Blooming with Love Sketch

When I first saw this Sketch challenge I was thinking, wow, that's really busy. I wasn't sure where I was going to start, but I knew I wanted to use my 'Afternoon Tea' DP (love this paper). After much thought I pulled out 'Bloom with Love' (another favorite) and my blender pen.

I don't know why, but I always tend to use the paper piercing technique with this set. I just like the way it looks I guess!

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Supplies Used: Stamps~ Blooming with Love, Sanded.

Paper~ Wild Wasabi, Chocolate Chip, Afternoon Tea DP, Watercolor paper, Whisper White.

Ink~ Palette Black, Wild Wasabi, Soft Sky, Groovy Guava, Chocoloate Chip.

Accessories~ Blender Pen, Wild Wasabi Stitched Ribbon, Hemp twine, Tag punch, Antique Brads, Scallop Scissors, Paper Piercer.

3 in 1 challenge!

Sorry I've been so quite the last few days! I haven't had alot of stamping time this week (poor me)! I hope you don't mind that I made a card combining three challenges in one.



First challenge was the 'Way's to Use It' #135 - Bring out the Glam! This challenge called to use anything that glitters.



Second challenge was the color challenge #136 - Pinks repeat, as you can guess, make it PINK.

Third challenge was the Sketch challenge #146.


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Supplies Used: Stamps~ Garden Silhouettes, Linen & Floral backgrounds.
Paper~ Regal Rose, Pretty in Pink, Whisper White.
Ink~ Regal Rose, Pretty in Pink, Old Olive.
Accessories~ Pink rhinestone brads, pink crystals, Pink Taffata ribbon.

Sketch Challenge - Holy Triptych

As soon as I saw this week's sketch challenge I knew right away what stamp set I wanted to use! I have had the 'Holy Triptych' set for a few week's but haven't had the chance to use it yet (shame on me).

I just LOVE this angel image and the satin ribbon is BEAUTIFUL! It was hard to photograph, but if you click on the picture, you will be able to see the glitter on the wings much better.

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Supplies Used: Stamps~ Holy Triptych, Graceful Words (retired).

Paper~ Purely Pomegranate CS & DP, Gold Brushed Metallic, Whisper White.
Ink~ Stazon Black, Purely Pomegrante, Barely Banana, So Saffron, Bashful Blue.
Accessories~ Purely Pomegranate Satin Ribbon, Vintage Brads, Dazzling Diamonds Glitter, Glue pen, Ticket punch, Large Oval punch, Key Tag punch, Blender Pen, Aqua painter.

Festive Favorites Sketch Challenge

This is my card for this week's sketch challenge. The minute I saw this sketch I thought of the 'Festive Friends' set. I decided to turn the sketch horizontal. My card didn't quite turn out the way I invisioned it would, but I like it anyway!

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Supplies Used: Stamps~ Festive Friends, Short & Sweet.

Paper~ Purely Pomegranate CS & DP, Gold Metallic, Whisper White.

Ink~ Basic Black, Purely Pomegranate,

Basic Gray, Bliss Blue.

Accessories~ Black Brads, Ticket punch, Dazzaling Diamonds Glitter, glue pen, Purely Pomegranate Satin Ribbon.

Sketch Challenge - Flaky Friends

I couldn't resist, after the Flaky Friends Tutorial, I had an extra stamped image of my Flaky Friends laying around, so I had to use it for today's sketch challenge #143. It's always good to use up your extra's right? And besides, that made the challenge go a bit faster for me today since I didn't have to ponder on which set I was going to use!

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Supplies Used: Stamps~ Flaky Friends, Linen background.

Paper~ Always Artichoke, Wintergreen DP, Whisper White.

Ink~ Basic Black.

Accessories~ Clear Round Rhinestone brads, Silver brads, Theater Ribbon Originals, Ticket punch, Various SU! Markers.

Bronc Buster

I thought I would play around with my Bronc Buster set again for this week's sketch challenge over at SCS. I'm also using this week's color challenge for this card.

This was a pretty quick card to make but my first attempt looked kind of blah. I didn't have enough room to add a sentiment on the front, so I added the photo corners to the left side. I think it helped with the open space, what do you think?

