Gina's Little Corner of StampinHeaven

Hello there! I got home from my annual MAD trip on Wednesday. After getting the 'mundane' house things accomplished (and catching up on sleep!), I finally had time to play along with some challenges! Armed with a list of challenges I had printed out, I went to work.   This week's Color Throwdown color drew me in right away because they had some colors from my FAVORITE paper pack - Flirty (X7160B) .  Note to self - Purchase another pack of this beautiful paper!!  I combined these colors with a sketch from Friday Mash-up for this card. I added Pear cardstock to Flirty's color's of Goldrush and Flirty Raspberry.  A great combination!   I used the new Artiste Cricut Cartridge for the banner, balloons and star.   The Artiste collection includes a stamp set that perfectly matches all three!  The banner is just the size for the Dimensional Elements - Banners that are ALSO included in the Artiste collection.   I used the Art Phi...

I finally managed to squeak in some crafting time before our game this morning.  I got my new "Dotty For You" paper on Thursday and couldn't wait to start playing with it. I had planned to spend Saturday evening and today in my craft room but that didn't happen.  Weather and games had other plans.   My daughter's game was rained out yesterday so we had to go back today and play.  I had about an hour to play to this morning so I wanted to give the Sweet Sunday Sketch a try. I love this paper!  The Dotty For You paper is a specially designed paper pack for National Scrapbooking Month that is coming up on May. RECIPE: Dotty For You (Available April 17) Smoothie Cardstock Colonial White Cardstock Ink: Grey Wool Exclusive Ink Tickets - Art Philosophy Cricut Cartridge Banners - Art Philosophy Cricut Cartridge Baker's Twine Neutral Collection Sparkle's Blue & Green Assortment Stamps: Blue Ribbon (C1464)       ...

If you have been following my blog, you know that I like to participate in the H2H and Mojo Monday weekly blog challenges.   These challenges have really encouraged me to think outside my box and and get creative.   Every once in a while H2H will have a color challenge which I really like.    My friend Mandy found a great color challenge blog last week called Play Date Cafe .    When I checked it out, I knew it was one that I wanted to take part in! Here is the inspiration for this week's colors.... (LOVE THEM!)                          These colors made me think of Close To My Heart's new stamp set called Paper Lantern .  Cool, crisp summer lanterns in Dutch Blue and Gypsy. Here is my interpretation of these colors: RECIPE: White Daisy Cards & Envelopes Valu Pack (X254) Paper Lanterns (C1458) Dutch Blue Exclusive Ink (Z2119) Gy...