Kinda Eclectic Sketch

I had some free time this afternoon and so I sat down to play along with the sketch over at Stampin' Celebration. The sketch had me stumped for a bit but I decided to think outside of the box and my comfort zone a little, and that's where the SU set Kinda Eclectic came in. I don't think I've used this set since getting it last year!

I stamped the diagonal portion in Old Olive,two strips one on top of the other. Then I stamped the sun in Daffodil Delight over the Old Olive portion. The butterfly was stamped in Cherry Cobbler and punched out. I added some small Basic Pearls to the butterfly for a little detail. The sentiment was stamped in Night of Navy. To finish the card off I did some paper piercing around the edges.

Make sure you head over to Stampin' Celebration and play along! 

Stamps: Kinda Eclectic

Paper: Old Olive, Whisper White

Ink: Old Olive, Cherry Cobbler, Daffodil Delight, Night of Navy

Accessories: Butterfly Punch (retired), Paper Piercing Essentials Pack, Basic Pearls, dimensionals

Preserving Thank You's

A friend of mine asked me to make 2 thank you cards for her, and she wanted me to use a bell jar if possible. I texted her a picture of the Perfectly Preserved (retired) set and she was very happy to see the jar in it! With her happy about the image I sat down to get to work on the cards.

I love sketches because the layout is always the hardest part for me when making a card, so I love going to a challenge site and seeing a great sketch. This is what happened the other day when I checked over at Stampin' Celebration....I knew it was a sketch that I'd like to try and today's thank you cards were the perfect opportunity.

My friend loves blue and green bell jars so I stuck with those 2 colors for my cards and just chose matching colors.....Daffodil Delight on one and Island Indigo on the other. Bright and summery, which is also something she asked for.

These were super easy to put together and when I texted her photos of the finished cards she was super happy, which makes me happy!

Supplies used(all supplies SU unless otherwise noted):

Stamps: Perfectly Preserved(retired), Starburst Sayings, Gorgeous Grunge

Paper: Island Indigo, Pear Pizzazz, Whisper White, Gingham Garden DSP(retired)

Ink: Island Indigo, Pear Pizzazz, White Craft Ink

Accessories: Big Shot, Starburst Framelits, Cannery Set Framelits(retired), Island Indigo Ribbon(retired), Pear Pizzazz Ribbon(retired),Whisper White Candy Dots,  dimensionals

Butterfly Thanks

I recently learned about the Stampin' Celebration Challenge blog from my friend Holly and I'm glad I checked in on it tonight because their sketch challenge closes in a day. For some reason I thought I had more time, ooops! The husband and 2 of our boys went out fishing for king salmon tonight so I put on some music and sat down to craft.

The circle in the sketch was throwing me off and so I grabbed some scratch paper and just started playing around with various sketch sets. I wanted to do something patriotic but wasn't having much luck with the sets I was grabbing. Finally I grabbed Gorgeous Grunge, stamped  the lined stamp in Real Red and then the smaller splatter stamp in Night of Navy. I used the Embosslits Beautiful Wings to cut out butterflies in Real Red, Night of Navy and Whisper White and placed them randomly on the circle. The sentiment is from Happy Watercolor and I added one Whisper White butterfly above it to finish the card off. The background was scored with the Simply Scored Tool to get some texture, the plain card stock just wasn't working for me.

I'm glad I was able to get a card done in time! Head over to the Stampin' Celebration blog and check them out!

Supplies used(all supplies SU unless otherwise noted):

Stamps: Gorgeous Grunge, Happy Watercolor(sentiment)

Paper: Real Red, Night of Navy, Whisper White

Ink: Real Red, Night of Navy

Accessories: Big Shot, Circles Collection, Embosslits Beautiful Wings, Paper Piercer, Simply Scored Tool