Good morning, Friends! Are you glad it's Friday? Well, here is another reason to get excited about Friday - it's Sketch Frenzy Friday time! This week's sketch is brought to us by Tammy Fite. Take a look:
And here is what I did with the sketch:
Great sketch, huh!! So many wonderful possibilities but I really wanted to try out this bat from a piece of ribbon. Isn't he cute?! I just love how it turned out! And it was so simple! I had seen a few people make this little bat from ribbon and thought it was the cutest idea! I just took a piece of Basic Black ribbon and tied a knot in the middle and clipped the ends. Then I used the 1/4" circle punch to punch out two circles from Whisper White and I used my crop-a-dile to punch the smaller circles from Basic Black. I glued them together and then used glue dots to glue them to the bat. My card base is Basic Black with a layer of Pear Pizzazz and then three strips of Basic Black. Then I cut three squares of Peach Parfait (two smaller and one slightly bigger) and stamped the bats from Wicked Cool in Peach Parfait on the two smaller ones. The middle square is sponged with Peach Parfait and matted with a square of Basic Black. The two smaller squares are glued flat to the card and the middle, bigger square is popped up. I glue dotted my bat to the middle square and then stamped the greeting in black StazOn right underneath. Very simple!
Click "here" to go to Jennifer's blog to see what she did with this sketch. Be sure to continue through the tour to get inspired and then create your own project using the sketch. Be sure to upload it to the Sketch Frenzy Friday blog so that we can all see what you did! We just love to see what you all come up with! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!
Card Recipe: Stamps- Wicked Cool; Paper- Basic Black, Peach Parfait, Pear Pizzazz; Ink- Peach Parfait, black StazOn; Accessories- Basic Black satin ribbon, 1/4" circle, crop-a-dile, sponge, dimensionals
Good morning, Friends! I guess it has been a couple of days since my last post. Yikes! Where does the time go? I did have a couple of cards I could have posted, too. Not my favorites but I could have posted them. Oh well! I will try to get them up another time. So we ended up not having a soccer game Saturday afternoon as the other team felt that they couldn't travel over the mountains. It's hard to tell. I know it snowed but other teams made it here and I know of teams that went from here to there... Who knows? So we will be rescheduling. Means we have to keep weekends that were open to do other things, open for a possible soccer game. And the weather is changing! It will be warming up nicely again by the end of this week but it has been pretty chilly in the mornings!! I do hope that fall sticks around a little while longer.
Today's card is not a new idea but this is the first time that I have tried it. Last night I met with some really FUN ladies for a sort of stamp class/mystery hostess party. We made four cards and this was one of them. This one is really simple but is so darn cute! I just love the silhouette! My husband and son even liked it! Thanks for stopping in for a look and have a super day!
Card Recipe: Stamps- Wicked Cool; Paper- Basic Gray, Basic Black, Daffodil Delight, Whisper White; Ink- Basic Black; Accessories- Spider Web embossing folder, Owl builder punch, Bird builder punch, 3" circle die, large oval punch, scallop oval punch, basic rhinestones, sponge, dimensionals
Good morning, Friends! Another week is flying by! Here it is Thursday, once again, and time for another super great challenge from the ladies at Create with Connie and Mary! This week's challenge is a sketch is a sketch challenge. Take a look:
It is a square card - something that I don't do a lot of. But it is a challenge so I made a square card. My square card is 5 1/4". And I had Halloween on the brain so here is what I came up with:
Cute, huh!! This is the only Halloween set I have so it gets used a lot. I started with a card base of Basic Black. Then I cut down a smaller piece of Lucky Limeade and then a slightly smaller piece of Basic Black that went through the Big Shot with the Spider Web embossing folder. Before adhering it to the Lucky Limeade piece, I sponged some Whisper White craft ink to highlight the web. I love the look of that! The Lucky Limeade and the Basic Black are glued to the card base. Then I took a strip of Pumpkin Pie and a strip of Lucky Limeade that was punched with the dotted ribbon scallop punch and glued those together. I wrapped a piece of Basic Black narrow taffeta ribbon around it and knotted it. This is glued to the card. Then I stamped the greeting from Wicked Cool on a scrap of Whisper White and punched it out with the 1 1/4" circle punch. I carefully tucked it under the Pumpkin Pie strip. Then I stamped the hat from the same set and cut it out. It is popped up on a Lucky Limeade 1 3/8" punched circle. Then I took my itty bitty shapes punch pack and punched a Pumpkin Pie flower and added it to the hat with a rhinestone. Done! I do like the way it turned out! Fun!
