two cards... two sketches...

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Hey friends... dropping in with my second post today.  Have a couple of cards to share that I made for two different sketch challenges:  Reverse Confetti November Sketch for You to Try and Viva La Verve November sketch week 3.  I'm also going to post the Reverse Confetti card to the current Addicted to CAS challenge of dimension and the current AAA Cards challenge of anything goes. For the Reverse Confetti card I watercolored a background using some Stampin Up! Baja Breeze ink.  Once it was dry I die cut the panel and then started adding my elements.  The sentiment is from the RC set Seasonal Sentiments and the snowflake was cut using the Let It Snow Confetti Cuts set.  The little banner was cut using the Tag Me Confetti Cuts set and the other little pieces come from the Class Act Confetti Cuts set.  The snowflake and banner were cut from Heidi Swapp glitter cardstock and the other pieces from Lawn Fawn's Let's Bokeh in the Snow 6x6 pad.  I added some embossing to the sentiment panel before adhering all the pieces.  A little light blue button was tied up with the silver metallic thread and adhered to the snowflake.  I pretty please with how this one turned out.

 

The second card is for the Viva La Verve sketch challenge.  I pulled out my Teresa Collins Hello My Name is 6x6 pad and pulled some paper from it using a red, kraft and grey color combo.  The little latte cup is from the Verve set Holiday Treats.  I stamped it randomly on the paper using red, grey and kraft inks the die cut it using with a rectangle die.  The red/kraft polka dot paper and the kraft cardstock were also die cut and then layered together.  A strip of grey chevron paper was added and then some red and kraft bakers twine were tied around the piece.  I cut a small piece of kraft cardstock, stamped it with the sentiment and then adhered it to the card.  I thought about die cutting a couple of little latte cups to add to the card, but decided to keep things simple and I must say that I 'm glad that I did because, again, I'm pretty darn pleased with how it turned out.

 



Thanks for stopping by today and thank you to those who take the time to leave me a comment... I really appreciate it!

Supplies:  Cardstock:  Simon Says Stamp sea glass; SU! smoky slate; PTI kraft; Ranger Water color; Heidi Swapp glitter cardstock; Stamps:  Verve, Reverse Confetti; Dies;  Reverse Confetti, A Jillian Vance Design; Inks: Stampin Up! red, grey, kraft and blue; Memento Tuxedo Black; Baker's Twine; DMC silver metallic thread; PTI button; Patterned paper:  Teresa Collins, Lawn Fawn


 

spooky...

Hey friends!  Popping in with a Halloween card that I started last night (Sunday) and finished this morning.  Haven't made any Halloween cards this year and since it will be here on Saturday thought I should at least try to make one, lol!  Recently got the Stampin Up! set Among the Branches.  I purchased it as a bundle with an embossing folder called Woodland, but unfortunately that embossing folder has been very popular and so I only got the stamp set.  Hoping I will get the folder within the next week or two.  When I saw the code word at Addicted to CAS was spooky I immediately thought of the image from Among the Branches that says 'spooky' and created this card using that image, the layout from Sweet Sunday Sketch and some papers from the October Afternoon Witch Hazel line.  Not a lot of white space on this card, but it is very clean and simple.  So I will be posting my card to those two challenges.  After stamping the image using black ink I covered it with Glossy Accents.   Since the I covered the whole thing I had to let it dry over night before adhering it to my card base.   My week long odyssey with migraines seems to be over, thankfully.  I get migraines but usually only for a day or two not seven days!!  Hopefully that won't happen again anytime soon!  Thank you to those of you who let me kind words of encouragement... they were very much appreciated!!

Thanks for stopping by today...

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI rustic white, SU! grey; PP:  October Afternoon Witch Hazel; Stamps:  Stampin Up!; Dies:  A Jillian Vance Design and Spellbinders; Glossy Accents

sending holiday cheer...

Hello!!  Hope all is well in your part of the world.  Yesterday we got snow (thankfully it stopped by about 9:00 am), but now we have sunshine, but freezing temperatures.  Hubby works nights and told me this morning that he had to pry the car door open when he got off work at midnight!  Crazy, right??  Anywhoo... we should be back to our normal northwest weather of rain in a few days.  Being that it is so cold this is the perfect time to stay inside and do some crafting.  I made this card for several challenges, Color Throwdown, Addicted to CAS (Dots) and Simon Says Stamp Work It Wednesday (holiday).

