Shine On...

I'm working with the Freshly Made Sketches and Colour Me! challenges together today.  I have actually been doing that a lot since both challenges come out on Wednesday - I may not get to them on that day - but I like to work them together.

The sketch is clean and simple and the colours are wonderfully subtle….Soft Sky, Pear Pizzazz, and Coastal Cabana.

I decided to paper piece the nail polish lids using the silver Foil Sheets.  I have never gotten rid of my Stampin'Up! Spritzer Tool - I love it!  That is how I added the splashes of the three colours onto the top of the matt.

To make the little bottles of nail polish shine, I've added a coating of Crystal Effects.

Hope your day is going well - we're dealing with winter again - but at this time of year you know that it won't last for long.

Thanks for stopping by to visit.

Joan

STEPS FOR MASKING UNWANTED 

PORTION OF A STAMP IMAGE

1.  On the mounted stamp - put a piece of tape over the portion of the image you DO NOT want to use.

2.  Ink up your image.

3.TAKE OFF THE PIECE OF TAPE!!!  THIS STEP IS VITAL.  

I'm sure there are tons of us out there who have forgotten to take the tape off!!!!!!

4.  Stamp the remaining image onto the desired card stock - punch it out or use it according to your plan.

Directional Thoughts

Came home from school to do the Freshly Made Sketches  and the Colour Me…! Challenges.  Gotta admit - blue and orange are not my favourites - but I like how this turned out.  

I used a brayer to colour the inside of my chevron embossing folder before embossing the paper.  I also used my Stamp-a-ma-Jig to get the little squares lined up on the blue piece.

Absolutely loving the melting snow, the fresh air, the late light night sky….I know it still can snow before the May long weekend - but the end is in sight and it looks good.

Thanks for stopping by,

Joan

Crocodile Redo

The sunny Daffodil Delight card I posted yesterday was suppose to be included in the Colour Me! Challenge - but I didn't read properly and neglected to see the part saying to use Old Olive. So - I just redid yesterday's card using the little crocodile from the Zoo Babies set.  I'm almost inclined to make a whole set using all the images….and different monochromatic colour combos of course.

We've got a PD day today - gotta learn something new to take back to the kids.

Have a good one!

Joan

Monochromatic Baby

Played along with Freshly Made Sketches challenge today.

As I've mentioned many times - I love making monochromatic cards.  I liked the sketch this week too - I love when things are a bit askew.  

I'm trying something new - following in the footsteps of Heather Summers.  At the bottom of the post you'll see today's card itemized and directions given on how to create it.  I may not be able to do this all the time - but I'm going to try!

Hope you're having a great day.

Thanks for stopping by!

Joan

You're Fabulous

Just a quick afternoon post using a sketch from this week's Freshly Made Sketches and colours from Colour Me…!

I've been wanting to use this Hostess Set - Making a Point - for a while now. 

I've seen the embossed Word Bubbles in a couple of places now - and I like the look of colour on colour to add texture to a background.

Hope you're having a great day.  Allison and I spent the afternoon at the Harry Potter exhibit - good times!

Have a great day!

Joan

Hexagon Hello

Hello, Hello……I'm not quite sure what's happening to me!  Maybe it's because I'm busy getting ready for a Teacher's Convention, but my "style" - if I really have one, is changing a bit.  I'm veering more and more to simpler layers.  However, be assured, even if the layers are simple….there are still dimensionals being used!!!!!!!  I will not give up dimensionals!

Anyway - the challenge I completed today is relatively new challenge blog - Colour Me….!    This week they are using Gumball Green, Blushing Bride, Pumpkin Pie and Pool Party.  I pulled out my Six-Sided Sampler set because I haven't used it in a while.  Tomorrow I have an order arriving, so I'm looking forward to some (more) new toys!

Hope you have something to look forward to.  Thanks for visiting!

Joan