Winter Meadow - FMS #651

Hi everyone.  Thanks for dropping by and checking out my cards this week.   This sketch challenge by by Amy at Freshly Made Sketches  caught my eye, and I thought I'd give it a go.  There are so many things you could actually do with this challenge.  Remember the shapes like the oval in a sketch challenge can be swapped out (any shape) so if ovals aren't your thing you have the option to change the image to something else.  

Here Is My Card:  

I really like the designer papers in the Winter Meadow pack.  The colours are so beautiful.  Originally I was going to use Lost Lagoon cardstock for my card base and  accessories, however I'm still working on cleaning up my stash so wound up using a card base I had on hand that is in a retired color called Tranquil Tide.  It matched in with the paper pretty well.  

I've had a lot of fun with the Sophisticated Sled dies and stamp set and have made several cards with the sled as the focal point.  For my version of the challenge, the sled represents the oval in the sketch.  

Supplies:

Stamp Set(s): 

• Sophisticated Sled - #164340 Online Exclusive
• Christmas Gleaming - sentiment #150464 (R)
• One Horse Open Sleigh # 162119 - sentiment inside mat
• Winter Memories #127937 (R) - skates on inside mat 

Card Stock and Designer Series Paper:

• Tranquil Tide 8 1/2 " x 5 1/2" scored at 4 1/4" for base; scraps for skate laces and for the greenery
• Early Espresso 4" x 5 1/4" for mat on card front and scrap for sled rail
• Gray Granite for sled slats 
• Whisper White scrap for the ice skates and sentiment base 
• Winter Meadow DSP #162133 for mat
• Scrap of striped dsp from unknown paper source

Ink:

• Tranquil Tide for sentiment
• Gray Granite - skates on inside panel mat 

Accessories:  

• Starform Black/Silver Glitter stickers
• Starform Glitter  Silver/Gold strips 
• Dimensionals 

Thank you for dropping by.  If you liked this card let me know, I always appreciate your comments.  

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Fall is coming .....AHSC # 592

Happy Labor Day Weekend everyone!  It's so hard to believe that summer has come to an end and we're just a few days away from September now.  We're still having beautiful warm weather but it's gone from the extreme heat of summer to a comforting warmth.  Yesterday I played golf with my girlfriends, and it was perfect  weather.  

I've used the fall influence in my card design for the Atlantic Heart's Sketch Challenge #592, focusing on warm autumn colors.  

Here's My Card: 

 

Supplies:

Stamp Set and Dies: 

• Pretty Perennials #154435 (R - million dollar stamp set by Dena) 
• Teeny Tiny Wishes for sentiment 
• Perennial Petals Dies #154321 (R) 

Card Stock and DSP:

• Daffodil Delight for yellow flowers
• Cajun Craze for flowers 
• Retired Designer Design DSP 6 x6 Crushed Curry and Mossy Meadow designs for front mats - MM 4 1/4" x 5 3/8" and 4" x 5 1\4" Crushed Curry 
• Mossy Meadow and Granny Apple green for leaves and dsp 
• Whisper White card base 8 1/2 x  5 1/2", 5 1/4" x 4" for inside mat

Ink:

• Cajun Craze for flowers and sentiment
• Daffodil Delight for flowers

Accessories:  

• Tag punch
• Opague faceted gems #162979
• gold doily for base of focal point

Have a good week everyone, and drop by again soon for my next challenge card.  I'd love to hear from you. 

Happy Stamping!

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Sympathy Card - TSOT #653

Thanks for visiting my blog today.  When I first looked at this sketch challenge  at the Try Stamping on Tuesday site it really put me off.  I'm not a fan of the colours used on the sketch and wasn't planning on doing anything with it.  But then I took another look at it today, and decided if I ignored the blue and orange and just concentrated on the design elements then I could probably come up with something.   

HERE'S MY CARD: 

A friend lost her mom earlier this week to cancer, and I wanted to send a sympathy card to let the family know how much we cared.   Here's what I came up with using this sketch. 

SUPPLIES:

Stamp Sets and Dies:

• Country Flowers by Stampin' Up! #163405 for the sentiments and the floral  image.
• Classic Cloche (R) #156355 for the bird
• Encircled in Nature dies  by Stampin' Up! for the Floral sprigs

Card Stock and Designer Paper: 

• Misty Moonlight card base measuring 8 1/2" x 5 12" scored at 4 1/4".   
• Whisper White for inside mat 5 1/4" x 4", a 3" x 3" scrap of Whisper White for the Oval and sentiment  "sending love". 
• Moody Mauve mat for card front 5 3/8" x 41/8"
• Winter Meadow designer series paper for the layered mat.  4" x 5 1/4" piece of double sided DSP.  Cut the dsp mat in half and flip one side of the pattern to the front.  Mat measures 2" x 5 1/4".

