Good Friday morning! Time for another great sketch from the Sketch Frenzy Friday team! This week's sketch is from Sharon Field. Take a look:
And here is what I came up with:
I am really pleased with how this turned out! I really love this new In Color, Calypso Coral! I started with a card base of Calypso Coral and then cut down another piece of textured Calypso Coral, wrapped a piece of Calypso Coral ruffled ribbon around it and glued it to the card. I stamped a greeting from Perfectly Penned in Basic Black. For the focal point I started with a die cut from the Perfect Pennants die in Daffodil Delight. Then I used the Circles #2 die to cut the circle from Baja Breeze. This is popped up onto the card. To make my flower I first inked the flower from Summer Solstice in VersaMark and then in Calypso Coral and then stamped it onto Calypso Coral card stock and then I embossed it with clear embossing powder. I did this twice because I cut some of the petals out of one flower and popped them up onto the other flower to add dimension. Then I stamped the leaves in Lucky Limeade on Lucky Limeade card stock and cut them out. I put an antique brad in the center and popped it up on the circle. And there you have it!
So now I need you to click 'here' to go and see the creation that Jennifer has made with this sketch! Be sure and click your way through the inspiration tour and then create your own project using the sketch provided! We just love to see what you all come up with! Be sure to upload your project to the Sketch Frenzy Friday blog! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!
Card Recipe: Stamps- Perfectly Penned, Summer Solstice; Paper- Calypso Coral, Daffodil Delight, Baja Breeze, Lucky Limeade; Ink- VersaMark, Calypso Coral, Lucky Limeade, Basic Black; Accessories- Calypso Coral ruffled ribbon, antique brad, Perfect Pennants die, Circles #2 die, clear embossing powder, dimensionals
Good morning, everyone! It's Thursday and that means Create with Connie and Mary have a challenge for you! Now if you remember from last week, a lot of the design team members are at the Stampin' Up! convention this week and so they are unable to update their blogs with a new challenge. So they have decided to continue the challenge from last week to this week! Remember that you get to choose between a color challenge or a sketch challenge or do both on one card! Last week I chose the color challenge. This week, since I am not at convention, I am showing you a project using the sketch challenge! Take a look at the sketch:
And here is what I did with it:
I made a set of four 3 x 3 note cards. They are all the same except for the main focal image stamp. I used the Pocket Silhouettes stamp set. Each card has a different image from the set! I did use the challenge colors of So Saffron, Pumpkin Pie, and Basic Gray. I stamped the image on a So Saffron 1 3/4" circle with Basic Gray ink. Then I sponged the circle with Pumpkin Pie ink. I punched a 2 3/8" scallop circle out of Basic Gray and these two are glued together. The scallop is glued to a piece of So Saffron and then I tied a Basic Black narrow taffeta ribbon around that. I added three little rhinestones and then popped it up on the Basic Gray card. Then I stamped the greeting on Whisper White in Basic Gray and tucked it under the ribbon. Easy!! And great to send a short note to someone!
You can find more inspiration at the Create with Connie and Mary website! Many have added great projects already! I do hope that you will find time to play along! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!
Card Recipe: Stamps- Pocket Silhouettes; Paper- Basic Gray, So Saffron, Whisper White; Ink- Pumpkin Pie, Basic Gray; Accessories- Basic Black narrow taffeta ribbon, basic rhinestones, 2 3/8" scallop circle punch, 1 3/4" circle punch, sponge, dimensionals
Good morning, everyone! Halfway through another week! Wow! Yesterday was my dad's birthday and I forgot to mention it so "Happy Birthday, Dad!!" I could have called him anytime during the day because he is retired now!! I will be sure to do that today! So, can you believe that I was able to turn off the air conditioner yesterday evening?! We were sitting in our house with the windows open and cool air blowing through! It was SO nice!! Reminded me of fall but that isn't coming for a while. Now it will get hot again but it was really enjoyable while it lasted!
Today's card was inspired by the card in the catalog on page 113. I do hope you are not sick of me doing cards from the catalog but it really is so much fun! I do like the way this one turned out! And I love this stamp! This set also has a stamp that has raindrops. I haven't quite figured out what to do with that one, yet, so that is my next challenge - lol! Thanks for stopping by! You all make my day!
Card Recipe: Stamps- My Friend; Paper- Soft Suede, Crumb Cake, Rich Razzelberry, Very Vanilla; Ink- Soft Suede, Night of Navy; Accessories- itty bitty shapes punch pack, basic pearls, dimensionals
Good morning, Friends! I hope your week has started out wonderfully! I can't believe how fast this summer is going! It really doesn't seem like July around here. It has been so humid around here! And it does rain about every day. But I am grateful for the rain! Not much going on which has been nice.
