Good Friday morning! Time for another challenge from the Sketch Frenzy Friday team! This week's sketch comes to us from Tammy Fite. Take a look!
Great sketch! So many possibilities! It was hard to narrow down what I wanted to do but here is what I finally came up with!
Yes, I made a Christmas card. I wasn't going to but there was just something calling me toward Christmas. So I pulled out the Bells and Boughs set and went to work. I wrapped three pieces of Gumball Green stitched satin ribbon around a piece of Gumball Green card stock. Then I stamped the bough in black StazOn onto Very Vanilla and colored it with Gumball Green and Cherry Cobbler markers and cut it out. I popped it up onto a piece of Very Vanilla and adhered this to a piece of Cherry Cobbler. This panel is popped up onto the card and stamped the sentiment in black StazOn below it and added a rhinestone.
Continue on the tour by clicking 'here' to see what Jennifer did with this sketch. Be sure to take the entire tour to get inspiration from each designer's creation. I hope that you will be able to find some time to play along with us! Be sure to upload your creation to the Sketch Frenzy Friday blog so that we can all see! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!
Card Recipe: Stamps- Bells and Boughs; Paper- Gumball Green, Cherry Cobbler, Very Vanilla; Ink- black StazOn, Gumball Green, Cherry Cobbler; Accessories- Gumball Green stitched satin ribbon, rhinestones, dimensionals
Good morning everyone! Time for another challenge from the ladies at Create with Connie and Mary! This week we are being challenged with color. Take a look!
Midnight Muse, Daffodil Delight and Gumball Green are the colors we are to work with. Love these colors!! The new Midnight Muse is such a beautiful color to work with! I used a sketch from CPS to help me put this card together. Fun!!
Another very easy card! I wrapped a piece of Midnight Muse stitched satin ribbon around a piece of Midnight Muse card stock and popped it up onto a card base of Midnight Muse. Then I stamped the greeting from Friendly Phrases in Midnight Muse onto Whisper White and punched it out with the 1 1/4" circle punch. This is adhered to a circle of Daffodil Delight that was punched with the 1 3/8" circle punch. This is popped up onto a scallop circle that was punched from Gumball Green. Then I popped it up onto the card. I took a piece of Daffodil Delight to the Big Shot and used the Beautiful Wings embosslit to cut some butterflies. These are adhered to the card. Then I added some rhinestones to complete the card!
Find more inspiration from the other designers at Create with Connie and Mary! I hope that you will be able to play along with us this week! We always love to see what you come up with! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!
Card Recipe: Stamps- Friendly Phrases; Paper- Midnight Muse, Gumball Green, Daffodil Delight, Whisper White; Ink- Midnight Muse; Accessories- Midnight Muse stitched satin ribbon, Beautiful Wings embosslit, rhinestones, circle punches, scallop circle punch, dimensionals
Good morning, Friends! Another week seems to be flying by! Here we are halfway through the last week of our summer! I know I keep repeating that but it's mainly because I need to remember that I will need to start getting the boy up and getting him ready for school! While it's been nice just being lazy and leisure, it will be nice to have a regular routine once again.
Today's card is #2 that my stamp club did on Monday night. This card was inspired by my friend Mary Brown. She used these same colors, stamp set and technique last week on a card she did. I used the sketch at Clean&Simple to help me put this card together. And I quite like how it all turned out! I think the ladies did, too! And the best part is, it is really simple!! I took a piece of Daffodil Delight to the Big Shot and ran it through with the Fancy Fan embossing folder. This is adhered to a piece of Basic Grey and then adhered to the card base of Whisper White. Then I took a piece of Whisper White and a piece of Basic Grey card stock to the Big Shot and ran them through with the Apothecary Accents framelit dies. I stamped the image from Serene Silhouettes in Basic Grey and sponged Daffodil ink just on top of the flowers. I cut the Basic Grey piece because I wanted just the bottom portion. This is adhered to the Whisper White piece. I tied a piece of ribbon around this and then popped it up onto the card. Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!!
Card Recipe: Stamps- Serene Silhouettes; Paper- Whisper White, Basic Grey, Daffodil Delight; Ink- Basic Grey, Daffodil Delight; Accessories- Basic Grey stitched grosgrain ribbon, Apothecary Accents framelit dies, Fancy Fan embossing folder, sponge, dimensionals
Good morning everyone! I hope your week has gotten off to a great start! I was able to accomplish what I needed to yesterday. I am hoping today that I can get a little bit of stamping done and then work like mad on my Christmas quilt. I really want to get these thirteen blocks made because each block has four sections that have 24 pieces!! And I have these pieces all over my table so I really want to get these put together before I lose something - lol! Then I can focus on finishing up my other projects. Maybe another load of laundry will be in order, too. I don't think I have to go anywhere which will help, too.
