Challenge card 3 for a relaxing Sunday Stamping

The final card for the weekend used a colour challenge from a site I regularly visit and a new site for the theme challenge.

CAS Colours and Sketches - Colour challenge #136

Stamping Sensations - August Challenge Anything Goes with a stamp and a die

The "Floral Wings" hostess only stamp set from the Stampin Up 2015-16 Annual Catalogue, uses the large butterfly die from the "Bold Butterfly" framelits set.

This simple card uses "Shimmery White" for the base, the square and to stamp the butterfly on. This gives a bit of elegance and sparkle to a special occasion card. A little extra bling has been added to the card with a run of jewels down the centre of the butterfly and echoed at the bottom of the card.

Check out these sites for inspiration and see the wonderful ideas the design teams have to enhance your creativity.

Challenge card 2 for a relaxing Sunday stamping

Your Next Stamp (YNS) provided both a colour and a sketch challenge. I combined the two to make this card

Sketch Challenge #20:

Colour challenge #20:

I used "Floral Wings" stamp set again, which is a hostess only set from the Stampin Up 2015-16 Annual Catalogue.

The vine stamp was stamped across the background, using Versamark, to provide texture to the basecard. This card used masking, for the flowers in the vase and the vase to stamp the stems. The small flower was stamped and cut out by hand to provide the accents on the bottom right of the card. 

This is a great site for inspiration that I will definitely be visiting again. Check it out yourself.

Challenge card 1 for a relaxing Sunday stamping

Today I found some new challenges to inspire me.

Sweetstampinchallengeblog - theme challenge - Anything but a birthday challenge

ColourQ - colour Challenge #307

I wanted to use the "Floral Wings" stamp set, which is a hostess only set from the Stampin Up 2015-16 Annual Catalogue. I didn't have Peach Parfait, so I substituted Tangelo Twist.

The small flower in this set is perfect for stamping in a straight line to make a border or background. 

The ribbon across the top and bottom of the background is a retired Bermuda Bay 1/8" ribbon (although for some reason in the photo it looks more blue). 

The butterfly was stamped on watercolour paper, that I lightly spritzed with water before stamping and raised using dimensionals.

Check out the sites from these challenges and be inspired.