Diva Coffee Break Design Challenge #236

WooHoo!  A post two days in a row and two nights of stamping in a row!  I am one happy momma!  Oh how I have missed my stamps so far this summer, but it has been totally worth it to enjoy the time with the kiddos. 
This week’s color challenge was out of my comfort zone.  Really when I first saw the colors I thought “ick, maybe I should skip this week”.  Well I could not bring myself to skipping out on my responsibilities when I was around and could actually do them.  Well here are the colors.
I am not a huge fan of Bravo Burgundy or that much of a fan of River Rock either, but I find River Rock more do-able than Burgundy.  I don't know, its just not for me.   After staring at the three ink pads lined up on my desk for a while I finally figured something out.  I knew that it was going to have to be simple or I would not be able to pull it off. 
But I really think that I pulled it off!  I actually am very happy with the card and will actually use it!  This card is a 3” x 6” card, a 6” x 6” piece of cardstock scored at 3”.  I was able to use another new stamp set, Button Buddies as well as my Friendly Phrases stamp set.  Button Buddies is such a cute stamp set, even if you are not using the buttons.  It was one that I was instantly drawn to, so many fun images in it.  Well I hope that I have been able to show you that you can create pretty things even if you do not like the colors.  I hope that you can play along with us at the Diva Coffee Break Designs blog so that I can see what other wonderful things you all can do with these colors and inspire me to use them more! Pin It Now!

Birthday Party Try Outs

We have a birthday coming up so we are starting the design process for the birthday invites, decorations, favors and such.  This was a color combo that was not a winner for my almost 9 year old daughter.  I was bummed because I really liked the way these colors turned out.

This is just a real simple little party favor.  This is the Box #2 Die for the big shot.  I just simply stamped the birthday bakery hostess stamp set repeatedly along a strip of whisper white cardstock so that the cakes go all the way around the box.   So we are back to the drawing board when it comes to colors.  She is not liking anything we put together. 

Stamps: Birthday Bakery

Ink:  Basick Black, Melon Mambo, Real Red, Pumpkin Pie, and Wild Wasabi

Paper:  Whisper White, Real Red and Pumpkin Pie

Tools:  Big Shot, Box #2 Die

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DCBD #213

Welcome back to another Diva Coffee Break Wednesday!  This week we have a wonderful sketch for you. 

For this challenge I was able to play with some goodies from the current mini catalog.  One of my favorite items in the catalog is the Create a Cupcake stamp set and matching punch.  My kids (along with the rest of the country) are really into cupcakes and have been for a few years now, so this one will fit right in for making all sorts of birthday invites and cards. 
This color combo is one that I pulled from the color coach.  I have decided that I need to use River Rock more often.  It is never a color that I reach for on its own but I always like it when I do use it.  The center cupcake is popped up on dimensionals, the two in the background are stamped tone on tone, Marina Mist ink on Marina Mist paper and River Rock on River Rock.  The bottom River Rock panel is embossed with the Square Lattice Impressions Folder.  The cherries are also a part of the cupcake punch.  I really like working with the new seam binding ribbon and I think that it adds the perfect finishing touch to the card. 
Don’t forget to check out the other wonderful designs that we have made for you with this sketch over on the Diva Coffee Break Designs blog.  Then play along with us and link up your creation so we can admire it! Pin It Now!

Butterfly Birthdays

This was one of the first things I sat down to do last night when the kids were in bed.  I needed to just do something for me before I sat down to finalize things for this weeks DCBD challenge and Ustamp.  I am happy to say that they are both completed and a even a day before they are due.  Well actually I have to wait until my husband gets back in town so that I can use his laptop to convert a word document to a pdf but the hard part is done! 

I decided over the weekend that I wanted to get better at sending out birthday cards.  I know that I have already missed a few birthdays this month but I will probably send something belated and catch up to the first of the year.  I have some friends with birthdays this week so I wanted to make something for these before it was too late. 

Stamps:  Flight of the Butterfly

Ink:  Blushing Bride, Pear PIzzazz, Concord Crush

Paper: Level One In Color DSP Pack, Whisper White, Blushing Bride, Pear Pizzazz, and Concord Crush

Accessories:  Stampin Dimensionals, In Color Glimmer Brads

Tools:  Butterfly Punch

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DCBD #210

Its Wednesday again, time for another Diva Coffee Break Design Challenge!  This week is color challenge week and I love the colors we were given. 
Such a great combination, so of my favorites to work with, so many possibilities.  That was my problem there were too many possibilities.  I sat down to brain storm and sketch some things out and the ideas kept coming.  You will probably see this color combo used in a few more posts as soon as I get them completed. 
This is the card that I ended going with.  I wanted to use the Birthday Bliss stamp set because I just stumbled across it and found it unmounted.  I forgot that I had it and I think that I got it last year at Sale A Bration time.  So I have had it a while.  Opps.  So I paired it with my much neglected Fifth Ave Floral set. 
 
