May 6, 2015

TGIF Challenge C01 came along just in time. I had planned a design for another card challenge website featuring a Mother’s Day card with a color palette combo I had found on Pinterest. As I browsed through different demonstrator websites and other card challenges, I came across the TGIF Color Challenge. I was excited to change my color palette and include the TGIF Color Combo on my Mother’s Day card.

The card turned out so much better than I had anticipated. I think the Peachy Keen SU! stamp set and the TGIF color challenge work well together. Thanks so much for opening up TGIF Challenges!

Supplies:

Peach Keen (retired SU!) stamp set

Perpetual Birthday Calendar Photopolymer Stamp Set – 137167

Price: $23.95

Whisper White 8-1/2″ X 11″ Card Stock – 100730

Price: $8.50

Calypso Coral 8-1/2″ X 11″ Card Stock – 122925

Price: $6.95

Pool Party 8-1/2″ X 11″ Card Stock – 122924

Price: $6.95

Color Me Autumn Designer Series Paper – 135820

Price: $10.95

Calypso Coral Classic Stampin’ Pad – 126983

Price: $5.95

Crushed Curry Classic Stampin’ Pad – 131173

Price: $5.95

Banner Punch – 133519

Price: $12.95

Dots & Stripes Decorative Masks – 133775

Price: $2.95

On Film Framelits Die – 132969

Price: $29.95

Sponge Daubers – 133773

Price: $4.95

Crushed Curry Baker’s Twine – 134586

Price: $2.95

Stampin’ Dimensionals – 104430

Price: $3.95

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I missed the last SUO Card Challenge; so, I made sure I had my card finished ahead of time. What a great card challenge to celebrate the mothers in our lives. My mother was a very sweet person and a crafting whiz in her own rights. Her area of expertise was sewing. She could sew anything. In fact, she made slipcovers for her sofa and it looked upholstered (in other words, she was REALLY good at sewing).

For this challenge, along with the Mother’s Day theme I chose to use a color challenge from another website. The colors for their challenge are: Calypso Coral, Crushed Curry, and Pool Party. I also wanted to use a stamp set I rarely use but really like. I chose the Peachy Keen SU! stamp set. Once I started on the card, I realized I didn’t have any Crushed Curry cardstock; so, I went digging in my DSP stash and used the Crushed Curry background paper from Color Me Autumn. I guess there’s more than one way to skin a cat. I didn’t have a cute “mom” stamp either. To work around this obstacle, I printed the word MOM onto Calypso Coral cardstock and then cut out the heart using the hearts framelits set. On the Whisper White cardstock I used to stamp “You’re Peach Keen,” I took Crushed Curry ink and lightly stenciled some diagonal lines to give the stamped area some depth. The rest of the card is pretty self-explanatory.

SUO Card Challenge #121: