Elements of Style in Black and Gray

I know...the card I posted yesterday used this same stamp set, but I made this card for my April stamp a stack before I knew this set was on the retired list.  My daughter actually helped me come up with this card.  She said all of my cards use too much Very Vanilla or Whisper White card stock.  She's right...I use a lot of those colors! lol  I really like them though, and I'll still use them.  It was nice to make a card a little different from my norm though. 

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Stamp Set:  Elements of Style

Card Stock:  Basic Black, Basic Gray & Wisteria Wonder

StazOn:  Black

Ribbon:  3/8" Ruffled in Wisteria Wonder

Shimmer Paint:  Champagne Mist

So long to some of my favorites...

Today's card is inspired by this week's Paper Players Clean and Simple Challenge #142 - A one-layer card.    Now that's a hard one for me because I like to add a little dimension to my cards.  When trying to figure out what to use I decided why not use a bunch of things that are retiring since I won't be using them much longer.  Well, maybe I will for my personal stuff, but not for my stamp a stacks or card classes. :(  My favorite thing that is going is the Champagne Mist Shimmer Paint that I spritz on my cards.  I don't know what I'm going to do without it!  I use it on a LOT of my cards because it adds so much to them.  I think I'll keep using it as long as I have some on hand! :)   I also picked one of my two favorite sets that is retiring and colored it in with retiring colors (except So Saffron).  It's kind of hard to see in my picture, but I scored a rectangle and only colored on the inside of it, then spritzed only the outside of the card.

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Stamp Set:  Elements of Style

Card Stock:  Watercolor Paper

Classic Stampin' Pads & Reinkers:  Pretty in Pink, Baja Breeze,

So Saffron & Certainly Celery

StazOn:  Black

Shimmer Paint:  Champagne Mist

Simply Scored Scoring Tool

Thoughts of You

Here's another card we made at this month's stamp a stack.  I hadn't used this set in a while and thought it would be nice to use it again.  I also wanted a card that went together pretty quickly and this one did. :)

Also don't forget about the retiring stamp sets and accessories.  The retiring stamp sets HERE are available until June 3, and the accessories HERE are available while supplies last!

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Stamp Sets:  Artistic Etchings, En Francais & Loving Thoughts

Card Stock:  Basic Black & Very Vanilla

Classic Stampin' Pads:  Basic Black & Cherry Cobbler

Punch:  Bird

5/8" Vanilla Flower Trim

Shimmer Paint:  Champagne Mist

Sponges

Mojo Monday's The Open Sea

  Well I had a very small group turn up for my stamp a stack this month, but I was so tired it was nice to sit and relax a little this time.  I did manage to make two of the five cards while they were stamping too, so that was nice.  This is the only masculine card that we did, but I loved how it turned out.  I used Mojo Monday's sketch challenge here for the design and saw a few cards out there that used similar colors to this that I liked.

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Stamp Sets:  The Open Sea & Curly Cute

Card Stock:  Basic Black, Island Indigo, Pool Party & Whisper White

Classic Stampin' Pads:  Island Indigo & Pool Party

StazOn Black

Punch:  1 1/4" Square

RHSSC Punch Art Baby Card

It's Sunday so that means it's time for another Red Hot Stampers' sketch challenge post.  Yikes, it's been a week since I've posted!  Well, I'll have a few cards to show you this week since I have a stamp a stack on Tuesday.  I'd better get busy too!!  Well, today's card follows the sketch...kind of. lol  I needed a baby card and saw really cute card using these punch art animals by Doris Denman, and I had to give them a try.  I think hers turned out way cuter, but I wanted something with more boy colors since that's the kind of card I needed...I know, I used a little pink. :)  Oh, and don't forget to check out the Red Hot Stampers cards made with this same sketch here. 

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Elegant Bojo Blossoms

Today's card for the Red Hot Stampers' sketch challenge is pretty clean and simple.  I wanted to follow the sketch pretty closely and decided to use the Bojo Blossoms punch using the smallest flower to create this week's card.  Don't forget to check out the other cards using this sketch over at the Red Hot Stampers blog. :)

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Card Stock:  Elegant Eggplant, Always Artichoke & Very Vanilla

Classic Stampin' Pad:  Elegant Eggplant

Embossing Folder:  Designer Frames

Punches:  Bojo Blossoms & Extra-large Oval

Jewels:  Basic Pearl

Shimmper Paint:  Champagne Mist

Sponges

HSS - Island Indigo Field Flowers

Today's card is an attempt to make a clean and simple card for a card party I'm having next week.  I used the Hand Stamped Sentiments color Challenge #157 to make this card.  I wasn't too sure about the colors, but think I managed to make them work pretty well. :)

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Stamp Sets:  Field Flowers & Curly Cute

Card Stock:  Whisper White

Classic Stampin' Pads:  Daffodil Delight, Island Indigo
 & Lucky Limeade

Ribbon:  5/8" Organza in Whisper White

Shimmer Paint:  Champagne Mist

Sponges