Colorful Options December 2025

Well here we are at our Colorful Options challenge for December, but we might have another
challenge surprise coming up later.
Our colors as shown on our super cool inspiration board are
red~green~brown~white along with our rainbow colors if that is the way you choose to go.

For my card I pulled out a new and never been used before
Cottage Cutz die Ginger Pocket Peeker that I purchased at one of their spectacular sales they have.
I die cut all my pieces on a white card stock scrap then colored
each piece in with Copics.  Once it was all put together I die cut a 
Cottage Cutz Stitched Eyelet Rectangle then ran it
thru my TH Sizzix Snowfall embossing folder.
The background paper 'P13 Santa's Workshop' was die cut
with a Waffle Flower Lacy Layered die.
My 'ginger' is pretty dark, I might have 'over baked' him, teehee!!

Come over to Colorful Options and have some
'colorful' fun with us!

Entering the following challenges:
Send A Smile 4 Kids .... Holiday Card For Kids

Colorful Options November 2025

 Hello friends, time for our monthly challenge again at
Colorful Options and we are into the REDS!
Your other 'option' is to use rainbow colors.

So many cute things in this mood board to inspire let alone the color.
That red barn spook to me as we have a red barn too.
I also knew I had a Cottage Cutz die with reindeer that were in a barn
(Reindeer stable)so went with that.  My embossed background is a favorite
Paper Rose Wood Panels, I love all the texture detail on this one. 
The sentiment is The Ton Easy Expressions Holiday.
It was fun to make this fun die cut with the cute deer for the first time.

Thanks for stopping by and happy creating!!

Entering the following challenges:
Christmas Crafts All Year Round .... Run Run Rudolph
Die Cut Diva's .... Critters
Simon Says Wednesday ...ATG

Colorful Options October 2025

 Hello friends, today at Colorful Options our colors are fitting for
October, Black and Orange.  Lots of options here as it doesn't have to be Halloween
just anything in these two colors.  Not a fan of this months mood board?  Then
you can always use rainbow colors if you prefer!

I was inspired not only by the colors but the black kitty cat as well.
I used for the first time a Honey Bee Lovely Layers Scaredy Cat die
as well as an old embossing folder from Cuttlebug embossed on
Cord'dinations Black Magic paper that I then sanded to let the color through.

Come on over and have some 'colorful' fun with us!!

Entering the following challenges:
Show Us Your Pussycats Challenge .... Must be Cats

September 2025 Colorful Options

 Hello friends, time for our monthly challenge at Colorful Options 
and we have a pretty wild and very colorful mood board for you.

It took me awhile to decide how I wanted to interpret this though it does say anything goes
I wanted to stay within these colors.  Going through my stencils  I came across a
Brutus Monroe Quad Pattern stencil (another of my 99cent sale purchases from Simon Says) and thought it would work well for these
colors.  I used all Distress inks for my colors, faded jeans,
carved pumpkin, lumberjack plaid  and squeezed lemonade. 
I then die cut a Tutti Designs oval and topped it with 
Sue Wilson Shadow Box-Celebrations balloon dies, I hand drew the strings.
The sentiment is Easy Expressions from The Ton.

Come on over and have some 'colorful' fun with us.

Entering the following fun challenges:
Addicted To Stamps & More ....Die Cuts and/or Stencils

Simon Says Wednesday .... ATG

Allsorts #831 ....Birthdays

Just Us Girls ....Stencil Week

Thank You

 Hello friends at Colorful Options this month our colors are a mix
of monochromatic browns.
You are however always welcome to use rainbow colors
if this color mix isn't for you.

While looking on Pinterest one day I saw a beautiful big butterfly card similar to this

one I have created for today.  It was from 2015 and her last blog post was 2022, sometimes
(always) I wonder what happened to make card makers stop blogging, always hoping

that everything is just fine in their lives, do you wonder about that too when you come
across a blog that just stopped with no explanation?

I had great ideas for this butterfly card and wanted to use 'Stampendous Frantage'
do you remember that stuff?  I spent well over an hour trying to find mine and did

find some but in Halloween colors not the browns I was looking for and I know I have it.
Last summer we put all new floors in my craft room and the entire room was emptied out
and since moving it all back in I am having a hard time finding things, like my

sanding blocks, that is another whole story!!

