Jul 15, 2017 | Uncategorized |
This week’s sketch is definitely clean and simple. I used retired SU! products of Tip Top Taupe and Mint Macaron. The woodgrain background stamp is also retired, as is the DSP strip on the bottom. The sentiment is from the current All Things Thanks stamp set. This is actually the second card I made for this challenge. The first card matched the picture I had in my head, but wasn’t clean and simple. This second version fit the challenge.
Here’s my card:
Here’s the FMS sketch:
Just because I wanted to share, here’s the first card I made:
Have a Peachy day!
Jul 15, 2017 | Uncategorized |
I needed a birthday card for a 4 yo boy who is now being raised by a family member because both his parents died a few months ago. A fellow SU! demo had asked our group if we would send him a card for his first birthday without his parents. I started pulling things together from the Cupcakes and Carousels DSP stack, then grabbed the Tasty Treats SAB stamp set, Stampin Up! Write Markers, some mini-dimensionals, and this is what evolved. As I was creating this I realized that this one card hits 2 challenges for this week: #PCC251 (new to you) and #GDP095 (kids).
Here’s my card:
I started this process with a portrait orientation, but when I decided on the truck, I switched it around. I originally thought the pancake stack was a piece of cake when I stamped it and the cupcake in the truck window~ oops. I used colors taken from the DSP to color in the truck, and added Basic Grey for the metal parts. I wanted the greeting to kind of look like a swinging sign, but needed something to balance out the weight of the card, so I wrapped brown bakers twine around the card.
When I thought I was finished, I just kept staring at the card because I knew something was off and realized my truck looked like it was just floating. So, I cut a small strip of Early Espresso, which is also in the DSP, and made myself a road of sorts. Now I was happy and done.
Here’s the challenge sketches:
Have a Peachy day!
Jul 15, 2017 | Uncategorized |
Here’s my challenge card:
#ctd451 this week is to use a dark pink, light pink, and green color combo. Neutrals and white are also allowed, but the 3 given colors are supposed to be the only other colors. I went back to my favorite DSP in Pick a Pattern in Emerald Envy and Whisper White, my cute Little Piggie stamp set, some black and white Pick a Pattern washi and Flirty Flamingo ribbon and enamel shapes. I colored the main part of the piggie in Powder Pink (light pink), and the feet and nose in Flirty Flamingo (dark pink), and the little tufts of grass are Emerald Envy. I popped up the pig with mini-dimensionals and ta-da, the card was done.
Here’s the challenge sketch:
Have a Peachy day!
Jul 14, 2017 | Uncategorized |
Here’s my card:
This card was fun! I was able to work in 3 challenges in one card, and it went together pretty easily. The Paper Players, PP352, gave me the color scheme in Sweet Sugarplum, Berry Burst, and Rich Razzleberry. I also used Whisper White paper and bakers twine and Basic Black ink.
The second challenge was from Paper Craft Crew, PCC251, which has a challenge to use something New to You. For me, my new was the Bella and Friends stamp set. All the puppies in this set are adorable and I didn’t need to color this pup for this card. The one stamp has the puppy, the balloon, and the bird. I stamped the puppy and the string and part of the balloon on Whisper White, then used my Stitched Shapes ovals to cut it out. The balloon punch gave me the ability to pop up the flowered balloon. I fussy cut the bird so I could also pop it up and then place it in the same place as it would have been if I had stamped him with the puppy. Added some Whisper White bakers twine for the little knot on the balloon, the string, and the bow on the bottom on the puppy. Love!
The third challenge is CAS Colours and Sketches, # 231, which gave me the layout. I needed the two stripes and the oval for this sketch. I love how the oval really makes the puppy the focus of attention. The strips on the bottom are Berry Burst Color Theory DSP, the sentiment is from the Bella and Friends stamp set, and I used some ribbon in Berry Burst on the banner just for a little interest.
So, one card, 3 challenges. Happiness abounds.
Here are the challenge links:
Have a Peachy day!
Jul 10, 2017 | Uncategorized |
I originally made this card because I wanted to play with my new embossing paste and found that I had a (retired) stencil that matched the pattern on this retired DSP. (Note to self: when finished using the embossing paste, IMMEDIATELY clean up the tools and stencil. Do not let it dry!) I matted the White White base on Tangerine Twist, tore the DSP and glued it to the WW base, added the TT ribbon and created the label pieces. I added two Old Olive enamel shapes and thought ta-da, I’m done. I started looking at the challenges for this week which I haven’t completed and PCC#250 was one of them. I couldn’t believe how I hit the bottom horizontal row without meaning to do so. I popped the enamel shapes off and added jewels instead and now I was really done! Add some sparkle – done, embossing paste – done, clean and simple – done.
Here’s the challenge board:
Have a Peachy day!
Jul 9, 2017 | Uncategorized |
This color challenge was straightforward: blue, red, yellow, and white. I used some retired stitched ribbon in Pacific Point, Real Red, and Daffodil Yellow to weave together to make this card. Finished it off with “You’re the Best” from the Watercolor Words stamp set and 3 tiny Real Red star enamel shapes. The weaving was the most difficult part since I had a hard time getting the ribbon to stick on the back of the card to weave. There’s loads of snail adhesive on the back and mini glue dots on the front under the ribbons.
Here’s my card for ctd#450:
Here’s the CTD sketch:
Have a Peachy day!
