Woodware USA's Challenge 25...COLORS!

 This week at WoodwareUSA it's a COLOR Challenge!!!  Yep, that's right.  I LOVE color challenges, especially when they include my favorite color BLUE! 

This card was created using the Garden Greetings set.  I stamped the Jacaranda Blue Bazzill cardstock with Versamagic wihite ink.  Thanks to Dawn too for the lovely Prima flowers...They worked perfectly on this card! 

 I think right now, I have a thing for using grid paper.  I don't know what it is but it's just so pretty to me in combination with blues and browns...and stitching!!! 

Head over to the Woodware USA blog to check out all the other cards my fellow design team sisters have created this week.  We hope to have inspired you to pull out some blue, yellow and brown paper to create an AWESOME card! 

Today we're also bidding farewell to Anne who has stepped down from the Woodware USA design team.  I hope to see you around in blog land and I KNOW I'll be seeing many, many, many projects from you!!!

Welcome to Diane...Our May Guest Designer!

Kerry

Black, White and....

Hey Stamping friends!  This week at Woodware USA Blog we're pulling out black, white, and another color (In my case, PINK-and a hint of green) for Challenge #19.  I decided to use the WHAT IS IT? as my main stamp set and All Through The Year and Easy Stitching for the finishing touches.  I added some additonal altering and doodling to the What Is It? images and made an Easter Bunny Card!  The Easter Bunny and eggs were created using one of the images in tha set.  Do you SEE it???

Thanks to Nancy, the Design Team Coordinator, I was able to use the frame embellishment that she sent me with my last shipment.  It was originally white sparkles but I used my Copics and matched the pink color that I used on the card. 

If you take a close look at my bunny, you may notice that I doodled the face, his belly and made him some feet and hands.  The ears were part of the stamp set.  I also created the banner for Mr. Rabbit to hold.  

My card was created as a 3D card and this picture shows how I folded my card base to allow the whole card to stand and remain 3D when viewed.  The card didn't seem complete until I added a tiny bit of green grass and some RIBBON!!!

Hope you enjoy my creation and it inspires you to think outside of the box and turn the everyday set into something extrordinary!  

Please join us at Woodware USA this week by posting your BLACK, WHITE and ??? stamped creation.  Remember, if you use a WOODWARE USA stamp set, you are eligible for two entries into our monthy challenge.  Make sure to put an asterisk next to your name too if you are interested in being a guest designer!

Be back soon...

Red, White, and....PINK!

Yep, that's right!  This week at Woodware USA we're getting out the February color palate.  I just got some Valentine theme stamps in the mail and I think I'm all set!  Ever since I got this train in preparation for Christmas cards, I KNEW I was going to use it for Valentine's Day cards.  I pictured all kinds of things in the train cars...so keep watching my blog...up next St. Patrick's Day!  Should I do green clovers or piles of gold???  HMMMMM...

For this card, I used two sets:  Parcel Train and my newest set called Now and Forever.  I stamped the train and sentiment with Versafine Onyx, then clear embossed.  After that, I went to town coloring the image with my Copics.  I don't always post my Copic colors but today I thought I'd "treat" you to the color palate as I really love how my design turned out and thought some may want to "copy". 

Train and Hearts:  R22, 27, 35, 59; and a little B0000 in the window
Stippling, Wheels and some parts of train:  C1, 2, 3 as my primary shading;  W1, 3 to warm it up a bit; and a little B0000 for depth. 

If you look closely, you will also see I glossed up the hearts by using some Glossy Accents and drew a few added hearts (parts) using my Copic .35 Multiliner. 

Please join us this week in participating in the challenge at the WOODWAREUSA Blog.  Enter to win a new stamp set by uploading your creation to our inlinkz no later than this SUNDAY...If you use WoodwareUSA stamps in your creation, you can upload TWICE for a double chance at the win!!!  While on the blog, check out the other FESTIVE creations posted by the design team. 

