Sketch Frenzy Friday 102811

Happy Friday all! I'm ready! Friday is going to be a crazy day, but hopefully the weekend won't be too bad!!??!!

Friday means another Sketch Frenzy Friday challenge and Mini Tour! Can't wait to see that the team came up with!! I immediately thought Halloween when I saw the sketch by Tammy F. That created a bit of a problem as I don't have many Halloween stamps! Here is what I came up with

based on this sketch by Tammy Fite.

Not overly creative, but it will do!! I haven't been stamping and I'm feeling it!!! Need to make that much more of a priority!!

My card base is Basic Black with a background of Tangerine Tango dotted DSP. Across the center of that is a strip of Whisper White with narrow Black Taffeta strung across. In the center is the "Trick or Treat" saying from Grateful Greetings. It was inked with markers, stamped on Whisper White, punched with the 1-1/4" Square Punch and layered on a Basic Black 1-3/8" Square. The two pumpkins were stamped on Whisper White in Tangerine Tango, with Chocolate Chip stems, Crumb Cake squiggles and Basic Black faces, then cut out. The saying and pumpkins were attached over the ribbon with dimensionals.

Thanks for stopping by today!! Continue on our tour by clicking HERE to see what Maria has created for your viewing pleasure. Remember, all the team members and main SFF blog are linked in my right sidebar if you get derailed.

I will come back this weekend and enter the catalog items used. Working on a new computer and still adjusting to the keyboard. Too tired for stress this late!! Have a GREAT weekend!!!

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Open House Sounding Joy

The last card from Open Houses last weekend!! This set has very quickly landed at the top of my favorites for Christmas Cards. Probably because you can get very stunning results with very little work!! :)

The card base is Soft Suede. The background is Very Vanilla that we scored horizontally every 1/4" using the fabulous NEW Simply Scored Tool. Across the center is a punched Soft Suede Lace Ribbon Border. Over that is layered a very pretty new ribbon, the Very Vanilla 3/8" Velvet Stitched Ribbon. The accent, an Antique Brad punched through the ribbon. The star from the set was stamped in Soft Suede on Very Vanilla. The "Joy" was added with the new Pewter Embossing Powder. That elements is attached with dimensionals over the ribbon and punch border. Quick, easy and beautiful!!! And, many other colors would work perfectly with this as well!!

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SU! Catalog Items used: 121979 The Sounding Joy Clear * 115318 Soft Suede Card Stock * 101650 Very Vanilla Card Stock * 115657 Soft Suede Classic Ink  * 125637 Very Vanilla 3/8” Velvet Stitched Ribbon * 117273 Antique Brads * * 124114 Pewter Embossing Powder * 100005 Heat Tool * 102283 VersaMark Pad * 116631 Paper-Piecing Tool * 105816 Mat Pack * 122234 Simply Scored Scoring Tool * 122362 Lace Ribbon Border punch

Sketch Frenzy Friday 102111

Happy Friday all! As you know that means another Sketch Frenzy Friday challenge and mini hop! Here is my card

based on this sketch by Tammy Baldwin

My card feels a little more like Spring than Fall, but that's OK! I figured the colors would be great for a 'thinking of you' card! There isn't much stamping either, but with the GREAT DSP that we have that's OK too!! :)

The card base is Wild Wasabi. The 3 DSP prints are from the Just Add Cake pack. Colors featured are Wild Wasabi, So Saffron, Blushing Bride & Baja Breeze. My 3 elements are flowers created with the Boho Blossoms punch and Whisper White buttons from the Neutrals Designer Buttons set. In the center of the buttons is White Baker's Twine. The saying is from Teeny Tiny Wishes and was stamped on Whisper White in Wild Wasabi, punched with the Word Window punch and layered onto a Baja Breeze Modern Label punch. 

