Shopping our Stash Challenge #570 - white out

 It's been a long time since I played along with the Shopping our Stash challenges; glad to rediscover this site!  Their current challenge is to create a project without using any white.  So, instead of my normal stamping on white cardstock, I tried stamping and coloring on colored cardstock.

The floral background image was stamped with black pigment ink onto seafoam cardstock, and then embossed with clear embossing powder.  I colored the image with Olo markers, but testing the colors first on a scrap of cardstock to make sure they wouldn't just turn muddy on the seafoam background.  The sentiment was diecut from seafoam and teal cardstock and adhered with foam tape.  I added a little bit of gold glitter pen to the berries in the image and a few enamel dots around the sentiment.  Kinda surprised myself by making a card with no white cardstock or ink!

Color Hues Challenge #129

 Here is the new Color Hues challenge:

This one had me a bit stumped.  I had plenty of floral images I could color purple and marigold, but without adding in green for the leaves, I wasn't sure I could make it work.  These distressed square floral images from Gina K worked well, though.  I added a purple sentiment and a die cut yellow bow and rickrack trim.  Added some tiny pearls to the floral images and a slightly larger pearl to the bow.  Love the purple and yellow combination - makes it feel like spring!

AAA Cards Challenge #310

 The current challenge at AAA Cards is "anything goes", with an optional twist of using animals or zoo images.

I used an older stamp set from Purple Onion for my card, featuring Elliot and Marcel.  I have a couple of the stamps with these characters and they are just so cute!  Very simple coloring with Olo markers with just a pop of color on the shoes and bow.

TicTacToe Challenge #288

 Here is the challenge board for the current TicTacToe challenge:

I used the bottom row for my card:  frames, dimension, embellishment.

The layered poinettia and holly are Sizzix/Tim Holtz dies.  The gold overlay is just adhered in the center, so there's a bit of extra dimension.  I added a few flat gold sequins as embellishments.

52 Christmas Card Throwdown color challenge

 The March color challenge at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown is to use blue and white only on your project.

I used a Spellbinders embossing folder and a Gina K stamp set for this card.

With that color scheme, I wanted to do something with snowflakes.  My first thought was a navy sky with falling snow, but then I remembered this stamp set.  The images and sentiment were stamped and heat embossed in white on navy cardstock.  This makes such an elegant snowy ornament, and it's a little bit different from typical snow or ornament cards.

Jingle Belles "We Three Kings" challenge

 The current challenge at Jingle Belles is to use three of the same element on your project.  I chose three poinsettias for my card.

I used Spellbinders dies for the poinsettias, foliage and bow.  The background is some self adhesive wood veneer that I've had for several years.  Love the look and texture of that veneer, although it can be a bit delicate when die cutting.  It seems appropriate to work on a Christmas card today, since it's about 35 degrees and snowing here....even though we're just a few days away from Spring!

Christmas Kickstart Challenge #108

 Here's the current challenge at Christmas Kickstart:

I used some stamps from Purple Onion, and a little masking, to make this scene of the animals building their snowman.

The image was colored with Olo markers, and then I added some splatters of white paint and silver shimmer paint, along with some clear Stickles along the snowdrifts. Purple Onion has some of the cutest animal stamps.  I love them all!