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Bicycle Journey

Hello everyone!  Wow, I thought with Anne being gone at Disney this week, I'd have more stamping time but I really haven't.  I'm just being a little lazy I guess, plus I have a lot to accomplish at work in the next couple of weeks, so I guess I'm more focused on that and not in the mood for stamping when I get home!  LOL  Last Friday night when I took the girls to the Indoor Amusement Park up in Cleveland, I took my Copics and some stamped images with me to color and keep myself "amused" while they rode all the rides.  I colored this bicycle image and quickly made it into a card earlier this week, so I thought I'd share it with you today.  The bicycle is a stamp that coordinates with the current Stamp of the Month program from Great Impressions, and I thought the "Journey" sentiment from Kitchen Sink Stamps' Vintage Words set was perfect for it.

Hope you're having a great week, and gearing up for Easter Sunday!

 

 

Stamps:  bicycle (Great Impressions), sentiment (Vintage Words from Kitchen Sink Stamps)
Cardstock:  Soft Sky, Purely Pomegranate (Stampin' Up!), white (Neenah), designer paper (Fancy Pants)
Inks:  Memento Tuxedo Black (Tsukineko), Buckaroo Blue (Stampin' Up!), markers (Copic)
Accessories:  Cuttlebug embossing border (ProvoCraft), ribbon, oval punch (Stampin' Up!), Threading Water border punch (Fiskars), brads (Colorbok).

Kitchen Sink Stamps and CPS101

The gals over at Card Positioning Systems are celebrating an anniversary this week, and today's sponsor of the sketch challenge is none other than Kitchen Sink Stamps!  Be sure to hop on over to their blog to see what their designers have created, and check out the designs from my fellow Kitchen Sink Crew members, who are all linked below!

Here's my card for the sketch!  I really liked this layout, as it gave me a chance to use a nice big piece of designer paper, which I love!  And the 3-Step Butterfly stamps from Kitchen Sink still remain my most favorite!  This card is going to a very special friend!

The Kitchen Sink Crew members have rocked out this awesome sketch too, so be sure to visit their blogs!  And thanks for stopping by to see me today!

Maria Colosimo
Lynn McAuley
Angela Knopf
Nicole Cooke
Lori Tecler
Julie Masse
Dee Jackson

 

 

 

 

 

Stamps:  3-Step Butterfly, Other Important People (Kitchen Sink Stamps)
Cardstock:  Ruby Red (Bazzill), Soft Sky, Taken with Teal, Riding Hood Red (Stampin' Up!), designer paper (Fancy Pants)
Inks:  Soft Sky, Cool Caribbean (Stampin' Up!), Versamagic Turquoise Gem, Versafine Onyx Black (Tsukineko)
Accessories:  clear embossing powder (Ranger), Nestabilities (Spellbinders), rick rack (May Arts).

Pull Treat card tutorial

Have you ever wanted to know how to make a pull-treat card like this one here, or the Orange Chocolate Pull-Treat card I posted last week?  I did this one with a pack of Stride gum back in September, too for my daughter to give to her volleyball secret sister.  Well, today I made this pull-treat card using a Hershey bar, and I posted a photo tutorial on how to make one at Papercraft Planet!  You can check it out here!  And if you end up making one yourself, please send me a link so I can see it, too!

 

 

 

 

Stamps:  Baking Stamps Ensemble (Just Rite Stampers)
Cardstock:  Whirlpool (Bazzill), Summer Sunrise (Papertrey Ink), Ruby Red, Kraft (Stampin' Up!), designer paper (Fancy Pants)
Inks:  Versamagic Ocean Depth, Momento Ladybug Red (Tsukineko)
Accessories:  Nestabilities (Spellbinders), Threading Water punch (Fiskars), ribbon (Stampin' Up!)

Another Color Throwdown (almost!)

On the Color Throwdown team, we pick out our colors combos for each week as far in advance as possible so that anyone who wants to work ahead can do so.  So I actually chose the colors for today's challenge about 2-3 weeks ago.  Imagine my surprise when I check out the Color Challenge on SCS yesterday and saw how similar they were!  Emily and I must be on the same wavelength or something!  Since I already had some Kiwi Kiss and Tangerine Tango papers laying out, and had thought about using this flowered paper on my Throwdown card I decided to do the SCS Sketch Challenge today and make a quick card!

I'm pleased with how it turned out, but I think it's missing something.  I should have done a row of piercing across the top or added some dew drops or something!  Maybe I should just make my watermark darker across the top, then no one will notice that lonely space!  LOL

Thanks for stopping by!  Have a great day!

 

Stamps:  The Landing Pad, Pretty Birds (Kim Hughes collection for Cornish Heritage Farms)
Cardstock:  Tangerine Tango, Kiwi Kiss (Stampin' Up!), Mocha Divine (Bazzill), designer paper (Fancy Pants)
Inks:  Momento Rich Cocoa (Tsukineko), markers to color bird (Copic)
Accessories:  Cuttlebug Birds and Swirls embossing folder (ProvoCraft), Nestabilities die-cut label (Spellbinders), olive brads, Kiwi Kiss ribbon (Stampin' Up!)