Whoot whoot, it's a Mojo Monday sketch!

For Mojo Monday #80, a fun sketch that allowed for mixing and matching patterned papers. I chose SU!'s Good Morning Sunshine DSP paired with an adorable new stamp set from My Cute Stamps, My Forest Friends. The entire stamped area is paper pieced and popped up for a little extra dimension, and the darling leaves are hanging over the main image panel just a bit. I love the look of going beyond the box, so to say, and it's so easy to achieve when paper piecing. You simply trim "the box" and then add your paper pieced portion over top, kwim?! I think you can tell what I mean as you look at the picture.

Other details include the sentiment from Kim Hughes' URA Hoot (CHF), a felt fusion flower topped with a corduroy brad (SU!), 3 Old Olive mini brads (SU!) and chocolate twill from Taylored Expressions.

Hope your day is full of "whoot whoot" moments!

Hello, Spring!

I am so ready for Spring '09 to arrive here in Wisconsin, and while we got a tease of it a couple weeks ago, it's just not quite happening yet! I am, however, very thankful for dry land on which to step, drive and in general, live upon as our neighbors to the west in MN and ND are unfortunately experiencing extreme flooding. Well wishes to all of you affecting by the flooding!

So my pining for spring has manifested itself in this fun little card, featuring Kim Hughes images (bee & sentiment), a big old red felt flower topped with happy gingham, a button and stick pin. If that ain't happy enough, there's a bit of October Afternoon Depot Park paper to cheer thing up. I have to say that I've never met a piece of OA paper I didn't {love}, and this collection is no exception!

Happy Monday all you peeps out there!

Riding Hood Red in the Rockabilly Forest!

Can't believe it's already the last Saturday in March, and you know that means another great sketch for Jen's Saturday Sketch For You To Try (SFYTT)! I chose another cute Anya image that I received from Julia Aston, this time disguised as Red Riding Hood or as I called her, Riding Hood Red. She's ready to head through the Rockabilly Forest to visit her dear sweet G-ma with a basket full of stamping supplies, I'm sure! (I'm guessing they've got a stamp-a-stack planned or sumpin'!)

The lower left area of the sketch calls for a large embellishment, so I used a chipboard flourish from K&Co. and topped it with a die cut flower and build-a-brad featuring a little blackbird from Hero Arts who's telling her to steer clear of wayward animals on her way to G-ma's house! A snip of black gingham finishes out the bellie and is sorta supposed to resemble a swooping branch from the Rockabilly Forest...get it {wink}?! As for the sentiment, it's from my stash of Chit Chat rub-ons, secured with a brad from Making Memories. RHR/RRH is colored with reinkers and blender pen/aquapainter combo with a little watercolor pencil shadow surrounding her, although it's not showing up so well in my photo. Last but not least: if you're not familiar with this designer paper from SU!, it's aptly named (are you ready for this?)--Rockabilly! I think that's about it, so let's get onto the other sisters of the SFYTT hood:

Jen and guest designer, Jenn D
Amy
Carole
Kelly
Susan

Thanks for playing along with us and this fun sketch. Remember to use the keyword SFYTT if you post to SCS and/or leave a link to your blog over at Jen's place. Have a rockabilly weekend, all!

Sisters!

Our neighbor girls, Payton and Shelby, couldn't be more different, so when it comes to making birthday cards for the girls, it's fun to try and fit their personalities into each. Shelby is a tomboy, is turning 5 today(!) and her favorite color is blue; Payton is a girly-girly who actually turned six in January. I think it's great that they each are such little individuals. And guess what?! They have a new girl in town--baby Ada, so it will be fun to watch her personality develop as well!

Oh, and here's a fun picture of the girls with George taken last month on the same day their little sis' was born! Can you tell how much George loves these two?!

Card deets
Stamps: Birthday sentiment (CTMH); Little Gal (CHF Kim Hughes); Small Sayings (SU!)
Paper: pink (DCWV); Pacific Point, Cool Caribbean (SU!); patterned paper (Oct Afternoon)
Ink: PP, CC, Citrine & Razberry (Colorbox)
Accessories: scallop & notebook edge punches, black grosgrain, Basic Black & Green Galore mini brads

2-for-Tuesday!

My second post today featuring a double challenge card for SCS Color Challenge #211: Pretty Kiwi Breezes, and TCP Tuesday #51 hosted by the uber-talented Leigh O'Brien. The Pretty Kiwi Breezes colors translate to: Pretty in Pink, Kiwi Kiss and Baha Breeze. That combo was screaming Easter to me, so I took advantage of my clearly swanky TCP set, Spring Fling! Without further adieu, here she is:

I added texture to the vertical panels with my Texturz plates (set 1) from SU! and a trio of button brads to the corner just 'cause it needed a little sumpin'-sumpin'! The rest is pretty straightforward, but please don't hesitate to leave me a question in the comment section if there's something you're curious about!

Chocolate Butterflies

This is the first time I've participated in the Mojo Monday sketch challenges, and I do say--I'll be back for more! I've seen more and more of my daily blog stops using the sketches and really enjoy them.

For today's card, I used SU! supplies with the exception of the Martha Stewart butterfly punch. The designer paper is Parisian Spring Specialty DSP, ribbon is from the Valet collection, pearls from the My Pretties kit and sentiment from Carte Postale. I think all of these elements work well together. A bit of sponging on the Baja Breeze layer sets it apart from the card base of the same color with a row of piercing on the bottom to balance it all out.

Thanks for stopping by peeps!

I miss you!

For today's Featured Stamper Challenge over at SCS featuring the one and only, Beate!

Here is the card I cased, changing stamps, papers and the ribbon treatment on the main panel. I added a bit of red Stickles to make her "Dorothy" shoes really sparkle and they really stand out against the subtle blues and greens of the K&Co. Margo designer papers.

I received this image from Julia Aston in the mail yesterday--thanks so much, I've been wanting to use some of these cuties from The Greeting Farm!

For all the details on the card, click here!