SSC22

The first day of school ritual went off without a hitch this morning. My daughter is excited to be back with all her friends and is thrilled with her new teacher--a good way to start the school year. :D I'm hoping, with her back in school, I'll be able to make cards and post to my blog during the day, rather than in the middle of the night. When I don't get in bed until 3 a.m., 6:30 comes around awfully quick!

The card I'm sharing with you today is for the Sketchbook Saturday challenge #22--a great sketch, with lots of different elements to play with.

The background paper I chose is from the K&Co Abrianna stack. I love the way all the colors in this particular pattern compliment each other so well. That also made it easy to choose other papers to go with it. When I cut the sentiment layer out, I left it in the die and lightly sponged Wild Honey Distress Ink over the embossed areas and just inside the edges before stamping the sentiment, and I sponged the same Wild Honey ink over the edges of all the yellow papers. Other than that, I didn't use any other ink on the front of the card.

On the inside of the card, in addition to sponging the edges of the yellow paper, I sponged the edge of the patterned paper with Concord Grape Distress Ink just enough to define the sides, and also on the Fleur de Lis accent at the top, and used the dark purple cardstock as a tiny border at the top edge.

The stamps are from Flourishes. I love their sentiment stamps. The letters are always so crisp--even on this cardstock, which is slightly textured. And, isn't that font lovely?





 






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Stamps: Kids Play, Sweet Nature (Flourishes)
Paper: Abrianna (K&Co); Coredinations; Mango Frost Stack (DCWV); Paper Studio Textured; Recollections
Ink: Tim Holtz Distress Ink; Staz-On
Accessories: Dies: Labels Four, Labels Thirteen, Ribbon Tag Trio Two, Fleur de Lis Motifs (Spellbinders); Diamonds in Diamonds embossing folder (Sizzix); seam binding (Hug Snug); lace; mulberry paper rose (Recollections); rhinestones; dimensionals 
Size: A2 (4.25" x 5.5")

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Best friends

I hope you all had a great day today. School starts back tomorrow around here, so we've been busy making sure everything is ready for what is sure to be a hectic morning tomorrow--last minute shopping, packing the backpack, filling out forms, choosing the all-important first day of school outfit...you probably know the drill. But, now that that's done, I have a few minutes to share a card I was able to squeeze in today.

I used the Week 1 August Viva la Verve challenge sketch for this card, substituting a butterfly for the heart. Rather than use a stamp on the outside of the card, I cut the patterned paper so that the words "best friends" are in a prominent position. The butterfly, cut from a Cheery Lynn Designs die, was cut out in very pale pink paper, but I inked the die with a periwinkle color ink before cutting, to give it more detail.

On the inside, for the sentiment panel, I used two Spellbinders Floral Doily accent corners, inked the edges of the panel with Wild Honey Distress Ink, and finished it off with a few dots of Liquid Pearls.

And, that'll do it for me tonight. Thanks for stopping by. I'll be back tomorrow...hope you will, too! 

 

Stamps: Friends Forever Quotes (Fiskars) 

Paper: So-So-Sweet (Paper Studio); Coredinations; Recollections; Paper Studio Textured Solids

Ink: Tim Holtz Distress Ink; Colorbox

Accessories: Dies: Floral Doily Accent (Spellbinders); Dimensional Butterfly (Cheery Lynn Designs); Embossing folders: Polka Dots, Script Texture (Cuttlebug); ribbon (Offray); button; twine (Twinery); Liquid Pearls; dimensionals

Size: 4.25" sq.

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Peas to meet you

I'm back with another card. This one is for Flourishes Bring Back Beautiful Challenge #13. The challenge is CAS--not my strong suit, but here goes.

I colored the pea stamp with Copics, cut it with a Spellbinders oval die, and backed it with a SB Parisian Accent die that I cut in half. Since the green accent blended in almost completely with the background paper, I cut another larger white oval to put behind that. I really like the background paper with this stamp because the leaves on it look just like the leaves in the stamp. Besides the Copics, the only ink I used was on the edge of the background paper and to accent the embossing on the Parisian motif. I considered just one strand of twine with a simple knot around the card, but I tried it, and it actually took away from the rest of the card, so I scrapped that idea.

We are going to Open House at my daughter's school tonight, and her new teacher is one whom she hasn't actually met yet, so I thought, with the right sentiment, this would be the perfect card. I typed one on the computer and printed it directly onto white cardstock:

Before adhering the sentiment panel to the inside of the card, I used my scoreboard and scored two sets of lines around the edge. It's faint in the photo, but it's visible if you look close enough.

I wasn't sure my daughter, who is only seven, would like this as a card for her new teacher, but she loves it. She even liked it before she read the sentiment, which she thinks is a cool joke.

