SFF022715--Digital Spring

Hi Stampers:

It is STILL cold and snowy in this neck of the woods, and everyone is longing for spring!  I have a little spring preview to show you today that is created with the My Digital Studio Butterfly Basics Stamp Brush Set.  When I am short of time, or just plain busy, I love to create with MDS!  But first,here is our sketch this week, which I created:

And here is my MDS Digital Creation:

All of the stamps are from the Butterfly Basics My Digital Studio Stamp Brush Set.  The colors I used are Very Vanilla--background paper; Crushed Curry--honeycomb stamp(I changed the opacity to 50%); 2 of the leaf branches in Baked Brown Sugar (opacity 60% and 40%);  the butterfly and the sentiment in Rose Red.  The three flags are digital burlap ribbon.
Now, check out what the other designers have done at the Sketch Frenzy Friday blog.


Enjoy!

SFF081514--My First Almost Fall Card

Hi Stampers:

Friday seems to roll around WAY too quickly these days, but I'm ready with a Sketch Frenzy Friday post.  Our sketch this week was created by Elizabeth Harris:

Here's what I did with this cute sketch:

As soon as I saw the sketch, I knew what I wanted to do with it, but as I worked with it, I tweeked it a bit, and changed some of the things I used.  For one thing, I wanted to use the Choose Happiness stamp set, but I didn't want to cut out the flower, so I used the large scallop circle punch, but It looked kind of plain with Hello Honey stamped on Hello Honey, so I added one of the NEW cute wooden Autumn Accents, which will be available on Aug. 28 in the Holiday Catalog.  The greeting I used is from another NEW stamp set in the Holiday Catalog--For All Things.  The colors I chose are:  Hello Honey, Old Olive, Very Vanilla.  I also used a strip of paper from the Moonlight DSP stack, the Lovely Lace TIEF, the Stripes TIEF, the Party Pennants Bigz L die, and Hello Honey Striped Satin Ribbon.

Want to see more creations?  Just head on over to the Sketch Frenzy Friday blog.  Why not play along with us, too?  There's a link to upload on the SFF blog.

Sketch Frenzy Friday 04-04-14 Gleam & Gold

Hi Stampers!

Happy Friday, everyone!  Time once again for our Sketch Frenzy Friday challenge, and we have a really good one for you this week!  Here's the sketch from Elizabeth Harris:

And here is my interpretation:

As you can tell my take on the sketch is VERY loose!  This card is also a direct case of a swap card that I received in a swap with other demonstrators.  This card has some sparkle and gleam with some individual sequins from the Gold Sequin Trim, Gold Baker's Twine, Goldm and Gold Foil Paper. I also used Very Vanilla and Calypso Coral card stock, and Retro Fresh DSP.  The stamp set is Happy Congratulations from the Celebrate the Everyday spring catalog.

To see all of the cards created by our designers, CLICK HERE

 We'd love to have you join us, too!  Use the link on our blog!

 

Happy Congratulations

$16.95

Happy Congratulations

$12.95

Gold Baker's Twine

$3.50

Gold Sequin Trim

$4.95

Gold Foil Sheets

$3.95

Retro Fresh Designer Series Paper

$10.95

Gold Stampin' Emboss Powder

$4.75

Very Vanilla 8-1/2X11 Card Stock

$8.50

Calypso Coral 8-1/2 X 11 Card Stock

$6.95

Table by StampinBuddy. Try it FREE.

Enjoy!

