Color Throwdown #21 and Stamp Simply Celebrates Day 3

It's week #22 for the Color Throwdown!  One week left, and then we'll be taking a break for the holidays, so I hope you'll join in today!

I have combined my card for the Throwdown today with my Featured Project for Stamp Simply Celebrates today!  In case you've been in a cave the last few days, we've been having a party!  The fabulously talented Sharon Johnson reached 1 million hits on her blog recently, and we're celebrating this wonderful milestone with a 12-day long celebration of projects to give your holiday papercrafting a jump start, and lots of chances for BLOG CANDY!  Today, Jennifer Buck and Joan Fricker both have some sweet treats for you to win!

Now, for my Featured Project today.... I actually have 2 separate cards to show you today, and this is gonna' be a LONG post, so I hope you'll stick with me!  Generally I try to keep things short and sweet, so you owe it to me today to stay until the end, OK!?  :)

 Here is card #1, based on the Throwdown colors for today of pink, green and black.  I made 8 of these cards, all exactly alike, in less than an hour!  Check out my process below....

(Click on any of the photos below to see full-size.)

 

Step #1 - all supplies gathered (8:19 p.m.)

 

Step #2 - all cardstock and paper cut

 

Step #3 - green panels stamped and glued (8:40 p.m.)

   

Step #4 - ribbons tied around green panel, and adhered to card front (8:51 p.m.)

 

 

Step #5 - circles stamped and punched (9:00 p.m.)

 

 

 

Step #6 - 8 cards, DONE! (9:07 p.m.)

See how easy that was?  In less than an hour, you can have 8 cards done!  And I made it even easier on myself by borrowing inspiration from a card I received months ago from Becky Carafa!

Now, I know what you're thinking.... 8 cards isn't much.  So how about this?  Twelve cards in 1 hour and 19 minutes?  Here's the card, and below are the steps.

 

 

 

 

Step #1 - supplies gathered (2:04 p.m.)

 

Step #2 - cardstock cut

 

 

Step #3 - everything stamped, and ready to head to the Cuttlebug!

 

Step #4 - everything Bug'd (2:40 p.m.)

 

 

Step #5 - ribbons tied, everything ready to assemble (2:47 p.m.)

 

 

Step #6 - 12 finished cards!

Some c'mon!  You can do it, too!  Borrow my designs, or come up with your own!  I challenge you today to do some mass-production!  Maybe you've got just a few more cards to get done for Christmas?  Maybe you need to replenish your stock of birthday cards?  Join the challenge, and let me see what you can do!  Leave a comment here on my blog so I can check out your upload.  You can upload to your blog, or to Papercraft Planet, or any online gallery of your choice!  Tag your online gallery photos with SSC08 so your creation can be seen with everyone else's!

Some of the Stamp Simply Celebrates team members have joined me in mass-producing some inspirational designs for you today, too!  Be sure to check them out!

Darlene Pavlick
Julie Koerber
AJ Otto
Leslie Miller
Barb Schram
Sharon Johnson

Also, please be sure to check out the inspirational ideas using the colors for today from the Throwdown team by going to the blog!

Thanks for stopping by!  I hope you're enjoying the celebration!

 

 

 

Card #1
Stamps:  Playful Christmas, Never a Loss 4 Words(Kitchen Sink Stamps)
Cardstock:  Purely Pomegranate (Stampin' Up!), Raven (Bazzill), white (Gary Burlin), designer paper (Bo Bunny)
Inks:  Versamagic Tea Leaves, Versafine Onyx Black (Tsukineko), Purely Pomegranate (Stampin' Up!)
Accessories:  stitched ribbon, scalloped circle punch, 1 3/8" circle punch (Stampin' Up!).

Card #2
Stamps:  bird (Inkadinkado), sentiment (Art Impressions)
Cardstock:  navy/white duplex (Hollo's), white (Gary Burlin)
Inks:  Whisper White kraft ink, Night of Navy (Stampin' Up!)
Accessories:  Snowflakes embossing folder (ProvoCraft), Nestabilities (Spellbinders), Iridescent Ice embossing powder, gold brads (Stampin' Up!), ribbon (craft supply).

Comments

[Cathy]

Thanks for a great inspiration, Tammy. I had "mass-produced" some cards earlier in the season for the Cards for a Cause program, but hadn't thought to do any for myself LOL. But I took your challenge to heart this afternoon and made 8 cards for Chanukah, which you can see in my gallery at SCS here; http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/photo/1150024?cat=500&ppuser=188455.

Happy Holidays!

[Maria]

WOW!! mass production works well for you!! I love both of these. I'm super behind on my christmas cards. i might have to give this a try!!!!

