You Made My Day

I had some time this afternoon to craft so I started looking through challenge blogs and found this great sketch over at CAS(E) this Sketch. I wanted to make a card with a butterfly for my sister in law so this sketch was the perfect starting point.

The card base is Coastal Cabana and I used a strip of Best Year Ever DSP backed with some Calypso Coral card stock and ribbon. The Crushed Curry was a bit bright by itself against this DSP so I cut out the butterfly in both Crushed Curry and Calypso Coral. and the coral definitely helped tone it down against the paper. 

The sentiment is from A Dozen Thoughts and was stamped in Soft Suede. The card still lacked a little something for me so I did what I usually do when I feel that way, paper pierce the edges!

Thanks for stopping by!

Stamps: A Dozen Thoughts

Paper: Coastal Cabana, Calypso Coral, Crushed Curry, Whisper White, Best Year Ever DSP

Ink: Soft Suede

Accessories: Big Shot, Butterflies Thinlits, Calypso Coral Ribbon, Paper Piercer, dimensionals

A Country Christmas for TTS

This week at 'Tis The Season we have a color challenge....Kraft, Cherry, Gray and Red. I knew I wanted to do a card using the Holiday Home set from SU and my wheels began to turn.

I stamped the 3 house images in Memento Tuxedo Black on Cherry Cobbler, Basic Gray and Real Red. I used their coordinating dies to cut them out and then popped them up with dimensionals on the Crumb Cake card base. I took a strip of Basic Gray DSP, sponged the edges and then adhered that under the houses, kind of like a road. At this point I brought out some sentiments and asked my husband which one I should use. He looks at the card and says "what do the houses have to do with Christmas? DOH! I told him I wasn't done yet and to just humor me. I ended up going with this sentiment from the retired set Many Merry Messages. 

To finish off the card I stamped the Santa in his sleigh in basic gray going across the  sky and then I used my white gel pen to add falling snow. I then took the card back out to hubby and he goes "oh wow, that's an awesome Christmas scene". ROFL, men!

Make sure you head over to the 'Tis The Season blog to see what the rest of the design team came up with and then play along with us!

Stamps: Holiday Home (retired), Many More Messages (retired)

Paper: Crumb Cake, Cherry Cobbler, Real Red, Basic Gray, Basic Gray DSP

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Cherry Cobbler, Basic Gray, White Gel Pen

Accessories: Big Shot, Homemade Holiday Framelits, dimensionals, sponge

You're a Great Catch Birthday!

I made time today to play along with the current SugarPea sketch challenge, as I have missed out on the last few ones!

I grabbed one of my favorite SugarPea sets, Great Catch and used Orchard Harvest DSP from SU (retired) to create my little scene. I love these papers, they have a great outdoor feel to them that went perfectly with this stamp! I added some Island Indigo and Cajun Craze Candy Dots to finish off the card.

Thanks for stopping by, don't forget to check out the SugarPea Designs blog!

I'm playing along with the Get This Party Started linky party at Paper Issues.

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Stamps: Great Catch (SugarPea Designs)

Paper: Early Espresso, Island Indigo, Lucky Limeade(SU retired), Orchard Harvest DSP(SU retired), Neenah Solar White

Ink: Mememto Tuxedo Black, Early Espresso

Copics: Hat: YG03, YG25

Vest: E13, E15

Raccoon: N1, N3, N4, N7, C1, C3, C5

Fish: W2, W3, W4

Accessories: 2 1/2" Circle Punch, Cajun Craze and Island Indigo Candy Dots (SU), Big Shot, Square Lattice TIEF, dimensionals

Crisp Cantaloupe Daisies

I've wanted to play along with the Colour Me challenge blog for a while but never seemed to catch it before the deadline ended. Today I made time to play along with them before the challenge closed, wooohooo!

This week it's a monochromatic theme with the color Crisp Cantaloupe and any neutral of your choice so I used Whisper White. I grabbed one of my favorite retired sets, Upsy Daisy. I stamped the image in Crisp Cantaloupe on Whisper White and then adhered it to the card base with dimensionals. The card base is Crisp Cantaloupe and I paper pierced around the edges. I was going to use a white gel pen to connect the piercing for a faux stitched looked but decided against it. The banners were made using Crisp Cantaloupe DSP, which will be retiring shortly. The card is so soft and pretty in person, I love it!