Today's card is one of four that my stamp club ladies made. I got the idea from the latest Stampin' Success magazine that demonstrators get. I love how simple it is! Adhere a piece of Lucky Limeade designer paper to a piece of Lucky Limeade card stock and then to a card base of Whisper White. Add a strip of Rich Razzleberry. Then stamp the bike from Moving Forward in Pacific Point. Use a post-it note to mask the basket and stamp the flowers in Rich Razzleberry. Then add two brads to the wheels. Use the scallop edge border punch to punch the end. Tie a piece of Rich Razzleberry stitched grosgrain ribbon around the panel and pop up onto the card. Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!
Card Recipe: Stamps- Moving Forward; Paper- Whisper White, Lucky Limeade, In Color designer paper pack; Ink- Pacific Point, Rich Razzleberry; Accessories- Rich Razzleberry stitched grosgrain ribbon, scallop edge border punch, silver brads, dimensionals
Good morning, Friends! Another week is beginning! And this is the last week of summer for the kids returning back to school! Next week at this time, Nick will be getting ready for his first day! Oh, yes! He is so excited!! NOT!! Lol! I think that he will be once it gets here, but he is really enjoying every bit of his summer! I however, am ready for him to be out of the house so I don't have to run him around everywhere! I can get back to a routine and get things done. That will be nice! Today he will be spending time with a friend and I need to get my last bit of preparation done for my workshop tonight!
Today's card was inspired by one I saw in a PaperCrafts magazine. It was a new one that I picked up at the book store. It had this sketch in there and this is what I came up with! A very simple card but I do like the way it came out! And it is a great way to use up those pieces of designer paper that we always seem to have left. I started by cutting a piece of the Twitterpated designer paper into panels and then I adhered them to a piece of Whisper White. This is glued to a piece of Island Indigo and then popped up onto a card base of Whisper White. I stamped the greeting from Made for You in Island Indigo. Then I ran a piece of Rich Razzleberry through the Big Shot with the Beautiful Wings embosslit. I adhered two of them together and then to the card. I added three small pearls to the center and called it done!! Thanks for stopping by and have a fabulous day!
Card Recipe: Stamps- Made for You; Paper- Whisper White, Island Indigo, Rich Razzleberry, Twitterpated designer paper; Ink- Island Indigo; Accessories- Beautiful Wings embosslit, pearls, dimensionals
Good morning, Friends! I guess I really needed some extra sleep this morning! And that whole long list of things I needed to get done yesterday? Well... I only got to start on one thing! Actually, I did get two loads of laundry done and while that was going, I was able to stamp a few cards. But Nick was at a friend's house and we ended up going to get him and tote the two around before coming home and only have about an hour before we had to leave again. We did have a nice dinner with some friends that we haven't seen in a while and then came home again and watched some Olympics before going to bed. I was exhausted!! Today I am going to the quilt store to spend the afternoon stitching!! Yea! I am hoping to get a lot done on my table rug so I can get that finished up!
Today's card was inspired by the sketch at Freshly Made. These images are from the Moving Forward stamp set. This set is this year's Ronald McDonald House Charity set. For every set sold, $3 go to the charity. And it has the cutest images!! The greeting comes from the set Sweet Essentials. So I mounted a piece of Marina Mist designer paper from the Polka Dot Parade set onto a card base of Whisper White. Then I added a strip of Midnight Muse and Gumball Green. I punched a piece of Whisper White with the 2 3/8" scallop punch and stamped the images from Moving Forward in Gumball Green. This is popped up onto the card. I stamped the greeting from Sweet Essentials in Gumball Green onto a strip of Whisper White and flagged one end. This is adhered to the scallop circle. Finally, I added a Marina Mist button with some white baker's twine. Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!
Card Recipe: Stamps- Moving Forward, Sweet Essentials; Paper- Whisper White, Midnight Muse, Gumball Green, Polka Dot Parade designer paper; Ink- Gumball Green; Accessories- Subtles buttons, white baker's twine, scallop circle punch, dimensionals
Good morning, Friends! I hope your weekend is off to a great start! We are home this weekend - yea! The last three weekends we have been traveling so it's nice to be home! But what will I do?? Lol!! I do need to catch up on the laundry; it sounds like I need to do another cricket hunt (ugh); I need to get some stamping done; I need to go grocery shopping (ugh); and then there are the things I "want" to do... But first I will have my coffee and then think about where to start - lol!!