I do hope that you will check out the rest of the design team's submissions for this great sketch! You will find them at the Create with Connie and Mary website. I also hope that I will be seeing your creation posted on their website! I always love to see what you come up with! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!
Card Recipe: Stamps- Wicked Cool; Paper- Basic Black, Pumpkin Pie, Lucky Limeade, Whisper White; Ink- Basic Black, Whisper White craft; Accessories- Basic Black narrow taffeta ribbon, Spider Web embossing folder, itty bitty shapes punch pack, dotted ribbon scallop punch, 1 1/4" circle punch, 1 3/8" circle punch, rhinestone, sponge, dimensionals
Good morning, Friends! I hope you are all having a fantastic week so far! Sure does seem to be flying by! Nothing too out of the ordinary for us today. I need to get a few stamping related projects done today and then a parent/teacher conference with Nick's teacher. Sure hope that goes well!
Today's card is another from the magazine that I got. I think I definitely got my money's worth from this one!! I loving the layouts in it! This card is another pretty simple one - just the way I like them! Thank you so much for stopping by and leaving comments! They always brighten my day! I hope you all have a most wonderful day today!!
Card Recipe: Stamps- Wicked Cool; Paper- Basic Black, Rich Razzleberry, Lucky Limeade, Whisper White; Ink- Basic Black, Rich Razzleberry, Lucky Limeade; Accessories- white baker's twine, black button, Lots of Tags sizzlets, extra large oval punch, dimensionals
Good morning everyone! Take a look at this fantastic color challenge from the team at Create with Connie and Mary! Take a look at these fun bright colors!
The challenge colors are Rich Razzleberry, Pumpkin Pie, and Lucky Limeade. Lots of fun things to do with these colors but I decided to go in the Halloween direction. Take a look:
Fun card, eh?! I love this Wicked Cool set! And it is time to get it out again as Halloween is starting to show up in the stores! I used an older sketch from The Paper Players to help get me started. I started with a card base of Rich Razzleberry and then glued a piece of Lucky Limeade designer paper to it. A strip of Rich Razzleberry is peeking out from behind the main focal panel. The main focal panel is a piece of Whisper White that has three Pumpkin Pie pieces that were cut into tags. I punched holes at the top and added some Basic Black narrow taffeta ribbon. Then I punched three Basic Black circles with the 1 3/8" circle punch and glued them to the tags. I stamped the witch's hat three times on scrap Whisper White in Rich Razzleberry, cut them out and popped them up on the circles. I stamped 'spooky' in Rich Razzleberry in the lower right hand corner and the whole panel is popped up on the card. The last thing I did was to punch a little flower using the itty bitty shapes punch pack and Lucky Limeade designer paper. These are attached to the hats and a rhinestone finishes it all off!
Be sure to visit the Create with Connie and Mary website to see what the other designers have done with the great colors! Then be sure to create your own project using these colors and upload it to their site so we can all see! I always look forward to seeing your wonderful creations!
One more thing before I sign off... I want to make sure that you all know about the upcoming Create with Connie and Mary Holiday 2011 edition. The site is going live and you can meet the senior designers. Also, Connie and Mary are offering early bird pricing! So head on over to their site and read more about it! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!
Card Recipe: Stamps- Wicked Cool; Paper- Rich Razzleberry, Basic Black, Whisper White, Pumpkin Pie, In Color designer paper stack, Ink- Rich Razzleberry; Accessories- Basic Black narrow taffeta ribbon, 1 3/8" circle punch, itty bitty shapes punch pack, basic rhinestones, dimensionals
