FTL77 - Hope Your Day is Fabulous

Hi everyone! Hope you're having a great Monday! :)

This card was created using last Friday's Fall-to Layout #77. LOL, I must've changed my mind at least three times when deciding on what image to place in the lower right corner. Large flourish? No... Leafy flourish? No... Leafy stems? No... LOL, and I wonder why I can't whip cards out? :)

Have a great one!

Instructions:

• Create 3 1/2" x 6" card base using white CS.
• Cut 1 3/4" strip of patterned paper and adhere to card base.
• Stamp pink leaf image and brown sentiment on card base.
• Add ribbon and tie bow.
• Embellish with rhinestones.

Supplies:
Stamps - Turning a New Leaf, Signature Greetings
Ink - Raspberry Fizz, Dark Chocolate
Paper - Rustic White, Raspberry Fizz Bitty Dot
Miscellaneous - Brown Rhinestones, Melon Berry Grosgrain Ribbon

FTL 77 Welcome Baby Bee

 
I just had to do another card with this sketch! This one uses PaperTrey's Baby Button Bits and Basic Grey Urban Prairie paper.  The ribbon is PaperTrey's Aqua Mist satin ribbon. 

FTL 77 Just a Note

Another sketch from Natasha that is open to so many possibilities - and easily done in 10 minutes or less! Supplies: Stamps - PaperTrey; Ink - Versamagic Spanish Olive, SU! Real Red; Paper - PaperTrey; Misc - Buttons, Ribbon, Glue Dots

FTL 77!

I was so happy with how Tuesday's sunshine card turned out that I decided to make it this week's sketch! The sketch was designed to be 6x3.25, but feel free to make it standard card sized!

Also, a huge thanks to everyone who participated in last week's FTL! It makes me so happy to know that so many people find inspiration in the sketches!

I decided to do quite a different theme for my card. I chose silver and white as my colour scheme and embellished with silver embossing powder, satin, and rhinestones.

Supplies: Stamps: Fancy Flourishes, Background Basics: Petal Power, Inside & Out: Baby (Papertrey Ink) Ink: Silver Encore Paper: White, Silver Accessories, etc.: Silver EP, rhinestones, satin ribbon

If you decide to play along, please leave a link directly to your post! Thanks!

FTL76 - So Sweet of You

This card was created using Friday's Fall-to Layout #76. The cupcake image was created by Heather Nichols for Papertrey Ink's 3rd birthday celebration. It originally had a candle on top, but it didn't look quite right extending outside my white square, so I trimmed it off and added a pink rhinestone in its place.

Have a great day! :)

Instructions:

• Create A2 card base using teal cardstock.
• Stamp sentiment in brown ink.
• Attach pink ribbon to card base and tie knot.
• Run a scrap piece of white cardstock through Cuttlebug and emboss with dots. Cut into four 1" square pieces.
• Adhere squares to card base with pop dots.
• Print digital image and trim off candle and plate. Adhere rhinestone.
• Attach cupcake image to top right square.

Supplies:
Stamps - Signature Greetings, Cupcake image created by Heather Nichols
Ink - Dark Chocolate
Paper - Bermuda Bay, Stamper's Select White
Miscellaneous - Raspberry Fizz Grosgrain, Hot Pink Rhinestone, Cuttlebug Swiss Dots Embossing Folder

Ten Minute Tuesday

Wishing you sunshine! Isn't that such a nice sentiment? I really love these flowers from Baby Button Bits, so I thought I'd use them with some stamped patterned paper. Of course because I didn't plan out this card whatsoever, it's a pretty odd size. 5-13/16x3-1/4. Oh well! In order to prevent the Copic coloured leaves from bleeding through, I mounted the white layer on a white card base. This card makes me want to stamp white polka dots onto all sorts of coloured cardstock. Supplies: Stamps: Blooming Button Bits, Baby Button Bits (Papertrey Ink) Ink: Memento Rose Bud, Bamboo Leaves, Papertrey Ink Fresh Snow Paper: White, Summer Sun Accessories, etc.: Pink Passion ribbon, corner rounder, 3/4 and 1/2 circle punch

FTL 76

This is a great sketch to use inchies.  I stamped the dotted heart image from PTI Sign Language on 3 Inchie squares and the happy valentines day heart from PTI Tiny Treats - Valentine set on a 4th Inchie square.  The squares are mounted with foam tape.

