Sweet Sunday Holidays

It's time for this week's Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge, SSSC210.

I can't believe it's already March and I haven't even started on my Christmas cards for this year. Sheesh…I'm such a slacker! Well all that changes today since I decided this week's sketch was perfect for a quick and easy Christmas card. This is officially card #1 for Project Christmas 2014.

There's not much stamping on this card, only the sentiment, which is from Snowflake Splendor. I stamped it with Steel Grey ink because I wanted it to be slightly muted like the other colours in the card, instead of being stark black.

The patterned papers are from the Authentique Tradition bundle and I used the Pretty Poinsettia Die-namics to cut out the flower and leaves.

Have you started on your Christmas cards for this year? It definitely makes it easier to create some all year long. 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 created.
Barbara Anders
Dana White
Jackie Pedro
Jenny Peterson
Jodi Collins
Lisa Henke
Lori Tecler
Lynn Put
Sarah-Jane Kalé
Tracy Clemente
Vicki Burdick
and Karen Giron

Here are the supplies I used:

InLinkz.com

Thanks for stopping by!
Karen

Sweet Sunday Girls

It's time for this week's Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge, SSSC209.

I stayed true to the sketch this week, didn't flip it or mirror it or anything crazy like that. I did take advantage of that big rectangle though. It was a perfect opportunity to use Uptown Girls Victoria and Juliette's Night Out from Stamping Bella.

I adore the Uptowns, but they're kinda big and they need the right layout. Oh sure, I could chop off their legs (like I did in this close-up photo) but they have such gorgeous legs! I'm kinda jealous of their legs. Is it weird to be jealous of a stamp? ;-)

I paper pieced their dresses with patterns from the Basic Grey Fiction collection and coloured the rest of the image with copic markers. I added sparkle to the ruffles on their dresses thanks to my Wink of Stella pen and added shine to the drink glasses with a clear Glaze pen.

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 created.
Barbara Anders
Dana White
Jackie Pedro
Jenny Petersen
Jodi Collins
Lisa Henke
Lori Tecler
Lynn Put  (she's taking this week off)
Sarah-Jane Kalé
Tracy Clemente
Vicki Burdick
and Karen Giron

Here are the supplies I used:

InLinkz.com

Thanks for stopping by!
Karen

Sweet Sunday Ramona

It's time for this week's Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge, SSSC208.

Can I just say how much I'm loving that we are back to weekly Sweet Sunday Sketches!!! Is anyone else with me on that?

There are some tilted panels on this week's sketch. Eeeeks!! I kinda cheated just slightly, but I still tilted my image, although I did use the mirror image of the sketch. I just couldn't have sweet Ramona Love Cake (from Stamping Bella) facing the outside of the card! Then I had to add some enamel dots in the top left corner because I felt like she needed something to be looking at.

I fussy cut around the image and popped it on foam tape for dimension.

The sentiment that is included with the image is narrow so I beefed it up with a row of bling. I've had that polka dot patterned paper for years now…it's an old My Mind's Eye line from before they made 6x6 pads…like centuries ago! LOL!!! I think that line is still, to this day, my very favourite collection of patterned papers. I adore the colours!!!

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 have created.
Barbara Anders
Dana White
Jackie Pedro
Jenny Peterson
Jodi Collins
Lisa Henke
Lori Tecler
Lynn Put
Sarah-Jane Kalé
Tracy Clemente
Vicki Burdick (she's taking this week off)
and Karen Giron

Here are the supplies I used:

InLinkz.com

Thanks for stopping by!
Karen