Random on Purpose

Joy Forever

Are you sitting down?  Are you ready for a shocker?  Here goes:  Greg's been doing the usual winter in upstate New York construction occupation project of workadayhereandthere and mostlydon'twork, so it has been really hard for me to play hooky and stamp, which is probably a good thing, but it has caused me a minor bit of distress a couple of times when I just HAD to get that idea out of my head!  This morning I had errands to run (deliveries, get checks, go to the bank, refill in-laws prescriptions, etc.), and when I got back I just could not get into the whole working thing, and said so to Greg.  His response?  (this is the shocker part) "Well, then, don't!"  What?!  Did I hear you correctly?  Did you just give me permission to be a slacker?  Well, alrighty then!  I can certainly oblige that thought!

Today's "limited supply" challenge on Splitcoast was to use only one stamp set for the entire card, including using it to create your own designer paper (no pre-made stuff allowed!), and your sentiment.  The only embellishments allowed were ribbon and brads.  Further restrictions - no Cuttlebugs, punches, etc., etc.  I did this:

 

I liked this week's color combo enough enough to use it again, but added a few touches of black.  I liked the stippled look of the outlines of all the images, so I used a stubble tool to add some black to the edges of the white panels.  After some playing around with various combos for the background (black colored in, Pumpkin Pie colored in, both stamped on Summer Sun, etc., etc.) I ended up doing all three colors in just outlines, and was happy with that.  I also discovered two things:  1) As much as I love Versafine Onyx Black ink, it smears with Prismacolor and Bic markers, and 2) The black sort of grays out with the marker over it. 

Here's a little trick I used to overcome both of these drawbacks:  I stamped the outline in a color I was going to use to fill the outline (for example, I stamped the leaves in Kiwi Kiss), then I colored them with whatever markers and shading I wanted to (the leaves have three layers of color to get them the right shade, since none of my green Bics or Prismas are even remotely close to Kiwi Kiss), using the stamped outline as a guide.  When I was happy with that, I inked up the stamp with the Versafine and stamped over the coloring - perfect!  This obviously works best with clear stamps (which these are), but I'm thinking you could use a Stamp-a-ma-jig to do the same thing with others... 

This card also qualifies for the sketch challenge and (like I already said) the color challenge, so yippee-i-oh-ki-ay for me!  (No idea how you really spell that - that's my version, and you know what I'm sayin'!)  Okay - I've been neglecting my poor other half all day (he wanted to go out tonight, I did not but said I would anyway, he decided not...), so I'm gonna go see what he's up to.  Have a great weekend, and thanks for stopping by!

Stamps:  Close to My Heart Joy Forever; Ink: Versafine Onyx Black, Stampin'Up! Summer Sun, Pumpkin Pie, Kiwi Kiss; Paper: Stampin' Up!  Pumpkin Pie and Kiwi Kiss, Paperbilities black, Georgia Pacific white; Accessories:  Close to My Heart stubble tool, Offray ribbon

I Can't Believe I Didn't Already Tell You This!

I apologize if you've received this several times in your Feedblitz updates - I hadn't used Photobucket with this blog yet, and it took a few tries to get the images instead of the code...

Okay, just so you know exactly how sidetracked I get, this news is now two weeks old:  I HAVE A NEW GRANDDAUGHTER!!!  Her name is Mia Rae, and she was born February 11th:

She joins her big sister Ava Jade, who will be three in June:

Pretty little girls, eh?  Here's another shot of Ava by herself that I just love:

The downside is that these precious girls are in Utah, and I'm not...  Also - since we're on the subject of grandchildre, here's another tidbit that I haven't posted yet:

I was tagged/challenged by two blogging buddies for a "sixth picture challenge" - you go to the sixth folder of pictures on your computer, and to the sixth picture in the folder, and post it on your blog with links back to the tagger, then tag six others.  I'll play along far enough to post a pic, but I'm not going to tag anyone else.  If you want to play, feel free to carry on for me!  I was tagged by Sydney and Debra, and here's my pic:

    

How freakin' adorable isTHAT?!?!  That's my grandson Noah in his fireman gear ( My fave is his little bare toes peekin' out the bottom of the britches).  The pic is a couple of years old, but he's still just as cute!  I haven't seen him in quite a while, though - he's in Texas, and I'm not!  Hopefully in July I'll get to see all of these adorable kids (and their parents, too, of course...)!

