WELL THAT IS JUST "PEACHY KEEN"

hey bloggies,

Sorry I have been a bit quiet this week.  Lots of work going on to sell our home and lots of showings so I have to leave for 30 minutes each appointment.  That equals not much stamping!!

Today I have a card to go with our current sketch on SKETCH FRENZY FRIDAY. 

I used the sketch to start my creativity, but strayed a bit from it.  Instead of banners I used stamped arrows.  Hope you like it:

 Here is my take on the sketch with lots of fun arrows and spears.  Love the stamp set PEACHY KEEN.

 I got a card similar to this at Leadership from my roomie DJ, a demo from Austin.  Thanks DJ for the idea!!

Heat embossed the sentiment and punched it out with extra large circle punch, then popped it up on dimensionals.  I love the spring colors of the coastal cabana, baked brown sugar, summer starfruit, and crisp cantaloupe.  The card base is coastal cabana with a layer of crisp cantaloupe underneath the whisper white main layer.

Thanks for stopping by,  Pop over to Sketch Frenzy Friday to see the other team member's cards and to enter YOUR creation on the site as well.

Come back again for some more creativity, won't you?

RAIN BOOTS, UMBRELLA, SPRING FLOWERS AND DUCKIES..

WHAT DO ALL THESE THINGS HAVE IN COMMON?  RAIN BOOTS, UMBRELLA, SPRING FLOWERS AND DUCKIES??      S P R I N G   R A I N

I used the stamp set called SPRING SAMPLER for my card today.  I chose 5 stamps that I think depict where we are here in Gulf Coast Texas.  It is still cold at nights and windy cold, but the days are beautiful blue one day and gray and rainy the next.  We definitely do NOT complain about the rain since we have been 2 years in a drought now.  We WANT these spring rains to come as often as they can!!

I used spring colors of gumball green, starfruit, certainly celery and old olive.  Isn't this a cute and simple card?

 I used the postage stamp punch to punch out the inked images, then I layered them on top of the scallop square punch in gumball green and starfruit.

 The ribbon is not showing up with the true color.  It is also summer starfruit like the duck.  And here the green is showing up too dark.  I am sorry about the lighting.

The designer paper is from the Print Poetry paper stack and it is gumball green.  The rain cloud and raindrops is NOT gray, but is certainly celery.

Hope you enjoyed my card.  I am linking it to the following challenges:

SU-ONLY CHALLENGE

March SCIC #65

PAPER CRAFT CREW CHALLENGE

CREATE WITH CONNIE AND MARY

LATE NIGHT STAMPERS CHALLENGE

TRY STAMPIN' ON TUESDAY

Thanks for stopping by my blog!!  Won't you leave me a comment on my card for today?

SALE-A-BRATION BLOG HOP - DAY TWO

This has been so much fun seeing all the ideas from my team mates.  I hope you have found some ideas and also some products you want to add to your "stash".

I have what I think is a very  CUTE GIFT for a THANK YOU to teachers, or a THINKING OF YOU for a friend, etc.  It is a little decorated holder of a mini pen and some post-it notes.  Perfect for someone's desk or purse.

 Here are three of them I made, each a little different but the same design template.

 I used the following card stock colors:
   Summer Starfruit
   Midnight Muse
   Gumball Green

The designer paper pack is called PRINT POETRY DESIGNER SERIES PAPER STACK.  It is a pack of 48 double sided papers sized at 4 1/2" x 6 1/2" in a pad.  Easy to store and easy to flip through to choose what you want to use.  I LOVE this size of DSP.  It is in our new SPRING CATALOG.

 Here it is open so you can better understand the design.  These mini pens are being sold all over, and the best price I found in my area is in the discount aisle at Target.  They say Little Kitty on them, but hey, I don't think it matters, does it?

The PETITE BUTTERFLY PUNCH is from the Spring Catalog, and the curly label punch is from the large annual catalog.  The PETITE CURLY LABEL PUNCH is a FREE item from Sale-a-Bration.  The "hello" is from the stamp set called PRETTY PETITES and is also a FREE item from Sale-a-Bration.  I used pearls for the bodies of the butterflies.

Thanks so much for visiting each day of our blog hop.  If you do not have a demonstrator, please consider letting me be your demonstrator, won't you?

Don't forget to leave a comment for a chance to win my BLOG CANDY.

Click the NEXT button below to hop to our next team member, De Williamson.  If you need to go back to Bridgett's blog, you can click on the PREVIOUS button.

PP97 and GLITTER QUEEN BLOG HOP....DAY TWO

WOW!!  WEREN'T THOSE PROJECTS AWESOME FROM ALL THE GLITTER QUEENS YESTERDAY??!!  I HAVE A FEW I WANT TO MAKE MYSELF.

I WANT TO THANK MY MANAGER, DAWN GRIFFITH, FOR STARTING OFF OUR BLOG HOP EACH DAY.  IT SURE IS FUN TO DO PROJECTS WHEN WE KNOW THAT LOTS OF PEOPLE ARE GOING TO VIEW THEM AND ENJOY THEM.

