Challenges for a New Year - Card 1

My New Year's resolution is to participate in more challenges this year and stretch my creativity. This weekend I have 3 cards to share.

This first card is a nice, simple creation using a new stamp set from Stampin Up that is part of Sale-A -Bration - Epic Celebrations.

I gained inspiration from 3 Challenges:

• Cards in Envy - Tuxedo (Black and White) Challenge 
• Sunday Stamps Sketch - SSC170 
• Watercooler Wednesday Challenge - 153 Gail's Masculine 'Anything Goes' challenge

  

This card uses Basic Black and Whisper White card. The DSP in the background is 'Pop of Pink'. The images and greeting are stamped in Memento Ink - Tuxedo Black and the greeting is cut using the smallest of the Stampin Up Deco Labels framelits, cutting the shape twice and trimming off the ends to get the smaller shape.

Thank you to the designers from each challenge site for the inspiration. They always have such great ideas to get the creativity flowing again.

This weekend's challenge cards - Part 3

My third challenge card for the weekend also has inspiration from three challenges: Pals Paper Arts, Just Us Girls, and Paper Craft Crew Challenges.

The Pals Paper Arts Challenge - PPA239 was a colour challenge:

The Just Us Girls Challenge - JUGS #280 was a trend challenge:

The Paper Craft Crew Challenge - PCCCS#131 was a sketch challenge:

I used the new Sale-A-Bration set "Lotus Blossom" for the main image, used "Gorgeous Grunge" from the 2014-15 Annual Stampin Up Catalogue to stamp the background and "Itty Bitty Banners" for the greeting. I also used Burlap ribbon from the Annual catalogue:

Check out the sites from these challenges and be inspired the creativity of the designers.

Lotus Blossom Workshop - February 2015

Sale-A-Bration started on 6 January 2015. One of the Stamp sets you can get for free for every $90 you spend on product is the Lotus Blossom set. This set is a 3 step photopolymer stamp set and very easy to use.

This months workshop is based on this new set. Instructions will be posted next week, after the class.