October's Color Challenge Submissions

This is terribly late, but better late than never!

Here are the submissions we received for October's THS Color Challenge! Enjoy! Both of the submissions are from our regular stampers, Crystal and April. =)

Crystal submitted these really cute Thanksgiving cards!

April made a fun fall/autumn-themed card!

Thanks for playing along with us, stampers, and thank you for being patient! I haven't even posted the color challenge on our blog for this month. I'm so behind!

Have a nice weeked! =)

October Color Challenge #9 + Gift Tag

From Adriel:

It's the beginning of a new month

and that means a new THS color challenge!

Here's the colors for our challenge this month.

Early Espresso, Cajun Craze, River Rock, and More Mustard

I had fun with these colors and made some gift tags

with last year's "Gobble Gobble" stamp from Stampin' Up!'s a la carte.

It's just too cute not to use again! =)

I sent the River Rock CS through the Big Shot

with the Lattice embossing folder.

When you tear it, it almost looks like burlap, which is a great touch.

Now it's your turn! As always, our color challenge

is open to all of our artsy, crafty friends.

You have the whole month to create something fabulous using our color challenge.

Just post it on your blog or a gallery

and link to it using the submission button at the bottom of this post.

You can also send us a picture of your creation and we will submit it for you.

Email us at: twohappystampers@gmail.com

We'll feature 5 of the entries on our blog!

Guidelines:

Color challenge ends October 31st @ midnight Arizona time

Please keep submissions family friendly

Get inspired, get creative, and have fun!

Happy October to you!

THS September Color Challenge #8 + Card

Wow! Another new month is upon us

and that means a new Two Happy Stampers Color Challenge!

This month's color combo was inspired by one of Allison's onesies. =)

Here we go!

Pear Pizzazz, Chocolate Chip, Cherry Cobbler, & Pretty in Pink

I love this color combo!

I had a great time creating with these colors last week.

Here's the card I made for this month's color challenge.

Now it's your turn!

As always, our color challenge is open

to all of our artsy, crafty friends.

You have the whole month to create something fabulous

using our color combo!

Just post it on your blog or a gallery and link to it

using the submission button at the bottom of this post.

You can also send us a picture of your creation

and we will submit it for you.

Email us: twohappystampers@gmail.com

We'll feature 5 of the entries on our blog!

Guidelines:

Color challenge ends September 30th @ midnight Arizona time.

Please keep submissions family friendly.

Get inspired, get creative, and have fun!

We're looking forward to seeing what you come up with!
Linked up with:
Creative Share @ Trendy Treehouse
We Did It! Wednesday @ Sew Much Ado
Show Us What You're Working With @ Me and My Bucket

THS Color Challenge #7 for August

A new month means a new color challenge!

Our colors this month are:

Night of Navy

Marina Mist

Wild Wasabi

&

Crumb Cake

Feel free to throw in white or cream if you want.

Yummy colors!

It will be fun to play with this color combo!

As always, our color challenge is open

to all of our artsy, crafty friends.

You have the whole month to create something fabulous

using our color combo!

Just post it on your blog or a galleryand link to it

using the submission button at the bottom of this post.

You can also send us a picture of your creation

and we will submit it for you.

Email us: twohappystampers@gmail.com

We'll feature 5 of the entries on our blog!

Guidelines:

Color challenge ends August 31st @ midnight Arizona time.

Please keep submissions family friendly.

Get inspired, get creative, and have fun!

We're looking forward to seeing what you come up with!

Sharing My July Color Challenge Card

From Heidi...Well this little 3x3 card serves as my July Color Challenge submission, as well as the card I created for our August newsletter's Craft Room, which hasn't been posted yet. It has been great to have some new colors to create with. This color combo isn't one I would've thought to put together myself, but I really like all these colors together. I was SO glad that this stamp set "Fundamental Phrases" didn't get put on the retired list...we use it ALL the time. Most of the phrases fit in the Word Window punch... another item we use all the time.
We got ourselves a website where we can now store our newsletters and add tutorials to share with you. So, here's our 3x3 Color Challenge card Tutorial for you...Hope you enjoy it!