Today's card was one that I did for a recent swap I participated in. I just love this little Frankie!! I mounted a piece of Lucky Limeade designer paper to a piece of Lucky Limeade card stock and then to a card base of Basic Black. Then I took a piece of Basic Black and round the four corners before taking it to the Big Shot and running it through with the Web embossing folder. Then I used my white StazOn pad and rubbed it over the embossed web to make it stand out. I took the Pumpkin Pie baker's twine from the Ghoulish Googlies designer kit and wrapped it around twice before popping up the panel onto the card. I stamped Frankie from Googly Ghouls in black StazOn onto a piece of Whisper White, colored him with a Lucky Limeade marker and then cut him out. I popped him up onto a tag from the Ghoulish Googlies designer kit added a silver brad and then popped up the tag onto the card. I stamped the greeting from Teeny Tiny Wishes in black StazOn onto a strip of Whisper White and flagged one end. The other end is tucked behind Frankie. And the final touch was to add the googlie eyes. So fun!! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!
Card Recipe: Stamps- Googly Ghouls, Teeny Tiny Wishes; Paper- Lucky Limeade, Basic Black, Whisper White, In Color designer paper stack; Ink- black StazOn, white StazOn, Lucky Limeade; Accessories- Ghoulish Googlies designer kit, silver brad, Web embossing folder, corner rounder, dimensionals
Good Friday morning everyone! I can't believe how fast this week went by! Sketch Frenzy Friday has a new sketch for everyone to try! This week's sketch was created by Sharon Wheet. Take a look at this fun sketch!
So simple with fun shapes! I love it!! Here is what I did with it.
I kept it really simple, too! I just love these images from Lean on Me! They make the quickest and easiest cards! And they are so cute!! I cut a piece of Basic Grey with the Labels framelits die and adhered it to a panel of Whisper White that is popped up onto a card base of Whisper White. Then I took a strip of Twitterpated designer paper and flagged one end before adhering it to the card. Then I stamped the image onto a piece of Whisper White in black StazOn and colored it in with a blender pen and various inks. This is popped up onto the label and then added a Basic Grey button with some white baker's twine. Easy!!
Continue through the tour to get inspired by the rest of the design team by clicking 'here' to see what Jennifer has done with this sketch. I do hope you will find some time this week to play along! Don't forget to upload it to the Sketch Frenzy Friday blog. I always look forward to seeing what you do with our sketches! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!
Card Recipe: Stamps- Lean on Me; Paper- Whisper White, Basic Grey, Twitterpated designer paper; Ink- black StazOn, various inks for coloring; Accessories- Neutrals buttons, Labels framelits dies, blender pen, white baker's twine, dimensionals
Good morning everyone! I'm here with the newest challenge from the ladies at Create with Connie and Mary! This week they are challenging us with a sketch. Take a look!
An interesting sketch, wouldn't you say? I was a little stumped at first and then I just went with 'it' and came up with this...
I did take some liberties with the sketch but I like the way it all came together! The central part of my card is the sketch. I just took that panel and adhered it to an A2 card sized card base. I took a square piece of Whisper White and adhered two strips of Elegant Eggplant and Baja Breeze that have their ends flagged. I ran this through the Big Shot with the Fancy Fan embossing folder. Then I added a strip of Elegant Eggplant that was punched with the scallop trim border punch and tied a piece of Baja Breeze seam binding ribbon around this. This panel is popped up onto a card base of Whisper White. I stamped the tea cup from Tea Shoppe in Summer Starfruit and cut it out.I popped this up onto the card and added three pearls to the flowers on the tea cup. Then I stamped the sentiment onto a strip of Whisper White and flagged one end. This is tucked behind the tea cup.
Be sure to visit the Create with Connie and Mary website to see what the other designers came up with. I hope that you will find some time to create a project using this sketch. Be sure to upload it to the site so that we can all take a look! I always love to see what you come up with! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!
Card Recipe: Stamps- Tea Shoppe; Paper- Whisper White, Baja Breeze, Elegant Eggplant; Ink- Summer Starfruit, Elegant Eggplant; Accessories- Baja Breeze seam binding ribbon, scallop trim border punch, Fancy Fan embossing folder, pearls, dimensionals
Good morning everyone! Another week that seems to be flying by! Today is the day!! Today is the day that I go register Nick for 7th grade! That is crazy!! Yeah, he isn't really looking forward to it but I think once we get there and he sees his friends he will be excited. I am going to take him out for breakfast and then we are going to do some school shopping. And that should help get him in the mood, too! We have been enjoying the Olympic games! In fact, they tend to keep us up too late - lol! Only a few more weeks to sleep in and then it's school time!!
