Ten Minute Monday

First off, yay for 3 day weekends! Woot! This last week was particularly trying with the ice rain on Monday and Tuesday, and then the brief warm-up, and then finally back to a mostly winter-like -15 or so. I felt like using the Teacher's Apple set. But I really wasn't feeling the red, I thought I'd make a Granny Smith apple. I inked up the stamp first with Spring Moss, then applied a bit of shading with Ripe Avocado. I added in brown for the stem, then I realized that my colour scheme was set- Chocolate, Moss, and Avocado. I thought using ribbon, but I wanted a really sharp, clean edge, so I went with thin strips of cardstock. You get a similar effect and used some of the spindly scraps that were next to my paper cutter.

Supplies:

Stamps: Teacher's Apple, Birthday Basics, Polka Dot Basics

Ink: Spring Moss, Ripe Avocado, Dark Chocolate

Cardstock: Kraft, White, Ripe Avocado, Spring Moss

Accessories, etc.: Paper Piercer and guide, pop dots

Fall to Layout #29

Not only is this a sketch based on Dawn McVey's, it is also based on colors that she uses together! This color combination is totally outside my comfort zone but I like it! I used the Fleur di Leis from PTI's Simply Stationery set with Versamark on the Raspberry Fizz layer. That layer is matted with Ripe Avocado paper. The sentiment, also from Simply Stationey was stamped in Old Olive on Yellow Tart card stock, and mounted on a scalloped oval cut with Nestabilities from Ripe Avocado card stock. I finished it off with a lemon tart satin ribbon. Supplies: Stamps - Papertrey Simply Stationery; Ink - SU! Old Olive, Versamark; Paper - PaperTrey; Misc - PaperTrey ribbon, Nestabilities

FTL29

Time for another sketch! This one was inspired by one of my favorite CAS stampers, Dawn McVey . In case you've been out of the loop, she's got a stamp set debuting tomorrow evening at Papertrey Ink. I really liked what she did with the damask image to make background paper. It's nice to have a card focus on a pattern. All it needs is a small sentiment and your choice of embellishments.

I kept my card themed in the spirit of Valentine's Day. I really liked the effect of the fancy label underneath the sentiment on Dawn's card. I used the Label One Nestabilities for that. If you cut the squares in half, you can match them back up to make a more rectangular shape. It worked out well for this, since I knew I'd be placing the sentiment piece over top. The seam is completely hidden. The rest of the card seems pretty self explanatory. I added in one extra layer. I just can't help myself, I love having that 1/16'' border between my main image panel and the card base!

Supplies: Stamps: Heart Prints (PTI) Ink: Raspberry Fizz, Dark Chocolate Paper: Raspberry Fizz, Dark Chocolate, White Accessories, etc.: pop dots, nesties labels 1, saddle stitched grosgrain

Square Delight

This was supposed to be a quick card, but the search for the perfect sized flower, and then some white buttons; well, it ended up taking longer than a CAS card should. It was inspired by a card on page 111 of the latest Stampin' Up catalog. I wanted to "class it up" a bit, so I stuck with black and white. This card measures 4.25 square. Supplies: Stamps: Absolutely Fabulous, Polka Dot Basics Paper: Textured White, Black, White Ink: Black, White Accessories, etc.: flower, polka dot brad, buttons, satin ribbon, mat pack

Ten Minute Monday

Here's a trio of ultra simple cards today. I just love having a nice image, a short greeting, and the bold colour combination of red, white, and black. For a bit more of a "pop-factor", I added bits of red to each image and I outlined the dogs with a grey marker. It's really a great effect for making an image come to life. These cards are all 4.5x 3.5 Supplies: Stamps: Cosmo Pups (gel-a-tins) Cardstock: White, Poppy, Black Ink: Tuxedo Black Accessories, etc.: Red and Light Grey markers