Colors Sketch Case

Some lovely colors and a delightful sketch brought together with a CASE of the Sale a-bration catalog. I combined two challenges for this card, Freshly Made Sketches 502 and CAS Colours and Sketches #436

The colors for this challenge are Polished Pink, Soft Succulent and Evening Evergreen. I started with an Evening Evergreen card base that I embossed using one of the Meadow Moments folders.

I used a Stitched Rectangle die to cut a piece of white for the card front. All of the stamping was done with the Delicate Dahlias Stamp set. The small flowers were stamped in Polished Pink. The small leaves and sentiment were stamped using Evening Evergreen.

Other die sets used include, Peony, Forever Flourishing and Tailor Made Tags. To embellish the card I added a strip of the Be Dazzling Specialty Paper and a bow made from Polished Pink Open Weave Ribbon. 

Thank you for stopping by today. Have a great week!

Fusion of a Sketch and a Photo

Today's card combines a variety of products to create a simple card. This card is for the Fusion Card Challenge. This challenge offers a sketch and a photo as inspiration. You may choose either element or you may fuse the two elements together. 

For this card I started with a Thick Basic White card base. I used the Checks from the Checks and Dots Embossing Folders to create a subtle background.

A panel of Misty Moonlight created a border for a piece of Penguin Playmates DSP. Misty Moonlight silver Baker's Twine was tied around the panel to add some sparkle.

The sentiment from One Happy Family was stamped with black ink onto a piece of Basic White cardstock.

The adorable bear from the Count on Me Stamp set was stamped onto Basic White cardstock using black ink. Polished Pink, Cinnamon Cider and Ivory blends were used to color the bear.

I hope you like my card.

Cute Halloween for a Sketch Challenge

Hello All and Happy Saturday

I love everything about the Cute Halloween Sweet. The colors, the patterns, the images and the ribbons are all perfect for a fun Halloween. I used the ghost patterned DSP in my card for the Global Design Project #308 Case the Designer.

One of the best things about this suite is the fun images on the Cute Halloween DSP. Some of the images coordinate with the Halloween Punch. The images are also easy to fussy-cut.

I used three of the paper patterns for this card. Two for layers and one for the adorable ghosts. The layers were adhered to a Highland Heather card base.

The sentiment is from the coordinating stamp set, Cutest Halloween. It as stamped with black ink onto a one inch strip of Highland Heather cardstock. The card is finished off with the Cute Stars Adhesive Backed Sequins.

Thanks for stopping by today. I hope you like my card. Don't forget to check out all of the cards at Global Design Project.

Happy Stamping!

Throwback Thursday

Hi All! I am so glad I came across the Retro Rubber Challenge blog. I have quite a few older stamps that I just refuse to part with. (Yes, some have never been used.) For the current Retro Rubber Challenge #166, I pulled out some beautiful flowers from the Bloom with Hope stamp set. I think this set dates back to 2014.

The theme of this challenge is Dog Days of Summer. For me that is the time when we are picking the end of summer's produce. This week we will be making "V8" otherwise known as Bloody Mary Mix.

I chose Rich Razzleberry, Calypso Coral and Mossy Meadow for my card. The flowers and sentiment all came from the Bloom with Hope stamp set. The background image is from the current Gorgeous Leaves stamp set and is stamped in Early Espresso.  

I found some old calypso Coral embellishments and some recently retired Mossy Meadow braided trim to complete my card. The sentiment was die cut from the current Tailor Made Tags dies.

I hope you enjoy this blast from the past. This set still holds up and is not much different from some current products. 

Happy Stamping!

More Gorgeous Leaves

The TGIF Challenge 332 included some colors this week that first had me thinking Christmas. Cinnamon Cider, Cherry Cobbler and Mossy Meadow also make gorgeous autumn leaves.

This card started with a standard card bae cut from Cherry Cobbler cardstock. For the bottom layer I stamped the small leaf cluster from the Gorgeous Leaves Stamp set using Mossy Meadow onto Mossy Meadow cardstock.

I stamped the same leaves onto a piece of Very Vanilla. The splatter stamp was stamped in Cinnamon Cider ink.

The sentiment from Lovely You was stamped with Mossy Meadow.

The leaves were cut using the Intricate Leaves dies from the above colors and from gold foil. The Cherry Cobbler and Gold Ribbon completed the card. 

I hope you like my card. Have a great day!

From the Scrap Pile

Happy Wednesday All! Today's card was created for a challenge to use scraps by the Inspired By Scraps IB185. I took full advantage of this task and went straight to my "scrap pile". 

This is a box where I stash my extra bits and pieces. It is a catch all for those pieces that didn't make it onto a card, bows, die cuts, DSP scraps... 

Here are the goodies I pulled from the box to create todays card. I got some really old pearls, retired DSP and some practice flowers from the Delicate Dahlias Stamp set. I also found a tag with a sentiment from Color and Contour Stamp set.

To bring this card together I started with a Thick Basic White card base. Then I adhered the DSP strips and added a vellum card front. I stamped some Soft Succulent leaves using the Delicate Dahlia stamps. These were fussy cut and glued behind the flowers. 

Thanks for stopping by. Go and check out all the other cards in this challenge.

Happy Stamping!

Inspire,Create,Challenges 098 Holiday Card

This holiday card is for the Inspire Create Challenges 098 Sketch Challenge. I picked the Sweet Stockings DSP for this challenge. To be honest, I'm not a big fan of the animals on the paper. That being said, the non-animal patterns are perfect for the holidays.

I love the "stitching" on this DSP. I thought it would be a perfect background for these stockings. Cherry Cobbler and Old Olive cardstock, two colors in the DSP, were used for the card
base and layering.

The scallops around the sentiment were cut out of Cherry Cobbler cardstock using the Scalloped Contour Dies.

The sentiment is from the Snowman Season Stamp set and stamped using Cherry Cobbler ink.

The stockings were fussy cut from the Sweet Stockings DSP. Two Bumblebee Matte Decorative Dots add a little embellishment to the card.

This card makes me want to sip a cup of cocoa in front of a warm fire. I hope it gives you like it!

Be sure to visit the challenge site and see all the other great projects. 

Happy Crafting!