Alright, now that you're up to speed, I have to fly - creative efforts will have to wait until this afternoon!  Have a great day, and thanks for stopping by!

Friendship Blessings

Well, I did do a sketch challenge last night - just not the one I was originally planning!  I decided to do the Close To My Heart group one instead of the Splitcoast one:

 

I just love these colors!  I even like the names of them:  Blush, Lilac Mist, Sweet Leaf, Chocolate... they just sound so dreamy (and tasty!)  It's kind of hard to tell from the pic, but those swirly lines on the panels are actually piercing.  I pulled out a brass template that had some swirls and held it behind the cardstock, then held it up so that the light was shining behind it and adjusted it where I wanted it and pierced.  A little tricky to hold everything steady and all, but I managed it!  There was just too much "white space" around the flowers for me to be happy with it, and embellishments (dewdrops, brads, bling, etc.) would have been too much, so that was my solution!

Off to see what the "ways to use it" challenge is today, and to get started on WORK!  Have a fabulous day, and thanks for stopping by!

All items from Close to My Heart except as noted: Stamps: Friendship Blessings; Ink: Blush, Lilac Mist, Sweet Leaf, Chocolate; Papers: Chocolate, Life Delights dp; Accessories: Stampin'Up! Priceless brass template, Michael's ribbon

California Dreamin'

Even though I currently live in upstate New York, I'm originally from southern California (Corona, to be exact!) and really miss it sometimes - especially after enough of winter!  I really like the change of seasons, but winter is inordinately long here - starts in mid-to-late October, and doesn't warm up until late April, usually.  Do the math - that's about six months of cold, which means six months divided between the other three seasons!  My neighbor down the hall likes fall best, but says it's "only about a minute and a half long", and she's just about right!  Anyway, the color challenge on Splitcoast this week is "Summer Kiwi Pies" which, translated, means Summer Sun, Kiwi Kiss and Pumpkin Pie.  Sounds sort of autumn-ish, right?  Not if I can help it:

 

I did sneak in just a smidge of Baja Breeze (so appropriate!) because waves just have to be blue!  I used the waves and the sun and the sentiments to make my background (very fun!), popped the main image on a few layers, and added Primas and a flower brad to finish.  I'm going to try to knock out the sketch challenge tonight, too, but no promises...  Thanks for stopping by!

Stamps: Close To My Heart Hang Ten; Ink: Stampin'Up! Summer Sun, Kiwi Kiss, Pumpkin Pie, Baja Breeze; Paper: Stampin'Up! Summer Sun, Kiwi Kiss, Pumpkin Pie, GP white; Accessories: Primas, flower brad

Challenged (Again)

One of the groups I belong to online is dedicated to Close To My Heart products, and they have challenges every month that I usually forget about until too late.  Fortunately, this month I remembered (in the very last week of the month, but still...), and this is the card I made for the color challenge:

 

The colors were Cranberry, Indian Corn Blue and Cocoa.  I used stamps from the set "Goodness of Life" to create my background, sentiment, and accent medallion.  Not much more to say, really, so I'll just say good night, and thanks for stopping by!

Still In Heaven...

There wasn't anything pressing that I had to do today, so I went ahead and did more of the challenges for Splitcoast Stamper's "Virtual Stamp Night".  Several of them were done yesterday, but I wanted to do as many as I could.  As long as the cards were uploaded by 10:00 EST, you were good to go!  I didn't do all of them (there were 20 total), but I managed quite a few of them!  I also went back and edited yesterday's post, adding info and giving a little more detail about each card, so if you'd like to scroll back down and check it out, the info is there!

For today's efforts, I'll start off with the "Princess Bride" one that I rolled over from Friday night:

 

Stamps: Close To My Heart Amore Alphabet; Ink: Close To My Heart Barn Red; Paper: K & Co and DCWV; Accessories: Cuttlebug with corner flourish die, Stampin'Up! photo corner punch, Martha Stewart border punch,  key charm, heart concho, ribbon, jute twine, sewing machine

I was inspired by this quote from the movie:

Westley: Give us the gate key.
Yellin: I have no gate key.
Inigo Montoya: Fezzik, tear his arms off.
Yellin: Oh, you mean *this* gate key.