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SU! Catalog Items used: 115370 Teeny Tiny Wishes * 108641 Wild Wasabi Card Stock * 111352 Baja Breeze Card Stock * 119676 Blushing Bride Card Stock * 119793 Poppy Parade Card Stock * 105118 So Saffron Card Stock * 100730 Whisper White Card Stock * 109014 Wild Wasabi Classic Ink * 124339 Just Add Cake DSP * 124262 White Baker's Twine * 119743 Neutrals Designer Buttons * 104430 Stampin' Dimensionals * 119849 Modern Label Punch * 119857 Word Window Punch

Open House Christmas Lodge

Oops-got off track posting! But, here is the 3rd card from Open Houses last weekend! Love this one-even my husband noticed it!!

The card base is Cherry Cobbler, the background is Shimmery White that I textured with the Snow Burst folder in the Big Shot. Around the center is the FABULOUS Cherry Cobbler Quilted Satin Ribbon. We stamped the lodge and 'Merry Christmas' with Cherry Cobbler Craft Ink and added Clear Embossing powder. The point of that, so we could add Dazzling Details and not have the ink turn pink!! Dazzling Details is iridescent glitter glue and adds awesome sparkle!! We put it where the snow would be-on the roof lines and under the porch. Attach your layers to the background with Mini Glue dots and you're done!! 

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SU! Catalog Items used: 123769 Christmas Lodge * 119685 Cherry Cobbler Card Stock * 101910 Shimmery White Card Stock * 119717 Regals Craft Stampin’ Spots * 121602 Cherry Cobbler Craft Refill * 124105 Cherry Cobbler 3/8” Quilted Satin Ribbon * 109130 Clear Stampin’ Emboss Powder * 100005 Heat Tool * 103683 Mini Glue Dots * 124117 Dazzling Details

Open House Gently Falling

Card two from the weekend. Using a technique I tried recently and really like-especially for Fall leaves!

Aren't the leaves on here awesome??!!?? The technique is the Baby Wipe Technique. Splitcoast has a great tutorial HERE, but it's really simple. Take a baby wipe and fold it in half and put it in a container. I like to fold the edges into the center, and then fold that into the center again so there are no edges on the top that we are going to use. Now you add drops of reinker to make your ink pad. Start with the darkest color and add 4 or 5, then the middle color, then the lightest color. The size of your ink just needs to slightly exceed the largest stamp you are going to use. Don't leave any white areas either or you'll have gaps on your stamp. Once you have the ink as desired, stamp as you would with an ink pad! Press your stamp down well in one spot and don't ink it more than once or you'll risk muddying the colors. I also recommend after stamping, you stamp again on scratch paper to avoid muddying the colors as well.

One other hint before finishing the details of the card. I found that new baby wipes right out of the package do not work near as well as some a little older. You want them damp, but not wet. If they feel too dry, spritz them with a light water spray. I had old ones hanging around here and I started playing with those. I figured new would be even better. NOT!! You could probably use the new ones if you let them sit out a while before using them!!

OK, back to the card. The colors we used to make the "ink pad" are Chocolate Chip, Cherry Cobbler and Daffodil Delight. We stamped the leaves-the "insides" from Gently Falling-randomly on the Very Vanilla background. You could add the outline of the leaves as well. I didn't as I knew it would take some time and add too much stress!! :) After the leaves were all done, we sponged the edge with Daffodil Delight. The background is layered onto Cherry Cobbler, then attached to the card base of Chocolate Chip. The saying is from Hand-Penned Holidays and was stamped on a strip of Very Vanilla with Chocolate Chip. We punched a wider strip of Cherry Cobbler with the Scallop Trim Border and layered the saying on to that. It is attached over the background.

Scroll back through my cards for the last week and see some others I've done with this technique!! I've had fun trying it out!!

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SU! Catalog Items used: 123804 Gently Falling Clear * 124310 Hand-Penned Holidays * 102128 Chocolate Chip Card Stock * 101650 Very Vanilla Card Stock * 119685 Cherry Cobbler Card Stock * 119788 Cherry Cobbler Classic Refill * 119672 Daffodil Delight Classic Refill * 100908 Chocolate Chip Classic Ink * 119667 Daffodil Delight Classic Ink * 101610 Stamping Sponges * 118402 Scallop Trim Border

Open House Jack of All Trades

I survived Open Houses this weekend. But, just barely! Ha! I will recover ;)

The creation process starts with ideas in my head. Especially this time when I was out of town the week before and didn't have time to play. This time of year I like to show something for Halloween, Fall or Thanksgiving and Christmas. Since it's already the middle of October though I wasn't sure if I wanted to do Halloween. But I've really been liking the Jack of All Trades set. Hmmm. This is what I came up with first using a saying from the Grateful Greetings set to be a nice Fall or Thanksgiving card.

