She's Beary Cute!- SSSC31

It has been a while since I have done one of Karen's Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenges, so I thought I would give it a go. She has this fun sketch to work with this week. If you want to give it a try, just go see the details here.

I just got the cute new Build A Bear stamp set from SU, that will be available to order starting September 1 in the Holiday Mini, called Beary Best Friends. I thought it would be a great set to use with Karen's sketch, so here is what I came up with.
A little girl bear that is all ready to go to a "bearthday" party! I aqua painted her using the colors that cordinate with the Tea Party DSP that I used. The sentiment is from the stamp set Hugs & Wishes. I finished off the card by tying some of the White Satin Ribbon around a few of the layers!

Have a great week and thanks for looking!

Blue Circle Circus- CCCCAct 1 and SSSC28

Hello! Stacey has her new Curtain Call Color Challenge, Act 1 up on her blog and what a great inspiration piece she has! I decided to pair her color challenge with Karen's Sweet Sunday Sketch challenge, number 28 (what a different sketch for me!).
Stacey's colors this week were Night of Navy, Not Quite Navy and Whisper White. When I saw Karen's sketch, I didn't know what I was going to do with the circles, but then I thought of the stamp set in the new catalog that I just got, Circle Circus and knew it would work great! So here is what I came up with. Pretty simple and quick card, but I think it works!
I stamped the Canvas background stamp with Not Quite Navy on the Not quite Navy card stock and then stamped two of the circles in Night of Navy and one in Not Quite Navy on Whisper White card stock and then used a few of my circles punches and punches them out. I mounted them with a few dimensionals and added them to the card. The sentiment is from the Teeny Tiny Wishes stamp set and it was embossed with White embossing powder.
Here is a close up of the Canvas background stamp and the circles on dimensionals.

Thanks for looking!

Red and White Boat- Sweet Sunday Sketch #19 and Jewelry Color Inspration # 38

This week I combined Stacey and Karen's challenges to make one card. Stacey's Jewelry Color Inspiration this week was Real Red, Brilliant Blue and Whisper White in honor of Memorial Day. Karen's Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge was this fun sketch.

Here is what I made for the challenges. The boat is from Boat Loads of Love. I colored it using my Real Red Stampin' write marker. The brads are the jumbo white brads from SU! (I am finding myself adding these to a few cards lately!).

You can see in the close up that I paper pierced the Brilliant Blue card stock and used my big dots texture plate and big shot on the Real Red card stock to finish the card off.

Thanks for looking and I hope you
all had a great Memorial Day!

Owl Grad- Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge #18

It's Sunday and you know what that means...another Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge from Karen! Here is her sketch this week. Last night before I went to bed, I knew I had to make a graduation card today and was hopping that I could use Karen's sketch, and I did!


Here is what I made! I knew I wanted to have an owl on the graduation card, so I decided to make a punch art one, I think it came out cute! He even has his graduation cap on and his diploma in wing!

The owl is made using More Mustard, Sahara Sand and Whisper White card stock. I sponged around him a bit. The branch he is sitting on I cut out and then die cut some Little Leaves using the Big Shot to add to it. I used the stamp set Great Grads with Versa Mark Ink on the Bashful Blue background to make my own DSP.

The tassel on the cap is even in the appropriate colors for the grad who is receiving this card! I made the tassel by first dying some ribbon a darker green and then frayed it and mixed it with some white frayed ribbon. I hope she likes it!

Thanks for looking!



Want to see my tutorial on how to make the graduation cap and the tassel? Click on the links below!

Graduation Cap
Fringing/Fraying Ribbon

Grad- Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge # 17

Here is Karen's Sweet Sunday Sketch this week. I needed a few Graduation cards, so that is what I went with.











Here is my card. Pretty simple this week, but it gets the job done!

I will post more details late, but I have to run..off to work and I almost forgot to upload this card!

Thanks for looking!

Sweet Trendy Tree- SSSC #16

Here is Karen's Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge #16. Go check out her cute card and all the other people's card that entered this week!








Here is my card. It is a 3x3 made using Kiwi Kiss, Chocolate Chip and Whisper White. The tree is from the Trendy Tree's stamp set and the sentiment is from the Fundamental Phrases stamp set.



This picture shows the little tiny thread bow that I tied and attached to the tree trunk.

