Heart2Heart Challenge

I love playing along with the Heart2Heart Challenges whenever I get the chance... and this week is a "Black/white and a pop of colour" challenge.  I decided to go CAS with this one, just a little stamping and a few pop dots to lift up the whole front panel.  This is the first chance that I've had to ink up the March Stamp of the Month, too:

Stamp sets are Damask Tiles & Potential; Inks are Black & Pear; Cardstock is Black and White Daisy; - all CTMH; Spellbinder's die.

Heart2Heart Sketch & Color Throwdown #180 Challenges

I love a good sketch challenge!  So when the Heart2Heart Challenge blog had a lovely sketch this week, I definitely wanted to play.  I've combined it with The Color Throwdown challenge whose colours for this week worked perfectly with CTMH's Dreamin' papers.  Instead of the side panel, I stamped a row of Damask Tiles in a 'soft' black (I was aiming for more of a dark grey...).  The card is 5 3/4" square:

Patterned papers are Dreamin'; Cardstock is Grey Wool & Grey Mist; Ink is Black; Autumn Button; Just Blooms Autumn Sunflower; Black Hemp - all CTMH;  Stamp sets are Blessings, Verve & Damask Tiles, CTMH.

Sketchbook Saturday Challenge #43

Sooo glad to be back making regular cards!  I really love Christmas cards, but once the day is over, I'm completely ready to move on...  so I've worked on this week's Sketchbook Saturday sketch.  I love the background stamping idea that Chupa's incorporated into this sketch.  Here's what I came up with:

Here was our sketch:

Patterned paper is Seven Gypsies, Five & Dime by October Afternoon; Cardstock is Kraft & Colonial White, CTMH; Stamp sets are Follow Your Dreams & Damask Tiles, CTMH; Ink is Desert Sand, CTMH; Red button collection, CTMH; Baker's Twine, The Twinery; Pink Collection ribbon, CTMH; Spellbinder's Die.

Play Date Cafe Challenge #46

Whoa!  This week's Play Date Cafe Challenge started out as a simple card idea and morphed into something completely different!  Our inspiration was black, white & a pop of colour - so I chose pink.  I definitely wanted to do a wallpaper background, and after changing my sentiment a couple of times, out came the flowers and it turned out much more 'bridal' looking than I intended (I blame all the PDCC designers who had a bit of a bridal thing going on this week...)  As always, I'm very happy to have come up with something that is outside of the box for me.  So here is our jumpstart photo, and what I created:

Pink flowers are Prima, ribbon Michaels, everything else is CTMH: Stamp sets are State of Mind & Damask Tiles; Cardstock is White Daisy & Black; Ink is Black; Opaque Pearls; Just Blooms Paper Flowers.

Color Throwdown Challenge #103

This week's Color Throwdown challenge incorporated these colours:

I loved what Tracey Mason did with the Damask Tiles stamp set (here), so she was my inspiration this week.  This is my first attempt at ribbon pleating!  The ribbon is cream organdy, and shows up better in real life:

All supplies are CTMH: Stamp sets are Damask Tiles, State of Mind; Cardstock is Tulip, Sweet Leaf, Colonial White; Inks are Sweet Leaf & Bamboo - edge distressed in Desert Sand; Flower is Just Blooms; Bamboo button; Garden Green Waxy Flax; Colonial White Organdy