Sketch Frenzy Friday 07-26-13

Hi Stampers:

It's Friday again!!!  Time for another Sketch Frenzy Friday sketch and creation.  I swear these weeks are flying so fast, I can hardly keep track of them!  Oh well!  Here's our sketch, created by Patrice:

 

And here is my card:

It is a larger-than-standard card.  As I was working with all the elements, I couldn't fit them on a standard 4-1/4" X 5-1/2" card, so I decided to use a 5-1/2" X 5-1/2" square card.  And, no, Stampin' Up! doesn't sell large square envelopes, BUT, you CAN make one with the Simply Scored tool and the Diagonal Score Plate.  AND soon you'll be able to buy the new Envelope Punch Board to make any size envelopes.  Stay tuned to this blog for more details.  In the meantime, here is what I used for this project:

• Chalk Talk stamp set  w-130631, c-130634, pg. 12
• Label Something stamp set  w-130595, c-130598, pg. 42
• Chalk Talk Framelits  129983, pg. 187
• Hexagon Punch  130919, pg. 180
• Very Vanilla cardstock 101650, pg. 145
• Baked Brown Sugar cardstock  131296, pg. 141
• Epic Day This and That Designer Series Paper  130814, pg. 154
• Epic Day This and That Washi Tape  131269, pg. 155
• Candy Dots (Subtles)  130933. pg. 147
• In Color Boutique Details  130938, pg. 169

In case you're wondering, I created the Baked Brown Sugar frames for the Chalk Talk labels, by tracing the outer edge of the framelit and cutting it out by hand.

Well, time for me to sign off!  Please go to our SKETCH FRENZY FRIDAY BLOG to check out all the designers' creations AND add your own.  We would love to see what YOU create!

Enjoy!

Sketch Frenzy Friday 040513: A Little Wisteria Wonder

Hi Stampers:

Happy Friday to all of you!  It's Sketch Frenzy Friday time and we have a cute and quick sketch for you created by Robbie:

And, as you know, a sketch is a license to interpret in your own way!!  Here's my card:

This card started off as one idea and wound up as something totally different!!!  I had cut the Wisteria Wonder card stock and embossed the one piece with the Honeycomb TIEF about 2 weeks ago.  I knew I wanted to do something with the Oval Framelits, but couldn't decide what to do.  Then I re-discovered my much neglected Bordering on Romance stamp set.  You might notice that water coloring is NOT my strong suit!!!  I stamped the image with Stazon Jet Black ink, and water colored with Wisteria Wonder and Garden Green ink pads.  I was trying to get a look of pansies.  Perhaps I should have used Perfect Plum instead of Wisteria Wonder!  Then I had the brilliant (?) idea to add some touches of Daffodil Delight with the Stampin' Write marker.  After I did that, I decided that maybe I shouldn't have done that!  But I went with it anyway.  The small scalloped image is from the NEW sneak peek set, Round Array, which is available right now.  It is mounted on top of a strip of Wisteria Wonder ribbon, which is mounted on top of a strip of Very Vanilla card stock.  Oh, by the way, the flower image was cut out with an Oval framelit and sponged with Wisteria Wonder on the edges.  I also spritzed the card with Vanilla Smooch Spritz.  One thing I DO like about the card is the embossed layer that is the same color as the base card!

Well, that's it for this SFF!  Check out our SFF BLOG where you can see all the designers' cards.  And don't forget that you can join us!  Just use the Linky tool on the blog!!!

Enjoy!
   

Sketch Frenzy Friday 03-08-13 A Banner Day

Hi Stampers!

Did you miss me?  I have been MIA the last couple of weeks due to family doings, work, and other assorted commitments.  I had the wonderful opportunity to speak at my church's Lenten Dinner/Study about my love of and joy in stamping and the spiritual connection of helping others with my stamping.  While preparing that talk, I really thought about why I love stamping so much. Hopefully, I'll be able to share more about that in some future posts.  But right now, it's Sketch Frenzy Friday time and we have a great, simple sketch from Deb Currier to play with:

 

Isn't this a cool looking sketch?  It is simple and classy--great job Deb!  Now here is my card:

Our Lenten series, which I mentioned above, features members of our congregation speaking about their artistic talents.  I spoke last Wednesday, and this Wednesday we had 3 people who are gardeners speak about gardening, conservation, and their love of nature.  Since I am on the committee that organized this series, I am sending out thank you notes to all the speakers.  I thought the bloomin' marvelous phrase from the Sale-a-Bration stamp set of the same name would be perfect for the thank you notes for our gardeners.  Other items I used on this card:

