Warmest Wishes on Your Birthday

I hope that all of you had a fabulous holiday week, and that you were able to spend time with family and friends.  I spent the week with both family and friends.  We had a lot of fun.  Good food, and a lot of laughs!  Oh, and we had pie {smile}.

This week, the lovely ladies over @ Nacho Average Challenge, have a color challenge.  I kinda have a hard time with the color challenges.  I guess my brain doesn't work easily that way.  Here is the colors for this weeks challenge:

Here is what I came up with:

My cards don't typically have a lot of white space.  I find the emptiness non-fullfilling.  I know that can should a little strange.  But, I love pattern.  I love layers.  And I 'need' images/patterns in that white empty space.  But, like I said, this challenge was a bit of a struggle.  

I used the pennant parade and the pennant punch for the pennants.  I stamped the images in primrose petals classic ink, and I used raspberry ripple card stock.  The card base is raspberry ripple.  I stamped the sentiment in midnight muse classic ink.  This card was quick and easy, and I hope you have been inspired to play along with us @ NAC.

Happy Crafting!  Hugs, Sharon W.

Birthday Banner

Welcome to my blog.  On this Tuesday, the Nacho Average Challenge site has a sketch for you to try. The sketch is pretty straight forward.  But, I like to 'see' the sketch in a new light.  To help inspire you, and hopefully you will play along with us.  So, without further ado, here is this weeks sketch:

There are a lot of different objects you could use with this sketch: snowflakes, leaves, ornaments, but what about a banner?

What a fun card!  I used Comfort Cafe DSP for the pattern paper.  I used the pennant punch to create the pennants.  I used the modern label punch for the narrow flags.  I used two circle punches for the middle piece (1 1/4" and 1 3/8").  I stamped 'wish big' in basic black classic ink, from the Pennant Parade stamp set.  Each of the pennants for the banner are raised off the card face with dimensional foam tape. 

For my sentiment, I used the Blooming with Kindness stamp set.  I stamped this sentiment in basic black classic ink, as well.  I just love the font.  It looks so elegant, and I love how the lines of the letters are slim, not bold or thick.  The card base is crumb cake card stock.  I sponged the edges of the card with soft suede classic ink to help give the edges some definition.  

I hope you find some inspiration from the design team @ Nacho Average Challenge, and play along with us.  We would love to see what you create with our sketch!

Belated Birthday Wishes

Happy Thursday!  I like working with sketches, and making something pretty and beautiful.  And, as long as I'm not interupted.  So, I was given that creative freedom last night.  My husband plays ice hockey a few nights a week, so those are my 'golden' crafting times.  

The talented ladies over @ Creative Sketches, has a new sketch for us to work with this week.  I encourage you to play along with us.  

Here is the sketch:

Here is my interputation of this sketch:

My first thought when I saw the sketch, was to make flowers and line them up.  But, that seems too obvious.  So, I quit browsing through my craft room and changed my focus.  And the perfect pennant punch came to mind.  Then, I needed a color(s) to get this card going.  While eating dinner, I had a blue and vanilla color combo running through my mind.  So, that was my platform to start.  I have been on a tangent to use my scraps.  (oh my, if you only knew the extensive collection.)  So, I knew I wanted 'blue' and that was my start.  I used a variation of 'green' and 'pink' based on the colored polka dots in the pattern paper.  

Most of the products used, are from Stampin' Up!, except the colored polka dot pattern paper, the pink plaid pattern paper, the stamped 'blue' pattern paper, and the buttons.

Thank you for looking, and I hope your Thursday is fantastic!