Roses For "U"

Here's my kick at the can for this week's Freshly Made sketch.  Loved the simplicity of the sketch and had great fun going with one of my favorite colour combos:  pink, brown, kraft and celery.  This combo just makes my heart sing :)  

My on going addition to rolled roses provided me with a substitution for the ribbon on the sketch and my beloved "U" and Flutterby dies from Verve came out to play again.  Must say I am quite happy with the outcome and can't wait to send it to a friend for her birthday :)  One of my favorite things about this card making hobby - you can personalize the card to fit the person to a tee.  Think she'll be giddy when she receives this.

Another busy weekend in the making - never a dull moment around here this time of year!    Hope yours is an enjoyable one.

 

What's In It?
Stamps: French Script (SU)
Paper: Early Espresso, Kraft, Certainly Celery, Pretty in Pink, Rose Romance
Ink:  VersaMark
Accessories:  Lattice Embossing Folder (SU), U and Flutterby Dies (Verve), Martha Stewart Leaf Punch, Rolled Rose Die (MFT), Ribbon, Twine, Button, Glue Dots, Dimensionals

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Wanted to get this month's Sketch For You To Try done early as June is always insanely busy with it being the last month of school before summer vacation.  Parent and teacher teas, Sports Day, year end field trips and parties, soccer tournaments, piano recitals and exams, and the list goes on!  Tired just thinking about it!

Sorry...enough complaining! Back to the card.  I combined this month's SFYTT with this week's ColourQ which had a wonderful mix of colours to work with.  After a brief hiatus, I'm back to flowers and polka dots....sorry...well, not really....LOL...I just love making cards with them.


Lots of Verve goodies on this card - happy sigh.  Used three different sets for this card.  Just love how you can mix and match Verve stamps and dies - just in case you hadn't noticed how much I use them :)   

Wishing you a fabulous day!  Thanks for dropping by.

 

What's In It?
Stamps: Celebration of Thanks, Bloom and Grow, Great Friend (Verve)
Paper:  Certainly Celery, Read Red DSP, Teal, Turquoise
Ink:  Black
Accessories:  Scalloped Circle and Circle Nesties, Swiss Dots Embossing Folder, Elegant Leaves Die (Verve) Martha Stewart Butterfly Punches, Scalloped Border Punch (SU), Black Half Pearls, Dimensionals

Retro Sketch 14

This week's Retro Sketch is fabulous for a CAS card.  I took the sketch very literally - no need to ask me if I want to use a butterfly on a card LOL!  Bonus: it qualifies for this week's  Crazy for Challenges.

Found a great Recollections paper pack at Michael's and this paper came from it.  A pink and green color combo in any hue makes me happy so this card was great fun to work on :)

Just love the script of this Stampin' Up sentiment and it was the perfect fit for this card.  Kept wanting to add something to either the top left or top right corners and finally settled on rounding the right corner.

Thanks for sharing a part of your day with me!

 

What's In It? 
Stamps: Best Yet (Stampin' Up)
Paper:  Recollections DP, Mellow Moss, Rose Romance, Pretty in Pink 
Ink:  Black
Accessories:  Sizzix Butterfly Die (SU), Button, Twine, Glue Dots, Dimensionals

Leaf Die Enabling JUGS Sketch

Squeezing in this week's JUGS sketch as it was a nice easy one and I needed a Father's Day card.

While deciding on which papers and dies to use, I tripped across my beloved PTI leaf dies - happy sigh :)  Haven't used them forever as they are a "Fall" die, so to speak, but where there is a will there is a way and a masculine card provided the way :)  I combined them with Verve's Super Dad set for the sentiment and called it a card.

Short and sweet today as the insanity of this month continues.  Cant' wait to be able to sleep in and have a more relaxed schedule in the summer - albeit busy in other ways!  Swimming lessons are booked and we roll into a two week session right after school's out.  Eau de Chlorine here I come LOL!

