My First SCS Sketch Challenge

I have been wanting to participate in the challenges on splitcoaststampers forever...and today was the day! This is sketch challenge SC140. What a fun card this was to make! I think I could throw away all my 48 colors of SU ink and just live on the 6 new incolor inks the rest of the year! This card uses the designer paper named Cutie Pie. I also used Wild Wasabi paper and Purely Pomegranate paper. I used my Marvin Uchida Square Scallop (Giga size) punch. I used Purely Pomegranate ink and double stitched ribbon. If I had to do this card over again I would have tied knots in the ribbon on the right side. Oh well...I'm happy with the way it turned out. Thanks for looking at my blog!

Working on Christmas...

This card looks much better in person...(what card wouldn't!). I love long 3 day weekends!! It has given me some time to play up in my stamp room!

For this card I used basic black, purely pomegranate, and very vanilla. The stamp set is called "Season of Joy". I started out with a 8 1/2" x 5 1/4" basic black folded card base. I took a scrap of purely pomegranate and sponged all over the paper with purely pomegranate ink. I stamped the image and then paper pierced it. I also sponged purely pomegranate ink all over the very vanilla card stock piece. I matted the very vanilla with basic black. I used the purely pomegranate double stitched ribbon across the card. I LOVE THIS RIBBON! I used two pop dots on the right side of the vanilla piece to equal out the height of the left side of the card layered on the ribbon and pomegranate square. Thanks for looking! Thank goodness for spellcheck...I spelled pomegranate wrong every single time! :)

Thanks to Charmaine!

Hey bloggers! Make sure you check out this fantastic blog: http://www.oodabugalley.blogspot.com/ Her name is Charmaine and all of her projects are beautiful works of art! Everyday I am amazed at her projects. How does she do this with two kids? Great work Charmaine!

First Fall Leaves

It's that time of the year to start breaking out my fall and winter sets. It seems like there is only such a short time to use the fall ones. I love everything about fall!

I was trying to make this card completely monochromatic but it just didn't turn out that way. Eggplant Envy seems to be a color I only use in the fall. Does anyone else do that? This stamp set was another one of my "must haves" from the new catalog. It is called "With Gratitude". I took the leaf and stamped it on 4 1/4" x 5 1/2 " piece of eggplant envy for the background. I stamped the leaf on Very Vanilla and cut it out. The base of the card is an 8 1/2" x 5 1/2" piece of Saraha Sand.

I love to tear paper on my cards and haven't done that for a long time. I like the texture it adds. I ended by tearing the eggplant at an angle and adhering to the folded card base. I stamped "With Gratitude" at the bottom. Thanks for looking!!!

Haunted Candy Wrapper

It was hard not to eat this candy bar before I decorated it! Just take a 5 1/2 x 5 1/2 piece of paper (I used lovely lilac) and stamp your background image on it. I used "Happy Boo to You". Wrap the base around the candy bar - it's best to use sticky strip to seal it so it will stay. That stuff is awesome! Then I just cut out little squares 1 1/2 by 1 3/4 inches and stamped my favorite Booglie Eye characters on them. I matted them on basic black paper and used a white gel pen to color in their eyes. I used the colors only orange and gable green. This was a simple project I used in one of my classes and the ladies loved it. Thanks for looking!

Baby Boy Card

Two of my friends had babies this week and they were both baby boys!

I started out with a 4 1/2 by 11 card base of close to cocoa paper and then added layers of blue bayou and scrapbook paper by www.karenpanacci.com. I used the ticket corner punch on those layers. I used my new favorite tool - the Marvy Uchida Scallop Punch with blue bayou paper and cut a circle out with my cricut out of very vanilla paper. I paper pierced a strip of close to cocoa behind the circle. I used SU I'm Here and Hugs and Kisses stamp sets. I added pewter brads and blue bayou ribbon to finish the project.

A Topper Card

I had been wanting to make a "topper" card using my new Marvy Uchida circle punch. The stamp set used is SU Bud Basics. I was so glad that they brought this set into the new catalog! The colors I used were pretty in pink, celery, and close to cocoa. The scrapbook paper by www.kellypanacci.com. I used my paper piercing tool to poke holes in my scalloped circle. I finished by handwriting "Welcome Back!" Thanks for looking!