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Happy Friday all! Long week here, but ready for another Robotics tournament this weekend! Go Crete!! Hope your week went well!!

Time for another round of Sketch Frenzy Friday!! Here is my creation

based on this sketch by Kim Innis.

My card looks a whole lot like the sketch doesn't it? Color and all. Sometimes they really speak to me! Actually, it's probably more of a procrastination thing! But, I started out thinking the whale would work well either where the oval shape is, or possibly on an oval there. Then the shading of the sketch made me think of shading the layers, and what better colors for a whale then blues??

The card base is Basic Gray. A Whisper White layer accents the background of Island Indigo, Baja Breeze and Pool Party. I layered the blues together then used the Jumbo Oh, Wave! wheel on them with the Illuminate Glimmer Watermark pad. The saying was stamped in Indigo at the bottom. The accent stripes are Pool Party and Island Indigo ribbon. The whale was stamped in Baja Breeze on Whisper White and cut with the coordinating Clearlit Die. The oval was cut with the Ovals Collection framelits. The whale is attached with dimensionals and has a rhinestone eye for the final accent.

Thanks for stopping by today! Make sure you stop over at the main SFF blog to see what the rest of the team created, AND to play along!! Have a GREAT weekend all!!

Sale-A-Bration!!

TODAY IS THE DAY!! The start of Sale-A-Bration! It's hard to find a better deal then something FREE with each $50 purchase!!

View the SAB flyer in pdf format here

Note: it is a flyer this year, not a brochure or catalog. It is very long left to right you so you will probably need to scroll your screen left and right. One side explains all the good things going on during SAB, the other shows you the products available for your FREE selections.

Contact me with any questions!!

Click HERE to shop my online store!

Rain or Shine Royalty

I made some time to play last night, and chose the Sketch Challenge at Stampin' Royalty for inspiration. Here is what I came up with

based on this sketch.

Have I mentioned I REALLY like this  Sunshine & Sprinkles DSP?? The bright color combinations are just too fun!! Card base is Pacific Point with an accent of Daffodil Delight behind the Whisper White background. I embossed the background with the new Cloudy Day folder. Across the center is the stripe print from the pack with a Lucky Limeade accent. The circle/scallop accents are the dotted print from the DSP pack on Pacific Point. I couldn't find two circles that worked well together size wise so I settled on the 1-3/4" circle on the 2-3/8" Scallop. The pinwheel was cut with the new Pinwheel Sizzlit from another print from Sunshine & Sprinkles. It is secured together with a Daffodil Delight brad and attached with a Mini Glue Dot. The umbrella was stamped in Pacific Point and cut out. I attached it with a dimensional over the handle. The saying is in  Lucky Limeade. A Melon Mambo dotted ribbon is the final accent behind the umbrella layer.

Thanks for stopping by today!!

More Amore Valentine

Card three from Club last weekend! Had to work in one Valentine as I won't see them in February until after Valentines Day!

Card base is Real Red with a background of Real Red Core'dinations Card Stock. We embossed it with the new Honeycomb folder and sanded over to reveal the lighter core center. Great distressed look isn't it?? Over that we added a layer of Very Vanilla with a small heart print from the More Amore DSP pack. Around that was knotted a Pool Party ribbon. Hearts cut with the Hearts a Flutter Framelit set are layered over. The large scallop stripe was attached with dimensionals to set over the ribbon. The saying is from Delightful Dozen and was stamped in Real Red on Very Vanilla and punched with the Scallop Oval punch and attached with dimensionals to the background. A small heart punched from the DSP was attached over the heart in the image.

Thanks for stopping by today!!

25 Years of Stampin' Up!

Stampin' Up! has been around for 25 years! and they are celebrating by bringing back favorite images of the past! Each month they will be putting together a set with a different theme. Each set will include one new image. Here is the flyer for the January set (click to enlarge it on your screen if you need to).

All sets are clear mounted. All will be available until March 31, 2014. Each set will include a Proof of Purchase sticker: Hold on to those!! Collect 6 and redeem them for a FREE Best of set!!

Contact me if you have any questions!!

Club Rain or Shine

Club card two from last weekend using the fun new Rain or Shine set and coordinating Sunshine & Sprinkles DSP. Fun fun!!

Card base is Marina Mist with an accent layer of Daffodil Delight. Can you see the clouds on the Whisper White? Click to enlarge the picture if not. A very fun new Embossing Folder called Cloudy Day! At the bottom is one of the prints from Sunshine and Sprinkles. Aren't those Umbrellas a blast? and what fun, bright colors!! Across the center is the new ribbon, 3/8" Striped Organdy in Melon Mambo. The ovals were cut with the new Framelit set, Ovals Collection. The umbrella was stamped in Melon Mambo, the handle in Basic Gray. We used the stamp-a-ma-jig for perfect placement. A few raindrops at the top in Marina Mist finish it. The saying was stamped in Marina in Whisper White and punched with the Scallop Oval punch. We  sponged the edges light for slight contrast.

Thanks for stopping by today!!

Sketch Frenzy Friday 011813

Happy Friday all! Man, don't some of these weeks just zip past??? This one sure did!! Excited for the weekend though and the Robotics tournament on the agenda!! Good Luck Crete High Robotics!! 

OK, on to the reason you are here!! Friday means another round of Sketch Frenzy Friday!! Here is my creation

based on this sketch, also by me!!

I had such fun with the DSP circle cards a few months back I decided to make it my sketch this time around. You can see the card my Club girls did in December HERE. While working on cards last weekend for Club, I decided I was going to try hearts instead of circles. I like how it came out!!

The colors of the card are driven by the DSP-the fun More Amore pack from the Spring Mini. The card base is Real Red with an accent layer of Pool Party under the background of Very Vanilla. I used an assortment of Framelits and Embosslits for the hearts. The large heart print in the center, the red heart and the zig-zag print on the red heart are the 3 smallest hearts in the Hearts Collection Framelits set. The Pool Party dotted heart was cut with the Scalloped Heart of Hearts Embosslit. The Primrose Petal textured heart was cut with the Fashionable Hearts Embosslit. The last heart, the printed one under the ribbon, was cut with the smaller heart in the new Hearts a Flutter Framelit set from the Spring Mini. The heart clip is a fun new accessory in the Spring Mini. We have two sets, this one is the Elements that includes whales, hearts and birds! I knotted a Real Red 1/4" Stitched Grosgrain ribbon to one edge and clipped the edge under the large center heart. I added a glue dot behind the ribbon to get it to lay flat. Lastly, I added the Happy Valentine's Day sentiment from Teeny Tiny Wishes in Real Red just below all the hearts.

Thanks for stopping by today!! Make sure you stop over at the main SFF Blog to see what the rest of the team came up with! You won't be disappointed!! Then play along with us!!