I got this fun Hero Arts stamp, Shari's Tree No. 2, last year and had never inked it up.  Thought it perfect for the current Addicted to CAS challenge.  I inked in a neutral kraft colored ink and then filled in all the circles with buttons and sequins in blue, red, kraft and silver.  The star was covered with glue and then blue glitter glass added.  I die cut the hill using an MFT die, applied glue to the cut edge and then added white glitter glass.  The sentiment is from the HA set "Sending Holiday Cheer".  Finished things off with a few bits of washi tape.

Thanks for stopping by...

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI white, kraft; Stamps:  Hero Arts, Ink:  Stampin Up!; Buttons:  PTI; Sequins: Lawn Fawn and Verve; Washi Tape:  My Mind's Eye

happy birthday...

Hello!!  I'm getting back into the card-making groove and made this little card for a few challenges:  Less is More (colors), STAMPlorations (sketch),  Time Out (celebrations with a twist:  butterflies) and ATCAS (gold). 

 

Recently my bloggy friend, Deepti, showcased a wonderful set of stamps from STAMPlorations and it really caught my attention so I checked out their website.  They have lots of amazing sets and I hope that one day very soon I will be able to pick up a few, but in the meantime I have decided to play along with their current sketch challenge.   For the bottom two angled images I embossed my cardstock with a Spellbinders plain square die.  I then cut the final layer with the same die and stamped it with my butterfly image (from Stampin Up! Backyard Basics) using grey ink.  The splats (from SU! Gorgeous Grunge) were stamped over the butterfly in turquoise and lime green inks.  I stamped some additional splats using yellow ink before mounting my stamped piece.  The sentiment (from Altenew Label Love) was stamped in a dark green ink trimmed out and adhered.  It is hard to tell, but the little dots on either side of the sentiment and the one in the center of the butterfly are gold.  I quite like how this one turned out!

Thanks for stopping by...

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI white; Stamps:  Stampin Up! and Altenew; Inks:  Stampin Up! and Memento; Die:  Spellbinders;  Gold dots:  My Mind's Eye

CMCC #24... life is...

Hey there!!  Only a couple more days and my kiddos are out for summer!! But in the meantime there is a brand new challenge up at Colour Me..! and we have some fun summery kinda colors to work with:  meduim green and meduim blue.  The SU! colors are Marina Mist and Pear Pizzazz two of my very favorite shades of green.  All the details can be found on the Colour Me...! blog.

Last week I got some yummy new Clearly Whimsy Stamps in the mail and I'm using one of these sets today (Travel 1).   The layout is based on the sketch for last week's Freshly Made Sketchs.  The road image was stamped in the two inks and then die cut using an MFT Fishtail Flag Stax die.  After stamping the road again using black ink I die cut the cardstock using the large tag from the Reverse Confetti Tag Me die set.  Stamped the car, trimmed it out and added it to the tag.  Once that was done I added sentiment.  Everything was adhered and then the final portion of the sentiment stamped.  As this fits the current Addicted to CAS challenge:  transport, I will be adding it to that challenge, as well.

Thanks for stopping by...please check out the projects created by my fellow teamies Tara, Hayley, Sam, Katie, Brenda and June guest designer, Shirley!

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI white; Stamps:  Clearly Whimsy Stamps; Dies:  MFT and Reverse Confetti; Ink:  Stampin Up! and Memento; Ribbon:  SU! Pear Pizzazz

thinking about you...

Hey there!!  Our lovely weather has changed to rain... yuck!  Oh well... I'm sure the nice weather will be back soon.  Have a card to share that I made for a couple of challenges:  Time Out (inspired by words:  time flies, love lasts) and Addicted to CAS (off the edge).

