Inspired by Room 124

I haven't had a chance to do the inspiration challenge over at SCS lately but today's was such a fun one that I had to play! We were to pick a room from the HotelFox, in Copenhagen Denmark for our inspiration. I chose room 124:


Dreaming of cars. Antoine designed Room 124 and his concept comes from his childhood fascination with cars and his obsession with particular car parts: “We have been surrounded by cars for so long, that we don’t really look at them any more. I want to draw headlamps because their shape constantly changes, designers are always inventing. There must be something mystical about it.”

Here is the card I came up with:

All CHF Stamps:
-1957 Bel Air (GM)
-Cardmaker's Shapes (MLM)
-Diamond Plate Backgrounder

Paper:
-Prismatic black, Intense Orange, simply smooth white by Prism

Ink:
-Adirondack Pitch Black by Ranger

Accessories:
-Makin Memories Brads
-Silver Leafing Pen by Krylon

Tools:
-Photo Corner punch by EK Success

Well, I am working on painting my baseboards and stair railing, and touching up my kitchen cabinets today but I keep taking "card making" breaks. Not a very productive way to get things painted but much more enjoyable and I figure I've got the long weekend to get it done so I might as well enjoy it!

Hope you're having a "inspirational" day!

Inspired by a cow???

Today's inspiration challenge was a crack up! We were to be inspired by one of the cows on this site. It didn't have to be a cow card though.

This is the cow I was inspired by:

The lower half reminded me of CHF's Tulle Backgrounder and the top reminded me of their Paisley Backgrounder. The idea I had using the paisley backgrounder didn't work out like I was hoping but then I remembered that their was a paisley stamp in the Pretty Birds set so I used that.

Here's my finished card:

Stamps:-Pretty Birds (Kim Hughes) by Cornish Heritage Farms-Tulle Backgrounder by Cornish Heritage Farms

Paper:-Georgia Pacific white cardstock-Prismatic black & Nautical Blue

Ink:-Adirondack Pitch Black-Copic Markers

Accessories:-Turquoise Ribbon by OfrayTools:-hole punch-Nestabilities by Spellbinder-corner rounder punch by CM

Which cow did you choose?

Irish Quilt inspired

This lovely quilt is this weeks inspiration for the SCS inspiration challenge. As soon as I saw it I knew I had to use my Dotted Diamonds Backgrounder.

Here's the card I came up with:

Stamps: Dotted Diamond Backgrounder, Classic Essential Expressions (Mona Lisa's Moments), and Bloomin' Beautiful (Kim Hughes) all by Cornish Heritage Farms

Paper: Prism Classic Green, White, Kiwi paper by Prism

Ink: Adirondack Clover green dye ink by Ranger & Lime Fluid Chalk ink by Clearsnap

Tools: stem cute with "A walk in the Garden" Cricut, dyes are nestabilities by Spellbinder, word window punch by EK success, sewing machine with green thread

Accessories: metal loop holding tag on

Not colors I would normally use but I am happy with how it turned out. I would love to see what you come up with! Leave a comment with a link to your creation so I can check it out! Have a great Saturday!

Birds and Bark Inspiration

Today's Inspiration Challenge on SCS was right up my alley! First of all, I love the colors. Then of course, birds! Perfect for Kim Hughes, Pretty Bird Set.

Here's what I came up with:

Stamps: Trees Backgrounder and Pretty Birds (Kim Hughes Collection) by Cornish Heritage Farms

Paper: Smooth White Cardstock, Prismatic Suede Brown light, medium, and dark, baby blue by Prism Papers

Ink: Aqua & Mushroom Adirondack dye ink by Ranger, Brilliance Graphite Black Pigment Ink by Tsukineko, copic markers

Tools: Cuttlebug embossing folder, nestabilities by Spellbinder

Accessories: pewter brads by Makin' Memories

Now I have to take the dog for a walk, take my daughter out for driving practice, and clean the house. Maybe I'll stamp more tomorrow! I hope you get time to stamp too!

Beautiful Inspiration

Ok, I know I said that sketch challenges are my favorite challenges but I think Karen's inspiration challenges have to be a very close second!




This beautiful entry way ensemble from Pottery Barn was today's inspiration. The weathered furniture caught my eye first and that big pot of tulips caught my eye next so I started there.



