Sketch #187

Hubby was out of town last night so I had a bit of creative time after getting home late from work at the school office. The past few weeks have been so busy with the beginning of school and trying to organize my desk and have a new principal and a new secretary.

So, here's my take on Sketch #187.

I turned the Sketch #187 on its side. I used a 6x6" pad from DCWV Juniper Berry stack. I love this stack!! It has shiny papers instead of glittery ones. Love the blues.

The sentiment is an new stamp set Type by Hero Arts I got in the clearance aisle of Joann's. The set has Happy Birthday, just missing you, you're my type of friend in addition to a typewriter image. I added some silver nailheads to the card.

Sketch #185

I love the simple cards and this card Sketch is great!! 

It will be a favorite!!

My version of Sketch #185 had a cute little hedgehog and pieces from a 6x6" pad camping.

I used green textured cardstock for the bottom and matted the hedgehog on orange cardstock. 

I do want to color the teeny-tiny heart on the hedgehog before I send the cards.

I used the brown paper from Joann's clearance racks. 

I had silver nailheads left over from the VW bus 

so I added a few to the bottom of the hedgehog card.

The hedgehog is from Archiver's Exclusive Groovy card kit. 

I love the card kits but I really make the kits as they have planned. 

The kits have you make sizes that OWH can't use. 

The stamp set in the kit is by Unity Stamps. 

Here's a photo of my take on the kits. 

The kit samples didn't seem very Groovy so 

I used the included paper for the backgrounds and the various pieces.

And Silly me!! 

I was creating these paint can cards at Table 7 one night 

and didn't realize how close to closing it was. 

Just after I put the blue stickles on the cans. 

I found some cardboard in the store. 

I used 2 tiny Glue Dots on the cards and 

glued the wet cards to the cardboard.

 I then carried the card-covered box out to my car like a pizza. 

They made it home without any problems. 

No blue stickles anywhere but on the cards!!

Sketch #182

It has been a busy summer with lots of traveling. I have been to Memphis, TN; southern Indiana for a retreat; 2 trips to hometown; Juneau, AK; Niagara Falls (both sides) and southern Vermont. I have one more trip to go on Nova Scotia with hubby's family. Then it is back to school in the school office.

I did have time between the trips and loading & unloading the suitcase to make a few sketches. Here's #182. I used a 6x6" pad I found on sale in Joann's. It was all birthday papers so the strips for this sketches were part of the paper I cut off to make the base. I made a bunch of cards, alternating the base with the strips. I cut 6 different designed papers. I inked a border design on the sentiment block and the base. The sentiment is from a Hero Arts set, I think.

Sketch #168

Sketch #168

Sketch #168 is completed during the past few rainy days.

 I used more 6x6" DCWV pad Everyday. 

The sentiment is from Create with TLC. I added a few jewels.

Sketch #120

Sketch #120

I have been busy at home, making cards as hubby was on a business trip. Here's Sketch #120. I like the papers from DCWV 6x6" Fashion District. I added a bit of Washi tape that Archiver's had on sale one day. However, I feel it needs something else. I have orange jeweled flowers but I have used that style a lot lately. I will have to put this one on the back burner for a bit till I get an idea for an embellishment.

Sketch #179

Sketch #179

And my second sketch done this weekend!!

I used 6x6" papers from DCWV's Girl Frill stack from A.C.Moore. The stack was $3.99 for 180 sheets of paper. I can make lots of cards from this one stack. I inked the edges instead of matting the pieces as in the sketch. I do love matting but I am afraid of the extra weight. The flower and the sentiment have been in a bin of images and I finally used them. I think I got one or the other from Create with TLC a while back.  http://createwithtlc-createwithtlc.blogspot.com/

Sketch #178

Sketch #178

Wow, I got another sketch done and before the end of the month. Of course, I had to pull out a bunch of paper, embellishments and other items before I finally decided what I was going to do with this sketch. Maybe all the items will get put away later. 

Anyway, when I was traveling to VT with my older sister to see my little sister, we stopped at A.C.Moore. I found a few 6x6" pads on sale and several found their way into my shopping cart. I used several sheets of papers from DCWV Girl Frill set to make this card. I used AI stamp for the sentiment. I had a bunch of rhinestone stars and hearts in my stash. I did use several mats in this card as the sketch shows but I am always afraid to use lots of mats due to weight in mailing.

 

Sketch #167

Sketch #167

I used more 6x6" pad of paper Bo Bunny's Family is....  

I love all the greens and blues. I used a Fiskars stamp for the sentiment, a EK Success border punch, and green ribbon.

Sketch #169

Sketch #169

I used some papers from 6x6" down by the sea. The little butterfly was a die cut attached to a magazine. My die cut scalloped shape is a bit smaller than in the sketch but I happened to have this size with me at the June retreat. It is another happy looking card. I used a couple of EK  Success border punches for the edges.

Sketch #171

Sketch #171

Another sketch I did at the June retreat. I used a playful 6x6" pad to make the card. I love the crossword puzzles. I used the scallop and the plain oval punches for the sentiment. The sentiment is a go-to one.

Sketch #172

Sketch #172

I used double sided papers from a 6x6" pad and I inked the edges with a aqua cat's eye ink pad. The camera is a stamp by Hero Arts with its own die cut metal. I created the sentiment on my computer before going to the June retreat. I added some pearls and jewels.