Supplies: Stampe - PaperTrey; Ink - SU! Real Red, Versafine Onyx Black; Paper - PaperTrey; Misc - Inchie Arts Inchies, Ribbon, Foam tape

FTL 76

Here's this week's sketch. I've done something a bit similar with the same visual elements. It's cool how moving something, like a group of 4 squares, can change the overall composition. If you're looking for measurements, I made my squares each 1 inch. I decided on making a little love card. I really like the brown with a pop of pink, it's fun! The colours are Soft Suede and Melon Mambo. Stamps are from Papertrey Ink (Heart Prints, Signature Greetings).

FTL#75 Friend

This card is a combination of a few challenges.  The SCS CAS51 challenge to use dp; the color challenge for this week was to use Pretty in Pink, Melon Mambo and Blush Blossom - with a bonus for using red on a heart only.  And of course the FTL layout.
Supplies: Stamps - Taylored Expressions; Ink - PaperTrey Raspberry Fizz; Paper - PaperTrey; Misc - SU! Markers, Making Memories Velvet ribbon, Foam Mounting squares

FTL75 - Congrats!

Hi everyone, hope you all had a great weekend! :)

I'm here today with a simple card I created using last Friday's Fall-to Layout Sketch #75 and the new Raspberry Fizz formulated ink available from PTI. I know not everyone loves the new ink formulation, but I'm not one of them! LOL I absolutely *love* the new inks, the colors are SO vibrant!

Have a great day. :)

Instructions:

• Cut kraft CS to 4 1/4" x 10 1/2", and fold in half to create card base.
• Stamp leaf image with pink ink onto white CS, then trim down and cut around leaves on the right side.
• Stamp sentiment with brown ink.
• Punch small hole in upper left corner of white CS, then wrap ribbon around card and through the hole.
• Attach white CS to card base with pop dots and tie bow.
• Embellish with rhinestones.

Supplies:
Stamps - Turning a New Leaf, Signature Greetings, Polka Dot Basics 2
Ink - Raspberry Fizz, Versamark, Dark Chocolate
Paper - Kraft, Stamper's Select White
Miscellaneous - Summer Sunrise Satin Ribbon, Orange Rhinestones

FTL 75

Happy Friday everyone! Ready for another sketch? The sentiment/image panel is 3x4.25 on my card. I used the slot punch to weave the ribbon through. The bow was tied independently, then stuck on. I designed the sketch with the intention of adding images to the top right corner. Feel free to do whatever you like the main panel! Supplies: Stamps: Giga Guidelines, Guidelines II, Big Bold Wishes Inks: Smokey Shadow, Sunflower Paper: Smokey Shadow, White, Crushed Curry Accessories, etc.: Crushed Curry Ribbon, Slot Punch Once again, if you decide to play along, please add your direct-post link in the Mr. Linky widget!

FTL #74 Thanks So Much

I am so happy that Natasha is back with her awesome CAS sketches. This is for FTL#74. I went for the one layer card (OLC). I masked around one of my narrow rectangle nesties with large post it notes so that the entire card front was covered. I then stamped the image in Versamark and embossed it with clear EP. Then I brayered on yellow and orange Adirondak inks. I wiped the ink off of the embossed image and pulled off the Post-it notes and stamped the PaperTrey Ink sentiment in Versafine Onyx Black. I love the challenge to make a OLC!!

The return of FTL (#74)

Hello! I am officially back from holidays. What better way to get back on schedule than with a sketch. The sketch can easily be made into a one layer or a two layer card. Here's the sketch: Here are my samples. Since I was reorganizing my reinkers, I was inspired to use them. I got out the baby wipes, a bit of glossy white paper, and got to work. I took one baby wipe, cut it into 3. Next I added a few drops of reinker to the wipe and simply glided it over the white paper. I did that with each colour, then went back over at the overlapping points. Once the swipes were dry, I stamped this delightful dandelion (by Hero Arts) over top with white pigment ink, added a greeting, then put it together on some white textured cardstock. I really like the contrast of the glossy colour with the textured white. Something I've been meaning to try, but hadn't, was the Mr. Linky widget, so hopefully this works! Leave a link to your version of the sketch! Be sure to include the link directly to your post (and not just your blog) so we can all check it out easily!

Ten Minute Wednesday

Hello! :) I hope you're all having a great day! Since there aren't going to be any new Fall-to Layout sketches until after the new year, I thought I'd pop in with a 10 minute card I created. It's hard to believe that Christmas has come and gone and that it's already time to ring in the new year! Where did 2009 go??