Ink and Blends: 

• Momento Tuxedo Black for bird and floral images
• Misty Moonlight for sentiments and stencilling
• Lost Lagoon, Pretty Peacock, Moody Mauve, Seaside Spray (R) stamping blends to colour birds, 

Accessories:

• Foursquare Decorative Mask #161285 (R)for stencilling on focal piece
• Adhesive Backed Sequins #161206

Making sympathy cards is not something I enjoy doing, because of the sadness that surrounds them.  But I must say this sympathy card seemed to come together easily and I found the colour mix and the design of the papers to be quite soothing.  

I really enjoy the stamps in the Country Flowers Stamp set which I used to stamp both the flowers and the sentiments.  The oval had just too much white space on it so before stamping the sentiment I placed one of the Foursquare Decorative Masks over the oval and applied some Misty Moonlight ink with a blending brush.  The flowers were coloured with blends and I added some iridescent sequins around them to give just a hint of sparkle.

Thanks for stopping by.  

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TOP Three - Peace on Earth #70 Sketch Challenge

 

Wow, I had a delightful surprise that I want to share.  Today when I was checking out some of the sketch challenge sites I saw my entry for the Peace on Earth #70 was chosen as one of the top 3 winners of this sketch challenge. How cool is that? 

I am proudly displaying my badge in this post and in my sidebar for this challenge and thank the Design Team and Peace on Earth Sketch Challenges for choosing my entry! Congrats to Fabiola and Vicky who were also amongst the Top 3.  And congrats to the awesome overall winner of this sketch challenge is Trina Pham.  Make sure you check out her entry it is super gorgeous!

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Peace on Earth Challenge #70

I stopped by the Peace on Earth Challenge blog today to check out their latest mood board and was thoroughly taken with the vintage Christmas inspiration.  Here it is: 

The images on this mood board remind me of the vintage Christmas cards my mom used to send back in the day.  Love them all! 

Here is my card: 

When you first looked at the mood board, what jumped out for you?  For me, the open Christmas door captured my attention as it looked so inviting, calling you in.  But then, my focus quickly shifted to the skates and sled propped against the brick wall.  How iconic are these as winter symbols? Growing up winter games and recreation were a highlight of the snowy season.  Almost everyone I knew owned skates or a sled.  Often you'd see them propped against the outside door drying off after a hard play.  So, despite the fact that many other entries used the same inspiration from the mood board, I decided to throw my hat into the ring, and do the same.  

For this card the background seemed so important in setting the stage.  I remembered having some lovely brick and wood background papers in my stash, so I dug through until I found this one.  This pinkish toned brick paper was one of several sheets in the long retired "In Good Taste" 6 x 6 dsp pack.  I love the colour and 3-D brick imagery, in this paper.  I added a Cherry Cobbler mat beneath the paper to ground it and help tie in the other red elements in the card design.

For the inside of the card I stamped an image from another old Stampin' Up! stamp set called Winter Memories.  I stamped the image of the sleigh and cardinals in full strength Crumb Cake ink and then stamped the sentiment in Cherry Cobbler ink through the center.  Again I used a red mat to pull everything together for this layer.  

Supplies:

Stamp Set(s) and Dies: 

• Sophisticated Sled #164340 (note this is part of the OLE - Online Exclusive product line in 2024/25
• Winter Memories #127937 (R) (sled and wreath inside card) 
• Christmas Gleaming #150464 (R) (Merry Christmas sentiment)

Sophisticated Sled - On Line Exclusive Stamp Bundle 

Cardstock and DSP:

• 8 1/2 x 5 1/2" Whisper White card base scored at 4 1/4"; 3 7/8" x 5" Whisper White mat for inside the card.  Scraps of Whisper White for the die cut skates and the Merry Christmas sentiment.  
• 4" x 5 1/4" Cherry Cobbler mats for the front and inside of the card; 1 1/2" x 4" piece of Cherry Cobbler for the sled frame and skate laces die cuts.
• Scraps of Garden Green for the two leaf die cuts which I cut in half so I could spread them around the top of the sled and the skates. 
• 2 1/2" x 4" piece of Crumb Cake for the sled topper and rail.  
• Scrap of silver foil for the skate blades . Tip:  I used a scrap of adhesive sheet behind the silver foil before die cutting.  When you're working with tiny pieces it's easier to do this to adhere them to your design. 