PS...Did you know WoodwareUSA just released 22 NEW stamp sets AND introduced a new designer named Jennifer Garant?  She creates some very COOL and humorous artwork for kitchens.  I was just in Bed, Bath and Beyond the other day and saw her artwork on Kitchenware!  COOL! 

Watch my blog for some projects I'm creating with her stamp designs.  You'll FLIP!  I just love the humor in the sets and I think my first set will be "Martinis and Weenies"...LOVE IT!!!

Hey, if you're lucky enought to go to CHA in Anaheim this month, Andre and Jennifer will be there so SCOPE THEM OUT!

ALSO...22% off all orders of $45.00 or more! 

Ha Ha Ha Ha HAAAAA...

Trick or Treat! Tomorrow is Halloween and I can think of no better way to avoid eating all the candy in my candy bucket than to lock myself in my stamping room to make a few festive creations!

Halloween Colors? Well, I guess you can say the traditional colors are green, purple and orange...so I think I followed the line pretty well this week even though I added a few more to the mix.

I decided to make a square cardfront that will double as a scrapbook page for my three year old niece. She loves playing dress-up all year long and has been wearing her costume (a cute little bat fairy) for WEEKS around her house. I don't make pages often, but Halloween and Christmas seem to get the most showcase in my scrapbook layouts anyway.

On this creation, I used one of my most favorite WoodwareUSA sets (I think I say that about all of my sets, but it's TRUE!) called Mary and Friends. I added a little witch hat (QuickCutz) to Mary's head so she and her friend "Boo" can spook the town Sunday night!

Hope you have a safe and HAPPY Halloween!

Is this MANLY enough???

I think I'm not unlike most stampers in the quest to find the perfect MANLY stamp set for my collection. You know, the stamps that you would pull out as your go-to set for a quick masculine birthday card, anniversary card, Valentine's Day card, thank you or just a simple hello- Well, I think I found it!

My card today was created using the WoodwareUSA DIY set. Woodware carries two sets that are similar yet quite different. Looking Good is a masculine clothing stamp set that is on my wish list too. Since I could only choose one to add to my collection for now, I selected the DIY set because it had sentiments I thought would work well for birthdays and Valentine's Day.

I really like the string level too...I'm trying to figure out a way to tur that into a Christmas Tree!!! Yeah, I think I can do it!!! Anyway, I coupled the "BUILDER" set with a "BUILDER" sentiment in the Mixed Greetings set. This set is very versatile and has a variety of fonts and styles which I REALLY LOVE!

This weeks challenge over at WoodwareUSA blog is to create something using the following colors: Red, Teal and Tan (Kraft)

I created this manly card for the challenge as well as a few others too...I just love this color combination!

To create this card, I started by coloring the saw image with my copic markers then moved on to designing the card. I then cut the Bazzill Neighborhood cardstock to become the base of the cardfront. I offset the "Tube Socks" (the school bubbling scan-tron paper) and the "Anthem" (teal dotted stripes) paper to the right. I then punched the graph paper with the Fiskars punch, applied the ribbon with staples and stamped the Mr Fix It sentiment with Memento ink. The "happy" and "birthday" sentiments were stamped on Kraft cardstock then cut apart. I added pop dots to each birthday letter and applied them in a whimsical pattern, then glued the "happy" to the upper left edge. I decided to mount the cardfront on a teal card base to allow more contrast against the brown and tans. Hope you enjoy!

Supplies Used: Memento Ink, Copic Markers, The Paper Company Teal and Kraft Cardstock, Bazzill Neighborhood-Walnut, Cosmo Cricket-Tube Socks, SassafrassLass-Classic Anthem, Adornit-Aged Graph, May Arts Ribbon, Pop Dots, Fiskars Notebook Border Punch

I hope you decided to take part in the color challenge this week and posted your creation to the woodware blog. If not, please consider joining the fun and post a link to your creations here on my blog or on the WoodwareUSA blog. If you are not a follower, I'd love for you to follow me on my fun stamping journey!

