It was so fun to go through all the color challenge entries! I think there were a few running themes throughout… lots of cards with hearts on white backgrounds, lots of white cards in general, and lots of butterflies. :)

Anyway, enjoy! I couldn’t limit myself to just 5 top picks, so I went for 10. However, I still only have 5 iTunes prizes, so I randomly picked 5 out of the 10 and those will receive the iTunes gift cards. :) Those five are shown on the top row below…

NOTE: If you are one of the 5 prize winners, I will be emailing you concerning the gift cards. Some of you are outside the US, and I just realized that you won’t be able to use iTunes gift certificates bought from the US iTunes Store. We’ll have to figure something else out. :)

TOP TEN

RANDOM TEN

Good morning, all!

For this week’s Finally Friday card, it all started with the yellow and gray stitched brad. For some reason, I just absolutely loved the muted colors of that brad! So, I paired it up with some patterned papers from Cosmo Cricket’s The Boyfriend collection and cut out a flower from my Spring Flowers Designer Cuts digital kit. (I used Sure Cuts a Lot software to cut the SVG file on my Cricut).

Anyhow, enjoy!

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Hi all! A Year in Cards is continuing into 2010, and today marks the first class! :)

For this month’s cards, I decided it was the perfect time to make some Valentine’s Day cards (you never can have enough, right?). I used a bunch of supplies from BasicGrey’s Sugar Rush collection to make the three cards.

Anyhow, for photos of the cards and to download a PDF with instructions, click here. :)

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Hi all!

I have three small cards for you today that I made for TwoPeas. :) I used a bunch of American Crafts Letterbox collection on the cards, and I made the cards smaller to fit inside another of Maya Road’s kraft envelopes (square and rectangles). (I used one in last week’s Finally Friday video).

I grouped the Letterbox chipboard shapes, patterned papers, Enjoy stamps, and ribbon with a few items from other companies and it worked out great! I used some of My Mind’s Eye’s Be-Loved die-cut accessories and Hero Arts’ new Dots Cling stamp.

NOTE: The “happy birthday” sentiment is from one of the BasicGrey mini stamp sets that you can only get when you buy $25 worth of BasicGrey product from the TwoPeas store. Pretty sweet, eh?! :)

Enjoy!

(c) Two Peas in a Bucket

(c) Two Peas in a Bucket

(c) Two Peas in a Bucket

(c) Two Peas in a Bucket

Hi all! Here is part 2 of my Questions and Answers videos. :)

Questions answered:
What 5 tools could you not live without?
What do you do with the scraps of ribbon you cut off when making bows and knots?
What edge punches would you recommend? What brand of punches?
Where did you buy your Uni-ball Signo Broad white gel pen?
How do you store paper so that you see what you have?
Where did you get your black Crop-A-Dile?
What heat tool do you use?
What can use to emboss if I don’t have a heat tool?
Have you ever used Pearl Ex?
Do you have any tips for using decorative scissors?
What brands of glue dots do you use?
How do you store your inkpads?
Do you own a Bind-It-All?
Have you tried Tim Holtz’ Swivel Clasps? How do you use them?
What kind of markers do you use?
Are there VersaMark reinkers and when do you reink a VersaMark pad?
Is there something you bought but don’t know how to use?
Do you ever use embossing powders other than white?

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NOTE: Don’t forget! The Color Inspiration Challenge (with a chance to win prizes! Woohoo!) closes tonight. :)

Hi all!

I broke down all my Questions & Answers videos into smaller chunks which I’ll be sharing throughout this week. This is part one, Designing. :)

Questions answered in video:
How do you come up with ideas?
What inspires you?
What do you do when you create a card that you’re not happy with?
Do you design vintage style cards?
Do you ever not feel like creating, but have deadlines for your blog or Two Peas?
Do you sketch other people’s designs in your card sketchbook?
Do you have some tips for sketching card ideas?
How you find colors that look good together? How do you use a color wheel?
What are some of your favorite fonts?
How much of your graphic design training do you use in cardmaking?
Do you make mini albums or scrapbook pages?
How do you plan ahead for cards?
Do you ever feel that you’re doing the same thing over and over?

