Skipping Stones Sketch Challenge

This challenge at SSD was particularly fun for me!

I love the "split" background.

 

And, additionally, since I have no holiday specific SSD stamps,

I had to use my imagination.

 I think this floral medallion from the

"Victorian Summer" set

works perfectly.

 

I colored the image with my Copics and then clear heat embossed the entire thing to make the colors really pop!

(It is actually colored and cut out twice and layered, but you can't tell in the photo.)

The gold button and the bling on the sentiment added the elegant, holiday feel and serve as my three little embellies under the main focal point.

 

The pretty Christmas papers are from the new DCWV stacks.

The sentiment was embossed with Stampendous, Aged Green powder.

 

Thanks for looking!



Skipping Stones Designs Challenge!

 

My entry for the Skipping Stones Design sketch challenge this week:

 

 

 

Supplies:
Paper; DCWV, Bouquet de Fleur
Stamps; SSD, "Always Here" and "Beautiful Botanicals"
Ribbon;  Maya Road

Changes...

Using

DCWV

"Tres Chic" and "Forever and Always"!

I made this card for the challenge at Skipping Stones Design,

but absolutely HAD to grab my DCWV papers!

I love the way the blue shimmery paper embosses and cuts with the

"Always Here"

stamped butterflies from Skipping Stones Designs!

And the slick black paper from the

"Forever and Always" stack

reflects the light so beautifully!

Without the light reflection:

To balance out the shimmer,

I "fran*taged" some mica and embossing powders on the bottom edge!

(Mixed mica fragments and Aged Aqua Embossing Powder from Stampendous!)

To see how to Fran*tage, watch the video here!

I really like the way this card came out!

A bit of everything that I love!

Skipping Stones Inspiration Challenge!

Just having some fun tonight with a challenge at

Skipping Stones Design!

I couldn't resist when I saw this photo...

Then the reality came to me that I have only the "girlfriend" themed SSD stamps

and really have no flowery ones!

My creativity went into overdrive (or was it the Ambien?) LOL!

I decided that one of the purses from "Birthday Purses" looked a lot like a flower pot.

Hey, it does if you squint..

So, this is what inspired me to make this little "Thank You" note card.

A bit of elegance, with a touch of whimsy.

The sentiment is also from that same set, "Birthday Purses". 

The background is stamped and silver heat embossed with an OLD stamp I have from Cornish Heritage Farms onto silver/gray Bazzil cardstock.

I figure if originality counts, I should get credit for this one!

Skipping Stones Sketch Challenge!

My card for the challenge at

Skipping Stones Designs:

and the sketch I followed:

I used the SSD stamp set, "Always Here".

I love the way the gorgeous butterflies and dragonfly heat emboss so clearly.

I dug through my older stash and the papers, flowers,
and even the black pearls were all from Prima Marketing.

The vow I made today is to educate myself more on my camera and the lighting process that causes the colors to look entirely different from what they are IRL.

It was frustrating today to try and get a photo when the yellows and golds were showing up differently on the embossed butterfly than on the ink stained flowers.

I had plenty of natural light in my little photo alcove and the white backdrop seemed bright enough. And it was too da!#&%#  hot in Phoenix to stand outside to

take a picture!

I found a great tutorial posted today by Debbie Carriere at My Favorite Things that I think addresses that very issue.  To see for yourself, go HERE!

In the meantime, I'm still working on the hubby for a new camera. If anyone has any suggestions for a good point and shoot SLR, please send them!
I am rather unhappy with my 3 year old Nikon Coolpix...constantly having to replace the AA batteries (doesn't use a special battery with a charger) and the settings are resetting themselves on their own.  hmmm...a haunted camera maybe? 

Well, based on the many number of times I've entered the SSD challenges,

the odds should be on my side to win soon! 

Wish me luck!

Time for a Skipping Stones Sketch again!

The Skipping Stones Designs sketch this week is :

 My take:

This is the first time I've chosen to work with these girly colors combined. The pink, lilac, lime, and cream are gorgeous!  I'm actually considering painting my scrapbook room these colors!  (Maybe won't include the Stickles glittery sparkle..hee hee...)

I have a friend waiting to hear on her second mammagram results.

Always so nerve racking. Perhaps this will give her a chuckle.

I used the SSD stamps from Bras Volume 1

and DCWV Chateau Lavender papers.