 

What's In It?
Stamps: Leaf Prints (PTI), Super Dad (Verve)
Paper: Recollections DP (Michael's), Cream Linen, More Mustard, Mellow Moss, Kraft
Ink:  More Mustard, Mellow Moss, Black
Accessories:  Distressed Stripes Embossing Folder, Leaf Dies (PTI), Button, Twine, Glue Dot, Dimensionals

CAS Sketchbook Card

This Sketchbook Saturday sketch from a few weeks back intrigued me so I thought I would give it a try.  Great for a CAS card.

Pulled out my PTI flower dies and went to work.  Quick and easy, and the sky is the limit on the colour combos so this would be a fun sketch to use for a gift card set :)

Thankfully the weekend was a nice mix of busy and relaxing - just what the doctor ordered after a very busy past few weeks.

That's it for today.  Short and sweet as I've got lots on my to do list.

 

What's In It?
Stamps: Memory Box, Bloom and Grow (Verve)
Paper: Night of Navy, Garden Green, So Saffron, Recollections DP
Ink:  Black, VersaMark
Accessories:  Flower and Button Dies (PTI), Elegant Leaves Die (Verve), Crimper, Corner Rounder, 5/8" Saffron Ribbon, Buttons, Twine, Dimensionals

Love Round or Square Week

  
Love round or square week over at the Mojo Monday blog.  Round cards are just too fun to make (at least for me anyway) and Julee always has great sketches to work with :)

I jumped at the chance to make another felt flower - told you I'd get addicted LOL!  Paired it with some Costco DP,  my favorite lacy nesties and of course, had to add some dots :)

I didn't add a sentiment to the card so I can use it for any occasion - one can never have enough of these on hand.

The countdown to school ending has begun in our house!  Only 19 days for my daughter and 28 days for my son.  Mommy is beginning to twitch LOL!

Thanks for dropping by and have a great day :)

 

What's In It?
Paper: Mellow Moss, Sahara Sand, Cream Linen, Costco DP
Accessories:  Lacy Circle and Circle Nesties, Banner Die (Verve), PTI Flower Dies, MFT Leaf Dies, Felt, Seeing Spots Embossing Folder, Crimper, Button, Twine, Glue Dots, Dimensionals

ColourQing With The Paper Players

I needed a 50th birthday card for a friend and the big circle on this week's Paper Players sketch was calling my name as it was perfect for a big "5-0"on it ;)   I combined it with this week's Colour Q as it was a yummy colour combo and she loves blue.

Since I'm on a bit of a rolled rose binge, I pulled out my two largest MFT rolled rose dies and went to work.  The larger ones are a bit harder to manage - most likely due to the fact I didn't have a large enough glue dot to hold them  together properly.  They are rather "open" roses, but it works for me and keeps my frustration level down by not fiddling with them any more.  The leaves are from Spellbinders "Foliage" set and I sponged them before pulling them out of the die to give the leaves and outline and some dimension.

The "ugh" portion of this card is I just realized I didn't cover up/didn't place the bottom leaf properly as a bit of leaf stem is showing.  Hate when something like this slips by me, but glad I caught it before rather than after the fact.  Will have it corrected before I give it to her this weekend and will also edit the picture accordingly.  Until then, all anal retentive people look away LOL! 

Another busy weekend - it truly is a blur until the end of the school year!  Wish I had more hours in my day so I could get more done.  Think there may be a few power naps in my future so I can plow through the next month's activities and come out the other end somewhat alive!

