Top 10 List for names of unusual colors

#1: Vermilion Vivid reddish orange

#2: Verdigris Green Yellowish green

#3: Titian Brownish orange

#4: Bisque Light grayish brown

#5: Puce Dark red

#6: Cattleya Medium purple

#7: Smalt Medium blue

#8: Damask Grayish red

#9: Jasper Blackish green

#10: Bittersweet Deep reddish orange

 

Learn any new color names?

I did, cattleya and smalt....and I admit, I think of damask as a pattern and not a color.

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Simon Says Stamp Challenge Blog - Happy Birthday ( third entry )

Really Reasonable Ribbon - Challenge #69 Buttons and Bows Theme
Sister Act Card Challenge - Challenge #1
Craftin Desert Divas - Linky party #3 Cute as a Button
 

 I just adore this sweet button ribbon and I even found a matching pink flower shaped button in my stash!! 

 

 

My Little Shoebox - paper

Really Reasonable Ribbon - Baby Buttons Satin

button - misc.

Faber Castell - PITT pen

American Crafts - Galaxy marker

Helmar - 450

hackneyed: adjective

lacking in freshness or originality

 

pronunciation

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( I turned the sketch on it's side )

 

Here is my card for the DCWV April's Stack-a-holic Template challenge using the Animal Crackers Stack, and I have to tell you that it's been awhile since I have had this much fun making a card.

 

 

First off, this is one brightly colored stack, that's what drew me to it in the first place. I love all the glittered pages but it caused me some problems in the beginning of the sketch as all the colors were competing against one another...but I rubbed some Ranger's Distress Ink over the leaf portions to tone the white background down, and wow..instant resist!! ( Ink it and then rub off with a paper towel any ink left on the glittered leaves! ) Now I began to enjoy the process a little more!

 

One of my favorite pages from this stack is a page of toucans, and I love to cut them out to use. I fussy cut this one, outlined him with my Faber Castell PITT pen pop dotted him to try and separate him a little more from the background elements.

I also love this sentiment which I printed off the computer, the Happy Birthday is a stamp from CARDZTV.

 

Now how many times can you say that you have giggled at an element that you created? I wanted to make it a birthday card so that I could also enter it in Simon Says Stamp Challenge - Happy Birthday. ( second entry ) I knew I wanted to add a birthday balloon in the toucans beak, so I had this Balloon shaped raindot by Cloud9 that I wanted to use and I was randomly placing it over images from the stack trying to figure out what would work and when I placed it over the monkey I actually LOL'd! Come on...I know you're smiling too!

It looks to me like the monkey somehow ended up inside the balloon and is quite surprised about it himself!! I think the toucan has an evil sense of humor if you ask me!

 

Also entering this in

 Crafty Cardmakers - Challenge 88 Humor

Sparkles Monthly Challenge #42 - Birds

Sister Act Card Challenge - #1 Anything Goes

 



redbrick: adjective

built of red brick

or

  of, relating to, or being the British universities founded in the 19th or early 20th century

pronunciation

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Fab 'n' Funky - Challenge #165 April Showers

( Currently it's raining and I sure could use some galoshes/wellies to get out and about today. I thought I'd carry the theme of showers even farther along by using a Rainy Day sentiment. )

Card Makin' Mamas - No Pattern Paper
( second entry )

Inkspirational - Challenge #14 Color Inkspiration -  pink, banana, and slate

( Was not sure if slate was grey or blue, but it seems the DT projects used blue, at least that's what if looked like on my computer screen. I didn't have a slate blue ink so I used Broken China. )

Technique Time Tuesday - Water Stamping

( OK, so my stamping techniques really stink, hence why I try to learn new things. This one really bombed for me, lol Here is a picture of the rain boot after stamping with my Hero Arts background stamp following the steps...I just need to practice more. But I HAD to try it, I mean water stamping and a Rainy Day card just went hand in hand. )

 

 

Since you could not make out the flowers from the stamps; I glued some on where they were suppose to be and added a pink rhinestone to the center of each.

I altered the Prima rose by removing the rose core and added a matching rhinestone to it.

