Color Throwdown #794

 

Happy Wednesday friends! It's time for another Color Throwdown challenge with the delightful woodsy combo of gray, olive and white - thanks to this great personal photo from Amy Rohl. I immediately thought of a leafy background, so that was my starting point.

 

I used W Plus 9's Autumn Leaves stamp set which has both the solid and the outline stamps. I went with distress inks - Crushed Olive, Lost Shadow, Hickory Smoke - for everything but the "thankful for" which was stamped using Versafine Clair Nocturne pigment ink. It's hard to see, but, I used an old retired French Script background stamp and also splattered with Crushed Olive ink. I added a trio of moonshine sequins for embellishments (PTI).

DIES: Skinny Frames: Diagonal Border (Papertrey Ink); Stitched Rectangle STAX Die-Namics (My Favorite Things); You (The Stamp Market).

Thanks so much for stopping by and commenting! Hope that you can join us in this challenge!  ~Wanda

Color Throwdown #728

 

Hi everyone! It's hump day and that means a new Color Throwdown challenge is happening. Colors are red, brown, pink and green. I also went with a literal translation with the strawberries and added them to my basket. 

I stenciled some Aqua Mist clouds very lightly and used two green shades for the grassy hills. I cut the basket from white paper and color blended some Dark Chocolate dye ink onto it.

STAMPS: Fresh Picked (WPlus9).

INK: Hibiscus Burst, Lovely Lady, Raspberry Fizz, Scarlet Jewel, Pure Poppy, Aqua Mist, Dark Chocolate (PTI); Grassy Knoll, Olive (Pinkfresh Studio); Versafine Clair Nocturne (Tsukineko).

PAPER: White, Limeade Ice, Green Parakeet (PTI).

DIES: Picket Fence, Bows Galore, Weave A Basket, Bring Home the Holidays (Papertrey Ink); Fresh Picked (WPlus9); Sentiment Suite Basics (The Greetery). 

OTHER: Cloud stencil (My Favorite Things).

 

That's it for today! Hope you can join us in the challenge.  ~Wanda

Fusion Strawberries

 

There is a new Fusion Card Challenge happening and I chose to go with the sketch plus was inspired by the yummy berries! It took me awhile to find some strawberries in my stamp stash, but I finally found this older set (2012) by WPlus9.

I found a new (to me) black ink that has AMAZING coverage so I only need to stamp it once! Typically with other black inks, I used my MISTI to stamp 2 or 3 times to get a clear, crisp black. I highly recommend Versafine CLAIR Nocturne pigment ink! I did find I needed to use alcohol to remove the ink completely from my acrylic stamps. I think it was on one of Jennifer McGuire's videos that I learned about this ink.

STAMPS: Fresh Picked (WPlus9).

INK: VersaFine CLAIRE Nocturne pigment ink by Tsukineko; Pure Poppy, Scarlet Jewel, Limeade Ice, New Leaf, Ripe Avocado dye inks by Papertrey Ink.

PAPER: Bristol Smooth Surface; White, Pure Poppy (PTI)

DIES: Fresh Picked (WPlus9); Stitched Rectangle STAX Die-Namics, Blueprints 27 (My Favorite Things).

OTHER: Moonshine sequins (PTI).

I hope you will be able to join us in this challenge! Remember...you have two weeks to enter. Happy stamping!  ~Wanda

 

 

Color Throwdown #572

It's Wednesday and that means there's a new Color Throwdown challenge happening! Barbara Anders is hosting this week and has a really awesome color palette for us: turquoise, green, gold and white! I smooshed and splattered some Peacock Feathers distress ink over watercolor paper then brushed a couple of shades of green from my Pelikan paint set on another panel of watercolor paper. I splattered Blue Gold paint from Gansai Tambi's Starry Colors.

The stag die (WPlus9) was a leftover and seemed like it was meant to be paired with these Tall Pine Trees dies (Frantic Stamper). The sentiment and banner die are from Sentiment Suite: Christmas by The Greetery. 

DIES: Crimped Frame and Sentiment Suite Basics by The Greetery; Stag Trio by WPlus9; Tall Pine Trees by Frantic Stamper; Stitched Edges die by My Favorite Things.

We'd love to see how you interpret these colors! If you need more inspiration, check out the rest of the design team samples below. 

  Amy Rohl

 Amy Rysavy
Barbara Anders

 Broni Holcombe  

Jodi Collins 

 Lisa Henke 

Lori Tecler

Lynn Put 

Vickie Zimmer 

Wanda Cullen (you are here)

~Wanda

Try Stampin' On Tuesday

Haha...I did try stamping on Tuesday - for the Try Stampin' on Tuesday challenge - and this card is the result! Problem is I didn't get around to posting it until Wednesday! I'm in Thanksgiving prep mode with one pie baked and the second in the oven. Cranberry salad is ready in the frig as is the cheese ball. We'll be heading to be with my family in Ohio and I can't wait! Hope everyone has a fabulous Thanksgiving and remember that gratefulness and joy is a choice we make daily. Circumstances aren't always joyful but there is still a lot to be thankful for. Sorry...I digress - lol!

Seems like these colors (Peacock Feathers and Twisted Citron) keep repeating themselves in my Christmas cards this year! I love creating with snowflakes (dies by WPlus9) and feel the cool colors work well for this theme. The background was splattered and also stamped using the grunge stamp from the Christmas Countdown set by Stampin' Up.  Not only did I think this would be a good set for holiday tags, but I love the variety of background options it gives! Speaking of SU...that corduroy button was purchased from them MANY years ago. I added fine glitter to the snowflakes after I had the card assembled. I found out that's less messy than adding glitter before adhering them.

Time to hit the shower...thanks for stopping by!     ~Wanda

Sunday Stamps Challenge

It's a busy week preparing food as well as planning for travel out of state, but...I couldn't resist this fun sketch for the Sunday Stamps Challenge! I created a snowflake background using WPlus9 inks - Lime Light and VI Pink.  For the 3 circle elements in the sketch, I used white snowflakes that have fine glitter added to them. I once again went to the trusty 'go to' sentiment Christmas set by The Greetery.

STAMPS: Snowflakes (Stampin' Up - retired); Sentiment Suite: Christmas (The Greetery).
INK: Lime Light, VI Pink (WPlus9); Memento Tuxedo Black.
DIES: Stitched Rectangle STAX (My Favorite Things); Snowflake Trio (WPlus9); Sentiment Suite Basics (The Greetery).

So that's it for now! Off to the grocery store for last minute items.                                                                              ~Wanda

Paper Players Sketch Challenge

Good Sunday everyone!  Joanne has an awesome sketch for us this week for the Paper Players Challenge and we'd love to see how you interpret this one! I decided to splatter white paint on kraft cardstock then cut strips from some leftover papers. I colored the images with Zig clean color brush markers after stamping with Memento Tuxedo Black on Ranger watercolor paper.

STAMPS: Poinsettia and Pine (Altenew).
DIES: Hand Lettered Holiday (WPlus9); Stitched Rectangle STAX (My Favorite Things); Poinsettia and Pine (Altenew).
ZIGS: 028, 051, 045, 041, 046.

For more inspiration from the rest of the talented design team, please check out their entries HERE. Hope to see you in the gallery!                                                    ~Wanda

Freshly Made Sketches

It's been a dreary day in VA and between some housekeeping details, I'm now posting my second card for the day! I'm playing along with the Freshly Made Sketches challenge. The white splattered panel was an extra from another project, so I grabbed it for starters. I dug out this old Sizzix die - Christmas Tree #2 - and cut it from a watercolored panel of Pelikan paints (I used two different greens). 

