Color Blocking

Good afternoon!

Today I was thinking about what to do for the Sunday Stamps challenge and found some great inspiration on pinterest, but not sold on any style. After mulling the idea over, I thought to search my stash for some solid rubber pieces left from stamps.

Then I found I typically throw those all away.

I went on my search anyway and discovered I had a few sets in my sell pile that had solid square insides that were already cut for removal. SCORE!

I went to town! I already had the rainbow theme in mind from the challenge, so I decided to play around and see what stuck.

Here's what I came up with:

Not in the link below, this card uses Perfect Pairings, a 2016 Sale-a-bration set.
Inks are Crisp Cantaloupe and Strawberry Slush, Paper is Crisp Cantaloupe. 

Fun, right? I love when an idea works the way I had hoped! Sometimes they go horribly wrong, horribly!

Thanks for stopping by today!! I hope you have a stamptastic day!! 

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Peace of mind for mashups!

I just love when I can mash up challenges.

Does it work for Friday Mashup as well as it does random challenge blogs? Usually not, lol!

But, in this case (for the past couple actually) Sunday Stamps and Retro Rubber have gone well together and that makes my heart happy!

Here's what I came up with:

Stamps: Dasher (ret)
Inks: Baked Brown Sugar, Costal Cabana, Strawberry Slush (all ret)
Paper: Coastal Cabana, whisper white,
Sweet sorbet DSP (ret)
Accessories: Crisp Cantalope and Coastal Cabana bakers twine, white tinsel twins from target, button, rhinestones, and snowflake embossing folder (ret), Christmas greetings thinlit.

I just ADORE Dasher! From 2008, this little guy is just an adorable way to add that perfect wintery touch to any Christmas-y card! I thought pairing the embossing folder with the banners would be too much, but once assembled I really like it! I know we're all partial to cards we make, but let me tell you, I've had quite a few duds. Sometimes they're salvageable, sometimes there is absolutely no place they belong better than in the trash :)

Not this one! Phew! Keeping with the winter, and not so much Christmas theme, I opted for more non-traditional colors, which have been ALL the rage this past year. Christmas is going glam!

Thanks for stopping by and have a stamptastic day!

Feeling rustic for a challenge mashup!

Hey everyone!

Today I had some time to stamp and found not one, but TWO color challenges to try. The colors were almost the same, so I decided to mash them together in this nice rustic card.

I found out that Sweet Sunday Stamps challenge blog has ended at challenge 300, which I've missed. I decided to go back to good ol' numero uno. All in all, 3 challenges were completed today. Phew.


Sweet Sunday Stamps Layout #1

http://colourq.blogspot.com/2016/02/colourq-challenge-327.html

http://sundaystamps.blogspot.com/2016/01/ssc119color-time.html

Here's what I came up with:

Paper: Cherry Cobbler, Crumb Cake, Early Espresso, Very Vanilla, First Edition DSP (ret)
Inks: All listed in challenges (ha!)
Stamps: Plane and Simple (ret-sentiment), Countryside (ret), Timeless Textures, Hardwood
Accessories: Triple flower Punch (ret), Martha Stewart border punch, twine, pool party colored rope from Target, Wink of Stella, and rhinestones.

Thanks for checking in today!! Hope you have a stamptastic day!