I love that fat little cardinal.  He was easy to color with blends.  I stamped the skates image in Cherry Cobbler ink and then die cut the image.  It looked quite flat against the sleigh so I decided to pop up two of the die cut skates from the Sophisticated Sled die set on top with dimensionals.  Voila that looked 100% better.  I added some Star Form Glitter dots in Red and Silver to the leaves and the joints on the sleigh.  That makes for easy mailing.  The Merry Christmas sentiment is also popped up on mini dimensionals.  

Inks:

• Cherry Cobbler ink and Cherry Cobbler Blends for colouring bird. 
• Crumb Cake 
• Momento Black ink for cardinal 

Accessories: 

• Tombow Glue 
• Dimensionals
• Adhesive sheets for skates 
• Starform Glitter Dots in Red and Silver

Well that's it for this entry.  I hope you like the scene I created.  How about playing along with this challenge at Peace on Earth you can enter up until September 1st, 2024.  Completing challenges is a great way to build a stash of Christmas Cards.  Why not give it a try.

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Pool Party Monochromatic Birthday Card - FMS #650

This week's sketch at Freshly Made Sketches was designed by Judy at Jar Full of Joy   I wanted to make a monochromatic birthday card using some Stampin' Up! designer series paper and a stamp and die set I hadn't tried out yet, so these  three rectangles in the sketch became the perfect layout.  

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HERE'S MY CARD: 

I love this Subtles Designer paper.  It comes in a 6 x 6 package and includes all the colours in the Subtles color line.  The sentiment "Time to Celebrate" is from the Round We Go stamp set by Stampin' Up!

Round We Go Dies and Stamps 

I'm  glad I bought this set as it has quite a good variety of sentiments and the fonts are a wonderful mashup of styles.  

I haven't created or used a lolly on my cards for some time.  The die in the Round We Go coordinating die set is really easy to use and cuts and puts in the tiny fold lines.  To make this lolly I needed two strips of designer paper that I joined together using Tom Bow.  I've seen other folks using a heat gun, but with the DSP it didn't seem necessary. 

I wanted to keep the inside of the card relatively dressy but simply by adding a layer of pool party beneath the white mat.  Normally I would cut this layer using  card stock but I decided to use a piece of the beautiful DSP. I think it looks great.  The font for the Happy Birthday sentiment is quite cool.  It's also from the Round We Go Stamp Set.  

I pulled out an old retired birthday stamp set from Stampin' Up! called Picture Perfect Birthday, to stamp the little party horn to mount on the focal piece.  I love those stamps and have never been able to part with them because they add such a fun feeling to a celebration.  To make sure the little horn stood out from the background color I stamped it using Coastal Cabana Ink.  The beautiful opalescent sequins bring the focal point to life. 

SUPPLIES USED: 

Stamp & Die Set(s):

• Round We Go Stamp Set #163724
• Round We Go Dies #163729
• Picture Perfect Birthday #145519
• Stitched circle dies (R) 

Designer Series Paper:

• Subtles (2024) 6 x 6 DSP - Pool Party - 2 strips dsp with circles and 1 strip with leaves - all strips 1 5/8" x 3 6/8", 4" x 5 1/4" dsp with circles for inside mat.

Cardstock:

• Whisper White 8 1/2" x 5 1/2" for card base scored at 4 1/4", 4" x 5 1/4" mat layer for card front,  3 3/4" x 4 7/8" mat for inside, scrap piece for 2" stitched circle and horn 
• Pool Party 4 1/4" x 5 3/8" mat for card front 
• Pool Party Cut two 1 1/2" x 5" strips with circles for lolly and die cut a circle to use on the back of the lolly as an anchor point. 

Ink: 

• Pool Party
• Coastal Cabana 

Accessories:

• Pastel Adhesive Backed Sequins - 5
• Dimensionals 

Thank you for checking out my FMS#650FMS#649 challenge card this week.  I'm really happy to have visitors and love to have comments.  I'd also like to know if my card or those of other participants and or the FMS Design Team have influenced you to play along.  Let me know, I'd love to see your card too.  

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