On Monday, Bonnie Rose will announce the next challenge, so keep your inky fingers ready for another week of FUN!!!

Ker

What day is it today???

Boy, having the whole summer off has really messed with my time clock! I can't seem to remember what the date is or what day it is from day to day. I guess you can say it could be a "perk" but for me, it's driving me NUTS!!! I wanna know what day it is without having to look at a calendar! Oh, well, in a few weeks (yeah I know it's about two or three weeks to go) I be headed back to school... Then the rat race will begin.


This morning I set out to make another project for the WoodwareUSA color challenge. I worked for hours with something else (can't tell you what it is yet cause it's a work in progress), but got tired of it and started working with a new set I got the other day. I purchased Leafy Swirls and Circular Greetings. Initially, I stamped the long leafy swirl on kraft cardstock then colored it and then I tried my hand at watercoloring with my distress inks...Bad idea...So...I had to cut out the swirl. I then distressed some white cardstock with Vintage Photo ink. I had the teal circle scrap on my worktable so I thought it would work well with the color scheme. I stamped it with the circular sentiment and added the flower with bling too. After moving, sliding and fiddling a bit, I finally found a pleasing design and started gluing things down. There was a lot of negative space to the left of the circle so I stamped some more swirls and added them to the edge.

I picked up the little butterfly (colored with my copics) from the GASC convention and I can't remember which booth it came from. I also colored the bling with my Copics. I think I'm going to splatter a bit of red or teal acrylic paint on the background paper to give it more pop...What do you think?

Hope you're taking part in the color challenge at the WoodwareUSA blog. Come back tomorrow for another creation inspired by the yummy color combination of red, teal and kraft.

Kerry

It's a beautiful day!

What a lovely day to wake up to. The sun is shining and the weather is great. Stormy weather is in the forecast for the rest of the week, but for now, I'm soaking up the sun!

I spent some time last night playing with my newest WoodwareUSA stamps that arrived in my mailbox yesterday. I plan on making several more creations with them this week. Are you following this weeks challenge at the WoodwareUSA blog??? Every week, the Woodware Design team is hosting a fun challenge. This week's challenge is a color challenge:

Create something using the colors:

Kraft, Red, and Teal

Such a delicious color combo right? I'll be posting color challenge creations all this week on my blog and will close out the week on the WoodwareUSA blog by posting my final color creation.

I have been admiring many cards on blogs and galleries that have displayed the stippling of blues and teals to create a wonderful background to images and I decided to try making a "swoosh" of stippling on this card. I wanted to create something that would trail away from the skateboard. Tons of colors were used to create the effect. After assembling the card, popping the pooch off the page and adding ribbon, I wanted a sentiment that would work well with the theme of the card. I found the perfect sentiment in my new Wizardry set. I love the ability to bend and curve my clear sentiment stamps to fit my needs and this sentiment works so well, don't you think??? After stamping the sentiment, I HAD to add some sparkly stickles, because nothing's really magical without sparkles right??? HEE HEE!

Crafty Supplies Used:

Stamps: WoodwareUSA: A Dog's Life, Wizardry (sentiment), Large Small Sentiments (hello stamped repeatedly on the red cardstock with Ranger Clear Resist ink)
Ink: Memento Black, Ranger Clear Resist, Copics (too many to list)
Paper: Kraft, Teal, Red cardstock by The Paper Company
Ribbon: May Arts
Diamond Stickles, Glossy Accents (nose, tag and wheels), Pop Dots.



Be back tomorrow with another color creation!

Congratulations Christiana!

Congratulations goes to CHRISTIANA who created this adorable card for my Color Challenge last week! Please reply to my email with your address so I can mail out your awesome prize package!!! Thanks to everyone for participating in my color challenge. Watch for future challenges right here on my blog!

Kerry

Busy week...

