Sketch Girls Challenge #1

Leigh Ann has combined a group of girls called Sketch Girls and twice a month we will share cards made with our interpretation of the sketch. She has formed her own sketch blog HERE and will be keeping a list of the sketches we do each month. If you are like me and need a starting point with creating a card, this is your go~to place! Here is the card I came up with:

With this sketch I saw another fun way to use some more Basic Grey Lemonade designer paper, you aren't tired of it right? I used the stamp set Elegant Flowers and colored right on the stamp with markers and Stampin' Spots. Be sure and check out the other Sketch Girls and see even more creative eye candy... Leigh Ann, Eve, Harriet, Alyssa and Sara.

Have a great day!

Te Amo

I made this card using Asela's stamp set Warm and Fuzzy and just love this bird swinging. I colored him with Copics and used the white paper flowers which you can color yourself and made the smaller one blue and left the larger one white. A little scrap piece of ribbon and a button finished it off nicely.   Enjoy your day and thanks for stopping by!

Purse-onally...

I saw a card very similar to this one in a magazine using Retro Boutique (it was created by Carolyn King using blue...Scrap & Stamp Magazine I believe) and wanted to CASE it using different colors and doing the bottom corners with the tag corner punch.  I used some retired SU designer paper and paper pieced the purses.  I am tickled with how it turned out.  I love red and black together, it really makes for a dramatic card.

Hope you have a great rest of your day!

Limelight Sketch Challenge #25

I made this card using the newly released Basic Grey Lemonade designer paper for this weeks Limelight Papercrafts Sketch and Product Challenge this week.  This week the focus is on buttons (which is something I just adore!)  I just had to combine the sketch with the butterfly from Take Flight for the circle focal image.  For the buttons, I used the Basic Grey buttons that match the Lemonade dp and am tickled with how perfectly they match up.   Just a fun card to put together :o)

Have a great weekend!!

CAS: Hooked on Fishing

Here is a quick little card I made using the bobbers from the Hooked on Fishing stamp set.  I alternated the two bobbers in red and blue to create a background design on Kraft cardstock.  I layered that onto a red card base and added the sentiment with a little bit of ribbon folded over.  I think this would qualify as CAS ;o)  Have a wonderful rest of your day!!

Hey, Cupcake!

I got the general design for this card from a card I saw in Scrapbooks, etc.  It was an advertisement from doodlebug design, Inc. and I wanted to try it using the new Basic Grey designer paper Lemonade. I am love this new paper and think it goes so nicely with Barely Banana.  I used the stamp set Sweetest Blessings and paper pieced the cupcake onto a punched white circle that I sponged lightly with Pretty in Pink.  A nice simple card I think would qualify as CAS!

Hooked on Fishing

Hooked on Fishing is a great outdoor stamp set that is perfect for both cards and scrapbooks.  My children enjoy fishing and I foresee quite a few pages using this set. I found this photo from many years ago when we lived up in Virginia and am amazed with how much my middle son has grown since 2004.  It seems like just yesterday....

I used the tackle box stamp and created a bit of a design along the bottom of  River Rock cardstock using Vivid Coffee Bean ink.  With it being clear, there are no mess ups or worries with not getting it straight (which for me a huge plus!)  I used the little worm stamp as well as the wording "On the Lake" and finished it off with a bit of Tulle tied around.  It gives the impression of netting.

There is something HUGE coming to Creative Vision this week.  I have seen what is coming and am so excited for the release! :o) I don't want to say too much.....hee-hee! But you can catch a sneak peek Laura has posted HERE. :o)

Happiness

There was a great sketch challenge this week over on StampTV which had the main image panel on an angle, which for me is challenging because I tend to keep things pretty much aligned.  I recently ordered some of the new Basic Grey June Bug designer paper from Limelight Papercrafts and it arrived just in time to use it on this card.  I am not a typical bold and bright kinda girl, but this paper pack just drew me in and jumped right into my cart (along with the Lemonade dp and a few other fun goodies!) :o)  I used the stamp set Many Wishes for both the dandelion and sentiment.  I am just so pleased with how this came together and love the In the Navy cardstock with Regal Rose!  Thanks for stopping by and hope you have wonderful day!

Crayon Resist Butterfly

I haven't made a card with the Crayon Resist Technique in a while so when I saw that was the challenge for this week on StampTV, I knew I had to try it again.  I am a huge fan of easy techniques, especially not knowing exactly how long I have to create (due to my little one's nap) and this was perfect!  In fact, I created two cards during his nap time and will share the other one another time.

I used one of the butterflies from Take Flight as well as some sprigs from Tropical Flowers.  I found some retired Basic Grey paper that I knew would match up fairly nicely with the retired SU colors Soft Sky and Blue Bayou so was thankful to find it.  I have noticed I don't have a lot of blue designer paper...how can that be?  I will have to remedy that soon!  Have a great day and thanks for stopping by!

True Love

I was tickled when I opened up my package of stamps from Creative Vision and saw three new sets I would have picked out myself.  True Love is one of those fun stamp sets I received that I will use to create lovey dovey cards for my husband.  I used Basic Black, Real Red and Whisper White to create this card.  The sentiment was stamped with Memento Black and I used Vivid Brick for the rest of the card.  I will confess to a slight smudge of ink... so covered it with a heart brad.  Honestly, sometimes you just have to improvise!

Have a great day!