Today's card was inspired from a fairly new challenge site. I wanted to play along with them but with us being gone and not having the internet I missed out. I still wanted to show you all the card and tell you about the challenges. The site is Nacho Average Challenge. This week they have a fun color challenge. Be sure to check it out! Like I said, this sketch was from last week. A super fun and simple sketch! I took three of the designer papers from the Polka Dot Parade pack and flagged each end. Then I adhered them to a piece of Whisper White and tied a piece of Whisper White taffeta ribbon around it. I stamped the greeting from Friendly Phrases in Marina Mist and popped this panel up onto a card base of Whisper White. This I punched a flower with the itty bitty punch pack in Real Red and added a rhinestone. Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!
Card Recipe: Stamps- Friendly Phrases; Paper- Whisper White, Real Red, Polka Dot Parade designer paper; Ink- Marina Mist; Accessories- Whisper White taffeta ribbon, itty bitty punch pack, rhinestone, dimensionals
Good morning, Friends! I hope your week got off to a great start! It was nice to be home. I got some laundry done and I did a little sewing. I even made a card! I can tell the days are shortening up! It is taking a little longer for the sun to come up in the morning. But it still manages to get pretty hot during the day. I have a massage today and that's a good thing as I have a huge knot in my lower back. It's killing me! And then I will be on the hunt because we have a cricket in our bedroom who is quite noisy at night!
Today's card was inspired by Mary Jo's lunchtime sketch challenge. This sketch was last week's. I didn't get it posted in time to enter but I still wanted to show it. It worked out perfectly for this new stamp set, Winter Memories. I adhered a piece of Crumb Cake to a piece of Cherry Cobbler and then to the card base of Crumb Cake. I stamped the image from Winter Memories in black StazOn onto Very Vanilla and watercolored it with a blender pen and various inks. Then I added two strips of Not Quite Navy that were cut with the Tasteful Trim die. This is popped up onto the card. Then I stamped the sentiment in black StazOn onto a strip of Very Vanilla, flagged both ends and adhered it to the card. I added two rhinestones and called it done! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!
Card Recipe: Stamps- Winter Memories; Paper- Crumb Cake, Cherry Cobbler, Not Quite Navy, Very Vanilla; Ink- black StazOn, various inks for water coloring; Accessories- blender pen, Tasteful Trim die, rhinestones, dimensionals
Good morning, Friends! I hope you all had a fantastic weekend and are ready for another week! We had a super weekend! We left on Thursday for Park City, UT. Nick had a soccer tournament up there that started on Friday. We had never been up there before so it was a great experience and beautiful scenery! The boys played excellent but the outcome was not what we wanted. They tied all of their games! The final game went into over time and then finally was decided in penalty kicks. Guess we need to work on those - lol! Sounds like we will be doing this tournament again next year. Yea!! I had every intention of posting while I was gone but we didn't know the password for the wifi so I just used by phone to check e-mails and didn't worry about the blog. But here I am now!
Today's card was inspired by the sketch at Freshly Made. I haven't used the Top Note die in a while. I took a strip of the First Edition designer paper and adhered it to a strip of Basic Black that has the edge punched with the scallop edge border punch. This is adhered to a card of Very Vanilla. Then I took a piece of Very Vanilla and a piece of Basic Black and cut them with the Top Note die using the Big Shot. The Basic Black piece was cut down so that only the very bottom is used for the card. I stamped the image and sentiment from Thoughts & Prayers in Basic Black, adhered the Basic Black piece and then tied a piece of Basic Black taffeta ribbon around this. I popped this panel up onto the card base. Then I used the itty bitty punch pack to punch a flower from Daffodil Delight and added a pearl. Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!
Card Recipe: Stamps- Thoughts & Prayers; Paper- Very Vanilla, Basic Black, Daffodil Delight, First Edition designer paper; Ink- Basic Black; Accessories- Top Note die, Basic Black taffeta ribbon, scallop edge border punch, itty bitty punch pack, pearl, dimensionals
Good Friday morning everyone! It's time for another great challenge from the team at Sketch Frenzy Friday! This week's sketch comes from Robbie Rubala. Take a look!
A totally fun, clean, simple and very versatile sketch!! So this is what I came up with!