This week has been pretty busy...crafty busy and a little extra work for the school system evaluating some lesson plans in the foreign language department to see how well they aligned with curriculum and state standards...I thought I'd pop on to post some of my crafty creations for this week as well as remind you of two things:

My color challenge will end soon so make sure to post a link to your creation before Monday when I will be asking inlinks to select a winner...

I'll will be participating in the Christmas All Year Long Blog hop for Magnolia-Licious again this month, please stop by on Sunday and check out my Christmas Maggie...I LOVE it...and hope you will too.

OK, so back to showing you my creations for this week:

The first few projects were created for a couple ATC swaps I'm participating in at the Stamp Shack. I used to create tons of swap ATCs but these days, I usually create an ATC to attach to a card I'm making. I don't swap them much anymore. I thought I would participate in a few more just for the fun of it...Anyway, here they are:

This swap ATC was created for the "Christmas in July" swap. I used my copics of course!

I used three stamp sets for this card. A Heidi Swap set, The penguins are from a set by MSE (I think) and the sentiment is from TAC. Added some ribbon from Ribbons and Bows Oh My!, a MS snowflake punch, Fiskars Threading water punch, and a little button from some shop at the GASC convention...I need to figure out who they were because I WILL definitely be ordering more buttons from them.

The next set of 10 ATC's were made for the "Try a new Coloring Technique" challenge. I saw this video a few months back where the person was painting with Liquid Pearls and thought it was an awesome way to use the medium in a non-traditional way. I knew this was the technique I was going to use for this swap so I had to hunt for a great stamp set that would allow me to display the technique...SO I pulled out my Fiskars Cupcake set that I hadn't used yet and whipped up some images, colored them with my copics then used Liquid Pearls like a watercolor wash over the top...WOW...It reminded me of Perfect Pearls or the Opalite Ink I used to use long ago, but oh how easy!!! This technique is a keeper! I added the traditional Liquid Pearl Drops to the edge to give the viewer two ways to see how this medium can be used...in it's traditional form, or as a watercolor wash...NEAT!

So, you may be wondering why I haven't posted a sample or a creation to my own color challenge right??? Well, I haven't been slacking, no, I decided to use the colors in the challenge on another project...The Thinking Inking classes I've been refreshing myself with on Twopeasinabucket. This weeks episodes challenged me to take out my acrylic paint, clear embossing powder and paper and create some lucious backgrounds...Here's what I created:

Isn't it just elegant? I loved how it turned out and didn't want to cover up the background with other stuff so I kept the tag pretty plain other than to layer with all the colors in the color challenge, add a little ribbon and a colored flower, and then to top it all off, added a little spritz of dazzle with my Shimmerz...love the sparkle! Here are the other sample swatches I created and you'll find one show up this Sunday in my Christmas Card Post!!!

Watch for a photo journaling in the next few weeks of this technique....I took step by step photos for my art journal.

Up for a Challenge?

I always love challenges! I try to participate in them as often as I can but one thing I love even more is hosting them! This week I'm hosting a COLOR challenge here and at Stamp Shack and I invite all my stamping friends to participate. The challenge will be open all week and I will draw a winner from all entries linked to my blog. The winner will receive an AWESOME stampers prize. So are you ready to get some color inspiration? Here's this week's color challenge. Inspiration came from a photo I found on the Pottery Barn website. Yes, I copied the photo to place here on the blog but I give them credit and am not using it for profit...just a little fun. So...without further ado, here's the inspiration:

OK...So the colors are YUMMY right? I wanted some beachy colors for this week's challenge and this photo fit the bill. Love the pattern too. Anyway, I posted the four color spots that you must use somewhere in your creation. The first color is a taupeish green, then we have a foam green, then of course some brown and the lightest of watery blues...

The directions are simple:

• Create a card or project with any stamps and embellishments.
• Must have a stamped image, not just a sentiment.
• Must include all four colors.
• Post a direct link to your project on this page.

That's it! I'll select one participant (who followed all the directions) to win a prize from me.

