sweet sunday sketch winner

Hello again! I love it when I can pop on here more than once a day and say hello. It's time to announce this week's SSSC winner....................................

Random.org has chosen #6 - Sanwanya!

I really like the way she has incorporated the background paper into her circles and all the fun colors she used. Congrats Sanwanya! Please hop on over to her blog, Little Bit of This and That and say hi - she has some really cute projects over there.

Thank you all so much for participating this week - I know it was a tough sketch with all of those dreaded circles. Next week I'll be more kind :)

Karen

a little of this, little of that

Hello! Today's card uses several sets, which makes me chuckle a bit - I just couldn't make it easy on myself for this one, haha! The silhouette is from the hostess set Kind & Caring Thoughts, the sentiment is from just a portion of a stamp from Eight Great Greetings, and the circle border is from Circle Circus. I think this is the first time I've used Circle Circus, can you believe that? I orderd it from the Demonstrator pre-order and those poor stamps were neglected until today. I'm bringing Maine Blueberries back out of the retirement bin for a breath of fresh air too. I will be SO sad when I cut my last piece of that delicious paper. I used Amy's Friday Sketch for this lovely layout today too.

Have a wonderful day!
Karen


recipe -
stamps: kind & caring thoughts, eight great greetings, circle circus
ink: old olive, not quite navy
paper: bashful blue, not quite navy, old olive, whisper white card stock, maine blueberries dsp
accessories: old olive 5/8" grosgrain ribbon, flower punches (ek success), scallop punch, 1-3/8" & 1-1/4" & 1/4" circle punches, vintage brads, stampin dimensionals

trendy trees indeed

Hello! There is a hot new look on the papercrafting scene and that is using buttons with your main image and I'm jumping on the bandwagon and adapting one of my absolute favorite sets, Trendy Trees, for this look. Isn't it fun? The layout is SC238 at Splitcoaststampers and I wanted a uniform look for the trees, so I just stamped them all alike. I used new paper from the Tall Tales dsp pack and made it easy for me by using the clouds which were already printed on the paper. Super simple card to make if you are looking for something quick.

Have a great afternoon (or morning) -
Karen


recipe -
stamps: trendy trees
ink: close to cocoa, old olive
paper: so saffron, old olive, whisper white card stock, tall tales dsp
accessories: playground designer buttons, 5/8" certainly celery grosgrain ribbon, white embroidery thread, 1-1/4" square punch, square scallop punch, stampin' dimensionals

a little mojo

I had a chance to make a card for this week's MOJO sketch and this was another fun sketch to work with. I broke open some new Designer Series paper, Thoroughly Modern, and went to town. The colors in this pack are Rose Red, Bermuda Bay, Soft Suede, and Sahara Sand and I think I'm becoming quite partial to Bermuda Bay - love that color!

Just a quick post today - thanks for stopping by!
Karen


recipe -
stamps: beautiful kindness (verve stamps)
ink: bermuda bay, rose red
paper: bermuda bay, rose red, soft suede, whisper white card stock, thoroughly modern dsp
accessories: soft suede 1/2" polka-dot grosgrain ribbon, 5/8" neutrals jumbo brads, circle/scallop nestabilities (spellbinders), photo corners punch, stampin' dimensionals

deal of the week

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Enjoy!
Karen