2 in 1

Today I have a two-fer for you! I combined the sketch for this week's Unscripted Sketches challenge with my monthly post for Creative Clear Stamps so let's get to it!

First up is the sketch from US:

And my card:

I used the adorable That Kind of Day Sentiment Single from Creative Clear Stamps. I used felt at the bottom of the card separated by saddle stitched ribbon so it looked similar to sweat pants - soft, a little fuzzy, with a racing stripe down the leg :)

Inside I made a simple pocket with a piece of DP and added a little giftie:

What could be better than curling up with a good Kindle book in your sweats all day? My kind of Saturday!

Come join the fun over at Unscripted Sketches and give our sketch a try - we'd love to see your artwork this week!

Unscripted for Fall

I have seen very little of my stamping room lately as I have been helping out the college student in the house with typing papers and what not. And there's been a lot of what not this semester! But I did manage to get a little fun time in the other day and created this for Unscripted Sketches:

I was in a Fall mood so chose some nice warm autumny colors. Stamps are from Papertrey Ink, cardstock from Close To My Heart. I hope you will check out the sketch this was based on over at Unscripted Sketches and then play along! We would love to see your interpretation of the sketch!

I'll be back tomorrow with another Creative Vision blog hop for October. And don't forget, there is always something new at Are You on the Fence? to check out - this time, it's a post from Leia, my furbaby. Yes, indeedy.

See you soon  - and Happy World Card Making Day!

Unscripted Sketches #124

A new Unscripted Sketches challenge was posted yesterday and I am just now getting a chance to share my sample...school "things" are keeping me pretty busy here lately! But I promise to start getting more artwork done and posted. My sanity needs it! Here's my card to go along with this week's sketch:

Mmmm those caramel apples look so tasty! I am loving the cooler weather and am looking forward to getting the sweaters out, and the pumpkins - Fall is, I think, my favorite time of year!

I hope you will join us this week at US - we would love to see what you do with this week's sketch! See you again soon! (Oh and check out my new Ridiculous Lab feature - Picture Pages - every Sunday!)

All products from Papertrey Ink

Unscripted with a Piggyback

It's another Unscripted Sketches post with another awesome sketch! And we have a piggyback challenge if you want to add it - include numbers on your creation. Here's the sketch and my card:

I flipped the sketch sideways and used paper that already had numbers on it - hey, that's not cheating! The only stamping is the ink pen and splotches and the little "Hi" - a simple notecard that can be used in so many ways!  All products from Papertrey Ink.

Come join us this week! We announce a top three every week and it could be you!

Unscripted #122

Last week I missed playing along with Unscripted Sketches but this week, I couldn't pass up the chance to work with a really cool sketch - take a look:

I think this would work great for a scrapbook page or a card. I chose to create another summery card -

Now I changed up the panels a bit but there's nothing wrong with exercising a little creative license! This card is just so summery - nothing better than enjoying an ice cold watermelon on Labor Day weekend!

I hope you find a little crafting time this weekend to come play along with us at US! See you again soon -

Supplies:
Cardstock: Papertrey Ink
Stamps: Papertrey Ink
Ink: Close To My Heart
DP: unknown
Ribbon: unknown

Button piggyback at US

Once a month, the sketch challenge at Unscripted Sketches includes a piggyback challenge. This means that along with the sketch, we challenge you to an additional item - this week it's adding buttons! I love buttons so it was pretty easy to add to my card and still stay in the sketch. Here is the card I created:

I love how all of the dots work together - from the paper, to the spots on the dog (colored with Copics) to the button "dots" as the embellishment.

I hope you play along with our challenge this week and add some buttons to your artwork!

Supplies:
Cardstock: Papertrey Ink
Stamps: Stampendous
Ink: Memento
DP: Unknown

Unscripted Sketches #119

It's time for another new sketch at Unscripted Sketches and a new card for me:

I am not used to having so much white space on a card but I think this works! Papers are from Papertrey Ink and the image is from Impression Obsession. If you look closely, you will see I added a little paper piercing along the horizontal chevron printed strip for added visual interest.

That's it for me today - short and sweet. I think I might have to get a DQ cone - that ice cream is looking good!
Have a great day!

Have a fabulous day!