Have fun, happy stamping!
PS...If you are a Copic lover like me, here are the colors that fit nicely:

E47 Dark Brown, E59 Walnut
G20 Wax White
G82 Spring Dim Green, G24 Wilow, G21 Lime Green
B52 Soft Greenish Blue, BG72 Ice Ocean

Ker

The Birthday Rush...

I've had this idea popping around in my head since I got this set in the mail the other day. It's such a cute stamp set with Fhiona flying a kite but I thought it would look really cute if she were carrying some balloons...So that's what i set out to do. I drew some assorted balloons, colored them with my copics and attached some black DMC floss to match the string that was holding the kite. I found the perfect patterned paper from Basic Grey in my stash and started coloring Fhiona to match the paper...Oh, and while I was coloring her, I was on a mission to also meet Tami's "Create Something ORANGE" on the fiskateers blog. I decided to give her a little bit of rusty yellow hair this time instead of brown. I'm sure you can also see that I cuttlebugged the background with birthday numbers.

Here's a close-up of the coloring I did on Fhiona. I used lots of colors and just kept adding more...Hee hee...
Doesn't it look like she's late for the party? It works, I think. Now I have a birthday card ready to mail to a friend! YEAH!!!

PS...Did you hear about the earthquake in my neck of the woods? Apparently, I slept right through it this morning. GEESH!

PSS... I'll be back Monday to post a color challenge I'm hosting at the Stamp Shack. Hope you join the fun...I'll be awarding prizes!

Kerry

Yummy Colors!

Yipee! I finished another Stamp Shack Challenge...This time I did it before the deadline! Boy, since the flu bug is everywhere but my house, I'm kooped up trying to find things to do other than planning and schoolwork. It's been nice, but I hope my family gets better soon!

Here's the photo that inspired the colors for this challenge:

Don't you just love the colors? Better yet, LOVE the whole bedding set. Hmmm...I'd better ask the challenge host where I can purchase that bedding set! Anyway, I tried to pull all the colors from the photo as well as mimic the fillagree design on the comforter. My TAC set I don't use much worked perfectly for this card.

So, I'll be back later with another challenge creation: My SHACK Survivor card. I bet I'll be voted off quickly, but I had an idea and wanted to go with it...

Kerry

Shack Challenges are BACK!

Hop over to the STAMP SHACK and take a peek at the fun challenges starting TODAY! I hope you find one (or more) to your liking and you'll throw your stamps in the ring for some FUN! Please join us as we revvvvv up our stamping MOJO.

Here is a list of the challenges this week (with some links to the Shack):

Color

Theme

Technique

Mystery

Limited Supply

Sketch

COLOR CHALLENGE: We will use this photo for our color inspiration this week:

Photo: HGTV
Copic Coordinates: R59 Cardinal, G40 Dim Green, E40 Brick White, Black 100

Here's my card:

THEME CHALLENGE "Summer Days"

Here's my card:

SKETCH CHALLENGE:

Here's my card:

TECHNIQUE CHALLENGE: "Using Painters tape to mask"

Here are a few tags:

LIMITED SUPPLY CHALLENGE: You must use one button and one stick pin.

Here's my card:

MYSTERY CHALLENGE: "Turn acetate into an embellishment!"

Here's my card:

Hope you enjoy the challenges! I will award one prize to a random participant next Friday. The more challenges you complete, the better chance you have of winning the GRAND Prize...and it's good!

Bye!

Kerry

Bears, Bears, Bears...

I love bears (I collect Boyds Bears) and for those of you who know me, know that my nickname since childhood has been Kerbear...

I've been trying to catch up on the color challenges I missed over my vacation and oh my how I love the colors in this challenge. Copic Color Challenge 21 had cardmakers create something using the colors YG03, B45 and Y28. I used these colors and added some shading colors to give them depth (G99 and B47) then colored the bears (Stampington G1409 Getting Ready) using E 15, E31, E50, E53. I went into my patterned paper stash and found some paper that fit perfectly with the colors. THe PP is from Paper Loft (I love their papers!) and is called Well Worn-Pocket full of Posies. I also used Bazzill papers and the green floral cardstock is by Hanko (Yummy too!). Hope you enjoy!

