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Verve Project Parade/Sketches! by Tamara

Here is my card for today's Sketches! by Tamara challenge, and I finally managed to do the Verve Visual Project Parade by combining it with this challenge!  Isn't that a lovely, summery color combination for the Verve challenge?  There are still a few days left, so check out that challenge if you have time!  I hear there are prizes!  Be sure to check out the other rockin' designs for this sketch also, and we'd love to see what you create, too!

Did you read the awful news yesterday about Jan Tink's collapse?  I sure hope she's feeling better after having to be excavated from her stamping studio!  LOL  I feel exactly the same way many days, and actually had this Verve challenge in a pile of papers on my table, along with the Mojo Monday sketch you see in her pile, too!  (Thanks for the good chuckle yesterday, Jan!)

Happy almost Friday!  Have a great day!

Stamps:  Petals & Stems, Filigree Fantasy (Verve Visual); Cardstock:  Old Olive, Cameo Coral, So Saffron, Cool Caribbean, Pumpkin Pie (Stampin' Up!), white (Gary Burlin); Inks:  Old Olive, Cameo Coral, So Saffron, Cool Caribbean, Pumpkin Pie; Accessories:  Swiss Dots embossing folder (ProvoCraft), corner rounder punch, 1/2" circle punch (Stampin' Up!) scalloped rectangle Nestabilities (Spellbinders), ribbon (American Crafts).

Sketches! {by Tamara} #45

Here is my card sketch #45 from Sketches! by Tamara.  You can check out samples by the other design team members on Tamara's blog, too. (or click on their blog links in my sidebar.)  I am always amazed at everyone's different interpretation of sketches, and this week is no exception!  Be sure to take a peek, and make a card too!

For my card, I chose to use this frame of flowers to surround my sentiment instead of the brackets.  I've also had this bright paper from Doodlebug for awhile now, along with the Paper Frills edging the striped strip so I thought I'd work it into the design.  My corners are adorned with the Doodlebug Sugar-Coated brads, also.  Those things really do look like they're coated in sugar!  Thank goodness it's not sticky like sugar, too!

The Doodlebug paper, Paper Frills, and Sugar-Coated brads are something I've had at the store for awhile now, and I have been wanting to make a sample to display using these products, so while I had them out, I grabbed some Inka stamps and created this card, too!  Y'all know how much I'm liking bird stamps these days, so this card just had to be made. 

It's CASE'd slightly from a sample in the Inka catalog.  These ladies don't look like they're too excited to be going out, though.  The only clue is the silver sparkle eyeshadow they're wearing!

Thanks a bunch for stopping by today!  Details for both of my cards are below!  Have a good one!

Sketches #45 card - Stamps:  Playful Ovals, 3-Step Daisy for sentiment (Kitchen Sink Stamps); Cardstock:  Close to Cocoa, Pink Passion, Lavender Lace (Stampin' Up!), white (Gary Burlin), designer paper (Doodlebug); Inks:  Pink Passion (Stampin' Up!), Versamagic Jumbo Java (Tsukineko); Accessories:  Bubblegum Paper Frills, Sugar Coated brads (Doodlebug), standard oval and scalloped oval Nestabilities (Spellbinders).

Ladies Going Out card - Stamps:  Bird Assortment, sentiment (Inkadinkado); Cardstock:  lavender (Prism), pink, turquoise, orange (Bazzill), white (Gary Burlin), designer paper (Doodlebug); Inks:  Versafine Onyx Black (Tsukineko), markers (Tombow); Accessories:  Bubblegum Paper Frills, Sugar Coated brads (Doodlebug).

 

Sketches! {by Tamara} #44

There is a new card sketch for you to try out over at the Sketches! {by tamara} blog!  Be sure to check it out, along with samples from the design team members for inspiration.  It's always so neat to see how others interpret a sketch, and everyone really took their own creative spin on this one!

I'm not totally happy with how this turned out... it seems to be missing something.  Maybe a clear button in the flower center, and then the ribbon threaded through?  I know one thing... I definitely need more of a variety of flowers!  (and ink, and cardstock, and embellishments, and brads, and oh heck... who doesn't need more of everything!)  :)

I hope your day is bright and sunny!

Stamps:  Playful Frames and Journaling, Never a Loss 4 Words (Kitchen Sink Stamps); Cardstock:  Ivy (Bazzill Basics), celery (Archiver's), designer paper (Boxer by Basic Grey); Ink:  Colorbox Chianti pigment (Clearsnap); Accessories:  ribbon (May Arts), scalloped circle Nestabilities (Spellbinders), flower (craft supply).

