Final Challenge Card

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!  This is my last post for a while, as we are going to be taking a break from doing challenges for Creative Sketches.  This is a quick card that I made for today's challenge; which is:

And below is my card.  Sorry for the quick post, but I have a house full of company coming and it's my birthday (56 is just a number, right?).  Happy Thanksgiving!

Stamps: Happy Holidays (retired SU stamp)
Inks: Garden Green
Papers: Whisper White, Real Red, Deck the Halls DSP (retired), Red Glimmer Paper
Accessories: Big Shot, Scallop Oval Die, Perfect Polka Dots EF, Pinking Hearts Border Punch, Oval Punch, Small Star Punch, Real Red/Whisper White Retired Ribbon, White Baker's Twine, Holly Berry Bouquet Buttons, Dimensionals, Mini Glue Dots

Creative Sketches Challenge

I used a retired SU holiday kit for some of the items used in my card for this week's Creative Sketches Challenge.  Here is the sketch:

And below is my card.  I found some DSP and punch outs from an old SU holiday kit and used them on this card.  I can't even tell you the name of the kit; it's that old!  But here's the list of items I used:

Stamps: None
Papers: Whisper White, Real Red, Retired DSP
Inks: None
Accessories: Big Shot, Petals-a-Plenty EF, Stocking Builder Punch, Mini Jingle Bells, Cherry Cobbler Baker's Twine, Real Red Brads, Green Galore Brads, Paper Piercing Tool, Dimensionals

Creative Sketches Challenge Card

Thanks for stopping by for this week's Creative Sketches Challenge.  Fun challenge this week and I had a fun time using the new die, Stocking Accents from the Holiday Mini, for this card.  Here is the sketch:

And below is my card.  Because I am a paper "horder", I used scrap pieces of Real Red Card Stock and Holly Berry Bouquet DSP for the ornaments.  I thought the DSP ornaments needed to have a defined color behind them.  So I cut 2 Real Red ornaments and used them as backing for each DSP ornament.  I had some left over retired tinsel ribbon and used that for a border.  I tied some silver cording around the neck of each ornament, and then added a jingle bell.  Here's a list of what I used:

Stamps: Happy Holiday stamp
Inks: Chocolate Chip, Real Red Marker
Papers: Real Red, Very Vanilla, Holly Berry Bouquet DSP
Accessories: Big Shot, Stocking Accents Die, Petals-a-Plenty Embossing Folder, Lace Ribbon Border Punch, Small Oval Punch, Jingle Bells, Tinsel Ribbon, Silver Cording, Stampin' Dimensionals, Mini-Glue Dots

Creative Sketches Challenge Card

Welcome to this week's Creative Sketch Challenge.  I am a little under the weather right now with what I am hoping is not the flu, and almost didn't get my card done this week.  Below is this week's sketch; please consider playing along!!  You can upload your challenge card HERE.

And below is my card and list of what I used to make it.  Thanks for stopping by and I hope you are having a great Thursday!

Stamps: Retired SU! Happy Holidays Stamp

Inks: Cherry Cobbler Inkpad and Marker

Papers: Whisper White, Cherry Cobbler, Frostwood Lodge DP

Accessories: Big Shot, Scallop Circle Bigz Die, Petals-a-Plenty EF, Snowflake Punch, Red Glitter Brad, 1/4" Circle Punch, 1-1/4" Square Punch, Decorative Label Punch, Winter Wishes Stitched Felt, Mini Glue Dots, Dimensionals

Creative Sketches Challenge Card

Welcome to my blog and this week's Creative Sketches Challenge.  Below is this week's sketch:

And below is my card.  I had a hard time taking a picture of the card this morning.  It have been raining off/on all day and not very bright outside, and wasn't able to take the best picture of my card.  For this card I made a "lollie" using Stampin' Up!'s new Simply Scored scoring tool.  I scored a 1-1/2" x 12" piece of card stock, folded the pleats and secured the ends with a piece of sticky strip.  Here's the list of what I used:

