Sketchy Colors with Friday Mashup

Its time for another Friday Mashup challenge, are you ready? I sure hope so, because we've got another great one this week, courtesy of Kathy! You can use the colors she has provided(Night of Navy, Pretty In Pink, Pear Pizazz), use the sketch OR MASHUP the challenges.

Dont forget to link up your card over at the Friday Mashup blog, and go leave the design team, as well as your fellow crafters, some love!

Supplies used(all supplies SU unless otherwise noted):
Stamps: Bold Blossom, Thanks For Caring
Paper: Pear Pizazz, Night of Navy, Whisper White, Springtime Vintage DSP, Welcome Neighbor DSP
Ink: Pretty In Pink, Pear Pizazz
Accessories: Dazzling Diamonds, Scallop Trim Border Punch, Curly Label Punch, Sizzix Circle dies, pink ribbon(non-SU)

Thanks For Caring

When I lost my father to cancer last October I had so many friends step up and comfort me in whatever ways I needed, and even now, 8 months after losing him, there are still so many dear friends that help me deal with the emotions I face daily of not having my dad around. I made this card with all of them in mind.

I love the clean and simple look, and the Clean and Simple blog is one of my favs. I used this weeks sketch to make the card.

 Supplies used(all supplies SU unless otherwise noted):
Stamps: Nature Walk, sentiment from Thanks For Caring
Paper: Marina Mist, Not Quite Navy, Very Vanilla, Botanical Gazette DSP
Ink: Early Espresso, Not Quite Navy, Versamark
Accessories: Sponge, Scallop Border Punch, Very Vanilla Ribbon, dimensionals

Visions of Sugar Plums

I must be sick! I actually got the Jingle Belles challenge done on the day it came out, whoa!(even though I'm just posting it today). This week the challenge is a photo inspiration challenge and it comes from Amanda of Crafty Paper Girl, and I have to admit that once again I was a bit nervous with this challenge, as the photo is a bit soft and feminine ...the complete opposite of me, LOL!

I decided to use the purple in the photo as inspiration, as well as the snowflakes in the top right corner. The purple was hard for me because I am not a fan of that color at all, but I have plenty of friends who adore purple that I can send this card too, so its all good. For the background I used a technique called 'Magic Snowflake', and its super easy...take a piece of glossy cardstock and with white craft ink stamp your image. Cover image with white embossing power and heat emboss. Then take 2 bottles of re-inker and drop some color on a cotton ball dipped in rubbing alcohol. The colors will combine as you pat the cotton ball across the cardstock and will completely cover your embossed images. After you're done putting the color on grab your heat gun and use it to blow the color off your image...it disappears and you're left with your image standing out against the colored background. Super easy and I just love the look thats left!.

 Supplies used(all supplies SU unless otherwise noted):
Stamps: The Snowflake Spot
Paper: Perfect Plum, Not Quite Navy, Glossy White, Whisper White
Ink: Whisper White Craft Ink, Perfect Plum, Vintage Violet, Cool Caribbean
Accessories: White Embossing Power, Rubbing Alcohol, Button, Rhinestone Brad, Elegant Eggplant Ribbon, dimensionals

Ribbons, Pearls, and Girls.....

I love Fridays! Not just because its the end of the work week and I have the weekend to relax, but because its time for another Friday Mashup challenge! This week our challenge is brought to us by Holly, and the Mashup Rock Star  chosen this week wins an OPI Pirates of the Caribbean mini set. will get the Mini Set of OPI's Femme De Cirque Collection.

So get crafty and either make a feminine card, make a card using ribbon or pearls OR MASHUP the challenges and create a feminine card using ribbons and pearls! A random winner will win the Pirates of the Caribbean OPI set.

 I am sooooo not a girly girl so this challenge was a toughie for me! I'm more of a jeans and hoodie type of girl, rather than ribbon and pearls! I know Holly wanted to see some pink incorporated but I used some Rose Red cardstock...close enough right? I love flowers, and I figure *most* girls do, so I incorporated some nice flowery DSP that wasnt too overwhelming, and added the pearls as accents to some of the flowers.

