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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As part of their 8th anniversary celebration, one of Papertrey Ink's challenges is to create a card inspired by the oh so talented Maile Belle. My pleasure! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hoping to catch up with other challenges tomorrow.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My inspiration for this card comes from the incredible Julie Ebersole. She often uses washi tape for pops of color and interest on a one layer card, and I wanted something hip and modern for my uber cool niece, Ashley. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I don't think she visits my blog, so no spoiler here.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I chose Impression Obsession's cupcake die, Altenew's sentiment and Pretty Pink Posh sequins. I shaded the cupcake with copic markers, and popped the "icing" portion of the cupcake with dimensionals and added Rock Candy Stickles. This card came together so easily, I think I'll make a couple more.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hugs.</span>Colleenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11952308930440728595noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8104142450021760240.post-22410817025759154712014-08-29T00:25:00.002-04:002014-08-29T00:25:50.554-04:00Sending Lots of Love<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Dusting off the ol' blog to enter this card in Simon Says Stamp's "Work It Wednesday" challenge. This month we're tasked to use stamping on our cards, and this card definitely qualifies, with stamping on the balloons, airplane and sentiment. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The sentiment is from Simon Says Stamp, the airplane PTI, and the balloons from Lil' Inkers. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Colleen</span>Colleenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11952308930440728595noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8104142450021760240.post-6862749083848550242013-09-16T23:11:00.001-04:002013-09-16T23:11:22.850-04:00A Quick Post...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzCL9mmqOoTCGGV_CjFgr5SPKwfj16uypOWFP8DkJRvnj5JA1cyuhyphenhyphenGf2Xy5I32ue5MtfV1FYaThoxg6UpYzG1PyIFDEjZl2Bha2NhEA2Vm5DBAe2QyYjRrbSg4EgP94R_Vn2BjAu5xPgt/s1600/IMG_1610.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzCL9mmqOoTCGGV_CjFgr5SPKwfj16uypOWFP8DkJRvnj5JA1cyuhyphenhyphenGf2Xy5I32ue5MtfV1FYaThoxg6UpYzG1PyIFDEjZl2Bha2NhEA2Vm5DBAe2QyYjRrbSg4EgP94R_Vn2BjAu5xPgt/s400/IMG_1610.JPG" width="300" /></a><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Just want to share this card. If you'd like details, you only need ask.</span><br />
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<br />Colleenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11952308930440728595noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8104142450021760240.post-47919041599134328072013-08-25T21:46:00.000-04:002013-08-25T21:46:08.462-04:00Papertrey Ink Fast Food Blog Hop Challenge<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Whew! Less than an hour ago I checked Nichole's blog and realized I could still participate in this month's Papertrey Ink blog hop challenge. </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Luckily for me, this month's challenge was super easy - a color and sketch combo with the most difficult thing being deciding which Fast Food combo to choose. </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">So I quickly pulled out these scrumptious colors and got to work. And I love the result! The only ingredient not PTI is the array of enamel dots from Teresa Collins and My Mind's Eye. Yippee for me!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Seldom do I fall so in love with a stamp set that I pre-order it but, after watching a Jennifer McGuire video <span style="color: red;"><a href="http://www.jennifermcguireink.com/2013/06/video-lovely-stamps.html" target="_blank">here</a></span>, these stamps with matching dies were a must have. They've been so much fun to play with, trying different color combos and creating a pile of flowery, leafy goodies to use. </span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Naturally then, when I needed to make my friend</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> Carol a birthday card, I reached for my favorites from these little gems. Carol is such a talented card maker, that it's always a challenge for me to come up with something unique for her special day, but I knew these were just the thing.</span><br />
