Tuesday Trigger - A Painterly Palette Challenge

 

 

        I created this card for the Tuesday Trigger- A Painterly Palette challenge in the Moxie Fab World.

        Using the heat-resist technique to make the circles, I stamped different doily images with Versamark watermark ink and then heat-embossed with white embossing powder onto white cardstock. Then I rubbed pigment ink pads over the top of the heat-resist doilies. I gently rubbed the ink off the embossing leaving behind my white embossing lines. I only used three colors of ink but applied more or less ink to some of the circles to create different shades. Next, I punched 1.25" and 1.50" centers from the doilies. Adhering a few circles with foam tape, I used the darker doilies at the bottom and the smaller circles in the back to give depth and movement to the card.

       I also used heat-resist on the sentiment tag. I stamped on white cardstock here as well. Then, I applied the ink, trimmed and matted the sentiment tag with white cardstock.

       That gorgeous background cardstock comes from the Chickadee Mesange Pajaro stack from DCWV.

       There is still a little time left  if you want to come play with us. Check out the details here: http://www.moxiefabworld.com/2013/07/tuesday-trigger-painterly-palette.html

        And, here's the great inspiration photo we had to work with:

 

 

 



Feather Weather and Upcycled Packaging

     OOoooo, feathers! I hope this trend never goes away. As soon as I saw the latest Tuesday Trigger inspiration, I knew I had to use my marabou feathers on a card in some way.
     Here's the trigger:

    Gorgeous, no?
    Here's my take on the challenge and a note about upcycled packaging.

     First, I made the card base with white cardstock embossing it with Cuttlebug's Birds and Swirls folder. Then, I die cut the bird using Spellbinders' Bird Sanctuary dies.  
     I bought a new laptop a while back, and when I pulled the protective cover off the keyboard, I knew I had to upcycle the cover in some way. I used it here as a stencil to make my own patterned paper. After daubing on some color,  I trimmed the panel and matted it with matching cardstock. The stencil covers half a sheet of cardstock so I have more panels to play with. Wooohooo!


keyboard protector



 

     Does the Trigger photo spark some creativity in you? Come play with us. There's still plenty of time. You can check out all the details here: http://www.moxiefabworld.com/2013/05/tuesday-trigger-feather-weather.html

Tuesday Trigger - Elegant Emerald

         Emerald green is all the rage lately! It is a gorgeous and elegant color, isn't it!?! This week in the Moxie Fab World, we are playing with emerald green for the Tuesday Trigger challenge.

 

 

     I found this wonderful emerald green butterfly in the Paper Studio's Rue de Fleur collection. It's perfect for this challenge, don't you think. The subtle sheet-music in the background is so fitting for the sentiment from Fiskars.

     Take a look at this inspiration photo from Cath and see if it doesn't inspire you to create. There's still time to play so jump right in and get your fingers inky. Check out all the details here:   http://www.moxiefabworld.com/2013/03/tuesday-trigger-elegant-emerald.html

 



Tuesday Trigger - Pattern Play

        Hope you are having a good day while you are out and about on the web. I have a card for you today that I made for the Tuesday Trigger Challenge in the Moxie Fab World. 

      I love the inspiration photo (below) Cath provided this time. It's gorgeous! I was really drawn to the embroidered circles. And, those colors - so very Moxie! I picked out a light purple that matches one of the circles and the center teal-y blue to go with it. To give my circles some demension like in the photo, I made fan-fold flowers. Before folding the bigger purple flower, I ran a teal-y marker down the strip giving the look of embroidery. Oh, I should have made a wavy line! Wouldn't that have been so very Moxie!?! Too late now- maybe next time. To give some balance to the card, I ran one score line down the left side of the front. Then, I ran several scores, each one longer the the previous, down the right side of the card.

     I slipped a heart punched with Fiskars That's Amore punch under each flower letting it just peak out to begin the stems. I made the leaves with the same heart punch by snipping each heart in half. I stamped my Hero Art sentiment (CL342 )with ColorBox chalk in wisteria on a tag. I ran the edges of the tag across ColorBox chalk in arctic deep. I did not intend to make a tag but instead to stamp directly on the card, but I messed it up. I was so mad at myself! I was not about to start over so I added a tag. Looks okay, but would have been better without the mess up. I don't know why I am telling you all this.

     Thanks so much for stopping by! If you have an inspired idea after seeing the trigger photo, you can play along with us. Details are here:  http://www.moxiefabworld.com/2013/02/tuesday-trigger-pattern-play.html



 

Tuesday Trigger Inspiration Photo
 

 

 

Tuesday Trigger - Ready for Red Challenge

     I made this card for the Tuesday Trigger - Ready for Red Challenge in the Moxie Fab World.

     I love the black and white background from the inspiration photo (below). And, that little pop of velvety red is perfect. I stamped my background with a stamp from Paper Inspirations called Floral Flourish. It is one of my favorite stamps of all time. You can use it in so many ways. I matted the front panel with black and added a couple of dark red paper flowers with black ceners.
     If you are inspired by all this, you can answer the challenge too. Check all the details here:  http://www.moxiefabworld.com/2012/10/tuesday-trigger-ready-for-red.html
     Here's the inspiration photo.

Tuesday Trigger Val de Victorian Challenge

     Time for another Tuesday Trigger in the Moxie Fab World. I've been working on Christmas cards lately, so when I saw the inspiration (see it below) Cath provided us this time with the tall, skinny, pointy-roof houses all bunched up together I got an idea for this Christmas card.

     Using stamps from Fiskars' Seasons Greetings collection, I stamped 'MERRY' randomly on the blue background with VersaMark watermark ink. I heat-embossed 'Christmas' (from same collection) in white, matted it with white cardstock and adhered it to the card with foam tape. The trees are also heat-embossed using ColorBox's Cyan pigment and clear embossing powder. The trees are actually a varitey of upside down flags I stamped using Hero Arts Friendly Flags (CL475) collection. I attached the tallest tree using foam tape. 

     There is still time to join in on all the fun. Check out this inspiration image and click on the address for all the details. http://www.moxiefabworld.com/2012/10/tuesday-trigger-val-de-victorian.html

 

 

Celebrating Stripes!

     Who doesn't love stripes!?! And, butterflies with purple diamonds?

     I have two challenges this week involving stripes. CAS-ual Fridays asked that we make CAS cards with strips of color or pattern.  And, the inspiration photo for the Tuesday Trigger Challenge in the Moxie Fab World is covered with multi-colored stripes (photo below).

     Do you have a good idea of your own? There is still time to join in on all the fun. The info for the CAS-ual Fridays Challenge CFC61 is here:

http://cas-ualfridays.blogspot.com/2012/07/cfc61.html

     The info for the Tuesday Trigger challenge is  here:

http://www.moxiefabworld.com/2012/07/tuesday-trigger-allegro-con-brio.html



This is the inspiration photo from Moxie Fab World. I was really inspired by the colorful stripes in this trigger. I love working with turquoise so I knew right away I would use that color in my design. I also like the staggered look of the stipes so I incorporated that as well. 

    

     To make my card, I stamped the stripes on a white cardstock base using TPC Studio's Patterned Borders collection with purple, turquoise and orange ink. The stamps are plenty long enough to go all the way across even a larger card, but I wanted to stagger them to match the design I had in mind. I punched that gorgeous, turqoise butterfly with a Martha Stewart punch. The purple gems are from Studio G.

     Thanks so much for stopping by. Hope you have a great day, Pam