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Papercraft Planet - Saturday Sketch

Did you know there's a sketch challenge every Saturday at Papercraft Planet?  Lori Tecler created this awesome layout for today's sketch, and you can check out the details for this challenge here.  I decided to combine Kristina Werner's Color Inspiration challenge with the sketch.  Honestly, I'm not happy with how it turned out.  I feel like the mojo is missing, but here's my card.

 

If you're snowed in and hibernating from all this cold weather, why not get some stamping done and give the sketch challenge a try?  And if you're in a climate where the ground is not covered in snow, and the temperature does not start with a minus, then I don't want to hear it!  I'm freezing my tookus off!  When you upload your photo to Papercraft Planet, remember to put SK011709 in the tag line!  Lori will create an album for all the cards done with this sketch, and the tag will help her find your card!

Happy stamping, and thanks for visiting me today!

 

 

Stamps:  U R A Hoot (Kim Hughes collection for Cornish Heritage Farms)
Cardstock:  Pumpkin Pie, Ruby Red, Pretty in Pink, Kraft (Stampin' Up!), Pure Luxury 80 lb. cardstock for owl (Gina K Designs), designer paper (Chatterbox)
Inks:  Momento Tuxedo Black, Versafine Onyx Black (Tsukineko), markers (Copic)
Accessories:  felt flowers (Creative Impressions), brads (Stampin' Up!), Threading Water punch (Fiskars).

Funky Birds

Here's a card I actually made yesterday morning before I left for work.  I got it done, and brought it to work with me thinking I'd take my picture and upload once I got there because the light from the window is always so good at my desk.  One problem, though... it's hard to take a picture at work when the camera is sitting at home!  *smacking forehead*  So, this one had to wait until today for uploading!

I just love how this turned out!  Those funky birds in the background paper are just too silly, and went perfectly with my images from Cornish Heritage Farms!  I made this card using the sketch from Card Positioning Systems #87, and the Color Inspiration challenge from KWernerDesignBlog.

I couldn't really decide where to put a sentiment on the front.  Nothing seemed to fit anywhere, so I put it on the inside along with a few more of the funky birds!  I actually had an idea after I had this photographed for something else on the inside.  I might add it, and retake the picture, so stay tuned!

I hope you have a wonderful FRIDAY!!!  My week has been a long one, and I have to work tomorrow too so I hope today goes quickly!  I have a Copic Marker demonstration from 2:00 - 4:00 at the store today, so if you're in Northeast Ohio head on over to Toyrifix today and say HI!

Happy stamping!

   

Stamps:  Pretty Birds, The Landing Pad (Kim Hughes collection for Cornish Heritage Farms)
Cardstock:  Riding Hood Red, Chocolate Chip, Barely Banana (Stampin' Up!), designer paper (Pink Paislee)
Inks:  Momento Rich Cocoa (Tsukineko), markers (Copic)
Accessories:  twill ribbon (Creative Impressions), brads (Gary Burlin), Swiss Dots Cuttlebug folder (ProvoCraft), red Baker's String (Martha Stewart).

Color Inspiration #23

It's been a long time, but I finally got a chance today to create a card using Kristina Werner's weekly Color Inspiration challenge.  I look at her challenge every week, love the color choices, save it as unread in my Google reader so I don't forget, and then run out of time every week!  I really like this Autumn-ish color combo today, so nothing was going to stand in the way of getting it done this time!

 

This card is completely different from what I set out to do, but I really love the totally Autumn feel this has.  I used my Niji waterbrush and ink from the lids of my SU! pads to watercolor my image.  I was attempting to watercolor as beautifully as Leslie Miller, but I think I fell a little short!

Anyway, I hope you like it!  Forgive me for the double-post today... I'm trying to make up for lost time last week!  LOL

THANK YOU for stopping by!  I always appreciate your visits!  Happy stamping!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stamps:  sunflower pot (Great Impressions), sentiment (Stampin' Up!)
Cardstock:  Bravo Burgundy, Chocolate Chip, So Saffron, Pumpkin Pie (Stampin' Up!), watercolor paper (craft supply).
Inks:  Jet Black Staz-On (Tsukineko), Old Olive (Stampin' Up!)
Accessories:  Nestabilities (Spellbinders), ribbon (craft supply), piercing tool.

Triple Play Challenge

I used three different challenges to put this card together today!  Only problem is, on one of the challenges, I missed the deadline to upload!  Oh well, won't let that happen again!

My card layout/sketch comes from Jen del Muro's weekly Sketch for You to Try, the color combination is for Kristina Werner's Color Inspirationchallenge.  And the circle elements and Hero Arts stamps are for the Circles Challengeat Hero Arts!

I inked the flowers with my So Saffron ink pad, then used my markers in Bashful Blue, Not Quite Navy and Old Olive to add some color.  Then I spritzed the stamp 2 times lightly with a water bottle and stamped the image.  I really love how it turned out, and will have to try to do that more often!

Hope you like it!  Thanks for stopping by!

Stamps:  Silhouette Corner, Special Messages (Hero Arts); Cardstock:  Old Olive, So Saffron, Not Quite Navy, Bashful Blue, Whisper White (Stampin' Up!); Inks:  Old Olive, So Saffron, Not Quite Navy, Bashful Blue (Stampin' Up!); Accessories:  So Saffron brads, scalloped circle punch, 1 3/8" circle punch, 1/2" circle punch (Stampin' Up!), metal rim (Making Memories), flower (Prima), ribbon (craft supply).