Back later with more goodies!

Sweet Magnolias!

Before I left for vacation, I received my order from 7kidscollegefund.com. They have a great deal on Magnolia stamps and I just love them so much. I got 10 little ladies (I would have gotten more but I had to stop somewhere!). I've been having lots of fun coloring these little girls today. I've colored four images, but this is the first one that has made it onto a card so far. Two others are in the layout stage and the other one I have to go shopping for just the perfect patterned paper. I couldn't believe it but I had NO patterned paper that worked perfectly for her.

Well, here is this little lady. This TILDA is named STYLISH TILDA . She's from the Fall collection and I can't wait to color her with blues and reds...for some Christmas cards.

I used the Copic Color Challenge 19 colors for her clothes and also used the Challenge 22 layout for this card.

I used patterned paper from my stash (I think I got it from Michael's a LONG time ago), some Primas and the tag is from a TAC set that is one of my favorites...Sorry, it's a retired set.

Here is th complete list of Copics used on this image:

Clothes and Shoes

BV00, BV04

G00, G02

RV02,RV11

Skin and Hair

E000, E01, E51

E09, E15, E44

I think I have the perfect person in mind for this card...I wonder if SHE visits my blog???
I'll be posting a few other cards tomorrow as I have them finished. Just gotta get them together and figure out the perfect layout for each image.
Ker

Weekly Copic Theme...

Flowers....

Challenge: Use a floral image and color it using your Copic Markers. Watch the Youtube coloring tutorial.


Boy, I didn't realize I had very FEW flower stamps that I could color. Well, I did find one set: an older set from TAC that I hadn't used in probably two years...Anyway, I pulled it out and decided to make a whole page design using the flower image you see here. I used some of my most favorite yellows for the colors.



After creating the cardfront, I found coordinating colors for the card base and some matching ribbon from my stash. I've got TONS of Primas sitting around so I made sure to add one of those too. If I remember to use some of those more often, I'll probably be able to use them up by the year 3000. HA!

If you look at the close up shot, you'll see I missed coloring in a few places and I went out of the lines a bit, but it doesn't really show up unless you hunt for it, so I'm fine with it.


So, I challenge YOU to make a card with FLOWERS...I'd love to see what you do!

I've been busy working on a challenge over at Papercraftplanet and wanted to post my final product here today. I was really excited to see the group Copic Colour Challenge. You can see the link to the blog on my sidebar. WOW! SO fun to have a challenge once a week to use three specific colors. It's neat too because you can use any stamps you want and even if you don't have one of the colors posted, you can improvise. I may not need to do a lot of that since I have quite a big selection, but I know there will be a time when I will! Anyway, here's the card and the colors for this week.

Aren't the colors yummy? They are R85, Y19 and BG05. They scream SUMMER don't you think? I finally got a chance to pull out one of my new TAC sets to play with. Yes, I could have used this little girl long ago but gee, these colors were just screaming her name.

I also used the plaid background stamp by TAC for this card. I stamped it with Versamagic and then sprinkled it with iridescent embossing powder to give it some shimmer.

I think I'll send this card to a friend who moved away because the little girl reminds me of her little daughter, Ella. She's an awesome teacher in South Carolina who won the SC teacher of the year award this year. I miss working with her and just spending some time with her having a beer or a margarita.

I see her posts on facebook all the time and am always jealous that she's having fun with her friends in SC. Boy, I wish I could head down there and join them. Maybe someday. Instead, I just sit in my house and craft, craft, craft.

I wonder what the color challenge will be next week? I'll be offline for two weeks after that as I'll be vacationing in Florida, so I hope it's a combination I really have so I can get right to work. Maybe I'll make two other cards with my own color combos, and get them ready to post while I'm gone...

Gotta go for now, I've gotta go to bed so I can get to my class in the morning!
Ker