The reference to a key and the "Old World" setting of the movie were my starting points, and I wanted to incorporate some distressing (a la Bibbi ) and jute.  The heart concho was originally bright brass, so I colored it with brown and gold markers (Bic) and some black distressing ink (Close to My Heart) to age it.  I heat-set the inks with my heat gun, just to be safe.

The first challenge was at noon yesterday, and I was sort of a spaz/dork about it.  I was reading how it was for kids, and to drag your children (or the neighbors') in to play, and thinking that I didn't have any handy, but that it also said "for kids of any age", and that applied, so I went ahead and did it, only to realize later that there was a second "adult" option at the same time that I completely overlooked - DOH!  Anyway, the challenge was based on the song "These Are a Few of My Favorite Things" from the movie "The Sound of Music", and I incorporated "whiskers on kittens" and copper (as in "bright copper kettles"), and the colors cream and blue, which were on the list:

 

Stamps: Inkadinkado $1 clear stamps; Ink: Versafine Onyx Black, Stampin'Up! Ballet Blue; Paper: Manila tag, Basic Grey Cupcake and Sugared dsp, Stmapin'Up! Ballet Blue; Accessories: Stampin'Up! round tab punch, unknown fiber and ribbon, photo turn

It's a matchbook-style card, held shut with a photo turn.  The cat's eyes look really scary in the pic, but not so much in real life...  The "Happy Birthday" was all one stamp - and in a straight line - but, since they're clear stamps, I could maneuver them.  I stuck the "birthday" part of the stamp on the acrylic block while holding it over the tab punch to see where to align it to end up where I wanted it, then inked it up and stamped it.  After I cleaned the ink off, I stuck the "happy" part onto the block (straight) and inked it up and stamped it above the "birthday".  It worked!  When I punched the tab it came out exactly as I'd envisioned...

Another of the challenges was "Long-Lost Love" - to use a stamp we "had to have" when we bought it, but haven't used in eons.  I dug out one that I've had since at least 1989, but probably haven't used since then.  (No, truly - I never do throw out stamps.  I did give a few to Sherry for her grandkids, but I still have the VAST majority of them!)  I have grandkids now, so maybe they'll like it:

 

Stamp: Hero Arts;Ink: Versafine Onyx Black; Paper: Stampin'Up! Ballet Blue and Pixie Pink, Close to My Heart White Daisy; Accessories: EK Success scallop square punch, Fiskars hand-held tiny flower and 1/8" hole punches, detail clear and detail white embossing powders, Sakura Souffle pens, Bic MarkIt and Prismacolor markers, gingham ribbon

Hmm...another kitten...I'm not usually a cat person...what's up with that?!  Anyway, I didn't have any patterned paper that I liked with this, so I made my own by stamping and embossing little flowers on some cardstock the same color as the mat behind the main image, then adding centers with Souffle pens.  I also Souffle-d the center of the punched flowers in the white mat.  The kitty and flowers were colored with Bic and Prismacolor markers, and the border lines above the scallops were made using my Scor-Pal.  I guess that's about it for that card...

I think I've mentioned before that I'm not really into techniques, but there was another technique challenge that i really enjoyed.  The challenge was called "Melt My Heart", and the technique was to make a melted crayon background:

   

Stamps: Close to My Heart Cherish; Ink: Versamark, Stampin'Up! Lavendar Lace, Perfect Plum, Old Olive; Paper: Stampin'Up! Elegant Eggplant, DCWV textured gold, Georgia Pacific white; Accessories, gold ribbon

It ends up looking sort of marbleized, and is super easy to do!  I thought the cracked glass technique and this gorgeous rose from Close to My Heart would pair well with it, and I wanted to do a color other than pink or red for the rose.  I have to say that I'm very happy with it! 

A challenge that I really struggled with - again! - was to make a clear card (remember this disappointing effort for the Dare to Get Dirty challenges last summer?)  I gave it a go, though, and here's the result:

   

I used some rub-ons that Sherry gave me on the front, then cut some Urban Prairie papers to echo the rub-on shapes.  The green is glued to the back side of the front, while the butterflies and the little circles at the right side of the flourish are glued to the front side of the back (clear as mud? If this was a four-page book, the green is on page two and the others are on page three...)  I punched lholes down the side of both pages with my Crop-a-dile to tie my little ribbons through.  I just canNOT figure out how people make these without getting glue and dust and scratches all over them - I'm DEFINITELY challenged, here!  Don't you think I'm brave for trying again?  Ha!  Anyway...

