Sketch Frenzy Friday Sketch Challenge: Farewell Sale-a-Bration Petal Parade

Happy Friday! I've been looking forward to this weekend for month's, I head out of town twice a year for an all weekend long scrapbooking retreat in PA and I'm currently busy crafting away and enjoying some much needed relaxing girl time.  I want to take a break to share the fun card I made for this weeks Sketch Frenzy Friday sketch challenge.   Tammy made this weeks fun sketch and I thought it would be the perfect opportunity to showcase for the last last time lots of great Sale-a-Bration items since this yearly sale ends at the end of the month. I used four of the FREE sale-a-bration items on this one card, so fun.  The cardbase is Sahara Sand and I added a piece of Whisper White cardstock that was embossed with the Big Shot and the Decorative Dots Embossing Folder (I made sure the leave the bottom of the cardstock unembossed).  I absolutely love the Sweet Sorbet Designer Series Paper so I used a strip of it that was matted on Basic Black cardstock that's punched with the Scallop Border Punch and wrapped some Pool Party Baker's Twine (from the Sweet Sorbet Accessories Pack) around the DSP.

 

The flower images are from the Petal Parade stamp set (another SAB freebie) and I punched them out with a 1 3/4" Circle Punch.  Dimensonals were used to attached the flowers to the cardfront and I added little cork diamonds to the center of each flower, also from the Sweet Sorbet Accessory Kit. The greeting is from Teeny Tiny Wishes and is stamped on Pool Party cardstock, punched out with the Word Window Punch and matted with Basic Black that was punched with the Modern Label Punch.  A little half pearl is the perfect finishing touch.

 

This card I so bright and cheery, perfect to help someone feel better and with all these great Sale-a-bration Freebies don't miss out on your opportunity to add these to your crafting stash, love them!

 

Have a great weekend and happy crafting!

 

Diana

Stylin' Stampin' INKspiration Card Sketch Challenge: Feels Good

Good morning!  What a wonderful weekend, not only did we have the most beautiful weather we've had in months, including a warm up which I loved, but we also got to spend some quality family time at Aidan's Cub Scout Blue and Gold Banquet where he passed over to become a Webelo and the kids were so proud of their accomplishments.  I also had a great stamp class this afternoon and actually had a stamping virgin in attendance, which was lots of fun and then capped off the weekend with a very low key wedding for a friend which was really nice. 

 

Today I'm excited to share the card I made for this weeks Stylin' Stampin' INKspiration blog monthly card sketch challenge.  In honor of upcoming arrival of spring I decided to do a springy card that used the Sweet Sorbet Designer Series Paper (a FREE Sale-a-Bration item) as the color inspiration and flipped the sketch on it's side for a little change up.  The cardbase is Pool Party and I added a piece of the DSP that was matted with Basic Black Cardstock. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For the main stamped image I used the  Scalloped Tag Topper Punch to make the tag with Sahara Sand cardstock and used the sentiment from the Feels Good stamp set and my Stampin' Write Markers to color on the stamp.  It's hard to tell but I also stamped the top right corner with the circle image from the Petal Parade Stamp set in Sahara Sand ink for a little extra detail.  I wanted to have a mat for my stamped layer so I took a piece of Crisp Cantaloupe cardstock and hand cut the scallop top to match.  The final touch was to add a piece of Summer Starfruit 3/8" Stitched Satin Ribbon through the tag hole.  I'm loving how warm and cheery this card is, it would really brighten up someones day.  I'm a big believer to the power of receiving a handmade and written card and have been working hard this year to actually send out more of my cards to help spread the sunshine, I love it!

 

Hope this card has provided you a little inspiration and enjoy the creative process, no matter what you choose to do.

 

Diana

Create with Connie and Mary Color Challenge: Petal Parade

 Good morning and Happy Wednesday!  Well we survived our latest snow storm and thankfully the kiddos are heading back to school so things can start to get back to normal, I know we're all thinking this but it really is time for spring.  Today I decided to play along with the Create with Connie and Mary Color challenge and had a lot of fun with this light and springy colors.  I started by using Pistachio Pudding for the cardbase and then I added a piece of Whisper White cardstock.  The DSP is also Pistachio Pudding from the 2013-2015 In Colors Designer Series Paper Stack and I wrapped some gold stretchy twine around the card, I got the twine from the Good as Gold Card Kit from this year's Sale-a-Bration rewards. 

 

The stamped flower is from the Petal Parade stamp set (also a SAB freebie) and it was stamped with Summer Starfruit ink on Whisper White cardstock before being cut out with Paper Snips.  I added a flower that was cut out of Basic Black cardstock with the Blossom Punch (I used Paper Snips to cut slits in each of the flower petals for more texture (hard to see here in the photo) and attached the flower to the card with a dimensional.  For the greeting I started with one of the flag pieces from the same Good as Gold Card Kit as the gold twine (I used one of the pieces that had the greeting written in another language and just covered it up with my stamped greeting so I still had the detail on the flag.  The greeting is from the Teeny Tiny Wishes stamp set and was stamped with Basic Black ink on Summer Starfruit cardstock before punching it out with the Modern Label Punch.  The final touch was to add a piece of Summer Starfruit 3/8" Stitched Satin Ribbon as another flag element along with the greeting.

 

This card was so fun to make and I enjoyed using elements from the card kits on this card to really extend the usefulness of these kits (I hate to throw anything away).  I hope you enjoyed today's card and this color combination, it's fun to play with new ideas to see where they take you. 

 

Have a great day and happy stamping,

 

Diana