Today's card was inspired by the card on page 69 of the catalog. I thought that it was so clever to use the pennant stamp set and punch to make an ice cream cone! I also used the cupcake builder punch to make the top part of the cone. It really makes for a super easy card! I hope that you are being inspired by the catalog, too! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!
Card Recipe: Stamps- Pennant Parade; Paper- Baja Breeze, Wild Wasabi, So Saffron, Whisper White, Just Add Cake designer paper; Ink- Early Espresso, So Saffron; Accessories- Baja Breeze narrow taffeta, cupcake builder punch, pennant builder punch, 1/2" circle punch, dotted scallop ribbon punch, stripes embossing folder, basic rhinestones, dimensionals
Good morning everyone! I was finally able to sleep in a little this morning and it felt good! We have been so busy this weekend watching various baseball games that it is hard to believe that we are starting a new week again! Fruita still has a couple of teams that are still in the tournament! And we will be watching one of those teams tonight. If either of them loses one more game then they are out. Go Fruita!!
Today's card is another that was inspired by the catalog. This comes from page 77 - the whale card. The card was really super simple and is a more masculine card. I don't make a lot of those. Anyway, thanks for stopping by and have a super day!
Card Recipe: Stamps- Need for Speed, A Word for You; Paper- Not Quite Navy, River Rock, Pumpkin Pie; Ink- Not Quite Navy; Accessories- silver brad, Houndstooth embossing folder, dimensionals
Good Sunday morning, Friends! I hope your weekend has been going super! We have been busy watching a lot of baseball around here! It has been so cool to be able to watch our favorite teams and players. And we will be going out again this morning. Since it is monsoon season, we are very humid around here! UGH! It did rain at our house early this morning but apparently not in town where they are playing. Weird! But I am grateful for the rain!!
Today's card is another that I CASE'd from the catalog - page 66. For this one, I changed the colors and left off the buttons. I believe that I also changed the size of the card. Other than that, I think I kept it pretty much the same! I hope that you all are getting inspired from the catalog, too! There are so many great ideas!! I am going to enter this one in the Inspiration In Action CASE Contest, too. I really like the way this one turned out and it was SO easy! Want to find out more about this contest? Click 'here' to go to Gretchen Barron's blog to find out more! And thanks to Gretchen for hosting such a FUN contest!! I love it! Thanks to you all for stopping by and have a wonderful day!!
Card Recipe: Stamps- Bring on the Cake; Paper- Baja Breeze, Wild Wasabi, Early Espresso, Whisper White, Just Add Cake designer paper; Ink- black StazOn, Peach Parfait, So Saffron, Wild Wasabi, Baja Breeze; Accessories- scallop edge border punch, itty bitty punch pack, basic pearls
Good morning everyone! I hope you all had a fantastic week! It might have been a short one for you as Monday was the holiday. It is the time of year when the All-Star baseball teams are playing their tournaments around the Grand Valley. Nick chose not to do Little League this year and therefore, was not eligible for the All-Star teams. I have to say, that it is kind of nice! Nick and his dad went and watched a game last night and we are going to watch one this morning. That should be fun!
Today's card is another that I CASE'd from the catalog. And I happened to find a contest along these lines that Gretchen Barron is hosting! It is called the Inspiration In Action CASE Contest! Click 'here' to find more information about that. Copying the layouts in the catalog is what I do best at the moment!! I wonder how many times you can enter - lol! Anyway, I tried to post a picture of the card I CASE'd but I couldn't figure it out right now. But this card is on page 72 and it is the first card on the left of the page - the cat card. Love the layout of this one! I kept the colors pretty much the same. I did change the bottom part of my card and the focal point. The stamps are different as well and I shortened the length of the banner. I did use two little mini brads! Boy, are those thing CUTE!! Anyway, I do hope that you will check out her blog post for the specifics of the contest and then get to creating!! This will be fun! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!
Card Recipe: Stamps- Summer Solstice, Friendly Phrases; Paper- Pear Pizzazz, Baja Breeze, Night of Navy, Whisper White, Pocket Full of Posies designer paper; Ink- Pear Pizzazz, Night of Navy; Accessories- mini brads, houndstooth embossing folder, 2 3/8" scallop circle punch, 1 3/4" circle punch, dimensionals
Good Friday morning! I hope you are ready for another great sketch challenge from the Sketch Frenzy Friday team! This week's sketch comes from Tammy Fite. Check it out!
And here is what I came up with!
