Warmest Wishes on Your Birthday

I hope that all of you had a fabulous holiday week, and that you were able to spend time with family and friends.  I spent the week with both family and friends.  We had a lot of fun.  Good food, and a lot of laughs!  Oh, and we had pie {smile}.

This week, the lovely ladies over @ Nacho Average Challenge, have a color challenge.  I kinda have a hard time with the color challenges.  I guess my brain doesn't work easily that way.  Here is the colors for this weeks challenge:

Here is what I came up with:

My cards don't typically have a lot of white space.  I find the emptiness non-fullfilling.  I know that can should a little strange.  But, I love pattern.  I love layers.  And I 'need' images/patterns in that white empty space.  But, like I said, this challenge was a bit of a struggle.  

I used the pennant parade and the pennant punch for the pennants.  I stamped the images in primrose petals classic ink, and I used raspberry ripple card stock.  The card base is raspberry ripple.  I stamped the sentiment in midnight muse classic ink.  This card was quick and easy, and I hope you have been inspired to play along with us @ NAC.

Happy Crafting!  Hugs, Sharon W.

Birthday Banner

Welcome to my blog.  On this Tuesday, the Nacho Average Challenge site has a sketch for you to try. The sketch is pretty straight forward.  But, I like to 'see' the sketch in a new light.  To help inspire you, and hopefully you will play along with us.  So, without further ado, here is this weeks sketch:

There are a lot of different objects you could use with this sketch: snowflakes, leaves, ornaments, but what about a banner?

What a fun card!  I used Comfort Cafe DSP for the pattern paper.  I used the pennant punch to create the pennants.  I used the modern label punch for the narrow flags.  I used two circle punches for the middle piece (1 1/4" and 1 3/8").  I stamped 'wish big' in basic black classic ink, from the Pennant Parade stamp set.  Each of the pennants for the banner are raised off the card face with dimensional foam tape. 

For my sentiment, I used the Blooming with Kindness stamp set.  I stamped this sentiment in basic black classic ink, as well.  I just love the font.  It looks so elegant, and I love how the lines of the letters are slim, not bold or thick.  The card base is crumb cake card stock.  I sponged the edges of the card with soft suede classic ink to help give the edges some definition.  

I hope you find some inspiration from the design team @ Nacho Average Challenge, and play along with us.  We would love to see what you create with our sketch!

Eleanor

I hope your weekend was just perfect!  It's Tuesday, so it's time for another challenge over @ Nacho Average Challenge.  This week, there is a sketch for the challenge.  Here is the sketch:

Here is what I did with the sketch:

If you have browsed thru the new SU! catalog, you have seen this color combo before.  I just love the pool and starfruit color combo.  So, the main panel is pool party.  I added a strip of comfort cafe DSP  (summer starfruit).  I wanted to add some glimmer, so I did the trim in silver glitter paper.  I wrapped some of this new ribbon around the card.  I added a tiny tag, using a word from the Pennant Parade stamp set.  For the oval piece, I stamped the 'label' in sahara sand classic and fussy cut it out.  I secured this piece to the card front with a pair of neutral brads.   I stamped the flowers in summer starfruit classic ink and fussy cut them out.  I added some leaves and dimensionals to give the flowers a lift off the front of the card.  

Don't forget to stop by the challenge blog to see what the other design team have created.  I hope you found some inspiration, and play along with us @ Nacho Average Challenge.