Good Friday morning! Time for another super fun sketch challenge at Sketch Frenzy Friday! This week's sketch is brought to us by Tina Taves. Take a look!
Clean and simple! Love it! I wasn't exactly sure which direction to go (too many possibilities). But here is what I came!
I kept my card very simple - just like the sketch. I started with a card base of Confetti Cream. The strip is a piece of Soft Suede with a piece of designer paper from the Spice Cake pack. I took a piece of Confetti Cream and used my Soft Suede, Pear Pizzazz and River Rock markers and colored onto the stamp from the Always Thankful stamp set. After stamping it, I used the 2 1/2" circle punch to punch it out. This is adhered to a piece of Soft Suede that was die cut using the Perfect Pennants die. Then I stamped the greeting from the same set in Soft Suede onto Confetti Cream and punched it out with the oval punch. I glued it to the circle and then popped both of them up onto the card. My final touch was to add a small flower that was punched from More Mustard using the itty bitty shapes punch pack. Then I added a pearl.
Be sure to click 'here' to see what Jennifer did with this sketch. Keep going through the tour to get inspired! Then I hope you will play along and make your own creation using this sketch. Be sure to upload it to the Sketch Frenzy Friday blog so that we can all take a look! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!
Card Recipe: Stamps- Always Thankful; Paper- Confetti Cream, Soft Suede, More Mustard, Spice Cake designer paper; Ink- Soft Suede, Pear Pizzazz, River Rock; Accessories- Perfect Pennants die, itty bitty shapes punch pack, 2 1/2" circle punch, ovals punch, oval punch, dimensionals
Good morning everyone! It is a cold one this morning! Toward the end of soccer practice last night, the wind started blowing and the rain came down! Thankfully, coach ended practice early. That and it was completely dark! Tonight will be the last practice! And this weekend will complete the season. Seemed like a long one! We are back to the routine until Thanksgiving!
Speaking of Thanksgiving, the LNS challenge this week was to make a project for the upcoming holiday. It seems like after Halloween we start thinking about Christmas but forget Thanksgiving in between. So I decided to pull out this stamp set that I had gotten, Always Thankful. I love the images in this set but hadn't used this one yet. So I cut a circle using my circle scissors (I am getting much better at using it) from Confetti White card stock and stamped the image in black StazOn. Then I water colored the image with various inks. The edges were sponged with River Rock and another circle was cut with the circle scissors out of Soft Suede. It is glued flat to a piece of Confetti white and the greeting (also from the same set) is stamped in Soft Suede. I wrapped a piece of Soft Suede taffeta ribbon around it and then popped up the panel onto a Confetti White card base. Pretty easy! Thanks for stopping and have a super day!
Card Recipe: Stamps- Always Thankful; Paper- Confetti White, Soft Suede; Ink- black StazOn, Soft Suede, Basic Gray, Pool Party, More Mustard, River Rock, Pear Pizzazz, Sahara Sand; Accessories- Soft Suede taffeta ribbon, circle scissors plus, aqua painter, sponge, dimensionals
Hello everyone! It's that time of the month when the Control Freaks create some super wonderful creations to inspire you all! This month the Freaks are focusing on Fall - Halloween/Thanksgiving. So you if you started at the beginning, you have arrived here from Robin Spinner's blog and I would be your last stop. But if you didn't that's o.k. because when you are finished here, you can click on the button at the bottom of this post to move through the tour. You won't be disappointed! So let's get started! (Please note that if you arrive here before the 20th, all the links might not be working. Be sure to come back on the 20th to see all the wonderful creations from the fabulous Freaks)
My first project is something that I have been wanting to do for a while. So I decided to take the plunge and try it out! Here is what came out!
I thought this would make a super nice centerpiece for a Thanksgiving table! Stampin' Up! has come out with an awesome new tool called Simply Scored. I used it to make these medallions (or flowers). I was going through my cupboards and found a few of these milk cans. I have had them for a very long time and decided it was time to use them for something! Here is a close-up of the front of the can:
I used bamboo sticks to adhere the flowers to. I also put some dried beans in the can to help hold the flowers in place. I used a ton of products from the Spice Cake Suite in the Holiday mini catalog. Here is a close-up of the flowers:
My centerpiece project took quite some time so I decided to make a really simple card. I used the Always Thankful set from the Holiday mini catalog.
So there you have it! I hope that you were inspired by what you saw here! Be sure to click on the link below to go to Barb Mulikin's blog if you haven't been there already. You won't want to miss what she has for you! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!
Products used: Stamps- Always Thankful; Paper- Soft Suede, More Mustard, Confetti Cream, Spice Cake designer paper; Ink- Soft Suede, More Mustard Pear Pizzazz; Accessories- Soft Suede wide grosgrain ribbon, Pear Pizzazz seam binding ribbon, Soft Suede taffeta ribbon, Spice Cake designer buttons, 2 3/8" scallop circle punch, linen thread, gold brads, scallop trim border punch, color spritzer, dimensionals
Good morning everyone!! I have so much to tell you today that I am going to just jump right in! First of all, it is Thursday, and that means a super fun challenge from the wonderful ladies at Create with Connie and Mary! This week we have a sketch challenge. Check it out!
