{SSSC} Muchas Gracias

Hi there! I used this weeks SSSC sketch for my card today. I like the really large panel and clean, no fuss lines. I knew it would be perfect for this image by Saturated Canary. Sadly, this image is retired I believe. Glad I picked it up when I did!

 I made this thank you card for a friend. I am popping it in the post tomorrow and I hope she'll love it! If not, I'm making her send it back!! Purple and red are my two fave colours, and I think they go great together! I've actually had this image coloured since I went to a retreat in October I think LOL!!! But I just needed the right sketch!! I think this image is so intricate and detailed and I just really want it to be the focus and not have any of it's beauty lost to a busy and overdone card. I think it's a gorgeous stamp and would look good no matter, but I just tend to keep the card a bit more simple when I'm using these kinds of images!

I added a butterfly die from The Cat's Pajamas in place of the 2 brad type circles. The sentiments (and hot pepper on the inside) are from the set Let's Fiesta by SugarPea Designs. I think the spanish masculine/feminine noun isn't quite right for sending a card to a woman, but I'm not even an expert in English, so I'm just pleading ignorance ;) And I don't have any other spanish sets, which is what I wanted, so this will have to do! I'm entering this card into the FB Saturated Canary Challenge- Anything Goes.

Here's the inside. I left it mostly empty, as I'd like to write a nice message inside for the recipient :)

The rest of the Sweet Sunday Stampers have much more for you to see this week - please stop over and see:

• Barbara Anders
• Dana White
• Karen Giron
• Jodi Collins
• Lisa Henke
• Lori Tecler
• Lynn Put
• Sarah-Jane Kalé
• Tracy Clemente
• Vicki Burdick

Ugly Sweater

I thought that i would sneak in one last Christmas card just under the wire before the big day! This is probably my favorite card I've made this season...mostly because ugly Christmas sweaters speak to me. I LOVE them!!! LOVE. They make me happy. I feel no shame, only unbridled joy and holiday spirit :) This card was so fun to 'ugly up'!!! Set my inner tacky decorator free....

I used a digital image from Saturated Canary, called (Ugly) Christmas Sweater. I coloured her with copics and added some spica glitter pens, loose fine glitter (to the tree) and sakura glaze pen. I wanted to get freaky with the stickles and add some tacky bling, but you have to be careful with the digi's because the printer ink will bleed....I have learned that the hard way!

Here is a closeup. I've added some MFT snowflake dies in silver CS and buttons tied with TCP's linen thread. The sentiment comes with the set and the paper bow underneath is also made with an MFT die. The silver tinsel ribbon is from SU and the red pleated mesh is from the Ribbon Carousel store. The little green jingle bell was a found item off my entrance way floor! I am assuming it fell off one of the boys' Christmas crafts from school! lol! Finders, keepers.

Here is the inside, using more snowflakes and my first ever attempt at Washi tape! Fun!!

Thanks for stopping by, and wishing you all the best this holiday season and always! 

xo

{iSSC18} Krafty Kate

Today the iSSC girls have been inspired by LeAnne Pugliese (LeAnne Pugliese at SCS). We loved this card by LeAnne. Here's Kim's sketch interpretation of that original card:

Okay. I admit it. I cheat. Not on tests or my husband or anything like that....but my hands don't always listen to my brain when it comes to art;) So I did take a few detours through this amazing sketch! My card follows the same basic design, but with some variations. I didn't add a sentiment. I only have three rectangular elements, which I changed to banners btw, instead of four. And my circle is seriously out of scale! LOL!

Today I am using a brand new to me line of digital stamps (which I normally hate, because my printer is an evil tyrant). But I couldn't resist these beauties! This is Krafty Kate by Saturated Canary, and I {heart} her!!
I used MFT dies for the banners, and black jute twine from the Ribbon Carousel. The buttons are OA, and the DP is a mix of BG and Fancypants.

I usually don't post Copic colours, just cuz I put them back and forget! Not because I'm a tip-hoarder! But I found a new brunette combo that I am really liking and I can remember it! It's E21, E27 and E47. It's my best brown combo for hair that I've done, I think;)

Okay, check out the iSSC blog for more inspiration, as well as all the info for linking up your card:)