My card for this week's Retro Sketch combines stamps from Rogue Redhead Designs with papers from Webster's Pages.
The polka dot background paper was stamped in grey with the Ledger from Relish Reading to repeat the soft texty look of the seed packet. The Congratulations sentiment is from Bits & Pieces.
I embellished with grey linen twine and two colors of yellow pearls.
Tonight I wanted a clean & simple housewarming card. I started by stamping Stampendous New Houses in India Ink on a watercolor card base.
Next I added three stickerz from EAD Designs Home Sweet Home set ... and called it good.
When I saw this week's Tuesday Trigger at the Moxie Fab World Blog, I immediately thought of a baby quilt.
I didn't have any numbers, but I did have some cute K&Company Letter stickers in the same soft hues, so I decided to use them to create a paper quilt.
I added a tiny EAD Design sticker to the bottom right quilt square. Since I was on a roll ... and since I always need larger non-gender specific baby cards for groups to sign for baby showers at the office ... I made a second.
For this one I added the sticker sentiment to the *K* square ... adorable.
I picked-up this Technique Tuesday Eye Chart stamp to make some masculine Congratulations cards. Since my stamp is vertical, I flipped this week's Mojo Monday Sketch for my layout.
Papers are a favorite masculine collection ... Bo Bunny's Timepiece ... on a kraft card base. The Sketch is perfect for using those hoarded scraps. I extended my vertical flag piece beyond the card base to help balance the larger size of my sentiment stamp.
I broke out my new Hero Hues Earth Dots as my embellishment ... perfect for masculine designs. I added a bit of foam for some dimension to my layers. The clocks were cut from the designer paper.
PS ~ and thanks to Beth for telling me about The Kraft Journal Anything Goes Challenge.
While my Mind's Eye Good Day Sunshine papers out, I decided to use this week's Freshly Made Sketch to make another Congratulations card.
I used a sentiment from Market Street Stamps Chillaxin and the Congrats from EK Success Stamp Events.
One of my projects for this weekend is to make some Congratulations cards for my stash at the office.
I combined My Mind's Eye Good Day Sunshine (Boy) papers with this fun little Bingo card from Unity. I punched circles for the Bingo markers and added a punched star in the center. The Sketch is this week's CAS-ual Friday.
I finished with a wrap of chocolate twine and Hero Arts sentiment from Essential Messages. I like that the card is gender-neutral, so it will work for any recipient.
Tonight I needed a masculine card for a co-worker who is headed off to take on some new adventures. I found some wonderful masculine papers on my travels last week that include these from DCWV's Tattered Time Matstack.
I used a sketch from a new-to-me French blog ... Creablablablog ... with a Tim Holtz Sentiment. My accent element is a domed brad from Bo Bunny depicting a hiker who is headed off on his next adventure.
The rich, deep, shimmery colors in this week's Moxie Fab Lipsylicious Tuesday Trigger picture reminded me of this gorgeous piece of shimmery floral paper from Rachel Greig Photography that I have been hoarding in my stash for way way too long.
I added a few SRM sticker sentiments over another piece from the same paper design and a few ribbon scraps, and viola ... two super-quick and easy cards.
I've been working on stocking a box of cards to have available at the office, and these will be perfect additions.
This week's Challenge at the Cards Blog is to make a card featuring a single word ... it was just the push I needed to break out this cool Congrats Word Set from Art Impressions that I won from Tammy by playing a little Color Throwdown Facebook trivia (wish I lived close enough to check out her cool store in person).
I decided to go with the colors from this week's Off the Wall Craftiness Challenge and a flipped sketch from Our Creative Corner. I also knew I wanted to add in some of the great brocade pattern that is repeated throughout the inspiration board.
I started by stamping the word CONGRATS in Memories India Ink on Basic Grey Indian Summer Brandied Melon paper and clear embossing. I used detail scissors and my trust Tim Holtz craft knife to cut around the letters (it is one great knife, but my knife skills are pretty novice, especially on curved parts ... I had to use a black marker for a little touch up in a few places).
I mounted the word on the reverse side of some handmade paper. I stamped the Hero Arts Antique Brocade on the back of the same paper & then framed both panels with black cardstock. I used the same Basic Grey paper as the letters for my card base.
I finished with a border punch and some vintage black glass buttons that were decked out with a little clear bling to bring in the sparkle from the chandelier and candles in the inspiration photos.
I needed another masculine card ... this time for a Summer Intern who is headed to graduate school. I decided to combine a new (to me) color challenge from Just For Fun Rubber Stamps with this week's Sweet Stop Sketch Challenge.
In hindsight this probably wasn't the best choice given the size of the sentiment I wanted to use, but after two failed attempts, I finally made it work.
I was planning to do the faux bleach technique that Sherry showcased on SCS this week, but I realized as I started to write this post, that 1) I used chalk inks instead of alcohol inks & 2) I forgot the final step of ironing off the embossing powder ... so instead this is just a straight emboss resist on glossy cardstock. I should realize that sometimes, it's just too late in the day to attempt to follow instructions :^)
The Hero Arts Three Ferns were stamped in Versamark, clean embossed, and sponged with yellow, olive & cranberry inks. The yellow panels were embossed with the new Tim Holtz Collage Embossing folder. The sentiment is a rub-on from My Sentiments Exactly. Their Thrifty Thursday e-mails always have lots of good value packages & their rub-ons work like a charm.
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