Lots o' Dots & Dawn's Raspberry Suite Color Challenge #11

Holey camole macarole!! I actually completed a Dawn McVey Color Challenge!!! Everytime she puts one of her challenges out there, I have the best of intentions to participate and somehow, that deadline always seems to come and go faster than I realize! Maybe it was the colors, maybe it was the extended deadline, maybe it was just those little circles that spoke to me!

See? Having five colors, Dawn had to make her circles smaller and all I could see were the circles! Funny how our eyes get locked on to one aspect that then takes our hand and leads us to whatever we choose to make. :> Speaking of which, I have so enjoyed opening my book and seeing the bookmark I made for a challenge last month greet me each time I settle in and am transported to another world via the words on those pages. So, I thought I would make another bookmark to make me just as happy now that I'm on to another book!

When pulling my colors for Dawn's challenge, I discovered, yet again, that I still do not have grey cardstock. I must have an aversion to buying it or something! However, I have a light silver. In lower lighting, it looks like light grey, under direct lighting, you can see the shine of the silver, and as I found out from my photos that in a window with the light of an overcast sky, it almost looks white!! But, I assure you, it is a light grey/silver cardstock in color. I also used Papertrey Ink's True Black, Pure Poppy, Raspberry Fizz, and New Leaf cardstocks.

My lots o' dots were simply cardstock punched out with a hand punch that I've had from an office supply store for about fifteen years now. If I had been smart when I started the process of gluing the dots to the black cardstock, I would have run them through my xyron. But, I like a challenge and glued them all on with my Scotch Quick-Dry Adhesive (which is a Great adhesive, but can get a little messy when you're gluing 53 dots down). I used Stampin' Up!'s grid paper to help guide the lines, but I did not lay them out or mark the cardstock before starting....I just eyeballed their placement after using the grid to help me get the first row down.

After I had layed down more than half my dots, I thought it would probably be a good idea to think about what image I wanted for a focal point. Initially, I thought I would go for a flower of some sort, something bold and graphic. But, as soon as I opened a drawer and saw one of my cute Snoopy stamps that I picked up in the '90's, I knew he was perfect for a fun and happy lots o' dots bookmark! After stamping him, I detail cut him out, cut off the stamped string, and added some Stickles to his collar. I colored his balloon in with my Bic Mark-It pens and put a coat of Crystal Effects on. I replaced the stamped balloon string with a strand of red embroidery floss. Doesn't Snoopy look happy with his shiny pink balloon?!

To top the bookmark off, I cut a strip of Raspberry Fizz grosgrain, cut the tips to a point, folded it in half and adhered it with Fabri-Tac. Atop the Fizz ribbon, I adhered a black button that has a bow tied off with a double layer of full embroidery strands. Below is one last pic with the ribbon unfolded, showing the bookmark from top to bottom. I think I have a happy little bookmark to make me smile each time I dive into the adventures that a great books' pages hold waiting for me! And, I'm really glad I made time to play along with Dawn's color challenge...finally!

Supplies:

Cardstock: True Black, Pure Poppy, Raspberry Fizz, New Leaf - PTI; Silver - The Paper Company
Ink: India Ink Black - Stewart Superior Corporation
Stamps: Snoopy's Balloon - Rubber Stampede
Ribbon: 5/8" Raspberry Fizz Grosgrain - PTI
Button: True Black Vintage Buttons - PTI
Other: red embroidery floss - Making Memories; Crystal Effects - Stampin' Up!; Xmas Red Stickles - Ranger; Permanent Mark-It Markers - Bic

KWerner Color Inspiration #55...my 1st time playing along!

Amazingly, I have never played along with one of Kristina's color challenges before. But, that ended today. I have a couple of new books by my bedside and I am so tired of pulling the nearest thing to mark my page....a paper clip, a barrette, and my old standby, a kleenex! So, a bookmark seemed to be calling my name.

With Kristina's colors in mind, I riffled through my stamps and pulled out quite an assortment that have most definitely not received the love they deserve. First, I cut a piece of More Mustard down to size. Next, I stamped an antique map of Africa. Then, I stamped the sentiment and the Tim Holtz clock with Versamark and embossed with russet embossing powder. I stamped some vines randomly all over the cardstock (these were not embossed) for a tone on tone effect.

Not wanting to add any cream cardstock to the bookmark, I went through my options to include the color. Cream ink? Nope, don't have it. Cream rub-ons? Nope, none in a shape that would work for me. Hmmmmmmm.......what else do I have?? Then it came to me!! Prismacolor colored pencils!!! PC914, Cream, at my service! I know this seems so simple, but its a major light bulb tip moment for me!!! With my pencils, I pretty much have any color that could be used in a color challenge, even if I do not have it in ink, cardstock, or ribbon! I used the cream colored pencil to color the edges, as you would ink the edges with an ink pad. This light bulb moment just tickled me oh so pink....er, um, cream colored?!

I finished the bookmark off with a Making Memories pebble clip at the top and matted the stamped More Mustard carstock on to a piece of Really Rust cardstock. One thing I want to note, I know that the embossing powder looks a bit different in color to the cardstock, but they really are the same color in real life.

I typically do not collage stamp. Yet, I had so much fun here and really like how it came out.....not to mention, all of the unused stamps and supplies that are feelin' the love with this simple little creation! :>

Supplies:
Cardstock: More Mustard, Really Rust - Stampin' Up!
Ink: Versamark - Tsukineko; Weathered Wood Distress Ink - Ranger
Stamps: Antique Maps - Sunday International; Decorative Flair (vine) - Stamped In Ink; Sentiment, Special Occasions - Marcella by K&Company; Clock, Life's Possibilities - Tim Holtz for Stampers Anonymous
Embossing Powder: Russet - The Herbarium
Embellishment: Travel Pebble Clips
Other: Prismacolor Colored Pencil