Then I was looking at various sayings in the catalog and noticed a super fun one in Smarty Pants, so I did this one.

Isn't that fun?? My guests had the choice, faces or not and either saying or a Happy Halloween saying from Delightful Dozen.

The card base is Tangerine Tango. Background is Early Espresso that was textured with the Square Lattice embossing folder. The Top Note was cut from Naturals Ivory. On that we first stamped the tall pumpkin in Tangerine Tango just left of center. We masked that pumpkin and stamped the short pumpkin beside it. Next we added the stem with Early Espresso, and faces if desired. The saying was stamped on another piece of Naturals Ivory and punched with the Scallop Oval punch. That was layered onto a larger Scallop Oval cut with the Movers & Shapers die. We stamped the curly image from the set in Crumb Cake near the stem on each pumpkin and under the pumpkins as well. Under the pumpkins I did some full strength and some off once for a lighter effect. We sponged Crumb Cake ink on the Top Note and saying and added Gold Brads at the points. The saying was added with Stampin' Dimensionals top right.

One other tip: when attaching either textured layers, like the Early Espresso here, or attaching to textured layers, like the Top note here, I like to use Mini Glue Dots. Normally I use Snail adhesive for everything, but the Glue Dots seem to work much better when there is texture involved!!

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SU! Catalog Items used: 122620 Jack of All Trades * 116511 Grateful Greetings * 122650 Delightful Dozen * 115070 Smarty Pants * 111349 Tangerine Tango Card Stock * 119686 Early Espresso Card Stock * 101849 Naturals Ivory Card Stock * 119670 Early Espresso Classic Ink * 121030 Crumb Cake Classic Ink * 111834 Tangerine Tango Classic Ink * 104337 Gold Brads * 101610 Stamping Sponges * 104430 Stampin’ Dimensionals * 103683 Mini Glue Dots * 116631 Paper Piercing Tool * 105826 Mat Pack * 119856 Scallop Oval Punch * 113439 Big Shot * 119976 Square Lattice Embossing Folder * 115953 Punch Windows Movers & Shapers

ColorLab55

Hello all! It's the 15th and that means another ColorLab challenge!! Grab your Lab Coat and play along!! Here are the colors for this month

Cajun Craze, Daffodil Delight & Marina Mist

and the card I created.

I've decided you can make Fall leaves with LOTS of different colors!! I have open houses this weekend and this was an experiment with the Baby Wipe Technique to decide if I wanted to use if for the group or not. Fun fun!! Stop by next week to see if I used it for the group, and for more details on the technique!! The short version: add drops of desired colors to a baby wipe-using reinkers, darkest to lightest, and use that as an ink pad. That is how I inked my leaves, so they are all a blend of the three colors. Over that, I stamped splatter drops in Marina Mist. The card base is Cajun Craze with a Marina Mist layer behind the Naturals Ivory background. The edge of the background was sponged with Daffodil Delight, and a Daffodil Delight grosgrain knotted around before attaching to the Marin Mist. The saying is from Blessings from Heaven, a new to me set with some great sayings. I stamped the saying over a leaf on Naturals Ivory, added some light Marina splatters around the edge, sponged with Daffodil and layered onto Marina & Cajun. The elements is attached with dimensionals over the ribbon. One final accent, I added a Marina Mist 1/8" Taffeta knot around the Daffodil ribbon knot.

Thanks for stopping by! Make sure you stop over at the ColorLab and see what the other Chemists created. And, don't forget to play along-you have an entire month!!