Stamps: Saying from the retired set, Button Bear
Inks: Early Espresso
Papers: Whisper White, Garden Green, Real Red, Silver and Red Glimmer Paper, Frostwood Lodge DP
Accessories: Big Shot, Snowflake EF, Northern Frost Die, Snow Burst EF, Simply Scored Scoring Tool, Stocking Punch, 3/4" Circle Punch, Curly Label Punch, Mini Jingle Bells, Cherry Cobbler Baker's Twine, Scissors, Mini Glue Dots

Creative Sketches Challenge Card

Thanks for stopping by for this week's Creative Sketches Challenge.  This week's challenge is to create a project using the colors Soft Suede, Cajun Craze and Basic Black, as shown in the picture below.  You can add your own creation on the Creative Sketches Challenge blog, and you can find the blog HERE.

I used one of my favorite sets, Field Flowers, for my project.  I distressed the designer paper and feathered the edges with some Cajun Craze ink and a sponge.  2-step stamped the flowers with the same ink, and cut them out.  I still have some hardware from the Hodgepodge Hardware kits, and added a bracket with Soft Suede ribbon threaded through it.  The bee is from the Nature Walk set and it's stamped in Soft Suede.  Here's the details:

Stamps: Field Flowers, Nature Walk (bee), Because I Care (saying), Itty Bitty Backgrounds
Inks: Basic Black, Soft Suede, Cajun Craze
Papers: Very Vanilla, Soft Suede, Cajun Craze
Accessories: Distressing Tool, Soft Suede Ribbon, Chantilly 1/2" Ribbon, Small Oval Punch, Basic Black Brads, Paper Piercing Tool, Aged Copper Hodgepodge Hardware, Sponges, Scissors

Creative Sketches Challenge Card

Thanks for stopping by to take a peek at my card for this week's Creative Sketches Challenge!  This weeks sketch has an interesting layout, as you can see below:

For my card I used from retired designer paper that I have been hording to make the purses and to use for the background.  I used the Round Tab Punch for the purses (you only use half of the tab) and a retired flower punch for the little accents on the purse handles.  I used a small and medium oval punches to make the purse handles.  Thanks for stopping by - here's the details:

Stamps: Retired Happy Wishes Stamp
Inks: Rose Red
Papers: Whisper White, So Saffron, Rose Red, Bashful Blue, Cutie Pie DP
Accessories: So Saffron, Rose Red and Bashful Blue Brads, Bashful Blue Ribbon, Oval Punches, Round Tab Punch, Word Window Punch, Dimensionals, Paper Piercing Tool

Creative Sketches Challenge Card

Hey Everyone - It's Thursday and that means it's time for this week's Creative Sketches Challenge!  I have no work today and it's late start at the high school - yeah! I hope you can play along, here's the LINK for you to upload your challenge card.  Below is the sketch we are using this week:

And here is my card.  I like how it turned out and I love how the color combo, Pool Party and More Mustard look together!  I embossed the tree from Lovely as a Tree on a piece of Early Edition DP using white EP.  I then sponged Pool Party and More Mustard around the tree and on the paper.  I distressed the edges and sponged some Soft Suede around the edges.  I ran a piece of Pool Party c/s through my Big Shot using the Vintage Wall Paper EF and then ripped, folded, distressed and sponged the c/s.  I dyed a piece of white baker's twine using Soft Suede ink and a sponge.  I also sponged some Soft Suede on the card front, added some More Mustard brads and also distressed and sponged the strip of Spice Cake dp I added for the background.  Thanks for stopping by - hope you are blessed with an awesome Thursday!

