Friend Colour Challenge

My friend, Kim challenged us last week in our circle of local stampin' addicts to try to think outside our comfort zone of colours that we normally use and try to make a card not using any of those colours. OMG...it's hard! My colour 'not' to use is blue and green, in particular bashful blue/blue bayou and certainly celery/key lime. As I was looking through my cardstock and patterned paper tonight...nearly all of it had some hint of those colours or it was the main colour! I really need to choose some new colours! So, tonight, after much thought, I decided to go with shades of purple...Nah, nah, nah, nah, Kim, ..that's one of the colours that Kim isn't allowed to use! I know it's gonna kill her to not use pink or purple!!! lol :)

Anyway, I'm posting my card tonight, but all my cards this week are gonna follow the colour challenge rules...oh, it's gonna be a stressful week! lol :) We're all getting together later in the week here at my place to have a fun stampin' night and to show each other the cards that we came up with. I love getting together with all the girls...let's hope my little ones stay asleep this time, though, and let us have our 'big girls' night.

Thanks for stoppin' by! :)

Supplies:
Cardstock: Perfect Plum (SU), Pale Plum (SU), Basic Black (SU)
Ink: Perfect Plum (SU), Pale Plum (SU)
Stamps: Clear Stamps- Urban Acres Blvd. (Heidi Grace Designs - Fiskars), Clear Stamps- Cherrywood Ln. (Heidi Grace Designs - Fiskars)
Embellishments: , Mauve Flower (Prima), Sheer Black Ribbon (Michaels)
Tools: Ticket Punch (SU)

Flourishes and Swirls

I got a chance to play for a bit tonight and I came up with this design that's been brewing in my head for a few days now. I love playing with flourishes and these one fit the bill nicely. :) I also still think this d'Vine Swirls embossing folder is my favourite. They're so pretty, but I can't wait to get my hands on some of the new folders that are being released soon, too! lol :)

Well, I just realized that it's 1:15 am...apparently I lost track of time again during my stamping therapy time and my girls will no doubt be jumping on my nice cozy bed in about 5 hours or so to wake me up, so I better go get a little sleep! lol :)

Thanks for stoppin' by! :)

Supplies:
Stamps: Flourishes - (Heidi Grace Designs by Fiskars)
Cardstock: Flat White (CRS), Blue Bayou (SU) and Soft Sky (SU)
Ink: Whisper White - craft ink (SU), Blue Bayou (SU), Soft Sky (SU)
Tools: Corner Rounder with guard removed to create scallops, paper piercer, foam mat, Cuttlebug, d'Vine Swirls EF, Oval Custom Cutting System (Creative Memories), White Gel Pen

Crayon Birthday Card

This is a card that I made for a birthday party that my daughter's are going to tomorrow. I was inspired by a cute card design that I saw a while back on Cindy Vernon's blog, Creating with the Heart. I remembered that she added the crayons to the card so that the child could colour in the images themselves. What a cute idea! Well, I just found the link in her archives and we actually used the same main colours of red and black! I didn't remember what colours she had used! That's funny! lol :)

I also wanted to thank everyone so much who left me comments or sent me personal emails regarding my last post. I'm feeling much better today and staying very positive. I've come to the decision that it could drive me crazy if I keep thinking about it all the time and I'm not going to let it do that to me. I'll wait for my doctor's appointment on Wednesday and see what my doctor has to say and go from there. Thanks again for all the kind words of support! Big hugs to you all! :)

Thanks for stoppin' by! :)

Supplies:
Cardstock: Flat Black, Flat White, China Red Linen (CRS)
Ink: Ruby Red (SU), Grey Shadow Ink (Hero Arts)
Stamps: Happy Birthday to You! (Heidi Grace Designs - Fiskars), Dinosaurs (foam stamps from Dollarama)
Embellishments: Black Gingham ribbon (Michaels), Red and Yellow Crayons (Dollarama)
Tools: Ticket Punch, (SU), X-Acto knife to make slits for ribbon