Baseball Thank You

Recently I needed a baseball themed thank you card...hmmm...

After a little thought it was my All Star Stamps and Die-namics, from My Favorite Things, to the rescue, along with the clean and simple layout of FMS54 from the Freshly Made Sketches blog.

I started with some Sweet Tooth card stock and ran the top half of it through my distressed diamonds embossing folder. Then I stitched on a strip of woodgrain paper from the My Mind's Eye Dilly Dally collection. I layered the white with Kraft and Red Hot card stocks.

Next I created the trophy by cutting the base from Kraft card stock. I added the white 'Champ' strip and cut out the Sweet Tooth baseball then stamped the stitching with Memento Lady Bug ink. for the Red Hot circle I used the circle die from Behind the Camera Die-namics...it's a perfect fit for the circular sentiment from All Star Stamps and Die-namics and the embossed line around the outer edge adds a nice detail.

At the bottom of the card I stamped the bat with Memento Toffee Crunch in and I searched through my stamps to find the perfect 'thank you' sentiment, which is from the Airplane Greetings stamp set. I love the simple font with the rest of this card.

On the inside I simply added another strip of woodgrain paper and a baseball, leaving plenty of space to write my message.

Go Reds!

Here are the Die-namics I used:

Thanks for stopping by!
Karen

Sweet Sunday Frosty

It's time for this week's Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge, SSSC169.

I used Pure Innocence Frosty and Fabulous from My Favorite Things to create card #32 for Project Christmas 2012. With Christmas less than 3 months away I'm super happy that I've been making holiday cards all year long. In case you haven't started yet, it's never too late! ;-)

I stamped the image with Memento Tuxedo Black and paper pieced his hat with one of the patterns from the My Mind's Eye 12 Days of Christmas collection. I added a little more shading with copic markers and covered his scarf with Fruit Punch Stickles.

I used the Fishtail Flags STAX Die-namics to cut out the Merry Christmas patterned paper and the Wonky Scallop Border Die-namics cut from Sweet Tooth card stock adds a nice accent under the blue layer. The background Pink Lemonade layer was embossed with the Cuttlebug Swirls folder before I added three white brads.

On the inside I stamped a sentiment from the set and added a few strips of paper.

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.
Dana White
Dawn Easton
Jackie Pedro
Lori Tecler
Lynn Put
Melissa Hubert
Sarah-Jane Kalé
Tracy Clemente
Tracy MacDonald <----- superstar guest designer
Vicki Burdick
and Karen Giron

Here are the Die-namics I used:

Thanks for stopping by!
Karen

Home Sweet Home

Happy World Cardmaking day!!!

Are you planning on making any cards today? I have one to share that I made a few days ago and I plan on getting a little stamp time at some point this weekend to add even more cards to my stash. Unfortunately it won't happen today because I'm having too much fun at colouring camp (as hubby dubbed it) taking the standard and intermediate Copic Classes in Indianapolis!!!

I use Pure Innocence Home Sweet Home from My Favorite Things for this sweet little scene, and I had so much fun "dressing" her with papers from the My Mind's Eye Honey collection. Don't you just love her gingham jacket and flowered skirt?!? The rest of her is coloured with copic markers and I fussy cut around her. I used the Picket Fence Die-namics to cut out the Whip Cream fence and chose one of the flowers from the Flower Medley Die-namics to cut out the pink patterned paper. I topped the flower with a Lemon Drop button tied with Hemp Cord. I used the Square 1 STAX and Square 2 STAX Die-namics to cut out the square of patterned paper and the Steel Grey layer. I used the Simply Scallops Medium Die-namics to jazz up the vertical strip and added three white brads.

On the inside I stamped the image again with Memento Angel Pink. I used the Mix & Match Banners Die-namics to cut out the flag and added a sentiment from the set.

Several of the MFT designers have projects to share for World Cardmaking Day so hop on over to the MFT blog for a complete list.

Here are the Die-namics I used:

Thanks for stopping by!
Karen

You Are So Sweet

It's been ages since I played along with a Bellarific Friday Challenge so this week I indulged. It was a sketch challenge, so really, my copics didn't need much convincing.  ;-)

I paired the Bellarific Friday sketch 20 challenge with the Paper Players PP115 Tic Tac Toe challenge. Apparently I don't know how to play tic tac toe though, because I chose Birthday, colours yellow and grey, and an element repeated three times (polka dots). Doh!! That doesn't make a straight line. But I added ribbon according to the sketch and all is good in Tic Tac Toe land. Phew!  :-)

I stamped Uptown Girl Claudia had a Candy with Memento Tuxedo Black and coloured her with copic markers. I used patterned papers from the My Mind's Eye Breeze collection, which are all yellow, grey and black, so they couldn't be more perfect! I love her polka dot dress and I dotted the bottom with yellow rhinestones. I cut out the image and Steel Grey layer with my Square 1 & Square 2 STAX Die-namics and used my Fishtail Flags STAX Die-namics for the sentiment. A little stitching and some Steel Grey grosgrain ribbon and this card was done!

On the inside I stamped the sentiment from Uptown Girl Posh has a Present and added some patterned paper and the Steel Grey Mini Monarch Border.

Here's the sketch and the Paper Players Tic Tac Toe challenge:

Hop over to Bloggabella to see all of this week's entries.

Here are the Die-namics I used:

Thanks for stopping by!
Karen

Got Candy? {MFTWSC92}

It's time to get sketchy with the MFT Wednesday Stamp Club and sketch 92.

With Halloween only a few short week's away I'm squeezing in another creepy crawly card using the Spider Web Stamps and Die-namics.

I started by cutting out the web from corrugated cardboard then I glued it to Black Licorice card stock. Then I cut out the web using the Circle 1 STAX Die-namics and used the Circle 2 STAX Die-namics to cut out the Tangy Orange layer. The spider was also cut from Tangy Orange but I coated him with Star Dust Stickles. I used the narrow Chat Bubbles Die-namics for the sentiment (who says spiders can't talk!) and cut it down to fit the length of the sentiment.

The Fishtail Flags STAX Die-namics were perfect for cutting out the vertical element from patterned paper and I layered it onto Whip Cream card stock. The patterned papers are from the Carta Bella All Hallow's Eve collection and I think they show up nicely on the Kraft card stock base.

On the inside I used my black Spica glitter pen to draw in the web line and added a Tangy Orange spider and another sentiment from the Spider Web Sentiments set.

Here are the sketchy details:

There's a prize each week for one participant, chosen at random. You may use any stamps and supplies that you wish. Each week a keyword is assigned to the sketch, and this week's keyword is MFTWSC92. All you need to do to enter is upload your card to the gallery at Splitcoast and enter the given keyword in the keyword box during the upload process. After the deadline (noon Eastern on Tuesday) we randomly choose a winner from that week's entries and the winner will receive a $15 gift voucher. If the winning card uses MFT stamps, the participant will earn a $5 bonus, for a total of a $20 gift voucher!

Be sure to head over to the MFT Blog to view the entire list of design team participants...there's plenty of inspiration for you with today’s sketch!

Here are the Die-namics I used:

Thanks for stopping by!
Karen