Here's a fun one:  "Tickle Your Fancy" challenged us to incorporate feathers into a design.  Here's what I did:

 

Paper: Close to My Heart Watermelon and White Daisy, DCWV dp; Accessories: Martha Stewart border punch, ScorPal, feathers, ribbon

I didn't have any stamps even remotely close to what I needed here, so I did the computer-generated dealie-o (CAC Pinafore font).  Great colors for feathers and ribbon, eh?  On to the next one:

 

Stamps: Stampin'Up! A Tree For All Seasons; Ink: Versamark; Papers: Stampin'Up! Night of Navy, Very Vanilla, Kraft; Accessories: Martha Stewart border punch, brads, Zig chalk writer, navy embossing powder

The challenge here was to make a card that a man would give to a woman (any woman - mother, wife, niece, neighbor - didn't matter), and the restrictions were: colors were kraft, navy and vanilla; images had to be from nature and not "cutesy"; use three brads (no more, no less); no ribbons, bling, etc.  Took a little thinking and more help from computer-generated sentiments (Lucida Handwriting font) to pull this one off, but I ended up liking it.

The last one that I did was also the fastest!  The challenge was called "Celebrity Crush", and we were supposed to make a card inspired by whichever celebrity we were all hot and bothered about.  I don't really go there - they're just people with higher-profile jobs, ya know? - but I decided to play along because even though "crush" is overstating the case, I think Jon Bon Jovi is aging beautifully and remains eye candy, so I made a card inspired by one of his songs: "While My Guitar Lies Bleeding In My Arms" (Come to think of it - I don't know if that's the name of the song or just a line from it, but whatever...):

 

Stamp: Inkadinkado Rock Star; Ink: Versamark; Paper: Paperbilities black, unknown red; Accessories: Martha Stewart border punch, silver tinsel and stardust embossing powders

All I did here was emboss the guitar with silver tinsel embossing powder onto black cardstock, punch some red with my Martha Stewart "goo" border punch and emboss it with Stardust embossing powder, and layer them both onto a black base - done!

I hope at least one or two of these projects has been inspiring to you - I sure had fun and streteched a bit making them!  I'm going to sign off now and go to bed!

Stamping Heaven

So I participated in the Splitcoast Virtual Stamp Night last night, and did a few of the challenges today.  I'll come back later to edit and add what I used for everything, but I'm on my way out the door to go to a friend's house for dinner, so no time!  I just wanted to put something here, since it's been sort of sporadic of late...

The theme for the VSN is "What's Love Got to Do With It?", so all of the challenges are based around that.  The first one was "Sketch a Little Love" - a sketch challenge, obviously, and here's my card:

 

Paper: Stampin' Up! Raspberry Tart dsp, DCWV textured green; Accessories: Cuttlebug with paisley embossing folder, K& Co "Smitten" glitter stickers and chipboard, ribbon, EK Success 3" scalloped circle punch, Fiskars hand-held heart punch

I almost think I cheated!  There was no stamping at all, and most of the elements were pre-made!  I used the Cuttlebug and the paisley embossing folder to get some texture going, then sanded it to reveal the white core.  I backed the chipboard heart with some of the paper from the Raspberry Tart collection from Stampin'Up!, punched a scalloped circle and punched hearts out of the scallops, layered everything onto the card and added some heart and sentiment glitter stickers - done!

Next was "For the Love of Chocolate", and there were three color combinations to choose from:  white chocolate, milk chocolate, and dark chocolate.  I went with dark chocolate, and here's that card:

 

Stamps: Stampin'Up! Pocket Silhouettes; Ink: Stampin'Up! Chocolate Chip; Papers: Stampin' Up! Groovy Guava, Apricot Appeal, Afternoon Tea dsp, DCWV textured brown; Accessories: Cuttlebug with Top Note die and textile embossing folder, Martha Stewart border punch, paper piercer, Fiskars decorative-edge scissors, Creative Memories shape cutting system

I substituted Groovy Guava for the Cameo Coral that the challenge specified, but I wanted to use this paper from SU!'s Afternoon Tea collection, and it needed guava, not coral...