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Supplies Used: Stamps~ Bronc Buster.

Paper~ Chocolate Chip, Really Rust & Sahara Sand, Outlaw DP.

Ink~ Chocolate Chip.

Accessories~ Hodgepodge Hardware, Ticket Punch, Photo Punch, Paper Piercer, Sponge.

Season of Joy Sketch challenge

Is it to early to think about Christmas? Well this week's sketch challenge #140 card has me thinking Christmas. I decided to use Season of Joy for this week's sketch.

Well after completing this card I'm wondering if I have any brads left in the house LOL. Brads and Ribbon, I have to use at least one of the two in my creations!

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Supplies used: Stamps~ Season of Joy, Linen bkg.

Paper~ Very Vanilla, Always Artichoke, River Rock DP.

Ink~ Always Artichoke.

Accessories~ Rhinestone brads, Vintage brads, Key tag punch, ticket punch, river Rock stitched ribbon, sponge.

Merry & Bright Sketch Challenge

This week's sketch challenge #138 over at SCS was a really fun one. I decided to use one of the new Holiday Catalog sets, Merry & Bright. I love snowmen, and this one is just tooo cute! It's kind of hard to think about winter right now, but it is just around the corner here in Minnesota (burrr)!

How about that new Wintergreen DP, it is another new favorite! I am really lovin' all of the new DP's that Stampin' Up! has come out with this year.

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Supplies Used: Stamps~ Merry & Bright.
Paper~ Always Artichoke, Wintergreen DP, Whisper White.
Ink~ Stazon Black, Always Artichoke, Pumpkin Pie, Pretty in Pink.
Accessories~ Rhinestone brads, photo corner punch, ticket punch, Wild Wasabi Stitched ribbon, Frosted Lace Stickles, blender pen.

Sketch Challenge

This week's sketch challenge #136 over at SCS was a diffent one! I wasn't sure if I was going to do it but the more ideas I saw the more I wanted to give it a try!

This is what I came up with. I'm not sure that I like it, I feel that it may be to busy with the two different DP's I used. What do you think?

When doing the butterfly, I stamped the image onto Whisper white cs than trimmed around it and set aside. I than stamped the image onto a piece of vellum using Groovy Guava, I poured the crystal clear embossing powder over the top right away so the ink would not dry before I had the chance to emboss it. I then cut out just the wings and attached to the other design with two mini glue dots (I love those glue dots). This gives it the 3D look.

Thanks for stopping by today! Have a wonderful weekend!!!

Supplies Used: Stamps~ Garden Whimsy.

Paper~ Wild Wasabi, Certainly Celery, Darling Doodles DP, Whisper White cs, Vellum.

Ink~ Wild Wasabi, Groovy Guava.

Accessories~ Wild Wasabi stitched ribbon, silver brads, white gel pen, ticket punch, key tag punch, lg oval punch, scallop circle punch & 1 3/8" circle punch (that's alot of punches).

Sketch Challenge

This is my card for this week's sketch challenge #135 over at SCS. Another square card, sorry but I love the square card!

This card measures 5x5 when folded. I layered a piece of Brocade DP over the Vintage Violet (retired In Color). I then added photo corners punched out in Vintage Violet to the two opposite corners and added three vintage brads to each. I than added a piece of old olive wide organdy ribbon to the top layer.

The oval design was made by using my Coluzzle cutting system after I stamped the design on Whisper White CS.

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Supplies Used: Stamps ~ Blossoms Abound. Paper~ Vintage Violet, Whisper white, Brocade DP. Ink~ Vintage Violet, Always Artichoke. Accessories~ Vintage Brads, Photo Corner Punch, Old Olive wide Organdy ribbon, Coluzzle Cutting System, paper piercer.

Combined Challenge!

I decided to combine this week's SCS color challenge & sketch challenge in one.

The color challenge for this week was to use Elegant Eggplant, Certainly Celery & Ruby Red (yes, I said Ruby Red). I wasn't sure how to get these three colors to work at first (especially the Ruby Red), but I finally decided to use the Ruby Red in the center of the flowers. I think it actually turned out ok.

For the sketch challenge, I decided to move the center band down towards the bottom of the card instead of in the middle.

