ColorLab28

It's Thursday again, got your lab coat?? For the ColorLab of course!! Fun Valentine colors this week-make sure you stop and play along!! Of course, you could do something other than Valentine's too :) I didn't have that much creative brain power so Valentine's it is for me!  Here are the colors

Real Red, Very Vanilla and Crumb Cake

Here is my creation! Came out pretty close to what I was picturing in my head-don't ya love that??

Card base is Real Red with a Very Vanilla layer behind the Crumb Cake background. I tried a new to me technique on this, I believe called Inlaid Embossing. I started with a piece of Crumb Cake card stock and attached hearts all over it. My hearts were punched from Real Red Card Stock, Very Vanilla Card Stock, Red Glimmer Paper and the Real Red stripes & dots DSP from the Filled with Love bundle. After attaching the hearts, I ran the Crumb Cake through the Big Shot in the Square Lattice embossing folder. Now, if I had stopped to think before running it through, it would have been the other way. To me, this is more the debossed side, but it works. Finally, I layered the "LOVE" in the center and attached the "Be My Valentine" and one more Red Glimmer Heart.

Note: I just re-read the SU! website. I used the Filled with Love set, thinking the bundle was still available. That is not correct. The bundle and the stamp set are no longer available, but the DSP pack is. Love Patterns, 12 12x12 sheets in Real Red and Pretty in Pink.  124156 $9.95. Through 2/14/11. Next time I'll check before using a set I'm not sure about :)

SU! Catalog Items used: Filled with Love (no longer available) * 102482 Real Red Card Stock * 101650 Very Vanilla Card Stock * 120953 Crumb Cake Card Stock * 121790 Red Glimmer Paper * 124156 Love Patterns DSP * 103133 Real Red Classic Ink * 104430 Stampin' Dimensionals * 119881 Heart to Heart Punch * 120908 3/4x15/16 Oval Punch * 113439 Big Shot * 119976 Square Lattice Embossing Folder

Sketch Frenzy Friday 011411

Happy Friday All! Time for another Sketch Frenzy Friday challenge. This one is very different than anything I normally do, but came together very easily-gotta love that!! Here is my card

based on this sketch brought to us by Melinda Couden.

My card base is Real Red and sized to fit a #10 envelope. It's 9 inches wide by 3-1/2 folded. A Basic Gray strip is behind the heart print DSP from the Love Impressions pack. Lots of hearts across the front in Real Red, Basic Gray & Pink Pirouette. The stamped heart is from the Filled with Love (from the Holiday Mini) that is still available as part of the Bundle Special right now. It is punched with the Full Heart Punch. One of the hearts has the Red Glimmer Paper. The punched hearts are layered onto the Scalloped Heart of Hearts Embosslit, and then onto the Punch Window Heart. Love how these three items are sized to go together so well!!  On the Pink heart I added the "be my valentine" saying with a small red glimmer heart. That's it!

As usual for Sketch Frenzy Friday, we have our Mini Tour. Click HERE to continue on to Kim's blog. Or click HERE if you want to go back to the Main SFF Blog for any reason. As always, all the blogs and the main blog are linked in my right sidebar if something isn't working right!

Thanks for stopping by, we hope you'll play along with us this week!!

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SU! Catalog Items used: 124380 Filled with Love Bundle Clear (124381 Wood) * 115320 Real Red Card Stock * 111351 Pink Pirouette Card Stock * 121044 Basic Gray Card Stock * 100730 Whisper White Card Stock * 109120 Basic Gray Classic Ink * 111838 Pink Pirouette Classic Ink * 103133 Real Red Classic Ink * 121790 Red Glimmer Paper * 121780 Love Impressions DSP * 104430 Stampin Dimensionals * 117193 Small Heart Punch * 119883 Full Heart Punch * 120908 3/4" x 15/16" Oval Punch * 113439 Big Shot * 115953 Punch Windows * 117332 Scalloped Heart of Hearts

ColorLab24

Thursday again, got your lab coat?? ColorLab that is!! Look at these fun colors, just asking for a Valentine's card!!

