Freshly Made Sketches 133

Half way through the work week - Yay!  And Wednesday's are also the day when we get to show you the new sketch at Freshly Made Sketches.  This week Cindy Lovell is our hostess and her sketch provided some great inspiration for the design team.  Just wait 'til you see!  Here's my card.

For my part this is the second card that I made with this sketch.  The first one had a misguided attempt at a burlap layer that I wish had stayed buried in my subconcious.  It goes without saying that I like this one much better.  The colors in this DSP are so pretty.  I love it when a little black is thrown in with color!

The Freshly Made Sketches design team have once again created some beautiful cards for you to see this week.  Don't forget to check them out!

Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies:

Stamps:  Greenhouse Garden (SU); Hashtags (Stamper's Anonymous); Distressed Background Blocks (My Favorite Things)

Paper:  Sahara Sand, Basic Black, Pistachio Pudding, Whisper White (SU)

Ink:  Pool Party (SU); Pitch Black (Adirondack)

Accessories:  Meadow Leaf die (Poppystamps)

Freshly Made Sketches 98

It's my turn to be the hostess at Freshly Made Sketches and this week I thought I'd give you all a square card.  Those happen to be my favorite and I don't really know why!  I actually had a bit of stamper's block when I sat down at my desk to make my card this week.  After two tries and a long break, I made a third finally settled on that one.

The colors are from Dynamic Duos and they are totally fabbo together!  And I especially love how they look with Crumb Cake.  But who am I kidding?  Everything looks better with Crumb Cake!

I sure hope you can join us in the Freshly Made Sketches gallery this week.  And don't be put off by the square card.  If rectangles are more your thing, then by all means turn the sketch into a rectangle!  The design team has created their usual fantastic samples so be sure to check them out.

Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies:

Stamps:  Nature's Elements (Stamper's Anonymous)

Accessories:  Stitched Mats Square die (Lil' Inker Designs); sequins (Studio Calico); crochet thread

colourQ 195

Boo hoo the Bruins lost their chance at the Stanley Cup last night, but on the bright side today we get a brand new palette at colourQ!  

Last week I popped into Michaels because it was down the street from IKEA where I spent a leisurely afternoon poking around.  I try to avoid the mass market crafting stores because their inventory is lousy, but I figured it couldn't hurt to have a look around.  Well, it didn't hurt at all because I scored a Tim Holtz Stampers Anonymous stamp set on the clearance rack for six bucks!

And since Arielle's colors this week seemed a bit eclectic I turned to these new stamps plus a chicken wire stamp from My Favorite Things for my card this week.  I love layering stamps on top of each other in fun and interesting colors.  Mistakes are impossible to spot and best of all, you can just have fun stamping randomly all over the place!  Oh, and I can't possibly forget to mention that my layout comes from retro sketches.

The colourQ design team has, once again, outdone themselves in the inspiration department so be sure to head on over to check them out.  I hope you can join us in the gallery this week!

Supplies:

Stamps:  Canvas (SU); Grunge Cirque (Stampers Anonymous); Distressed Background Blocks (My Favorite Things)

Accessories:  Scallop Edge Border punch (SU); crochet thread

Color Throwdown 204 and Unscripted Sketches 171

It's a good thing my mother doesn't read my blog because I am about to reveal her age (and she might not like that)!  She's 77 and a few years ago she decided to take up bowling and joined a local league.  Well, it's too bad she didn't do it when she was younger because she has proven to be quite the bowler!  The last couple of years she has finished first in her league and with that honor comes a little cash prize.  Yesterday, she decided to celebrate her big win and took my sisters and me to lunch.  I wanted to send a thank you using a stamp set I just got recently.

The color inspiration for my card comes from The Color Throwdown and the sketch is from Unscripted Sketches.  

I bought this set just so that I would have something appropriate on hand to make her bowling-related cards.  I didn't really have anything that would simulate the bowling alley, but I thought the distressed argyle pattern kind of gave the impression of the lane.  I think she'll get it at any rate!

I'm going to mail this to her and I wish I could see her face when she gets it!  I think she's going to love it!

Well, this morning started our raining, but now the sun is coming out and I can already tell it's going to be a scorcher.  I've got errands to run then lots of cards to make for the upcoming week, so I'll try and keep cool in my stamp room.  I've been trying to clean it up and organize things because it's getting quite out of hand lately!  Thanks for stopping by!