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Five on Friday - Purplelicious!

Happy Friday, friends! It is time for a brand new five color combo! Today's is truly "purplelicious" and is the latest Ombre style color palette that I'm sharing:

 

And, to get you crafting with this palette right away, I've got a very CASE-able card to share with you:

 Missed my past ombre color combos? Get them below:

•  a pink and a blue palette
• peach / orange

Do you have a color that you'd like to see in an ombre inspired palette? Be sure to let me know!

Enjoy a little creativity today!

  

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Four Feathers for the Field Trip!

Last Friday when some of you were checking out my latest Five on Friday color combination, I was off on a field trip with Britt's pre-school class. We were off picking apples (and a pumpkin, too) at a nearby farm. I'm working on getting into the swing of memory keeping and I put together a page to preserve my favorite image of the day:

Just loved the big old bite Britt had to take from the apple! I decided that a 6" x 8" #PLxSU page would work well to quickly and easily capture the day! And, while there are so many beautiful #PLXSU pocket cards to choose from, I decide to create a page using...

The 100% custom #PLxSU pocket cards make this layout 100% our own. The Four Feathers stamp set and coordinating Framelits helped to evoke the feeling of fall and one might even look at them as long skinny leaves on a page like this!

In case you missed it, the latest color combo is:

I'm definitely feeling inspired to really get going with my memory keeping and hope to share more with you soon!

Have a wonderfully creative day!

 

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Texas Inspired for Five on Friday

Happy Friday, friends! It is time for a new five color combo to get your creative juices flowing! 

This fabulous combo was inspired by this photo that I recently saw on Instagram. It was posted by a company called Tumbleweed TexStyles and you can see their full Instagram feed here. They've not sponsored this Five on Friday post -- I simply loved the photo and it gave me the inspiration for this week!

Now you know I love to share a project idea too...you'll see that over the weekend!

Have a wonderfully creative day!

 

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Five on Friday: A Happy Congratulations Twist!

Happy Friday friends! Back again with a brand new give color combo. This week, I was so in love with the Pals Paper Arts color combo (PPA222) that I decided to bump it up a notch and in in two more colors. Here's what I came up with:

 

 

And here it is in action:

 

 

Usually I think of this Happy Congratulations image as lanterns and have them hanging like a banner...as I created the card, I tippped them on the side and loved the fun twist of flipping them around. What do you think?

Have an amazing day!

 

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Five on Friday...a peek!

You've just seen a peek at the project that I'll be sharing on Sunday...yes, I said Sunday. These days I do not often publish on the weekends, however, I'll be the guest stamper over on Mary Fish's Stampin' Pretty blog that day so I am making an exception.

The project you'll see on Sunday features today's Five on Friday color combo:

Hope this combo inspires you to get creating!

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Flower Patch for Five on Friday Stampin' Up!

Today you get to see the latest Five on Friday color combination on a little thank you card that features Flower Patch photopolymer stamps and a sentiment from Regarding Dahlias. And, some Whisper White craft ink...it has been too long since I have played with that!

Here's the combo:

This combo if Pistachio Pudding, Lost Lagoon, So Saffron, Marina Mist, and Pear Pizzazz was inspired by a glider we have at our house...the one that I rocked both girls in for many nights when they were younger. 

You've seen a peek and now here is the full card:

Notice how the layers of the embossed background line up precisely? It means that the panel of Lost Lagoon is not perfectly centered on the card, however for me, it was more critical to have the flowers and stems align.

This week, I looked for inspiration from two challenges when creating the card itself:

Mojo Monday (MOJO357)

 

The Paper Players (PP207)

 

It's always fun to play along with challenges and draw inspiration from new places!

 

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Have a creative day!

 

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Five on Friday: A Bee in Temple Square

This beautiful bee and flower inspired this week's Five on Friday color combo. The photo is one that I took in Temple Square while I was out in Salt Lake City. Spending time wondering in Temple Square was a perfect ending to my time at the Stampin' Up! Inspire. Create. Share. gathering.  The gardens are stunning and the architecture is beautiful. I took quite a few floral photos and a few of the buildings -- if you'd like to see more, be sure to leave a comment to let me know this!

Here is the combo that I put together for you to try:

I'm still busy playing catch-up after my time away so you will have to wait until next week to see an actual project that I have created with this combo. There are several ideas that I have in mind and I am excited to get crafting!

Wishing you a creative day!

 

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Five on Friday color combo in action on a memo board!

It's time for a new five on Friday combo and I'm also sharing another idea for a message board...my plan is to have a few different inserts inside so that I can easily change up the look!  