Next was "Bittersweet Love", and we were to find a stamp that was sadly neglected because we didn't really love it all that much, and show it some love.  Here's the card I made for that challenge:

 

Stamps: Stampin'Up! Delightful Doodles, Inkadinkado Chelsea Sentiments; Ink: Stampin'Up! Pretty in Pink, Old Olive; Paper: Stampin' Up! Pretty in Pink, Close to My Heart White Daisy; Accessories: chalks, ribbon

I got the stamp set that this flower is in (actually the bloom and the stem/leaves are two separate stamps) for Christmas about four or five years ago, and never used it even once!  I never could think of anything to do with it, but now I'm really iking it!  That's one of the side benefits of these challenges - you look at EVERYTHING in a new way!

Next was "New Love" - to use the new things we're in love with - papers, stamps, tools, etc.  I incorporated quite a few new things for this one:

 

Stamps: Cloud Nine Simple Sentiments: Daughter; Ink: Versafine Onyx Black, Stampin'Up! Rose Red and Old Olive; Paper: Stampin'Up! Rose Red, Raspberry Tart dsp; Accessories: Cuttlebug with Top Note die, Fiskars corner punch, ribbon

Does that paper/ribbon combo look familiar?  Yeah - it's the same as my card from yesterday...  What can I say?  It's my new favorite, and that's what we were supposed to use!

On to "One True Love" - a challenge to do a monochromatic card.  Oh, shocker!  I used red:

 

Stamps: Stampin'Up! Lots of Thoughts; Ink: Versafine Onyx Black; Paper: Stampin'Up! Real Red, Ski Slope dsp; Accessories: Cuttlebug with birds and swirls embossing folder, twill tape, Prima flower, Treasured Memories button, unknown red cord, staple, sewing machine

I gave stitching another go - are you proud?  This paper is actually from one of this year's Christmas collections from Stampin'Up!  It's called "Ski Slope", and the patterns/colors are fabulous!  Obviously not just for Christmas, either...  After I stapled my twill tape on, I colored the staple with my red Bic Mark It marker, being careful to stay only on the top edge so I didn't ink up the twill...

The last one I finished last night was "Two Hearts Beat as One" - a challenge to use the split negative technique.  That was a new one for me, but I kind of enjoyed it!

 

Stamps: Stampin'Up! Kind Thoughts and One of a Kind; Ink: Versamark; Paper:My He Stampin'Up! Bashful Blue, Paperbilities black, Close to My Heart White Daisy; Accessories: Cuttlebug with heirloom corner die, oval punches, blue and detail black embossing powders

Those corners were cut with my Cuttlebug and one of he dies from the heirloom set - LOVE them!  And that's the rest of the story on all of these!

There was another one last night, based on the movie "The Princess Bride", but I didn't do it yet, and I haven't taken photos of any of today's efforts.  There's a little somethin' to look at for now, at least!  Buh-bye!

Thief or Sycophant?

In my updates this morning from Feedblitz, I found a very pretty thank you card made by Hanneke van Dalen, who makes FABULOUS things!  This morning's challenge on Splitcoast (limited supplies) is to use green - more specifically green designer paper.  I decided to CASE Hanneke's card, and it's almost a direct copy (so I'm either a thief or a sycophant - which is a synonym for flatterer, but makes a much more interesting title...), other than the fact that I used different papers:

   

It's also more 'other colors' than it is green but, hey, the green is there, right?  After all is said and done, the "Thank You" sort of gets lost in the dp, but other than that I like it pretty much...  The ribbon, which was the perfect color for this dp, was too wide, so I did a pleat-y thing to make it better proportioned.  I'm even okay with the pleats being sort of wavy instead of nice and even, surprisingly enough!  I inked the edges of all of the panels, just to give some definition.  Pretty simple card, all in all, but pretty enough that I can see myself making more with this configuration!

I haven't done any work AT ALL yet today, and I'm planning on doing the Virtual Stamp Night tonight on Splitcoast, so I probably ought to get my backside in gear and do something productive, eh?  I'll post whatever I come up with tonight, but probably not until tomorrow...  Thanks for stopping by, and hopefully at least some of you will join me at the VSN!

