Two for one

I love sketch challenges.  Sometimes my design "eye" needs help. The sketch challenge over at CAS(E) this sketch #130 is so much fun, and I really wanted to play with some baubles for the challenge at Shopping Our Stash this week.

My sweet and talented blogging friend Greta has sent me some felt strips awhile back, sometime around when I last reorganized my crafting area.  You guessed it, they were put away so well I couldn't find them. This morning I put in an effort to find them. They were put in a stainless steel box I have on my crafting table RIGHT IN FRONT OF MY NOSE!

I used my long owned but rarely used MFT rolled roses.  I don't have good sized leaf dies, but I do have a little surfboard from MFT's sea charms.  I added another leaf in the form of a stick pin, and another stick pin with green glass beads---these are my baubles.

I wanted those roses to be towards the center of the card where the bracket edge dips.  I also did not want the pins competing with the embossed background...so I put the card stock into the embossing folder at a wonky angle.  PERFECT!  I pushed at the edge creases with my bone folder so it looks pretty flat on the unembossed areas.

I am not so sure it is CAS...but it does more or less follow the sketch ( moved the sentiment)...so I am going with it. Only 30 more stickpins to use up!

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Inky Paws - Birthday Theme

I am in need of birthday cards, so I was happy to see the latest inky paws challenge at Newton's Nook is a Birthday theme.  I was inspired by the pinks and yellows in the inspiration photo below.

Smaller images always confound me on A2 sized cards...so I make a smaller stage for them.  The misty really helped on the sentiment placement here. I wanted it to run off the die cut circle, but did not want to stamp it twice and try to get the die cut glued down in just the right place.  The misty allowed me to stamp it a couple of times with versifine ink and its perfectly set on both the card base and the die. I used two sets from Newtons - Simply Sentimental, and Basket of Wishes, coloring was done with the Zig real color brush pens. The small bow is from Memory Box,a nd the papers are Stampin Up.



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My favorite colors at The Card Concept

The Card Concept Challenge #38 has my favorite colors, so I absolutely had to play. Its not quite clean and layered, but that's what I am going to call it. 

I don't think I have ever combined a Hero Arts stamp with a Paper Smooches sentiment, but I love how this happy birthday looks with the etched daisy. The gray panel is white embossed and a bit of yellow embossing as well.  The background is simply stamped with Soft Granite HA ink.  I couldn't resist the polka dot ribbon from AC, to continue the whimsy feel of the card.

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Sketch and Color Challenges

Hi  today's card combines the Retro Sketches #170 sketch, and the Simon Says Stamp Flickr Group Challenge #22 Colors of the Rainbow.

I grabbed those fabulously rich in pigment Kuretaki Gansi Tambi water colors and made a diagonal rainbow. I put it aside to dry, and worked on the other elements of the sketch, some white twine, a vellum white embossed sentiment by Simon Says Stamp - Big Scripty Greetings (I have to say these are fabulous for this purpose, they are wide letters lots of places to hide glue!). I wanted to make my water color background feel very artsy, so I die cut it with the Spellbinders Deckled Rectangle Die.  I grabbed a few coordinating sequins and matted it on black for an extra bit of pop.

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Made for these Challenges:

Simon Says Stamp Flickr #22