Stamps: Lovely as a Tree, You're a Gem
Inks: More Mustard, Soft Suede, Pool Party
Papers: Pool Party, More Mustard, Spice Cake DP
Accessories: Big Shot, Vintage Wall Paper EF, More Mustard Brads, Vanilla Button, White Baker's Twine, Oval Punch, White EP, Heat Gun, Distressing Tool, Dimensionals, Mini-Glue Dots, Sponges

Creative Sketches Challenge Card

This week's Creative Sketches Challenge (you can see the blog HERE) is to make a Fall, Halloween or Thanksgiving card using the sketch below:

I used the retired set, Haunting Halloween for my card.  Isn't the cat cute?  I watercolored in the images using Pumpkin Pie, Wisteria Wonder, Old Olive, More Mustard and So Saffron.  The designer paper I used is retired and I am not sure what the name of it is.  Below is my card - thanks for stopping by - hope you can play along with us this week!  It's simply, yet fun Halloween card!

Stamps: Haunting Halloween
Inks: Basic Black, Pumpkin Pie, Wisteria Wonder, Old Olive, More Mustard, So Saffron
Papers: Whisper White, Pumpkin Pie, Wisteria Wonder, DP
Accessories: Big Shot, Spider Web EF, Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border Punch, Watercolor Brush, Black Brads, Deckled Scissors, Sponge, Dimensionals, Paper Piercing Tool

Creative Sketches Challenge Card

Welcome to this week's Creative Sketches Challenge!  This week it's all about flowers and lace, as you can see in the sketch below.  Fun challenge - come play along!  You can view the Creative Sketches blog HERE, and all the instructions to download your challenge card are on the site.

I combined the 2 stamps sets, Nature Walk (saying and bee) and Field Flowers (flower and stem), for my card.  I used the retired designer paper, Botanical Gazette for the background.  I used a barely wet watercolor brush to pick up the color on the large flower image after I stamped it on a piece of Very Vanilla c/s using a Cherry Cobbler IP.  Distressed the edges of the dp with my distress tool and added some Cherry Cobbler brads.  I like how the card turned out; can't wait to see what you come up with!  Thanks for stopping; here's the details on my card:

Stamps: Nature Walk, Field Flowers
Inks: Cherry Cobbler, Early Espresso, Old Olive
Papers: Very Vanilla, Early Espresso, Cherry Cobbler, Botanical Gazette DP
Accessories: Big Shot, Vintage Wallpaper EF, Watercolor Brush, Early Espresso Satin Ribbon, Cherry Cobbler Brads, Distressing Tool, Scallop Trim Border Punch, Round Tab Punch, Scissors, Sponge, Dimensionals, Paper Piercing Tool

Thursday Creative Sketch Challenge!

Welcome to this Thursday's Creative Sketch Challenge!  The challenge this week was to make a card using Basic Gray, Cherry Cobbler and Peach Parfait as show in the drawing below:

For my card I thought I would go with a "semi" masculine style card (semi because I added some butterflies). Thanks for stopping by - hope you give this great challenge a try and you can load your card HERE.  Here's the details on my card:

Stamps: Pocket Silhouettes
Papers: Whisper White, Basic Gray, Peach Parfait
Inks: Peach Parfait, Cherry Cobbler, Basic Gray
Accessories: Big Shot, Square Lattice EF, 1-1/4" Circle Punch, Windows Punch, Beautiful Wings Embosslit Die, Cherry Cobbler and Basic Gray Brads, Cherry Cobbler 1/2" Scallop Dots Ribbon, Sponge, Dimensionals, Post-it-Note, Dimensionals

Creative Sketches Challenge Card

I had such a crazy week last week and was unable to participate in the Creative Sketch Challenge.  I thought for this sketch I would pull out one of my favorite Halloween sets, A Haunting We Will Go.  I love the little cat from this set!  I colored in the pumpkin with Pumpkin Pie and then Tangerine Tango, and the little cat with Basic Gray.

Here's this week's sketch - hope you can play along!  You can the link for the Creative Sketches blog HERE.

