Creating Chaos

Wednesday, August 17, 2011

Color Combos Galore #205, Clean and Simple Stamping #153, and CAS-ual Fridays #15

A color challenge from Color Combos Galore:

Plus a double up challenge from Clean and Simple Stamping and CAS-ual Fridays:

Equals this card from me:

Supply List:

stamps - Stampin' Up! (The Art of Life, Birthdays Count)

cardstock - Stampin' Up! (Very Vanilla, Cherry Cobbler, Rose Romance, Baja Breeze)

ink - Stampin' Up! (Cherry Cobbler, Rose Romance, Baja Breeze)

other - Stampin' Up! (pearls, Canvas Cuts)

embossing folder - Stampin' Up! (Square Lattice)

Thanks for looking!

Friday, July 22, 2011

Color Combos Galore #201, and a tutorial!

This weeks colors from Color Combos Galore:

My page:

...and a card:

Here is how to make the scallop flowers:

(The top row is for a larger/fuller flower, the bottom row is for a smaller version - which is what I used in both of my projects.)

Punch/cut the scallops and circles, and ink the edges.

Crumple them all up, and with ink side down, roll up the edges.

Stack on top of each other, and stick a brad in the center - that's it! Super easy.

Thanks for checking it out!

Thursday, July 21, 2011

100 Day of Summer Gift Card Tutorial

I made these gift card holders for the June Marketing Kit for Memory Works, and had several people ask for the tutorial when I included the end product on the Simple Stories Blog Hop. It's so very easy...

Please excuse the Subway gift card, it's all that I had to demonstrate with.)These cute little gift cards are perfect for wedding and graduation gifts. This is what you start with:

1- 4x6 journal card, and a 2.5 x 4 piece of patterned paper.

Score the journal card on either side of your piece of patterned paper. You can center it if you want, but I used the vertical lines on the journal card to determine where to make my scores.

Tape the journal card closed, and decorate both sides as desired.

Stick the paper peice into the journal card envelope about a half an inch, and punch a hole through all of it. Thread some ribbon through the hole, and wrap it around the end of the patterned paper, and tie a bow. Then, you just slide the paper with the gift card back into the envelope. It slides easier with more narrow ribbon, but if you want to use wide ribbon, just punch a bigger hole.

Supply List with approximate cost:

1 4x6 journal card - .20

1 2.5 x 4 piece of patterned paper - .10

6 small letter stickers - .05

5 - 10 sticker embelishments - .15

12 inches ribbon from your stash - .25

Total Cost = .75

There you have it! Cheap, quick, easy, cute, and useful!

Thanks for checking it out!

Tuesday, July 19, 2011

Mojo Monday #200

This week's Mojo Monday sketch:

Plus my own color combo :) -- equals this card from me:

This is probably one of my favorites to date...

Supply List:

pattern paper : Dream Street Papers (argyle, letters): My Mind's Eye (striped)

stamps: Verve Stamps LLC

cardstock: Stampin' Up! (Crumb Cake, Soft Sky, Whisper White)

ink: Stampin' Up! (Early Espresso)

ribbon: Stampin Up! ( white grosgrain, bakers twine); Fancy Pants (pink lace)

button: unknown

Thanks for looking!

Butterfly Embellishment Winner!

I want to thank everyone for their sweet comments on my projects, and for joining in on our Hop! The winner of the handmade butterflies is number 27 : Kiwi The Kreator...

True Random Number GeneratorMin: Max: Result:27Powered by RANDOM.ORG

Kiwi The Kreator said:

"That beautiful baby just makes the page!!! LOVE the butterflies!"

Congratulations, and e-mail your address to kel.bel79@yahoo.com

*just a note: I did put in the numbers from 1-31, but it didn't save to my post that way*

Sunday, July 17, 2011

Color Combos Galore 200th Anniversary Blog Hop

Welcome to the Color Combos Galore 200th "Anniversary" Blog Hop! We hope by visiting the CCG Design Team members' blogs, you will be able to pick up some fun tips and techniques. Many of the team members will be offering prizes, so you will want to visit all of the blogs to increase your chances of winning some fun scrappy stuff. We are also offering a chance at a Guest Designer spot for the month of August if you visit all of the blogs in our Blog Hop and participate in Challenge 200 by uploading your project to the CCG Gallery. It's so fun to get the colors before everyone else! Plus, who doesn't love to see their name in lights! The deadline for the chance to win these prizes is one week from today, Sunday, July 24, EST.

If this is your first stop at our Blog Hop, you'll want to start at Bente's blog, and follow the hop in order so you don't miss anyone. If you've been hopping in order, your next stop is Lilith's blog.

Once you have visited all the blogs and uploaded a project to the CCG Gallery using Challenge 200, please make sure you check in at the Blog Hop discussion in the Special Announcements Forum at CCG. We will choose our August Guest Designer from that thread. Individual DT members will be choosing winners for the prizes they are offering. Good luck, and we hope you'll enjoy our blog hop!

Hi! If you haven't seen this week's color combo, here it is:

Isn't it delicious?

I thought they were perfect baby boy colors, here is what I created:

Squirt:

There's no special tips, not any real 'technique' to this page. I used the whale fountain as my 'drip' for the designers challenge. I know it was suppose to be in the form of a technique...but I thought the whale was perfect for the theme. I do love the look of the staggered banner stickers, though. I love banner stickers, and am always trying to find unusual ways to use them,

Little Someone:

I added some dark brown to the palette in the card, I think it makes it even more baby boyish. For the designer's challenge, I just laid on the Stickles real thick to the sentiment block, until it started dripping.

That's it, I hope you have enjoyed my projects! Don't forget to leave a comment, and I will be using the random number generator to pick a winner for these: