Coffee with Friends - FMS Challenge #639

 This week's sketch by Amy at Freshly Made Sketches #639 really had me thinking.  Here is the sketch:

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HERE'S MY CARD: 

Supplies Used:

Stamps:

• Coffee With Friends - Retired Stampin' Up
• A Little Latte

Designer Series Paper:

• A Little Latte 12 x 12 #163453

Cards Stock:

• Pecan Pie
• Petal Pink 
• Whisper White 

Blends:

• Petal Pink
• Flirty Flamingo
• Pecan Pie
• Smoky Slate

Accessories:

• Embossing Folder from Online Exclusive Trio 
• Opaque Faceted Gems
• Polka Dot Trim Ribbon  

Hope you enjoyed this card and will join in for weekly card making sketches and challenges.  Such fun! 

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Get Well Wishes #638 Freshly Made Sketches Challenge

Narell and the design team at Freshly Made Sketches have posted another beautiful sketch.  I liked the clean and simple design of the sketch, so I decided to use it for a get well card I was planning on making.  Here's this week's sketch: 

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HERE IS MY CARD: 

I pulled a stamp set from my collection called Cheerful Basket to use as the focal point for my card.  Here is my version of the sketch: 

SUPPLIES USED: 

Stamps, Dies and Embossing Folders:  

• Cheerful Basket #158674R Stampin' Up!
• Sincere Salutations  Salutations (R) Stampin' Up!
• Sending Dies for the sentiment strip #159271
• Layering Squares Dies #14708(R)
• Cross Hatch from the Online Exclusives Embossing Folder set 

Cardstock and Paper: 

• Whisper White 8 1/2" x 5 1/2" for base scored at 4 1/4" 
• Whisper White Mats for front and inside.  Front mat 5" x 3 3/4" and Inside  5" x 3 3/4"  
• Sweet Sorbet for mats on the front and inside cut 2 at 5 1/4" x 4" 2 1/2" x 2 1/2" square for DSP mat. 
• Scrap of Granny Apple green for sentiment mat
• DSP scrap Incolor 2022-2024 Sweet Sorbet plaid design cut out with 2 1/4" x 2 1/4" scalloped square die.

Ink: 

• Momento Tuxedo Black ink to stamp images and for sentiments
• Stampin' Blends:  
• Apples - Sweet Sorbet, Real Read, Petal Pink, Dark Cherry Cobbler, Granny Apple Green for leaves
• Kitten - Granite Grey light and dard, White Color Lifter, Smokey Slate and Petal Pink.
• Basket - Crumb Cake L&D, Pecan Pie (L&D) Early Espresso (D) 

Sincere Salutations was one of the first stamp sets I bought from Stampin' Up! back in 2006 when I joined, and although it's retired I'm still using it to this day. 

Cheerful Baskets #158674R 

I covered the surface of the apples once they were coloured with blends, with a glazing product called Nuvo Drops.  This makes the surface shine and look like  real little apples.  What fun! 

When I'm working on a sketch I like to make notes of the supplies used and samples of what was stamped or cut out.  It really helps me remember how the card went together. 

I didn't take a picture of the inside of the card, but quite simply, I matted a piece of Whisper White onto a base of Sweet Sorbet and adhered this to the card base.  I stamped "Get Well" from the Sincere Salutations stamp set in Momento Tuxedo Black ink .  

Thanks for dropping by.  Leave me a comment if you like this card or if you have any questions about how it was made.  Cheers!

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Take To the Sky Masculine Birthday Card TSOT#647

Another week has flown by so to speak, and here we are at Sunday once again and a new card challenge from Try A Sketch On Tuesday (TSOT#647)Try A Sketch On Tuesday (TSOT#647).  

HERE IS THE SKETCH:

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This sketch was perfect backdrop for a masculine birthday card I was planning using Stampin' Ups! recently released Take To the Sky Suite Collection.  I was excited to be able to use the Adventurous Sky Dies. 

HERE IS MY CARD: 

I embossed the Misty Moonlight mat with a now retired embossing folder that looks like hatch marks and I combined designer papers from both the Take to the Sky and the Country Woods 12 x 12 Designer Series packages.   The clouds, plane and sentiment banner were all cut out with the Adventurous Sky dies.  I added Rustic Metallic Adhesive backed dots #159082 to the wheel hubs and propellor on the plane and in the bottom corner.  

