What We Could Be

Happy Memorial Day! Today I'd like to share a card that I made using this week's sketch at Unscripted Sketches.  I rotated the sketch as you can see here:

The sentiment is an older stamp from Stampers Anonymous.  I am also linking this to The Simon Says Stamp and Show "Into the Woods" Challenge.  I love woodgrain papers and this one by Crate Paper is my favorite. :)

Sew Cute!

I used the Needle Little Love set from Paper Smooches for their current Designer Drafts sketch challenge this week.

 

I am also linking this to the Simon Says Stamp and Show "A Little Paper" Challenge.  I used a 6x6 pad of the new Crate Paper, "The Pier" papers.  I think it's my new favorite line!  I have really been enjoying sketch challenges lately.  Thanks for letting me share them with you!

Watercolor Inspiration

Today is Mother's Day!  I had to go to work for awhile today, but I still found time to play. I was inspired by a gorgeous stamped scene that Shari Carroll made with these Claudine Hellmuth stamps.  I first saw it about a year ago. She did an entire street scene in watercolor. I only did a few elements, but I really enjoyed playing with different watercolor mediums.  I found that I like water coloring with the Ranger distress inks the best.  They're sooo easy to use. (note lesson #1:  Shari Carroll is much better with watercolor than I am!)

I am linking this to the Simon Says Stamp and Show "Inspired by" challenge.  Thanks for the inspiration Shari! I am also linking this to the Moxie Fab World "The Wonder of Watercolor Challenge".  As well as the Twisted Tuesday Free for All.

 

 

Retro Fusion

There's an interesting experiment going on at the Fusion Card Challenge this week.  I chose Lesley's inspiration photo challenge.  And this is what I came up with:

 

I loved the colors in the floral print, so I devised something similar with an older Recollections stamp set from Michaels.  And I thought the inspiration had a bit of a reto flair, so I added some bits from the Maggie Holmes Ephemera pack.  I am also linking this to the Anything Goes Challenge at Simon Says Stamp.

 

This is the challenge photo:



De-Stashing

One of my favorite Crate Paper lines is the "On Trend" collection. I still had a little bit left, so I decided to try to use some of it up. My intention was to use the scraps to make cards to donate.

This one was created for the Cards with Envy Things with Wings challenge.  It really is a challenge to create a card using only flat embellishments, but I gave it a shot.

It was also a challenge to leave my rubber stamps on the shelves.  But I did it! I am also linking it to the Simon Says Stamp Anything Goes challenge. 



I Miss You most at Night

At the Simon Says Stamp Challenge Blog, the challenge is Travel and/or Cityscapes.  I was inspired by the cityscape theme and created this:

 

I heat embossed a Paper Smooches stamp in gold and used an older October Afternoon paper for the background.  My husband is a quality engineer for an aerospace company.  So I hoard collect just about anything with stars on it. :) 

 

Day 108 at the 365 Cards challenge blog is Glitter Blitz.  And you know I love glitter! So I am linking to that challenge as well.

 

Happy Stamping! :)

 

1, 2, 3...Fly

I love the challenges at 365 Cards. Today's challenge is to create a card using 1 technique,

2 stickers and 3 embellishments.  I may have stretched things a bit because I used the two postage stamps as my stickers.  (For the record, they did still have sticky on the back!) I used the decorative brads and twine as my embellishments. The bird stamp is an oldie but a goodie from Rubber Baby Buggy Bumpers.  The paper is from Crate Paper.

 

 

I was also inspired by the Simon Says Stamp and Show Challenge: Fly.  I am a bit obsessed by the whole postal theme, which is a big influence for me right now.  And as usual, I love vintage! :)

 



 

Amusing...

This week I wanted to participate in the challenge at Muse.  They always have such inspiring cards!  They inspired me to use the green and brown color theme as well as the polka dots, silver embellishments and scallop.  I used the butterfly from The Rubber Cafe as well as some miscellaneous from my stash.  Don't you love that brad?  I've been hoarding it for so long that I don't remember where I got it.  I've got to quit doing that.

 

I am also linking this to Simon Says Stamp and Show Blog challenge.  They have a very strict challenge there this week. :)

color my life

I did it!  I completed a week's worth of challenges this week!  Today's challenge at 365 Cards was to create a card with splatters.  Getting inky is always fun, so I used the Paper Smooches I Heart Art stamp set with some re-inkers and ink spray on Maggie Holmes Paper.  This was a huge stretch for me.  So "THANK YOU!" for the inspiration.

 

I am also linking this to the current Simon Says Stamp Challenge. Now you'll have to excuse me while I clean up a week's worth of mess. ;)

 



Scrappy Card

I seldom create something with little or no stamping on it, but for this card I left the inks on the shelf.  I just got a big box of scrappy supplies that I had ordered, so I felt compelled to cut into it.  Here I used Glitz papers and Crate Paper papers.  I made the little flags and the bow came from the Maggie Holmes line.  Being that I am severely bow-challenged, these little cuties are my new favorites.

 

I am linking this to the Cardabilities sketch challenge as well as the Simon Says Stamp A Bit O' Green Challenge.

 

Just a Note

I am loving card sketches right now!  As I continue on my papercrafting bender, I'd like to share with you this card I made from the sketch here.  The stamps were from the November Simon Says Stamp "Just a Note" Card Kit using the Basic Grey Serenade line of papers.