NAC #9

This week is off to a fast and busy start!  My husband is celebrating a birthday this week.  I'm picking up his gift today.  I'm pretty sure that he will love it!  But, I have to admit, I love the look of excitement and happiness, when it's a great gift they open {smile}.  

Ok, enough of that.  The lovely ladies over @ Nacho Average Challenge have a clever sketch for you to try.  The thing that originally jumped out at me, was how easy it would be to embellish the sketch, or how pretty to leave it CAS.

Here is this week's sketch:

Here is what I created:

Now, don't forget to stop by the other design team member's blogs to see what they created!  You won't be disappointed.  I hope you find some inspiration, and play along with us!

Anne

Jenni

Leilani

Rose

Sharon - here

Tammy

For this challenge, I wanted something not CAS.  If you haven't looked through the new Big Idea and Catalog, you are missing out on some very beautiful paper crafts made with this color combo:  Pool Party and Summer Starfruit.  So, that is where I came up with this color combo.  The inspiration was found in this new catalog!  The possibilities are over-whelming.  Just some gorgeous work!

Ok, my card base and main panel is pool party card stock.  I ran the panel through the big shot inside the vintage wall paper embossing folder.  To high light the texture, I swiped the panel with my white craft ink pad.  I added some pattern paper in Summer Star fruit.  And yes, I had to use my all time favorite DSP: First Edition.  I stamped the large blossom in Summer Starfruit classic ink.  Instead of the sentiment banner, I wrapped some new ribbon and added a tiny tag for my sentiment.

This is about as Clean and Simple as I get.  {smile}.  We were very excited last week over @ Nacho Average Challenge, to see all the folks who played along with us in our weekly challenge.  

Twinkle Rhinestone Brad

It's Friday!  And you know what that means? The weekend is quickly approaching! and I hope you have some great paper crafting plans!  And to help get it started, the lovely Patrice @ Sketch Frenzy Friday, has an interesting sketch for you to try!

Here is her sketch:

Here is what I created:

When I saw Patrice's sketch, the first thing I thought of was those oriental picture panels.  I thought who lovely, to make one.  So, I stamped the large floral image (from the Elements of Style stamp set) in Versa Mark ink onto Very Vanilla card stock.  Then, I sprinkled some white embossing powder onto the image and and heat set it, with my heat gun.  I put a drop or two of different light subtle classic inks onto a plastic plate and used an aqua painter to 'color' the images.  I then cut the large rectangle, into three equal parts.  Then, I matted these pieces onto some silver glitter paper.  Instead of stamping my sentiment onto the card front, I made a tag.  I took the pink pirouette taffeta ribbon and created a multi-loop bow and attached the bow to the card front with a retiring pink square rhinestone brad.  I gave the whole card front a sprtiz of home-made glimmer mist.  The card base is crumb cake card stock.  The main panel is blush blossom card stock, matted with basic black card stock.

Now, to keep the momentum of this blog hop going, stop by Tammy F's. blog to see what she has done with this fabulous sketch!

For the Newlyweds

Happy Friday to all of you out there in blog-land!  This is the eve of our daughters' Baby Reveal Shower, and we are busy getting things finalized and completed.  We have a great event planned and a bit more work to get it all done.

Anyways, I am playing along in the sketch challenge over @ Sketch Frenzy Friday.  Angela is the creator of this weeks sketch.  It's a fun sketch to work with.   Here is the sketch:

See what I mean?  There is a lot of empty space, giving you a lot of opportunities to show us what you can create.  Here is my take of Angela's beautiful sketch:

I used pattern paper from: Mocha Morning DSP, Attic Boutique DSP, Beau Chateau DSP, and first Edition DSP.  The ribbon is pool party seam binding.  I added a neutral button to the center of the multi-loop bow.  The heart piece was made with the scallop heart die and the large heart punch.  I created the paper blossom with the trio flower punch.  The tiny tag was made with the Tiny Tag stamp set and the Jewerly punch.  I added a mini clothes pin to the heart.  I first rubbed the top edge across my white craft ink pad, and while the ink was still wet, I dipped it in some dazzling diamond glitter.  I added a tiny butterfly and half faux pearl.

I used the Teeny Tiny Wishes stamp set to add my sentiment.

