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Wildly Happy for FMS200

Aug 17, 2019 | Freshly Made Sketches | 1 comment

Freshly Made Sketches is Celebrating!

Since the challenge has hit 400 sketch challenges, the design team has been celebrating all month!  This team chose FMS 200 to celebrate this week.  This very simple sketch actually lends itself to so many interpretations.    

Here’s the challenge banner:

Here’s the outside of my card:

Baby Cards are Cute Just By Nature!

The new Wildly Happy cling stamp set in the annual catalog is so versatile!  Can’t you just see these two rabbits on an Easter card?

I used the retired Twinkle, Twinkle DSP, but any baby DSP would work.  Once I had the top and bottom DSP pieces cut, I thought the rest could just fall in place.  In all honesty, though, I kept hearing Bob Ross saying that we don’t make mistakes, just happy accidents.  

Because of the DSP colors,  I knew I needed to use either the mother/baby rabbits or the mother/baby elephants.  I wisely chose the rabbits and stamped then colored them in using the light and dark Smokey Slate blends.  Light Petal Pink provided the inner ear color for both.   Right after I colored the rabbits, I stamped the sentiment.  While adding the grass using the tiny grass stamp from Over the Moon was an afterthought, it turned out to be a grounding element.  I simply stamped and second generation stamped over and over.  I think it looks more natural than just a single, or even double, row of grass stamps.  

Happy Accidents

My first happy accident occurred when I tried to crop the rabbits and the sentiment.  Since I had stamped both the rabbits and sentiment on one piece 3″x4 ” of Whisper White cardstock, I couldn’t get everything cut out in one shape that would fit within the challenge.  Therefore, I had to improvise, and cropped the image using the third oval from the Stitched Shapes die set.  Then I started playing around with the sentiment trying to get everything to fit so it looked like I meant it all to work.  I figured out that I could use the partial “SO” on the oval to my advantage and layer it over the sentiment so it looked double stamped.  Once I carefully adhered the oval to the sentiment, I realized my happy accident worked, Once I trimmed a tiny bit off the left side of the oval, everything fell into place. 

My second happy accident occurred when I chose and adhered the faceted dots for the bottom right corner.  It turns out those little beauties are actually Mint Macaron.  However, they seem to work because they appear to have a deeper grey tint than the Soft Sea Foam in the rest of the card.

Finally, I knew I needed something under the strip for the sentiment.  I tried different ribbons and then finally remembered I have theDecorative Ribbon Boarder punch.  Since I’d already placed dimensionals on the back of the rabbit/sentiment combination, I needed to be very carful when gluing the border into place.  I really like the little shadow the raised border creates.

Finishing Details

Here’s the inside of the card:

My third happy accident occurred when I first stamped the Soft Sea Foam rabbits and sentiment directly onto the inside of the card.  In order to cover my crooked sentiment, I restamped on a piece of Whisper White and cropped it using the same oval die as the front.

Thankfully, all I had left was the envelope, for which there were no happy accidents.  I stamped the rabbits on the front and used a piece of the grey DSP from the bottom of the card for the flap decoration. 

I’d finished the card and envelope, happy mistakes and all.  

Thank you for stopping by my blog today.

Have a Peachy day!  

Supply List:

Wildly Happy cling stamp set, item # 149408  WILDLY HAPPY CLING STAMP SET

Over the Moon cling stamp set, item #  149331           OVER THE MOON CLING STAMP SET

  Whisper White cardstock, item # 100730

Soft Sea Foam cardstock, item #  146988

Gray Granite cardstock, item #  146983

Smoky Slate blends combo, item #  145058

Soft Sea Foam ink pad, item #  147102

Memento Tuxedo Black ink pad, item #  132708

Decorator Ribbon Border Punch, item #  143721

Stitched Shapes die set, item # 145372

Dimensionals, items #104430

TomBow Multipurpose Liquid Glue, item # 110755

You Know You Want to …….

If you would like to order this versatile cling stamp set today and live in the U.S. please CLICK HERE to be connected to my store.  With just a few simple supplies, you, too, can create fabulous cards, and I would be honored to help you do so.  Be sure to check out the 6 x 6 DSP paper, pictured below, for all of the color families!  The possibilities are endless, especially for baby cards!

NEUTRALS 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 CM) DESIGNER SERIES PAPER     Neutrals, item # 149614

BRIGHTS 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 CM) DESIGNER SERIES PAPER     Brights, item # 149613

REGALS 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 CM) DESIGNER SERIES PAPER     Regals, item # 149616

SUBTLES 6 X 6 (15.2 X 15.2 CM) DESIGNER SERIES PAPER     Subtles, item # 149615

   

 

 

 

 

 

Over the Moon for CTS #329

Jul 10, 2019 | CAS(E) This Sketch | 0 comments

Absolutely Adorable Cows!

The new catalog has many “must have” products, and the Over the Moon cling mount stamp set is one of those “must haves”!  Just take a look at these cute as a button images!

I just LOVE these cows and the sentiments.  Therefore, when I saw the banner for CTS #329, I knew I was going to use one of these cows.  

Here’s the CAS(E) this Sketch banner:

I flipped the sketch and this is what I created:

 

This Cow Rocks Lovely Lipstick Boots

In order to create this card, I first stamped the cow and colored it with the Blends markers.  I used Light and Dark Basic Black for the spots, Light Smoky Slate for the hoofs, Ivory and Light Petal Pink for the ears and snout.  I colored her using the Light Granny Apple Green blend and light and dark Daffodil Delight for the flower.  After much thought, I decided to leave the tail white.   At the same time I decided to give her DSP boots.  Cute!  She needed some bling of her own, and the Lovely Lipstick enamel dots from the Happiness Blooms enamels fit the bill.  After creating the DSP boots (little bitty fussy cuttings),   I decided to use the In Color DSP as part of the sketch pieces, and another pattern for the envelope flap.

Rectangle Stitched Layered Rectangles 

These stitched dies are quickly becoming my go-to “must have” die set.  For this card, I used them to crop the cow, sentiment, and solid Lovely Lipstick cardstock.  Coloring in the ditch of the stitches seems to be something else I enjoy doing for emphasis. This time I used the Stamping Write Marker on the sentiment and solid cardstock.  In addition, I used the marker to outline the cow’s rectangle.

Cards, and projects, with monochromatic colors always seem to turn out to be calming.  The same is true for this card, but it also makes me smile.  I hope you got a smile from it as well.

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I hope you have a Peachy day!

Sue