cardabilities #8

**Second post for the day**

It's the 30th so it's time for the design team reveal for sketch #8 over at cardabilities. Here is the sketch..........

And here is my take.......................

Can you believe this is my first circle card ever!! It was actually fun to do and I used the basic grey "Olivia" papers and a flower woolie from the same collection. The sentiment is from papertrey ink's delightful dahlia set.

Thanks again for looking and have a great day!!

Lisa

get sketchy #30 and a blog hop

This post will stay at the top until March 26 so scroll down to see new posts :)

It's blog hop week at Get Sketchy sponsered by Get Sketchy, SRM stickers & Scrap n'Art magazine.
If you came from Lenet's blog you are on the right track. If you came any other way you need to go back to Get Sketchy and start there. Why? do you ask? Because a prize is involved and it is the only way you can get the secret sentence.
It works like this..... start at the Get Sketchy blog and the first name on the hop will be listed there. Make sure and leave a comment at the Get Sketchy blog because there will be a prize pack for one lucky winner!!

Make sure to visit each and every blog on the hop.

Leave a comment!

On each blog you will find a SECRET WORD!

Make sure you right them down in order,

to make a sentence.

Your second last stop is SRM STICKERS!

Make sure you leave a comment

for your chance to win a SRM Sticker Prize Package.

Your last stop is SCRAPN'ART

There will be a link to email them.

Email them the SECRET SENTENCE,

for your chance to win 1 of 2 One Year Subscriptions to their Magazine.

On to the sketch for the week.........

And here is my take................

Okay, okay so I didn't make the little pendant thingy's. I tried but it was not flowin' the way I thought it should. So I used my all time comfort shape ... the butterfly of course. I positioned the wings so they would mimic the triangle/pendant shape. Sometimes you have to think out side of the box. I stamped the lace border from my new favorite technique tuesday lace border stamp. I used a "thank you" sticker from SRM stickers. I cut the flower off of another sticker image and layered it just under the sentiment.

So that's it. You need to head on over to Sherri's blog to continue the hop. Have fun hoppin' and have a great day!!
Oh and by the way my secret word is: SCRAPN'ART

Lisa

stamps: turning a new leaf, butterfly dreams(papertrey ink), lace border(technique tuesday)

cardstock: papertrey ink

patterned paper: making memories

ink: spring moss, smokey shadow, hibiscus, orange zest, aqua mist

stickers:srm stickers

punch: stampin' up

indian summer

I bought this lovely pad of basic grey indian summer paper a couple of weeks ago and I can't stop using it. The colors are so rich. I had stamped a bunch of the branches when I was working on the Japan pti challenge a couple of weeks ago so I thought I would try a fallish one.... and it was perfect for this weeks mojo sketch. I inked the leaves with first summer sunrise, more mustard, hibiscus & scarlet jewel .... in that order. When you get to the darker colors just pat a little around the edges ... kind of like the rock n roll technique but make some of the leaves a little darker. I absolutely loved the way it turned out. I wish my picture looked better.... I don't know why when you upload to blogger the picture really losses it's quality...

Thanks for looking and have a great day!!

Lisa

stamps: out on a limb, autumn abundance (sentiment)papertrey ink
ink: dark chocolate, summersunrise, hibiscus, scarlet jewel (pti), more mustard (su)
cardstock: vintage cream, dark chocolate (pti)
patterned paper: basic grey indian summer 6x6 paper pack
ribbon: dark chocolate (pti)
button & twine from pti

short and sweet

I know I've been M.I.A. the last couple of weeks... life just throws you curve balls sometimes... hope you all understand!! I did manage to make a couple of cards the other day and have been trying to get them uploaded for three days now!! Time just flies!! So here is the one I made for the cps sketch this week..... i used the indian summer line from basic grey. I LOVE this line. The colors are so awesome.... I embossed the vintage cream cardstock with a cuttlebug embossing folder to match the leaves and used one of the felt stickers as the focal point. The sentiment is from papertrey ink's autumn abundance set. I'll post the deets below......

Thanks for looking and have a great day!!

Lisa

stamps: sentiment from papertrey ink autumn abundance
ink: dark chocolate
cardstock: vintage cream, dark chocolate
patterned paper: basic grey indian summer 6x6 paper pad
felt embellishment: basic grey indian summer
other: leaves cuttlebug embossing folder, twine from papertrey ink

card patterns sketch #12

Whoa I just realized it's been over a week since I posted!! I have been so busy I can hardly think!! I was blessed with a new grandson last week and then this week my 9 month old granddaughter had to be hospitalized... it was so scary!! Any way I had a couple of hours to myself and I made this card for the card patterns sketch #12. I got a bunch of new goodies last week and used them in this card. the patterned paper is by cosmo cricket and that awesome flower stamp is from basic grey. They have these new stamps that are under two bucks and are so awesome. I got mine at croppin' paradise... they have great pricing and super fast shipping!! I stamped the flower three times in ripe avocado ink and then on a scrap I stamped it three more times in berry sorbet and cut the flower head out. I mounted them with dimensional over the avocado image then added a pearl in the middle. I used my new fiskars apron lace punch (I love this punch!!) on a piece of berry sorbet paper and added it under the stamped piece. The sentiment is from papertrey ink's heartfelt blessings set stamped in berry sorbet ink and die cut with a spellbinders label die. Thanks for looking and have a great day!!