Baby Buggy Shower

This week at Freshly Made Sketches, I used their sketch to design a baby shower invitation.

 

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A bit of paper piecing on the buggy and tiny round details carry throughout with the EF, DSP and bling.

SU! products used:

Paper - Night of Navy, Island Indigo, Very Vanilla, Island Indigo DSP

Ink - Night of Navy, Crumb Cake

Punches/Dies - Top Note Bigz Die, 1-3/4" Circle, 1" Circle, 3/4" Circle

SAS Valentine/Sketch Challenge

The latest SAS (San Antonio Swap) with two of my dear friends back in TX was a Valentine/Sketch Challenge. Here's my take, hope they like it, I know I wish I had made more than two of them!

We used this old sketch from Freshly Made Sketches

FMS#15

SU! products used:

Stamps - You Are Loved

Paper - Real Red, Everyday Enchantment DSP, Pretty in Pink, Very Vanilla

Other - Cherry Cobbler EP, Dimensionals

BIG congratulations!

Freshly Made Sketches has a fun, fresh and simple sketch this week, I flipped it to fit my stamps and send some BIG Congratulations to two of my friends! Way to go ladies!!

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I paired the sketch with these fun colors over at The Play Date Cafe, Burgundy, Gold & Plum.

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I stamped my b, preggo gal and g directly onto the Brushed Gold cardstock. I thought she could use a little jazzing up, so a bit of Perfect Plum paper piecing gave her some sass. The stripes are small strips of gold cardstock and some of that fun Japanese tape, which my brother brought me for Christmas. I'd never used it before but thought it would be fun to try out on this card and it was!

I showed this card to my DH (dear hubby) and his statement was..."I hope you don't offend anyone with that!" MEN...haha...

SU! products used:

Cardstock - Bravo Burgundy, Brushed Gold, Perfect Plum

Punch - Word Window

Stamp Set - Baby Bundle

Technique: Paper Piecing

Happy December Birthday

It's time for some December Birthdays, one being my brother, who loves all things motorized! I paired this weeks Play Date Cafe color palate with this fresh and clean sketch over at Freshly Made Sketches. 

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FMS#15

A simple mailable card for a man is always a plus when it's pulled off without too much fuss. Guys don't like fuss, they like to walk into a store, purchase what they came for and leave. Women on the other hand, tend to like to sit and stay awhile feeling all the fabrics, soaking in all the layers, etc, if you know what I mean! 

SU! products used:

Stamps - Need For Speed

Ink - Craft Basic Black, Basic Black

Paper - Basic Black, Whisper White, Island Indigo

Other - Black Embossing Powder

Snowmen Soap Box

Saw THIS fab tutorial by the very talented Erica Cerwin at Pink Buckaroo Designs and just had to give it a try...I just LOVE these little hand sanitizers from Bath and Body Works and thought this was such a fun and festive way to give one to a friend, teacher or even your postal carrier this Christmas!

I did modify* Erica's measurements just a tad on the small piece and used a different punch for the place where the soap sits but other wise, everything was perfect! Thanks Erica!!

I attached a piece of sticky back velcro to the base and lid, so the flap stays shut. I tried a few different punches but in the end the Oval Scallop won, it's a perfect fit for the little bottle of yummy smellin' clean fun! The little snowmen have been heat embossed in Melon Mambo and the Melon Mambo background square was placed in a snowflake EF for a bit of texture.

*note modifications : on the smaller piece of cardstock, cut it to 6" X 1-3/4" (instead of 6" X 1-1/2") and score the short side at 3/8" and 1-3/8" (instead of 1/4" and 1-1/4")

I'm entering this into the following challenges

Just Add Ink #97

and 

Freshly Made Sketches #14

SU! products used:
Stamps - Teeny Tiny Wishes
Ink - Versa Mark, Melon Mambo, Lucky Limeade
Paper - Whisper White, Melon Mambo, Lucky Limeade, Poppy Parade, Pool Party DSP
Punches - Word Window, 1-1/4" Square, 1-3/8" Square
Other - Melon Mambo Embossing Powder

Rocking Horse Congrats

I was thrilled when I spotted this sketch over at Freshly Made Sketches this week...so many fun options, it was actually hard to choose just what I wanted to spotlight in the three little panels. 

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I did however, finally decide on these sweet felt little rocking horses that I picked up in Germany a few years ago. I love how striking the red is against the cool blue.

SU! products used:

Stamps - Baby Bundle

Ink - Real Red

Paper - Whisper White, Bashful Blue

Punch - 1-3/8" Circle

EF - Striped

Nuts for YOU

Since I had all of my supplies out covering our dining room table last night...I was determined to make one last card before stashing away my sanity to make room for dinner! So I meshed this weeks Freshly Made Sketches #11 sketch with the Woodland Animals challenge over at Wee Memories.

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I was hoping I had a large acorn stamp in my stash for the circular element on the sketch but alas, no...then I got to thinking with all of the punch art I've been doing recently...I went to the drawer where I keep my punches and wouldn't you know it, the ornament punch and the large oval make a PERFECT acorn! I was thrilled! I added a bit of brown fluff to the squirrels acorn top, he looks so fat and happy like all the squirrels in our neighborhood!

SU! products used:

Ink - Basic Black

Paper - Crumb Cake, Whisper White and Soft Suede

Punches - Ornament and Large Oval

EF - Square Lattice

FMS#10 & OCC Challenges

Squeezing one last challenge in before the weekend...this week over at Our Creative Corner, they are asking that crafters create a masculine card or project using NON-TRADITIONAL guy colors. I paired the challenge with this week's FMS sketch #10. 

 I've been itching to ink up my little mustache stamp and this was the perfect sketch to give it a whirl. Of course my original plan got flipped once I saw what looked like a face when I looked at the two staches I had stamped. I embossed the top stache with Tempting Turquoise and flipped it upside down, creating a fab set of unibrow or shades (what do you see?)! haha

A pink little nose popped up to reassure the facial recognition and the best part, if you flip the card upside down, it looks like an angry clown, creepy!

I layered the DP on the inside and added this awesome slap happy sentiment.

SU! products used:

Stamps - Many Mustaches

Ink - Chocolate Chip, Versa Mark

Paper - Chocolate Chip, Whisper White, Regal Rose

Punches - Decorative Label, 1/2" Circle

Golden Thanks

I totally stepped out of my comfort zone on this card...I tend to veer towards bright colors (at least I think I do) but wanted to finally use some of the coveted Spice Cake DSP. I pulled up the sketch over at Freshly Made Sketches and got to work with my natural and golden tones. 

I used a grass EF from my stash for the piece behind the sentiment and sponged over it with Soft Suede to really show off the dimension. 

 SU! products used:

Stamps - Inspired by Nature

Ink - Versa Mark, Soft Suede

Paper - Soft Suede, River Rock, Spice Cake DSP

Punch - XL Oval

Ribbon - Very Vanilla Seam Binding

Other - Gold Embossing Powder