CPS #167

May 17, 2010March 18, 20152 Comments

My card for CPS #167, which is based on this sketch:

I turned the sketch for my card, and used a paper frame by K & Company to make the main element of the sketch. It was precut, so that helped out a lot!

The papers I used are from Basic Grey’s Nook & Pantry collection, American Crafts’ Letterbox collection and Cosmo Cricket’s Material Girl collection. The buttons are also from Cosmo Cricket and are “sewn” with linen thread. I think the ribbon is from Creative Impressions, and the stamp is from Stampin’ Up!’s Puns from the Past collection.

Thanks for looking!

Some Miscellaneous Cards…

May 17, 2010March 18, 2015

Here are a couple of cards that I made recently:

This card is for my sister-in-law, who’s having knee surgery in a few days.

Paper: Cosmo Cricket’s Material Girl collection, Bo Bunny’s Mamarazzi, kraft paper

Stamp: Fun & Fast Notes collection, Stampin’ Up!

Flowers: K & Company

Other: Colorbox chalk ink, Stampin’ Up Soft Suede ink, Glaze pens by Sakura, colored pencils

This is the Father’s Day card that I made for my father-in-law.

Patterned paper: Bo Bunny’s Mamarazzi collection, kraft paper

Stamps: Technique Tuesday

Brads: Karen Foster

Ribbon: American Crafts

Other: Glaze and Stardust pens by Sakura, ink in Basic Black from Stampin’ Up!

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Get Sketchy #38

May 15, 2010March 18, 20152 Comments

Here’s this week’s Get Sketchy inspiration:

and here’s the card I made for the challenge! The stamped images are from Stampin’ Up’s Dream Garden and Eastern Blooms sets. The rub-ons are from Cosmo Cricket, and the patterned paper is from Crate Paper.

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Sassy Lil’ Sketches: May

May 15, 2010March 18, 20153 Comments

I can’t seem to get enough of Crate Paper’s Pink Plum collection! I used it for my Sassy Lil’ Sketches card entry based on their May card sketch! (You can find the details here.)

This is my card! I used border stickers and papers from Crate Paper. The flowers are stamped in Stampin’ Up’s Melon Mambo ink on Cameo Coral Cardstock.

Thanks very much for looking!

colourQ #32

May 15, 2010March 18, 20155 Comments

I really enjoyed working with the colors in this week’s colourQ challenge! Here they are:

And this is the card I made! I love using this stamp; it’s from Stampin’ Up’s “Very Thankful” set. I’ve used it on several different cards already. It goes well with the vintage-type papers.

I made the roses out of Cameo Coral cardstock, because I don’t have any Groovy Guava on hand. I also substituted Old Olive for the Kiwi Kiss. I used Basic Black ink for the stamped image. The cardstock for the base is Bazzill. The patterned paper (and possibly the ribbon) is from Creative Imaginations.

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Curtain Call Act #29

May 12, 2010March 18, 20156 Comments

This week’s Curtain Call over at Stacey’s Stamping Stage was definitely a challenge for me, so I kept my card fairly simple!

Here’s the color combo we worked with!

For my card, I used the “With All My Heart” set from Stampin’ Up! The cardstock and ink are also from Stampin’ Up! (Only Orange and Soft Suede).

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Unscripted Sketches #54

May 12, 2010March 18, 20154 Comments

For this week’s Unscripted Sketches challenge, I used Crate Paper’s Brook collection with the following sketch:

This is my card. It’s not a combination of colors that I use a lot, but I think it’s a nice, cheery card that would go well with a thank-you gift.

The gift bag stamp is from Stampin’ Up’s Bitty Birthday collection. Other supplies that I used: gold American Crafts gel pen, sticker sentiment, Chocolate Chip ink and cardstock from Stampin’ Up!, ribbon, staples.

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CPS #166

May 12, 2010March 18, 20151 Comment

I really love the card that I made this week for Card Positioning Systems (CPS)! 🙂

Here’s the sketch we worked with (you can find the other entries here):

And here’s the card that I made…I used Crate Paper’s Plum Blossom collection, and stamps from Stampin’ Up’s Dream Garden set.

I carried the design over to the inside of the card:

Thanks for looking!

Get Sketchy #37

May 12, 2010March 18, 20151 Comment

For this week’s Get Sketchy challenge, (click the link for details) I used some of American Crafts’ Letterbox collection to make a birthday card out of this sketch:

Here’s my card:

I changed the sketch a little; I moved the row of accents to the bottom of the card, instead of near the top. Otherwise, I kept the basic elements of the card the same.

The stamp is from Stampin’ Up’s Bitty Birthday set. I used American Crafts Purkey Mini Marks rub-ons for the sentiment lettering. I cut out pennant shapes, put an eyelet in each piece, and used linen thread to link the pieces together. I used the same linen thread to tie through the buttons, which are also from American Crafts.

Thanks very much for looking!

Two Challenges In One! (Caardvarks & American Crafts)

May 12, 2010March 18, 20152 Comments

Normally, I don’t combine challenges (I make one card for each blog challenge that I enter), but I did with this card.

It fits both the Caardvarks May sketch challenge, which was to choose between two sketches for your card (click here for details) and an American Crafts Brad Week challenge, which was to include two or more American Crafts brads on your card or layout (click here for more info).

This is the sketch I used from Caardvarks:

And this is the card that I made!

The card base and the patterned papers are from American Crafts’ Heat Wave collection (Cherry Cowabunga and Pretty Papaya) and AC’s Letterbox collection (With Love). I used an AC jeweled brad in the center of the flower on the octopus’s head (which was also cut from the Cherry Cowabunga paper), and an AC pearl brad in the center of the flower in the top left corner.

Other supplies: Stampin’ Up ink, Imaginisce stamp, Stickles.

Here’s the inside of the card; I used AC’s Purkey rub-ons to create the sentiment:

Thanks for looking!