Thanks for letting me share today!

Shared and entered at chellenge :
Creative Craft Challenges (Anything Goes)

Skipping Stones Sketch Challenge #123

Perfect for this number challenge (1...2...3...) at Skipping Stones Designs

is this sketch with 3 obvious image spots!

Of course, these could have been also been sentiments or elements, but this is MY interpretation!

I've been wanting to apply the bleaching technique to a clear embossed image for a long time now, and this image for a masculine card offered the perfect opportunity!

Love the way the embossed image just POPS through the lighten area! FUN!

The stamp set I used is Skipping Stones Design's, "Always Here".

I really gravitate to these butterflies and dragonflies this time of year!

Skipping Stones Challenge #122

Whee! I love Skipping Stones Design's sketches! This week's is no different!

I really like the simplicity of this sketch,

and it leaves itself open to so many possibilities!

I wanted something bright and cheerful for Spring!

I love the lacey look of this butterfly from the "Always Here" stamp set.

When heat embossed, it has the look of the old, vintage lace pieces I remember seeing at my great-grandmother's house many, many years ago...

The paper I used was DCWV, "Tres Chic".  Isn't it gorgeous?

Just lightly sparkled....yummmm...

Bras are like friends...

I just love the Bra Volume 1 stamp set at

Skipping Stones Designs!

And this week they have a
challenge sketch that called out to me!

Well, AND the prize is a set of Skipping Stones stamps!  Whoo-hoo!

I just felt like hanging the little gals out in the clear Spring breeze, added some light, sweet die-cut clouds, tiny bling, and a bit of sparkle by heat embossing and fussy cutting the bras!

Hope you like!

Also, entered in the challenge at:

Southern Girls (Something you wanna say?)

Skipping Stones Design Sketch Challenge!

Skipping Stones Design has a great sketch this week!

Here's my take on it:

All the stamping was done with elements from 

Skipping Stones'  "Everyday Blessings" stamp set.

The die cut circle behind the bird (not the white paper doily) was done by repeatedly stamping and heat embossing the wreath pattern in the stamp set,

and then cutting it out with the

Spellbinders "Blossom" Nestie.

Then I cut another just one size smaller inside the first.

That provided me with the scallop circle that I threaded the ribbon through. Does that make sense?  LOL!

If that wasn't confusing enough, I also cut a section of the heat embossed wreath to make a little popped out "nest" for the bird.

This is also the first time I have stamped a

sentiment on ribbon!

Wow, that Staz-On truly works wonderfully for that!

The background paper is Prima. 

They make some of the most gorgeous, romantic stacks!

The embossing powder is Stampendous Extra Fine Bark and is my new favorite embossing powder! 

Thanks, Jennifer, for enabling my addiction once again! LOL!

Hope you enjoyed this lengthy, however somewhat entertaining, post!

Please leave a comment so I know I'm not out here alone!

Congratulations, Hayden! Way to go!

To see my

Do You Stack Up

post,

please

scroll

    down....



 This is my second post for today:

My grandson who is only 6 and in the first grade, received extremely high scores on his mid-year reading evaluation!  I'm not surprised that he is reading above grade level, but the scores were WAAAY up there!  He has been reading since he was 4, and there aren't too many books in my house that he can't pick up and read every word!  I am so very pround of him.  So, because he will be spending the next few days with us, we plan to reward him for his work.  Taking him to his choice restaurant for dinner,  rodeo on Saturday, and then his pick of movies from Blockbuster...  whee!

A peek into my private life...

Hayden playing soccer this past Fall.

I love October Afternoon's school themed papers! They aren't too babyish for the kids as they get older. And I am always up for some vintage!

The sentiment is from Stampendous, and the "brads" are simply gold office thumbtacks that I made rustic with StazOn and cut off the points then adhered them with Pop Dots!

I think the ribbon will get the message across that I think he is

Number One in my book!

 When it came time to make this card, I needed some inspiration. I found the best sketch at Skipping Stones Design, but had no stamps from them that would even come near what I wanted to express for a child. So, today I am fondly using their sketch and entering this in their challenge!  This experience tells me that I need to expand my SSD stamps past "girly" images!  (which I love, by the way!)

  And of course, I had to flip it!

Hope everyone is having a wonderful day!

Jan