Isn't it cute? I really like how it all turned out! I have to admit that I wasn't sure as I was putting it together but after looking at it for a while, I decided that it was definitely cute! As you can see from the sketch, I opted to leave out the bottom border. I just couldn't get it to look right for me. I started with a card base of Poppy Parade. Then I made a square panel of Baja Breeze with a piece of Just Add Cake designer paper and glued it to the card base. Then I used my 2 3/8" scallop punch and punched a So Saffron piece and then added a 1 3/4" Baja Breeze circle to that. This is popped up on the card. Then I used my the Create a Cupcake stamp set and stamped the base in Wild Wasabi and the top in Blushing Bride. Then I punched these out with the cupcake builder punch. These are popped up on the circle. The finishing touches are the greeting stamped in Poppy Parade (from the same set) and the flower that is punched out of Poppy Parade with a rhinestone. And there you have it! I just love these colors!! And they all come from the designer paper!
O.k. Now it's time to go to Jennifer's blog to see what she did with the sketch. Continue through the mini blog tour to be inspired by the design team. Then go and create your project using the sketch provided. Be sure to upload it to the Sketch Frenzy Friday blog so we can all see! I do love to see what you come up with! I hope you will all find time to play along! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!
Card Recipe: Stamps- Create a Cupcake; Paper- Poppy Parade, Baja Breeze, So Saffron, Whisper White, Just Add Cake designer paper; Ink- Blushing Bride, Wild Wasabi, Poppy Parade; Accessories- basic rhinestones, cupcake builder punch, itty bitty shapes punch pack, 2 3/8" scallop circle punch, 1 3/4" circle punch, dimensionals
Good morning, Friends! It's time for the Thursday challenge at Create with Connie and Mary! This week's challenge will be combined with next week's challenge. You see, Stampin' Up! is having their annual convention next week and many of the design team will be going. I will not be one of those. (tears) Yes, it is a choice that I made and I am being a "big" girl about it but I will definitely miss all my wonderful stampin' friends!! Anyway, since there will be so many gone, Connie and Mary decided to combine this week's and next week's challenges together and run them for two whole weeks! That means more time to play!! So, the challenges will be both a sketch and a color challenge! I chose to go with the color challenge. But you could do the sketch or do both on the same card! Lots of possibilities! Anyway, here is the color challenge:
And here is my card:
I think these colors are just fantastic! I love how they look together! I started my card with a base of Basic Gray textured cardstock. My panel is a strip of Basic Gray patterned paper that is notched and two strips of Pumpkin Pie that have been punched with the scallop trim border punch glued to the back. I glued this panel down to the card. Then I took So Saffron and Pumpkin Pie and used my Fun Flowers die to die cut the flowers (the top flower is actually punched with the 5 petal flower punch). The So Saffron flowers were run through the Big Shot with the Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder. Then I tried to "curl" the petals with my bone folder. I am not sure how well this actually turned out. Then I put an antique brad through all the layers and popped it up onto my card! The last thing I did was to stamp the greeting from My Friend in Basic Gray on Whisper White and tuck it behind the flower. And there you have it!
Now it's your turn! You can see what the other designers have come up with at the Create with Connie and Mary site! I know they will have lots of inspiration for you! Be sure to create your own wonderful project and upload it to the site! I can't wait to see what you come up with! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!
Card Recipe: Stamps- My Friend; Paper- Basic Gray, So Saffron, Pumpkin Pie, Whisper White, Neutrals paper stack; Ink- Basic Gray; Accessories- antique brad, scallop trim border punch, Fun Flowers die, Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder, dimensionals
Good morning, Friends! I hope your week is going great so far! The weekend will be here before we know it! I am looking forward to getting some stamping done. I think that Nick will be spending the day at a friend's house. So I will be by myself! I should be able to get a lot done, right? And tomorrow afternoon he has a birthday party to go to. I am out of cards to show so I do need to get to work! And I have some new toys coming this week so that should be easy!
Today's card was inspired by a card in the new catalog. I have really enjoyed copying layouts from the new catalog. This one is on page 110. I did change is up a bit. It is an easy card, just the way I like it! Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!
Card Recipe: Stamps- Fabulous Florets, Happiest Birthday Wishes; Paper- Tangerine Tango, Daffodil Delight, Wild Wasabi, Very Vanilla; Ink- Tangerine Tango, Wild Wasabi, Basic Black; Accessories- scallop edge border punch, dimensionals
Good morning everyone! I hope your 4th was celebrated in style and that everyone was safe! We drove our 12 hours back home and made it safe and sound! We did pick up some good 'ol Kansas fireworks and had our friends come over to watch them explode when we got home. We were a little nervous as the wind was really blowing but everything seemed to be o.k. and there were others who were doing the same thing all around us. I just wish I could have slept in a little more. But my body woke me up and so I guess I will start my day!! Not a whole lot I "have" to do today.