The great thing about this inspiration picture is that there are so many elements to be inspired by. The colors, the flowers, the rustic feel...



Here's my card:





Stamps: Bloomin' Beautiful, Gingham Backgrounder, Weathered Wood Backgrounder, Scripty writing
Prism Cardstock: Herbal Garden Dark, Intense Yellow, white, Suede Brown
Ink: Tsukineko Graphite Black, Black Stazon, Clearsnap Pine and Sandalwood, Copic Markers
Accessories: pop dots, We R Memory Keepers metal embelishments, ribbon

Have a great day!

Mitten Inspiration

Today's card was made for Karen's inspiration challenge over on SCS. This is a picture of wrapping paper.

I combined it with one of the challenges that is being issued over at Lisa's birthday party. We are having so much fun over there. I hope you'll stop by and join us!

This is a pretty simple card. The polk a dot mitten was the inspiration because I knew I had a scrap of this designer paper that matched perfectly. I made a pretty simple card because I am pretty busy with the challenges at Lisa's party. There is Ranger Glossy Accents and glitter on the heart but it doesn't show well in the picture.

Stamps: Sweet Thang

Paper: Buttercream, DP unknown

Ink: Ancient Page Bordeaux

Accessories: Grossgrain Ribbon, Nestabilities, WeRMemorieKeepers Metal, Glossy Accents

Inspired by a jacket

Yesterdays inspiration challenge on SCS was this pretty jacket. I was going to make a card with paisley's but the more I looked at it, the bright colors on the black background stood out to me and so I decided to make a card using a Thomas Kinkade image that Dawn Lusk sent me to play with. The image is stamped in black stazon and colored with copics. Then I backed it on black cardstock, then on silver cardstock and then on a black card and just added a sheer ribbon and silver cord. In person the coloring is not great but the picture is good!

Not sure if I'll get any stamping done today. Three loads of laundry to do this morning and then off to Pasadena for Tyler's band rehearsal and then a girl scout meeting. Looking forward to the four day weekend so I can have time to stamp!

Have a great week!

Inspired by an e-card

It's been a while since I have been able to do Karen's inspiration challenge because we are usually out the door early on Saturday for soccer games and marching band competitions but no game till noon today so I had some time to play! When I saw today's challenge, I was excited because it just screamed NESTBILITIES at me!

The inspiration picture came from an e card. Here is the card I made:

I used my nestabilities and other assorted punches for the shapes. I bought my nestabilities from Ellen Hutson's store but they are pretty pricey. If you are looking at buying these but don't want to outlay hundreds of dollars at once you really should look into Christie's Nestabilities Now club, where you sign up and she sends you one set a month and automatically charges you. With her pricing, it's like getting the shipping for free!

Well, I'm off to walk the dog and start another crazy Saturday. Have a great day!

stamps: SU's Friendship Flowers & Stem Sayings

Paper: Turquoise, Teal, Sun, orange, olive, cocoa

Ink: white, yellow, black, teal

Accessories: Nestabilities & assorted punches

"Ugly Bird" inspiration

So...the story goes like this....my friend Rochelle was in Minnesota this summer and was shopping with a friend at the LSS. Her friend picked up this bird stamp by Hero Arts and told Rochelle that she should buy it. Rochelle looked at her and asked, "Why would I buy that ugly bird stamp? It's UGLY!" So, like a true friend, her friend bought the stamp for her. Rochelle had fun making funny cards with her "ugly bird stamp" and sharing them with our Yahoo group.

Then she decided to have an "ugly bird card contest". She sent 8 of us 6 stamped images of the "ugly bird" and gave us a deadline to send in the cards. I made three cards and sent them in to her. The prize was your very own "ugly bird" stamp.








The top card uses basic grey DP and the sentiment is by Cornish Heritage Farms.



The second card uses Heidi Grace DP and the same sentiment.










This last card uses SU's Gable Green, Tempting Turquoise, Green Galore, Pink Passion, and Summer Sun as well as that good 'ole cuttlebug.


Who won the contest?

EVERYONE! Yep, Rochelle didn't want to have to choose a winner, and having seen all the entries, it would have been tough....so she sent each of the participants our very own "ugly bird" stamp!!! So...lucky you...there will be more "ugly bird" cards in future blog posts!

