Curtain Call Color Challenge Act 3

I'm back! Thank you to all of you who asked about me over the last few weeks! I'm finally getting back into the stamping swing of things! Boy, have I missed my stamping therapy sessions! My stamp room is coming together and I was actually able to make some projects at the end of last week....YEAH! I'll be posting some of them for you to see very soon, and I'll be sharing some photos of my "Stamping Stage Studio"...so stay tuned!

Here is a photo of the rose that I received on stage at Stampin' Up! Convention for my Rising Star award. This rose had quite a trip home, back to Illinois, where my dear daughter, Hannah, claimed it as her own. The colors in the photo are Certainly Celery, Kraft, Melon Mambo, and Very Vanilla.

To play along in the Curtain Call Color Challenge Act 2, simply create a papercrafted project using these Stampin' Up! colors (or similar shades from other companies), post it on your blog or other public gallery (Splitcoaststampers, Paper Craft Planet, etc.) using the keywords Curtain Call, link your posting back here, and then come back to enter your name and URL in the Mr. Linky box. You have until Sunday, September 13th at noon (CST) to enter your project.

I will once again be picking my FAVORITE(s) Curtain Call Color Challenge submission(s) that will be announced as the Curtain Call Show Stopper at the end of the week!



Those who are chosen as Show Stoppers will receive this award to post on their blog and share the exciting news! I will be picking more than one Show Stopper each week depending on the number of entries there are. There will be awards given out for every ten Curtain Call Color Challenge entries!



I used a new technique on this rosey card called Striped Brayering. I just watched the Workshop Wow DVD last night that I bought when I was at convention a few weeks ago. The Striped Brayering technique is one of the "wow" techniques featured on the DVD. It's super easy! All you do is run just the edge of your brayer along the ink pad(s) and apply to the cardstock in a striped fashion. Start with your light color first and then add more contrasting ones as desired.





Stamps: A Rose is a Rose
Paper: Kraft, Melon Mambo, Very Vanilla CS
Ink: Melon Mambo, Certainly Celery
Other: Kraft Corduroy Buttons, Mat Pack & Paper Piercing Tool, Sponge Daubers, Brayer, Stampin' Dimensionals

Autumn Splendor Meadows

My friend, Katie from KB Stamps, invited me to participate in a Holiday Mini Swap. Thanks, Katie! Head on over to see Katie...she's got some BLOG CANDY up for grabs:) My swap card encorporates two new products from the Holiday Mini, the Autumn Splendor stamp set and the Autumn Meadows Designer Series Paper. I also used a new technique that I recently learned called Rainbow Embossing from the Workshop Wow DVD that I got at Convention. Basically, you just use more than one color of embossing powder...I used Black and Gold Embossing Powder.







Stamps: Autumn Spendor, Trendy Trees (sentiment)
Paper: Taken With Teal, Really Rust, Whisper White CS, Autumn Meadows DSP
Ink: Versamark, Chocolate Chip
Other: Black & Gold Embossing Powder, Embossing Buddy, Heat Tool, Chocolate Chip 5/8" Grosgrain Ribbon, Stampin' Dimensionals

Happy Thanksgiving ~ Cincinnati Regionals Swap

I'm heading to Cincinnati for the Regional Seminar tonight with my downline, Libby. These are the swaps that I'll be trading while I'm at this fun Stampin' Up! event! I watercolored the images from the Autumn Harvest stamp set and mounted them on Chocolate Chip Top Note dies with a Really Rust card base that includes a little background stamping with Really Rust ink. The sentiment is from the Teeny Tiny Wishes stamp set.







Stamps: Autumn Harvest, Teeny Tiny Wishes
Paper: Really Rust, Chocolate Chip, Watercolor Paper
Ink: Black Stazon, Really Rust, Chocolate Chip Stampin' Write Markers and Classic Stampin' Pads
Other: Aqua Painter, Big Shot, Top Note Die, Stampin' Dimensionals

September Stamp Club Projects

All three of these projects were case'd from my upline, Julie at Julie's Stamping Spot. Thanks, Julie, for the great ideas during this hectic time:) All three of the projects for this month's stamp club featured the new Twick or Tweet stamp set from the Holiday Mini catalog. I also used the coordinating wheel called Haunting Hill for the goody treat bag.







Stamps: Twick or Tweet, Haunting Hill Standard Wheel
Paper: Dusty Durango, Basic Black, Whisper White CS
Ink: Black Stazon, Basic Black
Other: Dusty Durango Polka Dotted Ribbon, Gold Brads, Crimper, Scallop Circle and 1 3/8" Circle Punches, Mini Glue Dots, Stampin' Dimensionals

Finally Got to Play at the PPA!

I have been wanting to play in the Pals Paper Arts challenges for several weeks! What a fun challenge site! The challenge this week is to use the Stampin' Up! colors Brocade Blue, Crushed Curry & Ruby Red...beautiful combo! I was additionally inspired by the Featured Stamper Challenge #135 over at Splitcoaststampers today.






Stamps: Flight of the Butterfly
Paper: Crushed Curry, Brocade Blue, Ruby Red, Basic Black CS
Ink: Basic Black
Other: Big Shot, Texturz Plates, Brocade Blue 5/8" Grosgrain, 1 1/4 Circle & Butterfly Punches