And here is my card, along with the details:

Stamp Sets: A Haunting We Will Go, Just Flying By (spider)
Inks: Black StazOn, Pumpkin Pie, Tangerine Tango, Blushing Bride, Garden Green, Basic Gray, Basic Black
Papers: Whisper White, Pumpkin Pie, Basic Black, Halloween Night DP
Accessories: Big Shot, Spider Web EF, Watercolor Brush, Decorative Label Punch, Luggage Tab Punch, 1-3/8" Circle Punch, Black Thread, Scissors, Dimensionals

Creative Sketches Challenge Card

The roofers are working on the roof directly above me and I got about 4 hours of sleep last night.  I am watching the materials fly by my window as am typing this.   It's gonna be a long day..........

Here's the outline of this week's sketch:

The card I did is also for this week's LNS challenge; which is to case another member's card.  I chose to case this beauty done by the very talented Mary Brown, and you can see the card HERE, and you can check out Mary's stamping blog HERE.  I absolutely love the color combo of Crumb Cake and Rich Razzleberry - what an elegant combo!  I also am loving the new set I just got, Field Flowers paired with the new background stamp, Hello, Doily.  We are going to make this baby at the my upcoming stamp camp.  And this is my card:

Stamps: Hello, Doily, Field Flowers, You're a Gem (saying)
Inks: Crumb Cake, Rich Razzleberry
Papers: Rich Razzleberry, Crumb Cake, Whisper White
Accessories: Distressing Tool, Rich Razzleberry Satin Ribbon, Crumb Cake Brads, Small Oval Punch, Paper Piercing Tool, Sponge, Dimensionals

Creative Sketches Challenge Card

For this week's Creative Sketch Challenge we needed to make a card using the colors Poppy Parade, Basic Gray and Basic Black, as shown below.

And below is my card.  It's a CAS (clean and simple) card using the retired set, Boogie Eyes.  I have 2 different views posted so you can see the Dazzling Glitter that I added on the spider web using a 2-way glue pen.  It's hard to see in the picture, but I layered Basic Gray over the Basic Black card front.  Here's the pics and details:

Stamps: Boogie Eyes

Inks: Poppy Parade, Basic Gray, Basic Black
Papers: Basic Black, Basic Gray, Poppy Parade
Accessories: Big Shot, Spider Web EF, Decorative Label Punch, Dazzling Diamonds Glitter, 2-Way Glue Pen, Needle/Black Thread, Dimensionals, Scissors

Thursday Creative Sketch Challenge!

Happy Thursday everyone!  Thanks for stopping by and checking out this week's Creative Sketch challenge - I hope you'll play along!  Below is this week's sketch, and if you play along, you can upload your card HERE.

I am trying to use up some of my retired designer paper, and chose to use retired Springtime Vintage dp for this card.  I also used the retired set, Strength and Hope; I love the butterfly image from this set and this is one of those sets I will probably always keep.  It's hard to see, but after I cut out the butterflies, I sprayed them with some Vanilla Shimmer Smooch Spritz.  To create the frame around the butterfly images, I cut 1/4" strips of  Not Quite Navy c/s and then used my trusty old Singer sewing machine to sew a border on the strips.  Here's the details:

Stamps: Strength & Hope

Inks: Not Quite Navy, Pear Pizzazz

Papers: Very Vanilla, Not Quite Navy, Springtime Vintage DP

Accessories: Pear Pizzazz 1/2" Stitched-Poly Ribbon, Pearls, Vanilla Shimmer Smooch Spritz, Scallop Trim Border Punch, Sewing Machine/Thread, Dimensionals Mini-Glue Dots

This Week's Creative Sketch

Hey Everyone - How is your summer going?  It is hot, hot, hot here in the Chicagoland area!!  We lost power last week for a couple of days and then the AC unit in my craft room died and it was way to hot to stamp.  Couple that with the start of high school football (oh yeah!!), and I have been MIA for a while.

