Fall birthday card

Hi everyone! Here is a card I put together following the sketch challenge over at The Paper Players. This also works for the Friday Mashup! and Sugarpea Designs falling for you challenge. Whew!

Pumpkin/crow stamp is from Plum Purdy and colored with Copic's. I did heat set this with clear embossing powder prior to coloring.

Black and white gingham designer paper is from A*Muse Studio. I also paired it with the stitched scalloped border die from Pretty Pink Posh.

I made the frame using larger sizes of rectangle nesties so that it would just a bit different. I started with a white one and switched to black as it stood out more and framed the main image well.

Button from American Crafts and paired it with some waxed twine tied into a triple bow. All cardstock is from PTI.

 That's it for today! Thanks for stopping by!

FMS - thanks a bunch

Hello! Here is my take on this weeks freshly made sketch.

Flower stamps are from Wplus9 and stamped using pink lemonade fresh ink and gum drop green from colorbox. Used black for the centers so they would stand out more.

Sentiment stamp is from Clearly Besotted. After cutting a small fishtail banner, I stamped the sentiment then stuck it behind the pink button.

Natural bakers twine used to make the triple bow and that is the tessatina die from memory Box across the top.

Added a single flower to the inside of the card to finish it off.

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Thanks CASe this sketch

Hello all! I was really intrigued with this weeks sketch over at CAS(e) this sketch and tried to do it justice.  Here is what I came up with after many failed attempts.

I started with the "off the grid" back ground stamp from Stampin Up! I used weathered wood distress ink to stamp it and then went over it with a blending tool. Added some scattered straw using a blending tool so that it had a bit more dimension and a pop of color.

The "thanks" sentiment comes from Simon Says Stamp thanks set and is stamped in MFT colorbox black ink. I did end up using some clear embossing powder over it and heat set it.

Flowers are from the Oriental Trading Company that I've had in my stash forever. Added some green leaves using a Martha Stewart punch and the yellow button from American Crafts and called this done.

Like I said, this sketch gave me fits - I just wasn't happy with a lot of the first and second drafts I started with. Ended up changing the background stamp a few times. Well, it was sort of fun playing around but I sure wasted a lot of paper - sigh!

Pinecones

Hello everyone! Here is my take on the Just Us Girls color challenge. You are to use white or beige, brown and a third color. I chose green to go with the stamp image.

Pinecone stamp is from Technique Tuesday's Green House Society. Copic markers used to color it.

Sentiment is from Papertrey, Ink. The green cardstock is from Bazzill that I've had in my stash forever. It has a bit of a waffle weave texture to it and thought it looked good behind the main image. The brown cardstock that I layered the main image with is also from Bazzill. Added some twine on the left side and a green button from American Crafts.

That's it for today. Thanks for stopping by!

Wishing you

Hi all! Here is my take on this weeks Freshly Made Sketch. I departed from it just a bit which is unusual for me.

The mesh is a die from Cherry Lynn Designs. I cut two of them and then overlapped them to create the rectangle. Green scalloped border and flower dies are from My Favorite Things.

Added a black button from American Crafts and then tied a bow using ivory bakers twine. Black pearls added on for interest.

Sentiment is from Papetrey, Ink.

Adding thins to Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge. This week its anything goes.

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Thanks!

Hi everyone! I liked the sketch from Sweet Sunday that came through yesterday and decided to give it a try. I even broke out of my clean and simple comfort zone and played around with some designer paper for a change.

I reached in the way back of my cupboard and pulled out the vintage shabby from Tim Holtz! I had the pink flower from Kaisercraft that I was bound and determined to use on this sketch and needed paper to match. Layered everything in shades of gray.

The thanks is a die that I picked up from Savvy stamps. I cut it out using dark gray cardstock from American Crafts. The green vine is a die from Memory Box and finally the white candy dots are from Doodlebug.

As I sit here and type this I realize that there is no stamping on this card. Huh! I guess I truly broke out of my comfort zone on this one!

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Polka dot daisy

Hi everyone! It's been a pretty busy week so far and I haven't had a lot of time to stamp, but thought I'd share a card I made last weekend.

Sentiment stamps are from Papertrey, Ink and stamped in Versafine ink. The die is from Spellbinders and I added a bit of yellow ink around the edges to match the daisy and help it stand out a bit from the white card base.

The flower is a die from MFT and I used the polka dot basic's 2 stamps from PTI to stamp the yellow dots over it. Add a black button from American Crafts and then popped it up over leaf cut outs (die from Memory Box) and added a bit of scrappers floss tied in a double bow.

The bottom of the card is also stamped using a smaller polka dot in a lighter shade of yellow. A length of black satin ribbon divides to two spaces up.

I like the way this turned out because its a fresh fun take on a thank you card. What do you think? Thanks for stopping by!

Adding this into SSS Wednesday challenge of Anything goes and showcasing American Crafts.

Take care of yourself

Hi everyone! I just got some new stamps from MFT and was inking them up when I saw the Sweet Sunday Sketch and just had to play along!

The poppy is from the pretty poppies set from My Favorite Things. I used their colorbox wild cherry ink to stamp it and limeade fresh ink for the stem. I did use a Multiliner Copic small brush marker in black to color in the center. 

Sentiment is from Kaisercraft and stamped onto a scrap piece of green cardstock that matched the ink. It's rather bright and stands out a bit, huh? However, I kind of like the pop of color.  Red button is from American Crafts and the bow is made from black scrappers floss.

Red gingham designer paper is from A*Muse and the dies used to cut out the scalloped border and the fishtail banners are all from MFT.

Pure Poppy, white and black cardstock is from Papertrey, Ink.

Here is the sketch.

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Thanks

Hello peeps! Here is a clean and simple card to express some thanks!

Stamps are from Papertrey, Ink. The stripes are sponged on using a dauber and the line up stencil from Memory Box. Fresh ink in limeade and cornflower blue from Ranger archival inks used.

The candy dots are from American Crafts and the blue cardstock that I used for the base of the card is from Paper Pizazz.

This weeks Freshly Made Sketch was the inspiration for the layout.  The colors were inspired by Colour me striking. Even tho I don't have specific colors mentioned in the challenge, I used what I had on hand that was close. And finally, Simon Says Stamps Wednesday challenge is to use a stencil.

Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful Father's day!

FMS130 - Yea!

Hi everyone! Here's my take on this week Freshly Made Sketch. I also combined it with Simon Says Stamp's Wednesday challenge, which is Happy Birthday.

This is a digi stamp from Sassy Cheryl and colored with Copics.

Designer paper is from Authentique's Glory 6 x 6 paper pack. Gray blue cardstock is from American Crafts.

The star is chipboard that I covered with designer paper, distressed and stamped the sentiment on. The sentiment is from PTI.

Colored the white satin ribbon with B97 and used B99 to color the white tiny pearls. The middle one isn't as dark as the other two - dang it! Oh well.

Have a wonderful creative weekend and thanks for stopping by!