Now head over to Tammy F.'s blog to see what she has created.

Love is in the Air

Happy Saturday!  Thank you for stopping by.  I'm the hostess this week over @ Our Creative Corner.  And since St. Valentine's Day is right around the corner, I created this weeks challenge around romance.  The rules are pretty simple: create a paper craft item (card, scrapbook page layout, 3-D item, an altered item) and use the colors: Pink, Grey, and Kraft.  Now, I'm a girly-girl, so I'd also like you to add some sparkle (rhinestones, glitter, metal) anything that shines!  And since its for St. Valentine's Day, don't forget to include a heart-shape!  Sounds pretty and romantic, doesn't it?

Here is what I created:

My card base is crumb cake card stock.  I layered various pattern papers from Authentique and Paper Studio.  The seam binding is hand-dyed pretty in pink.  The tiny tag was created with the jewelry tag and teeny tiny wishes.  I stamped '{love}' in going gray classic ink.  I sponged the edges of the tiny tag with crumb cake classic ink.  I tied a grey button on with white bakers twine.

The scallop circle was created with a perfect pennant die.  I added a 1 3/4" circle of pattern paper to the center.  I cut the heart-shape with the hearts die.  I added a lock from Melissa Frances.

I created the banner with the cone die.  The sentiment is stamped in grey classic ink and matted it on crumb cake card stock.  The circles were added to give the card some balance.  I applied the rhinestone flourish as my final touch.  Easy-peasy, stick and clip.  (Stick the rhinestone swirls down, and clip with scissors where the rhinestones fall off the card.)

Now, lets see what you create!  Stop on over to the Our Creative Corner to see what the super talented ladies have created, and hopefully we inspire you to play along!

Late Birthday Wishes

While surfing the web over the weekend, I found alot of inspiration from some of the folks that I follow.  And I wanted to try an interesting color combo.  I found this decorators photo on Little Princess Cards blog. The colors are pink, yellow, and black.  I know, this color combo sounds far fetched.  But, I was determined to see if I could get it to work.  So, I rummaged threw my scrap stash.  I located some pink and yellow ribbons.  And set out to work.  I needed a bit more direction, so I went to a sketch challenge blog @ Simple Desire to scrap.  This challenge blog is in Russian, so you will need to translate the blog if you are interested in reading it.  (This blog has a translate button at the top of the page.)

Here is the original inspiration photo:

 Here is the sketch:

  

And here is my card:

When I first saw this color combo, my first thought was, 'are you kidding?'.  But I really like it!  Like I said this card is made from scraps.  I believe the large yellow polka dot paper is a Cosmo Cricket paper.  The pink script is from Sceinic Route, the hounds tooth pattern paper is from Authentique, the cream text paper is from Stampin' Up!, as well as the yellow small polka dot paper and the glitter paper.  The pink flourish paper I have no idea.  The yellow ribbon is from Stampin' Up! and the pink small polka dot ribbon is from Paper Trey Ink.  The ribbon slide is from Paper Studio.  The stamps (Birthday Wishes, and friends) are from Stampin' Up!  So is the die to cut the cardstock scallop circle.  The flower comes from Kaiser.  The card base is Crumb Cake, from Stampin' Up!.  

Thank you for looking! and I hope this new year is off to a great start for you! 

Saturday's Mojo Faces

It's Saturday, and that means that the super creative ladies over @ Our Creative Corner have a new challenge for us!  And you won't be disappointed!  We have a wonderfully talented hostess this week, asking us to use 'faces' in our submission this week.  How clever and oh my, lets see what you create!
I got my inspiration for Mojo Monday #211.  Here is the sketch:

Here is my card:

Ok, the face isn't stamped.  And the funny thing is, that I have a stamp that is very similar to this image.  But, for some reason, I just could not get the mojo working.  I wanted a CAS card, so that the 'face' wouldn't compete with anything else.  I selected simple embellishments, and added little touches.  The button is hand-sewn on.  The tags were individually hand-threaded.  I chose a plain pink background panel, to help bring out the pinks in the flowers, that are in the tag.  I put the card onto Early  easpresso cardstock, to help bring out some of the browns and darker lines.  I added a vintage brad to the tag.

Thank you for stopping by, and I hope that you have been inspired!