FTL#42 Thinking of You

I haven't been stamping in two weeks since I've had a hip replacement - and I was having a bit of trouble getting back into making cards. So this sketch combined with Dawn McVey's Raspberry Suite Color Challenge got me started. It felt great to get back to card making! I stamped the umbrellas onto the white paper, then stamped them again and cut them out and adhered them to the image panel with dimensionals. I added the flower for balance - it just looked funny without it. Supplies: Stamps - PTI ; Ink - PTI Berry Sorbet, Aquamist and Versamagic Jumbo Java; Paper - PTI Stampers Select, PTI Bitty Dot Basics, PTI Chocolate Brown; Misc - May Arts Satin Ribbon, Fiskars Threading Water Border punch, Prima Flower, half back pearl, dimensionals.

FTL 42 Happy Birthday

My mojo has been on a major vacay, so a sketch was just what I needed for a jump start! I created a travel mug with some of my favorite October Afternoon paper. Hope you are having a great weekend! Supplies: stamps - Mix & Match Cupcake, Let's Get Together (both There She Goes) paper - baja breeze, pacific point, certainly celery, choc, white (all SU); October Afternoon dsp ink - black acc - melon berry ribbon and button (PTI), scallop edge punch, dimensionals

Sketch time

Ready for another sketch? This sketch is based off of a card I made almost a month ago. Although it's not ultra simple, I really like the linear design and the proportions. I made three versions, this yellow one, a pink one, and a blue one. I love using clear sheets as my card base and I especially love adding a cool background with white stazon. I did a bit of rock'n'rolling for the flowers. I really love mixing lemon tart with just a touch of summer sunrise around the edges.

Some measurements:

Small Dark Chocolate: 3x4.25

White Image & Sentiment Panel: 2-7/8x2-1/8

Scalloped Piece: 2-7/8x3/4 (there may be some overlapping of those two parts)

Optional interior or back piece: 3.75x5.

Supplies:

Stamps: Women of Life, Beautiful Blooms, Green Thumb, Polka Dot Basics

Ink: Summer Sunrise, Lemon Tart, Dark Chocolate, White Stazon

Paper: Dark Chocolate, Summer Sunrise, Lemon Tart, White

Accessories, etc.: Acetate, scallop nestabilities, pop dots, ribbon

As always, if you play along, feel free to leave a comment with a link!

Ten Minute Monday

Today's card is one that was completely inspired by the fabulous Heather Pulvirenti. She has such a fun style, lots of good CAS cards, lots of very detailed and more complex stuff too (something for everyone!) When I saw that card, I just loved it and so I filed it into my "Inspiration" folder.

If you have a ridiculously large hard-drive, this is something you might want to consider doing. If I see something I really like, I save it to an Inspiration folder. These photos go nowhere, I would never post them online! In some cases, what people post sometimes gets taken down for a publication, this way you still have it. They are there whenever I need a little creative boost. This is also another reason why I love it when people have watermarks. If I'm inspired by something months old, I can give credit where credit is due.

So here's the card, I went with a different orientation, a different floral image, and a different colour scheme, but I think it's apparent how the original card inspired me. I made this card a few weeks ago, but now that I'm focusing on it, I kind of what to make a few more in different colours!

Supplies:

Stamps: Garden of Life, Birthday Basics

Ink: Ripe Avocado, Spring Moss, Dark Chocolate

Cardstock: Kraft, White

Accessories, etc.: Saddle Stitched Grosgrain, twine, button from who knows where, but it matches Ripe Avocado perfectly!

Fall-to Layout #41

This week's sketch was inspired by this adorable card by Savitri. I decided to make it have a vertical orientation instead of horizontal. The sketch works quite well if you have a small bit of patterned paper you want to use up, or a small stamped image. Some dimensional info based on my card:

• The brown rectangle piece is 2.5x3-3/8.
• The small white piece is 1.5x 3-1/8.
• The items are approximately 1 inch each.

Here's my sketch:

And here's my card for the sketch:

Supplies: Stamps: Coffee Break (gel-a-tins), Birthday Basics (PTI) Ink: Palette Noir Cardstock: Close to Cocoa, Aqua Mist, Ocean Tides Accessories, etc.: pop dots, aqua twill