THS Color Challenge #6 for July

I'm super excited about the color challenge this month! I've been waiting for the new colors from Stampin' Up! to come out and they are finally here! Woohoo!

Here's this month's color challenge!

THS Color Challenge #6

Poppy Parade, Concord Crush, Pear Pizzazz, Early Espresso, and Very Vanilla (these are Stampin' Up! color names... use what you have, but try to keep it close).

Are you lovin' it? I know I am! =)

Here's my card for this month's color challenge.

Supplies: Elements of Style stamp set, Perfect Punches stamp set, Early Espresso ink, Concord Crush stampin' write marker, Early Espresso stampin' write marker, Very Vanilla CS (base), Concord Crush CS, Poppy Parade CS, Pear Pizzazz CS, Color Spritzer tool, Top Note die, Square Lattice Embossing Folder, Scallop Oval punch, Corner rounder, Cream satin ribbon, adhesive half-pearls, dimensionals.

This challenge is open to all of our artsy, craft friends. Whether you make cards, scrapbook, knit, paint, make jewelry, or anything else in between, we'd love to have you join us!

Make something creative using our color challenge and use inlinkz at the end of this post to submit your creation or send us a picture of your inspired creation and we will post an inlinkz box on your behalf. We will choose 5 of the submissions to feature on our blog at the end of the challenge!

Sound fun? Join us!

Guidelines to participate:

• Use the colors in the challenge as a springboard for your creativity.
• Please keep submissions family friendly. =)
• Challenge ends Saturday, July 31st @ midnight, Arizona time.
• Have fun!
  We're looking forward to seeing what you have to share with us!

Let your friends know about our challenge, too!

Have fun!

Entries for THS Color Challenge #4

I was putting together the post for July's Color Challenge and I realized I never posted the entries we received for the month of May Color Challenge. The baby came and life just kind of swept over me. Things like the blog and color challenges kind of got ignored.

Anyway, it's not too late, right?!

Here's the entries we received for the THS Color Challenge #4.

Thanks to those who participated and sorry for the delay in getting your entries up! =)

Arielle from Snappy Stamper made this awesome card. I love what she came up with!

That textured background is really nice. =)

Anthonette from Chavez Designs made this super cute Father's Day card with the colors.

I love the layout with the blocks of different patterns going on! =)

Thanks for your participation! Join us again!

Check back with us tomorrow for our new color challenge for July!

Butterfly Birthday Card for THS Color Challenge #5

From Adriel:

I thought before the month of June was over, I should share the card I made for our color challenge. Easier said than done! I'm typing with one hand while I nurse little Allison, typing much slower and backspacing more than normal. I'm sure with more practice, I'll get more proficient at one-handed typing.

So, I'm going to keep this post short and sweet. I simply don't have the patience right now to type a lengthy post one-handed. =D

Two Happy Stampers Color Challenge #5 for June

Butterfly Birthday Card

No supply list... sorry!

There's still a few days left in June if you'd like to join us for this month's color challenge. Click HERE for the details.

BTW, I've been enjoying looking through the new Stampin' Up! catalog! I'm really looking forward to playing around with the new colors! How about you? :)

Two Happy Stampers Color Challenge #5 for June

Hi to all of you! The colors for our color challenge this month were inspired from a gift bag from a birthday present. I loved the colors and thought they would make a great challenge!

Our color challenge this month is: Almost Amethyst, Perfect Plum, Bermuda Bay, and White (these are Stampin' Up! color names... use what you have, but try to keep it close).

This challenge is open to all of our artsy, craft friends. Whether you make cards, scrapbook, knit, paint, make jewelry, or anything else in between, we'd love to have you join us!

Make something creative using our color challenge and use inlinkz at the end of this post to submit your creation or send us a picture of your inspired creation and we will post an inlinkz box on your behalf. We will choose 5 of the submissions to feature on our blog at the end of the challenge!

