Bronnies Stamping Spot

And clean & simple it is. How quick is it to make a card? This has been made from scraps and I am surprised at how well it turned out. Here is the sketch from clean & simple
And here is my take on it

Well, it has been a really humid day here in Cairns. The journal articles that I am meant to be reading for my doctorate feel all damp and now when I go to stamp, my cardstock is all soggy. This means that you dont get the nice crisp images (hence stamps having a blotchy look). It is so humid today I have actually turned on the air con which is unusual for this time of year.

So my method of procrastination today was Keesha's challenge. Thinking that a card would be too quick (and then I would have to study again) I went for something a little 3D. Keesha's challenge this week was a colour challenge. I have never done a 3D thing like this. They are quite fiddly. Here are the colours:
And here is the creation. A little box. I am not sure I have used the right blue as it has come out of the scrap bag but I know the rest of the colours are right.

It has been a big week and the next couple are going to be even bigger. I have just recently got some new stuff and have been wanting to try them out but finding the time has been the challenge but finally I have got my stamping stuff out and given it a go, even if I have felt guilty for doing so when I know I have so much study to do before I go to Wagga NEXT WEEKEND! But the temptation got to me too much.

I think I have fallen in love with rich razzleberry. It goes so well with old olive. I have a wall in my bedroom painted in rich razzleberry (maybe more of a grape colour but similar). My first card is my attempt at two step stamping. You should have seen me twirling my stamp-a-majig around trying to work out which way to stamp. I got a few wrong before I got these four.
Cardstock: Old olive, rich razzleberry, soft suede and whisper white
Ink: Old olive and rich razzleberry
Stamp set: Cottage garden
Ribbon: Rich razzleberry grosgrain ribbon



Attempt number two was the two step stamping. I must remember to measure before cutting. My intention was for the main panel to be a bit shorter so that it didn't cover my hodgepodge but it didn't happen. I added some bling to give it just a bit more pop.
Cardstock: Old olive, melon mambo, soft suede, rich razzleberry and whisper white
Ink: Old olive, rich razzleberry
Stampset: Cottage garden, whimsical words
Ribbon: Old olive grosgrain ribbon

These two cards were the resurrection of a failed attempt at making tags and sort of happened at the end of the night when I found some scraps.

After doing all the challenges I had little bits of card scattered across the table and thought "I wonder if I can make some cards out of this pile' and these cards are the results.

The first one was just a small little card. I just had to try out my new stamp set that fits my punches.
This was some left over designer paper and I used my new stamp set and my new scallop punch. The kraft card stock is new but I had used it in the challenges so it was so new any more

I have looked at the 'clean & simple' website a few times and considered doing one of their challenges and last night I finally got around to doing one. It is the first time that I have done a square card and I think that the size of cardstock in Australia (A4 size) may be different from the US as this didn't end up being a big card at all. Here is the layout:

And here is my attempt

I am back again after doing some more challenges. This time I killed to birds with one stone by combining the Just add ink challenge with the stampin' sisters in Christ challenge. The Just Add Ink colour challenge consisted of the following colours


While the stampin'sisters in Christ challenge was to 3D an image. I didn't really follow the instructions (which I read properly for the first time as I type this) as they were after a paper tole like effect.
Problem one: I dont have blush blossom.
Problem two: I didn't read the instructions correctly
And as a result this is the card

I really enjoyed the challenge and the card looks better in real life but the cloudy, rainy weather is making it difficult to get a good shot of any of the cards I have made recently.
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4 hours of stamping. Yep, it was actually on the list of about 20 things that I HAD to do on my 'days off'. I am not ususally a list person but when I know I have lots to do in a limited time it is the only way that I can keep motivated. So, Monday night was stamping night and I set about doing some challenges. My brain wasn't quite as creative as I was hoping and that may have had something to do with the research book I was reading before I started stamping!!!! The first one I tackled was Keesh's challenge. Keesh suggested a pastel, easter inspired card but as I dont really do pastels and dont have a stamp set that is easter-ish so I went in my own direction.
It looked innocent enough but I couldn't really figure it out so was feeling a bit so so about this one. I tried a baby card to start with.

Despite the pact that I had with myself that I would be in bed by 9.30pm each night (A fairly acceptably bedtime in Cairns) this week...I have failed. I started stamping at 7.30 and thought I will just whip up these cards and be in bed by 9.30pm but didn't get cleaned up and all my stuff packed away until 11pm! The reason...I decided to have another go at this challenge from Makeesha
Its similar to the sketch but a bit different. I used really rust, garden green and whisper white and the One of a kind stamp set. Of course I had to have some bling. It looks better in real life.

I was hanging out all yesterday for this challenge hoping that it wasn't a colour challenge containing colours I dont have but alas a sketch challenge (yipee).
I decided that I needed a break from the books and while NCIS was quite gripping last night I managed to get three cards done. Two for this challenge and one for the Just add ink challenge. I used Old Olive, Baja Breeze and Whisper Whiteand the Eastern Blooms stamp set for this card. I think it turned out quite well except for the dodgey photograph I took of it.

So it has been a while since I have done a challenge but I was determined this week that I would have a go if I had done enough study when it came to Friday night. I haven't done enough study but there is always tomorrow (today) for that. The challenge consisted of using four colours of which three belong to the same family (green galore, tempting turquise and pink passion) and the fourth I only have as designer paper (so saffron). I cant say that these are colours that I use alot and are a bit bright for me but alas I gave it a go so out came my fishy friends stamp set and my chunky glitter and wallah....a card is born



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