This week's five color Stampin' Up! combo includes:

The bold color from the Rich Razzleberry, Strawberry Slush, Wild Wasabi, and Tangelo Twist works well alongside the subtle Soft Sky:

The background of this message board is Soft Sky brayered on in a few lines across Whisper White cardstock. I love the varying shades of this hue and this technique adds interest and a sense of texture to an otherwise flat piece. 

My frame measures 10" x 13" and I took at 10" x 12" piece of the Whisper White (that I had already inked up with the Soft Sky) and trimmed off the top 1.5". I then adhered a 10" x 3" strip of Strawberry Slush to ensure the finished dimension was 10" x 13". I then glued back down the strip of Whisper White...I'm like how this looks as opposed to a simple band of the Strawberry Slush and ties the piece together.

The background piece was decorated with stamped images from the Flower Patch stamp set using today's five on friday colors.

Want to create a message board? Here's what you need:

• Dry erase marker
• A picture frame in any size you chose
• Designer Series Paper and/or
• Cardstock
• Stamps and ink
• Optional: Big Shot and die cutting tools

Here's what you do:

• Cut Designer Series Paper or cardstock to the necessary size
• Decorate as you like with stamped images or basic die cut shapes
• Optional: dress up your frame with buttons or by decoupaging it (see an example here)
• Assemble frame and hang up

Truly this is a DIY message board in minutes! By using the dry erase marker on the frame's glass, you can easily write out and wipe off messages, lists, and more!

Hope you can put this idea to use!

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 Wishing you a creative day!

 

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Five on Friday and DIY Pinwheels!

Happy Friday, friends!

It is Independence Day here in the US and I'm marking it by sharing my DIY Pinwheel tutorial so that you will have the freedom to create pinwheels in any size you want! And you are getting a brand new Five on Friday color combo, too!

Here's the scoop on making the pinwheels...

• Cut a square any size you want
• Mark the center (I've been doing this with the scoring blade on my Paper Trimmer and then dot with a pencil or marker)
• Use your Paper Snips to cut from each corner down toards the center...stop a short distance before you reach the center
• Take your bone folder and score one tip of each "quadrant"
• Bring your quadrants into the center and adherere either using Mini Glue Dots or by poking with your Stampin' Pierce Tool and a Candy Dots Base
• Decorate the centers

For those who like to see the process, here you go:

So many choices for decorating your pinwheel centers -- buttons, punched out shapes, ribbon knots (not shown), and even loops of card stock! 

These are non-spinning pinwheels and are perfect for card fronts, decorating gift bags or wreaths, for creating a mobile, making cake/cupcake toppers, and so much more!

Those little polka dots on the pink pinwheel? Stamped on using a pencil eraser!

Here are the individual pinwheels that make up the stack in the photo at the top of the post:

The squares for these pinwheels are: 3", 4", 6", 8.5", and 12" (yep, a full piece of Designer Series Paper). With the largest pinwheel, I did not score the paper at all -- in this scale and paper, I didn't need to loosen the paper fibers to get a nice curve.

You've seen today's color combo used for the pinwheels and here is to add to your collection:

Credit for today's combo goes to my daughter Brooklyn -- she put it together for you! And here's a card she made using it:

She did substitute Hello Honey for the So Saffron, Melon Mambo for Pink Pirouette, and left out the Wild Wasabi altogether...remember a color combo or sketch are for inspiration and you don't ever have to use the exactly as proscribed!

 

Order some Designer Series Paper today to make some pinwheels of your own!

 

 Wishing you a creative day!

 

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P.S. If you are using cardstock for pinwheels and you want to decorate them, I suggest stamping before you cut the square at all. It is simply easier that way. 

Five on Friday: Going Ombre!

So happy to be bringing you a new Five on Friday color combo! Many of you loved last week's combo and I loved reading what the combo made you think of...thank you for sharing!

 This week you get a brand new ombre color combo to use, but before I share it with you I have a favor to ask of you...

The Five on Friday color combos have become a real favorite and I want to share more of what you love! Rather than alternating color combos with five of something else (like my Occasions catalog favorites or tools that make papercrafting easier), you will now receive a new five color combo each week. Cool, right?!

Here's the favor...please share with me a word, a quote, a link to a favorite image, or something along those lines, to help me develop new color combos. It takes just a moment to leave a comment and I am so curious to read what you share! 

Let's get to it...here's my latest five color combo for you:

I'll be 100% honest and say that I have only played with this one digitally, so I am really hoping I love it as much when using paper, stamps, and ink as I do when using MDS! Once I do play with it (fingers crossed for this weekend), I will share the results!

Love ombre combos? See the pink and blue ombre combos I shared in the past.

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Wishing you a creative day!

 

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