Kristina's Color Inspiration #30 Trio

Happy Wednesday! I *loved* Kristina's Color Inspiration #30 this week and could not stop making cards with it! What a relief, because I haven't felt very creative lately with all my sinus crap and headaches. For this first card I made above, I pulled out the butterfly stamp from the retired hostess set Cause for Celebration. I love that butterfly and have never used it, so I decided "Use it, girlfriend!" I was stuck at first, so I fell back on an old crutch...the circle design card! Whenever you're stuck, use circles...you can't go wrong! I also pulled out a much ignored set, Sweet Sampler, and used it for the other two circles.

This next card below I found the Certainly Celery card 6 1/2" x 3 1/4" already cut and ready to go in my stash, and I really wanted to use some rub-ons since they are on special this month. See here for more details. I used a stamp from Sweet Sampler again and embossed it with Winter White Embossing Powder. It started out as a square, but I decided it needed to be a circle too. I LOVE that new 1 3/4" circle punch! The background was too plain, so I also dug out my much ignored Baroque Motifs set (I dropped it first and it landed on the still spilled buttons, pretty much
finishing them off!) Lastly, I added the "congratulations" rub-on from the level 3 hostess Holiday Happenings Bundle on the satin ribbon (old, from the Michael's $1 spot).


Then this last card, I ended up loving! I had the Ski Slope Old Olive patterned paper frame left over from a Top Note die cut and I had to save it because it was so perfect (that's rare for me!). I thought it would make a perfect picture frame for a holiday card. I also have some old envelopes from somewhere that fit a 5 x 7 card, so that's the size I made this. I put a thin row of dimensionals (you know, the edge piece) on three sides of the frame and left the top open to slip a picture in. That's my cousin's little girl, Sydney, isn't she a doll?! She's not camera shy at all, can you tell? That runs in our family.


I embossed the snowflake from Winter Post with Winter White Embossing Powder, then punched it out with the fabulous Curvy Label punch. I added the white "celebrate" rub-on from the retired SAB rub-on set, Love & Happiness.

So that's it for my trio! Don't you love these colors together, Old Olive, Certainly Celery, Sahara Sand, and Whisper White?! I never would have thought of them on my own, especially that Sahara Sand, I always forget about it!

Hope your week is going well out there! We're on the downhill stretch now. I'm attending a workshop Thursday and Friday, so it sort of feels like being off work!

Thanks so much for stopping by! Hugs and happy stamping!

Recipe #1: Butterfly Friend card
Stamps: Cause for Celebration (retired), Sweet Sampler.
Cardstock: Old Olive, Certainly Celery, Sahara Sand, Whisper White.
Ink: Old Olive, Certainly Celery, Sahara Sand.
Accessories: Circle Punches (1 3/4", 1 3/8", 1"). Ribbon from Michael's $1 Spot, polka dot brad from Target $1 Spot last year, white flower from a RAK.

Recipe #2: Congratulations card
Stamps: Sweet Sampler, Baroque Motifs.
Cardstock: Certainly Celery, Old Olive.
Ink: Versamark, Certainly Celery.
Accessories: Winter White Embossing Powder, Heat Tool, Pretties Kit pearl, Mini Glue Dot, Dimensionals, Holiday Happenings Hostess Bundle rub-on. Ribbon from Michael's $1 Spot.

Recipe #3: Celebrate picture frame card
Stamps: Winter Post.
Cardstock: Certainly Celery, Old Olive, Sahara Sand, and Ski Slope DSP.
Ink: Versamark.
Accessories: Winter White Embossing Powder, Heat Tool, Curvy Label Punch, 1/16" Circle Punch, thread, Love & Happiness rub-on (retired), Dimensionals, Big Shot, Top Note die. Ribbon from Michael's $1 Spot.