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Supplies Used: Stamps~ You Make me Happy. Paper~ Elegant Eggplant, Whisper White, Certainly Celery Palette O' Prints DP. Ink~ Elegant Eggplant, Certainly Celery, Ruby Red, Bashful Blue, White Craft Pad. Accessories~ Moss Gigham Ribbon, Silver Brads, Dimentionals, Sponge Dauber. All Products used are Stampin' Up! unless noted otherwise.

Sketch Challenge

This is my card for yesterday's Sketch Challenge #126 at SCS. I decided to also combine the color challenge #116 for this week with it. I like the Cool Caribben & Chocolate Chip together, but I am not that crazy for the Garden Green with them! I did like the Old Olive with them though, and would use that color combo again!

Supplies Used: Stamps~ Polka-Dot & Posies. Linen Background Stamp.
Paper~ Cool Caribbean, Chocolate Chip, Whisper White, Friends & Flowers DP.
Ink~ Chocolate Chip, Cool Caribbean, Garden Green.
Accessories~ Black Writer, White Gel Pen, Chocolate Grosgrain Ribbon, Dimensionals, Giga Scallop Punch, Mega Circle Punch.

Sketch Challenge

I have two cards for Wednesday's Sketch
Challenge #125. This card is using one of my favorite stamp sets, 'Shore Thing' I love those little birds in this set. I have used them in many designs! I'm hoping this set will be in the new Stampin' Up! catalog in July!

Not sure if you can see it or not but I stamped the sun in the upper right corner with VersaMark, and sponged the blue sky & brown sand on the bird image.

Supplies Used: Stamps~ Shore Thing.
Paper~ Kraft CS, Close to Cocoa, Bashful Blue, Whisper White, Spring Showers DP.
Ink~ Close to Cocoa, Creamy Caramel, Bashful Blue, VersaMark.
Accessories~ Vintage Brads, Sponge Daubers.

This card's design panel is a little larger than it was suppose to be for the challenge, but I like the way it turned out and wanted to share it with you anyway. The set I used for this card is on the retired list, it is called 'Going Out in Style'. I think this set is such a fun design, you can used it so many ways. I am not a hat gal myself, I look goofy in hats, but I like to stamp using them!

When stamping the squares, I first stamped off on a scrap then stamped the image onto my Whisper White. That way the color was a little softer and not so dark.

Supplies Used: Stamps~ Going Out In Style Little Shapes, Simple Saying II.

Paper~ Tempting Turquoise, 'Sweet' DP, Whisper White, Basic Black.

Ink~ Basic Black, Lovely Lilac, Tempting Turquoise, Pixie Pink.

Sketch Challenge

Another Bee 4U! This is my card for todays Sketch Challenge #124 over at SCS. Wow, 10:00 in the morning and I have a challenge done and posted! This is a first for me, usually I don't get a challenge done until the afternoon! Well, I will have to admit that I already had the Bee image done since I also used it yesterday for the color challenge. But hey, I am still early! Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies used: Bee 4U Stamp. Paper: Cool Caribbean (my favorite right now), Tempting Turquoise, Friends & Flowers DP, Whisper White, Basic Black. Ink: assorted SU! stamp pads. Accessories: Blender pen, Giga Scallop punch, Mega Scallop punch, White Organdy Ribbon, black brads, white gel pen, Stickles star dust, Cuttlebug.

Think Pink

Better late than never, right? It was a VERY busy day today. As you can see below it was my husband B-Day today. Two of my kids had ball games, the third practice, and of course we had to celebrate the big day, how was a girl going to get any stamping time today? Well it was not easy, but I did fit it in!
I decided to combine two challenges into one, Tuesday's color challenge & Wednesday's Sketch challenge. Hope you enjoy! (Sorry for the blurry photo - I'll retake tomorrow in better light). Here is the new photo.

Supplies: Girlfriends, Swirls & Blossoms background stamp.
Paper: Pink Passion, Loves Me background paper, Basic Balck & Whisper White.
Ink: Pink Passion, Green Galore, Blush Blossom, Creamy Caramel & Basic Black.
Accessories: Blender Pen, Black Gingham Ribbon.