Freshly Made Sketches #304

Can you tell that I'm on vacation??  Three posts in a week - it's heavenly to have some cardmaking time that is simply for me, so I decided to play along with this week's Freshly Made Sketch, and made a birthday card for my sister.  I used the gorgeous Heart of Home papers by Jen Hadfield (love these colours!) along with a background flower from Verve's Simply Amazing set that I coloured with pink Tombow markers and spritzed with water before stamping on my circle.  I overstamped the flower with a Close To My Heart sentiment.  A little stitching in a soft grey thread, some sequins and done.

Another Crafty Girls card

I was on a roll with this stamp set, so I put together another card using Crafty Girls Set (Sku #4890) - one of the Art Impressions Girlfriends stamps, along with some Lawn Fawn papers:

 Copics used - Skin tones E13, E11, E00, E000, E34, E31, R30

Hair - E18, E07, E02, E55, E53, E51, E50, C3, C1, C00, Y26, Y23

Pinks - RV17, RV14, RV13, RV10

Greens - YG03, YG01, YG00, BG18, BG15, BG13, BG11

Yellows - Y38, Y35, Y32, Y11

Oranges - YR18, YR16, YR15, YR12

Browns - E57, E55, E53, E51, E50

Greys - C7, C5, C3, C1, C00

Crafty Girls - Art Impressions Girlfriends

 The Art Impressions Design Team are swapping with Marvy this week!  So I am using some wonderful Marvy markers on today's project using one of the newest Girlfriends sets - here is Crafty Girls Set (Sku #4890):

 I used the Marvy Le Plume Permanent markers - in six different flesh tones to colour in the skin tones of my Girlfriends (these are wonderful alcohol based ink markers).  I also used the wonderfully sparkly Deco Just Glitter Premium gold marker to add a little glitter to one of the cards and an earring - here's a better shot so that you can see the glimmer!

 Our current challenge here on the blog is "Off Kilter" - we want to see your tilted panels on your creations.  Hope you can play along!

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Happy Stamping!

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Golfing Thank You cards

Yes, that's right - Golfing Thank you cards!  My daughter worked for a Sports Mgmt Agency this summer, and they put on several major golf tournaments that she was very involved in.  So when she needed thank you cards to give to the people she worked with, I knew that I had several to choose from.  Here's what I came up with for her using Par-Tee Golfers and Gordon Golfer set from Art Impressions:

Halloween Shadow Box

Today I am literally stepping outside the box!  Halloween is definitely the occasion that is the most fun for me when it comes to cardmaking, and I knew that the Happy Haunting Set (Sku #4940) from Art Impressions required something special.  This set is just screaming for you to make a scene!  I decided that I would learn how to make a shadow box card:

I started by cutting a circle mask from a post-it note, and used my Distress Inks to sponge a spooky night sky:

 I cut two pieces of black cardstock 5" x 7", scoring at 1/2" and 2".  On one of them I used a 4" square die to cut out a window:

 Using some lime green cardstock, I cut three hillsides in graduated heights, and scored each of them 1/2" from each side to attach them to the walls of the shadow box:

 I coloured up the haunted house and owls on a branch using my Copic markers (I'm all about bright and fun for Halloween, so that dictated my colour choices):

 I trimmed the background panel to 5" square, stamped the tree and bat, and trimmed the highest hillside piece to fit on it and glued it all down.  I joined the two black pieces together, folding on the score lines.  The house is attached to the middle piece, which sits 3/4" in front of the back:

 I glued it all together, added the owls and the lowest hillside to the front of the box, and here is the finished product:

I stamped one of the seven sentiments that is included with the set, and I (ahem) *may* be sneaking a peek of a not-yet-released product that will be available soon on the Ai website!  (shhh...)  I had a blast making my shadow box, it took a little longer than your typical card, but the end result was worth it - oh, and it folds perfectly flat for mailing! 

 The new challenge on the Ai blog is "Off Kilter" - we want to see your tilted panels on your creations.  *I'm going to go with tilted fences on mine!  Here are all of the Halloween/Thanksgiving sets that are now available on the Art Impressions website:

  Happy stamping!

Doggie Kisses Get Well cards

 I have a couple of sweet Get Well cards today - using the Ai Funny Farm collection set: Doggie Kisses (Sku # AiCS38):

 These are the cutest images!  Quick and easy to colour, too.

 You can't see it too well in the photos, but I did some zigzag stitching with my sewing machine, using a metallic gold thread from Gutermann.  I fussy cut around my image, and used pop dots to mount him and the paw print.  I kept the next one fairly simple:

 Copics used - Browns - E57, E55, E53, E51, E50

Greys - C3, C1, C00

Pinks - R85, R83, R81, R22, R20

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Orange & Purple Challenge

The Art Impressions Design Team are showcasing the three newest Ai woodmount stamps available in Hobby Lobby stores right now!  I have the sweet little Halloween sentiment that needs just a touch of colour, and I made it up into a quick card and a matching tag and bag to hold some treats:

I used my Memory Keeper's Gift Bag Punch Board to make a small sized gift bag in matching papers to hold a few Halloween goodies.  The Halloween stamp is perfect for a tag!

Here are the new stamps! 

Our current challenge on the Ai blog is Orange & Purple!  So head on over to the blog to see what the rest of the DT has to share, and you can link up your Halloween creation while you're there.

*Editing my post to add in this great promo put on by Ai for the rest of August - details are on the blog!