Waltzingmouse Sketch Challenge 69

Hi all!

I created a little card to play along with the Waltzingmouse Stamps Sketch Challenge this week.  Here is my card: 

Happy Halloween Hat

And here is  the inspiration sketch:

I created the hat from black cardstock and embossed with a swirly embossing folder.  The brim was cut from a strip of black cardstock that I cut with a pinking border die. Cream lace was added above the brim.  I stamped the focal image from Gracie at Halloween in black in and colored in with some Copics. I am a bit of a neophyte when it comes to the Copics, so please forgive my coloring.  I punched the image with a 1 3/4" circle punch and backed it with an olive pinking circle and adhere it to the lace.  This finished hat was adhered to a simple base of kraft, black and orange paper with pop dots. 

Hope you like my take on this week's sketch.  Thanks for stopping by!

Katie

Skipping Stones Design Sketch #98 featuring Christmas Swirls

Hello friends!


For today's sketch challenge, the design team members are visiting sets of Christmas past.... Christmas Swirls and Wise Men, both of which, psst, are on sale through the end of the month at the SSD store. 


I used Christmas Swirls and came up with this little card: 

Joy Card

I  took some liberties with the sketch and moved the focal point to the bottom 1/3 of the card. I stamped the ornament on rustic cream cardstock and embossed with Gold EP.  If you stopped by last week for the release of Christmas Song, you will see that I am still on a bit of a kick with the Gold EP and despite by tidy tray, I have managed to get it all over my craft room, esp the floor.  It's ok though, when I happen to walk barefoot in my crafty room and feel the EP beneath my feet, I just close my eyes and pretend that I am at the beach, a very glittery beach!  LOL! 

Anyway, back to the card.  I punched the embossed ornament out of the cardstock with a 1 3/4" punch. I attached it to the card base- more rustic cream on kraft- with a little dimensional adhesive and attached a length of ribbon so the ornament looks like it is hanging from the top of the card. I finished the ornament with a bow and a pearl.  The sentiment was stamped in Dark Chocolate ink. 

There you have it- a super simple card that still packs some punch.  Be sure to stop by the blogs of the DT members and our guests today for more inspiration.  

Cristina Kowalczyk

Jingle

JoAnn Valderama

Kandi Phillips

Tammy Tutterow

Karen Baker

Katie Gehring - you are here :o)

Shannon Teubner

Andrea Ewen

Stephanie Mino

Karen Christensen

Taylor Usry

Wendy Price

Wendy Jordan

Thanks for stopping by!

Katie 

  

Here's the Trick- No Orange

Hello friends!

I am playing along today with the Casual Friday's Challenge #24.  This week's challenge was to create a Halloween card without the use of that Halloween staple and go to color- orange.

And here is my card:

Best Witches

I was at Michael's on Friday picking up Paige from a birthday party and I spied the cutest little goblins in the dollar stamp bin and I couldn't resist getting this little witch.  A couple of her friends- namely a monster and vampire came home with me too.  I will post cards featuring these guys soon- I promise.  With the little witch as my focal point, I created a card using blues, greens, grays, and purple- no orange!  If you have a minute this week to play along, link up your card to the CAS-ual Fridays blog!

Thanks for stopping by!  Have a great day!

Katie

Supplies: 

• Cardstock: Black, white, green, teal- Hollos paper
• Stamps: Michaels (witch), Amuse Studio (zig-zag stitch) and Papertrey Ink (Sentiment)
• Button and twine: Papertrey Ink
• Ink: Verafine Black and Memento Grape Jelly

 

Skipping Stones Christmas Song Release and Sketch 97

Hello and Happy Tuesday!

Welcome to Sketch Challenge #97 and the release of Christmas Song! If you just came from Karen's blog, you are in the right place.  If you just happened along my blog today, start at the beginning of the hop at Skipping Stones Design.  The entire hop order is there and you can hop from blog to blog with ease.

Be sure to hop along and leave comments on all the fabulous designers’ blogs.  This month we are welcoming Andrea Ewen, Tammy Tutterow and Karen Christensen to our team as Guest Designers! 

Cristina Kowalczyk will be providing all the fabulous sketch inspiration this month including the sketch we're using in today's hop!

Here is the card I made using Christmas Song and Sketch 97. 

I stamped the tree image and sentiment in Versmark and embossed with gold embossing powder.  I also added a little ink to the Christmas tree image to achieve a more distressed look.  The patterned paper is from My Mind's Eye.  

