Inspired By... Shades of Pink!

Not only is it the Friday before the long weekend, but it is also the day we introduce a new "Inspired By..." challenge! 

Today's Inspired By... photo was chosen by Karly - a creative photo found on Pinterest:

I love the monochromatic pinks in this photo. I decided to use that as the inspiration for my card. I chose an older sketch from "Seize the Sketch" (a new sketch challenge blog that has become one of my favourite go-to's for inspiration).

I love the hexagon shape trend that I've seen in papercraft projects lately and wanted to give it a try for myself. Here's how it all came together:

 

I stamped the hexagons in shades of darker pink to lighter pink. Each hexagon is cut free-hand, but I just recently ordered the new hexagon punch from Stampin Up which will make this so much easier! Strips of Raspberry Ripple cardstock are placed on top of the hexagon design. I then added a birthday sentiment and embellished the card with small embossed butterflies, a flower and rhinestone. I love the end result - this has become one of my favourite designs! I may try this one a few times using different colour combos. 

Thanks for stopping by! Feel free to play along! Post a link to your blog below - I'd love to see what you create! 

And don't forget to head on over to Karly's Creations to see how this photo inspired her!

Card Ingredients:
Stamps: Honeycomb (CTMH), Loved Ones
Paper: Crumb Cake, Whisper White, Raspberry Ripple, Pink Pirouette
Ink: Raspberry Ripple, Rose Red, Regal Rose, Pink Pirouette
Tools: Beautiful Wings Embosslit Die, Itty Bitty Shapes flower punch
Accessories: Rhinestone

KCRR16 and PP143 {Wish Big}

Happy Friday!

We had a great time celebrating George's 75th birthday yesterday! He loved the cards, cupcakes and china buffet. I have to say, my productivity level definitely went downhill after the buffet lunch! We all agreed we needed a siesta!
I came home to a box of Stampin Up goodies! That's always a good end to a work day :) However, with the addition of new stamp sets and paper, I'm having a hard time finding a place for all my supplies! My craft corner seems to be shrinking! I think this weekend I definitely have to spend some time organizing and cleaning up, not just the craft room, but the whole apartment. It has been neglected for quite some time!

Amidst the mess, I managed to find a clean spot on my crafting table to create my card for today's KCRR challenge :)

This week we decided to randomly choose three items instead of the regular two items:

Patio Party DSP

Honeycomb Embossing Folder

A Fitting Occasion Stamp Set

 

It took me a little while to figure out the layout of my card and how I was going to incorporate all three of these items into one card, but after some creativing thinking and looking through the card challenges this week, I decided to use the Paper Players sketch.

 

I love this sketch! It will definitely be one that I will turn to more than once when I'm in need of a good layout. Here's my card:

I chose Primrose Petals for the base of my card and embossed the Baja Breeze card front with the honeycomb embossing folder. It's my first time using this embossing folder and I absolutely love it! I stamped a birthday cake with a cake topper in Midnight Muse and sponged the edges of the circle cut-out. A small butterfly is stamped, punched out and popped up to give the card some dimension. I stamped the sentiment "wish big" and cut it in a flag shape. A small rhinestone is added to the cake as an embellishment

 

*I realize now that the butterfly is NOT from A Fitting Occasion stamp set... looks like my stamp sets have gotten a bit mixed up! SO need to organize my crafting space!

 



Thanks for looking! Make sure to hop on over to Karly's Creations to see how Karly used these three elements in her card.

 

Join us again tomorrow for a new "Inspired By..." challenge!

 

Card Ingredients:

Stamps: Make the Cake, Elementary Elegance, Short & Sweet

Paper: Primrose Petals, Baja Breeze, Whisper White, Patio Party DSP, Subtles DSP, In-Colour 2013-2014 DSP

Ink: Midnight Muse

Tools: Circles nestabilities, 3/4" Circle punch, 1" Circle punch

Accessories: Rhinestone (Michael's)

Sweet as Honey

We are over the midweek hump... that much closer to the weekend! It's been a busy week so far. I'm completing a lot of unfinished tasks at work - feels great to cross things off the list!
Last night I cooked a delicious dinner of salmon, garlic quinoa with parmesan, and veggies. The salmon was baked in soy sauce, a pinch of cinnamon, nutmeg and pepper, and lemon juice. It was not bad.. a little bland. I think next time I'll try a tastier marinade. The quinoa was delicious though! For the recipe, click here. It has to be my favourite quinoa recipe so far!

For today's card, I played along with a colour combo from Dynamic Duos and a fabulous sketch from Paper Players.

 

When I saw the Dynamic Duos colour combos this week, I thought of honeybees! I recently bought a stamp set from Close to My Heart called "Honeycomb" - I love it! I used hexagons in place of the squares in the sketch and added the sentiment "sweet as honey". A strip of black striped designer paper is punched with the scalloped border. I added So Saffron grosgrain ribbon for the 'dessert option'. To complete the card, I stamped a bee from the "Bugs and Hugs" stamp set, fussy cut it, and popped it up using dimensionals.

 

 

 

Thanks for looking! Make sure to stop by tomorrow for a new KCRR challenge!

 

Card Ingredients:

 

Stamps: Bugs and Hugs (CTMH), Honeycomb (CTMH)

Paper: Whisper White, Neutrals DSP

Ink: So Saffron, Staz-on Black

Tools: Scallop Border punch

Accessories: So Saffron grosgrain ribbon (ret.)