A birthday card for 2 Sketches 4 You

I haven't done one of these sketches in a while, so I thought I would give it a whirl! It didn't come together as easily as I had hoped, but I did get it made while Sam was at Pre-school this morning, and boy am I happy I finished because he has been giving me grief ever since I picked him up.....it's going to be a long afternoon! I am just in love with this cake image! I love cake stamps to begin with, and flowers too, so this is a perfect combination, I think! The pp is from Basic Grey's Sugar Rush collection.

Here's a close-up of the cake!

Thanks for stopping by! And have a beautiful day!

Supplies: Paper: Very Vanilla, SU; Sugar Rush PP from Basic Grey. Inks: Basic Gray, Lovely Lilac, Real Red, Pretty in Pink, Apricot Appeal, Certainly Celery, all SU. Stamps: Happy Moments, SU. Extras: Gray Satin Ribbon, Pink velvet ribbon, Corner Chomper, Swiss Dots embossing folder, Tiny Twinkles!

A Sketch for "Boo!"

Well, Kerry took off to coach Dylan's first soccer practice of the year, and he took Cody with him too, so that just left me here with Sam! So with no one to fight or argue with, Sam has been playing nicely and has allowed me to not only create two cards for card swap tomorrow night, but also for me to make this card for this week's 2 Sketches 4 you challenge, which is fast becoming one of my new favorites! Yay! I totally had to do a Halloween card because I was just over visiting Travellingmama, and she make this adorable card with a pumpkin on it made out of a circle of pumpkin colored fabric. Well, I didn't want to go trying to find fabric in my fabric Rubbermaid's, since they have been totally put away under the stairs since I broke my sewing machine over 2 years ago, and I still have 2 quilts that are half done....okay enough rambling.....so I used paper instead for my pumpkin.....I think it still works!

This was such a fun card to make, and really came together in probably under 12 minutes! I sponged the edges of the 'pumpkin' to try and make it pop a bit more....can you tell? And I think this Cosmo Cricket paper is going to be super fun for lots of Halloween stuff this year!

Thanks for stopping by!

The Goods:

Paper: Basic Back, Dusty Durango, SU; Cosmo Cricket Haunted

Inks: Dusty Durango

Extras: Nestabilities circles, swiss dots embossing folder, Old Olive 3/8 grosgrain ribbon, black satin ribbon, letter stickers

Hey there, chickadee!

So this has been my week to participate in challenges that I haven't played in a LONG time. This sketch challenges comes from 2 sketches 4 you. I always love looking at their stuff, and I think I've only played once, and that was probably more that 4 months ago.

Well, I received my Taylored Expressions Key Ingredients Kit yesterday, and there is some of the most awesome pp in there, so I had to use it. And I had to use by Everyday Button Bits from PTI. I hadn't gotten to ink up this little birdie.....I don't know if I'm doing something wrong, but it doesn't seem to look as cute as when I have seen others use it....perhaps I just need to play around with it a bit more.....twist my arm!

Hope everyone is having a GREAT day, thanks for stoppin' by!

The Goods:

Paper: Taylored Expressions KI

Inks: Chocolate Chip, Crushed Curry, SU

Stamps: Everyday Button Bits, PTI

Extras: Scallop Edge Punch, Basic Grey Buttons, Nestabilities