TODAY I HAVE ANOTHER FOLDING TECHNIQUE.  THIS TIME IT IS A CARD CALLED A DOUBLE GATE FOLD CARD.  AND I HAVE USED SOME NEW CATALOG ITEMS FOR YOU TO SEE!!  WOO HOO.

HERE IS THE CARD ALL FINISHED.  I USED THE NEW DSP FLORAL DISTRICT, (item #126919).  LOVE THE COLORS IN IT.  I ALSO USED A PIECE OF CARD STOCK IN THE NEW IN COLOR SUMMER STARFRUIT FOR THE INSIDE.  I USED SUMMER STARFRUIT AND PRIMROSE PETALS INKS FOR THE FLOWER AND PUNCHED IT WITH THE SCALLOP PUNCH AND THE 3/4" CIRCLE PUNCH FOR THE CENTER.

details:

• 5-1/2" x 12" piece of Designer Series Paper (FLORAL DISTRICT DSP), Scored at 2", 4", 8", and 10" ON YOUR SIMPLY SCORED.
• Turn and make a small mark at 2-3/4 on both ends
• SUMMER STARFRUIT CARD STOCK  CUT AT 3 7/8" X 5 1/8". 

HERE IT IS ALL SCORED AND FOLDED.

HERE IS A BIRD'S EYE VIEW LOOKING DOWN AT THE CARD ALL SCORED & FOLDED

 THIS IS THE BACK SIDE OF MY DSP. THIS SIDE IS JUST AS PRETTY, ISN'T IT?  FROM THE 4" SCORE LINE DIAGONALLY TO THE MARK WE PUT ON EACH SIDE, YOU CUT OFF THE TRIANGLE IT CREATES WITH YOUR PAPER CUTTER.  CUT OFF BOTH SIDES AND SAVE THEM TO USE ON THE FRONT.

YOUR SUMMER STARFRUIT CARD STOCK PIECE WILL FIT INSIDE (3 7/8" X
5 1/8".)  HERE IS THE PHOTO OF THE CARD STOCK APPLIED INSIDE AND THE TWO TRIANGLES GLUED TO THE FRONT BOTTOM EDGES.

THIS IS A CLOSEUP SO YOU CAN SEE THE TRIANGLE PIECE AND HOW IT IS GLUED IN PLACE.

I ADDED ANOTHER STAMPED AND PUNCHED FLOWER FROM BUTTON BUDDIES STAMP SET ON THE INSIDE AS WELL.  I USED THE ROCK AND ROLL TECHNIQUE WITH PRIMROSE PETALS AND SUMMER STARFRUIT INK.  YOU CAN SEE THE CENTER IS PUNCHED WITH THE  3/4" CIRCLE PUNCH AND IS UP ON DIMENSIONALS.

 NOW TO MAKE A PRETTY ENVELOPE TO GO WITH THIS BEAUTIFUL CARD.  TAKE A LARGE ENVELOPE AND SEAL IT UP.  THEN MEASURE WHERE YOUR CARD GOES AND CUT OFF THE REMAINDER OF THE ENVELOPE LEAVING 1/4" MORE THAN THE SIZE OF THE CARD.  MY CARD IS GOING TO FIT CROSSWISE IN THIS ENVELOPE.

 NOW CUT A PIECE OF MATCHING DSP ABOUT 1 3/4" TO 2" WIDE BY THE LENGTH OF THE ENVELOPE.  PUT A SCORE LINE AT 3/4" AND FOLD.  PUT GOOD GLUE ON THE BACK OF THE SMALLER PIECE AND SLIDE IT INTO THE ENVELOPE TO ADHERE.  THIS WILL BE THE DECORATED FLAP.

 I LIKE THE FLAP TO COME TO THE FRONT OF THE ENVELOPE, WHICH IS DIFFERENT FROM MOST ENVELOPES.  THAT IS BECAUSE I WANT IT TO SHOW UP PRETTY.

I USED MY RASPBERRY RIPPLE AND PRIMROSE PETALS MARKERS AND COLORED A FEW PETALS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DSP FLOWER ON THE FLAP. YOU CAN SEE THAT UNDER MY THUMB.

I LOVE HAVING A MATCHING ENVELOPE FOR MY SPECIALLY CREATED CARDS.

THE FLOWER STAMP IS FROM BUTTON BUDDIES AND MATCHES SO WELL TO THIS PAPER I THINK.  THE SCALLOP PUNCHED FLOWER IS ONLY ATTACHED TO THE LEFT SIDE OF THE TWO FRONT FOLDS.  IT IS NOT ATTACHED TO THE RIGHT SIDE SO THAT IT CAN OPEN.

I HAVE BLOG CANDY TO GIVE AWAY.  MAKE SURE YOU ARE A FOLLOWER AND LEAVE ME A COMMENT TODAY AND ALL DAYS OF THIS BLOG HOP.  I WILL DRAW THE WINNER AFTER THE HOP IS OVER.

           ON TO JAN'S BLOG NEXT TO SEE WHAT FUN IDEAS SHE IS SHARING TODAY:

IF YOU WANT TO GO BACK TO TAMARA'S BLOG:

HERE'S TO INKY FINGERS Y'ALL!!