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Unscripted Sketches #78

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It’s Saturday, and that means it’s time for another Unscripted Sketch! Thanks to all who participated in last weekend’s Unscripted Sketches Breast Cancer Awareness Month Blog Hop, and thanks to all who left comments here and on the other designers’ blogs! You all helped to make it fun!

Here’s our sketch for this week:

I used some beautiful fall papers and stamps from Basic Grey’s Pyrus collection for my card. I also rotated the sketch:
Since I make way more cards than scrapbook pages these days, I’m really into mini paper pads! I find they help with getting inspired, and since the paper’s already coordinated, it helps to pick out matching designs.

Thanks for visiting! Don’t forget to visit the rest of the Unscripted Design Team: 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!

Moxie Fab World Tuesday Trigger: Memento Mori

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For this week’s Moxie Fab World Tuesday Trigger, I used the shape of the tombstone in the trigger photo to inspire me when I made my card:

I turned that shape into a window on my card, and the gravestone image reminded me of ornate designs that are sometimes carved into tombstones and are often found in the woodwork inside old churches.
The knight and princess stamp is one of the first that I bought when I started stamping; it’s from Elzybells Art Stamps. The knight reminds me of my husband, who actually has his own suit of armor! I wrote about it in this earlier post. Scott is usually the first person to see my cards, and is the inspiration for many of them!
I used paper from Webster’s Pages for the outside of the card, and embossed a strip of cardstock for the top. I glued a fleur-de-lis brad top to a button to make the gate fold’s closure.
Here is a picture of the inside (you can click on the picture to make it bigger):
Thanks for looking at my card!
Visit Moxie Fab World to see the other entries and to get the latest moxie fab scoop on paper crafting fads and fashions!

SCIC #25

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There’s more spooky Halloween inspiration over at Stampin’ Celebration this week!:

Here’s my take! I was inspired by the color scheme, and also the bats…
I love these cute bat stamps from Lawn Fawn! I also used Lawn Fawn’s Harold’s ABC’s set to spell and stamp my sentiment.

I used SU cardstock and paper from Cosmo Cricket and Three Bugs in a Rug for my card.
Thanks for stopping by! I hope you’re inspired to play along with Stampin’ Celebration this week! Happy Haunting (and stamping)!

Color Throwdown #115

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This week’s Color Throwdown challenge was a toughie for me:
but I managed to come up with a cute card!

I’ve had this candy stamp from Imaginisce for a while, but never used it. I thought the colors would work well with it…it’s kind of Halloweeny but it doesn’t have to be. The patterned paper is from Cosmo Cricket’s Pixielicious. The rest is SU cardstock in the challenge colors. The sentiment stamp is by Savvy Stamps. I embossed the card with a Sizzix folder and made the border strip with a Martha Stewart punch.
Thanks for looking at my card! There’s lots more to see over at the Color Throwdown! Check it out!

Caardvarks: Inside and Out!

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The latest Caardvarks challenge is to create a new stamped card that is decorated inside and out! The prizes for this challenge are being sponsored by Penny Black…the top 3 cards will get some totally cute stamps! For the challenge rules and to see pictures of the stamps up for grabs, visit the Caardvarks blog!

Here are the inside and outside views of the card that I made for this challenge! (You can click on each picture to get a closer look!)

Supplies: Stamps: Imaginisce (images) and Elzybells (sentiment), Ink (Stampin’ Up Soft Suede), Cardstock: Stampin’ Up!, Paper: Jillibean Soup, Other: Martha Stewart Border Punch, white opaque dimensional pen, ribbon.
I love these little gingerbread men! Last year, I hosted a cookie & recipe swap and my husband, Scott, signed up under a fake name so he could participate too! He made some delicious gingerbread cookies from scratch and I made frosted sugar cookies!
I definitely enjoy baking more than cooking, maybe that’s because I have such a dominant sweet tooth! For Scott’s birthday each year, I make his favorite, German Chocolate Cake, from scratch with a recipe I borrow from Betty Crocker. Since it’s his favorite, I love putting in the extra effort to make sure he gets something special and delicious!
Thanks so much for taking the time to look at my card!
The Caardvarks design team has some beautiful examples to show you for this challenge! There’s still time to enter, too! The contest runs until November 3.

CPS #189

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I really enjoyed working with this week’s Card Positioning Systems (CPS) sketch! This week’s challenge is sponsored by Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps.