So, there you have it--my version of CAS. I wasn't sure I was up to the challenge of a clean and simple card, but it was fun. (Is there anything about cardmaking that isn't fun?) After I colored the stamp for this card, I realized the color of the basket is the same as a fresh radish. Well, low and behold, there is a stamp of radishes (or is it beets?) in the same set as the peas, so my next card may end up being CAS, too.  :D

Thanks for stopping by, and I hope you'll visit again soon! Have a nice evening.

Stamps: Garden Fresh (Flourishes)
Paper: Summer Song (My Mind's Eye); Recollections
Ink: Tim Holtz Distress Ink; Memento; Copics
Accessories: Dies: Classic Ovals Lg, Parisian Accents (Spellbinders); Score Board (Martha Stewart); sentiment generated on computer and printed on cardstock
Size: A2 (4.25" x 5.5")

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You Rock!

Good morning! I've got a Mojo Monday card to share with you today, but my daughter and I are off to the theater for the final summer series movie in a few minutes, so I'll be brief--or, at least try to ;).

Mojo202 is an interesting sketch and I had no preconceived ideas about how I was going to approach it, so I just started going through my paper to see what tickled my fancy. Almost immediately, I came upon this strange distressed-looking paper with words and arrows all over it. I've seen it before, and never given it a second thought, but this time I decided to see what I could do with it. Honestly, it's not my favorite paper, but I was in the mood to experiment. It's kind of funny how it worked out, because I was positive I wasn't going to like this card when I was finished.

The rectangular layer paper was designed to coordinate with the background paper, so that was a given. The green and peach colors, I just matched to designs within the paper. I love almost all shades of green, but primary green is definitely NOT one of those shades, so I layered it up with lime green and inked the edges with tea dye Distress Ink. I don't own a pennant die yet, so I cut rectangles the width I wanted the pennants to be and twice the length, then cut from corner to corner to get these shapes. Since I used a rectangle die with a wavy edge, I trimmed the pennant edge to match the curvy rectangle. For the circle, I decided to try my hand at a felt flower, so I cut layers with Daisy Heads dies (2 each of the smaller 2 dies), snipped between each petal, and sewed the layers tightly together with thread to make the edges curl up. I threaded orange waxed linen thread through the button, tied a bow, and hot glued it to the flower and scrunched the whole thing up around the button to give it some dimension. I added a couple of brushed gold brads over the ribbons to balance out the rectangle. I used light pink embossing powder for the "You ROCK!" sentiment from Verve, but I sponged walnut distress ink in that area first to make sure the sentiment didn't have to compete too much with the background paper there. Lastly, I used Liquid Pearls in the corners.

When I was finished, I stepped back and checked it out. Wow! I loved it! It's a little bit funky compared to my usual cards, but it's a fun card, and I already have someone in mind to send it to. Here's the inside:

I'll have another card later today for the Flourishes Bring Back Beautiful challenge, but for now, we're off to see Cats and Dogs. Hope you have a great day today!

 

Stamps: Sweet Treats (Verve)

Paper: Best of K&Co; The Paper Company; Bazzill Basics; Recollections

Ink: Tim Holtz Distress Ink

Accessories: Dies: Small Labels, Daisy Heads, Curved Rectangles (Spellbinders); Binding Edge Edger punch (EK Success); Reading & Writing embossing folder (Sizzix); Zing embossing powder; ribbon (Fancy Pants Designs); button; felt; waxed linen thread; brads; sewing thread; Liquid Pearls; Perfect Pearls

Size: A2 (4.25" x 5.5")

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You've got a friend

Good Monday morning to you, friends! I hope you all had a good weekend and are looking forward to whatever this week holds for you. I'm starting off this week with a sweet card that almost didn't get made. It's for the sketch challenge at Sweet Sunday (SSSC128),

and the color challenge at CR84FN (CR84FN35).

I couldn't tell you what my problem was today, because I like the sketch and the colors are great--especially that lovely celery green color. ;)  But, I worked on this card for hours before I finally figured out what I wanted to do.

Both the inside and the outside are fairly simple.  

And, this simple card calls for a simple post. Have a Marvelous Monday! 

 

Stamps: Gem Stone Birds (Inkadinkadoo); Sweet Nature (Flourishes)
Paper: Pin Dots (Paperwhite); Watercolor Bouquet (K&Co); DCWV
Ink: Colorbox; Stampabilities; Tim Holtz Distress Ink
Accessories: Spellbinders Labels Thirteen die; Scallop Dot Edge Punch (Martha Stewart); Dimensional Butterfly (Cheery Lynn Designs); clear embossing powder (Zing); ribbon (Offray & Michaels); rhinestones, leaf pins (Maya Road); flowers (Recollections); Perfect Pearls; Dimensionals; sewing
Size: 4.25 sq.

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