Saturday, July 30, 2011

CAS-ual Long and Short with Color Lab

I am finally back!!  I was only gone last weekend for a long weekend but I got back to this mess and it has just been too darn hot to clean it up. 


Plus, Scott, Erik and I have been working at the local pool's snack shack most days - think small, unairconditioned room, with multiple refrigerators, freezers, microwaves and pot of hot water generating even more heat.  Technically, the high school marching band runs it every summer as a fundraiser, but the flaw in that plan is that they have a two week marching camp in July and they go back to school early August (even though the pool is open until Labor Day) - so we parents get to run the snack shack!  Wave at my boys...


Enough whining!!

Here is my card for CAS-ual Fridays (to make a 4x9 card) and for this week's Create Ink ColorLab.


I LOVE this sentiment!!



I had a real problem getting back into cardmaking - I had two full false starts on this card...  (I didn't spend any time editing these pics)

This one just seems too dark!

This is my favorite of the batch
but I see "wedding" when I
look at it!

I even failed on my posted card.
I had originally colored the candles
in Coral thinking it would highlight
the yellow stickles, but it just
looked orange!!

I am so hoping that my cardmaking block is over...I have a wonderful weekend of cards in front of me and I am thrilled to be back in my craft corner with ink on my fingers and glitter on my eyebrows!
  • Stamps: Lawn Fawn images, Morningstar sentiment
  • Ink: Stampin' Up Soft Suede, Crumb Cake, Calypso Coral, Baja Breeze, Daffodil Delight
  • Paper: Stampin' Up Crumb Cake and a small piece of Baja Breeze dsp
  • Accessories: Oval and Scalloped Oval Nesties, Yellow Stickes, sheer ribbon rubbed across the Daffodil pad, small piece of linen thread

13 comments:

  1. Hi dear. What a beaties. And you're right.. what a super cute sentiment. Wow, that heat sounds to intense for me.. What a gift that you do this for your boys. Bless your heart! Pss: I waved back at them.
    Inky hugs, Pauline

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  2. So glad to see you're back! Love the final card! What a fun one!! :) Hope your mojo keeps right on flowing! Know how it is when just getting started again seems almost painful! Can't wait to see more of your wonderful creations!

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  3. Happy to see you again! I love all of these cards, but the first one is definitely my pick for a birthday! Love that extra tall cake!

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  4. i love all three of your creations!

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  5. Lovely to have your creations back in blogland Kim, love this towering cake and yep a brilliant sentiment :)
    Jenny x

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  6. Very very cool!!! I see you live in Parker.....not too far from me....I live in Denver...ten minutes away from DIA. Hope all is well.....

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  7. What a great card! Perfect for that looooong cake! Thanks for joining us at the ColorLab!

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  8. Wow that is some cake! It is a great sentiment. Mmmmm cake!!! x

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  9. Lovely card. I love the way you alternated the colors on the layers. Thanks for joining us at ColorLab.

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  10. Love your cake. Everyone needs a cake that tall for their birthday. :) Ann

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  11. I think these are all great cards, we are our own worst critics right? I know I'd love to eat a piece of cake that large! Thanks for playing at CAS-ual Fridays!

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  12. These are alllllll awesome! Thanks for playing along with us at CAS-ual Fridays!

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  13. Superb work, I love them all!
    Thanks for playing at CAS-ual Fridays!
    Laura

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