Saturday, April 21, 2012

Unscripted Sketches 155

The mailman brought me a new, very cute stamp set today that I couldn't wait to ink up.  So, once supper was over I went up to my stamp room and searched around blogland for a sketch that seemed like a good fit for what I had in mind.  The latest Unscripted Sketch was just the ticket!



This is not the usual sort of stamp that I go for, but when I stumbled across it a while ago there was something about it that I thought was so much fun that I decided I had to have it!  There's actually a whole bunch of monsters in the stamp set that are just as adorable as this little guy.

Now, on to the cardstock and DSP for this one.  When Stampin' Up! first came out with In Colors so many years ago, I hoarded all of the colors.  {Surprise, Surprise}.  One of my favorites was Vintage Violet.  I still have one un-opened package of cardstock  as well as half of an another one.  I also have some DSP from Halloween Night, which includes this gorgeous Vintage Violet page that I used for the biggest layer on my card.  I covet this so closely that I can barely believe that I cut into it for this card!  But there's no point in keeping this stuff forever, so in an effort to really demonstrate my commitment to using up my stash I cut into another page from this same package:  the old olive paper with the funky circles.

Both papers seemed to fit this funny little fellow so I'm not at all upset about seeing my stash depleted!

Thanks for stopping by!


14 comments:

Laura said...

I love it!!!!! He is adorable...
Thanks for joining us at Unscripted Sketches..
Laura

Sue said...

Brilliant card love the monster Luv Sue x

Allisa said...

Love your little monster!

Vicky Hayes said...

What a fun card Jen and I agree that the papers are brilliant with your cute monster!

Tracey Holdyk said...

This card is so fun and I must agree that little monster is very cute.
I loved your little story about hoarding all the colours... I think I have some of that stashed away too.
Thanks for playing along at Unscripted Sketches, hope we see you again soon.
love me :-)

Unknown said...

Jen this is awesome! I still have a pack of VV stashed away too - along with many other sm:)

What is the name is the monster set, I must get it!!
Love it and love your card.

:)

irishgalkelly said...

Very cute monster and fits in nicely with this sketch. I thought I was the only one with original In Colors still in my closet. lol! I'm getting better at using them though. Great inspiration!

SmilynStef said...

Who makes that fun little monster? I think I might need him too ... he's so perfect for the sketch ... so glad you joined us at Unscripted Sketches.

Alicia said...

That monster is so sweet, if a monster can be called sweet. :) Thanks for joining us at Unscripted Sketches!

Geri said...

... I wish my mailman brought me a stamp like that - it is just waaaay too cute! Love your card, love the paper and love the story about 'saving' product for the perfect card! So glad that you chose to share your card with us this week at Unscripted Sketches!

scrapbaby! said...

How freakin' cute is this card?! The colors are great and the stamp is just adorable. Thank you for joining us at Unscripted Sketches! :)

Nicole said...

Such a fun card Jen! I can't stop laughing at that adorable stamp! Thanks for playing along with us at Unscripted Sketches. Hope to see you again next week.

StephG said...

what a cute image...he's adorable! I love how this is so CAS!
thanks for playing at Unscripted Sketches!

Teresa Zuehls said...

What a cute card your little monster made! That green pattern paper goes so well with the little guy. TFS