• Primrose Petals, Soft Suede, and Very Vanilla card stock
• Tea for Two Designer Series Paper
• Delicate Designs TIEF
• Apothecary Accents Framelits and Hearts a Flutter Framelits
• Early Espresso ink (my FAVORITE) for stamping greetings!)
• Basic Pearls

I used the Hearts a Flutter banner framelit to cut out the banners.  So how did I get them longer than the framelit???  Simple--I cut strips of the DSP and Soft Suede card stock slightly narrower than the width of the inside measurement of the framelit, put one end of the strip under the banner edge and pulled the remainder of the strip over the top of the square end of the framelit, ran it through the Big Shot and VOILA--a long strip with a banner end!  Easy peasy!

Well, I'm sure by now you're ready to go to the SFF blog to see all of the designers' cards.  Don't forget--you can join us.  We love to see your creations!  Just use our Linky tool that you will find on the blog.

Enjoy!

Looking for Spring! Sketch Frenzy Friday 01-25-13

Hi Stampers:

Well, winter has kicked in with a vengeance in the Ohio Valley!!  Our lows the past couple of days have been in the single digits and teens, and the highs haven't made it out of the twenties!  So of course I am looking for Spring!!  If I can't have it outside, I can certainly have it with stamping!!  Our sketch this week was created by--drum roll, please--ME!  Here it is:

And since I created the sketch this week, I thought it only fair to actually stamp and create a REAL card--not an MDS card.  I LOVE making cards in MDS, especially when my life is so rushed that I don't have time to stamp!!  I also LOVE stamping!!  And here is my creation/interpretation of my own sketch:

Here's what I used:

• So Saffron (#126957) and Very Vanilla (#101650) cardstocks
• Tea for Two Designer Series Paper (#129311 in the Spring catalog)
• Secret Garden stamp set (#129141-wood #129144-Clear) and matching framelits (#129372)--both in the Spring catalog
• Natural 7/16" Trim Ribbon (#129287 in the Spring catalog)
• Decorative label punch (#120907) and 3/4" circle punch (#119873)
• Bloomin' Marvelous stamp set (#129651-wood #129654-clear)--available FREE during Sale-a-Bration with a $50 purchase!
• Rhinestone Basic Jewels (#119246)
• Tangerine Tango (#126946) and Early Espresso (#126974) ink pads (did I ever tell you that Early Espresso has become my go-to color for stamping sentiments?)
• Stampin' Dimensionals to pop up the flower and the label with the greeting (#104430)
• Delicate Designs Textured Impressions Embossing Folder (#127023) 

And that's my card!  I am now linking you to the SKETCH FRENZY FRIDAY BLOG  where you can check out what the other designers have done with this sketch.  Why not join us?  There are instructions on the blog detailing how to link your creation to the blog.  We'd LOVE to see what you create!!

Enjoy!!








 

Sketch Frenzy Friday 100512

Hi Stampers:

Once again it's time for Sketch Frenzy Friday!  What a happy day!  Our sketches are always creatively inspiring and fun to do, and today's is no exception.  Our sketch this week was created by Patrice:

 

I love this sketch--so many possibilities!  Here's what I did with it:

 

 

 

Here's what I used for my creation:

• Stamps:  Papillion Potpourri, wood-123757, clear-123759; Fabulous Phrases, wood-117002, clear-120501
• Card Stock:  Very Vanilla-101650, Raspberry Ripple-126842, Chocolate Chip-102128
• Ink: Raspberry Ripple-126859
• Natural Composition Specialty Designer Series Paper-126917
• Accessories:  Scallop Trim Border Punch-118402, Elegant Butterfly Punch-127526, Apothecary Accents Framelits-127003, Essentials Paper-Piercing Pack, Stampin Pierce Mat-126199, Paper-Piercing Tool-126189, Rhinestone Basic Jewels-119246

If you want to recreate this card, and need supplies, please click on my Order Online button on the left side bar.

