First Three Cards for My Upcoming Christmas Card Class

Following the lead of one of my fave stampers, Lyssa Zwolanek, whom I've mentioned several times in my blog, I'm running a Christmas card making club. I'm designing 3 different Christmas cards each moth and my club members will stamp 4 cards of each design. So, they'll be making 12 cards a month.  We're meeting in August, September, October, and November--and we'll have 48 hand-stamped Christmas cards completed before Thanksgiving!! That's unheard of in my life! I'm going to be stamping along with my club members. Thanks for the terrific idea, Lyssa.

Wanna see the cards? Here are the first three. Don't you wish you were making these, too?

(Stamp Sets: Tag It,Oh Goodie!; Card Stock:  Whisper White, Cherry Cobbler; Inks: Old Olive, Cherry Cobbler; Accessories: Stylish Stripes Embossing Folder, Chalk Talk Framelits; Season of Style Designer Washi Tape, Neutrals Buttons; 2-1/2" Circle Punch; Whisper White Twine)

(Stamp Sets: Lovely As A Tree, Petite Pairs, Wood Grain Background; Card Stock: Pool Party, Island Indigo, Very Vanilla; DSP:  Silver Glimmer Paper, Modern Medley and Winter Frost DSP Stack ; Ink: Pool Party, Island Indigo; Accessories: Northern Flurry Embossing Folder, Circles #2 Die, 1-3/8" Circle Punch, 1-1/2" Circle Punch, 1" Circle Punch, Ribbon Punch, Basic Rhinestones)

(Stamp Sets: Tags 4 You, Wishing You; Card Stock: Cherry Cobbler, Old Olive, Whisper White: DSP: Season of Style DSP Stack; Accessories: Thinlits Label Card Die, Polka Dot Embossing Folder; Label Bracket Punch; White Stampin' Chalk Marker)

Lyssa's "In Love with Color" Weekly Challenge

I recently saw that one of my fave stampers, Lyssa Zwolanek, hosts a weekly color combination inspiration challenge on her blog Song of My Heart Stampers.  Lyssa posts three color combos on Sunday mornings.  This week (8/4/2013) the combos are:

1. Wisteria Wonder, Elegant Eggplant, Calypso Coral and Pear Pizzaz
2. Summer Starfruit, Midnight Muse, Pool Party and Rich Razzleberry
3. Soft Sky, Island Indigo, Garden Green and Crisp Cantaloupe

 

Since I'm on vacation, I don't have all my stampin' supplies with me, so I had to make do with what I brought with me. I'm playing along with color combo number three--AND using the new Thinlits Label Card Die!!  Here's what I came up with:

If I knew what I was doing with picture-taking and editing, you'd see that I've used Soft Sky from the Sweater Weather DSP in the Holiday Mini Catalog, Crisp Cantaloupe and Island Indigo Ink and Card Stock.  To get the 4th color for the challenge, I used the Season of Style Washi Tape from the Holiday Mini (which may or may not be Garden Green, but let's just pretend, shall we?).  I adhered the washi to Whisper White Card Stock and then cut the arrows using the elements in the Thinlits Label Card Die set.  Other "ingredients" for this card are Yippee-Skippee!, Gorgeous Grunge,  and Hello Lovely Stamp Sets, Basic Rhinestones, and the Square Lattice Embossing Folder.

Welcome to In Love With Color! Weekly color combining inspiration can be easily found at your fingertips here at Song of My Heart Stampers. Updated with the latest Stampin' Up colors, and keeping an eye on trends in fashion, home decor and papercrafting, Song of My Heart Stampers shares three different color combos every Sunday morning for your inspiration.Want to play along? Send a link to a project inspired by one of my combos to me at zwolaneks@att.net, and once a month I will pick a favorite to feature on the first Sunday of the month. Enjoy!