Thank You {CTD337}

Hi friends! I'm back with another card for Color Throwdown - woot! This week's color palette is perfectly spring. Love the pop of orange!

Reflections, from Paper Smooches, is one of my favorite flower building sets I have. For this card, I cut out several of the coordinating dies and stamped and layered and stamped some more. Originally, I had placed all the flowers and leaves across the panel, but I thought it needed a little something more, so I added the little blue flower sticking up in the back - kind of like those wild grey hairs I have. Ha!! I also added a white enamel dot on the center flower and balanced the arrangement with some Mango Pearls as well. Fun stuff!

Be sure to check out what the rest of the Color Throwdown team created for you today:

• Barbara Anders 
• Broni Holcombe 
• Joan Ervin 
• Jodi Collins 
• Lori Tecler 
• Monika Davis
• Tammy Hershberger
• Vickie Zimmer 
• Wanda Cullen

Thanks so much for stopping by!

recipe -
stamps: reflections (paper smooches), thank you (papertrey ink)
paper: smooth white (mft), kraft (mft)
ink: black licorice (mft), natural (mft), orange fizz (mft), sour apple (mft), spring rain (papertrey ink)
accessories: reflections flowers dies (paper smooches), reflections leaves dies (paper smooches), reflections graphics dies (paper smooches), white enamel dots (freckled fawn), mango pearls (kaisercraft), foam tape

You Were Missed {CTD336}

Hello there! I'm so excited to be guest designing in April for Color Throwdown!! Here's a look at this week's color palette - so warm and welcoming, right? Love them! Makes me ready for summer -

I rummaged through my paper packs and found the perfect colors and patterns from Simple Stories' 24/7 6x6 pack. I used one of the dies from the Happy Hellos Die-namics set in Smooth White card stock and then heat embossed the sentiment from The Welcome Wagon by Paper Smooches. I had to hunt around my craft space for something light green and found some Lucky Blend sequins from Avery Elle - those did the trick!

Be sure to check out what the rest of the Color Throwdown team created for you today:

• Barbara Anders 
• Broni Holcombe 
• Joan Ervin 
• Jodi Collins 
• Lori Tecler 
• Monika Davis
• Tammy Hershberger
• Vickie Zimmer 
• Wanda Cullen

Thanks so much for stopping by!

recipe -
stamps: the welcome wagon (paper smooches)
paper: smooth white (mft), persimmon (mft), 24/7 6x6 (simple stories)
ink: versamark
accessories: super fine white embossing powder (sss), happy hellos die-namics (mft), lucky blend sequins (avery elle), foam tape

Happy You're My Friend {SSSC261}

This week absolutely flew by! It must be the warmer weather, right? I feel like stamping flowers and bright, happy colors all the time right now. Might as well go with it until the flowers finally bloom here in my brown, dormant yard. 

I'm back with this week's Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge - yay! Here's a peek at the sketch:

For this card I used the Reflections stamp set from Paper Smooches and I stamped the leaves in Factory Green ink and then filled in the blossoms randomly.  The sentiment is from Flowers On My Mind by Simon Says Stamp, which I simply stamped on a strip of Smooth White card stock. Easy peasy!

Hop on over to the Sweet Sunday Sketch Blog to take a peek at all cards from the design team and you can link up your project there as well. Happy stamping!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

recipe -
stamps: flowers on my mind (sss), reflections (paper smooches)
paper: smooth white (mft)
ink: black licorice (mft), bubblegum (mft), safety orange (mft), factory green (mft), blu raspberry (mft)
accessories: white enamel dots (freckled fawn), foam tape

Snow One Like You

Hi there! I have a fun card for you today using this sweet little Paper Smooches snowman from Cool Dudes. I'm playing along in the Anything Goes challenge over at the Paper Smooches Sparks blog. I used the Cool Dudes Icons die to cut out the snowman in Smooth White card stock and then I stamped him in Black Licorice hybrid ink so I could color him with Copic markers. The patterned paper is all from the Cut & Paste "Adorbs" 6x6 paper pack, so that made this card really easy to put together. I still had my Shine Bright sequins on my desk, so I thought I'd throw a few of them on my card as well. I'm addicted to them at the moment, what can I say? The layout is the January Sketch For You To Try.