My layout uses the current sketch at Freshly Made Sketches. I love this sketch!

Thanks for stopping by!

Stamps: Upsy Daisy

Paper: Crisp Cantaloupe, Crisp Cantaloupe DSP

Ink: Crisp Cantaloupe

Accessories: Essentials Paper Piercing Pack, dimensionals

Best Dad Ever for Sunday Stamps

This week at Sunday Stamps we have a fun color challenge! The colors might seem intimidating to some but I really think so much can be done with them so let your imaginations fly!

I decided to make a Father's Day card with these colors and grabbed a set I haven't used since getting it when it first came out (bad me!), Wetlands. I love this set and I honestly don't know why I haven't inked it up before.

Using one of the stamps from the Work of Art set I stamped 3 colors to create my beach scene....Lost Lagoon, Coastal Cabana and Basic Gray. The little sandpipers were stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black. The stamped the sentiment in Basic Gray ink on Whisper White and created a banner to place under the little scene. Both panels are popped up with dimensionals. The black background was embossed with the Houndstooth TIEF to get some texture on the card.

I hope you'll stop by the Sunday Stamps blog to see what the rest of the DT created and then play along with us! Remember you can use any colors you have that are similar to the ones in the photo, it doesn't have to be SU.

Stamps: Wetlands, Work of Art, Best Dad Ever(retired)

Paper: Basic Black, Basic Gray, Whisper White

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Lost Lagoon, Coastal Cabana, Basic Gray

Accessories: Big Shot, Houndstooth TIEF, dimensionals

Serene Silhouettes for Friday Mashup

Happy Friday! It's time for another Friday Mashup challenge and this week Amy is our hostess. She'd like us to create a Mother's Day project and to use a recycled/upcycled item on it also.

I have zero contact with my own mother so my card is being sent to the woman I consider my step mom. I've known her since I was 12 and her and my dad started dating a few years after my parents divorced. They were engaged to be married when my father was diagnosed with cancer and he passed before they could do anything. It will be 5 yrs this October since my dad passed but she still treats me and my family like one of her own and she has been there for me while I struggled with losing my dad. So yep, this card is for her!

I didn't mash up the challenge because I don't really keep extra stuff around, not anything that appeals to me in card use anyway. Maybe I'm just not creative enough to see what stuff can be used for, I don't know LOL

The sketch is from a recent Freshly Made Sketches challenge, I like they layout.

Make sure to head over to The Friday Mashup blog to see what the rest of the DT did and then play along with us!

• Create a project using a "Recycled or Upcycled Item".
• Create a project for "Mother's Day". 
• or Mash it Up! and create a project for Mother's Day using a Recycled/Upcycled Item". 

Stamps: Serene Silhouettes, Loving Thoughts

Paper: Basic Black, Whisper White, Park Lane DSP, Back to Black DSP, Daffodil Delight DSP

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Daffodil Delight

Accessories: Oval Framelits, Big Shot, sequins from Pretty Pink Posh

Use Your Stuff Monday #2

I'm joining my friends Holly and Rita once again to use something in my stash that hasn't been used yet and this time we are using dies. I pulled out the Home Sweet Home die by SugarPea Designs. I've had it about a month or so, it's a brand new die that they recently released.

Since we are challenging ourselves to use stuff in our stash I used paper from S.E.I. that has been sitting on my shelf for a while. I liked the orange polka dot paper, it just seemed to pop out at me.

I cut out "home" 4 times and then glued them all together to get some dimension. I used one of the sentiments from the SugarPea set Happy Mail, it goes perfectly with this die!

To finish off the card I took put a strip of the orange paper along the bottom and then rounded the bottom corners of the card.

Do you have dies in your stash that you haven't used? Join us and get that stuff out of your stash!

I'm also entering this into the SugarPea Designs Anything Goes Challenge!

*I'm playing along with the Get This Party Started linky party at Paper Issues.(celebrating new home)*

Stamps: Happy Mail (SugarPea Designs)

Paper: Neenah Solar White, decorative paper from S.E.I.

Ink: Lost Lagoon(SU)

Accessories: Cuttlebug, Home Sweet Home die(SugarPea Designs), Round Corner Punch (SU)