Sketch Challenge TESC105

I made this card for my quilting sister-in-laws' ( Alysons Petals) birthday. We had a small gathering at my parents house last weekend.

Sometimes it is easier to get started when you have a card layout to start from.

I found this one over at Taylored Expressions and thought it would be a fun one to use! I just bought my first Nestibilities Dies and finally tried them out. I think I need more practice to get a good emboss too...

This is some more of the fun paper I bought at Crafts Direct when I was there. I had to use a bird stamp on it because Alyson really seems to be into birds lately! She even posted something on Facebook about being old because she likes birds :) I colored them in with Prisma Colored Pencils.

I also worked really hard to make a yummy cake from scratch. It was good, but very rich! It took me all day to make the filling, the frosting and the cake, but well worth it.

Chocolate cake with chocolate cream cheese frosting and raspberry/whip cream filling. yum.

Birthday Cassette Card

My Nephew turns 15 on Monday - it's his golden birthday! I tried to make him a cool card to celebrate the big day

I found this sketch over at Jacksonbelle Embellishments as one of their Tuesday Sketch Challenges, you can find it here

The "Cassette Tape" is actually an iron on patch, so he can iron it on something later :) I love it when you can get 2 uses out of something.

Hopefully he even knows what a cassette tape is. he he

I didn't love how the ends were coming loose so I added these matching star brads on the ends to help hold them in place.

The sentiment is stamped in white & them embossed to make it stand out more. I lightly colored around the words with a Spica glitter pen for a subtle glittery effect

Blast Off

I recently purchased this awesome Space/Rocket stamp set at Michael's and I think it's by Recollections. The paper is some co-ordinating stuff that they have out right now too.

I stamped some of the stars on the envelope to add a little more fun to it all.
I frayed the edges of the burgundy and the cream colored papers by using my X-Acto knife on the edges.

I stamped the Happy Birthday(I think they are K.I. clear stamps) and then colored it in with colored pencils. I stamped some random stars around on the card for balance and colored them also.

I stamped the rocket and then colored it with colored pencils and added Diamond Glaze to the window and the very tip to make them shine.

Here is the weekend sketch challenge that I based my card upon. It is a pretty literal version of the layout, but I think it will work good for a fun boys birthday card.

Sketch Challenge

I had some time to work on a card the other day & I finally finished it. It is based off of a sketch by Jen over at iheart2stamp. She does awesome stuff and has new layouts all of the time. I think this one was from July.
The cardstock is some brown stuff from Archiver's, the cream is slightly textured cardstock I had in my stash, the blue was a scrap, the ribbon is velvet from a swap I did. The funky blue & green paper is by We R Memory Keepers. The coffee stamp is by Heart Art Studios, Inc. and the "Seriously" stamp is by BC Dzyns.

Because I seriously need coffee!

Here is the sketch that I went off of. It is a pretty literal version of it, but I was just happy to find time to make a card again.

Sketch Challenge

Laura over at 2 Sketches 4 You has a great layout challenge and I thought I would play along this week. Here is their link: http://2sketches4you.blogspot.com/2009/03/lauras-sketch-21.html and I believe there is a prize!

Here is my card :} I LOVE this new paper! This is one I could use over and over again. It is by We R Memory Keepers. The stamp is a clear one by Studio G.

Celebrate Robot Card

I just love this robot image right now! I had to make another card for my stock pile. The groovy paper is by Basic Grey. I inked the edges & then crimped the kraft colored paper to rough it up a bit. I colored the robot with Prisma Colored pencils. The black circles are from the $ section at Joann's.

This also for Sketch challenge 214 over at Split Coast Stampers.