KWerner Color Challenge #57 & St. Jude Cards

Hey everybody! I'm sorry I didn't post yesterday, like I said I would! I have been really busy with St. Jude cards, card calls, color challenges, and lots of changes in our lives! So I am finally posting in between basketball practice and the BIG UT game tonight! HOOK'EM HORNS!! :)
Anyway, I made a couple of cards for Kristina's color challenge yesterday! I wasn't real sure about the colors at first, but I guess you can tell, I ended up liking them and made two cards! :) I made them both for the St. Jude card drive. If you are interested in helping out with the card drive, go here for all the details.
I got the idea for the first card here. I really like the grid look and it kind of reminds me of a quilt, and Kristina's Mom is making here a quilt with these fabrics! :)

Then I made this card. Polka dot hearts sure make me happy! :)And here are the prizes I have added to these prizes, for the card drive. There will be several winners and I will separate the prizes, after all of the prizes are collected throughout the month!

* (Maya Road) 2 ring heart Chipboard book

* (Jenni Bowlin) Heart Bingo card
* (Jenni Bowlin) XOXO Bingo card

* (American Crafts) Love Letter I Heart You Letter Stickers

* (Fancy Pants) Pink ball trim (1 yard)

* (Maya Road) Hearts Trinket Pins (30)

I really appreciate all of the support! I ask the Lord sometimes, if He is sure He wants me to do this card drive. And then...I get this comment and then I have NO doubt!

Lisa said...
I will be making cards tomorrow!! I saw this through a friend's blog and just had to come check it out. My son is a St. Jude patient (now almost five years cancer free - praise God) so I can honestly tell you how wonderful it is that you are others are doing this. It means so much for those kids to get something that puts a smile on their face!!! We will actually be in Memphis on Valentine's Day and the week after for his anniversary check up!! I hope the smiles I see while I'm there are from your cards!! THANKS SO SO MUCH!!! God Bless!!!
January 4, 2010 5:34 PM

ETA: Here is another comment I got tonight! Praise God! :)

OneMomTwojs - Dawn said...
Winter - this is a wonderful ministry! Please put me down for 40 cards! All are coming from snowy Rochester, NY!Dawn DiPasquale

Supplies

{Be My Valentine card}

Cardstock- (PTI) pure poppy, berry sorbet, spring rain, summer sunrise, lemon tart

Stamps- (PTI) polka dot bascis II, tiny treats Valentine, meaga mixed messages

Ink- (Versamark) watermark, (ColorBox) warm red & rouge chalk

Other- (Cricut) cut hearts, (PTI) buttons, crocheting thread, (Jelly Roll) gel pen, (American Crafts) clear embossing powder, (EK Success) square punch

{Love card}

Cardstock- (PTI) pure poppy, berry sorbet, spring rain, summer sunrise, lemon tart

Stamps- (PTI) polka dot basics II, mega mixed messages

Ink- (ColorBox) warm red chalk

Other- (Cricut) cut hearts, (EK Success) square punch

Have a Blessed night!

KWerner Color Challenge #56

Hello! It's time for another color challenge over at Kristina's. I made two cards last night for the challenge, but I wanted to wait until today, so it was nice and sunny outside to take the pictures. Well I woke up this morning to a cloudy day, it hasn't been cloudy or rainy in over a month, until today! That's about right! :) Anyway I took them outside to get the best light, and this is the best I got! This card has been sitting on my desk for about a month, unfinished! I just needed to added a sentiment, some blue, and some lighter color leaves, and that's it! I used another SU! yellow cs for my base, because I don't have So Saffron. I made this card for a lady that we have known for years, and she just bought a house down the road from us. My husband has to go to her house to look at her A/C today, so I am sending this card along with some Cinnamon Streusel Quick Bread that my daughter baked last night.(She LOVES to bake!) Just a little gift to welcome her to the neighborhood!
ETA: The idea for the flower card came from the talented Ashley Newell.

Here is the bread I'm giving her too!


I made this card for my niece that has a birthday in October. (Can you believe, it's already finished?) I got the idea for this card from this blog! It has a little pocket for a gift card, or you could just put money in it, it's a great idea for any occasion! And of course it has sewing, which I LOVE! Supplies:
~Welcome To The Neighborhood Card~
Paper- SU! cs
Stamp- Stampabilities-Polka Dot Background
Ink- SU!- pumpkin pie, Versamark- watermark
Accessories- Martha Stewart- butterfly punch, orange satin ribbon, sentiment printed from computer, buttons from bag-o-buttons, white crocheting thread, handmade fabric flowers

~Happy Birthday Card~

Paper-DCWV- All About Boys Stack, white cs, SU!