I have a quick post for you today for Unscripted Sketches #118 - take a look:

Paper is from Basic Grey, sentiment from PTI and flower from not sure who but I bought it at Michael's. Pop over to US to check out the sketch and then play along - we 'd love to have you join US~

Have a good weekend - I will be working on some bloggy things including a new venture coming your way - stay tuned! Oh and don't forget - the new Close To My Heart catalog is now available - contact me for your copy today!! You can also find my CTMH page on Facebook - stop by and "like" me~

A Jar of Berries

One of the newest stamp sets I purchased from PTI's Stamp-A-Faire event is the Friendship Jar, Summer Fillers set. And as part of the freebies I received at the event, I decided to combine the Men of Life paper with the stamps to create this week's Unscripted Sketches card:

The colors and, of course the image, remind me of summer in all it's glory! Not the hot, sweaty part but the fun, tasty, red, white and blue part! The image was colored with Copics, the sentiment was circle punched an pop-dotted onto the card (with a little baker's twine behind it) and the bracket is a sticker that I colored black and added to the card.

Be sure to check out the sketch at US and see what the rest of the DT created - and then play along!

Sketch time!

Oh how I love sketches and this week's Unscripted Sketches sketch has loads of possibilities! (I know...that sentence has too many 'sketch' words in it but whatcha gonna do?)

Here's what we're working with:

And here's my card:

I used a soon to be released digi image from the "head" of US - Arielle - who has her own line of digi images called Wax Fruit Company. This holiday image, Deck the Birdhouse, fit the layout perfectly for me as did the sentiment from JustRite Stamps. The only change to the sketch was leaving off the very bottom section that shows a daisy in the sketch - I just ran out of room!

I printed the image and colored it with colored pencils and then added some Prisma Glitter for the snow. It's hard to tell from the photo but I also used a red glitter pen to color the bow - it's nice and shiny in person.

The paper is from Cosmo Cricket and the image and sentiment were popped up on pop dots for dimension.

That's it for me for today - I am actually spending the day at the PTI Stamp-A-Faire event in Cincinnati, OH today and I can't wait to share with you all my creations when I return home! Have a great weekend and stay in where it's cool and stamp. You know you want to!

US Designer Spotlight on ME

Throughout the month of July, Unscripted Sketches is celebrating Christmas and bringing you something new every.single.day! A couple of times a week, this includes spotlighting one of the Design Team members and today it's my turn! So if you want to know more about me, check out my interview over at Unscripted Sketches.

But before you go there, I have a project to share with you!

Dies are all the rage and there are a wealth of shapes that you can choose from! But dies can be used for more than paper! In this project, I used two different dies from Papertrey Ink to create felt pins. Take a look:

Since we're celebrating Christmas in July, my first pin is for the holidays. I die cut the white felt with a stocking die and added a little stitching to the center. This accomplishes 2 things - it dresses up the stocking and also anchors the pin to the backside of the stocking. I used embroidery floss and simply stitched three intersecting lines like this:

Nothing fancy. Then I added a bead to the center of the "star" and one at each end of the center vertical line of stitching. Then a couple extra stitches at the ends of the "arms" like so:

I know - those are the worst Photoshop graphics ever but hopefully you get the point! To finish up the pin and have it ready to present as a little gift, I created a small "card" - this one features two layers - a back and a frame that was stamped in White Daisy ink (CTMH). The frame was cut using another PTI die and then stamped with an image from the Garden Variety stamp set. To attach the pin to the base, I simply punched 2 holes in the base and slid the pin out one hole and back through the other, locking the pin in place.

Here's another felt pin I also created using PTI dies:

I die cut 2 flowers from different colors of felt and adhered them together with Scor-Tape. The pin is then anchored to the flower back by way of the stitched on button. To add a little more detail, I added a few French knots to the petals on the larger flower. There's a great video tutorial on how to make French knots here...they're really not as hard as they look! This card was then created featuring a flower pot that was stamped with border stamps (look closely - that flower pot is the section that was cut out of the frame in the 1st pin's card!! No waste here!!) The pin was attached to the card in the same way and there you go - another little gift for someone special.

I hope you enjoyed these projects and give it a try yourself! And thanks for joining me on my Unscripted Sketches spotlight day! I'll be back with the weekly US sketch tomorrow! See you then!

Unscripted 75th Bday Card

It's Saturday and that means it's time for another Unscripted Sketches challenge! I took a couple of liberties with the sketch (again) and came up with my Mom's 75th Birthday card:

Paper, stamps and number dies are all from Papertrey Ink.

Here is the sketch we are working with this week:

I sort of flipped a couple of elements upside down but I think you can still see the sketch there, right?

