FMS41 - Sketch - Apothecary Art with Twitterpated

Another week, another sketch. This time a sketch design by the talented Team Designer, Cindy Hall over at the Freshly Made Sketches . If you would like to join, click here to go directly to the challenge.

Here is mine:

What's new from the catalog in this card? Color...which one? Primrose Petals along with the 1/4" Stitched Grosgrain Ribbon in Early Espresso.

Here I used the set: Apothecary Art and stamped it down onto watercolor paper first using StazOn Ink so I could color away with my Aqua Painter using Primrose Petals and Old Old ink. Added some Basic Pearls on top of the roses for final touch.

Other supplies used were: Stampin Dimensionals under the Framelits Labels Die, Vintage Wallpaper Embossing Folder, Early Espresso and Blushing Bride (retired) cardstock, DSP Twitterpated and some Basic Pearls on the corners.

Hope you Enjoy and have Fun Creating!!

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PP100 - Celebration Party 100th at Paper Players

The Paper Player is having their 100th Party Challenge, PP100 and as you can see, you can choose any of your favorite past 100 challenges. Therefore anything goes this week and how cool to see which ones are people's most favorite.

For me, it's hard to select just one favorite, so instead, I looked at it with fresh eyes and went through all of the previous sketches they had and loved Challenge #40, since I love punches and this sketch gives me the perfect opportunity to do just that.

Here is the sketch:

Since my DSP Twitterpated was out and about, I went with that and for contrast used Real Red. The funny thing was, I realized in the end, Riding Hood Red is one of the coordinating cardstock for it, but Real Red works just as well.

For this card, I pulled out the Owl Punch which is so fun to play with and made a girl version with it. Colors used were: Early Espresso, Whisper White, Daffodil Delight and Lucky Limeade for the leaf. The Doily was from the now retired DSP (Flirtatious Specialty)

For these cute little flowers, the stamp set: Language of Friendship was used along with the Boho Blossoms Punch and Island Indigo ink. Stampin Dimensionals were used to pop them up and placed at random. For the side, Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border Punch was used in Whisper White.

For the sentiment, used now retired set: Perfect Words since I'm giving this card to my sister and thought it was perfect for her aside from the fact it was super late at night when I finished this card and this set was right next to me. She loves Owls.

If you haven't stopped over yet, click here to go directly to The Paper Player website and if you want to see Challenge #40 and get some other ideas, click here. Hope you Enjoy and have fun!!

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FMS39 - Laugauge of Friendship



What a cute sketch design by the very talented Team Designer, Jen Mitchell over at the Freshly Made Sketches blog and I wanted to give a try. So many beautiful cards already there as today is the last day to still enter. 

Here you go:

Picked up the DSP Twitterpated, since it's my most favorite paper, but still trying to challenge myself to use various different color combos with other challenges yet to come still. Blushing Bride was used as the mat background, Island Indigo for the mat stripe on the left hand side and Pear Pizzaz for the 2 1/2' circle.

Love this little bird and flowers from the set: Lauguage of Friendship. It's getting easier to challenge myself and practice more for clean & simple looks, but always uncertain as to if it needs more and/or less. I suppose that's the hard part along with deciding where to start for any card, but always fun.

For the sentiment, the set Loving Thoughts came in handy for this card and used Island Indigo ink for it. Stampin Dimensionals were used under the bird, wing, and little flowers that were done using Riding Hood Red. Hope you enjoy and if you haven't stopped by yet, you can click here to go directly to the challenge.

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Mojo Monday 234 - Twitterpated and Blossom Party

Another week at Mojo Monday, MOJO234, with a sketch design by Julee Tilman. This week, two choices, either round or square. I should call mine Mojo Sunday since its always appears to be the weekend already by the time my card is up. Either way, it's always fun to have a new sketch to work off of. 

If you would like to join, click here to go directly to the challenge. Here is my card below....

Still working with this gorgeous DSP called Twitterpated that has such a beautiful array of patterned paper and still available in the Mini Occassions Catalog through April 30, 2012.

