Friend {MFTWSC81}

It's time to get sketchy with the MFT Wednesday Stamp Club and sketch 81.

I decided to ink up Fred Bear Oopsie Daisies this week. He's just so cute, I can't believe I don't ink him up more often!

I used patterned paper from the Simple Stories Summer Fresh collection. One of the pieces has the chevron quilt pattern on it so I just used my scissors to cut it out. I really like how the Red Hot card stock pops against the Kraft background and that chevron layer. The Sentiment Strips Die-namics was perfect for the word "friend" which I isolated from a longer sentiment in the set (it's on the inside) by inking it with a black SU marker.

Fred is stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black and coloured with copic markers using the "dotting" method. That's a very scientific name for dotting on the colour instead of applying it with brush strokes. LOL! I used the Rectangles 2 STAX Die-namics to cut out the image panel.

For the flower I used the Upsy Daisy Die-namics to cut out both the patterned paper and the two solid navy layers. Then I topped it with a Red Hot button. I used the Woodgrain Fence Die-namics to cut out the white picket fence and tucked it behind the image panel.

On the inside you'll see the sentiment at the top is where I got the word "friend" from for the flag on the front. Then I used the Ticket Tab Die-namics to cut out the Kraft tab so I could stamp the second part of the sentiment near the bottom of the card.

Here are all the sketchy details:

There's a prize each week for one participant, chosen at random. You may use any stamps and supplies that you wish. Each week a keyword is assigned to the sketch, and this week's keyword is MFTWSC81. All you need to do to enter is upload your card to the gallery at Splitcoast and enter the given keyword in the keyword box during the upload process. After the deadline (noon Eastern on Tuesday) we randomly choose a winner from that week's entries and the winner will receive a $15 gift voucher. If the winning card uses MFT stamps, the participant will earn a $5 bonus, for a total of a $20 gift voucher!

Be sure to head over to the MFT Blog to view the entire list of design team participants...there's plenty of inspiration for you with today’s sketch! 

Here are the Die-namics I used:

Thanks for stopping by!
Karen

Best Friend

It's a new month and that means a new Sketch For You To Try (SFYTT) from Jen del Muro. MFT is sponsoring this month's sketch and I'm playing along today with the Sketch Crew to help get your creative juices flowing.

I used Complimentary Greetings from My Favorite Things and let the sentiment take center stage. I realize now that the card is all finished that I messed up a little on the sketch by making my horizontal panel go all the way across the card. Oops!

I used patterned papers from the My Mind's Eye Howdy Doody paper pad along with Fossil, Sweet Tooth and papaya. The Little Open Scallop Strip Die-namics was perfect for adding the pretty white edge along the top of the horizontal panel and I dotted it with rhinestones for a little bling. I used the Fishtail Flags STAX Die-namics and cut out two sizes from patterned paper for the vertical element.

I used the Circle 1 STAX and Circle 2 STAX Die-namics to cut out the main focal point and layered more patterned paper and rhinestones. Then I created a pretty white daisy (which mimics the daisies in the patterned paper) using the Upsy Daisy Die-namics and a button tied with twine. The leaves were cut from Sour Apple felt.

On the inside I let a pretty piece of patterned paper speak for itself and simply stamped another sentiment from Complimentary Greetings.

Hop over to Jen's blog for all the contest details and I hope you'll play along this month.

Here are the Die-namics I used:

Thanks for stopping by!
Karen

Happy Friends

My friend Dana started a blog! Yay!!! You'll have to visit her over at Dana's House of Cards. Welcome to the fun world of blogging Dae!

I made this card for her, not because she started a blog, but because she's my BFF. We used to live 45 minutes apart but now we're two time zones apart. Thankfully though, we both have unlimited North American phone plans so we still talk just as often. LOL! It's wonderful having a friend like her and I wanted to let her know that. 

The Elzybells 'Holding hands' image and SU sentiment were stamped with versamark and embossed with black detail powder. I like the shine the embossing gives. I coloured the girls with copics. I added shimmer with my Stardust pen to both the image and as a border around the white rectangle, directly on the Taken with Teal layer. That little bit of bling really adds a lot. 

The green background is Kiwi Kiss, with a piece of striped October Afternoon paper. I zig-zagged around the edge with my Janome Sew Mini. 

I picked up the pretty felt flowers and button on one of my many trips to my LSS, Right at Home Scrapbooking. The three dots down the left side are bonbons from Stamping Bella.

Don't forget to let your best friends know how much they mean to you!

Thanks for stopping by!

Karen

Season of Friendship

I made this card for my friend Tami, to thank her for inviting us to spend Thanksgiving with her family. It was so nice of her to include us in the celebration. We really had a great time.

I started out with Jen's Sketch for You to Try. I wanted to use my Season of Friendship stamp and I thought the tree would look really great in that circle. The first thing I reached for was SU's Autumn Vine DSP...what! I don't own that one! hmph. I thought 'that'll serve me for thinking I don't really need everything'. But, I decided to use that colour combo anyway and I pulled out a piece of chocolate patterned paper from the Bella Rose DSP. Then I added a Really Rust base and the More Mustard strip. The card came together nicely after that.

I stamped the tree with Chocolate craft ink and embossed it with clear EP. Then I cut it out with a circular nestie. I inked the leaves with markers so I could have both colours on the one stamp. Up until this point it was a pretty quick and easy card...then I decided it needed dimension. So I stamped some leaves on a separate piece of vanilla, cut them out, popped them up, and added some Dazzling Diamonds. The ribbon is SU's chocolate taffeta ribbon and I added a little piercing in the top corners to draw your eye inward.

I couldn't resist placing the little bird to look like it's sitting on the knot. Cute, cute, cute! You know I only own this set cause there's a bird in it...just kidding...sort of!  :)

Thanks for stopping by!

Karen

For a Fabby Friend

Happy Thanksgiving for those in the USA, otherwise, happy Thursday!

I made this card 

to send to my friend Em, as a 'thank you' for hooking me up with my new friend Joanne when we moved from Ontario to Massachusetts. Aren't I just SO lucky to know BOTH of these fabby stampers! Em, keep your eyes closed so you'll be surprised when this arrives in your mailbox.  :)

Doesn't this sweet little image make you wanna jump for joy! There's no way I could do the splits like that though. LOL!

The card layout is from this week's Bella Sketch Challenge over on Splitcoast. The image is stamped with Memento black ink and coloured with Copics. I painted on a little shimmer on Fabby's skirt and purse. The flowers are from Stamping Bella and I attached them with my kajinker tool.

Thanks for stopping by!

Karen