2 Sketches 4 You - Rocker

Happy Hump Day! It's another rainy one here in central Alberta, Canada. We have had such nice rainy days lately - the crops, gardens, trees and grass are all going to do so well this year! It's been so dry here the past 4 or 5 years, we've been in desperate need of this. It can start to warm up for the weekend though - it's my birthday and wedding anniversary! TEE HEE...

I decided to get up early with DH and see him off and then come into my craft room and get creative....I found a cool sketch from Kazan over at 2 Sketches 4 You and I also used the photo inspiration over at Stampin' Celebration...


...here's my rocker dude:

Stamps: Extreme Guitar; Paper: Whisper White, Tempting Turquoise, Basic Black; Ink: Versafine Black; Accessories: nestabilities, spiral punch, sponge, clear embossing powder, heat gun, pearls, dimensionals, black satin ribbon

Thanks for stopping in this morning - do you have time to get crafty? Be sure to hop on over to the Picture Perfect Creations Challenge blog and enter there! Megan has a super great prize up for grabs!!

Ciao!

Sneak Peek and Play Date Cafe Challenge #25....

I'm back with another challenge and a sneak peek from the new Summer Mini catty! I decided to do the Play Date Cafe color challenge of white/black/orange and I knew *exactly* which stamp I wanted to show you....it's a new one from the back of the Summer Mini catty that starts May 1st. I scoped around the challenge blogs looking for just the right sketch for my featured stamp...and I came back to the Mojo Monday sketch from this past Monday....hope you like it!

I totally LOVE the Night and Day DSP that was in the Holiday Mini...I sure hope they bring it into the main catalog in July! My DH helped me color the motorbike ... see, he's useful sometimes LOL...hahahaha! Just teasin...he's always helping me with my cards and he has to "inspect" every one I complete.

Stamps: Motorcycle (Summer Mini), It's Your Birthday; Paper: Whisper White, Basic Black, Pumpkin Pie, Night and Day DSP; Ink: Versafine Black, Basic Black; Accessories: clear embossing powder, markers (pumpkin pie, gray), paper piercer, dimensionals, adhesive pearls

Alright...I'm outta here to start cutting paper for another upcoming class - a Stamp Camp, being held at my house on April 29th...and it's FULL! Yay! Gotta love when the classes fill up! I'll probably be back a bit later on tonight with another installment! I'm hoping to work on the Diva Coffee Break color challenge of Chocolate Chip, Cameo Coral and So Saffron (with another sneak peek from the new Summer Mini!) Ciao!

Birthday Stamp-A-Stack Card #3

Happy Saturday! It's another bright, sunshiney day here in central Alberta...temps are supposed to reach 20C again today - time to dig out some shorts and flip flops. Yay! I just wish I felt 100% better and could enjoy the heat, but with a head cold, it's not really a lot of fun.

DH is going into town after a bit to do some errands, go to the chiro, etc., so I am going to get busy and get a few challenges done here in my craft room and I only have one more project to prepare for my monthy club get-together happening next Sunday! Yay me!! I am normally scrambling like crazy to get ready and I've gotten 3 classes ready to go all by myself! Love it!

OK..enough ramblin....here is the 3rd card we will be creating at this month's Stamp-A-Stack. It can be used for a Male, or Teen birthday and you could use it for ANY color combo:

Stamps: Vintage Labels (SAB); Paper: Soft Suede, Whisper White; Ink: Dusty Durango, Soft Suede; Accessories: large circle punch, scallop circle punch, soft suede ribbon, silver brads, embossing folder, dimensionals, clear blocks

This is a nice, clean, simple card that won't take the girls very long to pump out. I like the simplicity of cards like this - that still make a nice, bold statement!

I hope you have a chance to enjoy the wonderful sunshine today, wherever you are. Thanks for poppin' in to enjoy your morning coffee with me - I'll be back in a while! Bye!

Shhhhh...can you hear that??!??

.......it's Q-U-I-E-T here! NO KIDS!! Now, don't get me wrong, I totally *heart* my kids :o) but a day off of school and the whole house to MYSELF is such a treat these days hahaha...both kids are at friends houses for the day and so I will do some laundry up and create - either in my craft room or I'll work on some afghan projects I need to complete...or BOTH! HA!

Scrapmaster's Paradise has a very "masculine" color challenge this week so I decided to make a birthday card for a good friend of ours. I had to find a sketch to go along with it, so I hopped on over to Friday Sketchers.



This is the sketch challenge from Friday Sketchers Challenge Blog. I knew I wanted to use Lovely as A Tree as my main image (my good 'ol manly standby stamp set lol)....

...and this is what I came up with.....hope you like it. I'm not too sure about the pearls on there, but I guess they are on there now :) Hope he enjoys them too HA HA HAHA...:o)


Recipe:

Stamps: Lovely as A Tree, Teeny Tiny Wishes
Paper: Close to Cocoa, Creamy Caramel, Basic Grey, Naturals Ivory
Ink: Creamy Caramel, Close to Cocoa
Accessories: Sizzix embossing plate, sizzix dots embossing folder, grey satin ribbon, paper piercer, dimensionals, oval punches, scallop oval punch, scallop edge punch, spiral note punch, dimensions, adhesive pearls