Well, that's it for me.  I am linking you back to our main SKETCH FRENZY FRIDAY BLOG where you can see all of the design team creations and click to visit the other design team blogs.

Enjoy!

Sketch Frenzy Friday 4-22-11 A No Stamping Card

Hi Stampers!

Well, it's Sketch Frenzy Friday again and this time I have a NO STAMPING CARD for you. It didn't start out that way, in fact I didn't even realize it had no stamping until 2 hours after I finished it and looked at it again! More details in a minute, but first the sketch:

The sketch is by Robbie Rubala--thanks for a great sketch, Robbie!

Here's my card:

I used the Springtime Vintage DSP at all my workshops in March, and I also bought SEVERAL packages of it, so I still have some. I am crossing my fingers that it carries over to the new catalog in July! The card base is Baja Breeze, then a layer of Very Vanilla popped up with dimensionals. On the VV layer, I have a piece of the Springtime Vintage DSP, a Pear Pizzazz triangle corner punched with the Pinking Hearts Border punch and a strip of Pear Pizzazz at the bottom also also punched with the Pinking Hearts border punch. I thought it needed to be jazzed up a bit, so I added the pearls in the corner of the triangle and the strip of them at the top of the Pear Pizzazz strip at the bottom. To stay with the circle element on Robbie's sketch, I cut out one of the large roses from a piece of the DSP and to make it stand out a bit, I sponged the edges with Soft Suede ink, added a pearl in the middle and popped it up with dimensionals. Then I saw the Vanilla Rosettes sitting on my table and decided to add one to the bottom of the card! No sentiment, now, but I will probably use it for my 91-year old mother-in-law for Mother's Day. Here's a look at the popped up rose from the side:

For more great projects click on Melinda's blog for the next stop on the mini tour, or go to the Sketch Frenzy Friday blog, where you can add your own project interpreting the sketch.

Sketch Frenzy Friday-2-4-11 It's Vintage

Hi Stampers:

Well, it's Friday again, so that must mean it's time again for Sketch Frenzy Friday! Here is this week's sketch, provided by a fabulous Australian demo, Ros Davidson:





This is a great simple sketch that leaves lots of room for imagination and creativity. My interpretation, as usual is done with My Digtital Studio:


I love the Springtime Vintage Designer Series Paper in the Occasions mini, so I also bought the MDS Digital download. The download does not include ALL the papers from the pack, but there are selections of all the colors. I also love the Vintage Flower embellishments. In real life, they are plastic--flat on one side and raised on the other. To make them appear more 3-D, I used a drop shadow on all of them. I also used the Chantilly crochet ribbon trim and a bow, and used a drop shadow on them also. The sentiment is typed using a font on my computer and colored Early Espresso. I layered the Decorative label punch in Rose Red and Very Vanilla with drop shadows for them also. The card base is Crumb Cake. The largest paper layer is not from the Sprintime Vintage papers, but is one of the Baja Breeze background papers. The smallest paper layer is Springtime Vintage. Well, that's it! To see more projects click on Melinda's Blog for the next stop on the tour, or on the Sketch Frenzy Friday blog. And don't forget, you can upload your own creation on the SFF blog!

Enjoy!

Sketch Frenzy Friday 9-10-10

Hi Stampers!

It's beautiful weather here in Cincinnati. I woke up this morning to cool temps and blue, blue skies! Too bad I have to spend the day in an office! Oh, well, there's always the way cool SFF sketch to keep me happy inside! And here it is:

This sketch comes to us from Tammy Baldwin. Isn't it great? I just love it! Too bad I didn't have time to STAMP a card. Instead, I created my card in MDS. I LOVE MDS!! I have done several of these sketches in MDS. The nice thing about it is that I now have a small library of cards that I can print, or have printed thru Stampin' Up! to have on hand for sending! Here is my interpretation of the sketch--very much a copy:
I used Very Vanilla cardstock as the base, layered with the small flower designer paper design in Chocolate Chip, then more layers of Very Vanilla and Chocolate Chip. All of the layers were created with the square punch and adjusted to size. I then used the large flower punch in Very Vanilla and the small flowers paper fill in Chocolate Chip. The sentiment is from the Always stamp brush set--it was so easy to change the color of the font to Very Vanilla. I also used the Very Vanilla brads and Very Vanilla satin ribbon as embellishments. Everything is in MDS and so easy to put together!