A quick, simple and cute card this week!

Thanks for looking!

Plum Tulips on Gray Panels

I have missed the past two weeks of Karen's Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenges, because I was out of town and then I had to catch up!

So here is the Sweet Sunday Sketch 15. I need a little color inspiration, so I checked out Stacey's Stamping Stage and saw her Jewelry Color Inspiration 34 and liked the colors a lot, so I thought I would put the two challenges together!











And here is what I came up with! Some perfect Plum Tulips on a Going Gray paneled background.

The DSP is from the Urban Oasis paper pack, I punched the tulips using the Key tag punch and then cut the tops into them using scissors, the sentiment is from the Great Friend stamp set in the Occasions Mini and the ribbon I dyed gray!

I used my White Gel pen to add the dots around the edge of the tulips to make them stand out a little bit more.

I had fun with this one! I needed to make a spring-y flower-y card, since it was snowing on and off today...

Thanks for looking!

sweet sunday sketch challenge #12- Basic Cameo Butterfly

Here is Karen's Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge #12. I thought this sketch would be easier than it was, but I guess that is why it is called a "challenge"! I changed colors and stamp sets a few times on this card, but I like my end result!






Here is my card! It uses some new products from the Occasions Mini Catalog that started April 1 and runs through June. The DSP is from the Walk in the Park paper pack in the Occasion Mini, the die cuts were made using the Big Shot and the "happiness" stamp is from the Warm Words stamp set. The Baja Breeze satin ribbon is from the Valet Ribbon Originals.



I was inspired by kellysue over at Splitcoaststampers to make this card. The colors are Basic Gray, Whisper White, Baja Breeze and Cameo Coral.

Thanks for looking!

sweet raspberry challenge- Board Fish

This week I decided to combine two challenges into one, Karen's Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge #11 and Dawn's Raspberry Suite Week 2 Color Challenge (brown, teal, white and celery).





Here is what I came up with. I am not sure if I like it all that much, it looks a little off, but I decided to upload it anyways. I used the new Just Beachy stamp set that is in the Occasions Mini Catalog for the image. The Chocolate Chip card stock base is embossed with the Big Shot and the small Dots die. I used the Scallop Edge punch for the scallop of Taken with Teal paper and the ribbon is from the Sale-A-Bration ribbon pack.


I thought the surf board on top of the car needed a little something else, so I added a fish! I put Crystal Effects on him, so he would look like he was wet and I also put a dripping trail of water flying off of him towards the back of the car...it is hard to see in the picture.

Thanks for looking!

sweet sunday sketch challenge #10- Spring Duck

Here is Karen's sweet sunday sketch challenge for this week. I always have so much fun with her sketches! Go check out her blog for yourself! These color also match Dawn's Raspberry Suite Color Challenge #1, . (I didn't even know it untill after I had posted!)





Here is what I came up with this week. It is a Spring Duck! Isn't this Duck so cute? It is from the Wagon Full of Fun stamp set that is in the Occasions Mini catalog. I also used my new Eyelet Border punch. I think this punch will be a good addition to my punches.


The colors in this card (Summer Sun, Pumpkin Pie, Regal Rose, Basic Black) are not normal colors for me, but they just kind of fell into place as I was making the card and I like the way it came out...very bright and spring-y!










I had fun water coloring the duck on the water color paper. I really like water coloring on the water color paper, because it is so forgiving and you can blend your colors so much better than on normal card stock.

Thanks for looking and have a great week!

sweet sunday sketch challenge #9- Chocolate Bella Blossom

It's Sunday and that means it time for another Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge from Karen. Here is her sketch this week (check out her blog and see her cute card she made this week!) I couldn't decide what colors to make my flower, so I was going thought some old DSP and found this, so my colors are Chocolate Chip and Very Vanilla!





Here is my card. It uses the old Chocolate Chip and Very Vanilla DSP, The Bella Blossoms stamp set (on the dormant list), some Chocolate Chip 5/8" grosgrain ribbon, Chocolate Chip ink and some sewing.






Here is a close up of the bow I tied. I usually use ribbon on my cards, but I never tie a cute bow, but I saw how good Karen's looked, so I decided to give it a try on this card and I think it fits this card well!

Thanks for looking!

sweet sunday sketch challenge #8- Happy Blue Bird

I had time this week to Karen's Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge this week. Here is her sketch.













