Jen's SFYTT....Urban Garden style

My creative juices were coming to a quick halt earlier this evening, but then I realized (hit myself over the head) that I hadn't had supper yet!!! I was totally on a stamping roll and forgot all about eating. I made sure the kids ate and then snuck back in here to make more cards! LOL..Thanks, Melissa, for reminding me to EAT! HAHAHA...What are friends for hey?!?! I hopped on over to Jen's to see what sketch she had for us to try and ya know, these girls that make sketches for us, never cease to amaze me. How they come up with such great sketches each week is beyond me, but please, please, keep it up! They sure help!! Here is Jen's sketch:
And here is the card I chose to make. I grabbed for my Urban Garden DP scraps that I had in my scrapbox and ran away with the colors. I *heart* that designer paper from SU! Good thing they didn't discontinue that one hey?


Recipe:
Stamps: Pretty Stems, It's Your Birthday
Ink: Basic Black, Kiwi Kiss, Baja Breeze
Paper: Going Gray, Not Quite Navy, Kiwi Kiss, Whisper White, Urban Garden DP
Accessories: blending pen, kiwi kiss ribbon, white taffeta ribbon, cuttlebug folder, sponge dauber, markers

Another sketch challenge - wahooo!

I hopped on over to Jen's blog and checked out her Sketch for You to Try.
This one had me a bit stumped - I knew what I *wanted* to do, but each image that I tried just didn't seem to work out. Then, when I was doing my last and final card, I realized AFTER I had glued down all my layers, that the one ribbon piece (or paper, whichever you chose to use) was supposed to be over the front of the left hand layer and under the right hand layer...OOOPS! Oh well, my ribbon is under both layers LOL...kinds defeats the purpose of having it there, cuz you can't really see it, but that's ok - learn as we go, right?!
I totally *heart* the designer paper I used for this card - it's again part of the DCWV paper pack that I bought at the Drayton Valley Scrapbook Store. And...I tried a new product tonight! The pink dots on the scallop circle are made with Liquid Pearls. How fun is that!?! I can make my OWN! Wahooo....I think I did pretty good for my first attempt..what do you think? :o) Thanks for stopping by tonight...toodles!


































Recipe:

Stamps: Cupcake Affair by Verve
Paper: Close to Cocoa, Pretty in Pink, Gable Green, Whisper White, Cupcake paper DCWV
Ink: Close to Cocoa
Accessories: scallop circle punch, ticket corner punch, green ribbon, liquid pearls, swiss dots cuttlebug folder, dimensionals, sponge dauber, 1 3/8" circle punch

"Passionate" about Pink.....

I am feeling a bit under the weather today - I have been fighting a sore throat for the past couple days and this morning I woke up to a very plugged up nose and sinus headache. UGH! I am hoping that I can fight it off with lots and lots of garlic, eucalyptus and tea....

I have had a busy Saturday so far and decided to "treat" myself to a sit down in my craft room to catch up on a few challenges! Fun, fun, fun!! I decided to head on over to Color Throwdown and see what they had set out on Wednesday, and I combined these colors with the sketch challenge over at Our Creative Corner.














This is the card I came up with for both challenges. I totally LOVE it! I love the colors and the layout was super fun and easy. The card just "flowed" for me today....Yay!

Recipe:

Stamps: Just Buzzin' By, Best Yet
Paper: Kraft, Basic Black, Pink Passion, Whisper White, glitter DP from DCWV
Ink: Versafine Black Onyx, Pink Passion
Accessories: ticket corner punch, kraft taffeta ribbon, circle punches, scallop circle punch, 1/16" handheld punch, pink half-back pearls, sponge dauber

Thanks for stopping by on this chilly Saturday...I hope you are staying warm in your neck of the woods! Our thermometer read -36C this morning when my DH headed out to work and it was -34C when I went out to clean my neighbors house this morning at 9:30! Brrr! Take care! Happy Stamping!! :o)