Are you checking in at US through the week to see what is new every day during our Christmas in July celebration? All sorts of fun to be had so be sure to check it out!

I'll be back soon with another artwork post but in the meantime, don't forget to pop over to Are You on the Fence and see what's being reviewed today!

Christmas in July

This month at Unscripted Sketches we are celebrating Christmas in July and offering something new each and every day during the month including tutorials, a fun Bingo game, our sketches (of course), Designer spotlights and prizes! Here is my card for this week, based on sketch # 113:

Stamps are from My Time Made Easy, paper from various sources.

I am off to get ready for tonight's cook-out! Have a great holiday weekend, everyone!

Garden Birthday Greeting

Good morning and happy Wednesday! I love Wednesdays = my day off! Althouhgh I have a list a mile long of things to do today but at least I have time to do them!!

This card was made for my favorite aunt who recently celebrated her 70th birthday!! She is a wiz in the garden (you shoul see her tomato plants!!) so this set from PTI, Garden Variety, was the perfect choice for her card:

I used the sketch for this week at Unscripted Sketches but I rotated it to fit all the pieces together. I love how this turned out and will certainly be using this stamp set often!

Come join us at US this week - we have this great sketch you can play along with PLUS on Friday we will be starting our Christmas in July extravaganza! It's gonna be fun - see you then!!

Patriotic Porch

Have to make this post brief as my to-do list is a mile long today!

Here is the sketch for the week at Unscripted Sketches:

And my card - with the sketch flipped sideways:

Image from Impression Obsession and paper from Lily Bee Designs.

Be sure to check out the rest of the US team and join in the fun! And be sure to check out Unscripted Sketches every day in July as we celebrate Christmas in July!

See you again tomorrow with another card to share!

US sketch

It's time for another great sketch challenge at Unscripted Sketches!

I rotated the sketch to fit this funny quote (stamp from Impression Obsession) and the added the little dog's face for added detail. I kept everything clean and simple and tried to incorporate elements that reminded me of books - for instance, the bottom half of the card has the strips of cardstock that remind me of book spines all lined up on a shelf, the border punches I used are the notebook paper edge and the bracket - things again that remind me of paper and writing and books. Maybe that's all in my mind but it works for me!!

I hope you'll join in the challenge this week at US - and be sure to check out the fabulous artwork from the rest of the team!!

Unscripted Sketches

Another unique sketch has been posted today at Unscripted Sketches and here is my take on it:

The stamps are from Kaiser Craft, ink from CTMH and sparkles from Basic Grey. It's hard to tell but the front is also impressed with an Impression plate from Papertrey Ink.

I hope you'll play along with us this week - not only is this a cool sketch that could be used for scrapbook layouts as well, but we also have a piggyback challenge this week and want to see you add some metal to your project. The piggyback portion is optional (as evidenced by my non-metal embellished card) but if you want to go "whole hog" (get it? piggyback?) then go for it!
See you again soon - I am off to plant some more flowers.

Late posting for US

Wow the day got away from me! We spent most of it shopping for our annual flowers and then having dinner with the whole family and before I knew it, it was 10 pm. But I did get a card ready for the Unscripted Sketches challenge this week and I want to share it with you -

I kept it very simple and classy and made a few minor changes ot the sketch (see the US blog for the sketch). The background was impressed with an Impression plate from Papertrey Ink and the sentiment is from the PTI set Through the Trees. I added a nice wide black satin ribbon, topped with the sentiment piece (nestie diecut) and then the finishing touch is the Basic Grey rub-ons with sparkles.

I hope you will play along with us at Unscripted Sketches this week where there is always great new inspiration every Saturday!

Unscripted Sketches this week

It's a new Saturday and that means another new Unscripted Sketches challenge for you - take a look:

Now if you're a card maker, this would be perfect as a 7 x 3.5 size card - just right for a legal sized envelope. But I was more interested in the four elements on the card front and just got some new Fancy Pants paper that I thought would work great! Here's the results:

Like I said, I let the paper be the guide to this card, using 4 of the tickets to be the four elements on the sketch. Below is a strip of paper, also from the same line of Fancy Pants papers, that I edge punched and dressed up with a band of ric rac. The tiny bird and saying at the top again came from the paper. I know - very little stamping huh? The only stamping I added was Your Birthday and I hand wrote "it's". Easy and fun to put together!

Now it's your turn to try out this week's sketch. Stretch your imagination and let us see what you create!