#225 Colour Challenge

Hi, this is Beth. Heather is recuperating from surgery, so I'm bringing you the details of her awesome color challenge for this week.

I looked through my paper stash and found retired Stampin' Up! colors Green Galore and Orchid Opulance and current color Bermuda Bay.  These are the closest I could come to Heather's color choices.  Feel free to use any brand of paper or ink and use similar colors already in your stash.  We can't wait to see what you come up with.  Heather we wish you a speedy recovery!  Please see all the design team's creations below.

Here are some ATC cards that Heather created:

Shirley

Gail

Here's my card. I made my own background paper (under the "life is good" diecut) using alcohol inks.  

Julia

I dug deep into my stash to find a paper kit with the correct colors, it's from Cloud 9 Designs from 2007...yes 2007. Don't forget to stop my blog to see the close-ups.

Majo

I used Darkroom Door stamps for the background and the image my card. The sentiment is a stamp by Skipping Stones Design.

Tammy C.

I so LOVE these colors.  I had such a fun time with this challenge.  I had some wooden letters in my project bin that I have had for some time.  I have finally made good use of them :)  Made with Heartfelt Creations stamps/dies and paper from the Enchanted Sea Collection.  Stop by my blog to see all of the details!

Khristina 

I absolutely love these colors but I had a hard time creating a layout using them. There are not nearly enough purple scrapbooking products in this world in my opinion. Here is the layout that I ended up creating. I can't wait to see what you create.

Lori

Beth

I love the colors Heather chose for this challenge.  Here's my quick and easy 3x3 card.

Tina

I love this color combination and was surprised how much of the mint green I found in my stash

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#223 Highlights

I am so sorry everyone!  It looks like we forgot to do a highlights post for Shirley's challenge of heat embossing so here we go

Pamellia's card has some amazing layers and textures to it!  The heat embossing on the metal embellishments was really cool to see!

The heat embossing and then coloring on Lilian's card is a great combination!

I loved the theme of Kathryn's card and the heat embossing of those big bold letters really stands out!

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Thank you again for everyone who played along and so sorry for the late posting!

News and Such

Hi Everyone!

The DT has a free week this week.  Be sure to stop by their blogs to see what else they are working on individually!

We would also love to see what you are working on this week so link up  your blog in the comments below!

Exciting news!  We have a blog hop coming up in a couple of weeks!  We are all very excited and working on some great projects for you.

On a sad note, we say good bye to DT member Darlene this week.  She is leaving us to spend some more quality time with her family and to embark on some new adventures in her crafty life as well.  We wish her all the best and she will be missed.

Joining our team will be our previous guest designer Jenna!  We are happy to have her aboard and we know that you will love the inspiration that she creates for you~! You can check out her blog here 

Have a wonderful week everyone!

Challenge #224 Highlights

Thank you all so much for playing along with me this week for the Get Inky challenge.  All the projects this week we simply awesome and it was difficult to chose just three to highlight.  But, I did see three that stood out for me.  This card by Billie A has the most interesting face stamp, in addition to the beautiful inky background.

I love this ink blended background panel by Tanja at Little Art Cottage.  I also love that she used a pearlized water to spritz her background with texture.  Nice touch.

Last, this scene by Red Obsession Cards is simply lovely.  The ink blended back is lovely and the coloring on the mermaid is just awesome.

Once again, thanks to all who played along this week and congratulations to the featured 3 projects. Don't forget to grab your featured button in the right sidebar. Be sure to stop back by tomorrow to participate in the new challenge!

Challenge # 224 Get Inky

Hello All! Renee here for this weeks challenge. I am totally fascinated by all the video tutorials on the many uses of ink.  Who knew they could be used for so much.  From stamping, to water-coloring to all kinds of other techniques, inks are truly one of the most versatile products in our crafty arsenal. This week I challenge you to pull out your inks and give them some love.  Bonus if you can use multiple inks in one project.

