Margaret Moody

Merry Monday #48 Color Challenge

We've got a new challenge this week at Merry Monday, hosted by Lesley Croghan at Always Playing with Paper!   It's a Color Challenge (Merry Monday #48) using non-traditional colors of Pumpkin Pie, Marina Mist and Basic Gray! 

I used My Digital Studio 2+ to create the stamp image for my 5.25x5.25 inch card, using the Something for Christmas stamp brush. The coloring tool feature in MDS2+ makes it super simple to add different colors to an image.  I printed the image on Whisper White card stock, trimmed it to 4x4 inches, layered it on color coordinating mats, and then my card base.  A quick and oh so easy, contemporary Christmas card!

I hope you'll play along with us this week at Merry Monday!  Get out your supplies and get a jump start on making your Christmas cards!  Need some inspiration?  See what my fellow Merry Makers have done with this modern and fresh color combination by visiting their blogs!  I know you'll be inspired! 

Wendy Aungst

Vicki Burdick

Allisa Chilton

Sherry Eckblad

Narelle Farrugia

Nina Forsyth

Sue Joyce

Bonnie Klass

LeAnne Pugliese

All supplies are Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted:

Stamps:  Something for Christmas Stamp Brush (My Digital Studio 2+)
Paper:  Pumpkin Pie, Marina Mist, Basic Gray, Whisper White card stock
Tools:  1/4" Circle Punch (retired)
Extras:  Blue/White Baker's Twine (my embellishment collection), Stampin' Dimensionals, Tombow Multi-Purpose Adhesive

It's Another Merry Monday!

November is really flying by and December will be here before you know it!  It's the perfect time for you to visit Always Playing with Paper and join in the Merry Monday Challenge #42 to create a few Christmas cards before December 25th rolls around!  I'm thrilled to be joining Lesley Croghan and her team of Merry Makers this month in their weekly sketch challenge!  Here's the fun sketch we used for this week's challenge:

I love this sketch and used patterned papers from Stampin' Up!'s Festival of Prints DSP Stack to create a clean and simple card!  Once again, I turned to the My Digital Studio program to create my sentiment and mittens image.  It allows me to add multiple colors to the stamp brush images so I can color coordinate them to any patterned paper I want to use!  It's really quick, fun and easy to do, too!  I like the way this card turned out and I hope you do too!  If so, please leave me a comment!  I really enjoy hearing from you! 

Be sure to see what the team of Merry Makers did with this sketch too by visiting their blogs.  I know you'll be inspired by their wonderful work!

Lesley Croghan

Wendy Aungst

Allisa Chilton

Sherry Eckblad

Narelle Farrugia

Nina Forsyth

Sue Joyce

Bonnie Klass

LeAnne Pugliese

All supplies used are Stampin' Up!, unless otherwise noted:

Paper:  Cherry Cobbler, Bashful Blue, Very Vanilla card stock; Festival of Prints DSP Stack
Tools:  My Digital Studio 2+ software program, 1-3/4" Scallop Circle Punch, 1-3/8" Circle Punch, 1-1/4" Circle Punch, 1-1/4" Square Punch, 3/16" Corner Punch, scoring board, stylus
Extras:  Stampin' Dimensionals