Gettin' Sketchy...

Hello stamping friends!

It's FRIDAY and WOOO HOO...Time to get stamping!  I've got the whole weekend to have some inky fun and tonight, I got the weekend started with some watercolors, some ribbon and a little sketchie-poo!

Here's the sketch:

And here's my TAKE on the sketch...

I'm loving the sketch challenges at MFT and this week the sketch led me into a not-so-typical-for-me direction.  This week I tweaked the sketch from the regular A2 cards to a 6x6 square card.  It seemed all the while I was adding the layers for the central focus of the card, SQUARE was CALLING to me.  SOooooo...I listened.

I am continuing to honor my goal of using up my stash so I pulled out the patterned paper (Old MME) and some older/retired Tim Holtz Visual Artistry Collections stamps called Heartfelt.  I really love the sentiments in this set and find them perfectly suited for cards I send to close friends and family.

To create the colorful watercolor panel, I used blues and reds on a wet canvas then spritzed with some Creamsicle Glimmer Mist and rubbed a bit of Gold Gelatos on it.  I stamped the edge of the MME paper using Tea Stain Distress Ink and the filagree stamp in the set.  I also distressed the papers with the Tea Stain ink.  

To finish the card off, I added a ribbon; ric-rack replaced the scalloped edge, the pink ribbon replaced the banner in the sketch, a button for the circle, and some sparkly Stickles over the blue portions of the watercoloring.  I also added a few sequins, just for kicks. Distressing the card base helped unite the base with the "aged/distressed" look of the front panel.

I hope you enjoyed this card- now I'm off to my room to play some more!!! :)

more puppy mail...

Mailing off another group of cards to some of Mason's friends.  I'm glad I spent some time going through my photo album so I could order some pictures through snapfish.com.  Love that I have a collection of small instagrams that are photo quality that I can scrap and journal with.  They make cute little card elements too!!!  Doesn't hurt that the edits I did through picmonkey.com also add to the "cute" factor.

This card was created using some of my favorite Tim Holtz stamps, some yummy graph paper and clear embossing powder.  I love the combination of kraft cardstock with graph/notebook paper!  

For this card I used some Hero Arts greeting stamps on the background and a little more of the plaid paper that was left over from another Mason card.  I love the contrast of the red and green grass in the photo.  Makes Mason just POP!

 Look closely at the corners and around the paper and it glistens in the light...Just like Mason's hair!  Used Brilliance Moonlight White to distress around the page.  The card isn't complete without some ribbon (even though it may cost more to mail).

See you again for more stampy creations!

Rays of...LUV...FREE STAMP SET DRAWING...

Hey stamping friends!

One of my FB stamping friends alerted me to a steal of a deal at Michael's this week and I decided to head over there to pick up some stamps.  I had NO Tim Holtz stamps until that day...

I'm sure Michael's is preparing for the newest releases so they had all his older sets on sale for $5.00 each!!!  That's a steal for the sets I got.   I picked up quite a few sets (one for me, one for friends) and plan on sending some over to OZ to a stamping friend.

I'm also offering one of the sets I used in the cards today to one lucky blog reader.  I accidentally picked up THREE of these sets, so I'll have an extra one floating around after I send one off to my friend in OZ.  ***If you would like a chance to win this set (Grunge Cirque), just comment below and I'll pick a random winner at the end of the month.  You have until January 31 to enter, no strings attached! ***

Just thought I'd spread the LOVE...