Celebrate the Journey

Kristina Werner has come up with another great Color Inspiration challenge this week, and so here's my card using the colors!

I also used the sketch for this week from Card Positioning Systems!  I've always wanted to try out their sketches each week, but never seem to be able to squeeze it in with everything else on my agenda.  Well, it came together nicely today along with this great new stamp set from My Favorite Things!

I went back to an old stand-by to color my images today... the Gamsol Magic technique!  I decided my Prismacolor pencils hadn't seen the light of day in awhile, so out they came!  I'm going to have to remember to use those more often... it was fun to try again!

I hope you like my card!  Feels like the mojo is back a little, so whoever was responsible for sending it back my way... thank you!  And thanks for visiting me today!

Stamps:  Going Places (My Favorite Things); Cardstock:  Pumpkin Pie, So Saffron, Real Red, Tempting Turquoise, Old Olive (Stampin' Up!), white (Gary Burlin); Inks:  Staz-On Jet Black, Versafine Onyx Black (Tsukineko), Cool Caribbean (for sponging), Real Red (Stampin' Up!); Accessories:  colored pencils (Prismacolor), Gamsol and blending stumps (Inky Antics), scalloped circle, standard circle Nestabilities (Spellbinders).

Billy, You're My Hero!

It's time for another Color Inspiration Challenge from Kristina Werner!  The colors to use this week are Pumpkin Pie, Bashful Blue, Brilliant Blue and Whisper White.   For some reason, these colors seemed more sporty than flowery to me (they remind me of the colors the Cleveland Cavaliers used to wear!), so I reached for my Pink Cat Studio "Billy" stamps!  (This is actually my hubby, Bill... he's my Super-Hero!)  Now, I find it hard lately to make a card without using designer paper, so I shuffled through my piles and found this polka-dot paper that I thought was a great match with Pumpkin Pie!

My first instict with any circular sentiment like the "You're Super!" is to use a scalloped circle punch.  However, scallops just don't seem to work for me with a boyish card, especially not with a super-hero!  So I made my medallion behind the circle by punching out 4 squares with my 1 3/8" square punch and layering them!  I think it turned out pretty cool!

I then thought that the other side of the card needed some super-embellishing also.  So to create my zig-zag border, I pulled out my photo corner punch and punched out 6 of the smaller corners and glued them along the back edge of the cardstock!  My orange stars were actually purple, but I pressed them into orange pigment ink, dipped them in clear embossing powder, and heat-set them!  Voila'!  Orange stars!

I hope you love my Billy-the-Hero card!  It was fun to create!

Stamps:  Billy (Pink Cat Studio); Cardstock:  Brilliant Blue, Bashful Blue, Pumpkin Pie, Whisper White (Stampin' Up!), designer paper (My Mind's Eye);  Inks:  Adirondack Pitch Black (Ranger), Brilliant Blue, Bashful Blue (Stampin' Up!), Colorbox Orange pigment (Clearsnap) markers (Copic); Accessories:  1 3/8" square punch, photo corner punch, 1 1/4" circle punch, 1 3/8" circle punch (Stampin' Up!), clear embossing powder (Ranger), star brads, blue ribbon (craft supply).

Thanks for visiting my blog today!  (P.S.  Headache is gone!)  :)

   

Your Friendship...

 Kristina Werner's Color Inspiration challenge today is another beautiful combination of Stampin' Up! colors... Chocolate Chip, Close to Cocoa, Soft Sky, and Very Vanilla!  Very elegant, I think along with the beautiful bedding ensemble she found that was the inspiration (seen on her blog).

Here's what I designed...

 

My card base is a 5x10" piece of Soft Sky, folded in half.  The next layer is a 4 3/4" square piece of Close to Cocoa.  I sponged Cocoa ink around all the edges, and stamped the upper half of the piece with this elegant swirl background in Versamark ink.  I scalloped a piece of Soft Sky cardstock with my corner rounder, punched holes in the border, and attached it to the polka-dotted piece of Au Chocolat designer paper.  I then stitched this piece to the Cocoa base with a zig-zag stitch on my sewing machine.  A piece of Soft Sky stitched ribbon finishes off the base.  I stamped the floral branch from Stampin' Up! Garden Silhouettes in Soft Sky ink, then over stamped that with this beautiful Friendship stamp from Paper Inspirations with Chocolate Chip ink.  I sponged Soft Sky ink around the edges of the Vanilla cardstock, matted it with a piece of Chocolate Chip cardstock, and attached 4 brads in each corner.  This is mounted to the Cocoa base with foam squares, and the entire piece was then mounted to the card base.

Hope you like it!

Stamps:  Garden Silhouettes (Stampin' Up!), Friendship (Paper Inspirations), Swirls (Art Impressions); Cardstock:  Chocolate Chip, Close to Cocoa, Soft Sky, Very Vanilla, Au Chocolat designer series paper (Stampin' Up!); Inks:  Soft Sky, Chocolate Chip, Close to Cocoa (Stampin' Up!), Versamark (Tsukineko); Accessories:  Soft Sky stitched grosgrain, corner rounder punch (Stampin' Up!), hole punch (Fiskars), brads (Making Memories), sewing machine.

Thanks for stopping by!