Today's card was copied from the catalog. It is from page 5. Again, the card in the catalog was a little one that I made into a regular sized one. I just really like the layout! And I just love the new Pennant Parade stamp set! The only thing that "bugs" me about this card is that I left a little too much ribbon stick out on the left side. Oh well. I still like it. I think it turned out really cute! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!
Card Recipe: Stamps- Pennant Parade; Paper- Whisper White, So Saffron, Baja Breeze; Ink- Poppy Parade, So Saffron, Baja Breeze; Accessories- Poppy Parade poly twill ribbon, silver brads, white baker's twine, pennant builder punch, Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder, scallop edge border punch, dimensionals
Good morning everyone and Happy Independence Day! I am pre-posting this as we will be on the road early today to be on our way home! What a great visit! I will post more about it later but as I type this, it is raining!! UGH! Fireworks are hard to do when it is raining! You can imagine that Nick isn't too thrilled about that!
Today's card is one that I copied from the current catalog. I found a little 3 x 3 card on page 34 and made it into a regular sized card. I changed up the stamps but the layout is pretty much the same. I do like the way it turned out! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!
Card Recipe: Stamps- On the Grow; Paper- Riding Hood Red, Island Indigo, Soft Suede, Whisper White, Neutrals paper stack; Ink- Island Indigo, Lucky Limeade, Crumb Cake, black StazOn; Accessories- basic rhinestones, 2 1/2" circle punch, dotted ribbon scallop border punch, blender pen, dimensionals
Hello everyone! Lots of stuff happening around here today so I will be making this short. We will be having our July 4th celebration tonight along with celebrating my dad and my aunt's retirement! Plus we will be making another trip to the fireworks stand! Nick just can't get enough - lol! My mom is busy getting the food ready and as soon as I am done here, I will be helping her out as well. And then tomorrow we will be on the road home! What a short visit!
So today's card is one that I did for a swap that I participated in last month. I really like the way it turned out and I got to use some great new products! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!
Card Recipe: Stamps- Pennant Parade; Paper- Elegant Eggplant, Wisteria Wonder, Pink Pirouette, Whisper White, Flirtatious designer paper; Ink- Elegant Eggplant; Accessories- white baker's twine, Pennant builder punch, basic rhinestones, Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder, 1/2" circle punch, dimensionals
Good morning, Friends! Are you all ready for a wonderful holiday weekend! I will apologize ahead of time but I won't have a patriotic card for the day. Sorry. I should have thought about it sooner but it just didn't happen. I hope you will enjoy the other cards that I will post for you. I will make this quick as we are getting leaving for breakfast! Yum!
This was my swap card for the Control Freaks sneak peek swap last month! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!
Card Recipe: Stamps- Delicate Doilies, Teeny Tiny Wishes; Paper- Chocolate Chip, Baja Breeze, Very Vanilla, Calypso Coral, Flirtatious designer paper; Ink- Calypso Coral, Daffodil Delight, Chocolate Chip; Accessories- silver brads, Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder, Perfect Pennants die, word window punch, dimensionals
Good morning, Friends! I hope you are ready for a super sketch from the Sketch Frenzy Friday team! This week's sketch comes to us from Robbie Rubala. Take a look:
Another great sketch with lots of possibilities! Of course, when I saw the circle image, I knew that I wanted to do something with the doilies! Here is what I came up with:
So I ended up not using the Delicate Doilies stamp set but I did use the Flirtatious paper! Isn't it cool?! The Flirtatious paper has two sheets of these doilies and one side of one sheet is Melon Mambo and the other sheet has one side of Pumpkin Pie. But the other side of both sheets is Whisper White! So that is what I went with. I carefully cut apart the doily and it is popped up on the Elegant Eggplant panel. Behind the Eggplant panel is a piece of the Flirtatious designer paper peeking out. This is glued onto a piece of Wisteria Wonder that has a piece of Whisper White organza ribbon tied around it. And then glued down to the Elegant Eggplant card base. My focal point is finished off with a stamp from Happiest Birthday Wishes stamped in Elegant Eggplant onto Wisteria Wonder and then punched out with the scallop circle punch. This is popped up on the doily and then I added two little pearls. And there you have it!
Click 'here' to see what Jennifer has done with this week's sketch. Be sure to visit each designer's blog to see what they did with this great sketch! Then create your own wonderful project to upload and share with us at Sketch Frenzy Friday! I can't wait to see what you do! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!
Card Recipe: Stamps- Happiest Birthday Wishes; Paper- Elegant Eggplant, Wisteria Wonder, Flirtatious designer paper; Ink- Elegant Eggplant; Accessories- Whisper White organza ribbon, basic pearls, scallop circle punch, dimensionals