For my project, I tried an ink blending technique with 3 different shades of Ranger distress ink.  I used Spun Sugar, Picked Raspberry and Seedless Preserves along with my mini ink blending tool to create the blended background for my planner dashboard. I then used a mini mister to splatter small droplet of water on the blended background for texture. You can head over to my blog for more details.

So, pull out your inks and join us this week as we get inky!  Can't wait to see what you create.

Majo

I used RANGER Distress Ink in different colours: Fossilized Amber, Salty Ocean, Fired Brick and Archival Ink in Black.

Martha Lucia Gomez

I used Memento Tuxedo Black Ink to stamp my sentiment and Classic Ink color Blushing Bride to create the soft color to see through the die cut. 

Tammy C.

I love this kind of technique... getting INKY!  I used Distress inks and a circle stencil to create this fun effect.  Stop over to my blog to see all the details!

Sarah

I LOVE getting inky so thought of this layout I did some time ago to share with you when this great challenge by Renee came up! For this piece I used Tim Holtz distress inks in various colours to create the background with some stamped ink splatters to add texture. I used applied some ink through an arrow stencil to add some interest in the background.

Gail

I used Tim Holtz distress ink on this already embossed panel then popped it onto my very first acrylic card.

Amanda

Khristina

I used four different Tim Holtz distress inks to create some dimension and interest and behind my photos on this layout. The inks I chose were: picked raspberry, mustard seed, spiced marmalade, and mowed lawn. I hope you will stop by my blog to read more and check out my You Tube process video that goes with this layout as well. Happy Crafting!

Julia

I used several inks on my layout, you can find the details at my blog as well as close ups of the details.

Looks like we forgot to put in the linky for everyone. If your link is in the commets, no problem! That works! :)  We have extended this challenge until 4pm on Sunday May 29th and will post the highlights, later in the evening!  Sorry everyone
- Tammy

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Challenge #223 Heat Embossing

Hello Everyone

Shirley here this week with another challenge for you all.  A few challenges back we were set the task of using an embossing folder on our creations so this time around I want to challenge you all to using "heat" embossing on your project.  To demonstrate I have created a cute little card using the "Swallowtail Butterfly" stamp from Stampin' Up.  I have embossed the stamp in white powder and then inked over it to make it POP!!  Hope you like it :

Gail

Here's my card where I heat embossed the greeting.  

Darlene

After stamping onto a Vellum panel using Versamark, I embossed with a

dark green embossing powder, heat set ... then colored my image on the flip side of the vellum.

Tina
I added a heat embossed embellishment to my layout (the #1 ribbon stamp)

Karrie

I also made a birthday card, a giftcard holder, and stamped and heat embossed the sentiment.

Beth 

I used the Floating Reinker Technique and heat embossed in black.

Khristina

I heat embossed the area around my journaling box in order to help tie the journaling into the rest of the layout and add some additional dimension. I even have a process video up for this on 

my You Tube channel.  Please come check it out! 

Lori

Tammy C.

For this week's card, I am sharing a card that I made with Ken Oliver's Color Burst Powders and an embossing resist technique.  Stop by my blog to see all the details!

Thank you for stopping by to see what the beautiful ladies on the Design Team have created this week to show case "heat" embossing.  I can't wait to see what you create now so don't forget to add your entry below using the inlinkz.

Hugs

Shirl

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Challenge #222 Highlights

Thank you so much to all the fantastic entries we have had this week for the #222 challenge of using texture paste. You would have to agree that the Design Team also outdid themselves with this challenge with some fantastic inspiration layouts and cards! My three top highlights are as follows; This card from 'Plony' is lovely - love the effect of textured snow on this card

This layout by 'Tones Scrapperom' is gorgeous! Here's a close up of the texture on the layout

The third piece by 'Maxibelle Studio' is delightful....check this out on the blog page (the photo wouldn't copy over for some reason). Thanks again and I look forward to seeing more inspiration next week!