Simply Stampin' Challenge #80 - Colour

Hi Everyone!

I am a little later this week with my DT entry for this week's Simply Stampin' Challenge, we had a Colour Challenge to play along with and I was struggling a little bit with it!

Anyway this is what I came up with...

Products used (all by Stampin' Up! unless specified):
Cardstock: Night of Navy, Rich Razzleberry, Wild Wasabi, Very Vanilla
Paper: Regals Designer Paper Stack
Ink: Night of Navy, Rich Razzleberry, Wild Wasabi
Accessories: 1/4" Rich Razzleberry Grosgrain Ribbon, paper clip
Stamp Set: The Open Sea

So why don't you give this week's 'Colour' Challenge a go, and don't worry if you don't have a blog as we do accept email entries!

Thanks for looking!
Kirei x

Simply Stampin' Challenge #74 - Colour

Morning Everyone!

How did you like last week's Sketch Challenge? Have a look here to see what everyone came up with and who we voted our Top 3...

This week we have another Colour Challenge for you:

Now I have to confess that the Pretty in Pink did stump me for a while but in the end I am happy with the overall result! So this is what I came up with...

Products used (all by Stampin' Up! unless specified):
Cardstock: Pretty in Pink, Calypso Coral, Old Olive, Very Vanilla
Ink: Pretty in Pink, Calypso Coral, Old Olive
Accessories: Old Olive 1/8" Taffeta Ribbon, Blossom Punch, Word Window Punch, Scallop Trim Corner Punch, Everyday Enchantment Brad (from last month's SU! offer)
Stamp Set: Mixed Bunch, Teeny Tiny Wishes

So why don't you give this week's Colour Challenge a go, and don't worry if you don't have a blog as we do accept email entries!

Thanks for looking!
Kirei x

Simply Stampin' Challenge #71 - Colour

Hi Everyone!

Thanks to everyone for playing along with last week's Sketch Challenge over at Simply Stampin'!

This week we are back with a very pretty Colour Challenge...

For some reason it immediately made me think of ice-cream! So this is what I came up with...

Products used (all by Stampin' Up! unless specified):Cardstock: Baja Breeze, Regal Rose, Daffodil Delight, Crumb Cake, Whisper White
Ink: Regal Rose, Crumb Cake
Accessories:  Baja Breeze, Regal Rose & Daffodil Delight 1/8" Taffetta Ribbon, Scallop Circle Punch, Petite Pennants Punch, Perfect Polka Dots Embossing Folder
Stamp Set: Pennant Parade, Teeny Tiny Wishes

Why don't you give it a go this week and play along, me and the rest of the DT always love looking at what everyone comes up with!

Thanks for looking!
Kirei x

Simply Stampin' Challenge #68 - Colour

Hi Everyone!

I am so over this rain... is it ever going to stop! With the Olympics in 2 weeks let's hope the sun is shining by then for all the visitors and athletes!

Did you enjoy last week's Sketch challenge? Have a look here to see the entries and what the DT did, you can also read all about our lovely Guest Designer Lynn from Spiralz and Curlz.

This week we are back to a Colour challenge and we had this fab combo to work with:

This is what I came up with, I love this stamp set it is just so pretty and versatile!

Close up shot of the butterfly and flower detail...

Products used (all by Stampin' Up! unless specified):
Cardstock: Rose Red, Crumb Cake, Soft Suede, Very Vanilla
Paper: Neutrals Designer Series Paper Stack
Ink: Rose Red, Crumb Cake, Soft Suede
Accessories: Crumb Cake Seam Binding Ribbon, Linen Twine, Neutrals Designer Buttons
Stamp Set: Creative Elements

Pop on over to and see what the rest of the DT with this week's Colour Challenge...

Thanks for looking!
Kirei x

Simply Stampin' Challenge #65 - Colour

Hi Everyone!

How did you all like last week's Sketch Challenge? We had some fab entries, so pop on over and have a look here...

This week we are back with a Colour Challenge for you...

So I had another new stamp set to play with this week, 'Up, Up & Away' from the current Mini Catalogue and this is what I came up with... I think it works well for a unisex card.

Products used (all by Stampin' Up! unless specified):
Cardstock: Crumb Cake, Bashful Blue, Lucky Limeade, Whisper White
Ink: Crumb Cake, Bashful Blue, Lucky Limeade
Markers: Bashful Blue, Lucky Limeade
Accessories: Crumb Cake Seam Binding Ribbon, Designer Neutrals Button Collection, Linen Thread
Stamp Sets: Up, Up & Away

So why don't you have a go and don't worry if you don't have a blog we do accept email entries!