Sound fun? Join us!

Guidelines to participate:

- Use the colors in the challenge as a springboard for your creativity.

- Challenge ends Wednesday, June 30th@ midnight, Arizona time.

- Please keep submissions family friendly. =)

We're looking forward to seeing what you have to share with us! Let your friends know about our challenge, too!

Have fun!

Entries for THS Color Challenge #3

From Adriel:

Hi there! I hope you are all doing well. I've been neglecting this blog lately, but life has just been very full (in a good way) the past couple of weeks, so that is my excuse! =)

I never posted the entries for our last color challenge. We didn't have as many as last month, but they were lovely and deserve some time in the spotlight. So here's the entries from last month's color challenge!

Kirsten Bailey joined us again this month! This time she painted not one, but two beautiful paintings!

Kristen made a lovely card for this challenge.

Thanks for joining us, ladies! Hope you enjoyed it. =)

Don't forget about this month's color challenge! You can get all the details by clicking HERE! =)

Have a wonderful rest of the week! We've got some classes going on this week where I'm sure we will be seeing some of you! Thanks for stopping by! =)

THS Color Challenge #4 for May

Hi to all of you! We've got our new color challenge for this month picked out, so here's what it is:

Here's my sample for the color challenge this month:

I hope you will join us this month! Our challenge is open all month, so start thinking about how you're going to use this elegant color combo! =) This challenge is open to all of our artsy, craft friends. Whether you make cards, scrapbook, knit, paint, make jewelry, or anything else in between, we'd love to have you join us!

Our color challenge this month is: Chocolate Chip, Kraft, Very Vanilla, and Rose Red (these are Stampin' Up! color names... use what you have, but try to keep it close). Make something creative using our color challenge and use inlinkz at the end of this post to submit your creation or send us a picture of your inspired creation and we will post an inlinkz box on your behalf. We will choose 5 of the submissions to feature on our blog at the end of the challenge!

Sound fun? Join us!

Guidelines to participate:

- Use the colors in the challenge as a springboard for your creativity.

- Challenge ends Monday, May 31st @ midnight, Arizona time.

- Please keep submissions family friendly. =)

We're looking forward to seeing what you have to share with us! Let your friends know about our challenge, too!

Have fun!

Friday's Fresh Finds: Color Challenge Treasury

It's Friday! This week seemed especially long... Wednesday felt like Friday. Anyone else have that kind of week?

Kirsten Bailey, one of our faithful color challenge participants, used this month's THS Color Challenge #3 to make her own treasury from Etsy with picks using the colors from the challenge. I thought that was such a fun way to use the challenge and with Etsy opening up Treasury East which has unlimited treasuries and no more waiting for openings, I thought this week was a great week to try it out and use those colors to put together a treasury based on this month's color challenge. I hope you enjoy it! =)



Don't forget to play along with us in this month's THS Color Challenge #3. The colors are so yummy! =)

April's THS Color Challenge #3

Here's the colors for our color challenge this month! We're looking forward to seeing what you have to offer with these fun colors this month!

Our color challenge is open for the entire month of April, so you have plenty of time to play! This challenge is open to all of our artsy, craft friends. Whether you make cards, scrapbook, knit, paint, make jewelry, or anything else in between, we'd love to have you join us!

Our color challenge this month is: Cameo Coral, Night of Navy, Taken w/ Teal, and White (these are Stampin' Up! color names... use what you have, but try to keep it close). Make something creative using our color challenge and leave the url link to your creation in the comments at the end of this post or send us a picture of your inspired creation. We will choose 5 of the submissions to feature on our blog at the end of the challenge!

Sound fun? Join us!

Guidelines to participate:

- Use the colors in the challenge as a springboard for your creativity.

- Challenge ends Friday, April 30th @ midnight, Arizona time.

