Back to Card Camp!! Yippee!!

  When I was younger, I remember one Summer that my parents thought they were given me a super treat and sent me off to Summer Camp for two week.    I was homesick the whole time and did not like it at ALL.   Go Figure?   I don't' think I even finished out the second week and after that I NEVER went to camp again.

   That was until I found this awesome online Summer Card Camp and NOW....I love camp and enjoy it every minute.  I'm even taking an all day Stamp Camp class at my LSS this weekend, and I'm now a very happy camper and that's because they are craft camps and that's exactly what I LOVE!!

   This week we have a gorgeous new color combo at Card Camp and these are the colors you will see me working with this week!

    I'm here now to share three new cards that I have created for a few different challenges and ALL were based on this fun and happy color combo.

    My first card was started yesterday and was also created for the Greeting Card Challenge at The Outlawz Challenge Group.   For this card I picked out a Poppy image, and colored it with my Copics to match our new color Combo.   I also added more color to the little Prima Butterfly, so it also matched the them.   I then added a simple border, that I created with one of my new Memory Box dies.  It's a little square note-card, perfect for everyday use.

   My next card was also created for Summer Camp and this for this card I created by own background in the theme color by using Distress Inks, a Blending Tool and Perfect Pearls Mist.   I then stamped on my Hero Arts image (Wild Flower Garden), and then heat embossed it with Clear Embossing Powder.   I then put it all together, added some bling and ribbon and had this fun shaped card.  NOTE:  I created my card shape using a Grand Labels 4 Die Set and my Grand Calibur.

    This card was inspired and created to be submitted to each of the new challenges.

• Summer Card Camp - Week Two - Color Combo
• The Cheerful Stamp Pad - # 21 - Use a Favorite Background Technique
• Hooked On Craft Challenges - # 2 - Show us Your Flowers

   And I have a third card to share today and this card was also created for a variety of challenges, and was inspired by today's new class Video at Card Camp.  Today, Jennifer shared a very fun technique she discovered on day while working in her studio.  It's a embossing/kissing type technique and it was really fun and easy to do. 
 
   After following the technique, I put together this fun card, which was created with another of my new Hero Arts Stamps (Watercolor Petals).   Once I had the image embossed, I used these Pearlescent Watercolor Paints by Yasutomo, to color the flower with an Aqua Brush, which gave me a very subtle look, which is what I wanted with such a bright background.  Any coloring medium would have worked, but it was fun to try these paints that I've had in my stash.

   In addition to today's new challenge at Camp Camp, I am also submitting this card to the 'Anything Goes' Challenge being hosted over at Craft Your Passion.

    And now I am off to work on something totally different this afternoon.  It's another Challenge, only this one is a totally different color combo and even a for a different season.  Today's new Color Challenge at The Outlawz is Christmas in July and the Color Combo is Black, White and Red!    Sounds fun, don't you think?  If you want to play along, you can find ALL the details HERE!!

  I really am very behind on making a start in my Christmas Cards, and this new challenge has inspired me to make a start!!

   Update:   I'm back with my 'Christmas in July' card, which ended up being a lot of fun.  This image is a retired Digi from DigiStamp Boutique.   Her name is Chloe and she has always been one of my favorites.   I was surprised when I went over to find her link, and realized that she's been retried.   But, no worries, as there are several more adorable images in the store!  :)

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This fun card is being submitted to the Monthly Customer Appreciation Contest

at DigiStamp Boutique!!  Be sure to hop on over and check out the adorable new

July Releases!   Click HERE!!