Sketch N Stash

I had a few cards to make and went on the hunt for a few Sketches...

For this card I used the Sketch from the current Challenge over at Sketch N Stash.  I used a cute Birthday Digi stamp from Sassy Cheryl's, colored her up with my Copics, added some Black sheer ribbon and stamped Happy Birthday inside the card - Fairly quick card to create this morning!!

Here's the result:

Challenges:

Color Throwdown - Color Challenge
                                                                
Sketch N Stash - Sketch
                                        

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Blessings to you!!

Thinking of You...

Quick card today combining three Challenges:
Sassy Cheryl's - Flowers, Flowers Everywhere
Sketch Saturday
                              
Color Throwdown
                               

I used a Bear with Flowers image from Sassy Cheryl's, colored him in with Copics and fussy cut him out and then mounted him with Pop Dots.  The papers are from my stash, and the tiny flowers and brads are Close to My Heart.  I also used a Fiskars Scallop Punch and added a piece of coral ribbon.

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Blessings to you!!

Birthday Girl

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Tonight I made a card for my Birthday Stash!! I can never have enought Birthday Cards on hand!! I chose the sketch from The Sketchy Challenges and combined it with the color challenge over at The Color Throwdown. The image is from Lili of the Valley. Love this sweet little girl with her bousquet of flowers... The image is colored in with Copics, fussy cut out and mounted with Pop Dots. The papers are from my stash. The corcheted flowers and the pearls are from CtMH.

A Day at the Beach =)

Couldn't wait to make this card late last night...  Sometimes I get these cards in my head and just have to get started...  does that happen to you fellow paper crafters???  I love seeing what it turns out to be in the end.  I must admit I am a bit tired this morning and am totally enjoying my coffee!!

The image of course is from the Saturated Canary.  Love, love, love this little girl!!  Having spent my summers growing up at the family beach house in Pocasset on Cape Cod, I was immediately drawn to this image =)  I used the sketch from {Freshly Made} Sketches and the color inspiration from The Color Throwdown.  I love the colors - my favorite combo is blue and yellow!!  (Must be the Swedish in me...).  I am also entering this card in the Papertake Weekly Challenge - 3-2-1 (3 buttons, 2 DP, 1 Image) and Saturated Canary - Anything Goes.  This is a first for me to enter one card in 4 Challenges...  but with out planning, they all seem to fit. 

Card Recipe: 

DP My Mind's Eye Follow Your Heart - Be Amazing

CS - Close to My Heart

Image - Saturated Canary - colored with Copics

Sentiment - Lili of the Valley

Ribbons and Buttons - CtMH

Thanks so much for stopping by - and don't forget your pail when you hit the beach this summer!!

The Deconstructed Throwdown...

A quick post before much needed sleeeeep...  Couldn't wait to make this card tonight.  I'm using the sketch from The Deconstructed Sketch Blog and the color challenge over at The Color Throwdown.  I went with the inspiration of the picture as well.  This paper seems to be my go to pad right now.  It's Authentique 6x6 Bundle - Fresh.  Love, love the beachy feel!  The image is from the Sweet Stop.  Inside the card I used a sentiment stamp from CtMH "One today is worth Two tomorrows - Ben Franklin".  This sentiment is perfect for the person I am making the card for.  The image is colored with Copics and the card is simply embellished with red Baker's Twine.  I debated adding more embellishments, but decided I liked the simplicity of the design.  

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You've Got Mail!!

It's Friday!!!  AND I can finally start my weekend off making a card - YAY!!!  I stopped into a local Scrap booking store and found a few really cute Pure Innocence stamps from My Favorite Things - I love these stamps.  Tonight's card features the stamp Happy Mail.  I chose to do the Challenge over at The Color Throwdown and started looking for papers that would work.    I'm using the Sketch from Sweet Sketch Wednesday. 

The Papers are from the 6 x 6 pads Authentique - Genuine and Miss Caroline - Howdy Doody.  The Pure Innocence image is colored in with Copic Markers.  The Coral ribbon, flowers and tiny brads are Close to My Heart.  The white organza ribbon is from my wonderful stash drawer =)

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all you need is LOVE...

Hope everyone had a great Monday.  I couldn't wait to get to my crafting desk tonight...  I sat in my comfy chair with my laptop in search of some inspiration, and as always, I found some!!   First I went to one of my favorite color challenges The Color Throwdown and loved the color combination.  I then went to Perfect Sentiments.  Their Challenge was to use an Uplifting Sentiment along with this Sketch =) I was all set!  I went with the colors at The Color Throwdown even though I was too late to post for the Challenge... I am happy with how the colors turned out.

