Slowly, I'm getting there!

I've had these done for awhile, but little things have kept me from posting them. I actually had one of these done in August when Tessa & I gave eachother the challenge, but didn't want to post until I had the other one done. That was, what, 3 months ago?! Anyway, on to the fun stuff! Tessa's August color scheme was Wild Wasabi (RIP :( ), Pumpkin Pie, and Bashful Blue from this picture:

I didn't put the picture on this page because my printer refuses to take photo paper right now and the card readers in the stores seem to not like my SD card. But the picture matched the color scheme perfectly. He was wearing a light blue vest and she was wearing an orange dress and there was lots of green in the background.

Supplies:

Stampin' Up!: Bashful Blue cardstock, Old Olive and Pumpkin Pie textured cardstock, Wild Wasabi ink, Brocade Basics and Stitched Exotics stamp sets. I think the ribbon is also from SU!. (Is it Tessa? It's from the ribbon you gave me.)

EK Success stickers "Mini Romantic Flowers", Cricut Plantin Schoolbook cartridge font.

So, then I challenged Tessa with this Pottery Barn room and chose Chocolate Chip, Creamy Caramel, Tempting Turquoise, and Brilliant Blue. Isn't is so pretty?

Supplies:

Stampin' Up!: all the cardstock in designated colors, "Speckle" background stamp for my faux sand that I embossed.

American Crafts: Thickers glitter letter stickers in LAX powder

Creative Imaginations: Sticky2 tidepool rub ons (with glitter added)

Ribbon from Michael's.

Oy!

Wow, am I behind! Poor Tessa. She is always so quick to post her projects from our color challenges. I'm such a slacker! Iam just now posting my scrapbook project from July. Normally we do a stamped card as well, but I just can't seem to get one done. I just bought 10 new SU! sets, so hopefully that will get the creative juices flowing! Here is what Tessa challenged me with: Tempting Turquoise, Lovely Lavender, and Whisper White.

And this is what I was able to come up with:

Supplies used:

Stampin' Up!: cardstock in Tempting Turquoise (textured), Lovely Lavender, and Whisper White.

Making Memories: Brads

Basic Grey: Middleset Alphabet chipboard

Tsukineko Ink: Brilliance Pearlescent Lavender

Cricut: Plantin Schoolbook (flower)

Odds & Ends: lavender glitter, diamond glaze, Diamond Stickles, ribbon from Michaels.

My challenge was Yoyo Yellow, Real Red, and a hint of Only Orange derived from this picture:

And I had the perfect picture to go with this:

Supplies Used:

Stampin' Up!: cardstock in Yoyo Yellow (textured) and Only Orange, chipboard

Cricut: Plantin Schoolbook (tags) and Accent Essentials (border)

Odds & Ends: I think the paper might be My Mind's Eye, Red Embossing Tinsel, ribbon from Michael's.

June Color Challenge

My friend Tessa & I swapped color challenges this month. The rules are simple. We pick a picture for inspiration, choose the Stampin' Up colors that best match the picture, and make 1 scrapbook page and 1 card. From this picture (I love Pottery Barn), I challenged her to use Whisper White, Basic Black, and Not Quite Navy:

Here is what I came up with for my card:

Stamps: Victorian Lace background (retired), For a Friend
Paper: Whisper White, Not Quite Navy, Basic Black

Ink: Not Quite Navy

Accessories: Making Memories round crystal brads in blue

And this is my scrapbook page, which you may have already seen in a previous post from the kindergarten scrapbook:

I used the same paper as the card. I stamped white pigment ink on the black paper with Background Basics spiral stamp and then cut "Avery" on my Cricut using the Plantin Schoolbook font. I used SU! chipboard for the stars and Making Memories photo corners between the stars. The letter brads are Joann Craft Essentials I believe.

Now, on to what Tessa challenged me to do. She really took the word "challenge" to heart by choosing 6 colors! Chocolate Chip, Pumpkin Pie, Going Gray, Tempting Turquoise, Bashful Blue, and Whisper White. Yeah, it really was challenging, these colors really aren't my forte.

So, here are my attempts:

Phew, that's over and done with!

Scrapbook for Mrs. Coburn of her 07-08 AM Kindergarten Class

My son's kindergarten teacher is totally awesome and I wanted to show her how much she is appreciated. I made her a scrapbook of all the kids in my son's class. It ended up being a bigger project than I thought, but it was fun. I hit a few snags like running out of nearly all my adhesives, and my printer not wanting to print on cardstock (I should just go back to using an inkjet for things like this, no more fancy schmancy laser printer, that's only good for printing documents.) I hope you can't tell that near the end, I was running out of creative steam and trying to meet a self-imposed deadline. :) Thank you to all the parents who sent their kids' responses and pictures, it sure helped a lot! The pictures of the pages aren't great, but I was really tired last night ! If you click on the pictures, you can view them in full size and can read most of the things the kinder's said. Enjoy!

Cover and first page

Hannah L. & John

Reece & Isabella