I splattered blue gold paint (Gansai Tambi Starry Colors) over the tree and splattered opaque Copic white pigment over the kraft panel. The tiny sentiment from WPlus9's Woodland Wreaths set was gold embossed then die cut using Sentiment Suite Basics die from The Greetery. The stag - one of the Stag Trio die set by WPlus9 - doesn't show up very well. It's cut from Mirror Gold cardstock by Altenew and is VERY shiny IRL!

So... that's it for today!  So glad you stopped by!      ~Wanda

CAS(E) This Sketch

There's a great new sketch happening on the CAS(E) This Sketch blog and it was perfect to get another Christmas card done! I had a pile of these die cut trees left over from another project, so sponged the edges with blending brushes and layered them over another leftover rectangle that I splattered with blue gold paint from Gansai Tambi Starry Color paint palette. Patterned paper is from the "Merry" 6x6" pad by My Mind's Eye. It coordinates with Spring Moss CS by Papertrey Ink.

STAMPS: Hand Lettered Holiday (WPlus9).
PAPER: Merry 6x6 pad (My Mind's Eye); Spring Moss (Papertrey Ink); Gold Mirror (Altenew).
INK: Bermuda Bay, Lucky Limeade by SU.
DIES: Hand Lettered Holiday (WPlus9); Tall Pine Trees (Frantic Stamper); Pierced Feature Frames (PTI).

Thanks for stopping by!                                ~Wanda

Freshly Made Sketches

Squeaking in under the wire here with the Freshly Made Sketches challenge! I had this wreath leftover from a previous project, so added a couple of leafy sprigs and jingle bells then layered the sentiment on top. The lavender panel has vellum over a "too bright" scrap of purple. The vellum toned down the color so that it matched this beautiful patterned paper. I'm not a big fan of purple, but seems like it's popping up often here lately!

STAMPS: Woodland Wreaths, Hand Lettered Holiday (WPlus9).
PAPER: Feels Like Frost 6x6" pack (Stampin' Up); Grape Soda (Reverse Confetti); White (Papertrey Ink).
INK: Wild Wasabi, Garden Green (SU); Grape Soda (Reverse Confetti). 
DIES: Woodland Wreaths, Hand Lettered Holiday (WPlus9).

It's a very dreary, rainy Monday and has been hard to get motivated this morning! Thanks so much for stopping by!    ~Wanda

Fusion Card Challenge

 

Hello everyone! Hope you are having a great week! If you have some free time, we'd love to have you play along with us at Fusion Card Challenge. I used both the sketch and the thanks theme from the photo. It was a very simple design and I started by adhering 3 die cut snowflakes over this patterned paper.

Here is what I used:
STAMPS: Warm Winter Wishes by Flourishes (company is no longer in business).
PAPER: Altitude 6x6 pack by BoBunny; Tropical Teal by Papertrey Ink.
INK: Tropical Teal (PTI).
DIES: Snowflake Trio (WPlus9); Blueprint 27 (My Favorite Things); Stitched Circle STAX (My Favorite Things); Sentiment Suite Basics (The Greetery).

For more inpiration, check out the rest of the design team's cards HERE. Hope to see you in the gallery!                       ~Wanda

Color Throwdown #569

 It's Wednesday and that means a new Color Throwdown challenge is happening! Vickie is our hostess this week and has chosen a great trio of colors - lavender, purple and green - that I turned into another Christmas card. 

Here is what I used:
STAMPS: Woodland Wreaths, Merry and Bright - WPlus9.
PAPER: Altitude 6x6 pad by BoBunny; Dots and Stripes Winter 6x6 pad by Echo Park; White glitter CS; White by Papertrey Ink.
INK: Pear Pizzazz, Garden Green, Certainly Celery, Soft Suede by Stampin' Up; Memento Tuxedo Black.
DIES: Stag Trio, Merry and Bright, Woodland Wreaths - WPlus9; Stitched Flags STAX, Stitched Rectangle STAX by My Favorite Things; Sentiment Suite Basics by The Greetery. 