Thanks for popping by and have a great day :)

 

What's In It? 
Paper:  Bashful Blue DSP, Night of Navy, Kraft, Rich Razzleberry
Ink:  Sahara Sand
Accessories: Lacy Circle, Circle and Foliage  Nesties, Swiss Dots Embossing Folder, Number Dies (PTI), Rolled Rose Dies (My Favorite Things), Half Pearls, 5/8" Sheer Navy Ribbon, Button, Twine, Glue Dots, Dimensionals

Creating Retro Fun

 This Retro Sketch was too fun to pass up as I'm really enjoying using tags on cards and it provided the perfect opportunity to use one of my PTI tag dies.   I combined it with this week's CR84FN challenge as the colour combo was delicious :)

You may be thinking I may have lost my marbles or gone off my rocker as there is a "skewed" element on the sketch and I'm not squealing like a pig LOL!  However, when the skewed panel is a tag, I can somehow deal with it just fine - go figure?!

Used lots of my favorite dies on this card, tossed in some dots for good measure and had fun with all the buttons.   A truly fabulous colour combo I will definitely use again.

Yesterday I became quite knowledgeable about window replacement after my son purposely broke our front window when he got mad...thankfully it is double pane and just the first pane broke.  Needless to say, he is out half the replacement cost and has learned a very valuable lesson - we hope!  The joy of having boys!


 

What's In It?
Stamps:  French Script (SU), Great Friend (Verve) 
Paper: Certainly Celery, Lavender Lace, Going Grey, Grey 
Ink:  Going Grey
Accessories:  Tag and Medium Scallop Die (PTI), Sizzix Butterfly Die (SU), Elegant Leaf Die (Verve), Swiss Dots Embossing Folder, Crimper, 5/8" Grosgrain Ribbon (Michael's), Buttons, Twine, Blue Dots, Dimensionals

CAS Father's Day Card

We had an absolutely fabulous visit with my cousin and aunt and the weather could not have been better :)  Lots of good times together and memories to tide us over until the next time we can broach the 3,000 mile expanse between us.

Now that the guest room is free again, it took me no time to pop in there and get inky :)   This is the last Verve sketch for the month - phew!  It was a five weeker this month so we had to work hard for the chance to win some Verve goodies :)

Since it is CAS week, I jumped at the chance to use Verve's new Super Dad set and new banner die to create a Father's Day card.  Think this may be hubby's Father's Day card.

Starting to spazz out about the fact there is only one month of school left!!  Yikes!!  Have to book swimming lessons etc. and try to squeeze in as much stamping time as I can before the kids are home 24/7 and it becomes much harder to do.



What's In It?
Stamps: Super Dad (Verve)
Paper: Early Espresso, Cream Linen, Sahara Sand, Costco DP
Ink: Bordering Blue, Black, Chocolate Chip
Accessories:  Distressed Striped Embossing Folder, PTI Tag Die, Banner Die (Verve), 5/8" Blue Grosgrain Ribbon, Twine, Button, Dimensionals

Mojo 242 Happy Birthday

Loved this week's Mojo Monday sketch.  It's nice and straight forward and one you can dress up or keep simple.  The Shabby Tea Room's inspiration picture challenge fit this card as well. 

I had a bit of this lovely K & Co paper left so I used it as the basis if my card.  After a bit of tricky punching to get the right sized rectangle for the sentiment panel I was on my way.  I just love SU's French Script background stamp and don't think I'll ever get rid of it.  It was the perfect touch for the background panel.  More practice rolling roses and called it a card.

We had some fabulous family time with my aunt and cousin.  Lots of good food, conversation and laughs.  Just wish we lived closer together (darn 3,000 miles) as they are the only relatives we have on my side of the family and we don't get to see each other that often.  But, lots of good memories to tide us over until the next visit :)

 

What's In It?
Stamps: Elegant Greetings (Stampin' Up)
Paper: K & Company, Mellow Moss, Rose Red, Pretty in Pink, Cream Linen
Ink: Black, Sahara Sand
Accessories:  Heart Border and Leaf Punches (Martha Stewart), Rolled Rose Dies (MFT), 5/8" Pink Satin Ribbon, Scalloped Border Punch (SU)Button, Twine, Glue Dots, Half Pearls, Bling, Dimensionals