Another day full of stamping has passed, and here are a few cards to show you! First is my card for this week's Sketches! by Tamara challenge! You can find the sketch and the other designs from the team at the blog. You'll see that some of the girls really took the sketch literally with the image that Tamara suggests too, but I struggled with it a little and went in another direction. I saw Kim Hughes post a really cute card this past week, and she had used the Ranger Crackle Paint on a chipboard frame, so I decided to give it a try since I have yet to find a comfort zone with that Crackle Paint. NOW I want it in every color! So anyway, I hope my card provides you with some inspiration, and you have time to give this sketch a try!
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These next 2 cards are ones that I created for the week-long Dare to Get Dirty challenges over on SCS. This first card was for Lauren's challenge, and gave me a chance to use this yummy orange ribbon I got last weekend from Making Memories! And I was so pleased to find that I had this orange flower to use on the card, too! I got that flower, and some others like it in a trade many eons ago. I really like the flowers but have no idea where they're from. If you know of a company that carries flowers like that, please let me know so I can stop hoarding them!
And this card was for Jenn's challenge. She provided a picture of a beautiful cake done with black and white swirls with a huge, chartreuse-green ribbon on it! It was just gorgeous, and she asked us to just find inspiration from the cake and make a card. Well, I took it all the way with the inspiration, and created my own cake! I made the little scalloped edges on the cake by cutting out a long scalloped rectangle with my Nestabilities! I don't know if you'll be able to tell from this second pictures, but I painted the scallops with a little bit of Shimmerz for some sparkle!
These last 2 cards use stamps from Kitchen Sink Stamps. Don't forget there's a sale going on in the Kitchen through tomorrow! Get 15% off your order by using the coupon code HOT when you checkout!
Thanks for stopping by!
Sketches! by Tamara card - Stamps: flowers and sentiment (Pink Cat Studio); Cardstock: Ruby Red, Naturals Ivory (Stampin' Up!), Ivy (Bazzill); Inks: Adirondack Pitch Black (Ranger), Always Artichoke (Stampin' Up!), markers (Copic); Accessories: chipboard frame made with Nestabilities (Spellbinders), Scattered Straw Distress Crackle Paint (Ranger), ribbon (Stampin' Up!)
Orange card - Stamps: Thanks with Style (Kitchen Sink Stamps); Cardstock: Cantaloupe, Festive (Bazzill), designer paper (Paper Salon); Ink: Colorbox Scarlet pigment ink (Clearsnap); Accessories: clear embossing powder (Ranger), ribbon (Making Memories), flower, brad (craft supply).
Cake card - Stamps: Whole Family (Kitchen Sink Stamps); Cardstock: black, white (unknown), designer paper (Magenta); Ink: Versafine Onyx Black (Tsukineko); Accessories: Nestabilities (Spellbinders), Angel Wings sparkle paint (Shimmerz), Cuttlebug embossing folder (ProvoCraft), ribbon (Offray).