Check out the rest of our group--click Sketch Frenzy Friday blog. Or, click Melinda Couden's blog, which is next on the weekly tour.

Sketch Frenzy Friday--I'm LOVING IT!!

Hi Stampers!

It's another SFF and have I got a BEE-YOO-TI-FUL card for you today! First our sketch created by Sharon Field:

I deviated a little bit from the sketch: turned it 90 degrees and I don't have two blocks in the middle---only one. But, I am SO HAPPY with how this turned out:

I used ALL NEW colors and some new accessories on this card--except for Very Vanilla cardstock--it's not new. My colors are: Daffodil Delight, Peach Parfait, Blushing Bride, Pear Pizzazz, and Early Espresso. The butterfiles and the sentiment are from a brand new set called Butterfly Prints. I used a new embossing folder called Vintage Wallpaper on the Daffodil Delight card front and the dotted embossing folder (the name escapes me right now) on the square of Very Vanilla cardstock underneath the butterflies. One of the stamps in the set is the butterfly body and I stamped the body on all the butterflies, but when I punched them out with the butterfly punch, the antennae got cut off, so they look a little wierd! The three butterflies in the set are stamped with Peach Parfait, Pear Pizzazz, and Blushing Bride on Very Vanilla cardstock. the sentiment, which is also in the set, is stamped with Early Espresso on Very Vanilla cardstock and punched out with the scalloped oval punch, and layered on a piece of Peach Parfait cut with the scalloped oval die in the Movers and Shapers die set. I also used our NEW pearls in the upper right corner. These pearls have adhesive on them, so they are easy to stick where you want them to stick! I think the colors scream SUMMER and I love the combination I created! Hope you do, too!

If you want MORE great creations, click HERE to go to Melinda's blog, or you can click HERE to start at the beginning of all our SFF creations!

Sketch Frenzy Friday--Such Fun!

Greetings Stampers!

It's Sketch Frenzy Friday once again, and once again I have used My Digital Studio (MDS) to create my project.

Here's the sketch by Connie Smith:

Isn't it great? Well, I LOVE the sketch, but my interpretation of it?--not so much. Here it is:

I seem to be stuck in a pinks and purples rut these days! My colors are Rose Red, Regal Rose, Very Vanilla, Rich Razzleberry, and Chocolate Chip. I used punch images: Boho Blossoms large, 1.25" circle, 1.25" square, Modern Label. Stamp images used are the Always circle, the label from Favorite Things, and the Thankful from Calendar Basics kit. Want to see MORE? Click HERE to go to Marisol Gutierrez' blog OR click HERE to start at the beginning of the list. You can also go to my left sidebar and click on the individual members to see their blogs.

Sketch Frenzy Friday #4

Hi Stampers!

It's that time again! Sketch Frenzy Friday returns for week 4. I have been having a ball trying out different ways to show off these sketches. The first time I participated-week 2--I did traditional stamping. For week 3, I used a Simply Scrappin' kit. THIS week I decided to use My Digital Studio to create my sample. How did I do? You be the judge!!

Here's the sketch (template)

And here's my interpretation:

The colors I used are Always Artichoke, Certainly Celery, Very Vanilla, Pumpkin Pie, Crushed Curry, and Melon Mambo. The stamp image and the sentiment are from the Upsy Daisy stamp set in MDS, and I moved the opacity to a lower setting to mute the colors a little bit. I used the square punch image for the background of the three flower images, and also for the curly label punch image. The Certainly Celery rectangle is the square punch image resized and filled with color. I think MDS is a GREAT way to create a project of any kind!


Click HERE to go Melinda Couden's blog for another great project!

Enjoy!!!!