- Please keep submissions family friendly. =)

We're looking forward to seeing what you have to share with us! Let your friends know about our challenge, too! Have fun! =)

UPDATE: We recently figured out how to get the InLinkz feature to work, so if you are just joining us and haven't left your link in the comments yet, please try leaving it through InLinkz. Don't worry if you left your link already in the comments... it still counts! =)

This & That Thursday

Color Challenge Participants

We had 6 participants this month in our color challenge! I think that's double from last month! =)

Since we only had 1 more than the 5 we said we would choose to feature, we're going to feature all of the participants as a thank you for their participation! We were excited to get a couple of paintings in the participation this month! Here are the submissions for this month's THS Color Challenge #2:

Kirsten Bailey used the color challenge to create this beautiful painting called "Embracing the Storm":

Karen Fisher created this fun collage piece:

Karin Morin, one of our local stamping buddies, made this cute card for our color challenge:

Nicole Corbett used the color challenge for her painting:

Kayla Hong made 3 cards using the color challenge:

Jacob Hong made this nice picture using the color challenge:

We'll be introducing this month's new color challenge soon, so be watching for that! Thanks to all of our participants! We're looking forward to seeing your wonderful creativity next month!

Have a great Thursday, everyone! =)

Newsy Tuesday

Here's what we've got that's new this week!

Adriel's card for the THS Color Challenge #2:

Remember those flowers I showed you that I made awhile back? I told you I was going to do something with them, remember? I decided to incorporate them into my card for this month's THS Color Challenge (which BTW, is open for more participation until midnight tomorrow!). I had a ton of fun with this card! More than that... TONS! =)

I mixed up some homemade shimmer mist using a small travel size hairspray container, some alcohol and white shimmer paint (shake, shake, shake and you've got your own shimmer mist). I masked the So Saffron CS background with 1/2" punched circles all over the CS in a polka dot pattern. I used a temporary adhesive to stick the circles on. Then I spritzed the CS with the shimmer mist, allowed it to dry, then removed the circles. I ended up with this fun shimmery, polka-dot background. It's a bit hard to see in the picture, but it's TONS of fun... you gotta try it! =) I also added even more texture by distressing the edges of the So Saffron CS with an edge distresser.

Like I said, it was tons of fun and I love how it turned out! =)

Here's a bunch of invitations to the preparation party (for the new baby coming soon). We made pocket invitations with the color combo of Melon Mambo, Pretty in Pink, Basic Black and Whisper White. The sheer flowers are 3 layers of 5-petal punched vellum. Makes it a bit more delicate looking. =) We'll be sending these out soon! Obviously, I'm having a girl! I'm sure with all the pink and flowers it's hard to guess. =P We have decided on a name, but I can't decide how to spell it. When I do, I'll let you know what it is!!

I'm almost done with the baby boy flip album I was just getting started on last week. This project has turned out to not be as simple as I had initially thought it would be, but that's how it goes sometimes. There were measurements missing from the directions and some other info, so it was almost like starting from scratch at some points. At least now, the information is all complete (I think) and making another one won't be such a big deal. =)

I'm sure we'll be working this week on some new projects. I'm not exactly sure what at the moment! I guess I'll just have to surprise you and myself and save all the rest of the news for next week!

Thanks for stopping by! Have a wonderful day! =)

Wowzer! Wednesday

Today for our Wowzer! Wednesday blog feature, we're highlighting a couple of kids that "wowed" us.

Okay, so they happen to be related to us... closely... but we're not biased at all! ;-) Yah, right!

Anyway, Kayla and Jacob both decided to play along with us in our color challenge this month. They both did a wowzer of a job and they love it when we feature them on our blog, so we obliged them. =)

Here's Kayla hard at work for the color challenge.

She made 3 cards for the color challenge! Wowzer!! =)
Jacob used what remained from the supplies Kayla brought home and seriously went to work (hey, he was using SCRAPS!!).
He made this very nice picture... very creative!
The color challenge is still open and we'd love to see what you can create with the colors we've picked out. Click HERE to get all the details!