The paper and flower are from Recollections.  The card stock is Close to My Heart.  The sentiment is also CtMH from the stamp set D1501 stamped with CtMH Black Ink.  The black sheer ribbon is from my stash...  

Make it a Double!

Tonight I made a Father's Day card - wow, this crafting has me way ahead of the game!!  I not only used the colors for inspiration at The Color Throwdown Challenge, but the picture as well.  It hit me how the sketch over at Freshly Made Sketches reminded me of an aquarium - so I put the two challenges together, found a stamp set I hadn't used yet but have had for a long while and came up with this card.  The Stamp set is Close to My Heart World's Best Dad.  I used quite a few of the stamps and stamped them with Desert Sand, Outdoor Denim and Black.  The fish were colored in with CtMH markers in Sweet Leaf and Sunny yellow.  A few of the fish were attached with Pop Dots.  Each fish has a teeny tiny opaque pearl, either black, or blue for an eye. 
My only challenge left for this card will be to remember where I put it come Father's Day!!

The Color Throwdown #182

Love color challenges, especially this one =)  The Color Throwdown!  I have to say that I must be more tired than I thought I was.  I chose my papers to incorporate the 4 colors, that worked out well...  I also chose what I thought was a current sketch challenge from a Blog I found today.  After finishing my card I realized it was a challenge from early January!!  hahaha...  oh dear... 
I stepped outside of my comfort zone with this card and did some distressing.  I usually like my lines clean, but this paper seemed to need to be distressed.  I used a base of Lagoon card stock.  The background paper has prints of a dress pattern - wow what memories that paper brings back!!  I actually crumpled it in my hand and roughed up the edges of all pieces with a distressing tool.  All of the paper is Close to My Heart, the bulk of it from the Stella collection, and the smaller circle from Pemberley.  The sentiment is Verve, inside the wish continues and says... "a year full of blessings".  The buttons and ribbon are CtMH.
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Color Throwdown...

I wanted to make a quick card tonight (they never seem to be quick though...), so I went to one of my favorite Blogs The Color Throwdown!  I love to check out the color combinations and see what comes to mind...  Looking through my folder of Digis, I spotted sweet Ella from by LORi designs.  I thought her lollipop would definitely be red!


I used Close to My Heart papers from some of the retired packs in greens and pinks and set Ella on red cardstock.  The buttons are also from CtMH and tied off with white Waxy Flax.  I love her pink and green dress and what girl doesn't love red shoes?!?

Thanks for stopping by!!  Good Night all!!

Oh Scrap!? Let's Throwdown some Color!!

I purchased this cute Digi Stamp from Whimsie Doodles ( I think the fish are soo adorable!!) and when I saw the colors in the Color Throwdown Challenge I thought it was the perfect time to dig out some scraps and make a card for both Color Throwdown and Whimsie Doodles February Challenge Oh Scrap!
With the circle shape and the roughly gathered sheer white ribbon around it, it gives the feeling that they are hanging out in a fish bowl, happy to "Sea" each other while out for a swim =)  (I wonder if fish drink coffee... ; ))
I layered gray and yellow cardstock,
(the yellow roughly torn at the edges), then cut circles from orange and blue scraps.  I added sheer white ribbon and 3 tiny white brads at two of the corners.  All paper and embellishments are Close to My Heart.  The Digi stamp is Whimsie Doodles colored in with Tombow markers.

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Moving along with my card making today I decided to check out some of the other Saturday Challenges.  This card is based on the sketch at The Sketch Saturday Blog and the color combination from The Color Throwdown blog.  This is my first time combining Challenges - it just seemed to work for this card.  

 I used Close to My Heart papers and the Digi Stamp "Well Wishers" from Paper Pretties.  I used CtMH and Tombow markers to color in the pups =)  All embellishments are CtMH

The Color Throwdown!

I was looking for a color challenge and came across The Color Throwdown blog.  I loved the combination of this week's challenge CTD177 - what fun!! 

With the color combination of Pink, Black and White, it seemed a perfect set up to start making Valentine Cards!!

All materials used are Close to My Heart. 

The large heart is from the stamp set A1123 - I Adore You, one of the new sets in the Spring Summer Idea Book just released.  I love the detail in the heart.  The sentiment is from a retired Valentine set.