Banana Split Sunday and CPS Challenge

Good Morning!

Today's 2RedBananas Banana Split Challenge is playing along with the Card Positioning Systems Challenge that we are sponsoring. It's a sketch challenge and here is the sketch.


I made two cards with this great sketch!

My first one uses the soon to be released Precious Bundles, it's Jami Bova's last set and she says it's her favorite, I can definitely see why. There are lots of fun images and sweet sentiments. It's also FUN to paper piece this image and I can't wait to try it on the others :)

This card is also sweet to me because I used some daisy trim that I got from my Grandmother. I just love the way the trim looks with these sweet papers.


Supplies:
Stamps: Precious Bundles - 2RedBananas (to be released Wednesday, June 17th)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Copics
Paper: Imaginisce - Baby Powder line
Other: white Inkssentials pen, Stardust pens - pink, yellow, pop-dots, lace trim, pearls




This one is the first card I made with the sketch. I love these papers and I LOVE the Caring Critters set. It's SO versatile.


Supplies:
Stamps - Caring Critters - 2RedBananas
Ink: Versafine Onyx black, Chestnut Roan chalk ink for sponging, SU Bliss Blue for sponging
Paper: Pink Paislee - Captivating Line (the brown polka dot is not in that line, but that was just a scrap I had so I don't know who makes that one)
Other: Dew Drops - water, Nesties, pop dots, May Arts aqua mesh ribbon, Inkssentials white pen, prismacolor pencils and mineral spirits

Be sure to look at the creations from the rest of the design team:

Cassie~Deb~Denise~Jami~Silke~Teresa~Wendy

Also, pop on over to the 2RedBananas blog and the Card Positioning Systems blog to show off your design and be eligible to win a different prize from each blog.

Our quote for the day: "The manner of giving is worth more than the gift. " — Pierre Corneille

Thanks so much for stopping by and give the sketch challenge a try :)

Mother's Day Cards

Hi! I have a quick post before I start adding the new House Mouse & Friends stamps to the 2RedBananas site.....they are so cute!!!

Today, I'm sharing some Mother's Day cards I've made since cleaning up my studio. It's amazing how much more productive I am ;)

This first one is using the Technique Challenge at SCS. The challenge is about using the wax paper resist technique with embossing folders. I ADORE embossing folders, as you will see on the next card as well :)

Supplies:
Stamps: Caring Critters - 2RedBananas, sentiment - Stampendous
Ink: Versafine Onyx Black, SU Gorious Green, StazOn black, Creamy Brown chalk ink
Paper: glossy cardstock for the resist technique, kraft and teal regular cardstock
Other: prismacolor pencils and mineral spirits, grosgrain ribbon, prima flowers, dew drops - sunflower, cuttlebug embossing folder, quickutz diamond dies


This second card uses a brand new embossing folder from Quickutz. I ADORE the cuttlebug ones so much that as soon as I learned that Quickutz had released some embossing folders, I just had to try one. The one that I bought has the rectangle in the center for the sentiment and I don't have anything even close to that :) I am very impressed with the Quickutz ones as well, the are VERY close to the same thing as the cuttlebug ones. Makes me a happy girl! :) It also helped me make this Clean and Simple card and I'm just not all that great at making these.

Supplies:

Stamps: sentiment - Stampendous

Ink: Versafine vintage sepia

Paper: Bazzill

Other: Quickutz embossing folder, chalk, prima flowers and dew drops - soil and water

This third card was cased from the new Stamp It! Cards Magazine pg. 82 Alisa Bangerter's 'thinking of you' card. I love this magazine!

Supplies:

Stamps: Elegant - Little Yellow Bicycle, sentiment - Studio G

Ink: lavender and yellow citrus chalk inks

Paper: Basic Grey

Other: ribbon, primas, dew drops, word window punch - McGill

Our quote for the day: "Every sixty seconds you spend angry, upset, or mad, is a full minute of happiness you'll never get back." - Unknown

Thanks so much for stopping by!!

Three more Challenge Cards

Hi! Three more challenges I get to show you today!

This first one keeps me laughing. The challenge is the Ways to Use it Challenge on SplitCoastStampers. For this one you were supposed to use stickers and stamps. Well, I knew exactly what stickers I wanted to use. I've had them in my stash for a while now, but I remember buying them. I saw them in the store and just started laughing out loud!!! Not, just once, but every time I looked at them. This is just one of the zebras in the package. Oh my goodness, he still makes me smile :)

Supplies:
Stamp: Hero Arts
Ink: Versafine Onyx black
Paper: Bazzill, Prism
Other: Jolee's stickers, May Arts red satin ribbon

This card was made for the sketch challenge on SCS. Once again I used the October Afternoon papers, they just feel so 'springy' to me :)

Supplies:
Stamps: Caring Critters - 2RedBananas
Ink: Versafine Onyx black, Chalk ink- Chestnut Roan, French Blue
Paper: October Afternoon
Other: Dew Drops-water, prismacolor pencils & mineral spirits, Inkssentials white pen


This final card is for thee SCS Try a New Technique and the technique is ribbon frames. I love this purple ribbon and I knew that this was the one I wanted to use, so here is the card:

Supplies:
Stamps: Wrapped in His Love - 2RedBananas
Ink: Versafine Vintage Sepia
Paper: Webster's Pages, Paper Loft
Other: Gold Glimmer Blingz, May Arts ribbon

Hope to get more done soon! Remember to check out the 2RedBananas blog for this week's challenge: Make a 'Spring' project.

Our quote for the day (this is one of my favorites :) : "Where we love is home, HOME that our feet may leave, but not our hearts." - Oliver Wendell Holmes


Thanks so much for stopping by and have a great day!

