Sketches, Colors & Challenges

Here's my card for the Dynamic Duos #16 to use River Rock & Black, with a dessert option of using brads. I'm also using the Merry Monday #29 to make a Christmas card using their sketch. The cardstock base and dsp are River Rock, and I embossed the silver snowflake brad with black embossing powder and layered it with 2 cream-colored felt snowflakes. Sentiment is from SU! Swirled Christmas tree.

This was made for the SNSDC67 to use a digital image and 3D flowers. I also used the I Spy Sketches ISSC29 to design the card. The digi image is from OWH and I colored it with Copics. I used some navy card stock, along with dsp's from the MME Moments paper pad. I used 3 paper flowers and a brad for the 3D flower, adding some soft yellow gingham ribbon from my stash.

This card was made for the Sweet Stop SSS172 sketch with a spin to use die cuts or punches. I used a SNSS Cocoa's pumpkin image, and paper pieced with dsp from SU! (r). The border was done with a die from SNSS and the circle was done with SB dies. Sentiment is by SNSS and it's stamped on a more mustard piece of cardstock, adding 3 mini brads for an accent.

That's it for now, but thanks for stopping by!

Carol

Santa, Kraft, and & Sketch

There's a tutorial over on the OWH Stars & Stamps blog to make this fun Santa christmas card. Black & red card stock, a fun sentiment, a soda can tab, ribbon, button brads, and a white "beard" done with a SB oval die and a CB embossing folder were the only ingredients for this fun card! I'll be making a few more of these for sure!

This card meets 2 challenges. I used the I Spy Sketches ISSC28, as well as the OWH Stars and Stamps mid-week throwdown challenge to use kraft, plus 1 or 2 more colors. I strayed a bit from the sketch, but I used the last piece of kraft I had, and it was a bit smaller than it should have been. I used some espresso and teal card stock, adding embossing with the diamond plate and herringbone ef's from CB, and added a SNSS sentiment, along with a ribbon slide that was done with a Quickutz die.

That's going to do it for me today, but thanks for stopping by and have a great middle of the week!

Carol

3 Challenge Cards

Here's the I Spy Sketches Challenge #23 for this week...

My take on it included some pretty dsp from Echo Park, along with some pastel butterflies and tiny pearls. The butterfly images were done with a SNSS Polka Dot Silhouette stamp in Memento Summer Sky, Angel Pink, & Dandelion inks, and then covered over in matching colors of card stock, done with a MS butterfly punch. Everything was matted with PTI new leaf green card stock & I added some very tiny pearls to the butterflies, along with a SU! sentiment.

This card is for the Perfect Sentiments PFSC40 to use your favorite scripture or quote as well as to use the above sketch. I can't say I have a favorite quote that I use on cards, but I really like this one I used from SNSS. Thank heaven for good friends - I don't know how I would have gotten this far in life without them! It's a digi that I printed on the card stock, and then built around the card from there. I used some fun dsp from Echo Park, and I thought those two birds on a wire resembled some close friends having a heart-to-heart with one another, so that worked for me. I used a scrap of pink card stock that was lying on my table and punched it with a SU! fancy scalloped border punch. I tried to add the bow to the top like the sketch shows, but nothing I put there looked right, so I settled for some tiny paper flowers with mini gemstones off to the right side instead.

And here's my take on the Tuesday Throwdown 106 to use hot colors. Do ya think these colors meet the challenge? LOL I pulled out all my hot colors scraps and used the SU! owl and bird punches for this one. The sentiment was done with my Quickutz, and the grass border was done with a SNSS grass die. The branches were done with a MB die and the sky was sponged with Ranger tumbled glass ink. I used a MS fern punch for the "nest" and SU square lattice and fancy fan ef's for the owl's vest and bird's wings. I think I need to add more "fun" cards like this in my next OWH box. Everyone needs a good chuckle now and then :)

Thanks for hanging out here today and I wish you a great Thursday!

Carol

ISSC21 for any Hero

I've been stamping and tucking cards for my almost-completed OWH box today, and wanted to make a couple more "Any Hero" cards to finish things up. I found this sketch over at the I Spy Sketches Challenge 21 and studied it for a while before I decided to use it to make my card.

I took the photo outside in bright sunlight, so it's a bit washed out, but perhaps if you click the photo to enlarge it, you can see the details a little better. I used BG Granola dsp along with some PTI soft stone card stock, stamping a background using the SU Flannel backgrounder with Ranger Pumice Stone ink - stamped off once for a lighter look. The rest is pretty much self-explanatory, but if you have any questions, feel free to shoot me an email.

Have a fabulous weekend everyone!

Carol

ISSC20

Here is this week's I Spy Sketches Challenge #20 that I'm playing along with.

And here's my card. I used SU!'s Summer Silhouettes for the images, stamping with Memento Rich Cocoa, and adding some shimmer paint to the ends. I sponged around the edges with Versa Color sand beige ink. I used a piece of tan card stock from DCWV and embossed it with the SU! square lattice ef, adding chocolate chip and tempting turquoise card stock. The turquoise panels were embossed with the So Trendy M-bossabilities folder, while the lower border was done with an EK punch. The sentiment is by SNSS and I added some turquoise ribbon and brads to finish this one.
Thanks for stopping by today - I wish you all a wonderful weekend!

Carol

Two Cards for the ISSC19

I made a couple cards following the ISSC19 sketch challenge this week. While cutting the strips of dsp from the MME On the Bright Side One paper pad, I decided to make 2 cards since the strips were cut in half and already perfectly sized for a 2nd card. I did variations on the sentiment panels using SB labels 25 on both, and adding a SB grommet tag on one. I used an EK chain zig-zag punch on one, and a SU! fancy scallop border punch on the other, adding a thin strip of dsp in the center. The stars were cut with a SNSS star border die, and both sentiments were done with SNSS. The top panels were done with a Swiss Dots ef.

Here's the Birthday card..........

Here's the Friendship card.......

And here's the sketch....
These two cards will be going into my next OWH box. I hope to have one finished soon.
Thanks for spending a few minutes of your day with me - make it a great one!

Carol

For a Hero and a Child

I made this card to play along with the ISSC18 found here. My friend LeAnne of Wee Inklings had one of her cards featured for the sketch, so how could I not play along! I used some older Cosmo Cricket papers and some Cool Caribbean cardstock (yes, I'm still hoarding a few sheets of that gorgeous color!) I used a stamp set from AMuse for the image and sentiment, adding stars done with a punch and some mini stars left over from a die cut star border from SNSS. I used small & large tag punches for the image, adding some ribbon and fibers. This will be an any hero card going into my next OWH box.

This card was made for the Freshly Made Sketch challenge #37 found here. I need to make some cards for kids to help fill up my OWH box, and I haven't used this Elmo image for a while so it was time to ink him up! I stamped the background using a cardboard core and black ink. The polka dot paper is by Recollections and the sentiment is by MFP.

I hope you're enjoying a wonderful weekend, and thanks for stopping by!

Carol