Anyhow, I used for the first time a Stampendous PenPattern Butterflies stamp set.
There are 3 different butterflies in this set and I used the largest.
I stamped her in Versamark then embossed with Wendi Vechi Potting Soil
embossing powder.  I stamped SU Itty Bitty Backgrounds also with Versamark
and embossed with Sparkle N Sprinkles Timber embossing powder, it has
little flecks of glitter in it.
The sentiment is Stampendous True Friends stamped in Altenew Expresso ink.  A few half pearls were added.
This isn't exactly how I had planned it as I really wanted that Frantage but in the end

it is what I came up with!

Come on over to Colorful Options and have some colorful fun with us!

Entering these fun challenges:
Word Art Wednesday .... ATG

Hi Sweetie

 Hello friends, we have a SUMMER color mood board for you this month at Colorful Options.
Think picnics, yummy summer food and pretty flowers!

I have to admit summer foods always entice me, nothing better then fresh
picked fruit in my book!  I mean look at all those yummy fruits, let alone
that sandwich, I might have to quit and go have my lunch LOL!

I used Lawn Fawn for my strawberry die and paper.  
Outside in Stitched Strawberry die and Perfectly Plaid papers.
I used a Waffle Flower Lacey 2 die and a Tutti Designs Dotted Oval.
The sentiment is Sunny Studios.

I hope you have enjoyed my big plump strawberry card and
will come and join in our summer fun!

Soak Up The Sun

 Hello friends,  We are feeling some summer colors at
Colorful Options
with pretty beachy blues!

We have a summery fun mood board for inspiration.

Living in Michigan and pretty much surrounded by water, our beaches are
one of my favorite places to go, so these colors to create with were no hardship for me!

I pulled out my Spellbinders July 2022 Small die of the month
Day At The Beach.  I don't belong to any of their clubs anymore
but hit their warehouse sales and am able to purchase these
at a very reasonable price.
I die cut all the pieces from scraps then patiently (and it takes patience) put them together.  The sentiment is Brutus Monroe, again one of the sets (Summer Lovin) I picked up at Simon Says sales for 99 cents.  I love the sales!!  The paper is Honey Bee Beach Vibes.

You will see this die set come up my blog in a few more weeks
as I used it for another DT project, which is a good thing
as normally I use something once
and then am off onto something else!!

Thanks for visiting and happy creating!!

May 2025 Colorful Options

Hello friends, it's time for our new monthly challenge at
Colorful Options  where we are all about colors.
We have an interesting color board this time
but don't let it fool you , there is plenty of colors to focus on!
Not a fan of these colors (?), then  rainbow colors are another 'option'!!

I have to admit I was first thrown by looking at the images and not the colors,
silly me, as after all we ARE all about color!

I started with a beautiful card base of Barely Peach.  I was hunting around for
a light peach color and this one was perfect, in my excitement of finding just
what I was looking for I accidently ordered 2 reams, no hardship there as it beautiful!
It is from Spellbinders 100#, though I prefer 110# for my bases, this one was sturdy enough.

I had a few Stampendous 'toppers' that I put together for my florals to 'rest' on
as I thought they contained ALL the colors of the board.
The florals are Spellbinders Bold Blooms from my already made stash of blooms,
but the focal center flower is a new one from the Waffle Flower release in February
'Flower Focal' die cut from the same paper as the base and inked with Pink & Main
Construction ink.  The sentiment is part of the Stampendous set mentioned above! 

I hope you will join us at Colorful Options as I know I for one
would love to see YOUR take on it!
Thanks for stopping by and happy creating!!

Entering the following challenges:
Little Red Wagon .... Use That Stash
Just Us Girls .... Die Week~Flower

Craft Rocket .... Flowers

April 2025 Colorful Options

 Hello friends, at Colorful Options this month we are into
pretty PASTELS, but you can always use rainbow colors too if pastels isn't your 'thing'!

I had a hard time getting the true colors of my card when photographing it,
but the background has a bit more of a light teal color to it then what is shown
and is from Pink Fresh Studios Making The Best of It Paper pad. 
The birds are Sparkle N Sprinkle's Feathered Friends
stamped on a  Cottage Cutz Eyelet die cut.
The sentiment is a Spellbinders BetterPress.
The scallops lace across the top were made with a SU punch.
For a bit of sparkle I added some PFS gems.

We would love to see you having fun with us at Colorful Options .

Cutie Pie~PI Day

 Hello friends, Colorful Options is having a fun extra challenge for the next week
celebrating PI Day from March 13th thru the 19th, I hope you will join this fun challenge with us!

Pi Day is celebrated on March 14th to commemorate the mathematical constant π (pi), which is approximately 3.14

Want to know more about PI Day, then go HERE
It is a fun read to learn more about it and how it is celebrated,

some by eating pies, others by throwing them, yikes, not me
I'd be on the eating end!