[Deena]

These are just fabulous, Tammy!! Wonderfully inspiring! Thanks for sharing.
smiles,Deena

[Barb]

Tammy, LOVE both of these cards! They are both gorgeous! As soon as I have some time to finish my Christmas cards, I will be putting your plan to good use. I am shoulder deep in decorating my house and that is quite the job, lol! Takes me a whole week to get it all done working from morning till night :). I haven't even had time to visit my favorite blogs :(. Just taking a bit of a break to visit a few tonight before I get back to decorating.

Barb

[Jenn S]

Thanks for the motivation to get some done. Here they are http://jennscrafts.blogspot.com/2008/12/mass-production.html

[Pam SCS]

Tammy I love it! 8 cards in about an hour??? Girl I need to take pointers from you. I take days on just one card! Seriously I need to start making cards for next year NOW! LOL! I love all of the things you have shared this week. I am totally enjoying myself! Thanks for taking the time to post all of the goodies!

[PAT(mspfd)]

You are good! Fast and fabulous!

[maria]

WOW Tammy!!!! Both cards are fabulous ... I love the way you broke the steps all down to pump out 8/12 cards at a time! .... Love how you clocked it too! Sheer inspiration!!!! Now I have NO excuse to send hand made cards to EVERYONE on my Christmas card list! :D

ps... love the color combos too! :D

[Vickie]

Awesome cards. I send out so many cards I have dreaded sitting down and even getting started. I think I will try to make some tonight!

[Susan (rainy)]

Tammy, your cards are gorgeous!! I had some fun today and played along, too!
http://rainy.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/2008/12/04/christmas-cards-o-christmas-cards/

[Cathy]

Awesome cards - I like the Color Throwdown one the best!!! I'll have to try a holiday card in those colors!!!

[Heather Fullerton (Retired Heather)]

Thanks for the great idea. I used all your ideas to create my Santa version. Please come over and see it here:
http://enchantedstamping.blogspot.com/2008/12/mass-production-santas.html
Happy Holidays
Heather

[Kim S.]

Tammmy your cards are beautiful. Thanks for the challenge. I've posted my cards on my blog. Here's the link to my post:

http://kimsherrodstudio.blogspot.com/2008/12/stamp-simply-celebrates.html

[Carol]

I love this easy and fast idea for mass-producing cards! They're lovely and a great way to de-stress when trying to get everything finished in time!
Here's the gift cards I made to meet the challenge!

http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/photo/1150618?cat=500&ppuser=88761

Thanks for the great challenge!

[Jill Haddad]

Wonderful cards!!!! Love how quickly they go together. Here are mine for the challenge:
http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/photo/1150613?cat=500&ppuser=56248

8 cards created from conception to finish in just under 55 minutes. It took 13 of those minutes to come up with the idea and gather supplies! LOL!

[Darsana]

Tammy,
Sometimes you just need one special personal card for someone or some occasion. Earlier this year your Kitchen Sink teammate Angela Knopf and I decided that we would make 10 Christmas cards per month this year and we would have enought to sell and hand out this holiday season. I started ONE CARD AT A TIME, and quickly decided that in order to keep up, I needed to mass produce my cards. After all, if I am making one card, why not 10. Than I got the bright idea to make all the cuts just two more times and make 12 so I could sell two sets of 5 and still have two cards for my personal collection! I love mass productiona nd I have been doing it all year long ( or at least 8 months now). Your cards are beautiful, simple, and elegant. Thank you for sharing.

[Jill Haddad]

I added a link to this page on my blog. I was hoping my readers would come here and play along with the party. Hope you don't mind.
http://jhaddad59.blogspot.com/2008/12/its-not-too-late-to-join-party.html

[Nancy]

Wow, you made that look so easy! These are beautiful cards!

Something for you: http://windstarcreations.blogspot.com/2008/12/blog-award.html

[Nancy]

Love your cards, Tammy...especially the blue and white, with that gorgeous Inka bird!

Here's my "mass" of cards:
http://windstarcreations.blogspot.com/2008/12/mass-of-christmas-cards.html

[Toni]

I didn't notice a timeline, so I hope it's not too late to share. I needed to make some Christmas cards to give to a friend. These were pretty easy to make. The hardest part was waiting for the ink to dry on the vellum. I was impatient so I used my heat tool to speed the process. Here they are: http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/photo/1158753?cat=500&ppuser=156271 Thanks for the challenge!

[Mary G]

WOW, that blue card is really STUNNING! I wish I had seen this earlier, I would have definitely made these. Thanks for simplifying the whole process...it certainly helps during this hectic time of year! wow! :)