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SU! Catalog Items used: 123050 Blessings from Heaven * 121166 French Foliage * 119684 Cajun Craze Card Stock * 119682 Marina Mist Card Stock * 101849 Naturals Ivory Card Stock * 119671 Cajun Craze Classic Ink * 119668 Marian Mist Classic Ink * 119667 Daffodil Delight Card Stock * 119672 Daffodil Delight Classic Reinker * 119787 Marina Mist Classic Reinker * 119790 Cajun Craze Classic Reinker * 120928 Daffodil Delight 1/4" Grosgrain Ribbon * 119257 Marina Mist 1/8" Taffeta Ribbon * 101610 Stamping Sponges * 104430 Stampin' Dimensionals

Sketch Frenzy Friday 101411

Happy Friday all! Hope you've had a GREAT week and an even better weekend on tap! Crazy times here, but that's OK! Looking forward to Open Houses this weekend and seeing all my stampers!!

Friday means another Sketch Frenzy Friday challenge and tour! Here is my card

based on this sketch by Sharon Wheet.

My card base is Textured Soft Suede card stock, with the accent layers of Spice Cake DSP. On the square (striped) pieced I added 3 gold brads to the top left, and on the rectangle I added a saying top left. My "any shape" are two leaves from the Gently Falling set. I stamped the inside using the Baby Wipe technique with Soft Suede, More Mustard and Pool Party. The outline is stamped over in Soft Suede. Cut out, curled, and attached with dimensionals. Quick and easy!! Had to be as I have tons of things on my to do list today!!

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SU! Catalog Items used: 122650 Delightful Dozen * 123804 Gently Falling Clear * 121078 Neutrals Textured Card Stock * 100946 More Mustard Card Stock * 122924 Pool Party Card Stock * 124003 Spice Cake DSP * 101650 Very Vanilla Card Stock * 115663 Soft Suede Classic Refill * 115657 Soft Suede Classic Ink * 101962 More Mustard Classic Refill * 122933 Pool Party Classic Refill * 104337 Gold Brads * 116631 Paper Piercing Tool * 105826 Mat Pack * 104430 Stampin' Dimensionals

Blended French Foliage SR92

Hello all! Hope you're having a good weekend. Trying to get back on track here. My husband and I went to California's Napa Valley last week, and I'm having trouble getting back on schedule! And with Open Houses next weekend and projects not planned-that is NOT a good thing!! Napa however, was very good!! We highly recommend it!

I'm trying to stamp a few things and get back in creative mood. I was browsing challenges last night and found this color challenge at Stampin' Royalty. Had to do it!!

Any excuse to use purple and I'm in! And, French Foliage was out from something else I was doing, so of course I used it too!! I really do have other sets!! This card uses the Baby Wipe technique. I'm trying it out to see if it would be a good thing to do for an Open House card. I'm liking it so far-love the blended look of the colors!!

The card base is Elegant Eggplant with a More Mustard layer behind the background of Naturals White. The leaves are multi-colored with Elegant Eggplant, Old Olive & More Mustard. Over those, I stamped So Saffron Splatter dots. The edge was also sponged with So Saffron. The ribbon was attached before layering the background onto the More Mustard. A separate piece was put into an Antique Brad to look like a bow, and attached over the straight piece. If I'd been thinking, I would have included the straight piece also in the brad-it lays a little better that way! The saying is from Word Play and was stamped in Elegant Eggplant with a light leaf over it. The edge was sponged with So Saffron, and a few splatter dots added. After layering onto More Mustard and Elegant Eggplant, it was attached to the background with dimensionals.

Pretty quick and easy card! Love the colors!! Thanks for stopping by today!!

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SU! Catalog Items used: 121166 French Foliage Clear * 120651 Word Play Clear * 105126 Elegant Eggplant Card Stock * 100946 More Mustard Card Stock * 102316 Naturals White Card Stock * 103162 More Mustard Classic Ink * 105210 Elegant Eggplant Classic Ink * 101962 More Mustard Classic Reinker * 105222 Elegant Eggplant Classic Reinker * 100531 Old Olive Classic Reinker * 124143 Elegant Eggplant 1/2" Scallop Dots Ribbon * 117273 Antique Brads * 101610 Stamping Sponges * 104430 Stampin' Dimensionals * 103683 Mini Glue Dots

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Reminder: World Card Making Day Open Houses!!