Rose Red, Blushing Bride, Soft Suede and a Touch of Crumb Cake.

(love the graphic Julie and the dropper!!)

Here is what I came up with. Wasn't sure it was going to come out and be presentable, but I like the final version!! Didn't really have to redo anything, just took apart a few layers that I knew better than to put together!!

Card base is Soft Suede with a Rose Red Layer and close Crumb Cake layer under a Whisper White background. The background has been stamped with hears in Versamark and embossed with Clear Embossing Powder. I then sponged colors over the stamped images. The large hearts are Rose Red, Soft Suede and Blushing Bride; the small are Crumb Cake. I also did the edges of the background layer with Rose Red. A Blushing Bride ribbon is knotted around the background and Crumb Cake layers. The "LOVE" was done the same way, stamped in Versamark and embossed. I then sponged Rose Red over, added a small heart punched out and layered it onto Rose Red and Soft Suede. 

I hope you'll stop by the ColorLab and play along! We love to see your creations!!

Thanks for stopping by!!

SU! Catalog Items used: 124381 Filled with Love Bundle Clear (124380 Wood) * 115318 Soft Suede Card Stock * 100730 Whisper White Card Stock * 120953 Crumb Cake Card Stock * 102544 Rose Red Card Stock * 119786 Blushing Bride Classic Ink * 101778 Rose Red Classic Ink * 121030 Crumb Cake Classic Ink * 115657 Soft Suede Classic Ink * 119267 Blushing Bride 1/2" Stitched-Poly Ribbon * 101610 Stamping Sponges * 102892 Sponge Daubers * 102283 Versamark Pad * 109130 Clear Embossing Powder * 100005 Heat Tool * 104430 Stampin' Dimensionals * 117193 Small Heart Punch

Sketch Frenzy Friday 010711

Friday :) It's been a long week! Even though I worked my usual schedule last week, aside from being sick on Friday, I feel this week like I'm readjusting! Holiday hangover I guess?? Anyway, Friday means another sketch at Sketch Frenzy Friday!! This one was a challenge for me, and this is actually the second card I did (the first is hitting the circular file). I've come to the conclusion that simpler is better for me!! It's always good to step outside the comfort zone though, right? Here is my creation:

based on this sketch by Kim Innis.

The scan isn't the best, this card REALLY sparkles in person! This Red Glimmer Paper is Way Cool!! My 13 year old son saw it from the hallway as I was cutting pieces and had to come check it out up close!!

Card base is Real Red, cut to fold to 5-1/2" square. The set used here is Filled with Love that was in the Holiday Mini Catalog. It is available through January 24th as part of a special bundle including exclusive Love  Patterns DSP and FREE Bitty Buttons. (Click HERE for details) The next layer is a dotted print from the Love Patterns DSP, followed by Red Glimmer paper. WOW, right?? I also used a strip of it behind the layers. Finally a Whisper White piece is stamped with the "LOVE" stamp and several hearts. I punched a heart from the Glimmer paper and put in the middle of the "O". Red Glimmer brads are on the left side. Three more elements from the set are accents on the right side.

As usual, we have a mini tour for you among the Sketch Frenzy Friday team. Click HERE to go to Kim's blog and see what she came up with. Thanks for stopping by, and we hope you play along with us this week!! Remember, all blogs and the Sketch Frenzy main blog are linked in my right side bar.

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SU! Catalog Items used: 124381 Filled with Love Bundle Clear (124380 Wood) * 102482 Real Red Card Stock * 100730 Whisper White Card Stock * 121790 Red Glimmer Paper * 103133 Real Red Classic Ink * 121006 Brights Glimmer Brads * 104430 Stampin' Dimensionals * 117193 Heart Small Punch * 119873 3/4" Circle Punch * 120908 3/4" x 15/16" Oval Punch