April 18, 2010

Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge 65


Good morning - It's time for another Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge! Here is the deal: make a card with this layout and use the InLinkz button down at the end of my post to enter your card. On Friday at 10 PM (Mountain Time), I'll randomly select one card to feature on my blog. So, as long as your card is linked by 10 PM Thursday, your card will be in the drawing. Be sure to link directly to the blog post or gallery image which features your card. You may post a picture of the sketch on your blog, but please save the image to your computer first. Use the keyword SSSC65 if you plan to post your card in an online gallery.

I've decided to change the deadline for getting your card linked to Fridays at 10PM, mainly because I always forget about it on Thursday (I kinda roll like that, I guess).  I'll post the weekly winners on Saturday afternoons or evenings for you.  Hope you all will enjoy the extra day - all of us procrastinators need to keep ourselves afloat somehow, right??  

Can you tell I have minimal stamping on my card??  I had stamper's block, so I decided to use a piece of Sweet Pea paper and use the Out of the Box technique for Nestabilities to keep the butterfly in tact.  This is one of those techniques I KNOW I should have done a million times before now, but I didn't know how to do it - thanks SCS for keeping all of us "slower than the Jones" stampers in the loop - bwahaha!  The minute I read the tutorial, I slapped my forehead so hard I gave myself a headache.  Nice, huh?  haha!

I'll be doing a blog makeover here soon, so if you come by and things look a little crazy, that's why.  Can't wait to fix it!

The Sweet Sunday Stampers also have amazing samples to show you today, so don't forget to stop on by to see:
Thanks for taking on the challenge this week!
Karen

recipe -
stamps: short & sweet
paper: pretty in pink, rose red, old olive, whisper white cardstock, sweet pea dsp
ink: memento rich cocoa
accessories: nestabilities, sweet pea felt flowers


26 comments:

  1. LOVE your card, Karen! Your use of the designer paper is fantastic! WONDERFUL SKETCH!

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  2. HELLLLOOOOOO Sweet Pea!!!! GORGEOUS!!! Absolutely GORGEOUS. And the butterfly in tact.. VERY CLEVER... must check that out... Although I may take a wee while longer for me to figure out!!!! bwhahaha.

    LOVE it, LOVE, LOVE it!!

    Sar
    xxx

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  3. Gorgeous card! And I love the sketch!

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  4. Awesome sketch again this week girl! And what a perfect card you created with it as usual! I'm only a few hours late this week, but I did manage to play along, which is more than I thought with the week I've had! LOL. Thanks for another fun one! :-)

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  5. Gorgeous - I never would have thought of the technique you used! Thank you for pointing me that way - so fun!!

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  6. Gorgeous!!! Love your butterfly card!!! Rockin' Sketch...just printed it out and I'll play for sure!!! Hugs ~S~

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  7. Karen, this is BEAUTIFUL!!! LOVE the butterfly out of the box!

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  8. Thanks for the inspiration! I just love playing along:)

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  9. Karen, this is so beautiful! Today is the day I am going to start doing your sketches...I have admired them from afar but never had the time and I am making time today!

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  10. LOVE your card!!! That technique is really neat and the dp is lovely :)

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  11. LOL, your butterfly looks great, that. It is a great technique and I understand the headache. I've had quite of few of that type.
    I'm curious to see what you change.

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  12. So cute Karen, Love that out of the box butterfly, I need to lok at that tutorial.

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  13. Gorgeous card Karen!!! I love the way the butterfly pops out from the out of the box technique and the felt flower is the perfect touch!

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  14. This is gorgeous Karen! I love the colour combo and the out of the box technique! I too just heard about it recently, although I've never tried either. Beautiful results!

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  15. Another great sketch and sample. Thanks for the inspiration! I had fun playing along! :)

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  16. You are too funny, Karen! I hope your headache is gone! LOVE your card! That out of the box technique looks so cool with that dp! Lovely card, lovely sketch!

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  17. Beautiful Card Karen.. I love the way you cut around the butterfly and made it POP!

    HUGS
    BROOKE

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  18. very nice card! love this sunday sketch challenge.

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  19. Fabulous sketch as always! I have used so many of yours for my DT position with the Curtain Call I can't link them here before Thursday (now Friday) as they post on Sunday. However, know your sketches are used, often!! I just LOVE them!

    Fabulous sample card too. Great work with the DP and going out of the box with it too. Renos are looking good too :D

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  20. Love your card... Yeah, why didn't we do this before..it's so cute!

    Your blog is freakin' adoreable too! I love the new look!

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  21. A wonderful sketch as always Karen. Your card was so inspirational and exactly what I needed today. Thanks!

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  22. Lovely sketch, and I love your new blog look! Awesome!

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  23. Oh Karen, I don't know what's better - your card or the new look for your blog! AWESOME!!!

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  24. Love your new look, your card is awesome, and my card is totally different from everybody's.

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  25. Beautiful blog makeover! And such a pretty card for your sketch. Love it!

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  26. I ended up making a second card using this great sketch last night!

    http://a-stamp-a-day.blogspot.com/2010/04/and-now-back-to-our-regularly-scheduled.html

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