A New KCRR!

Hello there! This post is the last thing I am going to do before I hit the hay for the night… And lucky for us all, it's a new KCRR! :) I also wanted to play along with this week's Retro Sketch:

Our random selections for this week were:

Mocha Morning DSP

Needle Point Embossing Folder

Baked Brown Sugar

Combined with the sketch, I ended up with this:

Yup, I love this wedding card! The needle point is located just above the scallop border (kinda hard to see in the photo). The mocha morning paper looks great here! Which came as kind of a surprise to me as I am not a huge fan of this paper at all! So, I will chalk that up to a win for sure :)

Thanks for stopping by, and don't forget to check back tomorrow for a new Inspired By… challenge! :) Make sure to pop over to Charissa's blog to see how she put together our random elements!

Supplies used:
Stamps: Love and Laughter (possibly the most used wedding set in history)
Ink: Baked Brown Sugar
Paper: Mocha Morning DSP (ret), Calypso Coral, Crumb Cake
Tools: Scallop Edge Punch, Itty Bitty Shapes Punch Pack
Accessories: Ruffled Ribbon, Linen Thread, Pearls

Thursday Fun: KCRR #23

Good morning! I hope your week has been treating you well! It has been beautiful here and I have been fully enjoying the sun :) Two visits to the lake and not much going on inside *lol* I am so looking forward to the weekend as it is supposed to be very nice as well! Matt arrived home this morning, so we are planning a camping/fishing trip (as usual) :) I am looking forward to it! Now onto the challenge, a new KCRR and I wanted to play along with the Paper Craft Crew:

We decided to select three randomly for this week's challenge, and the winners were....

Mixed Bunch

Regal Rose

Markers

Interesting selections, as usual! Here's how I put the three together, along with the sketch:

I think it turned out nicely (meaning... I would give it away to someone for their wedding *lol*). I had a hard time incorporating the markers... so I took the easy way out and used my regal rose marker to colour the flower trim, giving them a little pop.

What do you think? Don't forget to stop over at Charissa's blog, Snippets by Design, to see how she used these three elements!

Supplies used:
Stamps: Mixed Bunch, Love & Laughter, Short & Sweet
Paper: Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla, Regal Rose (ret), Mocha Morning DSP (ret)
Tools: Small Oval Punch, Scallop Oval Punch
Accessories: Pearls, Flower Trim (ret), Linen Thread, Lace Ribbon, Marker

100th Blog Post: Belated KCRR

Hello there! It is finally time for my KCRR post! Last week was so crazy. When Matt is home, there is always so much stuff to do, people to see, and places to go. We were out and about quite a bit last week, and all the fresh air really poops a person out! *lol* I think we slept for over 12 hours one night. That is quite the accomplishment in my books :) Anyways, Matt is gone again for another 2 weeks :( so tonight I am vegging out, crafting, and having a Friends marathon... sounds like a pretty good Friday night to me! :) So, onto the challenges... as you know, it's a new KCRR, and I wanted to combine it with Stampin' Royalty and Colour Q:

The random selections this week were the pennant builder punch and the stamp set Love & Laughter. I decided to use the cake from Love & Laughter, as I am always reaching for the dress automatically. Here's what I came up with:

Let's just say it's an unconventional wedding card *lol* but I like the way it turned out :)

Thanks for stopping by today and don't forget to pop over to Charissa's blog, Snippets by Design, and check out what she made with these two items!

Supplies used:
Stamps: Love & Laughter
Paper: Midnight Muse, Cajun Craze, Baja Breeze, Whisper White, Howlstooth & Scarringbone DSP (ret), Floral District DSP, In Color Stacks
Ink: Cajun Craze
Tools: Pennant Builder Punch, Itty Bitty Shapes Punch Pack
Accessories: Linen Thread, Stitched Satin Ribbon, Pearls

Retrosketches with Ribbon Rosettes

Happy Friday! This is truly my favourite day of the week, it is always nice to have a break after a work week, busy or not. Friday means a new edition of KCRR! I wanted to combine this week's challenge with Retrosketches and The Pink Elephant:

The selections for KCRR this week were rosettes and brayering - an intriguing combination! The Pink Elephant challenged us to "lift it" this week (chose a card/technique/colour combo and CASE it). Here's how my card turned out using the fabulous retrosketch:

LOVE it! I lifted the ribbon rosettes from this talented lady. I have always wanted to try making these rosettes every since I saw them a long time ago, and they turned out perfectly. A jumbo pearl in the middle, some linen thread accents and more pearls makes this wedding card extra special! Along with the brayering, of course :) I created a blue gradient - bashful blue, baja breeze and midnight muse to cap it off.

I knew I would be using the emboss resist technique again soon! *lol* While I love many parts of this card, I especially love the fact that I managed to create a masculine/feminine balance on a wedding card (and I didn't use the Love and Laughter set! *lol again*).

Thanks for stopping by and don't forget to hop over to Charissa's blog, Snippets by Design, to see what she created with our KCRR elements this week!

