PRC8- Colour Challenge

This week over at the Paper Romance challenge blog I am the hostess with the mostest...can I say that about myself? I have issued a colour challenge using one of my forgotten but favourite Summer colour combos- Chocolate/Teal/White. It is just a crisp and catch your eye kinda combo. Reminds me of my favourite kind of chocolate- Dark Mint Chocolate- MMMmmmmm..

For this card my hubby wanted me to keep it really really simple. Huge struggle this go around! Not sure if I can resist going back and adding more to it like lace, etc., but this is supposed to be a 'manly' card. I used Popcorn the Bear- Fishing set. I also used a sketch from I {heart} 2 Stamp blog as my inspiration. I then used almost the last of my cute chocolate and teal ribbon that also reminds me of Dark Mint chocolate...mmmmmm.... Hmmm.. think I need  a chocolate fix today after this. What about you?

Happy Canada Day and it's time for a Paper Romance challenge!

Wooooo Hooooo- HAPPY CANADA DAY!!!!!

Today we are celebrating our special day- usually with bbq's, family and friend time and of course fireworks! Not sure what we are going to do yet today but the sun is shining and it's a perfect day to spend together.

It's also time for another Paper Romance Challenge. In honour of our American DT members we were challenged to use Red/White and Blue. Very hard colours to work with for me as I stay away from Primary colours but I found this paper from Webster's pages that worked perfectly. I wanted to show again my card that I made for Canada Day along with my tribute card to my American friends to help us all celebrate.

To play along and win a prize from Paper Romance click here to go to the challenge blog and read all the details. And have a fabulous day no matter where you are!!!

Paper Romance play time

I have been having so much fun playing with my stamps from Paper Romance. I had mentioned previously how this stamp from Your Next Stamp reminds me of Rainbow Brite and how I made a card with that inspiration, here is that card. I used some of my paper from October Afternoon, some black grosgrain ribbon and also some paper ribbon from Basic Grey. She is sooo fun to colour I have to get some more Fhiona stamps and the mermaid ones too.

Here is another card I made with my stamps from Amy featuring Popcorn the Bear. I fell in love with this sweet fishing scene and I knew it would be perfect for a Father's Day Card or even a birthday card for a fisherman. I enjoyed colouring the image but I still need to practice my Popcorn the Bear colouring. Well...practice makes perfect so I guess I just need to spend lots more time with my copics hee hee. Yep, basically I think I will ground myself for at least a full day locked in my craft room- oh the torture! It will give me time to watch the Youtube video Suzanne Dean also on the Paper Romance DT did on how to colour Popcorn..I think I need to watch it a second..maybe a third time tee hee.

If you need me to ground you to your craft room as well, consider yourself told! Cheers, Andrea