Stamps: Close To My Heart From Me To You; Ink: Stampin' Up! Rose Red, Versafine Onyx Black; Paper: Stampin' Up! Raspberry Tart Designer Series Papers, Close To My Heart White Daisy; Accessories: Fiskars threading water border punch, Cuttlebug and Swiss Dots embossing folder, unknown ribbon, CK bling brad

Precious Friend

Well, lookie what we got here - an actual post of an actual card up on my blog before the middle of the night, and only two days after the last one...will wonders never cease?!  I made this for two challenges:

 

Today's "ways to use it" challenge on Splitcoast was to use stripes, and last Friday's "limited supply" challenge was to do at least two things to "stretch yourself", as in things you don't normally do or that are 'outside the box' for you. 

I'm not a huge fan of stripes, in general, but like them if they have other patterns mingling in, so I chose this red patterned stripe from Cosmo Cricket's Honey Pie line.  My two stretches were to attempt stitching again and to try to figure out how to use some of my flowers - I have a LOT of them, but never quite know what to do with them...  I used a brad from Target's $1 spot for the largest flower, but the eensy ones were too small for anything like that, so I just put a dot of Ruby Red Liquid Pearls in the center of each of them.  The leaves are some flower-shaped things Sherry gave me (thanks, chica!) that I cut into sections and arranged behind the flowers.

And that's the end of the story!  I'm kicking myself now for doing this early, because it was clear earlier and I could have loaded my car fairly easily with the finished jobs I have to deliver - now it's SNOWING!!!  Karma, maybe, for blowing off work to play?  Nah - it just is what it is - I put in twelve hours yesterday, so this morning's session was earned, I'm thinkin'!  Okay, off to trudge through the frozen white mess (yeah - we've had this discussion before - not lovin' it!) and hopefully play later!

Oh!  By-the-by:  Splitcoast is having "Virtual Stamp Night" this Friday night and all day Saturday.  It starts at 5:00 Friday EST, and they post a new challenge every hour until 11:00 EST, then do it again from noon to 11:00 EST on Saturday.  The theme is "What's Love Got to Do With It?" - should be fun!  If you're interested in playing (you can do as much or as little as you want/can fit in), check out THIS THREAD to get all of the info!  I hope you'll consider it!  Okay, now I'm really gone - buh bye!

Stamps: Inkadinkado Kathy Davis Expressions; Ink: SU! Always Artichoke; Paper: SU! Barely Banana, Cosmo Cricket Honey Pie dp; Accessories:  Prima and  unknown flowers, Target $1 bin brad, Ruby Red Liquid Pearls, Fiskars scallop border punch and decorative-edge scissors, Offray ribbon, sewing machine, CM shape cutting system

Too-Long Tulips!

I haven't done any of the challenges on Splitcoast for a while (or much of anything else, either - you may have noticed...), so I decided to try the color challenge today.  I had an idea early on, but I was a diligent little drone, and stayed with my "real job" until I had my eight hours in for the day.  After dinner and cleaning up and the stairs and all, I finally got around to giving it a go.  Three and a half hours later I'm finally finished, and this simple little card is the result:

 

This is a perfect example of two things: 1) always go with your first instinct and, 2) less really is more sometimes!  My first thought was to do a clean and simple, small, square card.  Did I follow that thought?  Oh my goodness gracious no!  I played around with random-stamped butterflies to put behind the tulips, and moving things around to accomodate dewdrops, etc., etc.  I'm amazed that any of the papers are still straight, they've been un-stuck and re-stuck so many times!  In the end I went back to the original thought, and I'm as pleased as I'm gonna get tonight!

The colors were More Mustard, Rose Red and Kiwi Kiss - a pretty combination, I'm thinkin' - but I wanted to use these tulips, so I had the Kiwi and Rose going okay, but needed to figure something out for the Mustard.  My thought was to punch a butterfly out of More Mustard dp, since I have two new butterfly punches, but the Martha Stewart one is too big, and the Fiskars one is too small.  There is a butterfly stamp that comes in the same set as these tulips, but it's eensy, and looked out of place as a popped-up element (I cut one out to try).  In the end, I just went with some twill tape and called it a day.  I used the smoosh-the-ink-in-the-lid-and-watercolor-with-it method, in case you care...

Anyway, there's my little offering to the creativity gods, and I'm going to bed now - good night, and thanks for stopping by!

Stamps: Close To My Heart Wonderful Charms; Ink: Versafine Onyx Black, Stampin'Up! Rose Red, Kiwi Kiss, Chocolate Chip; Paper: Strathmore Watercolor Paper, Paperbilities black cardstock; Other: Fiskars threading water border punch, detail clear embossing powder, twill tape