A reminder: World Card Making Day Open Houses are NEXT weekend!! 

World Card Making Day Open House I

Saturday, October 15

10 am to 3 pm

World Card Making Day Open House II

Sunday, October 16

2 pm to 5 pm

Both Open Houses are at my house near Crete. I will get you the address and directions (if needed) when you RSVP.

***RSVP required***

As usual there will be 4 projects using products from the SU! Catalog.

Plus

Goodies to eat and drink

Fun with Friends

Door Prizes

SU! Product Display

Attendance is free if you meet any of the following requirements:

**Club member during the last year

**SU! Downline to me

**Hostess during the last year (catalog or regular)

**Spent $100 as a customer during the last year

If you don't meet any of the above requirements, there will be a $15 attendance fee OR $30 minimum purchase requirement.

If you don't have the current SU! catalog, either of these options will include one for you

RSVP by email to jennifer@sunflowerstamper.com

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Sketch Frenzy Friday 100711

Welcome to Friday once again friends!! That means another Sketch Frenzy Friday sketch and mini tour! Here is what I came up with this week

based on this sketch by Robbie Rubala.

My card base is Chocolate Chip with a background layer of the First Edition Designer Paper. On the DSP I stamped the leaf image from Lovely as a Tree randomly, then spritzed on some Garden Green & More Mustard ink. Before attaching to the card base I sponged the edge with Chocolate Chip and added three Metallic Brads at the bottom right corner. The three panels are images also from Lovely as a Tree. The center is a tree that I tried to make look like a fall tree. I inked the tree with markers first, Chocolate Chip for the trunk, Garden Green for the leaves. Then I thumped it with More Mustard and Chocolate Chip. That didn't blend the colors quite as much as I wanted, so I picked up the Blender Pen and did a little more. The edge was sponged lightly with Chocolate Chip before layering onto Chocolate Chip. The other two panels are the same leaf image as the background. I tried to angle them so they would show around the center panel, but it didn't work quite like I wanted-oh well!! The leaves were stamped with Chocolate Chip. I added some More Mustard and Garden Green with markers and then blended some with the Blender Pen. I spritzed each panel before attaching to layers: Garden Green top right, More Mustard bottom left. The top and bottom panels were attached to the background first, then the center panel with dimensionals.

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SU! Catalog Items used: 115026 Lovely as a Tree * 115370 Teeny Tiny Wishes * 102128 Chocolate Chip Card Stock * 101650 Very Vanilla Card Stock * 100946 More Mustard Card Stock * 102584 Garden Green Card Stock * 100908 Chocolate Chip Classic Ink * 100071 Chocolate Chip Marker * 100076 More Mustard Marker * 100080 Garden Green Marker * 121878 First Edition Specialty Designer Series Paper * 119741 Metallic Brads * 107066 Color Spritzer Tool * 104430 Stampin' Dimensionals

The Sounding Joy Club version

Howdy all! Finally, here is the last card from Club last weekend, a different color version of my Sounding Joy swap card shown HERE. Lovin' the simplicity of this card!!

Colors here are Early Espresso, Very Vanilla & Riding Hood Red. As on the other card, the background, or the entire front of the card was textured with the new Snow Burst embossing folder. The star was stamped in Riding Hood Red on Very Vanilla and then the Joy was embossed with the new Pewter Embossing Powder. The Espresso Quilted ribbon was knotted at the bottom of the star. Doesn't get much quicker and easier!! Especially for a Christmas card!!

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SU! Catalog Items used: 121979 The Sounding Joy Clear * 119686 Early Espresso Card Stock * 101650 Very Vanilla Card Stock * 111348 Riding Hood Red Card Stock * 111836 Riding Hood Red Classic Ink * 124104 3/8" Early Espresso Quilted Satin Ribbon * 124114 Pewter Stampin' Emboss Powder * 100005 Heat Tool * 102283 Versamark Pad * 124096 Snow Burst Embossing Folder * 113439 Big Shot