It's Brazenly Black Month at the Rainbow Card Challenge!

Every first of the month, The Rainbow Card Challenge posts a new graphic for inspiration to create. It's always fun to see others' ideas, and to share your art! Take a look at this month's challenge, and then come join us! You have almost a month to create!

Today I am sharing a fun card I made with scraps on my desk:

Images are by Stampin' Up! And I used decorative scissors! Are yours collecting dust, too? Come check out the challenge details and see more "Brazenly Black" inspiration at The Rainbow Challenge blog!

Love Color? Join The Rainbow Card Challenge!

Every first of the month, The Rainbow Card Challenge posts a new graphic for inspiration to create. It's always fun to see others' ideas, and to share your art! Take a look at this month's challenge, and then come join us! You have almost a month to create!

Today I am sharing a fun coffee card. So maybe you can guess this month's color:

I started with Taylored Expressions' cute Feathered Stencil and Vintage Photo DOX ink. The copper paper is a gift from my sister and looks great in the Reverse Confetti word die. The sweet little cups are brand new to me (also TE), with some gorgeous watercolor patterned paper in browns behind them. The little stickers match the stencil so perfectly. Those are from "the stash."

Come check out the challenge details and see more "Beautiful Brown" inspiration at The Rainbow Challenge blog!

Passion for Purple

When I saw that this month's challenge was purple, I immediately thought of Halloween! I always liked dressing up as a kid (I work in a Theater now!), and love the colors of the holiday.

I used a Sizzix tent card die, and created a little scene with my mummy and sparkly spiders (Petaloo), using two ribbons from Really Reasonable Ribbon: 3/8" Spider Webs on Black Satin Ribbon and 5/8" Gauze Print on Grape Satin Ribbon. 

I used each as a base for my die cut spider web (Stampin' Up!) and my mummy, as well as some loopy bows for my spiders' home. Can you see one hiding?

My background is a Cuttlebug embossing folder. A sentiment (I've had forever!) from Inkadinkadoo on the tent topper completes the card!

Come play along in The Rainbow Card Challenge! It's tons of fun and you have an entire month to create!

The Rainbow Card Challenge: Blue Breezes

We've got a fun, summery challenge this month at The Rainbow Card Challenge! It's Blue Breezes! Doesn't that sound like summertime? I guess it makes me think of the breeze across the water and all of the activities going on at beaches and lakes. And of course you have to have someone there to document it all with their camera!

For this card, I used three different stamp sets from Picket Fence Studios: Marti Girl, Natural State of Sarcasm, and Polka Dot Grunge. I off stamped the Polka Dot Grunge using a Distress Oxide Ink and my MISTI for the background, and added a strip of washi tape to ground it. The sentiment was stamped in VersaFine Clair Nocturne, as was Marti Girl. I colored her flower to match the background, and popped her up with foam tape.

Come join us and show us your blues this month!

Other challenges:

• A Place To Start - ANYTHING GOES
• Artistic Inspirations - #216 ANYTHING GOES

June Rainbow Card Challenge

Happy June, Cardmakers! Have you seen the new challenge at the Rainbow Card Challenge? This month is one of my very favorites: RAINBOW! And it's the neon kind, which is even better, since it has pink!

I am using Let's Shake Our Tail Feathers from Picket Fence Studios. Isn't that image gorgeous? Distress Oxide Inks plus Life Changing Brushes equal an awesome, fun neon rainbow background! I added a few little hearts for embellishments.

Be sure to join us and play along. It's so fun to see what everyone makes, and what wonderful ideas you all have!

Come Join the May Rainbow Card Challenge!

Happy May, Cardmakers! Have you seen the new challenge at the Rainbow Card Challenge? This month is Gorgeous Greens!

I am using a favorite stamp from Picket Fence Studios' Neighborhood Stamp Set. I love this cityscape and all of the different things you can do with it!

I made a smooshed watercolor background using Peeled Paint Distress Ink, and then stamped on top with VersaFine Clair Nocturne. I added a sentiment from Ways to Say Get Well using a leftover scrap. 

Be sure to join us and play along. It's so fun to see what everyone makes, and what wonderful ideas you all have!

Rainbow Card Challenge #2 - One of My Favorites!

Hello, friends! It's February 1 and a new challenge at The Rainbow Card Challenge! I have always enjoyed color, and am excited to share my creations with you each month based on the photo prompt! Can you guess our color for February by looking at my card?

February is Orange Opulence! I happen to LOVE orange. I think it's a bright, happy color, and it makes me smile. That being said, my card has more of a muted, natural orange color today as I used Stampin' Up!'s Pumpkin Pie color. :)

I first embossed the fern from Butterfly Basics (Stampin' Up!) using VersaMark and White EP. Then I created my wash with a brush using PP. I stamped the fern again in PP, as well as the postmark and hive stamps. The butterfly was watercolored using thinner colors, then cut out using the Thinlits die, and then sprayed with Gold Glimmermist. To get a more muted color, I soaked up some of the color as I went with a paper towel. I added a vellum leaf and strips of the Copper paper. 

I hope you will come check out {this new monthly challenge} and play along with us! Be sure to check out what my teamies made too!

Jacqueline | Cohenna | Em | Mynn | Lee Ann | Sue

It's a New Year and a New Challenge!

Happy New Year and Hello, friends! It's a new year, and a new challenge at The Rainbow Card Challenge! I have always enjoyed color, and am excited to share my creations with you each month based on the photo prompt! Can you guess our color for January by looking at my card?

January is RED - that first color in the rainbow! This adorable little monster was a Christmas gift to me - and is from Concord & 9th's new Monster Love. Cute as can be! I stamped on Hammermill paper with VersaFine Clair Nocturne, and then colored with Copics R27 & 29, and C1, C5, and W1. The LOVE is a group of sticker letters I have had in my stash forever from Me & My Big Ideas.

 

I hope you will come check out {this brand new monthly challenge} and play along with us!