Deconstructed Sketch #72

It is my wonderful Brother-in-law's 65th birthday in a few days... so I needed to do a masculine card.  I've used this week's Deconstructed Sketch, and a few older items from CTMH to put it all together:

Patterned papers are Lucky & Dotty For You; Cardstock is Outdoor Denim, Olive & Colonial White; Stamp set is The Present; Ink is Desert Sand; Filigree Charms; Durables; Cricut Artiste.

 

UFO's

Not the extra-terrestrial variety... but the "Un-Finished Object" kind.  While doing a bit of a tidy in my craft room earlier this summer, I continually came across bits and pcs of unfinished cards.  Either something that was started and not finished, or duplicate cards that never got put together.  So I vowed to make a bit of a dent in my little pile, and assembled a few of them:

This one was for the very first challenge I had as a designer for the Heart2Heart Challenges Blog back in January, which was to make a Pear/Sky Blue/Colonial White card.  This was my initial idea that just wasn't coming together (totally trying to over-think it, and be too artsy!) so I had to let it sit for 6months before I decided to just put it together anyway.  Definitely out of the box for me, and I think I scrapped 3 other cards before finally making one that stuck:

Cardstock is Colonial White & Sky Blue; Stamp sets are The Present & Say it in Style; Inks are Pear, Sky Blue & Desert Sand; Patterned paper is Magnifique; Ivory organdy ribbon - all CTMH.

Play Date Cafe Challenge #54/Waltzingmouse Sketch #21

A very pretty colour combo as this week's Play Date Cafe Challenge:

and a tag sketch from the Waltzing Mouse Sketch Challenge:

Here's what I came up with:

Cardstock is Sorbet, Taffy & Key Lime; Stamp Sets are The Present & Birthday Script; Inks are Sorbet, Key Lime & Desert Sand; White Daisy Just Blooms; Key Lime & Taffy Bigger Brads; Spring Sorbet brads; Taffy Organdy.

Mojo Monday #155 & Play Date Cafe #45

I'm catching up on my challenges, so I've combined this week's Mojo Monday sketch, and the Play Date Cafe Challenge.  The sketch is great:

And here is the colour inspiration from the Play Date Cafe:

I had to work really hard to put these colours together!  I used my corner rounder to create the scallops, and thought that it worked pretty well.  This is my 2nd post for today, scroll down to see my H2H card:

All supplies are CTMH: Patterned papers are Fleurs des Jardines, Vineyard Berry; Cardstock is Vineyard Berry, Goldrush & Bamboo; Stamp sets are Live Inspired & The Present; Vineyard Berry Organdy Ribbon & Eyelets; Bitty Sparkles.

New colours: Pear & Lagoon!

Here's a peek of 2 more of the new CTMH colours debuting Sept 1st: Pear is the green, and Lagoon is the blue-green shade.  The stamped images are our new stamp set "The Present".  The larger card is 5x6 1/2", and the little one is a standard 4 1/4"x5 1/2".

All supplies are CTMH: Stamp sets are The Present, Intrinsic Backgrounds, Spot On Backgrounds; Cardstock is Desert Sand, Pear, Lagoon & White Daisy; Inks are Desert Sand, Lagoon & Pear.

Color Throwdown Challenge #106

Yay!  I got my first order of new fall product today... so decided to use one of my new stamp sets for this week's Color Throwdown Challenge:

All supplies CTMH: Stamp set - The Present; Cardstock - Chocolate, Sweet Leaf, Colonial White, Bamboo; Ink is Chocolate, Brads Chocolate, Ribbon is Heavenly Blue.