Here is our fun Pi~Pie mood board for inspiration!

I used my fun Concord & 9th Sweet As Pie dies
and made my very favorite pie, Lemon though I do prefer meringue
on my pies.  The paper I used is Lawn Fawns Fruit Salad.
The Sprig of mint and the lemon slice are from
Spellbinders Delicious Decorations .

Come on over and have some fun PI~Pie with us for PI Day!!

A Little Tipsy

 We are going GREEN at Colorful Options.
Not a GREEN fan?  Then you can do rainbow colors!
We have a fun inspiration board that has to make you smile!

I used a stamp I received when I was designing for Sparkle N Sprinkle 'Max'
that is the first time I have inked it up.  I colored 'Max' in with Copic's
and added a few gems for some sparkle.
The Wacky Stitched Rectangles are Cottage Cutz.
The sentiment is part of the stamp set.
I was thinking this 'might' make a good retirement card.

Come on over to Colorful Options and have some green fun with us!

Entering the following challenges:
NBUS ...Never Before Used Schtuff
Simon Says Wednesday .... ATG
Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers ....G is For Green

February 2025 Colorful Options

Hello friends, welcome to Colorful Options Challenge this month where our colors are
Pink/Red with the pretty mood board below!

I did a somewhat simple card by using a pretty die I haven't used before
that I got from Cheapo Dies when they were in business.
  The background paper is Doodlebug Design's Love Notes (2019).
The sentiment is from Paper Smooches Scripty Sayings, a set I won
when they were still in business.  Just a bit of layering on a
pink card base and my card was completed!

Come join us in some Colorful Fun!!

Entering the following fun challenges:

Cut It Up .... Have a Heart
All Sorts #816 ....Romance or Music
Simon Says Wednesday .... ATG
Time Out .... Pick Two:  Layer~Heart~Love

January 2025 Colorful Options

It's time for a new challenge at Colorful Options 
and we have a pretty mood board !

This mood board reminded me so much of Mardi Gras colors!

I used a technique I saw on Youtube that you use a 3D
embossing folder, emboss then use a white ink going
across the raised image.  The ink I used was Memories (superior)
Unicorn white.  then you use TH Oxide inks to 'color' the image.
Tip:  Make sure your white ink is dry before you do this, I used my heat gun to dry mine. 
The 3D embossing folder is Simon Says Peony (newly purchased). 
The sentiment is a SpellbindersBetterpress (also new). 
I used a gold foil card stock on the base!

Come on over to Colorful Options and have some colorful fun with

 us!

Entering the following fun challenges:
Simon Says Wednesday .... Something New
Word Art Wednesday .... ATG
Little Red Wagon .... New Beginnings

Colorful Options December 2024

 Hello friends, Colorful Options has a traditional color theme this month
of RED~GREEN~GOLD
and a fun 'postage' inspiration board!

The vintage postage stamps 'spoke' to me and since I had the
Waffle Flower postage die and Christmas Stencil  to go with,
I figured it
would be a perfect match to this inspiration board.
I tried to stick mostly to the red, green and gold traditional colors
but because of stenciling one color over another a few got a little 'muddy'.
For the gold I used Dew Drop Brilliance Galaxy Gold,
IRL, you can see the shimmer of the gold.
The other color inks
were a mix of Dew Drop and Altenew..  The stamps are part of the
Waffle Flower postage collection.

Come on over to Colorful Options and have some 'colorful' fun with us!!

Colorful Options November 2024

 Are you ready for another fun challenge at Colorful Options?
We certainly have a pretty and fun 'mood' board for you!!
It just screams Christmas which is just around the corner it seems!

I  not only let the the black and red plaid inspire me but also
the green wreath!  I first die cut an OLD Spellbinders Build a Wreath die that I had never used before,
it came with a few extra green pines to add but for the life of me
I couldn't figure out how to add them and found no old video on them either.
So I grabbed another oldie die from Cheery Lynn Creations and layered that instead,MUCH easier!! 
The sentiment is also part of the die set, which I stacked three times
but the red bow is from the SB set I tried first, (more detailed then the picture shows).

Come on over and have some colorful fun with us at Colorful Options!!

Colorful Options October 2024

 Hello friends, it's a new month and that means a new color challenge at
Colorful Options and this month our color is ORANGE
but you can always use rainbow colors too if orange isn't your 'thing'!!.
Below is a very orange mood board for inspiration!

