Another color combo

I am challenging myself with another color combo today!

The color combo is one that I would have never thought of myself - Aqua, Green and Orange from CAS-ual Fridays:

My card only uses the colors above, plus white in the Close to My Heart palette - Sky, Lagoon and Goldrush.  They are the closest colors I can find in the palette.

These bright colors are really bold and vibrant so I would put them on a birthday card.  Then I thought the arrows are so on trend right now, why not give them a try?  Oh the mini-starbursts?  Don't they deserve the spot to show the explosion of happiness in bright orange?

My card also enters the challenge at The Paper Players' One Layer card challenge:

and OLW at Maskerade - Lunatic Fringe. 

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A color combo

There is a color combo that I have been trying to play but keep forgetting about it.  When I was staying in this past weekend, I took out my ink pads and paper and started playing with it.  The colors are light blue, light and dark purple, light and dark brown.  Tricky, huh?

I was very close to giving up until I finished this acceptable version:

Color challenges are difficult but I will keep trying!

My card is entering the following challenges:
1.  Craftin' Boutique - Anything Goes
2.  Stampin for Weekend - Butterflies
3.  Challenges 4 Everybody - Anything Goes
4.  Come and Get It Challenges - Things with wings
5.  Seize the Birthday - Birthday

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Is it feminine or masculine?

Who can believe that I have got a cold while we are in the summer?  Honestly I cannot, even though my throat is sore and my temperature is a tad bit too high.

So I am staying in, trying to relax and get some rest.  I started my relaxing day with a movie but it was rather boring so I didn't enjoy it.  I just couldn't stay in bed all the time!  So I turned to my craft desk.  Alas, I got so excited that I totally forgot to take my medication.  Shhhh~~

I like the card a lot.  The bright colors are perfect for birthday and the images are fun and cute.  At the end I added bakers twine and a bow.  Then I thought, now that the bow may have changed the "gender" of the card.  Is it a feminine or masculine card?  What do you think?

I have decided that it will be great for a kid. 

I've adopted the sketch from Clean and Simple Stamping:

The color combo came from Color My Heart Color Dare - Buttercup, Lagoon and Pear.  So glad that I tried it out as I would have never thought of something like this.

My card is also entering the following challenges:
1.  Kitty Bee Designs - Birthday
2.  Amusing Challenge - Birthdays
3.  Seize the Birthday - Birthday

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Happy Holidays

A quick post today as I have to leave in about 10 minutes!

Even though the post will be done fast I must say that when I saw the sketch at Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge I have been having about five million thoughts about the kind of card I wanted to make.  My first thought was a Thanksgiving card, then a Birthday card, but after I realized that my Thanksgiving paper has gone to my scrapbook project I had to switch it to a different one.  Note to myself - try not to have too many ongoing projects at the same time, it muddles up thoughts and preparation of materials!

I eventually finished the card this morning.  It is a Christmas card:

I like that it is simple and can be mass produced for the Christmas season!  The sketch looks like this:

My card also enters the following challenges:
1.  Just Add Ink - Snowflakes
2. Creative Corner - Anything Goes
3.  Creative Finger - Anything Goes
4.  Inspire Me Fridays - Anything Goes
5.  Fun Day Friday - Anything Goes and
6.  Sister Act card challenge - Anything Goes

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Celebrate Today... SMILE

I'm continuing to use the sketches in Make It From Your Heart Volume II for my projects.  Love the convenience of having the sketches AND the dimensions of each piece.

My card uses one of the sketches in the book:

The Laughing Lola paper has really vibrant and unique colors.  I think it can be used for a girly layout but also a Halloween project!  Who doesn't like versatility?

My card is entering the following challenges:
1.  Heart 2 Heart challenge - Sentimentally Yours
2.  Color My Heart Color Dare - Laughing Lola Gold, Purple, Blue and Gypsy
3.  Belli Challenge - Glitter
4.  Crafting by Designs - Anything Goes
5.  Crafts and Me Challenges - Anything Goes
6.  Lady Anne's Challenges - Anything Goes

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Back to scrapbooking

Once I received my Close to My Heart Artbooking cartridge I became so excited that I dug out my old pictures and scrapbooked.  It was really easy peasy to get my two-page layout done.  I would really love to share my pages but alas, I haven't figured out a way to take a picture of them. 

Scrapbooking was one of the reasons I started my paper crafting journey.  It remains a difficult thing because I first have to have decent pictures to scrapbook, then have the time to develop the pictures , after that it's the right paper to match with the pictures, and finally it's such a big project that it could be a turn-off when I get to my craft desk. 

When I'm frustrated at my scrapbooking project I turn to a quick fix - card making.  It is equally fun but less stressful.  I also love to use those scraps from scrapbooking projects on my cards.  But now that I have the Artbooking cartridge I am seriously thinking about carving out time for scrapbooking purpose, otherwise my pictures get piling up and I will bury myself in them, instead of burying myself in my craft supplies.  LOL.

Before I become too serious about my scrapbooking mission, I must share a card I made with some new and old supplies:

I got the sketch from Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge:

I love this sketch and I see myself using it a lot in the near future!

My card is also entering the challenge at
Bearly Mine Challenges - Anything Goes
Crafty Sentiments - Dies and Punches and
Through the Craft Room Door - Anything Goes.

Now I have to think whether I should go scrapbooking or cardmaking.  Help me!

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Inspiration

I like to seek ideas and inspiration from everywhere, but I must admit, new products give me a lot of inspiration and that means my wallet should find its own inspiration to fill up itself.  LOL.

I got the new ZIG glitter pen and wanted to try it out badly.  Its appearance reminds me of a mascara (no kidding!) and it works like a waterbrush, except that its contents were filled with fine glitter glue instead of water.  

I got the clear glitter and I'm going to tell you my first impression about it.  How about taking a look at the card that made use of it?

My poor camera and photography skill cannot capture the glitter well, but if you see streaks on the trees and the house, they  are places that the glitter was applied.  Interestingly when I tip the card towards the light no streaks are shown and in fact I see an evenly spread layer of glitter, but somehow if you look at it from bird's view the streaks can be quite obvious. 

I love to rub against glitter.  No, it's not my hobby but I hate the recipient of my card complaining about the glitter falling off or their kids accidentally have glitter all over their faces and hands.  After letting it dry overnight, I rubbed the surface. Some glitter did land on my fingers, but mind you, I was rubbing very hard on it. 

The glitter pen is easy to use, the tip is so fine that you don't even need a steady hand.  Look, I didn't have any problem to put it on the tips of the trees.  Like its packaging suggests, it's good for letters and even writings.  I am pretty satisfied with it but I'll use it a couple more times before I give my verdict. 

My card is based on the sketch from Lunchtime Monday Sketch Challenge:

and it is entering the challenge at
Craftin' Boutique Challenges - Christmas challenge
Weekly Christmas Card Challenge - Evergreen Trees and
Holly Jolly Christmas Challenge - Glitter.

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