SBG1 Challenge #5~The Pink Laundry

Yippee! It is my turn to host a challenge! So here it is:

Please make a card based on your inspiration after reading about Stephanie Vest and her "flair" for design! Yes, she had a bright pink laundry room complete with a zebra print ceiling!

Stephanie lost her battle with cancer on December 3rd. She leaves behind a husband and 3 young children. Her blog has continued on and people have posted how her story has inspired their lives. If you would like, you are welcome to post your creation there as well!

I will now share with you what I created and posted on her blog last month. It was incredibly well received, which always makes you feel warm inside!



Stamps: February Word Puzzle (CTMH), Wild About You (SU)
Paper: PTI White, Pixie Pink (SU), Black (CTMH), Zebra Print (Creative Memories)
Ink: Pixie Pink, Versafine Black
Accessories: CTMH Ribbon, Rhinestones. Clear EP

For this card, I used the black with a white core so I could sand it down. I felt like it was too stark next to the zebra print to have something totally solid and it added a "rugged" feel to the card. Keeping with that theme, I distressed the edges of the black layer on the image to give it dimension. I also used clear EP and heat embossed the heart.

Once you complete the challenge, please post it on your blog and leave me a comment with the link. I will use the random number thingy (is that word?) to pick a winner!! The challenge will end February 19th at 9 pm Japan time!! (ROTFL...now figure that one out! We are 14 hours ahead of EST.)

The prize?? Have I left out the best part? :) A canister of Holiday House Felt Winter pieces by American Crafts, some Japanese treats, and some BLING!!! Don't get too excited...it is card bling, but bling none-the-less!

Ok, girls, get creating! I cannot see what you come up with to help honor this wonderful lady's memory.

SBG1 Challenge #4

What time is it? It is time for another challenge on our SplitCoast Bloggers Group! This time, Mel is our hostess!!

(Insert your best Iron Chef voice here) The challenge is to:

"Make a card or layout using ONLY pattern papers. (You may use CS for a base, but please make sure that it barely shows. PP should be the focal point.)" In addition, she went on to add that when we used our stamps, they had to be used in a way that we could see the pattern paper underneath!!

Wow...this was certainly a challenge for me! I love to layer, but without being able to use cardstock I felt at a loss! I decided to grab my Kimono stamp set, vellum, embossing powder and my DCWV Far East stack and go to work! This is what I came up with.

You can't really see it, but I CASED an idea from Becki and used Versamark and gold EP to go around the edges of the fan background paper in order to give it some depth.

Even though it is a little dark for my personal taste, overall I was pretty happy with how it came out. In fact, I am going to use it as a thank you note here locally. :) It certainly fits the theme of where I live!

Stamps: Kimono (SU)

Paper: Elegant Eggplant (SU), Vellum, DCWV Far East Mat Stack

Ink: Versamark, Gold EP

Accessories: Gold brads, SU Gold Cord

My second attempt used a lighter color spectrum. I needed a sympathy card and I thought the challenge might lend itself well to a more subtle card.

I think I prefer this card, due to personal color preferences. (I know my DD would disagree with me as she is a HUGE purple fan!)

Stamps: Kimono (SU)

Paper: Kraft (SU), My Mind's Eye Patterned Paper, Vellum

Ink: Versamark, Clear EP, SU Markers

Accessories: Gold Cord (SU), Gold Brads

Thanks for the fun challenge Mel!!

Lost My Mind...SBG Challenge

Somehow I forgot to mention the Warm Hugs card posted below was based upon a card challenge for my blogger group!

Gale hosted the challenge this time and we were instructed to use a magazine page she posted as our inspiration! Since the theme was "winter", I knew I wanted to use my snowbunny! I started off trying to keep with a blue theme, as on the magazine page, but I could not get the DSP to work as I liked.

Thanks for all the kind words people have posted on my card. :) It does make one feel good, especially since the mojo was gone!

I will have more cards to post this week...I was busy this weekend! Our town had a MAJOR water outage. A huge water pipe broke, thus thousands of people were without water. Quite frankly, this reminded me why I despise camping! ;) At any rate, we did not stray far from home, being no one could shower for days...oh the joy!

SBG1 Challenge #2

Ah, another challenge card! I am really having fun with these!

So, this one can be found on Heather's blog. Our basic instructions were to create a card using Regal Rose, Certainly Celery, ribbon, brads, and anything BUT a floral image! Thankfully, my oldest daughter had a birthday party to attend today, so I made this card for the birthday girl who was turning 7.

Stamps: Pretty Princess (SU)

Ink: Vick Bantock Lamp Black by Ranger, Copics to color the image

Paper: Regal Rose, Certainly Celery, GP White, Going Gray

Embellishments: CTMH White Grosgrain Ribbon, SU Rhinestone Brads, Swiss Dots and Distressed Striped Cuttlebug folders

I took my inspiration from SCS Sketch Challenge 183.

Hope you are having a great weekend! I hope to get some additional cards made this weekend, or perhaps some scrapbook pages!!

SBG1 Challenge #1

SBG1 is not a new gene I discovered in my free time, rather it stands for "Splitcoast Bloggers Group 1"! Samantha challenged us to make something black and blue, without bruising someone in the process (she and I share the same humor and I love that!)

I needed a thank you card for my son' s football coach and coincidentally enough, his team colors were blue and white! Additionally, you do get black and blue while playing football, so it was all meant to be!

I wanted to keep it simple. I needed a card I could get done quickly and it was for a guy who I am sure does not appreciate the texture of ribbon or other fancy embellishments! I did emboss the helmet to give it some dimension. I used a really old sketch from SCS, SC12 for my layout.

Stamps: Sporting Goods

Ink: Versamark, Versafine Black

Paper: Basic Black, Bashful Blue, Bordering Blue, Whisper White

Embellishments: SU Eyelets, Black Embossing Powder

Head on over to Samantha's blog to see links to more cards made for this challenge!! They are linked up for you. Thanks for looking!