Stamp- Autumn Leaves- PTI- mega mixed messages, hand drawn alphabet, Studio G- cupcakes

Ink- SU!- pumpkin pie, brocade blue

Accessories- circle punch, Martha Stewart- glitter, red marker for cherry, white thread from sewing machine

Have a Blessed day!

KWerner Color Challenge #55

Hey everyone! Today is me & my husband's anniversary! 11 yrs. ago I married my best friend and I love him more and more everyday! :) My daughter made us breakfast in bed this morning! She made us pancakes and eggs, SO GOOD! I had some time to make a card for Kristina's challenge, and let me tell you, I had a hard time getting the colors together! I love the colors, I actually wear these colors alot, but I was drawing a blank when I started making it! But I'm pretty happy with the result and I think my niece will like it too! I wish I had this skirt and shoes from the picture in my closet too! :) Well here's the card!

Supplies:

Paper- My Mind's Eye, gray, cream, rust, & mustard cs

Stamp- PTI- mega mixed messages

Ink- ColorBox chalk ink- charcoal

Accessories- mustard gingham ribbon, circle punch, big circles cut from Cricut

Have a Blessed weekend!

KWerner Color Challenge #54

Hey everyone! I have been working on cards this morning! Woohoo! I made three cards for Kristina's challenge today! I couldn't quit making them! :) I had an old SU! book that I got inspiration from! I made some more baby cards for the Pregnancy Center. They will have a baby shower for the women there this month, so I wanted to get some cards made for them! I am still working on all the color levels that Lisa is teaching us, so bare with me! :) OK, so here are the cards!
First One Second One Third OneSupplies:

Paper-ColorBox, DCWV, cs- from Hobby Lobby

Stamp- Autumn Leaves- hand drawn alphabet, Stamp Craft- welcome little one, Fiskars- baby
Ink- SU!-pumpkin pie, SU!- versamark watermark

Accessories- Paper Studio-circle punch, Fiskars-scallop template

KWerner Color Challenge #53

Hey everyone! How is your long weekend? Mine has been pretty good! My husband and son went on a Father & son camping trip on Friday Night and all day Saturday (they had a great time), and my daughter went to her Grandma's house Friday and came home late that night, then she went back the next day. I had all night Friday and all day Saturday to craft. I wanted to go shopping on Saturday, but I decided to wait until Monday for the Memorial Day Sales! We went to a fish fry Sunday after church, it was so nice outside, we had a great time! I did go shopping today for the Memorial Day sales and I also used my coupons at every store I went to. So I was happy about that! :)

While I was home by myself, I made LOTS of cards. I have been making cards for church and I tried to just use scraps, because I have so many!! I will be sharing those soon! I also got to make some cards for the color challenge. I made this one for our church and used Kristina's challenge for the colors. Look how cute Anthonette's little boy is with his little robot! :) I wanted to do something pretty simple for this one, because the colors are so bold. I got the idea from an old SU! idea book and used all scraps for it too! Well here's the card!

Supplies:

Paper- (all scraps from stash) Red, blue, white, black CS, Making memories- yellow striped paper

Stamp- Studio G- Prayer stamp

Ink- StazOn- Jet black

Accessories- Black marker, Martha Stewart- butterfly punch, square punch

KWerner Color Challenge #52

Hey again!! Can you believe, two posts in one day?! It's time for another KWerner Color Challenge. These colors were hard to find in my supplies, I had to use all scraps from my stash for this challenge. Some of my scraps were small, so I was limited on what design I could do. It was hard to find the color "sand", was that hard for anyone else? Well I really like how simple it turned out! If ya'll haven't noticed, I LOVE studio G stamps from the $ bin at Michael's and JoAnn's. They are so cute and very affordable!! I loved the Father's Day stamps I found at JoAnn's, and I figured the colors for this week would make a good Father's Day card. I really LOVED the pattern on this set too! Well here it! Here is the inside of the card.

Supplies:

Paper- All scraps from stash.

Stamps- Studio G- Father stamps

Ink- Versamark- watermark

Accessories- White embossing powder

Have a Blessed Night!

KWerner Color Challenge #51

Hey everyone! I am home taking a break from Field Day at my kids school! My daughter came home with me, she got bit below the knee Saturday from a mosquito, two days later it was infected, WOW that happens fast!! So yesterday the Dr. called in some antibiotics just to be safe. It looks better, but it hurts to bend it, so she can't run on it, so I brought her home from school!