Instructions:

• Create a 4 1/4" square card base using red CS.
• Stamp a row of polka dots in white ink, and adhere a piece of pink grosgrain ribbon on top of the strip of dots.
• Stamp the sentiment repeatedly on a piece of white CS, making sure to leave room for rhinestone accents.
• Stamp a background pattern onto fuchsia CS, as well as a pink heart image onto white CS, and use heart punches to punch them out.
• Adhere the sentiment strip on top of the pink ribbon, attach the hearts with pop dots and embellish with rhinestones.

Supplies: Stamps - Background Basics: Diamonds, Heart Prints, Polka Dot Basics Ink - Fresh Snow, True Black, Hibiscus Burst, Raspberry Fizz Paper - Pure Poppy, Raspberry Fizz, Stamper's Select White Miscellaneous - Green Rhinestones, Heart Punches, Hibiscus Burst Grosgrain Ribbon

Blast from the past (kind of)

Today's sketch is based on a holiday card I posted last year. I never made a sketch from it, but thought it would work out nicely for this week's sketch. On a side note, there will be no sketch after today until mid January. With Christmas, New Year's, and my holidays in January I will not be around as much. Here's my card. It's quite simple, I made use of punches to really speed up the process. Supplies: Stamps: Rustic Snowflakes, Take a Bough (Papertrey Ink) Paper: Vintage Cream, Dark Chocolate, Kraft, Spring Moss Ink: Dark Chocolate Accessories, etc.: Circle punches, corner rounder

FTL72 - Thanks, Chickie!

Hi everyone! Today's card was creating using the Fall-to Layout Sketch posted last Friday by Natasha. My sample is definitely on the simple side, but I really like the way it turned out... Sometimes I think using a bunch of patterns together can make a design look a little on the busy side, but these patterns together almost seem delicate to me. LOL, as usual, I went back and forth about a million times trying to figure out what cardstock color I should use as my card base, and finally settled on using acetate. I also embossed the background with dots to help it stand out a bit. Have a great one! :) Supplies: Stamps - Damask Designs, Background Basics: Diamonds, Handwritten Notes Ink - Versamark, Aqua Mist, Pure Poppy Paper - Old Olive DSP, Bermuda Bay, Pure Poppy, Aqua Mist, Kraft, Stamper's Select White Miscellaneous - Vintage Cream Satin Ribbon, Acetate, Swiss Dots Embossing Folder

FTL72

It is a good thing that Chanukah is 8 days - I still have time to get my cards out! I used FTL72 to make this Chanukah card. I used the "pond ripples" from PTI Pond Life to make it look like the dreidels were spinning. The sentiment is from PTI Mazel Tov. Supplies: Stamps - PaperTrey; Ink - PaperTrey Enchanted Evening; Paper - PaperTrey, Making Memories; Misc - Dreidel and Star of David embellies (unknown), Ribbon, Twine, Glue Dots

Number 72

Good evening! Here's today's sketch. Time to use more of that patterned paper I figured I'd use some papers from a kit, since I knew they'd coordinate nicely. I added a few extra embellishments to my finished card. Sometimes you just need to add a little something else! Supplies: Stamps: Holiday Button Bits (Papertrey Ink) Ink: Vintage Cream Paper: Jingle SS Kit, Very Vanilla, Real Red, Old Olive Accessories, etc.: Ribbon, button, twine, pop dots

FTL 71

Happy Friday everyone! Here's today's sketch. A few tips for you- #1- you don't have to make the focal image an ornament, the idea was basically to have something hanging from the bow or knot. #2- if you don't have a larger scalloped edge punch, consider using a smaller one, or consider using a few circles to make your fancy edge! Supplies: Stamps: Vintage Ornaments (Papertrey Ink) Paper: Kraft, Taken with Teal, Real Red, White, Holiday Lounge DSP Ink: Taken with Tea, Real Red Accessories, etc.: rhinestones, real red grosgrain, scalloped edge punch (EK Success), silver cord

FTL70 Happy Birthday

I love this layout - I think it is very versatile! This card is pretty straightforward so I'll just list the supplies. Supplies: Stamps - Penny Black, PaperTrey; Ink - Versafine Onyx Black, SU! Real Red; Paper - PaperTrey; Misc - Koh-i-noor Colored Pencils, Baby Oil, Ribbon, Button