Dawn's Color Challenge #9

Hey Good Morning Everyone! I finally get to participate in Dawn's Color Inspiration Challenge again this week! BUT...I have to say...WOW. This was so unbelievably hard to do. These are definitely not 3 colors I would just pick out of my stash to make a card, unless they were someone's specific color theme for an event...and still then, it would be hard to do! I started this challenge with one card and ended with another. I really wanted to make one of Dawn's rustic looking flowers-they are really cool and casual, so that what I did! Here is what I attempted...

Different and simple.

Thanks for checking it out!

Stamps: PTI Beyond Basic Borders (Hello)
Inks: PTI Chai & Chamomile, Vintage Cream
Paper: PTI True Black, Leaf Green, Vintage Cream
Accessories: Rustic Cream Thread, Vintage Button, White Gel Pen, Metal Ruler, SU! Corner Rounder

Happy Birthday!

Yesterday...Happy Flag Day, was my cousin Erinn's birthday! Happy Birthday Erinn! So I made her a card...mailing it out a day late. Sorry Erinn. Her house has lots of patriotic country decor items-LOVE IT. I think its an up north thing...but I thought this card would suit her taste well. Countryish and Patriotic right?

I used PTI's new linen twine and a needle to stitch along the edges of the card to give it a little bit more of a rustic look. It was a little longer of a process, but was worth it. Here is another shot a little bit closer. I am not sure if you can tell or not, but I also used the Background Basics:Text Style in PTI Chai. I had crumpled up the Pure Poppy paper...used the Chai/Chamomile combo along the edges, then took the text in the Chai and stamped it over the crumpled up paper in Chai, actually a couple of times. It really soaks up once it dries.

Here is a shot of what I added on the inside of the card. I am really diggin' the Star prints set. I LOVE it! The fonts are really great. I know I keep saying that, but I don't care!

Thanks for looking!

Stamps: PTI Star Prints and Fancy Flourishes
Inks: SU! Not Quite Navy, Red Riding Hood, PTI Chai & Chamomile
Paper: All PTI, Kraft, Rustic Cream, Pure Poppy
Accessories: PTI Linen Rustric Cream Linen Thread, needle, PTI Vintage Buttons, Fiskers Twinkle Twinkle Punch, Paper Piercer, Edge Distressor, Pop Dots

Baseball!

Ok, So...Its baseball season. Its always sports season in my house, but baseball season is my favorite. It turns out that it is my son Peyton's (he's 2) favorite too. He absorbs every move every baseball player (the Mets to be exact) makes and repeats them to a tee. He is a better slider than any 10 year old I have ever seen slide! It really is remarkable! Lets go Mets! He sees David Wright on TV and says, "Lets go David!" CRAZY!! Anyway, being baseball season, the whole family is into it, including Jaiden, the newly turned 8 year old! Not that an 8 year old can truely appreciate a homemade card so much, but hopefully mom and dad will keep it for later in life...

I had a lot of fun making this card. I was only a little bit into the stitching and Peyton knew exactly what it was! Here is another shot a little but closer....

I think the hand stitching took maybe a half hour...tops. Super easy and it really makes it look so nice. I was pretty impressed myself. I had "the vision" pop into my head a few days before as to what I wanted the card to look like and it came out exactly as I has hoped! How about the new PTI set? LOVE IT. The font is the BEST EVER. Thanks for looking!

Stamps: PTI Star Prints
Ink: SU! Not Quite Navy, PTI Chamomile & Chai
Paper: PTI Rustic White
Accessories: Needle & Red Floss, SU! Black Stamp & Write Marker, Paper Piercer

Thank you, Teacher.

So, I am totally slacking getting my blog updated. I know once its done, its done, but its just like there are so many things I want to do, but so little time to do it. Anyway, I really wanted to make something special for my stepson's 5th grade teacher...she deserves it. If I had a classroom full of kids like my stepson...well...I don't think I could do it. I know, I know, it sounds horrible, but if you don't have step kids, specially ones that you don't get along with all that great....yeah....she really deserves it! So I wanted to make her a stationary kit. One that she could set notes home to the parents without having to write on a post it or something! I was walking thru Michaels one day and saw the COOLEST CUTEST new K&Company collection, I mean it was IRRESISTIBLE! So, I had to have it....(I kept the flash off for some of the pictures...won't do that again..You know, its crazy, I am looking for the "official" name of this and can't find it, but its Carolyn Gavin and it is just the CUUUUUTTTIIISSTT! Love it.
I started with Lauren Meader's Timeless Template All Boxed Up, but decided to add my own little twist. Again, sorry some of the pics are so yellow, I turned the flash off. I had some extra raw chip board from Stampin' Up! I had from an album class I had around the holidays, so I thought it was the perfect size and sturdiness for the stationary box I wanted to make.

Here is a side shot...don't mind the orange and brown dotted paper, that was on the chipboard already, I was covered that up. I did a lot of compromising as I went along! I covered the inside with the cool K&Company Paper.

Ok, so for the side pouch, I wanted to have an open/close type of flap for the envelopes, so I combined 2 of the side pockets....piece of cake.....

Heres a shot of the side done....

Now for the other side...I used the pocket template again...but sort of...just flattened it. I printed "From the Desk of...." off of the computer, stamped over it...cut...and Whala! I thought it came out pretty nice, something I think I would totally appreciate getting as a gift.
Here are the rest of the shots. Open shot.

Close up of left side...

To Open/Close.

The Cover.

So, thats it! I think if it wasn't so last minute, there would have been some things I would have done differently, but isn't that they way with everything?

Thanks for checking it out!

Stamps: K&Company Carolyn Gavin (Eco-Series)
Inks: All PTI
Papers: Design Paper (K&Co.) Solid Papers (PTI)
Accessories: Misc. Rhinstones, K&Co. Carolyn Gavin Rhinestones, PTI Linen Thread, Double Sided Super Sticky Tape (SU!), misc. eyelets, crop-a-dile, raw chip board, My Timeless Templates, computer, printer, SU! Ribbon