Pink Wishes

Last one before we hit the airport!  This card (which is for this week's Colour Throwdown challenge) didn't come out anything like I planned.  Once I stamped that Hero Arts background stamp it all changed.  I won the stamp earlier this year and thought it was a bit fussy for my taste but once I saw it on paper today I fell in love with it and I wanted it to take centre stage.

Wishing You Well

***Third Post of the Day!***

Just checked the weather forecast for Toronto.  Looks like it's going to be in the high 80s but the humidity is supposed to be 55 - 65% which is way better than here where the humidity is usually 75 - 85%!  I think I may be able to handle it.  :)
Squeezing in a few challenges before I go starting with this week's ColourQ challenge.  I don't have any of the new In Colours so I had to wing it and there's that dreaded coral again!!  I think I got a bit closer to an actual coral colour than the last time I struggled with it.  I made the pinwheel flowers using a Woodware Craft Collection punch and mounted them on a flourish vine.  (I have no idea what company the vine stamp is from so if anyone recognises it please let me know!)  

Supplies:  CS: SU, Bazzill; Stamps: PTI (sentiment), unknown (flourish); Inks: VersaMark, SU; Embossing Powder: Ranger; Punches: Woodware, McGill; Gems: Doodlebug; Other: Glossy Accents

Sticker Birds Part 2

Forgot I need separate posts for each entry for the CAS-ual Fridays challenge.

The second card also uses Crate Paper stickers (border, letters) and rub-ons (bird, flower) but this time from the Bliss collection.   

Just got back from a walk with the hounds and I don't think they'll be moving any time soon!  They're both laid out under the fan puffing away.  Poor puppies.  It's been really hot and humid for them today.  Tomorrow morning we'll give them a good long swim before we hop on the plane and hopefully they won't drive my mom too insane while we're gone!

Sticker Birds

I have 2 cards for the CAS-ual Fridays Rub-on/Sticker challenge and I can't decide which one I like best.  I keep dithering so I may enter them both.   
The first one actually has 2 rub-ons, 1 flat sticker and 3 chipboard stickers so I think I got that part of the challenge covered!  :)  All the stickers are from Crate Paper's Season collection (and the cardstock is Bazzill).  I added some Glossy Accents to the hearts for a little shine.

**Edited - 2nd card moved to it's own post!**

And They Lived Happily Ever After

The Play Date Cafe is having another Colour Splash challenge this week.  I love the inspiration picture! I haven't eaten Jello in years but that cup of rainbow Jello actually looks kind of yummy.  :)  
I chose red for my splash of colour and since a friend needed a card for a wedding I went with the love theme.  I've had this stamp for years and surprise, surprise - this is the first time it's seen ink! I haven't done many wedding cards for two reasons.  First of all, I'm really not into weddings. Luis and I did the registry office thing.  The thought of spending all day in a dress at an event where I am the centre of attention is pretty horrifying to me.  My other problem with wedding cards is that I always felt like they had to be lacy or ruffly or flowery (which are really not my style) so I'm pleased to have come up with a card that feels more CAS like me!   

Supplies: CS: Bazzill, Gina K; Stamps: Stampendous (image), PTI (sentiment); Ink: Memento;  Gems: Doodlebug; Copic: R29

Okay, gotta go dig out a suitcase and let it get some air as we are off to Toronto on Thursday.  We're going to Luis' cousin's wedding and I'm hoping to meet up with Emily Leiphart while I'm there which I'm really super excited about!  Hopefully it will cool off a bit before we get there though.  It would suck to go from Bermuda to Canada and be hotter there than here!

Rainbow Buttons

***2nd Post For The Day***

I really thought I'd posted this first thing this morning!  Whoopsie!

Another rainbow goodness challenge - this time from Colour Throwdown.  You really can't go wrong with a rainbow on a card can you?  I found these white Prima flowers when I was tidying up the other day and briefly considered inking them but then I stumbled across some buttons and thought I'd let them share the spotlight with the flowers.

Supplies: CS: Bazzill; Stamp: Paper Smooches; Ink: VersaMark: Embossing Powder: Ranger: Flowers: Prima; Buttons: Craft Supply

**ETA:  Ack!  I'm not doing well today!  I also wanted to enter this in this week's Less Is More recipe challenge to use buttons or ribbon.  Hope it's okay to add it in now!

Bold Buttons

I haven't played along with a Moxie Fab Tuesday Trigger in ages and after looking at this picture for the last two weeks I finally decided to dive in today and tackle it.  I like the pink and green of the flowered wallpaper but the buttons are what stood out the most for me.  I found some pink and green My Mind's Eye paper to use for the background and punched some flowers from Bazzill cardstock.  I didn't have enough of the right sized black buttons so I coloured some white ones with a Copic.  I love how shiny they came out!  To finish it off I put some green gems around the sentiment to help it pop out a bit.  Later, gators!  

Supplies:  CB: Handy Hippo; CS: Bazzill; PP: My Mind's Eye: Stamp: Woodware USA; Ink: VersaFine;  Punch: Woodware; Gems: Doodlebug