My Time to Color Challenge MTCC06

Fall colors are coming up everywhere and today's My Time to Create challenge is no exception. We have a BEAUTIFUL color combo to work with. I love the colors in this snippet but boy did I struggle to figure out which of my papers would best represent these colors.

I finally settled on Cranberry Crisp (but once it was done I think I should have selected more rust), Ripe Avocado, White, and Dark Chocolate. Although this was a color challenge I was also drawn to the fabric here so I incorporated a lot of texture in my card using my CB. I also picked up on the fall leaf print (SU!) for my focal image and since I seem to be running low on thank you notes I used the thank you sentiment from PTI's Vintage Picnic to finish this off. I added some fun fiber in the form of a ribbon, a prima flower and button with a Rain Drop center.

I hope you will play along with the My Time Team and show us what you come up with. Please link your creation to the Mr. Linky here or on Lauren's blog so we can see your work and don't forget, Lauren will be featuring the Top Five in her My Time to Shine!

More inspiration from the talented Design Team girls can be found here:
Lauren
Kristen
Tracey
Alicia
MacKenzie
Maria
Tamara
Odette
Dana
Lisa

Thanks for stopping by - have a lovely weekend! I look forward to seeing what YOU create.

My Time to Color Challenge MTCC05

Wow it's Saturday already (where does time GO?) and it's another Lauren Meader My Time to Create Challenge. This week is a color challenge - one last "fling" of summer colors before we begin the fall colors. Interpret these colors as you like then show us what you come up with. Be SURE to link your project to Mr. Linky (on Lauren's blog) so Lauren can highlight the TOP FIVE on her blog under the My Time to Shine banner!!!

Mr. Linky

Here is my card. I pondered and pondered these colors then was browsing through a new DP paperpack called Lemonade - I found one floral piece that I loved then I also saw the plaid - I've been wanting to try mixing patterns like the Papertrey Design Team recent challenge and I thought "plaid and flowers?" BUT I decided to be brave and give it a go. I actually like how it turned out, although the colors are not exactly what's in the color map, they are close. I also used my new SU embossing folder - I especially like that this embossing folder only embosses part of my A2 card front... kind a a new look.
For my focal image I wanted to play with the new Everyday Button Bits again. I just love this set! It's SO fun and so unique. When I got to the inside of the card I noticed I had this this floral circle cut out on my table (I changed my mind on the size of the circle and re-cut it) and, being a scrap-happy stamper, figured I could use that gorgeous circle too.

So a little scrap of the plaid and the circle cut out on the inside and I had a nicely done inside that allows just enough room for a quick "I love you" note to go inside. (And of course a little fun on the envelope as well.)

Now it's time to pop on over to the rest of the Design Team - these girls are amazing (so I listed them in alpha order other than Lauren!) and I'm sure you will be inspired by what they have in store for you.
Lauren
Alicia
Dana
Jen
Kendra
Kristen
Lisa
MacKenzie
Maria
Odette
Tamara
Tracey


Have a great weekend - thanks for looking! I read every single comment and they are really appreciated - they touch my heart - thanks for leaving me a note!

My Time to Create - Color Challenge

Well stampers - we had a week off (hope the 4th was great for all of you in the US who celebrate our Independence) and now it's time for another My Time to Create Color Challenge. Here's the color challenge as it was presented to us. I hope you will play along and link up your creation to the Mr. Linky that is on Lauren's blog.

Here is what I came up with. I just love Dawn McVey's vintage paper flowers (click here for instructions) and used that as my inspiration from the flowers on the bag along with Lauren's color palette. I realized after I got the whole thing done that maybe the pinkish color was more berry sorbet but I didn't have time to redo it all. My background was made using Polka Dot Basics and Fancy Flourishes with white ink on kraft. I used the small polka dot to tie the flourishes together with the polka dots. I used Hibiscus Burst, Summer Sunrise, Dark Chocolate and PTI kraft for my colors. Each of the punched flowers was stamped - dots on the yellow, versamark flower from Everyday Classics on the brown and flourishes on the pink. Then I crumpled and assembled the flowers and sewed buttons on each. Each flower is popped up on different thicknesses of dimensional. I did not distress the edges of the flowers as Dawn did.

Here's the flower detail. Super easy to make these with Marvy punches.

For the ribbon detail I used a piece of each of the three colors of ribbon. I layered them by size, summer sunrise dotted swiss, chocolate satin and hibiscus bitty dots. (each one is just a tiny bit narrower than the one below it). I then adhered the ribbon to the card back then twisted the three ribbons together to get the "rope" effect. I wanted something different than flat ribbon since this card has a lot of dimension. I won't mail this one - I'll give it to someone that gets a hand delivered card :-) You can see the ribbon detail here.

The DT girls have all been busy working on new ideas so hop on over to their blogs and see what they came up with this week. I know they are "over the moon" with great ideas for you. Thanks for stopping by!

Lauren Meader
Dawn Easton
MacKenzie Bruckler
Maria Levine
Tamara Harder
Jen Tapler
Tracey Cuccia
Kristen
Alicia
Dana
Kendra
Lisa Kind
Odette

Howdy Pardner MTCC03

It's time for another My Time to Create Color Challenge brought to you by the incredibly talented Lauren Meader. This week's post is a special one. As you know from reading my recent posts, we lost little 4 year old Ethan Weiman recently to neuroblastoma cancer. It was heartbreaking news. His mom, Alicia, is a member of our MTTC Design Team and we all share in her sorrow and pain.

In honor of Ethan, Melissa from Pink Cat Studio created a special digital image stamp set. See my post here for more details. We'd also be tickled if you are inclined to purchase the digital stamp set since all money raised from the sale of the images goes to the Illinois chapter of the Make a Wish Foundation.

Today's challenge is a color challenge as indicated in the snippet above. As members of the DT we were also encouraged to use the Weiman Wrangler Digital Images in our creations. SO - without further ado... here are Ethan and Ava - just stopping by to say "Howdy".

I hope you will play along with us and the color challenge this week. Please link your creations to the Mr. Linky located on Lauren's blog so we can see what you have made. IF you leave me a comment here after you play I'll be sure to check out your creation as well.

For some additional inspiration, check out the DT blogs below. They have some fantastic ideas to share with you. Have a great weekend - hug the ones you love.

Lauren Meader
Dawn Easton
MacKenzie Bruckler
Maria Levine
Tamara Harder
Kendra
Dana
Lisa
Odette
Jennifer
Tracey
Kristen