I wanted to play along with the sketch challenge at the Deconstructed Sketch site:
I pulled out the Wishing You set, which has the cutest stack of presents. The paper is from the Season of Style dsp pack. One more Christmas card to add to the stack.
Enjoy your Saturday! Thanks for stopping by!
It’s a Fab Friday day today! And we have a sketch challenge for you:
I love this sketch, but for some reason it gave me fits! I tried many different ideas for this card and was just about ready to throw in the towel because I wasn’t liking the way any of them were turning out. Then I stepped away and when I came back I decided I was trying to make it too hard by trying to be creative. So I just copied the sketch exactly like it is, and voila, I finally had a card. Whew! Creativity is just hard on some days!
You can see the other designers’ creations over at the Fab Friday site here. I hope you’ll join us as we love seeing what you create too.
Enjoy your Friday! Thanks for stopping by!
Supplies Used:
Stamps: Halloween Bash
Ink: Summer Starfruit, Tangerine Tango, Basic Black, Rich Razzleberry
Paper: Basic Gray, Summer Starfruit, Whisper White
Embellishments: Chevron Border punch, Brights Designer buttons, White Baker’s Twine, Witches’ Brew Designer Washi Tape, Spider Web embossing folder (I guess this one is retired — I missed that)
It’s Wednesday, and the queen of beautiful layers, Narelle Farrugia, has a great sketch for us this week at Freshly Made Sketches. I love Narelle’s style — she is not only talented at making cards with precise, clean layers, but she makes beautiful bows and makes monochromatic cards look so pretty.
I have had the Tea Party stamp set sitting on my shelf collecting dust for at least three months now. I decided that this is a perfect sketch for this set, so I put it to use.
You can check out what the other designers did with the sketch over at the Freshly Made Sketches site. I hope you can make time to join us this week. We always enjoy looking through the gallery each week.
Enjoy your Wednesday! Thanks for stopping by!
Supplies Used:
Stamps: Tea Party
Ink: Wisteria Wonder, Coastal Cabana, Crushed Curry
Paper: Crushed Curry, Very Vanilla, Afternoon Picnic dsp
Embellishments: Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border punch, Pearl Basic Jewels, Ovals Collection Framelits, Victoria 5/8″ Crochet Trim, Coastal Cabana 3/8″ Ruffle Stretch Trim
I wanted to play along with the challenge over at Retro Sketches this week, and thought I’d make a birthday card.
I think this sheet of dsp with the numbers on it from Birthday Basics is so fun.
My kids are off from school today. I’m looking forward to spending a relaxing day with them. Enjoy your Monday! Thanks for stopping by!
Supplies Used:
Stamps: Birthday Cake
Ink: Basic Gray, Crisp Cantaloupe, Raspberry Ripple, Bermuda Bay, Summer Starfruit
Paper: Basic Gray, Crisp Cantaloupe, Whisper White, Birthday Basics dsp
Embellishments: Brights Designer Buttons, White Baker’s Twine, 1″ Circle Punch
I haven’t played with the Etcetera dsp very much, and I love the color combinations in this package. So I pulled out one of the sheets I love, and made a thank you card. One can never have too many of those, right?
Enjoy your Sunday! Thanks for stopping by!
Supplies Used:
Stamps: Another Thank You (photopolymer stamp set)
Ink: Calypso Coral
Paper: Very Vanilla, Night of Navy, Champagne Glimmer Paper
Embellishments: Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border Punch, Regals Candy Dots and Brad Bases, 7/8″ Cotton Ribbon, Midnight Muse 3/8″ Stitched Satin Ribbon, Apothecary Accents framelits, Circle framelits, Essentials Paper Piercing Mat
The watercolor look seems to be so popular these days, and I’ve seen so many cards out in blogland that use it beautifully. I’ve been wanting to try it myself, and finally made some time yesterday to play with it.