Thanks for looking!
Kirei x

Simply Stampin' Challenge #62 - Colour Combo

Hi Everyone!

Didn't we have some fab entries this week over at the Simply Stampin' Challenge!

So this week we are back with a Colour Combo Challenge... I had to think about this one for a while as it wasn't the most obvious!

Anyway I decided they would work for a male card so pulled out my 'go to' male stamp set ' Need for Speed' and got stamping! This is what I came up with...

Products used (all by Stampin' Up! unless specified):
Cardstock: Tangerine Tango, Cherry Cobbler, Tempting Turquoise, Very Vanilla
Ink: Tangerine Tango, Cherry Cobbler, Tempting Turquoise
Accessories: Very Vanilla 1/8" Taffeta Ribbon, Perfect Polka Dots Embossing Folder, Jumbo Eyelets (retired)
Stamp Sets: Need for Speed, Petite Pairs

Why don't you give it a go this week, we love to see how you interpret the Challenge and don't worry if you don't have a blog, we do accept email entries!

Thanks for looking!
Kirei x

Simply Stampin' Challenge #59 - Colour

Hi Everyone!

Thanks so much for sending in your entries to last week's Simply Stampin' Sketch Challenge, we had some fab designs which always makes it hard to choose a top 3! 

So we are back with a Colour Challenge this week...

When I saw these colours I knew immediately what stamp set I wanted to use...

Products used (all by Stampin' Up! unless specified):
Cardstock: Regal Rose, Real Red, Island Indigo, Whisper White
Ink: Regal Rose, Real Red, Island Indigo
Accessories: Petite Pennants Punch, Word Window Punch, Modern Label Punch, Linen Thread, Brights Designer Button, Square Lattice Embossing Folder
Stamp Sets: Pennant Parade, Teeny Tiny Wishes

Why don't you give it a go and send in an entry to this week's Challenge, don't worry if you don't have a blog as we do accept email entries!

Thanks for looking!
Kirei x

Simply Stampin' Challenge #56 - Colour

Hi Everyone!

Thanks to everyone for entering in with last week's Sketch Challenge, we love looking at all of the different designs! Let's see what you can do with this week's Colour Challenge...

I used the lovely Aviary Stamp Set and here is what I came up with...

A close up shot of the detail...

Products used (all by Stampin' Up! unless specified):

Cardstock: Pink Pirouette, Marina Mist, Soft Suede, Very Vanilla

Paper: Designer Series Paper Stack - Neutrals

Ink: Pink Pirouette, Marina Mist, Soft Suede
Accessories: Lace Ribbon Border Punch, Scallop Oval Punch, Large Oval Punch, Marina Mist Striped Grosgrain Ribbon
Stamp Sets: Aviary, Petite Pairs

Why don't you pop on over to the Simply Stampin' Challenge and get stamping, we would love to see what you can create!

Thanks for looking!
Kirei x

Simply Stampin' Challenge #53 - Colour

Hi Everyone!

So we had some fab entries for last week's Sketch challenge over at the Simply Stampin' Challenge. Thanks to everyone who entered! This week we are back round to a Colour Challenge and these are the pretty colours we had to work with...

Very appropriate for the lovely spring weather that we have been having! It felt like I needed to do something with flowers, so this is what I came up up with...

Products used (all by Stampin' Up! unless specified):

Cardstock: Wild Wasabi, Daffodil Delight, Tangerine Tango, Whisper White
Papers:Subtles Designer Series Paper Stack
Ink: Wild Wasabi, Daffodil Delight, Tangerine Tango, Early Espresso
Accessories: Daffodil Delight 1/8" Taffeta Ribbon, Linen Thread, 1" and 1 1/4" Circle Punch, Brights Designer Buttons, Scallop Trim Border & Corner Punch
Stamp Sets: Simply Soft, Petite Pairs
So why don't you give it a go and send in your entry for this week's challenge, I would love to see what you come up with!

Thanks for looking!
Kirei

Simply Stampin' Challenge #50 - Colour

Hi Everyone

There were some fab entries this week for the Sketch Challenge over at the Simply Stampin' Challenge, thanks to everyone for joining in! We also had a new Guest Designer feature, with the very talented Monica Gale telling us a little about herself as well as playing along with our Sketch Challenge... so why not pop on over to have a look at what she did!

