Hola Chica!

This is my second post for today as I have some challenge cards that need to be posted by the deadline!  For the Sketch Saturday challenge, I decided to use a cute little chickie that I colored sometime back in April.  It was originally going to be used on an Easter card, but I didn't get a chance to finish it. 

Here's this week's sketch. 

Here's my spring inspired card.  I decided that my chickie looked better in an oval, so I modified the layout just a little bit.

Supplies used:
Stamps:  Verve "Chicks Rule" image and sentiment
Ink:  Versafine Onyx Black and Memento Tuxedo Black
Papers:  White, black, dps from The Paper Studio "Daydream Doodle"
Other:  pink organdy ribbon from stash, Bow Easy, Recollections bling accents, Copics, Nestabilities oval and scalloped oval dies

Thanks for stopping by!
Blessings,
Sarah

Santa's Workshop WMSC 100

Congratulations to Waltzingmouse Stamps Sketch Challenge as they celebrate their 100th challenge!  They are having some special prizes in honor of this milestone.  If you haven't already entered, you can find out the challenge details and prizes available using the above link.

Here's the sketch for this week.

I decided to use my "Santa Was Here" set for the challenge.  I thought that the little reindeer in the dp would be the perfect complement to Santa and his sleigh in the image.

Supplies used:
Stamps:  Waltzingmouse Stamps "Santa Was Here"
Ink:  SU! "Cherry Cobbler"
Papers:  White, pink, dps from Basic Grey "Eskimo Kisses"
Other:  May Arts 1 1/4" burgundy silk ribbon, Bow Easy, white heart button from stash, thin twine, small jingle bell (Michael's), SU! ticket corner punch, MS border punch

Thanks for stopping by!
Blessings,
Sarah

Seeing Double

So I sat down to make a card with the goal of using up more of my Basic Grey "Sultry" paper pad.  The remaining papers however were a combination of some of my favorite prints and some of my least favorite prints.  What to do?  Cover as much as possible of my least favorite print.

I started with Papertake Weekly's sketch from a recent challenge, changed the proportions to fit my scraps, and made the image panel a circle instead of a rectangle.

I ended up making 2 cards that will go to my two best friends from college.  I figured that if I wanted to use up this paper as that deepest layer in the layout, I should use up both sheets of the print while I had an idea of what I should do with it!  The layout hides most of the pattern of these really big leaves that are pink, lime green, and brown with white popping through, and I'm pretty happy with my finished projects.

Here are the matching cards for Suz and Chris.  I used two different sentiments.

Here's the Butterfly Kisses card.

Here's the Springtime Hello card.

Supplies used:
Stamps:  Magnolia, sentiments from Whimsy stamps "Spring Letter Seals"
Ink:  Versafine Onyx Black and Memento Tuxedo Black
Papers:  white, dps from Basic Grey "Sultry"
Other:  Copic markers, MS butterflies punch, Recollections pearls, Nestabilities circle and petite scalloped circle dies, Recollections glittery flower, Prima mini rose, Organdy ribbon from stash, Bow Easy, pink lace from stash

I'm entering these cards in two challenges:  Anything Goes at Just Magnolia and Hanglar Stanglar and Anything Goes at Papertake Weekly.

Thanks for stopping by!
Blessings,
Sarah

Best Dad Ever

Whew!  I managed to finish a Father's Day card for my Dad using the Cute Card Thursday #219 challenge and get it posted before the challenge closed.  We were challenged to use planes, trains, and automobiles.  I don't have any stamps with planes, trains, or automobiles, but I do have some tractor stamps which I figured were pretty close (I hope!).

I find it a bit ironic that I used papers called "Urban Rhapsody" to make a rustic farm card!  I liked the colors in these papers with the tractor image.  The hardest part was cutting the arrow paper to get words that I wanted where I wanted them.  Some of the words (good bye, for one) I didn't want to use and those words seemed to be right next to what I wanted to selectively cut.  The metal tag helped me cover word fragments once I'd cut the strip. 

I tried to color the tractor to look like Dad's Case IH tractor right down to the dirt covered tires.  I hope he likes it!

Supplies used:
Stamps:  SU! "Tractor Time" and sentiment from Verve "Dad's Day"
Ink:  Versafine Onyx Black, Memento Tuxedo Black, Vintage Photo Distress Ink (sponging)
Papers:  white, kraft for base, red, dps from K & Co. "Urban Rhapsody"
Other:  metal frame from JoAnn's, screw brads from Michael's, Tim Holtz distressing tool
Size:  6" square

Thanks for stopping by!
Blessings,
Sarah

Diamond Jubilee

In honor of the Diamond Jubilee celebration, Basic Grey Challenge and Simon Says Stamp Challenge have both selected that theme for their current challenges.  We were challenged to use things such as crowns, royalty, and bling in our creations.

Here's my creation.

I used a very simple layout, as I knew that with the large image, most of the background paper would be covered.  I colored my images using Copics and then cut out Tilda and popped her up on foam tape for more dimension.  The largest flower originally was a white Prima flower.  I dyed it a long time ago and added a bunch of glitter to it.  That flower didn't work on the project I intended to use it on, but I was glad that I had it for this card!  I know that I used one of my SU! pinks to die it, but I don't know the exact color I used. 