 

Cricut - Paisley cartridge, p. 49 ( taken to the CCR to stretch the boot to fit the envelope )

Prima - large flower, leaf

My Mind's Eye - rhinestones

Faber Castell - PITT pen

Sharpie - ( 'cause I wasn't going to waste my PITT pen coloring in the sole of the boot!! )

Ranger - Distress Ink

Hero Arts - stamp

Helmar - Gemstone Adhesive

Petunia Bounce, Honey Script - fonts

 

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Simon Says Stamp Challenge - Happy Birthday

 

 

Cricut - Doodlecharms, p. 109

Really Reasonable Ribbon

CARDZTV - stamp

Faber Castell - PITT pen

Y&C Calligraphy marker



Test your Memory



What word begins with "p" and completes this sentence from a former Word of the Day piece: "Anna told us she was tired of engaging in __________ work and longed to do something meaningful with her life"?



answer at bottom of post...no cheating :)

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Crafty Cardmakers - Challenge #88 Humor

Card Makin' Mamas - Challenge No Pattern Paper
2 Creative Chicks - Challenge #1 Mother's Day



It's been a really long time since I used stickers and doodling to make a card....made me think back to the time when we used decorative scissors and glue sticks too, :)  It was actually kind of fun to create and sure was easy to make. Seems like cards are a lot more work these days, like little LO's, so this was rather refreshing.

( I did alter the Prima flower a little bit, I removed the pearl and replaced it with the yellow gem so that it would match better to the flowers on the sticker border. )

 

American Crafts - Slick Writers

Prima - flower

EK Success - gem sticker

Kanagroo & Joey - stickers

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I never get these answers, lol I think I am brain dead! ;)

 

The answer is:

 

paltry

( inferior, trivial )

ambidextrous: adjective

capable of using both hands with equal ease

or

unusually skillful : versatile

also

 characterized by duplicity : double-dealing

 

pronunciation

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Panpastel UK Challenge Blog - # 13 Anything Goes

Anything but a Card - Challenge #16 Who/what are you inspired by?

I am inspired by quotes.
 I love them, they make me feel happy, motivated, reassured and inspired.
One of my favorite activities is surfing Pinterest and collecting quotes, if you look at my Wall Hangings at the Art MoB tab you will see some of my favorite quotes that I have used.
I have also made quote books in the past, to keep my most meaningful quote always close to me. 

 

 

Had a real good time mixing paints and spray to get this background.

 

May Arts -leaf/vine  ribbon

Ranger - Distress paints and sprays

Really Reasonable Ribbon - Hemp cord

Imagine - Goosebumps

Apple Barrel - black gloss paint
flower made by Judy's Fabrications

provenience: noun

origin, source

pronunciation
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Cute Card Thursday - Challenge Brass in Pocket

I made a shaped gift card holder; I have fallen in love with making shaped cards and now adding pockets to the front of the cards to hold the GC makes them even more of an adventure!! lol

 

A little close up of the metal elements securely held on with Helmar's 450:

 

Faber Castell - PITT pen 

StazOn - ink

Autumn Leaves - stamp

ric rac, metal charm - misc.

Cricut - Doodlecarms cartridge p. 119

Scor Buddy

 

balneology: noun

the science of the therapeutic use of baths
( is this similiar to Calgon-ology? )

pronunciation
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Paper Playtime
come join us!!

Ch#7 Use a PUN
Begins: Mon, Apr 1

Ends: Sun, Apr 14

Prize $15 Gift Cert. from The Robin's Nest
and
My Craft Spot with a prize of Metal Dies or Stamp Set
 (winner's choice). WINNER MUST HAVE A USA ADDRESS

Winner announced in the WINNERS Page Tab

Here's what I created for this challenge:

 

 I think it makes a dino-mite Easter card for a little boy.

 

Cricut Craft Room - Create a Critter ( free cut )

Ranger - stickles

Faber Castell - PITT pens

DCWV - Glitter Stack

Helmar - Liquid Scrapdots ( to lift the Easter egg up a little )

 

I can't wait to see what you come up with, after all PUNS are FUN! 

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Here is my Monday inspiration for the Frosted Designs challenge which started on March 29th, go check it out and play along with us, you still have plenty of time!

 

 My favorite part of the card are all the little stickle dots and doodling :) They make me happy!

CARDZ TV with Mary - stamp

Stazon - ink

Ranger - stickles, Liquid Pearls, Distress pen

My Little Shoebox - papers

 

Make a card, layout or off the page project with scallops on it and you can enter it into our challenge to be eligible for this prize!

Words or Whatever

 

This weeks Prize is 10 pieces of chipboard of your choice

There is some amazing chipboard designs, go over and check it out HERE

 

*PLEASE REMEMBER, WE ASK THAT YOU ONLY SUBMIT ONE PROJECT PER CHALLENGE! THANK YOU!*