Color Cue #11...Happy Birthday

Hi there!  Back with another Kelleigh Ratzlaff cupcake card template...you're gonna see these alot!  I love them!  This project was made for the Want2Scrap CHA booth using brand new Nestabling! and I used the ColorCue #11 challenge colors from Dawn at Wplus9 stamps.  I chose kraft brown as my other neutral.

 I chose designer papers (bitty dots and dotty biscotti) from Papertrey Ink.  Also, I used the Wplus9 stamp set called Funky Flowers for the sentiment flag.  The rose diecut, frame background and pennant pieces (cut from journaling tags) are The Girls' Paperie die cuts- paper cuts.  The adhesive pearls on the rose center and the banner are Want2Scrap.

Check out the Beaded Square Nestabling in pearl!  All of those pearls are on single Nestabling square...soooo easy to apply to your project.

Thanks so much for stopping by today. 

Color Cue {7}, City Crafter Challenge and Cards Challenge....{wish upon a star}

Star light, star bright, the first star I see tonight.....
Hello friends!  Back with another three-fer (didn't I just say on the last post I don't try and combine challenges? Hmmmm I guess I DO combine challenges from time to time).  This week both the Cards blog and the City Crafter Challenge had a star challenge going.   Dawn at Wplus9 has a fab Color Cue going  and I needed a baby card....so perfect storm again! 


Now I love the idea of a shaped card, but many times, the shape makes it difficult for a piece to actually function as a card!  Take stars for instance.  They have 2 teeny tiny points to balance on and, if you want overhanging blingy swirls from Want 2 Scrap...well what is a crafter to do?  Hambly Clearly Heavy is your answer.  I began by cutting and folding a standard 4.25" x 5.5" card out of clearly heavy.  I then applied my star and my bling swirls.  After I knew I had the layout I wanted, I trimmed away at the clearly heavy cutting a close silhouette to the swirls and star sides, leaving the straight edge on the bottom of the card.

And then, it's all in the details...I used a stamp from Funky Flowers from Wplus9 to create a stamped pattern on my yellow cadstock star base.  I love the individual pieces of this set for creating custom patterns.  A simple safety pin adorned with seed beads in the challenge colors adds to the baby theme and scrunched seam binding gives the card an "all wrapped up" feeling.  Red thread border stitching was fun to do with my sewing machine.  I love how it pops against the yellow cardstock!

Thanks so much for stopping by.  Don't forget, if you like Bloomers from Webster's Pages, check out this post to enter to win some!  :)

Supplies:
Stamps: Wplus9, Papertrey Ink
Paper: Papertrey Ink, Hambly Studios (clearly heavy)
Ink: Stampin Up! and Papertrey Ink
Cutting tools:  Cricut and SCAL, CM and SU! punches
Bling: Want 2 Scrap
Craft Supply: Sewing machine, button, embroidery floss, seam binding, seed beads and safety pin

Color Cue {6}

Hey there!  I am so excited to join in on the Color Cue challenge with the talented ladies over at Wplus9 design!  Check out the yummy colors!


I made a shabby flower using the cut file from Kelleigh Ratzlaff I talked about in THIS post.  Dawn's stamps from the Funky Flowers set had all the perfect pieces to create an elegant flower stem.  Having the stamps in individual pieces makes it easy to build a stem of any length to suit your project!  LOVE!  I added some tiny pearl bling from Want 2 Scrap....love those adhesive pearls!

Thanks for popping by.  I'll be back later tonight with the latest in Just Us Girls sketch challenges!

Just Us Girls #23...sketch challenge and Wplus9! {happy birthday}

Hellooooooo my bloggy friends!  I am SO excited to be hosting the sketch challenge over at the Just Us Girls blog this week!  We JUGs girls love a good challenge and lots of fun and this week is no exception with a brand new talented guest designer, Stephanie Kraft,  and a fabulous sponsor, Dawn Woleslagle of Wplus9 stamp designs!

This is the JUGs sketch and I decided to plug in the colors of a challenge going on at Dawn's blog called Color Cue:

Wheeeee!  Is it ok to be completely delighted with your own stuff?  I vote yes!  ;)  This card is inspired by Dawn all over the place!  Starting with the stamp set, Funky Flowers, working with the color cue colors, right on down to the CASE vibe I was going for.  Dawn brilliantly works that clean and streamlined look all the time and I am hoping this fits the bill. 

Oh my satin ribbon JOY!  This wide turquoise satin ribbon was a prime candidate for ruffling.  It is absolutely luscious in real life and I hoped that it would draw the eye to the funky flowers image stamped in the same electric turquoise.  Pops of red with bling flower centers, scallops and buttons make me smile :)

Be sure and check out the JUGs girls and our special guests for all the amazing details on their blogs. 

Dawn Woleslagle, Sponsor

Stephanie Kraft, Guest Designer

Kristin Bueter

Pam Imholz

Maria Levine

Tracey Cuccia

Lisa Kind

Mona Pendleton

Alicia Weiman

Dawn's design Team:  Elise Durenberger, Maile Belles and Savitri Wilder

Be sure and stop by the Just Us girls blog and link us up to your project.  Dawn has offered up blog candy of TWO stamp sets of winners choice to a participant of the JUGs sketch challenge!  Don't miss out on this. Thanks so much for coming by and have a great weekend!

Supplies:

Stamps: Wplus9 Design Studio

Paper: Papertrey Ink

Cutting tools: Provo Craft, Fiskars, Coluzzle, Cricut

Ink: Stampin UP and Papertrey

Embosser: Cuttlebug

Craft Supply: buttons, ribbon, craft gems