SUPPLIES USED: 

Stamps and Dies:  

• Adventurous Sky Stamp Set #163439 
• Adventurous Sky Dies #163446
• Scalloped Contour Die (R) for whisper white mat for  inside card

Card Stock: 

• Whisper White Base 8 1/2 x 5 1/2" scored at 4 1/4"
• Crumb Cake mat 3 7/8" x 5 1/8", a 3 7/8" x 1" strip and scrap for plane body
• Misty Moonlight mat 3 3/4" x 5" 
• Basic Gray scrap for the plane die cut

Ink:

• Misty Moonlight

Designer Papers:

• Take To the Sky #163436
• Country Woods #163393

Well that's it for today's card.  I hope you enjoyed it.  There's plenty of time to play along with this challenge and link your own creation, so if you're interested  visit the Try a Sketch on Tuesday blog site to check out the details.  Until next time.....

I've also entered this card in the Father's Day Raffle at the TSOT sister site,  Double Trouble  Challenge #167 - "Double Trouble 6th Year Anniversary Raffle".

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Taco Fiesta with FMS#637

I was inspired by the little squares on this week's Freshly Made Sketches challenge to design a card using my Taco Fiesta stamp set.  What fun!  This stamp set has a such a cute assortment of toppings and fun sentiments it was easy to fill the squares and come up with a card that made me smile.  

Here's the Sketch: 

Card Sketch by Karren Card Sketch by Karren 

Here's My Card:

I have to confess I really goofed up when I was making this card front.  Somehow I managed to flip the layers when I was adhering the stack to the card base, and wound up with the squares on the left rather than the right side of the card. OOPs!  Since the design on the Day at the Farm DSP was multi-directional, it didn't really make a difference, so I left things as is.  

I had so much fun stamping and colouring these images.  You can't really see because of the camera angle but I wanted all the red bits to be shiny so I topped them with a layer of Nuvo drops to bring on the shine.  

SUPPLIES USED:

Stamp Set:  

Taco Fiesta #160732 - Stampin' Up! (R) 

Inside sentiment from an old retired Stampin' Up! set.

Card Stock:

Daffodil Delight:

One piece of 8 1/2 x 5 1/2" scored at 4 1/4" for base.  

Cherry Cobbler 

One piece of 4" x 5 1/4" for mat and 3 scraps the square mats measuring 

1 1/2" x 1 1/2" 

Basic White

Two 4" x 5 1/4" for front and inside layers and scraps for 3 mats measuring 1 1/4" x 1 1/4" for card front.  Scraps for stamping images. 

Designer Paper:  

Day at the Farm 12 x 12 Stampin' Up! (R) 

Ink:  

Momento Basic Black for Images and sentiments

Cajan Craze, Poppy Parade, Real Red, Granny Apple Green, Daffodil Delight, Crumb Cake, Parakeet Party Stampin Blends for coloured images. 

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Little Dreamers Baby Card - FMS #636

This weeks Freshly Made Sketch by Cecile had me puzzled and unsure of what I could do with it.  However I loved design teams wonderful samples and they eventually inspired me to be a bit more creative.  Here's the sketch: 

Here's My Card:

I was going to make a birthday card using my Zany Zoo characters and die cuts, but while I was looking through my scraps I found a piece of designer series paper with white clouds on a pool party background that captured my interest.  I decided to  cut and use this paper for the strips on the card.  From there everything seemed to fall into place and I came up with this baby card:

Supplies Used:

Stamp Sets and Dies:

• Little Dreamers #161569 for lion and inside panel sentiment
• Teeny Tiny Wishes #127802 Stampin' Up! Retired for Hello Baby sentiment
• Little  Dreamers Dies #161578 for the two clouds

Ink:

• Memento Tuxedo Black 
• Marina Mist (R) for sentiments 
• Stampin' Blends: Crumb Cake Light/Dark, Light Flirty Flamingo, Petal Pink and Lemon Lolly

Card Stock and DSP:

• Whisper White 8 1/2" x 5 1/2" and scored at 4 1/4" for base; a 3 7/8" x 5" piece for the front panel which was dry embossed with the Stars Embossing Folder (R); a 4" x 5 1/4" piece for inside panel and small scraps for the two die cut clouds. 
• Pool Party 4" x 5 1/4" for front panel 
• DSP Patterns Pack 112474 (R) Stampin' Up! - 2 pieces 3 1/4" x 1/2" and 2 pieces 2 1/2" x 1/2" for strips and a 4" x 1" strip for the inside panel.

Embellishments:  

• Iridescent Pearls #158987
• Tombow Multi Purpose Glue
• Dimensionals

I was quite please with this card and how quickly it came together once I decided on the supplies I would use.  For me that's always the hardest part.  I was sad to see the Little Dreamer Stamp set and dies retired as they've been my go-to baby baby set, and I always love the results.

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