That's it for today - hopefully I'll be back with something new before the weekend. Have a wonderful day.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

recipe -
stamps: cool dudes (paper smooches)
paper: smooth white (mft), cut & paste "adorbs" 6x6 (mme)
ink: black licorice hybrid (mft), copic markers
accessories: cool dudes icon dies (paper smooches), stitched circle stax (mft), fishtail flags stax (mft), shine bright sequin mix (verve), foam tape

Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge 250

Good morning!!  We are back from a short break and I have some important news to share with you before we start off with the sketch.  Two of our long-time design team members are stepping down this month, and let me tell you, it's really difficult to say goodbye!  I've met both of these fabulous stampers in real life, and they are absolutely the best!

Jackie Pedro's style is so super cute and her ability to avoid patterned paper is out of this world!  The patterns and backgrounds she creates on her flowers and accents are always amazing and she makes me think I can get rid of patterned paper altogether!  But, who am I kidding??  Jackie, I will miss you on this team, terribly, and I hope to see you in the gallery, here and there!  Best of luck to you, friend!

Karen Motz amazed us with her creative holiday cards, which frequented the sketch challenge through the years. Every Christmas I would wish and wish I had stamped one card each week so I could send out more than 10 cards! I will miss you Karen! I know life is taking you in a new direction, but I hope that you will ink up your stamps once in a while just to let us know that you're thinking of us. Maybe I'll make you stamp next time you come for a visit during ski season! LOL!  Wishing you all the best, wherever the world takes you, my friend!

Seriously, typing up this post without you two crazy ladies is really quite strange.  Maybe I'll just keep adding you just for the heck of it??

OK, I guess it's time to introduce the first sketch challenge of 2015!  Want to play along?  Here is the deal: make a card with this layout and use the InLinkz button down at the very end of this post to enter your card. 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 SSSC250 if you plan to post your card in an online gallery.

Since I feel like I haven't stamped in forever, I didn't want to try anything too crazy today.  I kept it all pretty simple.

I absolutely adore this building set from Paper Smooches called Reflections and I kind of just added a few leafy vines with accents of flowers in bright, fun colors.  The sentiment is from the Better Together set by Verve Stamps.

The rest of the Sweet Sunday Stampers have much more for you to see this week - please stop over and see:

• Barbara Anders
• Dana White
• Jenny Peterson
• Jodi Collins
• Lisa Henke
• Lori Tecler
• Lynn Put
• Sarah-Jane Kalé - she's taking the week off
• Tracy Clemente
• Vicki Burdick

Thanks so much for stopping by!

recipe -
stamps: reflections (paper smooches), better together (verve)
paper: smooth white  (mft), blu raspberry (mft), orange fizz (mft)
ink: black licorice (mft), electric red (mft), orange fizz (mft), sour apple (mft), blu raspberry (mft)
accessories: sentiment strips die-namics (mft)

An InLinkz Link-up

Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge 247

Good morning!!  It's time for another Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge!  Want to play along?  Here is the deal: make a card with this layout and use the InLinkz button down at the very end of this post to enter your card. 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 SSSC247 if you plan to post your card in an online gallery.

I have another fun card using Cool Dudes from Paper Smooches.

I cut out the image using the Cool Dudes Icons die set and then colored them with Copic Markers.  I used the Wonky Scallop Border die for the snow in the background and then added the Let It Snowflake die trio in the corner instead of a flower.  I also added a little glaze to the heart on the top snowflake and some sparkle on the snowflakes in the background paper.

I hope you will join in on all the fun this week.  Please hop on over to see what the Sweet Sunday Stampers have created this weekend:

• Barbara Anders
• Dana White - she's taking the week off
• Jackie Pedro
• Jenny Peterson
• Jodi Collins
• Karen Motz
• Lisa Henke
• Lori Tecler
• Lynn Put
• Sarah-Jane Kalé
• Tracy Clemente - she's taking the week off
• Vicki Burdick

InLinkz.com

Thanks so much for stopping by!

recipe -
stamps: cool dudes (paper smooches)
paper: smooth white (mft), smoke (sss), grape jelly (mft), grapesicle (mft), winter wonderland 6x6 (mme)
ink: black licorice hybrid (mft), smoke (sss), electric red (mft), copic markers
accessories: cool dudes icons dies (paper smooches), let it snowflake die-namics (mft), wonky scallop border die-namics  (mft), pierced rectangle stax (mft), pierces fishtail flags stax (mft), glaze pen (sakura), star dust glitter pen (sakura), foam tape

An InLinkz Link-up