Supplies used(all supplies SU unless otherwise noted):
Stamps: Baby Blossoms
Paper: Crumb Cake, Rose Red, Very Vanilla, Springtime Vintage
Ink: Crumb Cake, Always Artichoke
Accessories: Very Vanilla ribbon, pearls, CB Swiss Dots folder,sponge

Here Comes Santa Claus....

I was so excited to see that the Jingle Belles challenge this week is all about Santa. We love Santa and the spirit of giving in this house! My kids know that if you dont believe in Santa, there wont be any presents under the tree from him. Shoot, Santa lives just  a few hrs north of me, in North Pole Alaska! Can you believe I havent made it up there yet to see him? Yeah, I know, bad me! Anyway, here is the card I came up with.

Supplies used(all supplues SU unless otherwise noted):
Stamps: Star Santa
Paper: Chocolate Chip, Ruby Red, Holiday Treasures DSP, watercolor paper
Ink: StazOn Black, Cherry Cobbler, So Saffron, Blasic Black, Basic Gray, Early Espresso, Whisper White Craft Ink
Accessories: AquaPainter, Dazzling Diamonds, Frost White Shimmer Paint, Glitter Brads, Chocolate Chip ribbon, Scallop Border punch, dimensionals

Mashing Up Masculine

Its time for another Friday Mashup challenge and this week Kasey is bringing us the challenge! Here is what Kasey has to say:

Hi it's Kasey here, a big Hello from sunny North Queensland, and another first for me, I get to set the Challenge this week. I'm so excited to be bringing you one of my all time favourites. Just in case you haven't come across the term before...A Monochromatic scheme uses shades of the same colour or ONE colour plus a neutral. I for one don't make enough masculine cards, I prefer working with all the girly colours and bling, so in the theme Australia! and welcome to another Friday Mashup Challenge. I'm so pleased to be a full time member of the Friday Mashup Design Team of setting challenges... to Mash it up, make it Masculine.

1. Make a card with a Monochromatic colour scheme

2. Make a card with with a Masculine theme

3. MASH it all up and create a Monochromatic card that is for a Male!

I wasnt sure how I was going to handle this challenge. I knew I wanted to use a new set from the SU Summer Mini called The Open Sea...I fell in love with it the minute I saw it! I grabbed the Nautical Expedition DSP and just started from there. I mashed the challenge and used Not Quite Navy paired with some Whisper White and the DSP to create a Fathers Day card for my FIL. The ship was cut out and popped up with dimensionals.

Supplies used(all supplies SU unless otherwise noted):
Stamps: The Open Sea, sentiment from King of the Grill, inside sentiment from All-Year Cheer I
Paper: Not Quite Navy, Whisper White, Nautical Expedition DSP
Ink: Not Quite Navy
Accessories: Not Quite Navy brads, sponge, dimensionals

Strength and Hope

I finally got a chance today to ink up one of the new sets I got recently, Strength and Hope! I love love love this set. Like many others my life has been touched by cancer, especially in the last few yrs. My stepmom is a breast cancer survivor(she recently hit her 5 yr clear mark, woohooo!), 3 yrs ago my best friend since I was 15 lost her mom to breast cancer(passing away only 3 months after she was diagnosed), and I lost my beloved father to squamous cell cancer on Oct.2,2010.

I've seen the Strength and Hope of cancer survivors and their loved ones up close and personal and this set just really speaks to me. Plus any money that goes towards breast cancer research is a wonderful thing! So I got inking today and made a card that incorporated 2 challenges, this weeks colors from The Color Throwdown, and this weeks sketch from Clean and Simple.

Supplies used(all supplies SU unless otherwise noted):

Stamps: Strength and Hope

Paper: So Saffron, Rose Red, Whisper White, Springtime Vintage DSP

Ink: Rose Red, Taken With Teal

Accessories: Round Corner Punch, Rose Red Brads, Whisper White Ribbon, CB Swiss Dots folder, sponge, dimensionals