What's Your New SU! Color?

This week, Karla challenged us to create a project using one of SU!'s new colors or returning color.  This was a no brainer for me!  Many years ago, Mint was my signature color.  I would wear it every chance I could.  Although pink is my favorite color, mint will always be my signature color :)  So, as soon as I saw Karla's challenge, I knew I'd be using Mint Macaron!  I can't tell you how happy I am this color returned!

I was trying to really focus on the Mint, but I had to pull some pink in ;)

Really, they do go so well together too!

I am trying to use all of my new stamps.  So, I pulled my Artfully Folded (hostess set) and Varied Vases set.  You'd think the flowers were from the Varied Vases set, but they are actually from the Artfully Folded set.  The Birthday Wishes sentiment is from the Varied Vases set.  The cute little dotted line stamp is also from the Artfully Folded set.

I stamped the flower images and colored them in with Mint Macaron and Petal Pink markers.  I also added some pearls to the flowers and colored pearls (black Sharpie) to the dotted line.  Pretty quick and simple!

I can't wait to see what the other ladies chose as the color to use on their projects!  Head on over here to check them out!

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Silver and/or Gold?

This week's theme is Silver and/or Gold.  I find it ironic that in my taste in jewelry, I always pick yellow or rose gold over white gold or silver.  But, I've noticed that when I craft, I tend to choose silver over gold, be it paper, embellishments, ink, etc.

When I was thinking of what I wanted to do for this project, I decided to just make two cards.  One in gold and one in silver.  I actually like them both!  It has now made me rethink my use of gold on projects :)

Here are the cards I made.  I'm not sure why the silver card is looking more pinkish at the bottom.  It must have been from the reflection of what I was wearing when I took this picture!

Here is a better picture of the silver card.  I used my Detailed Floral Thinlits (one of the best purchases ever!!!) to die cut a piece of Silver Foil Sheet.  I adhered it to a piece of Basic Black cardstock card base.  I wrapped a piece of the new Basic Black Shimmer Ribbon.  I finished it off with a couple Silver Pearls.

This is what the same card looks like using Gold Foil Sheet.  I used the same products listed above, except a couple of Gold Pearls.  It's just a slightly different look. 

Check out the other Silver/Gold projects from the Sisters In Stamping here!

Thanks for looking and have a wonderful weekend!

Emoji Inspired

Happy weekend!

This week's theme is inspired by emojis!  Fun theme, but so hard!  I knew exactly which emoji I wanted to try to create, but it was so much harder than I thought it would be.  I really don't like my card this week, but I had to try...

I've had pet house rabbits for 26 years.  I just love them.  And, the breed in this emoji is my favorite.  5 of the 6 bunnies we've had have been Dutches.  This is the image I was going for (and failed!)  LOL

 

You can find this image on cell phones, but I copied the image above from this site here. 

I kept thinking about how I'm always texting and use this little face.  So, I wanted to create a card that looked like cell phone and a text message.  I had to cheat a little in that I didn't have all current things to create this card, so I took some help from Word by creating the sentiment in the bubble and printing that on White cardstock.  I also used some Stickles for the eyes and filled in the nose.  I did use the new SU! bunny punch for the face though!  I punched it out of Basic Gray and White cardstock.  I refuse to do the buck teeth because bunnies don't have buck teeth hanging out.  But, I just realized I totally forgot the whiskers!  Oh well - I tried!

I layered everything on a piece of Lovely Lipstick for the base of the card.  I love this color so much!!!

OK - that's it!  Enough said!  

Have a great weekend everyone!

Please make sure to check out the other emoji inspired creations on the Sisters In Stamping blog here.

Pinterest Inspired

The SIS theme this week is "Pinterest Inspired".  I love this idea and knew instantly what I'd be looking for.  I love looking at tattoos.  I think they are beautiful.  I started looking at them on Pinterest and also looking at my new stamp sets.  I settled on this Pin here:

I grabbed my new Serene Garden stamp set and matching dies.  I stamped the images on a piece of watercolor paper, then grabbed my aqua painter and ink pads (Lovely Lipstick, Blueberry Bushel, Call Me Clover - leaves, and Garden Green - stems).  I had a heck of a time using the aqua painter - yes, I do not like that thing!  I gave up after making a huge mess and grabbed my beloved blender pen :)   I used my blender pen to pick up the ink and then started coloring in the images.   I used the Pineapple Punch marker to color the beak.  Once done, I used the flower die to die cut them.  I popped them up using dimensionals.  I adhered the watercolor paper to a piece of Petal Pink cardstock and adhered that to a Basic Black cardstock card.

I'm happy with the way this turned out.

Please click on over to the Sisters In Stamping blog to see what the other ladies created from their inspirational pins.

Thanks for looking and have a great weekend!