TWO from ONE

I'm just a little late to be saying Good Morning, so Good Afternoon :)
I'm excited about this post. Although, these projects didn't take all that much time in actually making them, getting the time was the challenge. :)
You know how I love to use double sided papers so I can just use one sheet, well this time I took it even further and used ONE 12X12 sheet of dp to make TWO projects - Woo Hoo!!!

I used the MME Bella Bella, French Flea Market Collection - Simply Plaid paper which is the seafoam green on the back side.
The only other papers I used were a scrap piece of brown cardstock and a plain white cardstock base for the card.
Supplies:
Stamps: Quotes - 2RedBananas
Ink: Versafine Vintage Sepia, Chalk Ink - Chestnut Roan
Paper: MME Bella Bella -French Flea Market Collection - Simply Plaid
Other: Brown Grosgrain RicRac, star journaling circle

After I finished the layout I used what I had left to make this card :)

Supplies:
Stamps: Caring Critters - 2RedBananas
Ink: Versafine Vintage Sepia, Chalk Ink - Chestnut Roan
Paper : MME Bella Bella, French Flea Mkt Collection - Simply Plaid
Other: Cuttlebug embossing folder, Prima flowers, Dew Drops - soil (shades of brown), prismacolor pencils & mineral spirits, white flocking, Satin Champagne ribbon, pop dots

This was fun to do and I don't have many scraps left :) If you try it, post a link in the comments, I would love to see what you come up with.

Remember to check out the challenge on the 2RedBananas blog, it's a Spring challenge and there is a prize that will be randomly drawn for.

Our quote for the day: "True strength is delicate." - Louise Nevelson

Thanks so much for stopping by and have a great day!!!

Challenge card to show you :)

Wow, it's been a LONG week! Lots to get done and sometimes feeling like I'm spinning my wheels but not going anywhere. I did, however, get some challenge cards made :)

This first one is for today's Inspiration Challenge on SCS. I used the Caring Critters and Wrapped in His Love sets. I just love the apple blossom stamp, I keep using it over and over. I also love the bird stamp, she's just so cute!

Supplies:
Stamps: Wrapped in His Love and Caring Critters - 2RedBananas
Ink: Versafine Onyx black, Chalk ink - burnt sienna, yellow cadmium, VersaMagic - pumpkin spice
Paper: Daisy D's, Prism
Other: Prismacolor pencils and mineral spirits, ribbon, Dew Drops - Fresh Mowed Grass


This one was made for the Verve Visual sketch with a twist. The twist is to make a birthday card. I combined it with the No Time to Stamp challenge of using a white mat.
Supplies:
Stamps: Fancy Florals - Verve Visual
Ink: Versafine Onyx black, Chalk Ink - Orchid Pastel
Paper: Basic Grey - Urban Prairie, Bazzill
Other: Ribbon, Shimmerz - Bubblegum, Metallic Dew Drops - Mardi Gras


This one was made for the Ways to Use it Challenge and also for the Cute Card Thursday challenge. The Ways to Use it was a 'green' challenge. You can use the color green and/or recycled items. I did both, I used the ATC that I made last week and used green :) The Cute Card Thursday challenge is a sketch challenge, very fun!


Supplies:
Stamps: Louie - 2RedBananas
Ink: Versafine Onyx Black, Chalk ink, Lime Pastel
Paper: Reminisce, plain cardstock
Other: May Arts ribbon, Metallic Dew Drops, Fiskars border punch, Quickutz die, Shimmerz - Celery, Prismacolor pencils and mineral spirits

Our quote for the day: "Beauty to me is being comfortable in your own skin. That, or a kick - red lipstick." - Gwyneth Paltrow

Thanks so much for stopping by. Remembers the 2RedBananas blog will start a new challenge tomorrow and this one has a prize :) Have a great weekend!!

Challenges

Wow, today was a great day despite being interupted to do important things, I got 2 challenge cards finished!!! I haven't been doing many challenge cards for the past week or so, so I was itching to get back into it! We are going to start hosting our own challenges on the 2RedBananas blog so be sure to look for more information there :)



This cards was made for the Technique Challenge on SCS. I used an envelope for part of it, very cool. I also got to use 2 of the newly released stamp sets. Both from Jami Bova, Wrapped in His Love and Caring Critters. I thought they worked really well together. I also used prismacolor pencils and mineral spirits, celery Shimmerz, pop-dots, a glaze pen, ribbon, a crimper, and a Quickutz diamond die.



It was really fun to make, and I can see myself making more in the future. I think this one will get sent out in the mail tomorrow :)



This second card was made for House Mouse Challenge 27. The challenge is to incorporate chipboard onto your card, so this is what I came up with. I have a tendency to forget about chipboard so this was a fun challenge for me. I used 2 House Mouse stamps, Sweet Dreams and Smell the Flowers. The papers I used are from Bazzill Basics and Webster's Pages - purple majesty. I colored the image with prismacolor pencils and mineral spirits (surprise, surprise :) and then painted the lilac with lilac Shimmerz. I used grosgrain ribbon, and hero arts flowers, and then because I didn't put any dew drops on the last card, I used 6 of them on this one :) Some from the Grapes and Leaves collection and some from the Fresh Mowed Grass collection.







This is a fun challenge that they post every Monday and you have until the following Sunday I think to get your card posted. Sometimes they have a prize sometimes they don't. But you should check it out if you love House Mouse and Friends stamps.

Our quote for the day: "Love me when I least deserve it, because that's when I really need it." - Swedish Proverb

Thanks so much for stopping by and have a wonderful evening!