Added on Saturday night:
I just saw that Rochelle posted all the ugly bird contest cards on her blog. Go check them out here!

Ugly Shoe Inspiration

This is my son Garret.

These are my son Garret's ugly shoes.

(I didn't want to buy them but he loved them...)

This is the card I made that was inspired by my son's ugly shoes!

The moral of this story...inspiration can be found everywhere! Well...that and I am getting old...because all his friends like those ugly shoes!!!

Have a great Saturday!

Stamps: Cornish Heritage Farms Tule, Hello & Single Coneflower
Paper: Prism Papers Wizard Dark, White, Intense yellow
Ink: Timber Stazon
Accessories: Cuttlebug, oval punches, circle cutter, watercolor pencils, brown marker, black marker

Swirly Bird Inspiration

I LOVE these plates that Karen chose for today's inspiration challenge. Sorry for the late post but I was working at the soccer snack bar all day and just finally got the energy back to stamp.

I used the colors from the plates and some of my new Cornish Heritage Farms stamps for this card. It's a pretty simple card but I am honestly way too tired to come up with anything else tonight. Hope your Saturday was good!

Stamps: Singing Swirly Bird, Just a Note

Paper: white, black, turquoise, olive

ink: black

Accessories: primas, brad, watercolor pencil, H2O brush, cuttlebug embossing folder

Inspired by a Kit Kat

I don't know if I'll get a chance to do Karen's inspiration challenge because I am plannning on participating in VSN all day so I thought I would share one of the cards I made during Friday night VSN tailgate party. The challenge was to make a card inspired by your favorite candy. The card was to be the same shape and colors as your favorite candy. Well, my favorite candy is a Kit Kat so that was pretty easy. I used pumpkin, cocoa, and vanilla for my color combo and got to ink up my brand new Stampin' Up stamps. I was dying to try this "fabulous flower" that I have seen on many cards in the SCS gallery. I love how it turned out!

If you don't have any plans today, come on over and join us for Virtual Stamp Night! It's going to be a blast! Hope to see you there!

Stamps: Fabulous Flowers, True Friend

Paper: Pumpkin, Vanilla, cocoa, Apple Cider DP

Ink: pumpkin, chocolate

Accessories: embossing powder, heat gun, pop dots, paper piercer, marker, dog tag punch, sponge

Now that's what I call a challenge!

Ok, ok, I know I am really late posting today. I just now got around to working on the inspiration challenge. To be honest, I wasn't that inspired by today's inspiration piece. Don't get me wrong-it's beautiful, but other than the colors I didn't think I had any stamps or enough bling to come close to this piece. So I worked on some other projects and every once in a while I took another peek at the purse. Now you know I love a challenge so I decided to force myself to work on this one. I pulled out turquoise, lilac navy, night of navy, black and gold paper. I decided that some of the stamps in Baroque Motifs mimicked the pattern in this purse so I got it out. Then I decided to use a lot of gold embossing powder and away I went! I am pretty happy with the look of the card, though, those who visit my blog regularly know that this is so not my style! But that is why I do challenges and why I encourage you to...it stretches you, and gets you out of your comfort zone...sometimes with really great results. Here's what I ended up with.

Stamps: Baroque Motifs

Paper: turquoise, navy, not quite navy, lilac, gold, black

Ink: versamark

Accessories: gold embossing powder, heat gun, pop dots

Check back tomorrow because I'll be sharing some really cute Vegibella cards that I made with my paperpretties August card class.

Saturay's Inspiration

Well today's inspiration challenge on SCS is this beautiful set of tiles. I thought about making some sort of tile card but decided to somehow make my inspiration card using Beate's Friday sketch challenge. I'm not sure I love the colors or the prima I threw on but I really need to go walk the dog so it is what it is...

The closest stamp I had to "poppy's" was this flower stamp in the Garden Silhouettes set by Stampin' Up. I used that for the main image. The prima and ribbon were afterthoughts and I'm still not sure I like them. I may have to take another stab at Beate's sketch later since I am not totally happy with this one. What do you think?

Stamps: small script, garden silhouettes, weathered

Paper: punpkin, rust, moss, vanilla

ink: moss, pumpkin, caramel, chocolate

Accessories: Hogepodge hardware bookplate and brads, prima flower, cuttlebug, CM circle cutter, Ribbon