And here is what I came up with:
This card serves two wonderful purposes. The first one is that it is my design team card for the Create with Connie and Mary challenge. So let me tell you about the card. I started with a piece of Confetti Cream card stock and stamped the image from Always grateful in black StazOn. Then I used More Mustard, River Rock, Soft Suede, and Pear Pizzazz inks and my aqua painter to watercolor it. The sentiment is stamped below in Soft Suede. This panel is adhered to a piece of Soft Suede. The next panel is a piece of River Rock that went through the Big Shot with the Houndstooth embossing folder and then got sponged. To the top portion I added a piece of Spice Cake designer paper and the bottom right hand corner got two brads. I used glue dots to adhere a piece of Soft Suede wide grosgrain ribbon on the back and then added a skinny strip of Soft Suede. This panel is popped up onto a Soft Suede card base and the stamped image panel is popped as well. And there you have it!
So the second purpose my card serves is also my wonderful announcement! Today is the day that I get to tell you all that Connie and Mary have asked me to be a guest designer for their Create Holiday 2011 Edition! Lil' ol' me is going to be a guest designer!!! I will be creating a special project using the Spice Cake designer paper and the Card Keeper. And it won't be for cards! But the only way to see my project will be to subscribe to their site (Create Holiday 2011 Edition). I will be featured during week 3 which will run October 2-8. Right now they are offering early bird pricing of $29.95! And believe me... You will NOT be disappointed! There will be so many wonderful ideas and just in time for the holidays!
So what are you waiting for? Go to the Create with Connie and Mary website to find more details about their upcoming Create Holiday 2011 Edition and meet the other fabulous designers. And be sure to sign up!! Oh!! And while you are there be sure to check out what the other designers did with this fantastic sketch! And then create your own project using the sketch provided. I can't wait to see what you come up with! And I hope to see you on the Holiday Edition side, too! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!
Card Recipe: Stamps- Always Thankful; Paper- Soft Suede, River Rock, Confetti Cream, Spice Cake designer paper; Ink- black StazOn, River Rock, Pear Pizzazz, More Mustard, Soft Suede; Accessories- Soft Suede wide grosgrain ribbon, brads, Houndstooth embossing folder, aqua painter, sponge, dimensionals
Good morning everyone! Man, it's early!! Well, not really but I really wanted to snuggle and keep sleeping! Got to get the boy up for school, though. And, if it was that hard for me to get up, you can imagine how hard it was to get him up! Good thing it's a long weekend for us! I can't believe it is the last day of August! That means it is the last day to order from the Summer mini catalog. Tomorrow everyone can start ordering from the new Holiday mini! And that is what I am showing you all today!
Today's card is one that I did for a recent swap that I participated in. Can you tell that I just love this set? It is so beautiful! This is a very simple card but I just love how it turned out! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!
Card Recipe: Stamps- Always Thankful; paper- Soft Suede, More Mustard, Confetti Cream; Ink- Basic Gray, More Mustard, Pear Pizzazz; Accessories- Pear Pizzazz seam binding ribbon, Tulip Frame embossing folder, dimensionals
Good morning, Friends! I hope your week got off to a great start! I think it has for us! We had back-to-school night last night. It was great to meet Nick's teachers and to see how his day goes. Nick had come home one day last week to say that it seemed as if a lot of teachers knew him. And we asked him how that was and Nick said it was because of Pat. Well, Pat used to work there and he knows quite a few of the teachers there. And I remember when we adopted Nick, they threw a big baby shower for us and Nick got passed around to be held by all! So, I guess it would seem that they should know him - lol! Anyway, when we were there last night, Pat got to meet up with all of them again. We just have a really good feeling about Nick's school year!
Today's card is one that I did for the Control Freak swap group that I am in. It seems that the cards have been mailed out. I am anxiously awaiting mine!! I do like the way this one turned out! The scallop border behind the water colored circle is a strip punched with the scallop trim border punch. Then I notched in between the open scallops. Then I used a ton of glue dots and worked it around gluing it down behind. I hope that makes sense! Thanks for stopping by and have a super Tuesday!!
Card Recipe: Stamps- Always Thankful; Paper- Pear Pizzazz, Soft Suede, River Rock, Watercolor paper, Spice Cake designer paper; Ink- River Rock, Pear Pizzazz, Soft Suede, black StazOn; Accessories- scallop trim border punch, aqua painter, silver brads, 3" circle die, 2 1/2" circle punch, dimensionals
Good Monday morning, Friends! Wake-up time came WAY too early for me! And I know it did for Nick, too. He is real slow this morning! But I think he is looking forward to a full week of school. At least I hope he is - lol! His school is having back-to-school night tonight, so we will be meeting his teachers and seeing how his day goes! I do want to mention that his soccer team won their game yesterday! We were so excited about that! Nick played in the goal for the first half and nothing got by him! He is really loving that position!
Today's card is one that I did for a swap that I participated in recently. I haven't gotten them back, yet, but thought that it might be safe to show it off to you all. You might recognize the layout. It is this week's sketch challenge at Create with Connie and Mary. Have you played along yet? It is a great sketch! Anyway, I am also showing you a peek of one of the new sets that will be in the new Holiday mini catalog, Always Thankful. This is a beautiful set and a must-have for me right away! There is also a peek of the gorgeous designer paper! This new mini goes live on the first! Believe me! You will not want to miss out on this! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!
Card Recipe: Stamps- Always Thankful; Paper- More Mustard, Pear Pizzazz, Soft Suede, Confetti Cream, Spice Cake designer paper; Ink- Soft Suede, More Mustard, Pear Pizzazz; Accessories- Square Lattice embossing folder, itty bitty punch shapes punch pack, basic rhinestones, oval punch, scallop edge border punch, dimensionals