This week we had some yummy colours to work with...

I decided to use the 'Need for Speed' stamp set again as I could do with a few more male cards so this is what I came up with...

Products used (all by Stampin' Up! unless specified):

Cardstock: Crumb Cake, Poppy Parade, Baja Breeze, Very Vanilla

Papers: In Color Designer Series Paper

Ink: Crumb Cake, Poppy Parade, Baja Breeze

Accessories: Baja Breeze 1/8" Taffeta Ribbon, Square Lattice Embossing Folder

Stamp Sets: Need for Speed, Sincere Salutations, Texture Wheel

Thanks for looking!
Kirei

Simply Stampin' Challenge - Colour

Morning everyone!

It's time for a colour challenge over at the Simply Stampin' Challenge blog this week, and we had some very pretty feminine colours to work with...

I decided to use the very pretty Simply Soft stamp set as I haven't really used it that much and I thought it would work well with these colours...

Products used (all by Stampin' Up! unless specified):
Cardstock: Melon Mambo, Wisteria Wonder, Pink Pirouette, Whisper White
Papers: Brights Designer Series Paper Stack
Ink: Melon Mambo, Wisteria Wonder, Pear Pizzazz
Accessories: Wisteria Wonder Ruffled Ribbon, Vintage Wallpaper Embossing Folder
Stamp Sets: Simply Soft, Teeny Tiny Wishes

Thanks for looking!
Kirei x

Simply Stampin' Challenge - Colour

Hi Everyone!

We are back to a colour challenge over at the Simply Stampin' Challenge blog this week and this is what we had to work with...

This was definitely an opportunity to do a Male card with these colours so having got the very male oriented 'Need for Speed' stamp set for Christmas it was time to try it out!

Products used (all by Stampin' Up! unless specified):
Cardstock: Not Quite Navy, Early Espresso, River Rock, Very Vanilla
Papers: Well Worn Designer Series Paper
Ink: Not Quite Navy, Early Espresso
Accessories: Corner Punch, Early Espresso 1/8" Taffeta Ribbon, Jumbo Eyelets (retired)
Stamp Sets: Need for Speed, Simply Soft, Sincere Salutations

Thanks for looking!
Kirei x

Simply Stampin' Challenge - Colour

Happy New Year to everyone!

We are back to a colour challenge over at the Simply Stampin' Challenge blog this week and this is what we had to work with...

It was nice to work with some non-Christmassy colours for a change and as I received some yummy Stampin' Up! goodies for Christmas it was the ideal opportunity to try them out! This is what I came up with...

Products used (all by Stampin' Up! unless specified):
Cardstock: Pink Pirouette, Pool Party, Lucky Limeade, Whisper White
Papers: Subtles Designer Series Paper
Ink: Pool Party, Lucky Limeade, Basic Black
Accessories: 1 1/4" and 1 3/8" Circle Punch, Pool Party 3/8" Ruffled Ribbon
Stamp Sets: Aviary, Petite Pairs

Thanks for looking!
Kirei x

Simply Stampin' Challenge - Colour Combo

Well, it's back to a Colour Combo Challenge over at the Simply Stampin' Challenge blog this week and the colours were very festive...

I hadn't actually realised so used almost the same colours as this for last week's challenge as well! Anyway as I am still making the last of my Christmas cards this is what I came up with...

Products used (all by Stampin' Up! unless specified):
Cardstock: Cherry Cobbler, Wild Wasabi, Choc Chip, Very Vanilla
Ink: Cherry Cobbler, Wild Wasabi, Choc Chip
Accessories: Scallop Trim Border Punch, Word Window Punch, Modern Label Punch, 3/4" Circle Punch, Cherry Cobbler Seam Binding Ribbon
Stamp Sets: Delightful Decorations, Contempo Christmas, Teeny Tiny Wishes

So why don't you give it a go and join in at the Simply Stampin' Challenge!

Thanks for looking!
Kirei x

Simply Stampin Challenge - Colour Combo

Back round to a Colour challenge over at the Simply Stampin' Challenge blog this week and this is the colour combo we were given to work with...

I used 'Pennant Parade' which is another one of the fab new stamp sets from Stampin' Up! and this is what I came up with...