I must be honest and tell you that this card actually started out as a one layer card for the Hero Arts scramble that happened on Saturday (May 17th) over at the Hero Arts flickr group.  When I originally made the card I used the backside to do some experimenting with different images and the stencil.  I posted my original one layer card, but knew I couldn't leave it that way and that I would have to "fix" my little problem.  So, I cut the card in two, threw away the back half and trimmed down the front to fit a new A2 card base.  I added some additional stamping to the front and the enamel dots.  All the stamps are from the Hero Arts set All the Time and the stencil is from Memory Box.  I used Ranger Squeezed Lemonade distress ink for the stenciling and Ranger Faded Jeans to stamp the clock images.  The sentiment was stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black.

Thanks for stopping by...

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI white; Stamps:  Hero Arts; Inks:  Ranger and Memento; Enamel dots:  My Mind's Eye

be YOU tiful...

Hello, hello!! Beautiful day here in the PacNW!  The sun is shining and the birds are singing... makes me smile!   Can't believe I have posted every single day this week... I really try to not do that, but sometimes it happens!  And the fun just continues because... yep... I have a card to post!

This one started out as a card for just two different challenges:  Sketchbook Saturday and Reverse Confetti color challenge.   But when I saw my sweet (and super talented) bloggy friend Anita's post for Addicted to CAS (she is guest designing... YAY Anita!) I just had to add my card to that challenge, as well.  I also had to laugh when I read Anita's post because I share her desire to have things be well... neat and grunge (the ATCAS challenge) just isn't neat!  But I have been giving it a try... first with stamps and now actually trying splattering on my projects.  The randomness and messiness of splattering kinda unnerves me, but I'm starting to enjoy it more.   I used SU! reinkers in the following colors:  Certain Celery, Wisteria Wonder & Marina Mist.  I mixed each one with water and splattered away.  I would like to say it was liberating, but seriously... it wasn't, lol!   The arrows were die cut using my Reverse Confetti arrow die and then adhered.  I stamped the sentiment and image from the RC set Peacock Pretties, punches them out and adhered to the arrows.  Some pale lavendar baker's twine was tied to one arrow and the piece was adhered to the card base. 

Thanks for stopping by...

 

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI white; Stamps & dies:  Reverse Confetti; Inks:  Stamping Up!; Baker's Twine:  Stampin Up!

 

love you {lots}...

Hello friends!!  Well... it is Super Bowl Sunday and it is a gorgeous day here in Western Washington.  Everyone is running around in Seahawks gear (except for me!) and confident that the Hawks can pull it off!  Despite all the football excitement I have a card to share that I made for the current Fusion challange and it works for the current Addicted to CAS challenge, as well. 

 

When I saw the new Fusion challenge I was really inspired to play along... especially since I had just received this fun pack of Stampin Up! designer papers called Fresh Prints which are perfect for the challenge. . I am seriously in love with this little pack of papers and I'm pretty sure that I will be ordering a second one very soon!    I went with fusing the sketch with the photo inspiration for my card.  I die cut all the hearts using some Verve dies (Wavey Hearts and Heart Quartet).  While I realize that the papers I used do make the card look a little busy, it really is pretty CAS.  The sentiment is from the Verve set No Matter What.  Finished things off with a couple of wooden hearts and some red sequins.

Thanks for stopping by... GO HAWKS!!!

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI white; PP:  SU! Fresh Prints; Stamps:  Verve; Dies:  Verve; Wood embellishments:  Studio Calico; Sequins

hello in pink and black...

Hello friends!!   Wow... we are having a gorgeous sunny day here in Western Washington.  It is cold, but I will take cold and sunny over cold and rainy any day!   Have a little card to share that I made for two My Favorite Things challenges and then discovered this morning that is it perfect for the current Addicted to CAS challenge, die cuts, as well!!  YAY!   

MFT has had a sketch challenge (MFT Wednesday Stamp Club) for many years and recently decided to add a color challenge (Color Palette #1) to the mix.  My card uses the current MFT sketch along with the color combo of pink, black and white.  I pulled out my MFT Peaceful Wildflowers stamp set and the matching dies, as well as the MFT Happy Hellos dies.  The pink cardstock piece was embossed with the PTI circles cover plate.  I really like the simplicity of this week's MFT sketch.  It allows you the ability to make it as detailed or simple as you want.

Thanks for stopping by...

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI white, black and sweet blush; Stamps:  My Favorite Things; Dies:  My Favorite Things & PTI; Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black and SU! Pink Pirouette; Twine:  May Arts pink and black