Sketch Frenzy Friday 112511

Happy Friday all! Hope you had a GREAT Thanksgiving!!

Friday means another Sketch Frenzy Friday challenge and mini tour! We hope you'll play along this week!! The sketch this week was created by me!! This is always a challenge for me, but I love see what the other girls do with it! Can't wait!!

Here is my card

based on this sketch:

My "oval" is very subtle, but it's there!! I need to figure out my Christmas card this weekend, so this is step one down that creative path!! Card base is Always Artichoke. I cut a 2nd piece of Always Artichoke and Textured it with the Snow Burst and wooden craft frame to leave an unembossed oval in the center of the card. In that oval I stamped the Christmas Tree from Christmas Lodge in Versamark and embossed with Iridescent Ice Embossing Powder. Next I covered the oval with a scrap of paper and spritzed the rest of the layer with Vanilla Shimmer Smootch Spritz. Always an adventure but love the result!! Across the bottom is a strip of Very Vanilla Velvet ribbon. The saying is from Four the Holidays.

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SU! Catalog Items used: 123769 Christmas Lodge Clear * 116921 Four the Holidays * 105119  Always Artichoke Card Stock * 101650 Very Vanilla Card Stock * 105113 Always Artichoke Marker * 125637 3/8" Velvet Stitched Ribbon Very Vanilla * 101930 Iridescent Ice EP * 100005 Heat Tool * 102283 Versamark Pad * 118772 Vanilla Shimmer Smooch Spritz * 104430 Stampin' Dimensionals * 119856 Scallop Oval Punch * 113439 Big Shot * 115953 Movers & Shapers Punch Windows * 124096 Snow Burst Embossing Folder

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Sweet Floral Tiled Birthday

Hopefully you aren't tired of these tiled cards yet, but when I find something I like, I like to try it with several different sets! Especially in this case because we have several backgrounds that work perfect with this technique!! For this one, I grabbed the Sweet Floral background and made a birthday card for a Sweet Friend!! I hope it gave her something to smile about!!

Colors are Wisteria Wonder and Lucky Limeade. The flowers were inked using sponge daubers and stamped on Naturals White that had been scored. The tile layer is attached to a Lucky Limeade accent layer. I attached a Wisteria Wonder ribbon on each side and did the "cheater bow". That works the best with this ruffled ribbon. The "bow" is just a small piece knotted around the base piece. The saying is from On Your Birthday and is attached with dimensionals over the ribbon. Quick and easy and LOVE this technique!! Image all the possible color combinations with all these different flower backgrounds :)

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SU! Catalog Items used: 111664 On Your Birthday * 122855 Sweet Floral * 122926 Lucky Limeade Card Stock * 122922 Wisteria Wonder Card Stock * 102316 Naturals White Card Stock * 122935 Lucky Limeade Classic Ink * 122936 Wisteria Wonder Classic Ink * 122334 Simply Scored * 122973 Wisteria Wonder 3/8" Ruffled Ribbon * 104430 Stampin' Dimensionals * 119856 Scallop Oval Punch * 119855 Large Oval Punch

Sketch Frenzy Friday 111911

Happy Friday all! As you know that means another Sketch Frenzy Friday sketch challenge and mini hop. My brain worked hard on this one and ended up in Sunflower mode. No surprise there!! What can I say? Sunflowers make me happy :) Here is my card:

based on this sketch by Deb Currier.

I do start the process of making these cards in my head. And often times I struggle to get past the literal elements of the sketch. In this one, the star "element" and the script background were hard for me to work past. But I kept pushing!! I even altered the sketch just a tad by moving my sentiment. But the point of these is inspiration and I SURE got that!! Thanks Deb :)

The card base is Chocolate Chip with an accent of Daffodil Delight behind the Naturals White background. On the background I stamped the Sunflower in Daffodil Delight. (Hindsight, I wonder if Chocolate Chip might have been better??) Across that I attached a Daffodil Delight 1-1/4" Grosgrain ribbon, then a 1/2" Scallop Dots Chocolate Chip ribbon upside down (no dots). For the flower element, I cut two of the medium Daisies from Daffodil Delight and two from Chocolate Chip and layered them together with an Antique Brad in the center. Actually, I attached the brad through the ribbon and Daffodil/White card stock to securely hold the element on the card. I added my sentiment under the ribbon.