This week's sketch was to make a card using the following sketch and the Iris Fold Technique.  I have to admit that I had a hard time figuring out how to do this technique, so please forgive my feeble attempt at this weeks challenge!  This the link for a site that has some very cool patterns and tutorials on it for this technique: Iris Folding Pattern

Here's this weeks sketch:

And here is my card:

Stamps: Nature Walk
Papers: Whisper White, Early Espresso, Cherry Cobbler, Botanical Gazette DP
Inks: Early Espresso, Cherry Cobbler
Accessories: Big Shot, Circle Scallop #2 Die, 2-1/2" Circle Punch, Bird Punch (for the leaf), Sewing Machine/Thread, Sponge, Dimensionals, Scissors

This Week's Creative Sketch

Thanks for stopping by and checking out this week's Creative Sketch challenge.  Here's this week's sketch:

And below is my card.  What do you think of the new Scallop Dot Ribbon I used - I think it's awesome and I know I am going to definitely stock up on all the great colors this ribbon comes in!  Here's the details:

Stamps: Fabulous Florets, You're a Gem (saying)
Inks: Tangerine Tango, Wild Wasabi, Chocolate Chip
Papers: Whisper White, Chocolate Chip, Wild Wasabi Hostess Pack DP, Tangerine Tango, Beyond the Garden DP
Accessories: Ticket Corner Punch, Pearls, 1/2" Scallop Dots Ribbon in Chocolate Chip, SAMJ, Scissors, Dimensionals

This Week's Creative Sketch

This week's Creative Sketch challenge is anything goes - you can make whatever type of project you want!  I made the following post-it-note holder.  Brocade Blue will always be one of my favorite colors and I am sad that it is retired.  It's a great color that I love to pair with Chocolate Chip or Early Espresso.

Stamps: Medallion Background, Itty Bitty Background

Inks: Brocade Blue, Chocolate Chip

Papers: Brocade Blue, Chocolate Chip, Whisper White

Accessories: Scallop Punch, Sponges, Chocolate Chip Ribbon, Coasters, Pearls, Post-it-Note, Dimensionals

This Week's Creative Sketch

This has been one super busy week for me and I almost didn't get my challenge card done for this week!  Ben is doing double wrestling sessions and believer it or not, I am busy helping getting stuff ready for the upcoming football season at MHS!  Thanks for stopping by this Thursday, hope you will play along with this week's sketch:



And here is my card...........I love the new hostess set, Soft Flowers!  What a versatile and beautiful set!  I inked up the flower image with Rich Razzleberry and Old Olive markers and stamped it on a 2-1/2" circle piece of Whisper White.  I grabbed some color off the markers tips with my trusty watercolor brush and added color to the images.  I cut a matching scallop circle using a piece of Rich Razzleberry c/s and my Scallop #2 Circle Die, and then ran it through my Big Shot using the Elegant Lines embossing folder.  I'm off to pick up Ben from camp; here's the details:



Stamps: Simply Soft, Watercolor Trio (saying)
Inks: Rich Razzleberry, Old Olive
Papers: Whisper White, Rich Razzleberry
Accessories: Big Shot, Elegant Lines EF, Scallop #2 Circle Die, 2-1/2" Circle Punch, Curly Label Punch, Large Windowpanes, Old Olive Taffeta Ribbon, 1/8" Rich Razzleberry Taffeta Ribbon, Pearls, Mini-Glue Dots, Dimensionals

This Week's Creative Sketch

Hey Everyone - Welcome to my blog and this week's Creative Sketch challenge project.  This week we needed to make a card using the masking technique and the following sketch:

And the following is my card.  I punched out a circle on a piece of post-it-note using my 1" circle to create the mask for the sun.  I stamped the flowers first on the oval c/s, placed the punched post-it-note over the flowers and then lightly sponged some Marina Mist and Pacific Point over the flowers.  Thanks for stopping by today and taking a peak at my project; here's the details:

Stamps: Pocket Silhouette, Just Believe (saying)
Inks: Early Espresso, Marina Mist, Pacific Point
Papers: Whisper White, Marina Mist, Woodland Walk DP
Accessories: Big Shot, Oval Die, Brown Clip, Metallic Eyelets, CAD, Modern Label Punch, 1" Circle Punch, Twine, Sponges, Scissors, Dimensionals, Post-it-Note