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<br />Colleenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11952308930440728595noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8104142450021760240.post-68807176461921727932013-08-19T13:16:00.001-04:002013-08-19T13:16:08.135-04:00Lil' Inkers is Three!<br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Lil' Inkers is three (!) years old this August and celebrating with a challenge. You can check out all the details <a href="http://shoplilinker.blogspot.com/2013/08/lil-inker-designs-3rd-birthday.html" style="color: blue;" target="_blank">here</a>. </span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Being a huge fan of Lil' Inkers products, and particularly the balloons stamps and dies, I knew I just had to find time to participate.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">All the wonderful colors of the balloons and their arrangement in the challenge photo inspired the card below. I hope you like it as much as I do. And thanks for the visit!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Colleen</span>Colleenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11952308930440728595noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8104142450021760240.post-19387650282591064052013-06-04T16:55:00.000-04:002013-06-04T16:55:08.094-04:00Papertrey Ink Make It Monday #119 - Flagged Borders<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Ok... I think this is my first ever Papertrey Ink MIM entry. Hard to believe with all the wonderfully inspiring videos that the design team and Nichole have produced for us that it would take me so long. I get easily sidetracked, what can I say...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Colleen</span>Colleenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11952308930440728595noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8104142450021760240.post-12099529322236954472013-05-29T22:21:00.000-04:002013-05-29T22:21:29.907-04:00OLW142 Happy Birthday Ardyth!<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It's been <i>ages</i> since I participated in a challenge, much less TWO challenges in the same day! Yay me! (My submission for the Avery Elle May Challenge is below.) I only recently discovered Ardyth's blog through Pinterest and love her CAS style and use of bright colors. A true kindred spirit. So to make a birthday card imitating her style for OLW142 was right up my alley. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I stamped a candle from a PTI set and a sentiment from Wplus9. Then I matched the Hero inks I used for the candles to Copic pen colors to fill in parts of the sentiment. </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">It really changed the look of the card. Much more festive now. </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">A little added bling on the candles and flames completed the look. I really like the way it came together and think I'll make a couple more of these in different colors.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">A few months ago I stumbled on to the Avery Elle website and was smitten by their stamp line and purchased a few of their sets. </span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I don't always hop on board with new trends in stamping (more likely, I'm late to the party), but I absolutely adore the new nautical and ombre themes I'm seeing everywhere. They're so modern and fun, and a reminder that summer <i>is</i> coming. </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Now this photo challenge nudged me from my online hiatus, and inspired me to get inky and participate.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Happy 1st Anniversary, Avery Elle!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Today I have a couple of cards to share that were inspired by Maile Belles in <span style="color: red;"><a href="http://mailebelles.blogspot.com/2012/07/mega-gracious-vases-day-four.html" target="_blank">this</a></span> post. Love her simple, classic style. The small flowers are from the Papertrey Ink "Sending You" set, and I stamped them in Stampin' UP! Calypso Coral adding Ranger black enamel accents to the flower centers and attaching with dimensional adhesive. The card bases were stamped with an Impression Obsession Cover-a-Card in Versamark. The "buttons" are a Sizzlet die layered and covered with glossy accents.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It sure feels good to be stamping regularly again. Thank you for stopping by.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">In honor of WCMD</span>, <a href="http://ellenhutson.typepad.com/the_classroom_new/#" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;" target="_blank">"The Classroom"</a><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> is hosting a day of challenges from some awesome designers with a prize of a $150 gift card to Ellen Hutson's store up for grabs. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The first challenge was to "create a holiday greeting", and since Julie used a collage of holiday sentiments on her sample card, I took the "greeting" part of the challenge literally. Starting with a Tim Holtz alterations folder, I created an embossed greeting layer and colored with a real red marker from Stampin' UP! a couple of the words for emphasis. Then I die cut a poinsettia using Spellbinder's dies, adding some gold bling to the center. A scrap of ribbon for leaves and a cherry cobbler card base and done! Whew! Boy am I rusty! But it definitely feels good to get inky.