Supplies used:
Stamps:  Magnolia
Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black
Papers:  white, green, dps from Basic Grey "Sultry"
Other:  lace from stash, organdy ribbon from stash, Bow Easy, Prima flower, Stickles glitter, Recollections mini roses, Recollections rhinestone flourish/corner, Copics, foam tape

I'm working on using up the last of my Basic Grey "Sultry" paper pad.  There will be more cards coming in the near future!

Thanks for stopping by!
Blessings,
Sarah

Use It Up Group 3

Today I have the details for the last of the cards that I made when using up my K & Co. Brenda Walton "Small Wonders Girl" paper pad.

For my Perk Up card, I used SC306 for the layout.

Supplies for Perk Up card:
Stamps:  Verve "Better With You"
Ink:  Versafine Onyx Black and Memento Tuxedo Black
Papers:  Cream, Bazzill "Foxy," and dps from K & Co. Brenda Walton "Small Wonders Girl"
Other:  Nestabilities circle and petite scalloped circle dies, Copics

For the Happy Birthday card, I had a few strips of varying lengths of dps.  I decided that I could compensate for the length differences by covering the end with an image.  The top corner was then a little bare, so I added a rhinestone flourish.

Supplies used for the Happy Birthday card:
Stamps:  Verve "Birthday Surprise"
Ink: Versafine Onyx Black and Memento Tuxedo Black
Papers: Cream, Bazzill "Foxy," and dps from K & Co. Brenda Walton "Small Wonders Girl"
Other: Nestabilities circle and petite scalloped circle dies, Copics, Recollections rhinestone flourish

I used SC347 for the layout of my next card.  I changed the orientation from vertical to horizontal, but I tried to keep the same proportions.

Supplies used on the Hugs and Smiles card:
Stamps:  Verve "Kind Words"
Ink: Versafine Onyx Black
Papers: Cream, Bazzill "Foxy," and dps from K & Co. Brenda Walton "Small Wonders Girl"
Other: Nestabilities oval and scalloped oval dies, ivory ribbon from stash, Bow Easy, button from stash, thin twine

For the You Are Such A Joy To Me card, I made a frame using dps and cream paper for the mats.

Supplies used on the You Are Such A Joy To Me card:
Stamps:  Verve "Great Friend" for flowers and Verve "Kind Words" for sentiment
Ink:  Versafine Onyx Black
Papers:  Cream and dps from K & Co. Brenda Walton "Small Wonders Girl"
Other:  Ivory ribbon from stash, Bow Easy, Recollections mini rose

I hope you enjoyed seeing my parade of cards.  It was truly satisfying to use up this paper pad!  I'm almost done using up a Basic Grey "Sultry" paper pad, and I will be posting the last cards I've made with those papers soon.

Thanks for stopping by!
Blessings,
Sarah

Use It Up Group 2

Here's the next group of cards with the supply details.  This is my second post for today, so if you want to see the details for the first group, scroll down to the previous post.

This first one looks a bit wonky once I cropped it, but I had to angle it a bit so that the rhinestone flourishes didn't have so much glare on them.  Unfortunately, when I angled it, the sentiment is also harder to read, "Birthday Wishes."  For the layout, I just took two of the coordinating dps and made a layered frame.

Supplies for Birthday Wishes card:
Stamps:  Circle frame from Verve "Thankful Accents" and sentiment from Verve "Wishful Elegance"
Ink:  Versafinx Onyx Black and SU! "Pretty in Pink"
Papers:  Cream, Bazzill "Foxy," and dp from K & Co. Brenda Walton "Small Wonders Girl"
Other: Recollections rhinestone flourishes, Nestabilities circle and petite scalloped circle dies
Card size: A2

My next card used SC311 for the layout.  I had some pieces of paper that weren't quite big enough to cover an entire A2 card base, but I didn't want to cut them up very much so that I could use up my papers faster!

The rhinestone flourish is much brighter in real life.  Again, I had to angle the card to cut down on the sparkle to take the picture.

Supplies for Wishing You All the Best Card: 
Stamps:  Verve "Kind Words" sentiment and Verve "Great Friend" flower
Ink: Versafine Onyx Black
Paper: Cream, Bazzill "Foxy," and dp from K & Co. Brenda Walton "Small Wonders Girl"
Other: Recollections rhinestone flourish
Card size: A2

Now for my two personal favorite cards......

For the You're So Sweet card, I had a strip green floral dp that I just loved and didn't want to toss.  So I used a cuttlebug embossing folder to make the top piece, added my little strip at the bottom, and covered the seam with a MS border punch. 

Here's a closeup of the sentiment and little hearts.

Supplies for You're So Sweet card:
Stamps:  Verve "Thankful Accents" sentiment and hearts
Ink: Versafine Onyx Black and SU "Pretty in Pink"
Paper: Cream, Bazill "Foxy," and dp from K & Co. Brenda Walton "Small Wonders Girl"
Other: Recollections mini roses, MS vintage floral border punch, Nestabilities circle and petite scalloped circle dies, cuttlebug embossing folder
Card size: A2

I had a wider strip of my other favorite green paper from this pad, so I tried using a similar layout to the You're So Sweet card to use it up.

Supplies for the Irish Proverb card:
Stamps:  Verve "Blessings"
Ink: Versafine Onyx Black
Paper: Cream, green, and dp from K & Co. Brenda Walton "Small Wonders Girl"
Other: Recollections rhinestones, Recollections flowers, pink organdy ribbon from stash, Bow Easy, MS vintage floral border punch
Card size: A2

Thanks for stopping by!
Blessings,
Sarah