SKETCH FRENZY FRIDAY CHALLENGE CARD WITH BLENDABILITIES

HEY BLOGGIES,

I hope your Mother's Day weekend was as nice as mine was.  All five kids called me to wish me a happy day and my eldest, Spencer, had us over for dinner.  They gave me a new pear tree to plant at our new home.  I LOVE IT.  What a thoughtful gift!!

On to my card today.  I used the SKETCH FRENZY FRIDAY CHALLENGE SKETCH to create my card.  Here is the sketch:

I also used the sketch from Case this Sketch:

 And here is my take on the sketches, using new SU catalog items:

 I used some DSP from the new Paper Pack called MOONLIGHT.  It has the 5 new In-Colors in the prints, but I chose a print that was only one color - NEW BLACKBERRY BLISS.  I also used the NEW single stamp called BLENDED BLOOM, which is just perfect to also use the NEW BLENDABILITIES to color the flower.  The smaller flower is from Secret Garden.  I added 3 mini nail art rhinestones for a bit of sparkle and the sentiment bubble which are not from SU.

Do you like the fun shape I cut the left side of my card?  My friend, Tammy, suggested using a die to do that to add a little bit of interest there behind the card stock and designer paper.  I like how it looks too!!

I used the Rich Razzleberry set and the Daffodil Delight set of the BLENDABILITIES to color my flower.  I also added just a little bit of the regular water color marker in BLACKBERRY BLISS.

See that ribbon?  Yes, that is NEW also...it is silky satin and feels so wonderful and is also in the blackberry bliss in-color.  LOVE IT.  I used a button that is not from SU for the middle of my flower.

Thanks for stopping by.  Please hop over to CAS(E) THIS SKETCH and SKETCH FRENZY FRIDAY to see what the other design team members have created for your enjoyment, won't you?

DEMO GROUP CARD SWAP LAST NIGHT

We had so much fun at our demo group card swap last night.  It was at Carolyn's home and she had the cutest card for us to make.  Have I mentioned before that I LOVE all the wonderful embossing folders for my BIG SHOT??   Well I do and Carolyn used the Framed Tulips embossing folder for the front of this beautiful card, along with the Pocket Silhouettes stamp set and some yummy satin ribbon.  Early espresso and crumb cake are some of my favorites for a clean and simple look.  Wonderful!!

Rhonda made this next card in fun bright poppy parade.  She used the Strength and Hope stamp set, DSP, and some little pearls.  She also used the poppy parade polyester ribbon to match.  She fussy cut the butterfly out and popped it up so it's wings could flap.  I love how she put the butterfly on the white circle and had it slightly askew off the page.  Great Job Rhonda.

This next card is mine.  I used the Season of Friendship set for my card, stamped on Sahara Sand.  The card base is crumb cake (see I told you it is one of my all time favorites).  I stamped each leaf image three times to get the different gradation of the leaf colors for some depth.  And for a fun touch, I heat embossed the tummy of each bird with tangerine tango.  The sentiment is from the same set and I finished it off with our bakers twine in chocolate chip.  What do you think?  I would love to hear your comments please.  I enjoy hearing from you.

This next card is so cute and bright.  I believe it is Susan's card.  She used her Fun Flowers die for the Big shot to make the bright flower, added glitter inside the center button of the flower, and used brads to hold her sentiment on the card.  She used a border punch for the green dsp and Pacific Point striped ribbon down the center ties it all together.  I love this paper and am still hoarding some of it from this year's Sale-a-bration.  Really cute card Susan!!

Pat used her new Blossom Bouquet Triple Layer Punch for these flowers.  Such a bargain to get three different punches in one!  The leaves are stamped and then fussy cut individually and she added a border punch at the top.  Brads were used as the centers of the flowers.  Bright and fun.  Who wouldn't love to get this card in the mail?

The last card here is Dee's card.  The two tone blues are so pretty together, aren't they?  She used a delicate DSP for her background and some layered punches for the flowers which have brads in the center.  Her Baja Breeze striped ribbon.  That is what is so wonderful about SU papers, inks and ribbons, as well as accessories - they all match perfectly.  I LOVE IT.



Sorry about the shadow on my photos at the bottom.  It is not my finger in the way, there is something inside the camera blocking my lens.  I can't get it out so will have to take it to a camera shop to see what I can do.

As always, I am just an email or phone call away.  I would be happy to help you in all your crafting projects, won't you drop me a line?  You can order anytime from your home, on line at my stampin up website.

Have a great day and inky fingers y'all!!

TWO MASCULINE VALENTINES HSSCT53 CHALLENGE

With Valentine's usually being all fru-fru and lacey, etc, I thought it would be fun to do a masculine manly card.  I used the a-la-carte single stamp BE MY VALENTINE for this card.  I stamped it in black ink on whisper white card stock, layered it onto News Print DSP, then onto real red card stock.  I put all these layers on a black card stock base and added a sheet of whisper white inside for the sentiment and note.  I used the very thin 1/8" black ribbon with the white edging to tie a simple knot.  LOVE IT.  And for just a little bling, I used my versamark pen and dabbled a bit on the heart then added black sparkle embossing powder and heat embossed it.  What do you think?  All the ladies at my workshop yesterday loved it.

Another masculine card is this one I made this past week for HSSCT53 Challenge:

Sorry the photo is fuzzy.  I used my phone instead of my camera to shoot it.  This is the FILLED WITH LOVE stamp set using old olive and real red ink, layered on black card stock.  I put the LOVE all "kittywampus" on the layer of Newsprint DSP which is also layered on black then the base white card stock.  I made a very simple knot with the BLACK SATIN RIBBON. 

Hope these gave you some inspiration to make your own masculine valentine's cards.  Won't you share them with me?

Keep stamping and smiling!!