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Hugs.</span>Colleenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11952308930440728595noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8104142450021760240.post-61014973772942829322012-07-29T22:41:00.005-04:002012-07-29T22:41:56.007-04:00A Little Birdie Told Us....<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">My niece is expecting her second child, and this is the card I sent to the happy couple. The adorable owl is from Whimsy Stamps, and I colored him with Copic markers. Very CAS.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Anyone going to Stampaway in Cincinnati this Friday night or Saturday (or both)? It should be a great show!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Hello!!!! PTI stamp-a-faire 2012 is here, and I cannot wait to see what Nichole and the design team have planned for us! </span>Colleenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11952308930440728595noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8104142450021760240.post-4821610251733997042012-07-15T13:48:00.001-04:002012-07-15T23:27:06.405-04:00Re-thinking Those Ribbon Scraps<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Another CASE. This time Kim <a href="http://www.moxiefabworld.com/2012/03/practical-solutions-for-paper-crafters_22.html">Kesti</a> is the inspiration. Just when my ribbon is feeling neglected and the scraps preparing to be tossed. Now I'm re-thinking those leftovers. I think this makes a great masculine birthday card. What do you think?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The inspiration for my card today came from <span style="color: red;"><a href="http://soapboxcreations.blogspot.com/2011/09/stripes-color-trends-challenge.html">this</a> </span>awesome card by Laurie Willison. It's a great layout that you'll be seeing from me again. If you've never visited Laurie's blog, you should definitely take a peak. But be prepared to spend some serious time there. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Because Carol is <b><i>such</i></b> a talented card maker, it is a challenge for me to create a "Carol worthy" card, but this is what I came up with. The gingham background and leaf branch (stamped twice) stamps are from Impression Obsession. I hand cut the banner and mat to accommodate the image. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Thank you for stopping by, and I hope you'll pop over to <a href="http://theinkydaisy.blogspot.com/">Carol's blog</a> and wish her a happy birthday. I know she would love it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Thank you for hanging with me.</span></div>Colleenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11952308930440728595noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8104142450021760240.post-33894656577790183512012-05-18T12:37:00.000-04:002012-05-18T12:38:02.299-04:00Hope Your Birthday is a Slam Dunk!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLuYmsyCO8MJrhmXRiLpkmuT7VsMwcQxBgwkMWN5gr74lYdH75wRNE3v-QeAKO6pyT00o5ZkSo54CBr-t8Pk2g9HD0dywCv5G4e9bbckj3F-qYWXh8aFIhkw-70CuGggd4S4_UVdHCJ8sy/s1600/IMG_1268.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLuYmsyCO8MJrhmXRiLpkmuT7VsMwcQxBgwkMWN5gr74lYdH75wRNE3v-QeAKO6pyT00o5ZkSo54CBr-t8Pk2g9HD0dywCv5G4e9bbckj3F-qYWXh8aFIhkw-70CuGggd4S4_UVdHCJ8sy/s400/IMG_1268.JPG" width="300" /></a><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">This card is the result of a customer request for a basketball related birthday card. I downloaded clip art for the goal and used a Stampin' UP! basketball that I cut out and popped up. I printed the sentiment in an appropriate font and colored it with copics and then stamped the envelope to coordinate. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The title says it all. The banners were created from scraps of SU! patterned paper and wrapped over a piece of twine that I tied into bows at each end. I'm thinking now I wish I'd rounded the left corner or corners . . . hind sight blah, blah, blah.</span>Colleenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11952308930440728595noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8104142450021760240.post-800587961752325562012-05-07T00:10:00.001-04:002012-05-11T22:42:14.102-04:00Quick Card, Quick Post<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Today got away from me, but I wanted to pop in real quick to share my one of my latest creations. The chevron background is from Impression Obsession, stamped using white ink on crumb cake card stock. The flower is a stamp with a coordinating punch from Stampin' UP! and my all time favorite SU! item. It is stamped in Poppy Parade and the seam binding was colored to match with a Copic. The sentiment is from Papertrey Ink and the scallop border was created by using a heart border punch and turning it upside down, resulting in the mini scallop look. </span><br />
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