I decided being October I would go the Halloween route and made a very
large Halloween tag.  The tag itself is from a tag package by Prima.
Speaking of Prima that is where my witch girl came from, one of the many many
girl stamps Prima came out with several years ago.
I owned several myself then a friend that gave up card creating
gave me all hers, so I added about 12 more to my already big collection of them
and thought it was about time to pull one to use again!
This one is a bit smaller then the first ones they came  out with
but she is still plenty big.  Her name is Giulia.  All her clothes were paper pieced from
scraps, the hat I stamped from the Stamper Anonymous Crazy Birds Accessories 
and fussy cut it out.  The sentiment is Echo Park, stamped on a Lawn Fawn Banner.
I die cut a TH Alterations Rosette and cut my bats from a Prickley Pear die.
The black leaves came out of my black bin of die cut scraps.
The candy corn paper is from a very old scrap piece in my Halloween stash!

Come on over to Colorful Options for some colorful fun with us!!

Colorful Options September 2024

This month at Colorful Options we were challenged to use
BOLD, VIBRANT  colors.
You could also use a neutral color with a bold color.
Below is a fabulous example of inspiration.

I was totally inspired by the upper right picture of the cat
knowing I had a never been used Stamplistic Sweet Poodle stamp
that seemed just perfect for this challenge.
I purchased this stamp as it reminded me of my goldendoodle that is half
golden retriever and half standard poodle and other then the colors
looks very much like this stamp.  I don't see a poodle resemblance at all
but I certainly see a doodle one!

I just kind of haphazardly colored the image in with a mix of Olo's and Copic's.
I made a few mistakes in placing some of the color and there was
really no rhyme or reason how I did it, I guess I would call it
'messy art' LOL!!
The sentiment is The Ton Easy Expressions.

This is the stamp I have used.

Come on over to Colorful Options and have some bold and vibrant fun with us!!

Colorful Options August 2024

Hello friends, at Colorful Options this month we are
celebrating yellow-green this month.
You can use yellow, green, yellow-green, or green-yellow.
Not inspired by these colors?  Then a rainbow colored card is always an option!

Here is our colorful mood board for inspiration:

 

 I opted for a yellow-green card myself using a stencil of lemons I
received from one of Altenew's weekly sales!
Pretty simple with a 3 layer stencil and a Pink Fresh Studios Perfect Sentiments!
Of course I had to use Distress Ink Squeezed Lemonade for my yellow lemons!

Come and have some colorful fun with us at Colorful Options!!

 

Colorful Options July 2024

Hello friends, today at Colorful Options Makira has come with a
fun and clever challenge just perfect for the month of JULY!!
You can read the 'how to's' in her words below:

 Choose your favorite flag and use it's color(s) for inspiration for this month.  For Americans, don't forget your state flag. Other flag options: a college flag, organization's flag, pride flag......   You get the idea.  Choose any flag you wish.  Have fun!

I chose our beautiful American flag colors of
RED~WHITE~BLUE
and created a fun 4th of July card!!

I die cut out a star (Tutti Designs)
using only the negative (I'll use the die cut for something later)
then die cut several banner strips from Pretty Pink Posh
and lined them up on a piece of scrap card stock
then placed my star negative over the strips.
The sentiment is TH Crazy Talk.
A few RWB 'candi's' were added for fun!

This was a fun challenge and I hope you will join us
at Colorful Options!
I can't wait to see YOUR creativeness!!

Entering the following challenges:
A Cut Above .... Celebrations With A Bang

Colorful Options June 2024

 Hello friends, it's once again a new month and that means a new
color board at Colorful Options Challenge!

We are also joining forces with Double Trouble for
the first two weeks of our challenge.
You can read all about it in the graphic below OR
go to Double Trouble for all the details.

Being June, we have a calming and pretty aqua blues inspiration board
or if you prefer you can always use rainbow colors!

I pulled out a very favorite die and stencil from The Ton
and had fun creating my card in these colors!  The die is the 
Postage Party die and the stencil is Sunflowers Layering Stencils
and so very easy to use.  You will see this set appear over and over
on my blog throughout the year as this has been so fun to work with,
my hope is that they come out with lots more stencils to coordinate with this die!
All inks used were Altenew, I purchase their ink cubes that come in a pack of four with light to dark colors
making them the perfect choice for the layered stencils and stamps!

Hope to see YOU this month over at Colorful Options
and at Double Trouble!!

Entering the following challenges:
Crafty Catz #673... ATG or Use a Stencil
Simon Says Wednesday .... ATG