I changed the dimensions of the sketch to the size of a standard A2 card. I used paper from Cosmo Cricket’s Pixielicious collection and some Bo Bunny Double Dot for my card.
The dog stamp is by Imaginisce, and was stamped in SU Chocolate Chip ink. The heart stamp is by Lawn Fawn. I drew my own thought bubble. The sentiment is by Pebbles.

Thanks so much for stopping by to look at my card!
You can check out the other entries and the design team’s examples over at the CPS blog!

colourQ Challenge 55A & 55B

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There’s a two-in-one challenge this week over at the colourQ…two sets of colors to play with!

I had fun with both sets of colors and made these cards:
The first card is made using SU cardstock in Poppy Parade and Tangerine Tango. The dog stamp is by Imaginisce. The rub-on sentiment is by Pebbles and the heart stamp is from Lawn Fawn.
The second card is made using SU cardstock in the three pink challenge colors. I embossed strips of cardstock and cut them to make the blocks. The image and sentiment stamps are by Elzybells Art Stamps. I added some Prima Pearls to make “bubbles.” I used Frosted Lace Stickles to make the bubble effect in the tub.
Thanks so much for taking time to look at my cards!
There’s lots more to see at the colourQ…2X the inspiration & 2X the fun!

Get Sketchy #60

I’m not a big Halloween or Fall cardmaker, so I decided to move into more of a Christmas frame of mind with this week’s Get Sketchy challenge! Here’s the sketch:
and here’s my card! I bought these papers last year at the Seattle CKC, but haven’t used them yet! They’re from My Mind’s Eye’s Colorful Christmas collection! The polar bear stamp is by Imaginisce…I thought it would pair well with these papers!
I stamped the bear in SU Chocolate Chip ink, and colored in its scarf with some colored pencils and markers. I accented the sentiment and the die-cut circle with Stickles.

Thanks for looking at my card!
You can check out the other entries and the design team’s creations over at Get Sketchy! This week’s challenge winner gets a Craft-N-Spin tool.

Unscripted Sketches BCAM Blog Hop!

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It’s time again for another Unscripted Sketches challenge! This week, to help get the word out about Breast Cancer Awareness Month, we’re doing a blog hop and piggyback challenge with this week’s sketch!
In honor of October being designated Breast Cancer Awareness Month, we’re having a blog hop! Many, if not all of us, have been affected by or can name someone we know that has been affected by breast or other forms of cancer. Whether these women we love are survivors or have succumbed to it, it has changed the life of everyone involved. Please visit the Susan G. Komen foundation page for lots of great information on breast cancer prevention and research.

Our sponsor for this week’s challenge and hop, Anita Be Stampin’, is offering a special digital stamp and 100% of the proceeds of this stamp benefit the Susan G. Komen for the Cure! In the meantime, check out Anita Be Stampin’ for other fabulous products! She’s also offering a PRIZE during the hop!

Here’s our sketch for this week:

Our piggyback challenge is to make your card, scrapbook page or project in pink! If you want to flip the sketch or rotate it…that’s OK! There’s no right or wrong way, as long as you’re using the Unscripted Sketch as the basis of your creation!
Here’s my card!
Supplies: Patterned paper (American Crafts, Glitz Design, the Girls’ Paperie, Crate Paper), flower accents (Cosmo Cricket), stamps (Paper Source and Lawn Fawn), ink (Stampin’ Up!)
Unscripted Blog Hop:
Steph

Linda
CherylAnn
Debbie
Angy
Sarah Kaye
Gardenia
Marcy
Suzanne (you’re here!)
April (your next stop on the hop!)
Becky
Alanna
Lelia
Arielle
Jenny

Thanks for stopping by for our Unscripted Sketches BCAM Blog Hop! I can’t wait to see what you create with our sketch and the piggyback challenge!

colourQ #54

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My last card in this round of updates is for this week’s colourQ challenge (#54)! This week, we’ve got some fun, spooky colors to play with!

I don’t have any Concord Grape paper, so I used something close to what’s in the display picture, and also a piece of Concord Crush to mat my sentiment:
The images and sentiment are from Lawn Fawn and the plaid paper is from Cosmo Cricket’s Matilda collection. I embossed some strips of Old Olive and Basic Black, accenting them with silver ink. Everything was stamped in Basic Black. The pumpkin was colored with Copics, and the bat and spider are colored with permanent markers and pencils.
Thanks for stopping by to look at my card!
There’s many more spooky treats for you to see over at the colourQ!