IBSIC #27 ~ Inspiration Challenge Card

Today I am sharing the card I made based off of this Inspired By Stamping photo.

The colors we had to use are REDS, ORANGES AND CREAMS as the main colors.

And here's the card I created using this photo for inspiration, as well as reds, oranges, and creams for my main image.

What do you think?  When I saw the photo and heard about the colors we had to use, I knew EXACTLY what I wanted to use as the main image for my card....a jar of flowers!  These colors scream Fall or Autumn to me!!  Nature is SO beautiful in the Fall, and these colors are so perfectly found in nature.  I hope I caught a little bit of that with my card.  Thanks, Joanna Munster, from Inspired By Stamping, for asking me to be a guest designer for this Photo Inspiration challenge!!  It's been fun!!

Kimberly Sudol

www.KimberlysKards.com

IBS Inspiration Challenge Winner!!

I haven't posted in quite a while, but I just have to share....I am the IBS Inspiration Challenge winner!!  Our challenge was to make a card using these colors...

This week was all about homemade!  I had to use Sage, Pink, & Cream as the main colors for my project or card, and this is what I came up with...

They liked my card so much that I won the Inspiration Challenge!!  WooHoo!!!  I got this lovely new badge

that I posted on my sidebar!

I am very thrilled!!  This card took me forever to make...lol!  The flowers are all hand made from circle punches....as soon as I remake them (so I can remember exactly how I did it), I will post the size circles I used.  Hope you enjoyed hearing about my new success!!

Another cool tip!

This may be something that everyone does already, but I NEVER use the iron on my ribbon.  You know why??  I use a flat iron hair tool that I keep at my desk next to my heat gun!!  So when I need to "iron" the creases out of a ribbon, I turn it on, let it heat for just about a minute, and "iron" my ribbon flat!!  Viola...NO iron needed!!  I just got a cheapo one from Walmart for $9...I could care less if it "straightens well" or not....I just need a little heat and a flat surface!!

Another tiered paper cake!!

Good grief!!  Has it really been 2 months since I last blogged??  That sounds like the beginning of something said in a confessional...."Forgive me for I have sinned.  It's been 2 months since I last blogged..."  Hee, hee!!  I've just been busy with my kids, and various projects.  Here's my latest one....a 60 piece tiered paper favor cake!  It's for a friend's/customer's Mom's 90th birthday party at a church this coming Sunday....I think they'll all like it!  Even though these take a while to complete, the end result is SOOO pretty to look at!!  Is it OK to like your own projects??  Here are just a few pictures!

50th Anniversary Paper Cake Slice Favors!!!

I came up with a GREAT idea...a 3-tiered paper favor cake for my friends' parent's 50th wedding anniversary party!  Here are the results of all my work.  What do you think?  It looks even better in person....almost edible!  LOL!  The entire cake and every rose and leaf is handcrafted out of paper!

Here is the 3-tiered "masterpiece"!

 The bottom layer up close.

 The middle layer up close.

The top layer up close. 

 Here's how I will present it on the table when we have the 50th Anniversary party.  The gold "things" everywhere are little gold "50"'s that I threw on there for some fun sparkle!

 Another view...more from the top of the cake.

Here's one of the individual treat boxes taken out.

Here's a close up of the paper rose that I made for each of the favor boxes.

Here's one of the favor treat boxes opened.

I made scallop "doilies" out of gold tissue paper so the chocolate truffles wouldn't get all over the box.  That way, the guests could keep their boxes forever!

 Ooooo....look at those YUMMY chocolate truffles!!

Yet another view of the entire paper favor cake.

And yet another view.  OK....I'm done taking pictures!  I just REALLY like what I came up with!!  :O)

Peachy Cheap giveaway!!

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