That's all for today, folks! Join us next week for another Wowzer! Wednesday where we'll be featuring more "wow" creativity and talent!

THS Color Challenge #2 for March

Welcome back to another Two Happy Stampers Color Challenge! Our color challenge is open for the entire month of March, so you have plenty of time to play! =)

This challenge is open to all of our artsy, crafty friends! Whether you make cards, scrapbook, knit, paint or anything in between, we'd love for you to join in along with us!


Our color challenge this month is: Basic Gray, So Saffron, Old Olive, and Rich Razzleberry (these are Stampin' Up! color names... use what you have!). Feel free to add some black, white and/or vanilla if desired! Make something creative using our color challenge and submit the url link to your creation in the comments or send us a picture of your inspired creation. We will choose 5 of the submissions to feature on our blog!

Sound fun?! Join us!

Guidelines to participate:

- Use the colors in the challenge as a springboard for your creativity!

- Challenge ends Wednesday, March 31st @ midnight, Arizona time.

- Please keep submissions family friendly.

We're looking forward to seeing what you have to share with us! Let your friends know about the challenge, too! Have fun!! :)

THS Color Challenge #1 Results

The Two Happy Stampers Color Challenge #1 is over and we have some sharing to do! Thanks to everyone who played along in our color challenge last month! We didn't have a whole lot of participation, but for it being the first challenge, it was a fun experience and we hope to do it again! =)

Here's the creations that were inspired by the THS Color Challenge #1!

Anthonette Chavez - fellow card and stamping blogger... great style and card making/stamping abilities. Anthonette is such a nice blogger friend to play along with us! Thanks, Anthonette! =)

Linda - a fellow member of the Etsy Greetings Team that we are also part of. Thanks for joining us, Linda! =)

Nan Tonelli - Nan stamps with us (or one of us) usually once a month at one of our local classes. Nan, your card turned out great! Thanks for joining us! =)

Thanks again to everyone who participated! We'll have a new challenge up for the month of March soon, so be on the look out! =)

Color Challenge Deadline Extended

From Adriel:

That's right! We're extending the deadline of our Color Challenge to February 28th @ midnight. If you planned on participating in this month's THS Color Challenge #1, you've still got time but it's time to step on it! We've got a few participants so far, but we would love some more participation! Get all the details about the challenge HERE! =)

My husband and I celebrated our 10th wedding anniversary last Friday, Feb. 19th. My husband took the day off and we had a lunch date! We never do that! We had a nice lunch together, just the two of us, and then we headed up to Payson with the kids where we spent the weekend. We went and played in the snow and just enjoyed hanging together. =)

Here's the anniversary card I made using our color challenge. It's a super simple card! I used the Very Vintage jumbo wheel with Tempting Turquoise ink along with the heart from the Hearts & Brackets die. The dots from the Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder add instant texture and interest to this card without a lot of effort. Stamped a cute little sentiment, used the photo corner punch to get the banner effect on the end and added the rhinestone brad for a bit of bling and that's it. =)

Thanks for stopping by! I can't believe February is almost over... crazy!

Happy V-Day and a card for the THS Color Challenge #1!

From Adriel:

Just a quick post today to share the Valentine card I made for my husband with you!

I used the THS Color Challenge #1 (there's still time to play along!) for the colors and had a fun time making a simple card for my "love of a lifetime". I really appreciate my husband and am thankful for him! Today was a good day to thank the Lord for Gary and for giving me such a wonderful husband. =)

Hope you are all having an enjoyable day! We spent a good part of the day just "hanging out" together and with the kids. It was a refreshing day! =)

Supplies (all Stampin' Up! unless noted): Kraft CS, Whisper White CS, Background Sampler stamp set (retired), So Many Sayings stamp set (retired), Barely Banana classic ink, Tempting Turquoise classic ink, Ruby Red classic ink, VersaMark ink, vintage brads, Perfect Polka Dots textured impressions die, Big Shot die cut machine, Heart to Heart punch.