It is teacher's appreciation this week, so I wanted to make a card for my son's teacher, she is such a great teacher!! I decided to use the colors from Kristina's Color Challenge. I really LOVED these colors!! I finally found a wood grain stamp at Michael's, and I LOVE it!! I wanted to do something with apples, because it is a teacher's card, so I figured, apples come from trees, so the wood grain stamp would work well! I really like how it turned out! It was so hard to take pictures of this card! I think I took about a million pictures!! LOL! I first made the apples with clear embossing powder, but you couldn't see them on the paper in the picture. So I decide to use white embossing powder. That stuff is messy, there is powder where there wasn't suppose to be!! I'll have to get a embossing buddy (I think that's what it is called). So here's my card, I'll try to be back later with a post about the Teacher's Appreciation event we had at school this morning!

Supplies:

Paper- ColorBok- rose and mustard CS, chocolate and white CS
Stamps- PaperTrey Ink- mixed messages, All Night Media- wood grain
Ink- Versamark-watermark
Accessories- White & clear embossing powder, white satin ribbon, corner rounder
EDITED TO ADD: I forgot to mention the apple stamp is from a Fall stamp set I got from the Target $ spot last year.
Have a Blessed Day!

KWerner Color Challenge #50

Hey Everyone! I am so excited about this challenge!! Kristina has done such a good job on these challenges, and all the work she puts into it is amazing!! She deserves an award, maybe the Hardest Working Blogger Award!!! :) Thank You for all the hard work Kristina, I get so much inspiration from these challenges! Actually one of the reasons that I started my blog was to participate in these challenges, thanks for helping me step out and do it Kristina! The challenge this week has prizes to win, I must say that even if she didn't give anything away, just being picked in the top 10 is amazing!! :) We can only post one card for the challenge , which makes me feel a lot of pressure! Did anyone else feel that way? Anyway I needed a card for a family from church, they haven't been to church in awhile, they foster and adopt children and some have medical issues, so they are a very busy family! I just wanted them to know we love them and that they are in our prayers!

I found this owl stamp a couple weeks ago at Michael's $1 bin, I really fell in love with it. I wanted him to sit on a limb, but it didn't have a stamp like that, so I hand cut one. Of course I had to do some distressing and stitching! :) I also used my new Papertrey Ink - Mixed messages stamp set. I can't believe that I didn't use very much ribbon on this card, I LOVE ribbon! I went to town yesterday and bought some new crafty stuff, I used some of the buttons that I bought today, it was from the Bag-O-Buttons ( They are so cute)! If you notice the big button on the bottom of the card has wood grain on it, I thought it would be perfect for this card! I also wanted some wood grain on the branch, so I hand drew it on, and water colored the yellow eyes. Okay enough rambling, here's the card, hope you like it! Good Luck everybody on the challenge! :)


Making Memories patterned paper, brown, turquoise,yellow, white, and red CS, ColorBox chalk ink- dark brown & SU!- yellow ink, PaperTrey Ink- Mixed messages stamp, owl stamp- Studio G $ bin at Michael's, hand drawn branch, flower ribbon- $ bin Michael's, red gingham ribbon, distressing, stitching, buttons from Bag-O-Buttons- Paper Studio, SU!- blender pen, hand drawn wood grain on branch

Have a Blessed Day!

KWerner Color Challenge #49

First of all I want to thank everyone who liked, commented, and looked at my card last week for the color challenge! I cannot believe it was picked for the top 10! I was so shocked when I saw the little rocker guy in the little box! :) Anyway on to the new card! Kristina picked some hard colors this week! These colors were a little hard for me, but I started to like them the more I work with it! I tried to get them as close as possible, but I don't have all of the SU! papers. I needed to make a Mother's Day card for my mom, (mom if your reading this, act surprised when you get this :) ) ! I have been seeing these circle cards and have been wanting to try one, so today I got out my Cricut and cut some circles. I really like how simple it turned out! I finally got to use my pom poms too. My mom was with me when I bought them and asked what I was going to do with them, now she will know why I wanted them! :) I used my Papertrey Ink stamp again (I Love them), I really love clear stamps, I was able to shape the stamp "Mother" to fit around the circle! So neat! Well here is my card, I hope you like it!
Here is the card opened!

Best Occasions paper, ColorBok-blue & pink textured CS,black & white CS, Martha Stewart butterfly punch, white buttons, pink w/black polka dots ribbon, white pom poms, cricut cutter, brad, Papertrey Ink - Mixed messages stamp, 3/4" circle punch

Have a Blessed Easter weekend!