We'd love to see how you interpret these colors! If you need more inspiration, check out the rest of the design team samples below. 

  Amy Rohl

 Amy Rysavy
Barbara Anders

 Broni Holcombe  

Jodi Collins 

 Lisa Henke 

Lori Tecler

Lynn Put 

Vickie Zimmer 

Wanda Cullen (you are here)

~Wanda

CAS(E) This Sketch & Tag, You're It

I have a quick post with a clean and simple design for two challenges: Tag, You're It and CAS(E) This Sketch. The card base was stenciled using Mowed Lawn distress oxide ink and the Large Dots stencil from Simon Says Stamp. The stamps and dies are from WPlus9's Fresh Picked set. The exception is the sentiment strip die that is from My Favorite Things. The berries were stamped with Candied Apple distress oxide ink. 

I popped the tag and sentiment up with foam tape and added black

twine to tie it all together - haha - pun intended! 

 Some words to live by..."Smiles are contagious. Be a carrier!"

Thanks for stopping by...
                                                    ~Wanda

Fusion Triangles

It's time again for another Fusion Card Challenge! I went with  a loose version of the sketch and was definitely inspired by the triangles in the inspiration photo! I've pretty much depleted my birthday card stash, so decided to go with colors that could work for a masculine card (plus they are my fave distress oxide ink colors)!

I went to Pinterest to get some ideas for this Just Geometrics: Triangles stamp set by WPlus9 and found a card on the company blog that I loved - you can check it out HERE! The heavyweight vellum banner was in lieu of the vertical border in the sketch and it was adhered with staples. I offset the 'happy' die - Happy Trio by WPlus9 - with brushed silver CS (Stampin' Up) over Sour Apple CS (My Favorite Things). I also added some splatters with  Memento London Fog ink using WPlus9's Ink Splats set. 

STAMPS: Whole Lotta Happy, Just Geometrics: Triangles, Ink Splats - all by WPlus9.
INK: Peacock Feathers and Twisted Citron distress oxide (Ranger).
DIES: Fishtail Flags STAX Die-Namics (MFT); Happy Trio (WPlus9).

We'd love to see how you are inspired by the new Fusion Card Challenge! Hope to see you in the gallery.
                                                                       ~Wanda

Paper Players

It's CAS week at the Paper Players Challenge and there's a suggested theme of plants. That was a perfect reason for me to dust off some WPlus9 stamp sets and begin to arrange some plants in this fun watering can image.  Lilacs are my favorite spring flower (well...it's a tough one competing for tulips for top spot - lol)! 

I started with 3 different patterns of washi tape for the background. The watering can was stamped with Weathered Wood distress oxide ink then I sponged some Black Soot near the edges. Other distress oxide inks used for the florals included Peeled Paint, Twisted Citron, Crushed Olive, Forest Moss, Milled Lavender, Seedless Preserves, Dusty Concord, Shaded Lilac, Mustard Seed, Fossilized Amber, Worn Lipstick, Picked Raspberry.  The sentiment die is from the Thanks and Hello Word Duos by Reverse Confetti.  I always layer at least 2 or 3 word dies to give it a chipboard dimension.

STAMPS: Fresh Cut Florals, Fresh Cut Containers - WPlus9.

For more inspiration from the rest of the talented design team, please check out their creations HERE.  Hope to see you in the gallery! Have a blessed day!                                   ~Wanda

Sketch Saturday

The Sketch Saturday challenge is a nice and simple layout that was perfect to use this panel of wide washi tape by Altenew. The sentiment - Doodle Buds by WPlus9 - has a light and airy, feminine feel to it which pairs up perfectly with this pretty floral background. 
 

 

All of the stitched dies (circle, rectangle, fishtail flags) are from My Favorite Things.  So quick and easy!

                                                                   ~Wanda