Sketch Challenge at Splitcoast Stampers (SC265)

Okay, I'm supposed to be cleaning... but you know (I'm inbetween loads of laundry and I'm having a quick cup tea before I tackle the vacuuming, any excuse to sit in front of the computer!)

But I've got these three cards I just want to share with you all. I'm loving this Basic Grey Origins paper! Love the colors and each paper design.

This card is for SCS Sketch Challenge 265 and it's posted at Splitcoast. I've not posted too much there and this is actually the first time I've participated in a challenge, I've only put my DT work from Christian Paper Crafts over there but there certainly is a lot to check out. Lots of fun tutorials and some great ideas! Here is the link for the Sketch Challenge site The ribbon is from Michaels, the flower and button is from Making Memories. Cardstock is from Paper Accents. The stamp is from Inkadinkadoo. I used my Cuttlebug to diecut the Nestabilities Label One for the sentiment. Ink is Archival, coffee and I blended Distress ink (antique linen) around the sentiment.

OCCSC #49 I started this card with the inspiration from Our Creative Corner but I've not posted it over there but I do want to give them credit for starting the creative inspiration!!

I love the how the butterfly turned out. I first stamped and heat embossed with gold embossing powder and then I used Perfect Pearls (Forever blue and Forever green) to color it in. I then cut it out and then added the green pearls for the body. I love the shimmer. There are two ways to use Perfect Pearls and I chose to use them by mixing them with water on my craft sheet and then painted them. I wasn't particularly careful because I knew I would be cutting the image out.

The ribbon is from Michaels (I hit a sale!! whoo-hoo), the stamps from Inkadinkadoo, the pearls from Creative Charms and the card base from Bazzill. You'll have to click to enlarge to see the border punch from EK Success towards the bottom of the card and I also used my Cuttlebug to diecut the Nestabilites Label 1 for the sentiment and inked the edges with Distress Ink antique linen using a blending tool from Ranger.

Here is my last card and my least favorite, although I love the papers! The only additional product I used would be my EK Success photo corner (scallop) punch. Everything else is covered in the above descriptions. Sorry the pic is not the best, I should have cropped it so that you could see a little more detail. But if you click to enlarge you'll definitely see ALL the details!!

Well, it's back to cleaning the house and I need to finish making dinner for a friend who just had a masectomy this week and is recovering at home. Hope you'll check back later to see our BIBLE VERSE THURSDAY CHALLENGE FROM CHRISTIAN PAPER CRAFTS!!

Have an excellent day!

Sketch Tuesday and another Color Challenge

Hello! It's technically still Tuesday on the west coast so I'm not late posting this latest sketch challenge from Christian Paper Crafts!! Hooray! I was multi -tasking, listening to Beth Moore's teaching on Daniel and card making, can it get any better?? I even had a cup of hot tea with some delicious Italian Sweet Cream (Coffee Mate see pic below!) that was like having dessert, yum!!! Nice relaxing evening while the rain was coming down in buckets, I was in the comfort of my own craft room enjoying my tea listening to one of my favorite teachers! Nice!

Here is our sketch AND I've incorporated a Color Challenge from Our Creative Corner, this was my first visit there and I loved the colors (blue and green) for the challenge so I said, I think I'm going to accept the challenge!! So, I hunted down some blue and green color in my patterned paper selection and this is what I've come up with!
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As you can see by the sketch there are lots of possibilites. I chose a sympathy card because I'm still making a set for my mom. This came together quickly once I knew what papers I was using. I used my cuttlebug to dry emboss the light green paper (Fancy Pants) and mounted both the pattern papers with Bazzill cardstock (green and navy) Basic Grey is the other designer paper. I used the Label One Nestabilites for the sentiment (MSE) and blended Distress Ink (broken china) around the edges. The sentiment was stamped with Cobalt blue Archival ink. The ribbon is from Bazzill and the pearls are from a company called Creative Charms. I think that's about it on the ingredients. Hope you are all staying warm and dry!! Thanks so much for looking and God bless you.

Couldn't resist!