This week's CAS(E) This Sketch! is all about the sentiment, so I had to find a good one ... and that usually means I turn to Ink Road Stamps ... and a Pretty Bizarre Generation X Quote from the Breakfast Club, which seams to pretty much sum up a lot about the way I feel lately.
I used the colors from this week's Color Throwdown to stamp the four icons from the four characters ... I kept it clean and simple with just a single pearl in the center of the crown.
When I saw the new Uniko Challenge, I realized it had been much too long since that collection of stamps had seen ink. Bright and Happy seemed like the perfect cardmaking theme for my morning.
I started by repeatedly stamping an image from the Uniko Originally Organic Stamp set in Hero Arts Lemon Drop Reactive Ink. I used a second stamp from the set to fill in some spaces around the edges.
I added in a butterfly from Uniko English Country Gardens - Butterfly to fill in some space toward the top.
I finished with a sentiment from Uniko You Are, Yes You that I thought has the tiniest hint of snark with the *Yes You!", so I am also linking-up at the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers Y is for Yellow Challenge.
I finished with some Lime mats and Lime bling from Eyelet Outlet.
I've been having fun revisiting old techniques and learning new ones with Spring Card Camp 2. Yesterday's technique was Creative Color Blocking with Laurie Willison.
I used the colors from The Paper Players Challenge and the In The Meadow Background Stamp from Taylored Expressions to create my color blocking pieces. I cut my background into 1 1/4" x 4 1/4" strips to create three cards.
For the first one, I trimmed my pieces for four different heights. My sentiments are all from Taylored Expressions Simple Strips - Friendship.
I used a smaller card base for the next two cards with a trio of panels.
These colors just make me happy.
Love that these are bright, happy and mailable ... and that I got three cards done so quickly. Super-fun technique.
The theme at the May Monthly Mix Challenge at Gina K. Designs is Lean on Me ... create cards of encouragement that include a matching envelope, so you can send them on their way.
I started with a sentiment from Emily Loggans - Have Faith Stamp set and the sketch from the Fab Friday Challenge.
I added a second sentiment from another Emily Loggans set, Be the Rainbow with a wrap of Grey Ribbon using the colors from Just Add Ink.
I finished with some matte enamel dots and added a bright pink envelope with a rainbow and sentiment from the Be the Rainbow Stamp Set.
Love how all those words work together.
The Unity Stamp Company May Monthly Challenge is All Things Floral.
I used the flowers from the Emcompassed Beauty Tag as my focal image by hand-cutting it after stamping and adding some seam-binding ribbon.
I added a few tiny bits of bling to the butterflies and created my sentiments for this Mother's Day card using two stamps from Unity Stamp Company's Family Love set. It's another Monochromatic Blooms design for The Flower Challenge.
The flower challenge is all about Monochromatic Blooms.
You guessed it ... more Alexandra Renke papers.
I used this week's Atlantic Heart Sketch with lots of floral layers.
The new theme at the Rainbow Card Challenge is Vivaciously Violet ... one of my favorite color families.
I combined it with the sketch from Global Design Project using scraps of cardstock from my purple cardstock stash.
The circle behind the sentiment reminded me of the Stylish Frame Trio Die from Memory Box, so I die cut it from the darkest purple color. I also die cut the Memory Box Antique Leaf Label from the same Dark Purple and trimmed the leaves from the frame.
I die cut the Memory Box Scribble Roses Background and Scribble Roses Outline from the two lightest purple scraps for the current Memory Box May Flowers Challenge.
I added a sentiment from Memory Box from Big and Little Valentines and then tucked my leaves under the blooms. I finished with some purple epoxy dots.
The current Paper Smooches Challenge is Happy Things ... on my Happy Things list has always been having my own Vespa .. and the ones I usually dream about are Tiffany Blue.
I die cut my Paper Smooches Vespa from Tiffany Blue Glitter Cardstock (because if you're going for Happy Things, you might as well go BIG and go BLING).
Then then, since I'm dreaming wheels, I turned my Vespa Wheels into Sprinkle Donuts. I used the steam die from the Coffee for the smoke behind my Vespa.
I used a sentiment from the retired Scooter Set (the pre-Vespa) and another from Paper Smooches Inhale Exchale.
I'm also joining the Totally Tiffany Challenge at the Rainbow Card Challenge.
Whenever I see one of Dawn McVey's cards on Instagram, I almost immediately know it is hers by the color palette. She has a group of colors that she rocks in her cards ... her home ... and her wardrobe.
When I saw in her Instagram stories last night that she posted her first color inspiration challenge (#dawnsingdoescolor) I wondered if it would be what I call her signature colors ... and indeed it was. I immediately went searching for those five colors of cardstock in my stash and started creating.
I not only used the photo as my inspiration ... but dawn herself. Her big messy bun ... the bandannas she wore in her hair while it grew out after her treatment ... her love of vintage elements ... and her love of flowers. If I could have figured out how to incorporate nail polish, I would have.
I used this week's Atlantic Hearts Sketch for my layout and Julee Ebersole's Essentials by Ellen Voices in my Head. I added a knot of red velvet ribbon to the bun and a sentiment from Essentials by Ellen Handful.
To bring in the vintage element, I added a trio of S&H Green Stamps topped by a trio of tiny pink blooms. I love how this turned out exactly how I imaged it in my head ... thanks to DawnSing for the inspiration.
I always love starting my Saturday with my Sisters at the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers ... and after this week, my snark is feeling pretty strong. The theme this week is U is for Upcycle (Earth day is April 22nd).
We often order coffee from local roasters across the US, and one of our recent purchases from Trade Coffee (Sightglass) came in this box that had awesome coffee drawings on the inside. I didn't know what I was going to do with it ... but I new it was cool enough to save. So today I die cut two STAMPlorations Crazy Double Running Stitch Nesting Rectangle Dies from the box (the reverse side was Rust, which was perfect for the Color Challenge at Just Us Girls). Running the cardboard also helped flatten the cardboard slightly for better mailing.
When I need snark ... and coffee ... there is no better stamps than those by the talented Becca Cruger (The Damsel of Distressed) at STAMPlorations - these are from her Dark Coffee Set from the Grins by Becca Cruger line. I stamped the lady on the Stitched Nesting Tag from STAMPlorations.
If you like these fun stamps, they're having a sale right now on all stamps in their Spring Clearance Section. I finished with a trio of Brown Eyelet Outlet Enamel Dots.
and here are those fun Just Us Girls Colors.
I'm also linking-up at the STAMPlorations Anything Goes Challenge.
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