Polar Bear Pals - MFT Sketch challenge

 Hi everyone! I'm popping by to post a card for the latest MFT Sketch Challenge. It's a lovely sketch and I think I'm gonna keep it in my stash of go-to sketches!

I used one of the adorable polar bears from the BB Polar Bear Pals stamp set. I mean, just look at this cutie? I hope to make a few more cards with these cuties when I have some more free time.

Check out the sketch

Supplies used on this card:

MFT Stamps BB Polar Bear Pals stamp set

MFT Stamps BB Polar Bear Pals die set

Stitched Rectangle Scalloped Edge Frame die set

Carta Bella Winter time 6x6 paper pad (at Stamp Simply Store)

Love you Speech Bubble (for the red heart accents)

Neenah Solar White cardstock

Concord and 9th Cranberry cardstock

Scrapbook.com Adhesive Foam Roll 2mm

Copic markers

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

My lavendar double challenge card

For all of you who have been playing in my Dirty Girl Challenge -THANK YOU! I am working my through commenting on all the entries. There are over 175, so it will take some time. I took a break today for some stamping!

I combined yesterday's SCS sketch 186 with this week's double dare challenge. This week Anne (Itsapassion) challenged us to make a card inspired by something in our kitchen! Well, the timing couldn't be more perfect. I keep a floral display on my kitchen hutch and rotate it with the seasons. Well, embarrassingly enough, I hadn't changed my display from the fall (yes, I know it's JULY!) and Tuesday morning I finally changed it to my spring/summer arrangement! So, my card is inpsired by the lavender colors in my floral arrangement. In reading the rules of the challenge I was also supposed to combine the card with one of the Dirty Dare challenges... I didn't do that, I am SO sorry ANNE!! Oops!

I chose this 2 Scoops Basic Grey paper for it's circle detailing that matches the vase on this great MFT stamp, Lavendar. I colored the image with prismacolor pencils and added some dew drops in a couple of the circles. I used some of my Prisma papers and allowed the textured side of the Iced Teal piece to show. I stamped it with Sage Shadow using the swirls from Priceless. The cool striped organdy ribbon is in 5/8" from Pinkhedgehog Papercrafts.



Card Deets:
Stamps – MFT Presents Lavender, priceless
Paper - Prisma papers in Iced Teal, Frosted Cobalt, Nautical Blue Dark
Accessories - dew drops (the Lily Pad bottle), stickles, corner punch, dragonfly charm

Featured Stamper Day!

This week's featured stamper on SCS is Chelemon, Michele. What a terrific gallery, you should check it out! My card this week was inspired by the layout and BRILLIANT use of hardware on this card.

I used some of my horribly neglected Basic Grey Sugard 6x6 pack, which fits right along with this week's OCC challenge -to use Basic Grey on your card! I just LOVE the colors in the Sugared paper, and it gave me the perfect chance to use some of my brand spankin' new Prismatic papers! This stuff is great, it is slightly textured on one side and smooth on the other. It's not as thick as SU!, but it's great for framing -and it comes in a bazillion colors! Seriously, comes in 113 colors! This card uses the Frosted Pink and the Crabapple Dark colors. The image is from MFT, the MFT Presents line designed by Annie LaPoint. I colored the image with prismacolor pencils and "popped up" the lavendar flowers. That amazing striped organdy is from Pinkhedgehog Papercrafts. It has just the right amount of stiffness to make bow tying a breeze! The tag is a combo of my cuttlebug Flowers die and SU!s Circle of Friendship. The inside was sponged with Baroque Burgundy and has a corner from the Vintage CB die.

Oh, I should also mention that OCC is offering the chance to win a nice little prize for all who participate. A $15 gift certificate to Jacksonbelle Embellishments! How fun for a lucky winner -I hope my name is drawn -LOL!

Card Deets:
Stamps - Take a break, circle of friendship
Paper - Sugard, Prism papers

Accessories - SU hardware, pewter brads, ribbon, dimensionals, prismcolor pencils, gamsol

I'm DONE with the new home cards!

Whew! Sharon's (notimetostamp) Stamp Simply challenge today was a LIFESAVER! Her challenge was to do a 10 minute card. I had 2 more new home cards left to complete my order and I am super short on time today, so this sounded PERFECT! When looking at the samples on her blog, I found the perfect layout to CASE. Oh, thank you Jennifer Buck!

Never mind that these "simple" cards took me over 2 HOURS to complete -my youngest, Ryan, is in a cranky mood today and I had to deal with a tantrum about every 10 minutes -rolleyes!

Anyway, here they are, my last 2 cards! I just love cards that uses DP, I have an obsene amount of DP and I love to use it up. The card on the left uses the SU Ginger Blossom and the right uses Webster Pages, Parlour Collection. Here's my quick card tip: Cut the base cardstock just under the size of the card you are mounting it on. That way you don't have to worry about the "fine tuning" of the card front to get it to fit perfectly on the base.

Card Deets:
Stamps - Congrats all around by MFT, Warm Words, Happy Thoughts by Verve Visual
Paper - river rock, really rust, DP
Accessories - SU vanilla tafetta ribbon, rust and vanilla brads from Pinkhedgehog Papercrafts

2 down 10 to go!!

Ha ha! My real estate agent just emailed me and asked me for another 12 "new home" cards. I love creating for him because he lets me design whatever I want as long as it has a house of some kind on it and says "welcome home" or "new home". I have to keep in mind NOT to make them too frilly or sparkly -I use very little ribbon and NO flowers. Sometimes hard to do! Anyway, for the next week, you will see lots of New Home cards from me!

This week's featured stamper offered me the perfect inspiration for a couple. This week it is Diane (Lost in the 60s) . I chose this cute card to case. For the card on the right, I kept the general layout and colors, but changed up the stamp set and added a ribbon panel. The card on the left uses different colors. The cute little house is from the My Favorite Things Congrats all Around set and the sentiment is from Verve Visual's Happy Thoughts set (p.s. LOVE that set, so versitile!).

I should mention that while browsing thru Diane's gallery, I saw a card using Kanji and it's what gave me the idea to use it for the home cards. Who doesn't need a little love, tranquality and harmony in their new home??

Card deets:

Stamp sets - Kanji, MFT congrats all around, verve visual

Paper - Choc chip, caramel, banana, moss, coral/black, going grey, pomegranite, bashful, banana and celery

Accessories - cuttlebug, swiss dots folder, silver brads, hodgepodge hardware