CPS Sketch #268

I made this card using CPS Sketch #268.

The stamps are from an older Stampin' Up set, True Friend.  I am challenging myself to use some older sets that I have. Since I am camping I brought limited supplies with me to stamp. And I purposely brought older stamp sets so I would be forced to use them.  I hope you like it.

Sunday Stampin' Fun

I had the whole weekend to stamp. Yeah! I mostly caught up with blogs and surfed the web for inspiration Saturday. But after a few hours last night and this afternoon, I have a few cards to show for it.

First up I made a card for both the CPS Sketch Challenge and the Stampin' Sisters in Christ Challenge. I used the sketch from CPS and for my new item for the Stampin' Sisters In Christ challenge I purchased this fabulous digi paper from Amber Ink yesterday. I love the bright colors and the fun circles. The best part about this paper is that I can print as many sheets as I want. So I have no paper hoarding issues. LOL!  Here is my card:

I even cut out some of the circles and popped them up on foam tape to add dimension to the flower centers. That fun flower stamp is also fairly new. I bought it a few weeks ago and finally had an opportunity to use it. It is from Hampton Art and is called Fab Flowers. Love that name :o)  The sentiment is a dollar stamp from G Studios. I think I found it at Michael's a few months ago. I colored the different letters with different colors to match the colors in the paper.  The flowers are paper pieced. I stamped them on a piece of the digi paper and cut the whole thing out as one piece. I thought is added a fun effect. It may be hard to see in the photo, but I added a ton of small white pearls in the centers of the larger circles. Love the bling. :o)



In an effort to be a more active blogger, I will be scheduling the rest of the cards I made so I can share a different one each day. I hope you will stop by a visit again. And I always love to hear what you think. So feel free to leave a comment. I don't use any type of word verification and I allow anonymous commenters, so feel free to tell me what you think.

Have a super fabulous week.

CPS198 Covered In Chocolate

Everything is better covered in chocolate, right? LOL!

I made this fun card using Melanie Muenchinger's new set, Mugs and Kisses. The main theme of the set is based upon two fun mug images that you can decorate any way you wish. I chose however to use the cute little chocolate truffles for this card. It would be a perfect Valentine's Day card in non traditional colors. The inside of the card reads; "are covered in chocolate". The layout is from CPS Card Sketch #198.

Stamps: Mugs and Kisses & The Best Things in Life (GinaK)
Paper: Pure Luxury Sweet Mango (GinaK), Purely Pomegranate & Close to Cocoa (Stampin' Up), Green At Heart (Basic Grey)
Other: Blossom and Circle Spellbinder's dies, silver cording, striped ribbon, Copic Markers

I pray you had a Very Blessed Merry Christmas!

Faith CPS Sketch #184

I am trying to venture out and do more challenges. I have way too many stamps and need to use them more. :o)  I made this card using the Sketch Challenge from Card Positioning Systems. It is sketch #184.  This was a very tough sketch for me. I ended up adding the lace ribbon, although it really is not part of the sketch. It was the only way I could get it to work for me. I guess that is why these are called challenges. This one was definitely a challenge.

Stamps: Lean On Me, Faithful Florals and You Are Not Alone {all from Gina K Designs}

Paper: Pure Luxury Kraft & Ivory {Gina K Designs} and Buckaroo Blue {SU}

Ink: Faded Jeans & Tea Dye {Tim Holtz Distress Inks}, Olive {Vivid}

Other: Lace Ribbon & Small Rhinestones {not sure}, Circle dies {Spellbinders}

Gina K Designs - Quite A Catch Blog Hop

The CSS Alumni were asked to join the Quite A Catch Blog Hop. What an adorable set! I incorporated two different challenges in the creation of my card tonight. I used the latest sketch challenge from Card Positioning Systems, #165 and I used this week's Copic marker colors from Copic Colour Challenge, #63.

You can see the sketch here. 

And the Copic marker colors for this week are

I did not have BG11 so I used BG10 instead.  R20 is a perfect match for Pure Luxury (PL) Innocent Pink and the NEW Turquoise Sea goes really well the the Blue Green colors.

This card has a lot of layers and dimension. I was going for a porthole or fishing tank look.  I started by stamping the circle frame image from the Spring Mix StampTV Kit on PL Innocent Pink.  I used Nestabilities to cut out a circle slightly smaller than the inside of the frame.  I used a circle one size smaller to cut out the window from the turquoise card stock. 

I stamped the sentiment with Vivid Aqua and rounded the corners with a punch. I adhered a piece of transparency to the back of the Innocent pink layer.  Then I applied foam tape on the transparency and layered the turquoise under that.  Then I applied another layer of foam tape on the back of the turquoise layer.

I stamped the fish image and colored her with the Copic marker colors from the challenge.  I masked her and sponged around her with Soft Sky which is a perfect match for Copic BG10.  I adhered that to the back of the turquoise layer. 

Finally I trimmed some papers from Basic Grey Urban Prairie and put it together using the sketch from CPS.  I added lots of pearls because they are from the water and oh so girly. 

Visit these designer's blogs tonight for even more samples with the Quite a Catch stamp set

• Jessica Fick
• Bev Gerard
• Colleen Schaan
• Suzanne Dean
• Valerie Stangle
• Cathy Tidwell
• Lee Murphy
• Theresa Momber
• Geri Utterback
• Tina Gilliland
• Sharri Seffens
• Vicki Dutcher
• Jennie Harper
• Melissa Shultz {--You are here}
• Brenda Turner
• Joy Hadden
• Linda Payne
• Jen Charboneau
• Cheri Weston

To see the adorable samples in the StampTV gallery, check out this link: quiteacatch   

Gone Fishing Guest Designer

Theresa Momber illustrated a fabulous new set for Gina K Designs called Gone Fishing. I have never been dissapointed with any of the sets that she illustrated. The images are always incredibly detailed and give stampers the ability to create amazing scenes or simple cards so easily. I was smiling from ear to ear when she asked me to be her guest designer. And I said yes without even knowing what the set looked like. That is because I knew it would be awesome, and it is! :o) 

There are so many great images in this set. My favorite is the father and son (or uncle and nephew or grandpa and gandson) sitting on the edge of the dock waiting to catch that big fish.  For the first card I am sharing I used several of the images to create this fun scene and I used a sketch from Card Positioning Systems (CPS #163).  I tried to embellish the card but still keep it manly.  So I cut a strip of burlap and removed some of the threads to create a frayed look. I used some cream colored DMC crochet thread to wrap around some of the corners.  It reminded me of rope from a boat.  And the sign in the bottom corrner is from another set illustrated by Theresa called Happy Camper.  The scene is stamped on Pure Luxury Kraft card stock.  I colored it with Koh-I-Noor colored pencils and blended with paper stumps and baby oil.

Of course after they were finished fishing and caught the big one they had to mount it to the wall.  That is what I did on my next card. And this mounted fish doesn't sing. LOL!  I made the wood piece with the Labels 8 and the FREE digi paper download from StampTV.com.  After cutting it out I sponged the whole piece with Vivid Tuscan Tan and then edged it with Memento Tuxedo Black ink.  I colored the fish with Copic markers and mounted it with 3M foam tape. I added some brads for nails to hang it up and tied "rope" (more DMC floss) on the layer behind the wood mount.  The DP is from Cosmo Cricket Nutmeg Mini Deck.  And I used Pure Luxury Kraft and Green Apple.

After leaving a comment to let me know what you think head over to blog of the other Guest Designer for Theresa's new set, Mary Anne.  She has a wonderful story that she shared about her brother and fishing.