Supplies used:
Stamps: Papillon Potpourri, Loving Thoughts
Paper: Midnight Muse, Whisper White, In Colour Stacks
Ink: Bashful Blue, Baja Breeze, Midnight Muse
Tools: Labels Framelits, Scallop Border Punch, 1" Circle Punch
Accessories: Jumbo Pearls, Pearls, Linen Thread, Seam Binding Ribbon

Another Card Featuring My FAV Wedding Set

Good evening! I hope you had a good day, mine got off to a rough start, but turned out to be a good day :) I overslept this morning (oops). So I ended up getting out of bed at 7:53 (work starts at 8). Fortunately, I am a speedy gonzales in the morning and made it to work by at 8:17! Not too bad :) I will try not to do that again *lol* I had kickboxing tonight and I worked super hard and feel great. Now I am winding down the evening with this blog post, a couple episodes of Friends and a delicious fudgesicle (fat free of course)  :) Enough rambling for one day, on with the challenges! Today I wanted to play along with The Friday Mashup and Pals Paper Arts:

Here's your Mashup Challenge:

1. Create a card using the colors "Sahara Sand, Perfect Plum & Wisteria Wonder".
2. Create a card and "Mail or Deliver it to Someone Special".
3. Or Mash it Up and create a card with "Sahara Sand, Perfect Plum, Wisteria Wonder & Mail or Deliver it to someone special".

Hmmm... well, I wanted to make a wedding card (which I thought these colours would like great in) and it will eventually be mailed to someone special - just have to wait for someone to get married! :) Here's how the card turned out using the awesome PPA sketch:

I love it! As mentioned in the title, this is my all time FAVOURITE wedding stamp - although Stampin' Up! may come out with a better one in June (but I doubt it). I also had a big shot frenzy on this card. I used the designer frames, cross stitch & tulip frame embossing folders. 

The perfect plum detail on the wedding dress with the pearl centre is the icing on the cake!

Thanks for looking! :)

Supplies used:
Stamps: Love & Laughter
Paper: Wisteria Wonder, Perfect Plum, Sahara Sand
Ink: Perfect Plum
Tools: Designer Frames, Cross Stitch & Tulip Frame Embossing Folders
Accessories: Ruffled Ribbon, Pearls, Dimensionals

Mojo Monday Meets Dynamic Duos

Good morning! It's already Wednesday, which means this week is zooming by :) I had an early night last night and fell asleep pretty much right after I got home from the gym. Lucky for me, I have a very caring boyfriend who woke me up with a lovely dinner of elk smokies and Kraft dinner :) Definitely a winning combination *lol* So I didn't get to make my card last night for Mojo Monday and Dynamic Duos, but I was able to whip it up this morning before work!

Hmmm... with this colour combination, I automatically thought of making a wedding card. The soft yellow against the stark black is really quite a lovely combination. Here's how the card turned out:

The addition of the basic grey/black striped ribbon adds a touch of elegance to the card. I am glad I purchased that ribbon from the holiday mini! It was kind of a "you don't need this but can probably use it for something in the future" purchase *lol*. It worked out in the long run for me! :)

Also, I decided not to add a sentiment to this card. I figured that it can be used for a wedding or engagement occasion, or, if your bride is not all about pink and frills, a bridal shower :). Of course, a sentiment can always be added later to suit the needs of the card. One final thing beofre I wrap it up, I think this stamp from the Love & Laughter set is one of my MOST used stamps... I just LOVE the dress so much!

Thanks for stopping by today!

Supplies used:
Stamps: Love & Laughter
Paper: So Saffron, Basic Grey, Basic Black, Very Vanilla, Tea for Two DSP
Ink: Basic Black
Tools: 1" Sqaure Punch, Itty Bitty Punch Pack, Scallop Circle & Circle Nestabilities
Accessories: Striped Ribbon, Paper Piering Pack, Pearls, Dimensionals

KCRR #1 - Our New Exciting Challenge

Good morning! Or should I say, GREAT morning? I think great :)

Today my stampin' pal Charissa Laarman and I are debuting our very own challenge! ...drum roll please....

Yay! This challenge was inspired by Naki & Nina's double dare challenge, where each person would pick off the top of their heads a card-making element, and they would create a card using those elements. Charissa and I wanted to make ours different, so we came up with a long list of 225 items, then we used random.org to randomly generate two numbers off the list. This is the initial list, of course, the list will expand and contract as Stampin' Up! introduces new items and as items retire, etc. 

This week, the randomly selected items were the jewelry tag punch & the square lattice embossing folder. Here is my creation using these two elements: 

It is the middle of winter here, but we have been having unusually warm weather, which has me thinking about spring! ...and daffodil delight :) such a cheery colour! This card has a lot of elements, based on an older Mojo Monday sketch but I really like how they all work together to create a non-traditional wedding card. Oh - adding the pearls on to the safety pin was my mom's idea... so clever!

Thanks for looking and I hope you enjoyed the debut to our challenge! Pop over to Charissa's blog to see what she has created with these two elements :)

Supplies used:

Stamps: Love & Laughter, Tiny Tags

Paper: Island Indigo, Daffodil Delight, Whisper White, 2012-2013 In Colours Paper Stacks, Brights Paper Stacks, Howlstooth & Scarringbone DSP

Ink: Basic Grey

Tools: Hearts Framelits, Scallop Border Punch, Jewelry Punch, Itty Bitty Shapes Punch Pack

Accessories: Square Lattice Embossing Folder, Striped Satin Ribbon, Pearls, Safety Pin, Dimensionals