IHS021 & SFF053113

Happy Wednesday, everyone!  You know how you have that “letdown” after a big event….Christmas, wedding, birth….that’s sort of how I felt yesterday after saying goodbye to my college roommates!  I had some photos printed for them and thought I would make a couple of cards to go with them, using some current sketches.  The first one is the Sketch Frenzy Friday sketch:

I recently got some new papers, so I did some random stamping with some sentiment stamps on this plaid background, then added my focal image, stamped in Melon Mambo:

A little embossed mat and some organdy flowers finished off this simple card.

The next one (I made two of these) uses the I {heart} sketches sketch:

I flipped this sketch on its side and made it a standard A4 size:

I used the same images and sentiments, but different colors and papers!  It’s fun to see how different a card can be when you change the elements!

I miss my friends already!  I hope they enjoy these cards!  If you have any questions about them, please be sure to send me an email!

IHS109

Happy Wednesday, peeps!  Another birthday card for another sketch challenge, this time it’s I {Heart} Sketches #19:

I used some Epic Day This & That papers and a couple images from Everything Eleanor:

I did some heat embossing of the floral image, then colored it in with reinkers, stamping directly on the DP for all the images:

I added a sentiment from Teeny Tiny Wishes along with the little bird, and a shabby little seam binding bow:

Hope you enjoy your day!  Any questions, shoot me an email!

Lining up the letters!

PDCC176 & IHS013

Howdy, peeps!  I am sneaking in another creation this day---and then I am going to spend some time outside because, finally, it is BEAUTIFUL!  I have two challenges today that, while they are not new, I don’t believe I ever participated in either one:

The Play Date Café with this incredibly beautiful neutral palette:

and I {Heart} Sketches:

I needed a masculine birthday card as my stash is almost depleted, so I gathered some krafty-colored DPs and went to work:

Can you believe that this image AND background, as well as the “burlapy” DP is all from MDS?  I am excited!  I love this look!  Even the fold lines are MDS!

I added some piercing on the reverse side of the DPs and smudged them with a dauber and some ink to bring them out a bit (and I added some where there weren’t any on the sketch—ooops!):

and then added a mat, brad, Natural Ribbon and some corrugated paper to complete the rustic look!  Although I love stamping, this is fun to do too!  If you have any questions about what I used here, just shoot me an email!   Enjoy your day and be sure to come back for the ColourQ challenge tomorrow!

Matching them up!