Head over to Shannon's blog for some more Skipping Stones Design inspiration!  In case you get lost clicking along, here is your blog hop order....

Cristina Kowalczyk

Jingle

JoAnn Valderama

Kandi Phillips

Tammy Tutterow

Karen Baker

Katie Gehring - you are here :o)

Shannon Teubner

Andrea Ewen

Stephanie Mino

Karen Christensen

Taylor Usry

Wendy Price

Wendy Jordan

Thanks for stopping by!  Have a great day!

Katie

It only takes a SPARK to get a fire going...

Hi all-

I was thrilled to get my new Paper Smooches stamps in the mail yesterday and was inspired to make another card for the Paper Smooches Sparks Challenge.  (On a side note, I ordered the stamps on Saturday and they were waiting for me when I got home from work on Monday- that is what I cal1 super speedy shipping (and I live in Ohio!)

Anyhoo, in an earlier post, I shared the spark photo and it's so darling that I wanted to share it again, just because, so here you go!

Here is my card.  I used the little chick from My Peeps coupled with a sentiment from Chit Chat to create this CAS card.

I stamped the bird and sentiment in Versamark on hot pink cardstock and embossed with white embossing powder.  I matted the pink cardstock on green and tied a little black and white gingham ribbon finished off with a pink button in the center.  The colored cardstock was then adhered to a white card base.

Here's a close up of the little chick. I added a little gem for the chick's eye.

Hope you like my take on the SPARKS challenge.  Thanks for stopping by!

Katie

Skipping Stones Design Sketch #96

Hi and Happy Tuesday! 


I am back today with another awesome Skipping Stones Design sketch.  This month we are welcoming the uber-talented Cristina Kowalczyk as our October Sketch Artist. 


Also joining us for this month of fun is Tammy Tutterow, Andrea Ewen and Karen Christensen.


Here is my take on this week's sketch: 

Forgive the poor lighting- it has been dark and gloomy in NE Ohio for a few days now.... 


I used Skipping Stones Design's Dandelion Dreams (click here to shop) on a tag that I punched with my Creative Memories tag maker.  I created a little scene by stamping the flora and fauna in the background with a lighter ink and in the foreground with a dark brown ink.  I added a little butterfly and finished the tag with a button and bow. 


I used a scallop edge punch on my lavender "belly band" and wrapped it with a light yellow ribbon.  The sweet sentiment was stamped in brown in in the bottom right corner of the card.  


Check out the rest of the DT for more fabulous inspiration! 


Jennifer Ingle
Joann Valderama
Karen Baker
Kandi Phillips
Shannon Teubner
Stephanie Mino
Taylor Usry
Wendy Price
Wendy Jordan


Thanks for stopping by!  Have a great day!


Katie

Paper Smooches Sparks Challenge

Hi friends-

I'm playing along today with the Paper Smooches Sparks Challenge:

This challenge runs until October 5, 2011, so you still have time to create a project and link it up! 

The challenge this round is use Paper Smooches Stamps to make a card/project based on this inspiration photo: 

So sweet, right?  Well, I decided to go with the baby theme and came up with this little number:

Welcome Baby 

I stamped and paper pieced the mama and baby elephant from A Little Lovin' and mounted it to a piece of patterned paper that I had die-cut with PTI's notebook die. The baby elephant was given it's spots courtesy of WMS's Gingham and Co,  Mama elephant was stamped on pink cardstock, trimmed and pieced.  I stamped the sentiment in brown ink and inked the edges of the die cut.

The card was made from Kraft cardstock and then I adhered a panel of patterned paper from Fancy Pant's Baby Mine collection.  Before adhering, I inked the edges of the patterned paper and wrapped the panel with kelly green ribbon, adhered the notebook die cut at an angle with dimensional adhesive and finished it off with two wee clothes pins.

Looking forward to checking out everyone's sweet creations.  Thanks for stopping by!

Katie

Supplies: 

• Cardstock: Kraft- Papertrey Ink
• Patterned Paper: Baby Mine Collection- Fancy Pants Design
• Stamps: A Little Lovin- Paper Smooches; Gingham and Co- Waltzingmouse Stamps
• Ink: Dark Chocolate, Berry Sorbet, Vintage Team Dye Duo - Papertrey Ink
• Die: Notebook page- Papertrey Ink
• Ribbon- American Crafts
• Clothes pins- Darice