I started by embossing this super fun stamp from Another Thank You (a photopolymer set) with white embossing powder on watercolor paper. I then took my inkpads and an aquapainter and “scribbled” four different colors over the thank you. I added a few sequins and some baker’s twine, and then adhered it down to the card base. Easy-peasy! Scribbling has never been more fun!
Enjoy your Saturday! Thanks for stopping by!
Supplies Used:
Stamps: Another Thank You (photopolymer set)
Ink: Versamark, Crisp Cantaloupe, Daffodil Delight, Marina Mist, Strawberry Slush
Paper: Watercolor paper, Crisp Cantaloupe
Embellishments: White Stampin’ Emboss Powder, White Baker’s Twine, Sequins (non-SU)
I wanted to play along with the Paper Players challenge this week, as I love to make Halloween treats, and my kids love to give and receive them.
I love the Tag-A-Bag gift bags because they make it so easy to make a cute gift in minutes. I used a glue pad to stamp the splotches from Gorgeous Grunge onto the bag, and then applied some of the black Stampin’ Glitter. I made a quick tag using some dies, washi tape, and a stamp from Halloween Bash. And my favorite part is the big chevron bow.
I put some mini Hershey’s candy bars inside. I think everyone loves those.
Enjoy your Thursday! Thanks for stopping by!
Supplies Used:
Stamps: Gorgeous Grunge, Halloween Bash
Ink: Old Olive, Basic Black, Tangerine Tango
Paper: Old Olive, Very Vanilla
Embellishments: Tag-a-Bag gift bags, Black Stampin’ Glitter, Pumpkin Pie 3/4″ Chevron Ribbon, Chalk Talk framelits, Labels Collection framelits, Witches’ Brew Designer Washi Tape, White Baker’s Twine, Halloween Banner Simply Created Kit (button)
Our Artisan award-winning and super talented Jennifer Timko has a fabulous sketch for us this week at Freshly Made Sketches:
Now that we have the super cool Envelope Punch Board, we can make cards of any size and have a coordinating envelope. When I saw this square sketch, I thought I’d make a 4″ x 4″ note card. I pulled out my Tape It stamp set, which is so much fun, and went to work with some bright colors.
You’ll want to go check out what the other designers did with the sketch at the Freshly Made Sketches site. And then I hope you’ll join us and make a card of your own. We love to see your interpretation of the sketch too!
Enjoy your Wednesday! Thanks for stopping by!
Supplies Used:
Stamps: Tape It, Gorgeous Grunge
Ink: Pumpkin Pie, Crushed Curry, Melon Mambo
Paper: Melon Mambo, Whisper White, Gingham Garden dsp
Embellishments: Floral Frames Collection framelits, Pumpkin Pie 3/4″ Chevron ribbon, Brights Designer buttons, White Baker’s Twine, Boho Blossoms punch, sequins (non-SU)
I had just a little time to stamp yesterday, so I made a quick and easy card for Halloween. I love the black glitter that’s in the Holiday catalog, and it’s so easy to apply on a piece of sticky strip. I had a button leftover from the Halloween Banner Simply Created Accessory Kit, so I used it on this card.
It’s another Montage Monday (on Sunday evening :)). I can’t wait to see what the other designers have created this time around!
I made a new Fall banner for our mantle. We actually had a taste of Fall this weekend in Texas, and I’ve loved it.
I used the Sweater Weather dsp and the large leaf image from the Bigz Autumn Accents die. The alphabet letters, which spell “Happy Fall Y’all,” are from the Bigz Typeset Alphabet die. Here’s a closer look:
I took the 7/16″ Natural Trim and layered it across the top of each banner. I’ve found that sewing all of the banners together works best for me. I just feed each banner through on my sewing machine, leaving a little space between each one. This allows me to easily fold the banner up for storage until the next year.
Here’s one more close look at an individual banner:
Now you’re ready to hop on over to incredibly talented Breelin Renwick’s blog and continue on the blog hop trail. If you’d prefer to work your way around in reverse order you can see the fabulously creative Wendy Weixler’s creation by hitting the Back button instead.
Enjoy your Sunday evening! Thanks for stopping by!
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