We all want to see what you can do with these colors!  So hop on over to the Diva Coffee Break Designs Blog and check out what the other Diva Designers have created as your inspiration, create along with us and link your creation for us to check out!
Stamps: Birthday Bliss, Fifth Ave Floral
Ink:  Night of Navy, Bashful Blue, Sahara Sand
Paper: Night of Navy, Bashful Blue, Sahara Sand and Whisper White
Accessories:  Stampin Dimensionals, Navy Taffeta Ribbon
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Friends Never Fade

I just love the name of the stamp set Friends Never Fade.  I needed a special birthday card for a friend that I have not seen in over a year.  We have emailed each other and played phone tag a few times but our schedules have both been so crazy we have not been able to get together even though we only live about 30 mins apart from each other.  Her birthday was just a few days ago and so I needed to make her a card.  She loves any kind of yellow flowers (except sun flowers) so I just knew that the Greenhouse Gala Designer Series Paper would be perfect.  It paired nicely with the Pear Pizzazz DSP stack that can be earned as a hostess.  Pear Pizzazz has taken over my stamping at the moment, my poor Certainly Celery has been neglected for a while.  Maybe I will have to pull some out tonight.  Hope you all have a fantastic weekend. 

Stamps:  Friends Never Fade, Teeny Tiny Wishes

Ink:  Pear Pizzazz, Pumpkin Pie, Daffodil Delight

Paper:  Whisper White, Pear Pizzazz, Pumpkin Pie, Daffodil Delight, In Color Patterns Paper Pack (hostess level 1), Greenhouse Gala DSP

Accessories:  Dimensionals

Tools:  1 3/4 inch circle punch, 2 3/8 inch scallop circle punch, word window punch, modern label punch, Big Shot, Clear Scallop Square Die

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Another Quick and Pretty Happy Birthday

Don’t you just love when you come up with inspiration when you are not thinking about it.  The other day I was cleaning scraps from several different cards off of my table at the time my color coach was open to the Poppy Parade card.  I was staring at the color during my stamping session the night before because I really wanted to use the color but was not liking what I was doing.  That's when one of my peach parfait scraps fell on top of the card, and my clean up was put on hold.  I only had a few minutes so it had to be a fun yet simple card.  Here is what I came up with.

I only put half of the peach layer in the embossing folder to get the Vintage Wallpaper image embossed on only the bottom half.  The ribbon that is in the bitty button is actually a super thin piece of cardstock tied in a knot.  I actually poked holes and fed it through the peach layer because I did not want to see a glue dot behind the button. 

Stamps:  Teeny Tiny Wishes

Ink:  Craft Whisper White

Paper:  Poppy Parade, Peach Parfait and Whisper White

Accessories:  Bitty Buttons, Whisper White Grosgrain ribbon

Tools:  Big Shot, Vintage Wallpaper Embossing Folder, Bitty Punches Punch Pack

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Crazy meets Elegant

Today I have another one of the birthday cards that I made to replenish my stash.  I think that the little cupcake tower/stack is pretty cute.  This card uses two of the new in color from this years collection, Blushing Bride and Pear Pizzazz with a little bit of Early Espresso thrown in.  I have previously enjoyed a similar color combo of Pretty in Pink, Chocolate Chip and Certainly Celery.  While it is still a good combo, I really like this one too.  It is a little more richer and modern looking.  When I first made the card I had used the Elegant Lines Embossing folder on the actual card base, but it just did not feel right.  By cutting the embossed cardstock and creating it as a layer on the same color card base I was able to get the feel that I was going for.  I hope that you enjoy!

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A bright birthday

I realized I was seriously low on birthday cards this week.  I have quite a few friends that all have birthdays at the beginning of September so I have been madly making a bunch of cards.  I am happy to report that my stamping mojo is back!  I was able to crank out several cute cards befitting each recipient.  I will have to wait until their birthdays pass to show all of them but here is a simple one that is not yet ear-marked for a certain person.

I wanted to keep things crisp with this color combination, so there is not much extra going on in the card.  The colors are Melon Mambo, Old Olive and Basic Gray.  It is another color combo from the color coach.  I think I want to give them all a try, because I really did not like this combo at first but now am happy with it.  There are so many possibilities in the future with this handy – dandy tool. 

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