Color Throwdown #707 & NBUS #41

 

 Happy Monday!

Joining in today with a card I created for the Color Throwdown #707

 (Mustard, Navy Blue & Turquoise)

Since I also used some new stuff for this card I will be posting for the NBUS #41 as well.

Here is the card that I created:

 

 For this card I started with a card base of (Night of Navy-SU card stock).  Then I embossed a layer of More Mustard *retired SU cs with a new embossing folder from Spellbinders called, Radiant Burst.  This was the April 2022 Embossing Folder of the month.

Then I cut out circles (SU - Stylish Dies) from Basic White & Bermuda Bay cs.  I stamped the Owl with the coffee cup which is also new and is from Unity Stamps Itty Bitty Ray of Sunshine.

I used Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored the owl with Prisma Colored Pencils.  I distressed the edges of the owl and the sentiment with More Mustard ink.  I added a strip of designer paper that I found in my scrap pile so I don't know which company it is from.  The circles and sentiment were mounted with foam tape.

I hope this makes you smile.  That owl is just so silly looking, it makes me smile.

Have a great day & thanks for stopping by.

Color Throwdown#654 & NBUS#29

 Hello and Welcome.  - Every now & then I like to join the Color Throwdown #654 challenge.  This weeks colors were: Kraft, Grey and White.  

 

I must say that this had me stumped a little.  I tried working on a card yesterday and nothing was working for me.  I ended up just putting things down and stepping away for the day.  Then this morning I got up and tried again and before I knew it my card had come together and I was happy with how it turned out.

 

Since I'm using several new products I'm also going to submit for the NBUS#29 challenge as well.  New Items will be *

 

Here is my card: 

 

Card Details:

Card Base: Kraft (Crumb Cake-SU)

Basic Gray (SU)

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black and Basic Gray

Designer Paper* - Paper Studio which I purchased at Hobby Lobby

Stamp Set: Class Act Owl* - Unity

Burlap Texture Die* - Altenew

Other: Brads - Queen and Company which I've had forever in my stash. - Prisma Colored Pencils and Gamsol, Foam Mounting Tape.

 

So all 3 of the new items I purchased last year and finally decided to use them.  -  It was hard trying to color with such a neutral color scheme but I think I pulled it off.

 

NBUS#29

NBUS - Harvest Moon

Well I haven't posted here in a couple of days so I thought I would share a card I made about 2 weeks ago for one of the challenges but never submitted because I didn't think it fit the challenge after completing it.  I am going to submit it now for NBUS challenge #19

 I used a stamp set that I have had for some time but had never inked it up.

Here is the card that I created:

 

Stamp Set:  Harvest Moon (Amuse Studio) 

Card Stock: Old Olive, Soft Suede, Very Vanilla. 

Patterned Paper: Eerie Paper Pad (Basic Grey) 

Other:  Herringbone Embossing Folder, Circle Dies, Yellow Gems and Foam mounting tape.

 Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black,  Memento London Fog,Garden Green, Crushed Curry, Early Espresso & Soft Suede.

 

I stamped the moon with the London Fog ink and then sponged on the Crushed Curry.  Next I stamped the Owl with the Soft Sued and fussy cut it out.  I stamped the branch of the tree limb with Early Espresso ink and the leaves with the garden green.  They were also fussy cut and then glued onto the moon image.  The owl was mounted with foam tape & I added the gem eyes.  

Next I embossed a piece of the Soft Suede card stock and added the designer paper.  I mounted that onto the Old Olive card base & stamped the sentiment with the Tuxedo black ink on top of the embossed piece and card base.  

Fairy clean and simple design.

 

Birthday Hoot

A good friend of mine celebrated a birthday this week.  Here is the card that I sent to her.

Stamps from Unity, Ink SU and Memento Tuxedo Black
Paper: Die Cuts with A View and SU
Punch - EK Success, Nestabilitie Dies
Gems

A Snappy Turtle and a Wise Owl

So what do you get when you combine a Sketch Challenge with a Turtle and an Owl? - Well here's your answer. Last week on SSUS (Sensational SU Swappers) we were given a sketch to follow and create a card for our partner.

I started off using this adorable turtle image from Clear Dollar Designs (Cute Critters) stamp set to create my card. The base is Old Olive stamped with SU Sanded BG in Old Olive ink. Then I layered a piece of Lovely Lilac and some DP SU (Halloween Night from 2006 Holiday Mini ) now retired and distressed the edges of the lilac cs with the Cutter Kit.
I colored my turtle image with Prisma Colored Pencils and blended them with Gamsol. Then I cut it out using my Nestabilites Circle Dies and Scalloped Circles I added the ground by masking my turtle and sponging on some Creamy Caramel Ink. I added a Prima Flower and a purple brad to the side of the focal piece. My sentiment was stamped with Palette Noir Black ink on some lavender twill ribbon (JoAnn Fabrics) that I layered on Only Orange Card Stock and added another small flower and mini orange brad (Queen and Co.) Image and Sentiment were raised with foam mounting tape.

I completed this card before remembering that SSUS is an SU only group and so I did the 2nd card per request from my partner in SU products only.

Card #2 - Stamp Set: Owl Together Now - A new stamp set coming in the upcoming catalog
Card Stock: Tempting Turquoise, Pumpkin Pie, Old Olive and Bali Breeze DP
Ink: Basic Black, Pumpkin Pie, Old Olive, Creamy Caramel, Chocolate Chip, Tempting Turquoise

I used an Aqua Painter and smooshed the lids of my pads so that I could pick the ink color up and water colored this image.
I added flowers from the Flower Fusion felt flowers set and added Rhinestone Brads (Circles Fire Collection and cut my circles with the Coluzzle and again distressed with the Cutter Kit.
The sentiment was computer generated using SU's Journaling Font Vol. 1 - now retired.

This was a great sketch and one I'm sure I'll use again.