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SU! Catalog Items used: 123606 Sunflower * 111700 Thank You Kindly * 102128 Chocolate Chip Card Stock * 102316 Naturals White Card Stock 8 119683 Daffodil Delight Card Stock * 119667 Daffodil Delight Classic Ink * 100908 Chocolate Chip Classic Ink * 119770 1-1/4" Daffodil Delight Striped Grosgrain Ribbon * 124142 1/2" Chocolate Chip Scallop Dots Ribbon * 117273 Antique Brads * 113439 Big Shot * 114520 Flower, Daisies #2 Bigz Die

Fall Thanks

I made a thank you card last night for my office for a client who brought us some yummy treats, and it just happens to fit the SU Only Challenge this week: Thankful. Here is the card:

Colors are Cajun Craze, More Mustard, Garden Green and Crumb Cake. The card base is Cajun Craze with an accent of More Mustard behind the Crumb Cake background. On the background I stamped the French Foliage leaves in Cajun Craze, More Mustard and Garden Green and the splatter dots over all with Crumb Cake. I sponged the edge as well with Crumb Cake before texturing in the Square Lattice embossing folder. LOVE that effect!! The saying is from Thank You Kindly and was stamped in Cajun Craze on Crumb Cake, punched with the Large Oval punch and layered on a Garden Green Scallop Oval punch. The oval element is attached over the Crumb Cake ribbon that I knotted around. Quick and easy and got rave reviews from my co-workers. Maybe they're easily impressed?? :)

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SU! Catalog Items used: 121166 French Foliage * 111700 Thank You Kindly * 119684 Cajun Craze Card Stock * 100946 More Mustard Card Stock * 102584 Garden Green Card Stock * 120953 Crumb Cake Card Stock * 121030 Crumb Cake Classic Ink * 103162 More Mustard Classic Ink * 119671 Cajun Craze Classic Ink * 102272 Garden Green Classic Ink * 122966 Crumb Cake 3/8" Taffeta Ribbon * 104430 Stampin' Dimensionals * 103683 Mini Glue Dots * 119856 Scallop Oval Punch * 119855 Large Oval Punch * 113439 Big Shot * 119976 Square Lattice Embossing Folder

Upsy Daisy CCMC 175

After some doing nothing time tonight, I decided a little creativity was in order so I played along with the Create with Connie and Mary challenge of the week, a color challenge to use More Mustard, Cherry Cobbler and Basic Black. Here is what I came up with.

The card base is Cherry Cobbler with a Basic Black accent layer behind a background of the First Edition DSP. On a Naturals Ivory Top Note, I stamped the Upsy Daisy flowers that I had inked with all 3 colors. I inked the entire image with More Mustard, then added Basic Black to the stems, and Cherry Cobbler to the flower tips. I stamped it full strength, then moved the stamp up and right and stamped again to create a shadow effect. The edge of the Top Note was sponged with More Mustard, Cherry Cobbler brads were added at each point, and a piece of Basic Black Taffeta ribbon was added across the bottom before attaching the Top Note to the base. The saying was stamped in Basic Black, punched with the Large Oval, sponged with More Mustard, layered onto a Cherry Cobbler Scalloped Oval, and attached to the top right corner of the Top Note with dimensionals.

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SU! Catalog Items used: 111710 Upsy Daisy * 119685 Cherry Cobbler Card Stock * 121045 Basic Black Card Stock * 101849 Naturals Ivory Card Stock * 121878 First Edition DSP * 103162 More Mustard Classic Ink * 101179 Basic Black Classic Ink * 119681 Cherry Cobbler Marker * 100082 Basic Black Marker * 119261 1/8" Basic Black Taffeta Ribbon * 119737 Regals (Cherry Cobbler) Brads * 101610 Stamping Sponges * 104430 Stampin' Dimensionals * 119856 Scallop Oval Punch * 119855 Large Oval Punch * 113439 Big Shot * 113463 Top Note Bigz Die