Products used (all by Stampin' Up! unless specified):
Cardstock: Daffodil Delight, Peach Parfait, Soft Suede, Very Vanilla
Paper: In Colour DSP
Ink: Peach Parfait, Soft Suede
Accessories: Petite Pennants Punch, Lace Ribbon Border Punch, Daffodil Delight 1/8" Taffetta Ribbon
Stamp Sets: Pennant Parade, Teeny Tiny Wishes

So why don't you join in and give the challlenge a go this week!

Thanks for looking!
Kirei x

Simply Stampin' Challenge - Colour Combo

This week's challenge at the Simply Stampin' Challenge blog was another Colour Combo... and this is what it was:

These colours felt like I should be doing a Halloween card however I decided to try and do something that wasn't! This was my take on it...

Products used (all by Stampin' Up! unless specified):

Cardstock: Old Olive, Cajun Craze, Basic Black, Whisper White

Paper: Neutrals Collection DSP

Ink: Old Olive, Cajun Craze

Accessories: Bird Builder Punch, Basic Black Striped Grosgrain Ribbon, Rhinestone Brads 

Stamp Sets: Vintage Vogue, Medallion Background

Thanks for looking!

Kirei x

Simply Stampin' Challenge - Colour Combo

So it's time for another Colour Combo over at the Simply Stampin' Challenge blog this week and this is what it was...

I love earthy tones like this so decided to go back to an old favourite Stamp Set - Trendy Trees and this is what I came up with... sorry about the pic, I was taking this last night and the lighting wasn't great!

Products used (all by Stampin' Up! unless specified):

Cardstock: Choc Chip, Soft Suede, Very Vanilla

Paper: In Colours Paper Patterns Stack

Ink: Choc Chip, Soft Suede, Pear Pizzazz

Accessories: Stitched Poly Ribbon, Scallop Trim Border Punch, Modern Label Punch, Word Window Punch

Stamp Sets: Trendy Trees, Funky Forest Stampin' Around Wheel

Thanks for looking!
Kirei x

Simply Stampin' Challenge - Colour Combo

So we are back with a colour challenge over at the Simply Stampin' Challenge blog and this is what they are for this week...

 And here is my DT entry this week...

Products used (all by Stampin' Up! unless specified):

Cardstock: Melon Mambo, Perfect Plum, Bashful Blue, Whisper White

Paper: Subtles & brights Paper Patterns Stack

Ink: Melon Mambo, Perfect Plum, Bashful Blue
Accessories: Melon Mambo Spotted Ribbon (retired), Linen Thread, Designer Buttons, Word Window Punch, Modern Label Punch & Eyelet Border Punch
Stamp Sets: Hello Again & Trendy Trees

Don't forget this is the last week to be in with a chance to win a prize as all entries from Weeks #20 to #23 will go into a draw for a fab Stampin' Up! Stamp Set - Forest Friends...

So get those entries in!

Thanks for looking,
Kirei x

Simply Stampin' Challenge - Colour Combo

Over at the Simply Stampin' Challenge blog it is the time for another Colour Combo and this week it is Early Espresso, Pretty in Pink, Whisper White and Pacific Point...

And this is what I came up with...

Products used (all by Stampin' Up! unless specified):

Cardstock: Pretty in Pink, Whisper White, Pacific Point

Paper: Subtles Paper Patterns Stack

Ink: Early Espresso, Pretty in Pink, Pacific Point

Accessories: Early Espresso Satin Ribbon, Pretty in Pink Taffeta Ribbon, Pearls (not SU), Eyelet Border Punch, Modern Label Punch, Word Window Punch

Stamp Sets: Baroque Motifs, Silhouette Sentiments

Hope you can play along too!

Thanks for looking,

Kirei x

Simply Stampin' Challenge - Colour Combo

This week's challenge over at the Simply Stampin' Challenge blog is a Colour Combo (Certainly Celery, Poppy Parade, Real Red, Whisper White).

It was a bit of a hard one to start with because of the two reds that were included but using the lovely Stampin' Up! Hostess Set 'Fast & Fabulous' and the two step stamping technique worked a treat!

So here is my Design Team entry for this week, why don't you give it a go!

Products used (all by Stampin' Up! unless specified):

Cardstock: Certainly Celery, Poppy Parade, Real Red, Whisper White

Ink: Certainly Celery, Poppy Parade, Real Red

Accessories: Certainly Celery Grosgrain Ribbon

Tools: Scallop Edge Border Punch, Modern Label XL Punch, Word Window Punch, 1 3/8" & 1 1/4" Circle Punches

Stamp Sets: Fast & Fabulous, Just Believe, Sanded 

Thanks for looking!

Kirei x