Here is what I came up with, a blue bird singing atop a green hill...happiness. I have seen other people doing this "hill" thing with paper and sponging and so I decided to try it and I like the way it came out a lot!

The Stamp set's I used for this card are A Little Birdie Told Me and Warm Words. The colors are Old Olive, Basic Black, Whisper White and Brilliant Blue. The ribbon is the Whisper White Organza Ribbon and the buttons came from Bold Bright button assortment that is retired. I used the Stampin' Up! Backgrounds 1 Texture plate to emboss the Old Olive card base and the Scallop Edge punch to scallop the Whisper White card stock that is peaking out from behind the main image.

Here is a close up of the Ribbon and the Buttons. You can also see that I pierced the Basic Black card stock.

Thanks for Looking!

sweet sunday sketch challenge #5- Bee Hive

Here is Karen's sweet sunday sketch challenge this week. The first thing I think about when I start a new sketch challenge is: what stamp set am I going to use? After I have that decided, then I choose the colors I am going to use based on the theme of the stamp set.

This week I decided to use the Just Buzzin' By stamp set. The colors that I went with are So Saffron (DSP and to color the bee's), Chocolate Chip (DSP and 5/8" ribbon), Close to Cocoa, Whisper White and More Mustard (to color the Hive). I also added glitter glue to the wings of all three of the little bee's.

I used dimentionals to pop the bee's and the hive off the Close to Cocoa background a little bit, and yes, I did cut out those tiny little bee's! I would not recommend doing this for a bunch of cards! :)

Have a great day and thanks for looking!

P.S. This card measures 4 1/4" X 4 1/4". I will post a video on how I made the envelope fit this card soon!

P.S.S. What do you think of the new stripes on the side of my blog? Do they grab your attention too much or are they ok? (Honest opinions please!)

sweet sunday sketch challenge #4

This week Karen has this sketch on her blog, the sweetest thing, for her sweet Sunday sketch challenge.

This sketch reminded me of a picture frame that I made a few months ago, so I decided to go with that same idea.







Here is the card I made using her sketch. I really like the way it turned out! I used all kinds of different little embellishments on this card, and had fun putting it all together.

The colors in this card are Chocolate Chip, Old Olive, Pink Pirouette, Riding Hood Red and Baja Breeze. The sentiment is a rub from SU that is now retired.


It may be hard to see in the picture, but the main card is Chocolate Chip textured card stock, and then I sewed on a piece of smooth Chocolate Chip card stock (4 1/4" X 4 1/4") to it. I then punched out 1 1/4" squares from more textured Chocolate Chip and then punched out 1 1/4" different colored circles, then glued them onto the squares and then added all the embellishments!

Thanks for looking!!

sweet sunday sketch challenge #3

I decided to to Karen's Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge again this week. I really like the sketches she has and they are so fun to do! Here was the sketch for this week.







And here is the card that I made. I used my new Owl Together Now stamp set and some retired Hawaii Papaya DSP(Kiwi Kiss, Tangerine Tango, Whsiper White and Chocolate Chip.)

I used the new Circle Scissor Plus from SU (I will need some more practice and will need to figure out the tricks to using this new thing) to cut out the circles. It is hard to see in the picture, but I embossed the Kiwi Kiss paper with the new Stampin' Up! Backgrounds 1 texturz plates (I used the bigger dots plate).

This picture shows the cute little owls "googly" eyes. I used an aqua pen to paint the owl and the branch.

Thanks for looking and have a great rest of the week!

sweet sunday sketch challenge #2

As I was looking at blogs tonight I came across Karen's Blog "the sweetest thing" and saw that she had a sketch challenge, so I decided to do it!

So the sketch was this....


And I decided to use the Wild About You stamp set, the 1" circle punch, the scallop punch, some old black Organdy ribbon from SU, Basic Black, Kraft, Really Rust and Whisper White Card Stock and Old Olive, Really Rust, More Mustard, Basic Grey and Basic Black ink, and this is what I came up with...

(does this picture look weird color to you??)









Here is a close up view from the side of the card showing the Organdy ribbon and the dimensionals I used to pop the animals off the Basic Black card stock to give it some depth.

Thanks for looking!

(I have really been enjoying doing different challenges lately, they are fun!!)