Sketch For You To Try

This weekend I've been working on Jen's Sketch For You To Try on and off. I actually made two cards because I wasn't happy with the balance of the first card.

Here is Card #1 made on Saturday.


Here is Card #2 made today. I did actually have a sentiment stamped on two circles that I was going to add. I somehow forgot to tape it down before I took the picture and only just realized it now. Oh well. It is a very simple. I also paper pieced the patterned paper on to the Bella's dress.

Supplies:

Stamps: Lotus Greeting Stamps (K & Company) on Card #1, Flowabella (Stamping Bellas ) on Card #2

Paper: Oasis Paper Stack (SEI), Bordering Blue, Chocolate Chip, Whisper White

Ink: Brown Stazon, Chocolate Chip, Close to Cocoa, Bordering Blue

Accessories: Card #1 - White Eyelets, Ticket Corner Punch, Chocolate Chip 15/16" Satin Ribbon

Card#2 - Small Corner Rounder Punch, Antique Copper Brads, Blender Pen

4.75 x 4.75 card

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Very Busy Flowabella

At the beginning of the week, I tried Jen's Sketch For You To Try. She has a great blog called I {heart} 2 Stamp that I often browse through for ideas and inspiration. A while back I saw a challenge on Splitcoaststampers that called for you to use two or more pieces of designer paper/patterned paper (TLC157). I do add two kinds of DP to my cards sometimes, but with this card it is very deliberate and very contrasting patterns (They do come from the same line - Infuse by Basic Grey).

You may also have noticed that I paper pieced the Bella's dress with the striped Invest DP. To do this, I stamped the Bella on the patterned paper, cut it out and glued it on. This technique works best with line image stamps.

By the way, I love questions and am happy to answer any that you may have. Sabine asked what kind of stickles I used on this post HERE. They are called Cinnamon Stickles by Ranger. I found them at my local scrapbook store (Here in Winnipeg, I found them at Dalcrafts). They are $2.40 for a 0.5 oz. bottle.

Supplies:

Stamps: Flowabella, Much Appreciated

Paper: Naturals White, Chocolate Chip, Purify & Invest Designer Paper (Infuse line by Basic Grey)

Ink: Brown Stazon, Ruby Red, Rose Red, Mellow Moss, Chocolate Chip

Accessories: Rose Ribbon (Gale's), Small Corner Rounder Punch, Pewter Jumbo Brads, Crop-o-dile, Round Tab Punch, Dimensionals, Two-Way Glue Pen

4.25 x 5.5 card

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Friends Forever

Every once in a while I will buy a "card making" magazine, usually by Paper Crafts. I often get ideas from Splitcoaststampers and my favourite blogs, but it is nice to have something paper in my hands. I put post-it notes to mark the ones I would like to CASE.

I made a few cards this weekend that were CASEd from "Card Creations: Quick and Easy" by Paper Craft (02/05/2008). I'll show them to you as the week goes on.

The element that stood out for me on the card I saw in the magazine, was what the designer did with the ribbon and the horizontal slot punch. I was able to do the same thing. I just narrower ribbon and threaded it through the slots two times. It was a very "quick and easy" card.

Supplies:

Stamps: Bellas, So Many Sayings (retired hostess set)

Paper: Very Vanilla, Mellow Moss, Rose Red, Annie Griffin Inc. Designer Paper (from Michael's)

Ink: Brown Stazon, Pretty in Pink, Rose Red, Mellow Moss, Close to Cocoa

Accessories: Horizontal Slot Punch, Blender Pen, Dusty Rose 1/4" Ribbon (Gale's)

4 3/4 x 4 3/4 card

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Hip Hip Hooray for Bellas!

Yesterday on the Splitcoaststampers, I saw that the Colour Challenge was Chocolate Chip, Blue Bayou and River Rock. The only colour that I have is Chocolate Chip. Unfortunately I can't buy everything.....you can't eat card stock ;) So I decided to improvise and use colours that I thought were fairly close in hue - Not Quite Navy and Sahara Sand. And I think these colours work well together. I even found some designer paper that had those colours in it. This was a very quick card to make. By the way, I tried to take a close up of the gemstones on the flowers and dotted "i's" of the sentiment.



Well, I'm off to check out the Sketch Challenge on Splitcoaststampers.

Recipe:

Stamps: Flowahbella, Sentiment (from Michael's $1.50 bin)

Paper: Designer Paper (Bohemian line from My Mind's Eye), Sahara Sand, Naturals White, Not Quite Navy, Chocolate Chip

Ink: Chocolate Chip, Not Quite Navy, Sahara Sand, Ruby Red

Accessories: Ticket Corner Punch, 1 3/8 Circle Punch, Scalloped Circle Punch, Sponge Dauber, Blender Pen, Chocolate Chip Grosgrain Ribbon, Gemstones (the Paper Studio)

4 1/4 x 5 1/2 card

My first Bella....

This is my first Bella. Prezzibella. I love these stamps!!! I have been wanting these for a while and I restrained myself to ordering only three. So keep checking back for further uploads of the other Bellas.

This was a very quick and easy card to make. I just used scraps of card stock that I had lying around. Yes, I do keep almost all the scraps. The Certainly Celery strips were long strips of 1/2" card stock adhered underneath the designer paper. I used my Oval Coluzzle to cut around the Bella that I stamped on Whisper White, sponged the edges and tacked it on to a piece of Celery card stock. Then I carefully cut around the oval leaving about 1/8" edge. I didn't use the Coluzzle for the Celery card stock because that edge seemed to be too wide and didn't look right. Oh, and I also used the Corner Rounder Punch to scallop the edges of the designer paper and celery card stock. And of course I used blender pens.... once again.

Recipe:

Stamps: Prezzibella, Hugs & Wishes

Paper: Designer Paper (?? from Michael's), Whisper White, Certainly Celery, Pretty in Pink

Ink: Pretty in Pink, Basic Black, Certainly Celery, Old Olive, Rose Red, Close to Cocoa

Accessories: Celery Grosgrain Ribbon, Corner Rounder Punch, Oval Coluzzle

4 1/4 x 5 1/2 card