Sketch #156

Sketch #156

I love this OWH sketch this week!! They post the new sketch on Sundays and I actually did the sketch challenge on a timely fashion this week. I was visiting my sister and I papercrafted while she quilted. Those quilters are fast!! They can get so much while I'm still cutting paper bits.

Back to the Sketch #156. It is fun to do, easy to do, and can flipped a couple different ways.

I used it for a few of quick cards, using some stickers from a SNAP set and from a journal stack. I had the pink paper from a package of paper from Michael's. It is printed on one side and solid pink on the other side. I used tiny stickers on the top and bottom of the cards and buttons on another card. 

 I liked these quick cards but then I had another idea.
My sister plans quilt retreats and I make a card for each of the participants.
The theme of the next retreat in the spring  is Everything is Just Ducky.
So, I made the next 2 cards. The first card has the sentiment under the duck and it just didn't look right since it was under the water. So I moved the sentiment to the top. My sister really liked the cards. I used more paper from that package of Micheal's paper and I also used some ProvoCraft paper my sister had for a while. I used Viva Pearl Pen yellow for the three little circles in the sketch. I cut the ducks out on my Cricut, using the original Paper Dolls cartridge ( the water is from the same cart too) . The duck's beak and wing was colored with an orange marker and I added some of the Viva Pearl Pen yellow on the duck in various spots. My sister printed the sentiment on her printer for me since I didn't have any sentiment stamps with me at my sister's house. I popped the duck using Scotch foam tape and  a bit on the smaller water strip.

Thanks for stopping by.

More Cards from the Retreat

I got a few cards done at the Retreat but the quilters seemed to be sewing faster than I made cards. 

Here's a few of the quilters' quilt tops they got finished at the Retreat.

I had a long table to myself and still could only work in a small space on it. 

I did have my OWH sketches on my table and the stack of cards I got made. 

I could have used more light but I had forgotten my light. 

I did have to set up my Cricut  and my Cuttlebug on another table.

 I did try to use a bunch of supplies that I don't usually play with such as the E K Succes button border punch and the Martha Stewart button punch. I borrowed a needle with a big eye from one of the quilters
so I could tie baker's twine (Queen & Co. ) on the buttons' holes.

I purchased a supply of 4-5 packages of die cuts stapled together as one package at TJMaxx one day. 

The golfer above and the shirt below were in the packages. I got 4 shirts, 3 golfer in carts, and 3 other die cuts that were too big to fit on a card but they will be great on an upcoming scrapbook page.

 I popped up the green grass so the golf cart appears to be driving over the fairway. I used my Fiskars cloud punch and a stamp from Unity Stamp. I used a border punch on the shirt card and the  sentiment from my new stamp set from Paper Smooches.

Occasionally TJMaxx has some scrapbook supplies but infrequently. 

They have had paper packs, punches, and stickers and usually I have found the supplies 

near the front in the lane heading to the cash registers or in the stationary dept.

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The two cards below are made with a package of die cuts and stickers from Bo Bunny I purchased on sale at Pat Catan's (formerly Crafts 2000). On the first card, I used trendy tape by Queen & Co. It was very easy to use and added a lot to the card. I have several designs of the trendy tape. I love the sentiment but it didn't fit on the second card so I only used the "thanks" on it with the birdhouse. Of course, I had to add some pearls on the cards. 

I had several Bingo cards from K & Co. that I didn't know what to do with so I made a card with them. I had a few toys to go with the bingo card and had the sentiment from Hero Arts' set of Huge Hugs. More baker's twine (pink, black, and white) from Queen & Co. is tied around the bottom of the bingo card. 

I think I made about 8 of these cards. 

The last card is the card I sent to my dad for Father's Day. 

I cut the die cut on my Cricut and used a piece of paper from DCWV Natural stack. 

My dad wanted nothing, zero stuff for the Father's Day as he says he has enough shirts, 

he can't eat candy or nuts anymore, and he didn't need any more stuff. 

So, I cut a bunch of zeroes out on the Cricut and placed them inside the card.

 Happy Father's Day, Dad.