SSC 170

Sunday Stamps has a sketch challenge that I really like so I decided to play along this week. 

Here is the sketch:

Here is the card I made using the sketch as inspiration:

I started with a white card stock base and then added the striped design paper from my stash. I die cut the squares and oval.  Then I stamped and die cut the cupcakes which are by Spellbinders.  I coloured the cupcakes with my Spectrum Noir coloured pencils and added some Wink of Stella to the icing on the middle cupcake.  I stamped the sentiment which is also from the same set as the cupcakes onto the oval die cut with Versafine Majestic Blue ink.  I added the blue rhinestones as I love adding embellishments to my cards. 

I am quite pleased as how well this card turned out and feel that it could be given to either a man or a woman. 

Thanks for stopping by!
Anna/Oma

AHSC #248

The Atlantic Hearts Sketch this week has another fabulous sketch which I really love so I decided to play along again.

Here is the sketch:

This is the card I made using the sketch as inspiration:

I started with an ivory card stock base.  I cut the squares from SU's Cherry Cobbler and Ivory cardstock with stitched square dies.  I had some very narrow pink ribbon which I added.  I am not a big fan of twine or washi tape.  The flowers were stamped onto pink card stock with SU's Cherry Cobbler ink and then die cut using the matching dies which are by Creative Expressions Shaded Peony.  I love this set and have made quite a few cards with them.  The leaves were punched out of green cardstock.  I added yellow enamel dots to the flower centres and also added 3 burgundy enamel dots.  The enamel dots are by Your Next Stamp which is a Canadian company.  The sentiment which is by Stamps of Life was stamped onto the ivory square using SU's Cherry Cobbler ink.  I used my Stamp Perfect by Hampton Arts to stamp the sentiment.  Hampton Arts does not make the Stamp Perfect anymore as it is an exact duplicate of the Misti and due to copyright laws they had to discontinue selling it.  I was lucky enough to buy the Stamp Perfect at Michaels with a 50% off coupon which meant that I got it for $18.00 which is a lot cheaper than the Misti.  I love it and use it quite frequently.  I like the fact that if the image or sentiment is not stamped perfectly you can easily stamp it again without worrying about whether or not the stamp is in the correct position. 

I love how this card turned out and the photo does not do it justice.  It is much prettier in real life.  I will probably send this card to a very close friend who lives near Moncton NB and who I don't see often enough.  Donna and I have been friends since we met in Nursing School in 1967.  We had a blast with each other getting into all kinds of shenanigans and we spent a week together camping one year near Omemee ON.  While we were camping we went to the drive in theatre through the exit as there was no one in the booth to take our money and the gate was down.  For the life of me I cannot remember the name of the movie that we watched! 

Thanks for stopping by!
Anna/Oma

SIP Challenge #133

Hi everyone!

I love making cards using sketch challenges as inspiration.  My pinterest board has loads of sketches saved.  I love this week's SIP Challenge sketch and decided to play along. 

Here is the sketch:

Here is the card I made using the sketch as inspiration:

I started with a white card stock base and then added a layer of SU's Melon Mambo.  The background design paper is also from SU.  I added a border of Melon Mambo and then popped up the party design paper which I die cut using a round stitched circle die on pop dots.  The party design paper is by Doodlebug - Sweet Sensation.  I just bought 1 sheet of 12 x 12 design paper and should have bought more as I have already made 2 cards from it.  I love this paper! I die cut the banner and the sentiment and then popped them up.  I added some sparkly pearl gems by Forever in Time to add a bit more interest to the card.  I had fun making this card and it will probably be given to one of my 3 granddaughters. 

Thanks for stopping by!
Anna/Oma

AHSC #247

I am a past design team member for AHSC.  When I saw this week's sketch; I knew I wanted to play along.  Here is the link to the blog post:  Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge.

Here is the sketch:

Here is the card I made using the sketch as inspiration:

The ivory card stock base and pink card stock are from my stash.  The design paper is by Joycrafts.  I die cut the flag banners, the circle, the sentiment and the ribbon.  The small pink rhinestone butterfly and the pink flower on the ribbon are both from my stash of embellishments.  I am very pleased at how well this card turned out.  The most difficult thing to do on this card was centering the design paper on the pink card stock and also centering them on the card base.

Thanks for stopping by!
Anna/Oma

Try Stampin' on Tuesday on a Thursday

I have been neglecting my blog and I hope to be back to blogging more frequently this year.  I love sketch challenges and have done quite a few.  I did blog and link up to most of them but there have been a few when I've made a card too late to link up to the challenge.  I like the TSOT sketches   and this week's sketch is no exception.  Here is the sketch:



And here is the card I made using the sketch as inspiration. The sketch also has an optional theme which is a burst of colour.

The card stock, sentiment stamp and die cut hearts are from a card making kit that I bought from Spellbinders a few weeks ago.  Spellbinders was selling their left over kits for an extremely good price - 5 kits for $50.00.  Each kit came with card stock, design paper, embellishments, ribbon, twine, acrylic stamps, acrylic stamp blocks as well as several dies.  The enamel hearts are from my stash.  My pop of colour on this card is the red scalloped heart and the enamel hearts.

Thanks for stopping by!
Anna aka Oma