Unscripted Sketches #84

December 4, 2010March 18, 20152 Comments

Happy Saturday and welcome back for another week of Unscripted Sketches!

I’m feeling pretty good now that I’ve finished my Christmas cards! I only send out about 20 each year, so it’s never a huge project. The hardest part for me is deciding on my design, paper, and image!

So, now that my Christmas cards are done, I can feel better about playing with other stamps and papers!

If you’re just finding Unscripted Sketches, every Saturday morning we post a sketch for the week. Flip the sketch, rotate it…create a card, a scrapbook page, or anything your imagination comes up with! There’s no right or wrong way, as long as you’re using the Unscripted Sketch as the inspiration and basis of your creation!

Here’s this week’s Unscripted Sketch:

I used a digital stamp from The Greeting Farm for my card, and paired it with paper from The Paper Loft’s Dude collection:

Other supplies: Cardstock (Stampin’ Up!), paper (Cosmo Cricket), Stickles, glaze gel pens, ribbon.

I’m still working on improving my Copic coloring skills, I’ve done a lot of practicing lately, which involves printing out digi stamps on cardstock, and just coloring a bunch of images to practice. It also gives me lots of pre-finished images to choose from for my cards!

Thanks for stopping by! Don’t forget to see what the other fabulous Unscripted Sketches Design Team ladies have in store for you: Alanna, Angy, April, Arielle, Becky, CherylAnn, Debbie, Gardenia, Jenny, Lelia, Linda, Marcy, Sarah Kaye and Stephanie!

I can’t wait to see what you’ll create with this week’s Unscripted Sketch! You all ROCK!

Get Sketchy #67

December 4, 2010March 18, 20151 Comment

This week’s Get Sketchy challenge is sponsored by Prima and is based on the following sketch:

The row of circles on the sketch reminded me of snowballs, so I paired them with mittens for my card!

The sketch shows 7 circles, but I changed it to 6 so I wouldn’t have a non-paired mitten! The papers on my card are from Basic Grey’s Jovial and American Crafts’ Merrymint collections. The mitten stamps and rub-on sentiments are by Imaginisce.

Thanks for stopping by to look at my card!

For all the challenge details, visit the Get Sketchy blog!

Stampin’ Celebration #30

December 4, 2010March 18, 20154 Comments

This week’s Stampin’ Celebration challenge features some gorgeous, festive photo inspiration:

I was inspired by the various shades of purple and the silvery metallics when I made my card:

I used one of the Greeting Farm’s Anya stamps, with some paper from Cosmo Cricket and Bo Bunny on my card. The sentiment is from Lawn Fawn. I made a stencil with a star punch and stenciled the stars on the border strip. I border punched a strip of paper and inked it with silver metallic ink. The stamp is colored with Copic markers.

Thanks for stopping by to look at my card! There’s still time to get linked up for this week’s Stampin’ Celebration challenge!

Color Throwdown #121

December 4, 2010March 18, 20152 Comments

I’m participating in this week’s Color Throwdown challenge (#121)…I couldn’t resist the cool, wintery colors!

and here’s my card!

I used some Technique Tuesday stamps to make the snowflake backgrounds on the cardstock, and embossed some Natural White cardstock for the base. After assembling the mosaic of squares, I die-cut a snowflake and added Stickles to give it some sparkle! To finish the card, I added some adhesive gems and a rub-on sentiment on matching cardstock.

Thanks for stopping by! Visit The Color Throwdown for more beautiful, cool inspiration!

Sketches by Carly #19

December 4, 2010March 18, 20154 Comments

I’m participating in this week’s Sketches by Carly challenge, which is sponsored by Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps! The winner of this week’s challenge will receive two of Sparkle’s stamps to be released later this month — Cupid Emily and Valentine Oliver!

Here’s Carly’s Sketch #19:

…and here’s my card, using Sparkle Creations’ Cafe Lucy and some paper from Basic Grey!

Other supplies: Sentiment stamp (Elzybells), flower (Prima), brad (Karen Foster), Ink (aMuse), markers (Copic), paper (Basic Grey’s Marrakesh and Nook & Pantry collections), cardstock (Stampin’ Up!)

Thanks for stopping by to look at my card!

There’s still time to enter! The contest runs on the Sketches by Carly blog until midnight, Thursday, Dec. 16th!

Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps Challenge #21

December 3, 2010March 18, 20152 Comments

I’m so excited about my card for the latest Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps Challenge, mostly because I get to use “Street Corner Josh” again!

The theme for this week’s challenge is:

and here’s my card!

Thanks for stopping by!

Each Sparkle Creations Challenge is open to all players. Each week a random winner is chosen, and this week’s winner gets the sweet Cruisin’ Chloe rubber stamp.

There’s still time to enter this week’s Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamp Challenge! Entries are due Sunday, December 5 @ 9 PM PST. To be eligible for a prize, you must use a Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamp image on your entry.

CPS #195

December 2, 2010March 18, 20151 Comment

If you’re looking for The Greeting Farm’s blog hop, please scroll down to the next entry or click HERE!

I really enjoyed creating my entry for this week’s Card Positioning Systems (CPS) challenge, which is sponsored by The Stamps of Life! Here’s the sketch for this week (#195):

I paired this week’s sketch with a cute digital stamp from The Greeting Farm!

Supplies: cardstock (Stampin’ Up!), paper (Graphic 45, Bo Bunny Double Dot), brads (Karen Foster), embossing folder (Sizzix), markers (Copic)

Thanks for stopping by!

Visit Card Positioning Systems for more papercrafting inspiration and to check out what everyone created with this week’s sketch!

The Greeting Farm Holiday Hop: Let It Snow!

November 30, 2010March 18, 201544 Comments

Thanks for stopping by my blog, The Sparkling Scrapper, on your journey through The Greeting Farm’s Holiday Hop!

My first card for the hop (scroll down for the second) is in the “Let It Snow” category, featuring TGF’s “Chibi Alaska” digital stamp:

Other supplies: Cardstock (Stampin’ Up!), paper (October Afternoon, Cosmo Cricket), die-cut (Sizzix), Stickles glitter glue, markers (Copic)

I’ve also made a second card for the “Holiday Treats” category…it’s in the post under this one!

Thanks so much for stopping by…

I hope you enjoy the rest of The Greeting Farm’s Holiday Hop!

The Greeting Farm Holiday Hop: Holiday Treats

November 30, 2010March 18, 201512 Comments

Thanks for stopping by my blog, The Sparkling Scrapper, on your journey through The Greeting Farm’s Holiday Hop!

Here’s my second card for the hop, in the “Holiday Treats” category, featuring The Greeting Farm’s “Cupcake Anya” digital stamp!

Other supplies: Cardstock (Stampin’ Up!), paper, rub-ons (Imaginisce), markers (Copic), ribbon.

Thanks so much for stopping by…

I hope you enjoy the rest of The Greeting Farm’s Holiday Hop!

Unscripted Sketches #83

November 27, 2010March 18, 20153 Comments

Happy Saturday and welcome back for another Unscripted Sketch!

Hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday! We had a very low-key celebration at home, just my husband, me and our dog! A few years ago, we decided to downsize our Thanksgiving turkey to just a turkey breast, which is just fine for the two of us! (It also leaves us with WAY less left over!)

And now, without further delay, here’s the Unscripted Sketch for this week!