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Morning, all!

For this week’s MACM, I made a Valentine’s/Friendship card… Well, not really sure what category it fits into! LOL! Just a fun card, I guess. :) Anyhow, I used some of the My Mind’s Love Me Do patterned paper that I showed in my latest scrap goodies video. I also threw in the Glee stamp set from American Crafts. BTW, who else just loves that stamp set purely because it’s called Glee and you love the new Fox show Glee? Seriously, I can’t wait for the show to start up again in the spring. :)

Anyhow, enjoy! Oh, and before I go. I’ll be posting the Question & Answer videos this week. One per day. I broke out all your questions into categories, so I’ve made the videos by topic. Hopefully by posting them one per day it won’t be overwhelming. Needless to say, there are a lot of questions to be answered. :)

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Laugh Smile Love – Stampin’ Up! cardstock in Kraft and Whisper White; American Crafts Glee stamp set; My Mind’s Eye Love Me Do patterned paper; Colorbox Fluid Chalk ink in Chesnut Roan; Stampin’ Up! Real Red wide grosgrain; We R Memory Keepers Corner Chomper.

Good morning, all!

For this week’s card, I thought it would be a great time to start into Valentine’s Day cards. And when I think of Valentine’s Day cards I think of the little cards I exchanged with my friends when I was a little girl. Smaller cards are perfect for Valentine’s Day! Plus, they’re super cute because they’re little. :)

I used one of the free BasicGrey mini stamp sets on this card. (You can get one of the mini sets for free when you order $25 worth of BG product from the TwoPeas store). Then I paired it with some American Crafts patterned paper, a stamp from their Letterbox collection, and a kraft envelope from Maya Road. Super quick and simple.

CHALLENGE: Create a small card. Simply upload your card for this challenge to the TwoPeas gallery, select this Finally Friday video when you upload your image, and your creation will be linked up the challenge and appear at the bottom of the FF page.

Enjoy!

Oh, and don’t forget the Color Challenge. You have until Tuesday evening to submit your card. :)

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Happy Wednesday, all!

So, my mom–who is an amazing quilter–is making me a quilt for my living room. I have a comfy red chair and sort of a bone color sofa. Last week we went to pick out fabric and found the perfect fabrics! Most of them (all but two) are from a Joel Dewberry Collection. After taking this picture of the fabric, I knew it had to be a Color Inspiration Challenge.

I nearly didn’t post this Color Inspiration Challenge, though. I don’t want any of you to think this is a return to “weekly” color challenges or anything like that. This does not mean “the Color Inspiration Challenge is back.” It’s just me, excited about this color combination, and I wanted to share. So just have fun with it. :)

Since this is a “one off” challenge, this is how the round-up will work: 5 top picks, 10 random picks. And because I just love new music, the creators of the 5 top picks will each receive a $10 iTunes gift certificate. :)

Oh, and if any of you find a spam link, please contact me. Thanks!

Happy Tuesday, all!

Sorry for the delay in the video this week. It took forever to export the video last night and upload it to YouTube. I mean, hello! This stinkin’ thing is over 10 minutes long! I eventually went to bed while it was uploading. And I’m SO sorry you have to hear me ramble on and on in it… Seriously, after not doing one of these videos for two weeks, I’m a little rusty. :)

Anyhow, I used some of my new supplies on this card. I broke out Hero Art’s Dot stamp and layering papers, and then threw in an older Hero Arts stamp set, So Sweet.

Also, I had a few questions about using blender pens come up while I was organizing my Q&A video (coming soon!). So I thought I’d stick some blender pen tips in the video, too.

Enjoy!

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My Cup of Tea – Stampin’ Up! cardstock in Naturals White; Hero Arts Layering paper in Daffodil and Carnation; Hero Arts So Sweet stamp set; Hero Arts Dots stamp; StazOn ink in Jetblack; Stampin Up! inks in Pretty in Pink, Sage Shadow, and So Saffron; Papertrey Ink ribbon; Stampin’ Up!1-3/4″ circle punch; Fiskars Threading Waters edge punch; We R Memory Keepers Corner Chomper.