husband likes how it turned out!  WooHoo!

I have an old designer paper stack from S.E.I., called Black Orchid.  I pulled it out recently for 2 other cards, and it is perfect for this challenge to.  The coral is a perfect match for SU's calypso coral.

I used my SU Framelits to cut out the layers of whisper white and this embossed black paper from SEI.  Using markers, I colored the stylize flower from "Friends Never Fade" in smokey slate, calypso coral, and crisp cantaloupe.  The sentiment of from "Trust God."  I added satin ribbon and bakers twine for final detailing.  This is a very flat card...because I am out of dimensionals!!!  GASP! But at least it will be easy to mail, right?  I can't place an order for at least 10 days.  Flat cards on the way!  LOL 

Now, I am posting a non-challenge card...just because.  Last Thursday night, my husband said he got me a "commission."  One of his co-workers needed an anniversary card for his wife...on Friday!  Yikes!  I asked about favorite colors, wedding colors, themes, anything.  The man just said something with copper or bronze.  Hmmm.  I remembered another S.E.I. paper stack from years ago, called Charlemagne. Took me forever to find it, but it was perfect.

Isn't that a rich pattern?  Can't believe how long I have neglected this beautiful paper!  Any who, I paired it with basic black and tempting turquoise card stock.  My turquoise is embossed with the fancy fan folder, and embellished with copper brads from Hobby Lobby.  The sentiment is from SU's "Loving Thoughts" and it is embellished with a copper spiral clip, also from HL, and a but of SU white organza ribbon.  The card is a bit larger than an A2 (I have some miscellaneous envelopes.)  Turns out the man was really impressed with the card, and he paid me more than I requested, since I did it last minute.

I told my husband he can keep working on those commissions!  LOL

Thanks for stopping by.  I'll post when my other blog is ready to go.

Inky {{{HUGS}}}
Kim

FINALLY! A newer card!!

Hello Stamping Friends!  

I am still on vacation, but I am showing you a card I made shortly before leaving.  This was for a splitcoaststamper "Hope You Can Cling To" challenge found HERE.  I was inspired by the cake with various shades of pink frosting.  These challenges run throughout October, often feature PINK, and promote breast cancer awareness.  In fact, stampers are encouraged to send their cards to a cancer treatment facility in their area.  I only did one HYCCT challenge, and it was for a friend who just had a new baby girl.   I gave the card to her at the baby shower...and Yes!  The baby girl was kickin' a lot!!

The card base is basic gray.  I used blushing bride pattern paper and rose red to make a large scalloped store "awning" using my Tasteful Trim sizzix die.  The image and sentiment are from My Favorite Things "Baby Bump" set.  I used markers to color the image, and I added a sidewalk to ground this mamma.  A touch of seam binding in pear pizazz adds contrast, and polka dot embossing adds playful texture.

Even this sentiment fit in the word window punch, paired with my modern label punch...perfect!

That's it for vacation-time posts.  No idea when I will post again.  But I do know I have a LOT of Christmas cards to make!  Yikes!


Inky {{{HUGS}}}
Kim