Freshly Made Sketches - Hey There Beautiful!

I hope you're having a great day! I thought I'd take a break from yard work and do a little crafting. I'm playing along with this sketch from Freshly Made Sketches. Sketch challenges are my favorite because they seem easier to work with - it's like following a recipe! 

I thought I'd replace the star shape with a summer scene featuring Reverse Confetti Think Pink Flamingos.

I love using the Tall Stripe Panel because the slits let me add color, and are a great place to add a sentiment. 

The little flowers are from the Berry Sweet stamp set that features a strawberry and these cute flowers.

I used a Circles and Scallops die cut as a matt for the scene.  All the images were stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black and colored with Copic Markers.

The background papers are from the Reverse Confetti Paper Bliss 6" pad.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Finished Size: 4.25 x 5.5"
Stamps | Reverse Confetti Think Pink, Berry Sweet
Dies | Think Pink, Berry Sweet, Tall Stripe Panel, Circles 'n Scallops
Paper | Reverse Confetti Bliss 6"

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Fusion Card Challenge - Sending My Love

Wow things have been so busy for me lately!! The warm weather doesn't last long here in the Midwest so I'm trying to make the most of it. I've been running to the farm stand almost every day for seedling vegetables for the garden, and perennials and hanging baskets for the yard. I've been putting in two flats a day for the past several days and it's starting to wear on me! I'm having pains where I didn't know I had pains before! LOL! It's always nice to take a break and do some crafting in the air conditioned indoors. Sigh...

A new challenge begins today at Fusion Card Challenge - this one is called Floral Cupcakes! I was smitten with the soft pastels and icing that looks like lace on the cupcakes. So dreamy and romantic - maybe time for a wedding congratulations card? If you're not feeling the photo inspiration that's ok.. just work with the sketch. Feeling really clever? Fuse the image and the sketch together! I dare you! Here's what I made....

I started with a soft blue background that I stamped with a sentiment from Poppystamps Sentiments of Love set. Next I embossed the panel only up to the sentiment. 

I added a die cut Finial Circle to mimic that pretty icing and topped it with a die cut Forget Me Not from Memory Box in soft pink and green. 

I added enamel dots to the flower centers and that's all the bling it got! This is so clean but looks fussy! 

Want to see more designs created for this challenge? Check out projects from the rest of the team...

Barb Ghigliotty

Jen Mitchell

Karren Johnson

Linda Callahan

Lyndal Higgins

Michelle Leone

Michelle Lupton

Michelle Williams

I sure hope you'll play along - I can't wait to see how you interpret this one! You can get all the details on how to link up your design here at Fusion Card Challenge!




Finished Size 4.25 x 5.5"
Stamps | Poppystamps Sentiments of Love
Dies | Poppystamps Finial Circle | Memory Box Forget Me not Blooms
Embossing Folder Cuttlebug Foulard

Finial Circle POPPY

Sentiments of Love POPPY

Forget Me Not Blooms POPPY

12 Kits of Occasions - You're A Good Egg!

Yes you're reading that right!  Normally this is my "end of the month" post.  But I'm like the mad hatter lately.. I'm late I'm late! LOL! I snuck off on vacation and missed posting for The 12 Kits of Occasions. I had all my cards ready to roll and in all the excitement I forgot to write up my post. I'm glad the ladies are understanding and let me slide!

 One good part about being late is that CASology's challenge this week is 

so I can link up a card!!

The May kit was created by the lovely and talented Nancy Penir from Artful Notions Blog. I'm smitten with Nancy's ability to layer and add color virtually transforming everything from die cuts to pattern paper into one of a kind unique creations. 

She put together this amazing kit for us that included stamped images from Lawn Fawn, Carta Bella, Papertrey Ink and Stampin' Up! You can see a complete list of ingredients here. The "You're A Good Egg" kit was farm fresh with barnyard critters, grassy die cut borders and even a cute little die cut barn! Nancy included sequins and pretty paper flowers (these are my trixie ingredient this month). I'm usually all over the embellishments but this time I think I went for Clean and Simple. Here's what I came up with! 

Want to see more projects made with this amazing kit? Head on over to The 12 Kits of Occasions blog where you'll find a sample from each of the team members.

Lisa Elton - My Paper Tales

Marybeth Lopez - It's Time For Paper

Kim - Cupcakes Cards & Kim

Sharron Gregory - On Papillon Wings

Tracey McNeely - In My Creative Opinion

Lindsey Larsen - Occasional Crafting

Michele Ferguson - I Card Everyone

Michelle Leone - Pretty Periwinkles

Nancy Penir - Artful Notions

Birgit Norton - Crafting While I Wait

Jessica Davis - The Paper Parade

and special guests...

Colleen Foelker

Linda Snodgrass

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

All cards finished size 4.25 x 5.5"