Here is a close up of the sentiment in Early Espresso, one of my favorite colors to work with and used the Petite Pairs stamp set for the sentiment. The Modern Label punch was used to correct a boo boo per say behind the square mat with Blushing Bride and also added a nice color contrast.

As for the other color of cardstock that was used, it's another favorite color of mine, Marina Mist along with the Curly Label Punch.

As for the flower, the Blossom Party Die was used to create it. Fast and simple and always love to be able to layer it. Colors used were Riding Hood Red, DSP, and Blushing Bride.

Almost forgot, 1/2" Stitched Poly Ribbon in Pear Pizzazz was also added to give it a little more contrast along with Basic Pearls.
Hope you enjoy!!

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Mojo Monday 229 - Triple Treat Flower with Twitterpated

Another week at the Mojo Monday, MOJO229, this week sketch designed by Mary Fisher. If you would like to join, click here to go directly to the challenge. 

Here is my card below.......

I must admit this sketch was a challenge for me since I played around for hours seeing which papers to even start with when I looked at the DSP called Twitterpated from the Occassions Mini Catalog, I thought "yes" this would be perfect to go with the card.

Here I started off with Marina Mist as my base.

Believe it or not this flower comes from only 1 stamp called Triple Treat Flower which is in the current Sale-A-Bration Catalog as one of the choices of free products to select from with any $50.00 purchase (before tax and shipping). For the colors, I started with Chocolate Chip as my base for the flower, than stamped using Riding Hood Red, followed by Marina Mist and Pear Pizzazz for the 1/2 circle on top.

Hopefully you can see the layers in the flower which was done by using Stampin Dimensionals at each color change which made this flower pop at you. In addition, stampin dimensionals were used to raise the entire middle focal position as well.

Not sure why the ribbon color changed in this photo, but it's 3/8" Taffeta Riding Hood Red. Last but not least, used Basic Pearls to each corner of the flower. Other tools used to complete this card was the Fancy Flower Punch, 5-Petal Flower Punch, 1/2 circle punch, and Word Window Punch. Hope you Enjoy!!

Triple Treat Flower Single Stamp (127725) Sale-A-Bration

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Mojo Monday 218 - Sketch Challenge - Sneak Peak Mixed Bunch

Once again, it's another weekly challenge at Mojo Monday , sketch designed by Julee Tilman, MOJO218. This week it's the start of a new month and it's Mojo Madness Contest where they will select 1 winner for every 50 entries to win some beautiful Verse Stamps. Easy to join, click here to go directly to the challenge. Here is my card below.

 

For this card, I got to play with some new products that arrived earlier this week. One of which is this beautiful new DSP called, Twitterpated along with the stamp set called Mixed Bunch that will be available starting Jan 4th when the customer sales period begins for the new Occasions Mini Catalog.

I love these colors and was able to use the 3/8" Ruffled Ribbon in Island Indigo which matched up very nicely with the Baja Breeze cardstock. Added a couple of basic pearls at the bottom for more embellishment.

Here is a close up of the upper left hand side. I started with an Oval in Island Indigo as my base and than used Pear Pizzazz for the middle. Hint....Hint....new punch. Last but not least, punched out this beautiful flower in Riding Hood Red ink. I did use stampin dimensionals to pop up the flower to give it a 3-D look and 1 large basic pearl for accent.

I'll be sharing more sneak peaks throughout the month of December, so be sure to keep a look out. Hope you enjoyed the sneak peak at what's to come and if you haven't joined the challenge yet over at Mojo Monday, click here to get started. It's a beautiful sketch design and fun to create.

Complete List of Supplies:

• Stamp Set - **Mixed Bunch (125535) W (125537) C
• Inks - Riding Hood Red (111836)
• Cardstock - Whisper White, Riding Hood Red, Island Indigo, Pear Pizzazz, Baja Breeze
• DSP - **Twitterpated (125406) 
• Other- Stampin Dimensionals (104430),  Basic Pearl (119247), **Large Pearl Basic (125577), 3/8" Ruffled Ribbon Island Indigo (122974)
• Punches - **Blossom (125603)

Asterisk (**) denotes products available for customer purchase in the Occasions Mini Catalog  beginning Jan. 4.

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