I decided to use the Googly Ghouls set since I had it out already. I am loving this little Frankie guy! So cute! I ran a piece of Basic Black through the Big Shot using the Web embossing folder. Then I wrapped a piece of Pumpkin Pie baker's twine around this before adhering it to a card base of Lucky Limeade. I stamped Frankie from Googly Ghouls in black StazOn onto a piece of Whisper White, colored him with a Lucky Limeade marker and cut him out. I popped him up on a tag from the Ghoulish Googlies Designer Kit (the baker's twine is from this kit). The tag is popped up onto the card. I stamped the greeting from Teeny Tiny Wishes in black StazOn onto a strip of Whisper White and flagged one end. I tucked the other end under Frankie. Finally, I added two gogglies. Can't have a googly ghoul without googlie eyes - lol!!
Click 'here' to see what Jennifer has done with this sketch. Be sure to take the entire tour to get inspired from all the fabulous designers! I hope you will be able to play along with us this week and create a project using the sketch provided. Be sure to upload it to the Sketch Frenzy Friday blog so that we can all see! Thanks for stopping by and have a fabulous day!!
Card Recipe: Stamps- Googly Ghouls, Teeny Tiny Wishes; Paper- Lucky Limeade, Basic Black, Whisper White; Ink- black StazOn, Lucky Limeade; Accessories- Ghoulish Googlies Designer Kit, Web embossing folder, dimensionals
Good morning everyone! Welcome to the first Create with Connie and Mary Thursday challenge of August! I still find it hard to believe that we are into August! This week we are being challenged with color. Take a look at these fun colors.
Real Red, Sahara Sand and Basic Black. A lot of neutrals with a pop of color. Love it!! Since the Holiday mini has been debuted, I decided I wanted to use the cute Googly Ghouls set. So here is what I came up with.
I just love this little mummy!! And Frankie, from the same set, also stole my heart! I used the sketch at Retro Sketches. his is just a super fun sketch and I knew that everyone would come together! So I adhered a piece of the Basic Black designer paper to a card base of Sahara Sand. One end of a piece of Basic Black card stock is punched with the scallop edge border punch and the other end has the two corners rounded. On top of this is a piece of Whisper White and the panel is popped up onto the card base. Then I stamped the mummy in black StazOn onto a scrap of Whisper White and cut him out. He is popped up onto the card. I added a flagged strip of Sahara Sand and a black button with some white baker's twine. My pop of red is a little heart punched with the owl builder punch. And we can't forget the googlie eye!! I love these!! Under the panel I stamped the greeting from Teeny Tiny Wishes in black StazOn. So fun!!
Be sure to visit Create with Connie and Mary to see what the other designers have done with these colors. I hope that you all will play along, too! I always love to see what you do with our challenges! Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!
Card Recipe: Stamps- Googly Ghouls, Teeny Tiny Wishes; Paper- Sahara Sand, Basic Black, Whisper White, Real Red, Neutrals designer paper stack; Ink- black StazOn; Accessories- white baker's twine, owl builder punch, corner rounder, scallop edge border punch, neutrals buttons, dimensionals
Good morning everyone! And Happy August!! Wow! This summer is really flying by! I have set a goal to finish my first "Fun and Done" quilt by the end of this month. And it is very do-able! I just need to keep on pace. I have all the squares done. They just need to be put together in rows and then attached to the quilt. I have half of them done already. But tomorrow we leave for Park City because Nick's soccer team is playing in a big tournament there. It will be fun to get out of town again! Being the first day of August means that everyone can order from the new Holiday mini catalog!! Yea!!! And the new version of MDS is available! lots of great stuff is going on!!
Today's card was inspired by the sketch at iSpy. A super simple one!! I do love what the designers came up with, too! I kept mine very simple and clean. I apologize for the picture not coming out great. I adhered a strip of Midnight Muse to a card base of Whisper White. Then I stamped the stem from Fabulous Florets in Gumball Green onto a panel of Whisper White and tied a piece of Gumball Green around it. This is popped up onto the card so that just a hint of the Midnight muse is showing. On the other side of the panel I stamped the quote in Midnight Muse. Then I stamped the flower onto a scrap of Whisper White in Midnight Muse and cut it out. This is popped up onto the card. Thanks for stopping by and have a super day!
Card Recipe: Stamps- Fabulous Florets, Paper- Whisper White, Midnight Muse; Ink- Gumball Green, Midnight Muse; Accessories- Gumball Green stitched satin ribbon, dimensionals
