Just Add Color DSP - Tea Anyone??

In my previous post I showed several cards made using the Just Add Color DSP.

Warning!!! Coloring can be addictive!! 

It's been a while since I just sat down and colored just for the sheer pleasure of it.  Once I started it was hard to stop.  I can certainly understand the fascination adults have with the coloring books that are now every where.

Today I selected the 12 by 12 page filled with tea pots, teacups etc. and colored only 2 images using Blendabilities.  After colored, the images were  I fussy cut and built into a card.

On a Melon Mambo card base I added a Whisper White layer embossed with the Ruffled embossing folder.  Along the bottom is a strip of Color Theory DSP with a piece of ruffled Night of Navy seam binding adhered over the seam.

A doillie, cut in half became the "table cloth" upon which the colored images were added.  To add interest and depth, I cut the scallop part of the remaining half and added it over the already adhered ruffle using dimensionals.  I colored the area around the base of the images with a Slate Gray marker in order to "ground" them. Clear Wink of Stella was applied to the cut out images.

Tutti-fruit self adhesive sequins were added randomly on the card front.

The sentiment is from "So Many Shells"

Supplies Used:

Stamp:  So Many Shells

Inks:  Black Memento, Blendabilities 

Papers:  Melon Mambo, Whisper White, Color Theory DSP, Just Add Color DSP

Accessories:  1/2" crumpled Night of Navy ribbon, self adhesive Tutti-fruiti sequins, doillie, Clear Wink of Stella, Ruffle Embossing Folder.

Triple Stamping - Bird on flower - Inspirational Challenge #1 Stampin' Fun and Friends

This Inspirational Challenge with Stampin' Fun and Friends required a bit of thinking on my part, but I finally opted for a triple stamping card using the colors of the challenge.  The colors I used:  Raspberry Ripple, Gumball Green, Summer Starfruit, Early Espresso. I couldn't resist putting a bird with the flower.

Here is my card:

 

Technique:

Flower: Punch 3 of the 1 1/4 Scallop circles in Summer Starburst and using the same color of ink,stamp one of the images of a flower center all over the scallops.  Then snip between every 2 scallops, curl petals downward, and attach 2 of them together with a dimensional- alternating petals.

Punch one each of the smaller flowers of the Boho petal punch.  Snip between petals, bunch the flowers up and glue one inside the other.  Attach this to the inside of the Summer Starburst flower.  Put a pearl at the center of the flower. Spritz with gold smooch.

Attach this to a Gumball Green Scallop circle the scallops of which had been pricked with the mat pack and paper piercer.

The leaves are made using the Sizzlets Little Leaves die

Bird:

On a piece of whisper white paper, sponge some Summer Starburst, and then sponge some Early Espresso above that.  Insert the Bird builder punch maneuvering it until you have the desired color combination for the bird.  The beak is a leaf from this punch. Sponge the top of the bird with Early Espresso, and the belly with Summer Starfruit. The wing is punched the same way and attached to the body of the bird using a dimensional.

A little pearl makes the eye

Stamp:  Mixed Bunch

Inks: Gumball Green, Summer Starburst, Raspberry Ripple, Early Espresso

Papers: Gumball Green, Whisper White, Summer Starburst, Early Espresso

Accessories: 1 1/4 Scallop circle punch, Scallop circle punch, Boho Blossom Punch, Gold smooch, Sizzlets little leaves die, pearls, 1/4 Early Espresso grosgrain ribbon, Bird builder punch, dimensionals, mat pack and paper piercer

Jolly Jingle Bits Christmas - Sketch Frenzy Friday

Another hot week in Southern Ontario.  But we were blessed with a bit of rain.  Despite that forest fires are starting in cottage country threatening some of the most beautiful parts of the province.
Market was quiet this week.  It's been too hot for people to leave their cottages, pools etc. The highlight of the market was a conversation I had with a demonstrator from Houston, Tx.  Hope we can stay in contact.
It's amazing how quickly the week passes.  It's Friday already, and time for a mini blog hop with Sketch Frenzy Friday.  Hope you can join us.
Today's sketch is by the very creative Patrice Herrera:

Stamps: Jolly Jingle Bits, Petite Pairs
Inks: Early Espresso, SU Markers, Cherry Cobbler
Papers: Lucky Limeade, Very Vanilla, Be of Good Cheer designer paper, Cherry Cobbler, Champagne glimmer paper
Accessories: 1" circle punch, 1 1/4" scallop circle punch, dimensionals, Cherry Cobbler dazzling details

Now it's your turn to create something using Patrice's sketch.  When you are finished upload it to the SFF homepage here
Don't forget to visit the blogs of the team members to check out their interpretations of this sketch.  I'm sure you will be impressed.  And don't forget to leave comments.
Your next stop in the blog hop is Patrice's blog here

Have a wonderful day, and I'll see you next week.