Sketches! {by tamara} #43

Hello all!  I am posting two cards today that I designed for Card Sketch #43 over at the Sketches! {by tamara} blog!  I hope you'll give this sketch a try, too!

My ducks are actually part of one big stamp, but I used a black marker to color each one individually so I could put each of them on their own squares.

Recipes for both cards are below.  I woke up with a huge headache this morning, so this post is short and sweet.

Have a fabulous day!

Duck Friends - Stamps:  ducks (Great Impressions), sentiment (unknown); Cardstock:  Parakeet, Lemonade (Bazzill), Tempting Turquoise (Stampin' Up!), designer paper (Paper Salon); Inks:  Colorbox Orange pigment (Clearsnap), black marker for duck images (Tombow), markers for coloring (Copic); Accessories:  dotted ribbon (craft supply).

Vintage Hydrangea - Stamps:  3-Step Hydrangea, Whole Family (Kitchen Sink Stamps); Cardstock:  Eggplant, Pear (Bazzill), designer paper (Around the Block); Inks:  Blush Blossom, Pale Plum, Perfect Plum, Vintage Violet, Certainly Celery, Old Olive, Always Artichoke  (Stampin' Up!); Accessories:  ribbon (craft supply).

Thanks for stopping by!  Sorry I'm not perkier this morning!

A Few Good Scrappers!

If you're interested in a 4-month position on a scrapbooking design team, Tamara is looking for a few good scrappers!  :)  Check out her design team call!

National Scrapbook Day Card Sketch

Over on the Sketches! blog, Tamara hosted two challenges this weekend in honor of National Scrapbook Day... a page layout, and a card sketch.  Here is my take on the card sketch!  (I wanted to do the page, too... intended to take pictures of my daughter at soccer yesterday to use, but it poured the whole time!)  So here is my card for the card sketch!  There's still time to participate if you'd like to, and there's a chance to win a gift certificate from Tamara, too!  Give it a try!

In order to avoid too many updates to my blog, I'll also post this card I made for the Card Sketch #42 that Tamara posted this past Thursday!  My card measure 5x7" and I made it using 2" squares taken from photographs of flowers and trees currently blooming on our yard (does that dogwood look familiar?)  This was a very interesting sketch to try, and definitely outside my comfort zone (but that's a good thing!)

This card is also for a weekly challenge that I do on SCS with my Buckeye Babe friends!  It was my turn this week to issue the challenge, and so in honor of my new design team assigment with Tamara, I challenged them all to make cards with this sketch, too!

And finally, here is one last card for the new release of Party Farm Animal stamps at Pink Cat Studio!  Isn't this little duck the cutest?

Birthday Bird card - Stamps:  bird (Inkadinkado), sentiment (Stampin' Up!); Cardstock:  Perfect Plum, Pale Plum (Stampin' Up!), white (Gary Burlin), designer paper (Around the Block); Inks:  Versamagic Eggplant chalk ink (Tsukineko), Pale Plum for sponging (Stampin' Up!); Accessories:  white organdy dyed with Barely Banana ink (Stampin' Up!), flower (Prima), brads (Making Memories), clear embossing powder (Ranger.)

Spring Pictures card - Stamps:  Think Spring (Penny Black); Cardstock:  Mellow Moss, Regal Rose, designer paper (Stampin' Up!), Pear (Bazzill), white (Gary Burlin); Ink:  Regal Rose (Stampin' Up!); Accessories:  corner rounder punch, slit punch (Stampin' Up!), eyelets (We R Memory Keepers), ribbon (May Arts).

Celebrate card - Stamps:  Party Animals (Pink Cat Studio); Cardstock:  light blue card base (ColorMates), Red Hot, Whirlpool, Lemonade (Bazzill), white (Gary Burlin), designer paper (Cupcake by Basic Grey); Inks:  Adirondack Pitch Black (Ranger), Lipstick Red (Colorbox), markers (Copic); Accessories:  scalloped square (Nestabilities), ticket corner punch, corner rounder punch (Stampin' Up!), red brad (Basic Grey), red ribbon (craft supply).

Sketches! {by tamara}

Hey everyone!  Notice that new icon in my sidebar today?  I was chosen by Tamara Wheeler to be part of her Sketches! design team!  I am really looking forward to this opportunity because as you know, sketch challenges are one of my favorite things to do!  There's a great bunch of girls on the team, and I'm looking forward to working with them, and getting to know them better!  I hope to have a blog roll listing for the other team members put up in the next few days, so it'll be easy for you to check them out!  Be sure to check out Tamara's blog for the latest challenge, and stay tuned for next week when I'll have my first official design team card done!

Thanks for stopping by, and for all your awesome support of my designs!  :)