Card Sketch #16

Happy Labor Day weekend! I just got back from the beautiful city of Denver, and I really got a change to see a lot of the outline cities and stayed out of the city proper (bummer)! It was a long, fast paced, fun filled, hard working four days! Anyway, here's my latest sketch and a modified version.



The stamps are from Stampendous called Merry Swirls. I stamped them in versamark and embossed with gold EP. The red background paper is from the bling line from Bazzill. I found some old gold metallic paper I had laying around from last Christmas and used that to mat the two panels.




The second version is using the same stamp set and this combination of versamark resist and emboss resist technique, which you can find here. The designer paper is DCWV, which I used in the background panels. Red and green cardstock is from Bazzill Basics.

Melanie's card and Sandy's card

Here's another one done by Sandy. Check it out here!


Hey all,
Check out Melanie's card she made using one of my sketches! Click here to see her newly created blog!


Here's another one and a challenge! Visit Sandy over at her blog!

Card Sketch #15 & Happy B-Day to me!

Happy Monday! Here is my latest card sketch. This one looks a little more complicated than my previous one, at least in the sketch. Anyway, I tried to put a little more creativity behind it, but it looks like a case on a SCS sketch we did a while back ago. At least with the triangle. Oh well, it's a little bit different and was really fun to do. You gotta love all those sketch challenges out there, it's what keeps our mojo going!!


Designer paper is K&Company and the stamp sets are from The Angel Company; circle sampler and something for you. I colored the main image with my prismacolors and used OMS to blend. I distressed the image with burnt umber ink from Palette.

On a different note, today is my birthday. My DH left me the following this morning. Isn't he sweet? The device is an RCA voice recorder (which I will need for work while I'm on the road) and he sang Happy Birthday to me on it! He also bought me a set of 48 Tria Markers - how lucky am I? Now all I have to do is figure out how to use these awesome alcohol markers.


I'm leaving tomorrow for Denver. I'm spending some time with a Peer from work (new job training) and will be gone till Friday. I'll post another sketch sometime over the weekend. Have a great week everyone!

Check this out!

So Sonya has taken two of my card sketches and made some fabulous cards. Check them out! Here's the link to her blog!

If you have made a card using one of my sketches, leave a comment and I'll check it out and link it back to your blog!

Card Sketch #14 - Fast and Simple

Here's a very simple sketch for you all that can be done quick. You can always embellish this further, add more designer paper, etc. But, sometimes quick and easy takes the day!


Stamps are Curls & swirls from The Angel Company. I stamped the largest swirl on cream cardstock using Palette jardin moss and then colored in the lines with my green glaze gel pen. Bazzill Basic green cardstock was used to mat the two strips of swirls. The designer paper in the background is the Romance Collection from Daisy D's. The Thank You sentiment is also from TAC.

Have a great weekend!

Card Sketch #13

This sketch came about by accident as I was trying to do something totally different. Previously, I've been drawing them up on Microsoft word and then making the cards, this one I did in reverse. I was actually trying to case a card I had seen somewhere but didn't save, and my memory failed me. :-)

I've been playing around with Alcohol inks and came up with a really cool combination that is metallic copper and looks very Autumn-ish. In comes my new set of CTMH stamps from Rachel Shirk I got from a pay it forward thread over on SCS, called Autumn Splendor.

The green background panel is embossed using versamark and clear EP. I used colorbox chalk inks in warm red and yellow ocher and Palette jardin moss for the leaves on the copper panels. I also paper pierced around the perimeter and added some black brads at the top and tied a olive green ribbon around the middle panel.

Card Sketch #12

Happy Monday! Here's another card sketch for you all! This one is non-TAC stamps! These are from a local stamp company called Great Impressions. They have an outlet store attached to their shop, AND all past stamps are half off. Yes, you read right, half off! I go in there periodically just to check things out. They buy back the stamps of the month from LSS that didn't sell and sometimes you can find really good deals on some very cute stamps! What I like about these stamps is that they are deeply etched and make wonderful impressions!

The DP in the background is from K&Company. The red cardstock is Bazzill. I used my Marvy LePlumme II markers on the small flowers, the sentiment is stamped in Jardin Moss from Palette inks. The bigger blossoms are Pop Flowers from Stampendous and they are stamped in warm red colorbox chalk ink that matached the marker color. I popped up the panels using deminsional foam and added ribbon to complete the card.



By the way, Sierra Enterprises sells Great Impression stamps and has great service!

I have one more card sketch ready for uploading this week, but not sure when it will happen. I start a new job today and I'm sure that I'll be swamped for a while.