Sweet Sunday Teddy

It's time for this week's Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge, SSSC108.

I made a card for a friend using one of my fave sets from Taylored Expressions, Beary Special. The images of different stuffed animals in this set are so adorable, and this teddy was calling out to me.

He's stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black onto Choice Buttercream and coloured with copics. Parts of him are paper pieced with a pattern from October Afternoon Farm Fresh. The rest of the patterned papers are from October Afternoon Campfire. I cut out teddy and popped him on foam tape onto a square of kraft cardstock. This seems to be my new thing...I love cutting out images lately! Oh, and because I've used kraft, I can play along with my bud Jeanie's That's Krafty Challenge #48.

I took some creative liberty with the element in the corner and added a fun polka dot pennant with the Pennant a la carte stamp and the Pennant Border die...LOVE!!! It was just a tad too long for where I wanted it so I snipped off the ends and added my own twine bows. A few Twinkles, some glitter candy dots and plenty of sewing finished off the details.

I hope you'll play along with this week's sketch and link your creation on Karen's blog. Now it's time to hop around and see what the rest of the Sweet Sunday Stampers came up with!
Dana White
Jen Tapler
Lynn Put
Sarah-Jane Kale'
Vicki Burdick
and Karen Giron

Thanks for stopping by!
Karen

Sweet Sunday Cooking

It's time for this week's Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge, SSSC94. You'll find the sketch on Karen Giron's blog The Sweetest Thing.

For my card today I ended up combining three challenges. I started with the sketch then paired it with the MFT Wednesday Stamp Club challenge...My Favourite Things, inspired by a song from The Sound of Music. But I have a bit of a shocker for you...I've never seen The Sound of Music!!! Eeeeeeks!!! It's become quite comical actually and every time I tell someone I get the same shocked reaction. I see you...close your mouth... ;-)
But now it's become a little mission of mine...I figure I've gone through 40 years without seeing it, now I'm doing my best to never see it. It's a weird quirk of mine...and frankly I love the shock value! LOL!!! BUT, eventhough I've never seen the movie I do know some of the songs and with this song I was inspired by lines "brown paper packages" and "crisp apple streudels". So I used kraft cardstock for the brown paper packages and my A La Mode What's Cooking? is baking up a batch of crisp apple streudels, just in time for Sunday dinner! Yum!!!

The kraft cardstock part of my card qualifies it for my buddy Jeanie's That's Krafty Thursday challenge #42. The image is stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black onto Choice Buttercream and coloured with copics. I added some red sparkle to her head band and the apron ties then I cut her out. I added detail with some black stitching and I my little open scallop border die-namic. Then I used my scalloped rolled flower dienamic and created the gorgeous blue flower. The patterned papers are from my Cosmo Cricket Circa 1934 mini deck.

I hope you'll play along with this week's sketch and link your creation on Karen's blog. Now let's go see what the other Sweet Sunday Stampers created.
Jen Tapler
Joanne Basile
Laura Fredrickson
Lynn Put
Vicki Burdick
and Karen Giron

Thanks for stopping by!
Karen

Sunshine and Sandy Beaches

For my card today I had visions of bathing suits hanging on the line after a fun day at the beach, the sun setting in the background. So I reached for my Hangin' Out-at the Beach set from Taylored Expressions and set to work. I used TESC116.

And this is what I ended up with!!! I'm really happy with the result!!! I used this sunset photo from our recent trip to Hawaii as inspiration for the sunset background.

Here's how I did the sunset background. First I cut out a circle of Choice Snow white with Nestabilities. Then I placed Eclipse tape straight across the circle to create the horizon and I punched a small circle from Eclipse tape for the sun. Then I sponged the sky using sponge daubers and three shades of Memento ink. Starting at the horizon line and working my way up I used Potter's Clay, Cantaloupe, and Dandelion, blending the edges of each colour with the next. Once the sky was all sponged I pulled up the circle of Eclipse tape and added a touch of colour to the sun to tone down the stark white of the paper. Then I moved my Eclipse tape to cover the sky and set to work on the water. I used the same sponging technique for the water, working with three shades of blue, Paris Dusk, Danube Blue, and Bahama Blue.

The rest of the card is pretty basic. I added a piece of hemp for the clothes line and a little cork for the sandy beach, then I paired the sunset with Cosmo Cricket Delovely paper and toned it down again with a little kraft cardstock. The bathing suit is paper pieced and the flowers were stamped with Lilac Posies and popped on foam tape for dimension. I wanted the flowers to look like the ones on the paper so I added clear rhinestones to the centers then coloured them with a yellow copic marker (Y15).

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Thanks for stopping by!
Karen

Celebrate

For today's card I decided to ink up my Celebrate definition block from Stamping Bella and let it take center stage. Have I told you how much I love these definition stamps??? Yes, I think I have, but I'll tell you again...LOL!!! This one could be used for soooooooo  many occasions, but I turned it into a birthday card by incorporating one of the cupcake images from the Mommy and Baby Cupcake stamp. I used Jen's Sketch For You To Try for the layout.

I reached for my Cosmo Cricket Delovely mini deck for plenty of colour on this card, but I toned it down just a little with a layer of kraft cardstock. Thanks to my fellow Bella Babe Jeanie for reminding me to use kraft...and now I can link this card up to her That's Krafty Thursday Challenge.

The Celebrate definition was stamped directly onto patterned paper then cut out with Nestabilties. The cupcake was stamped onto Bella's Bestest Paper and coloured with copics. I added sparkle with some Spica glitter pens. The little bit of yellow ribbon is from my stash and I added some aqua Bonbons for sparkle.

Bellarific Fridays are on hold for two weeks while Em is travelling and we'll resume again on June 25th with this fabulous sketch from Jodibella. There's plenty of time for you to play along, just be sure to email your submission to Em by June 24th in order to be included in the round-up.

Thanks for stopping by!
Karen