CAS(E) This Sketch #146

Today, I have a card to share that I made for

 CAS(E) This Sketch #146 designed by Chrissy Larson:



Isn't it all fabulous and cool, on an angle like that?

Here's my card:

I tried to make it on an angle like the sketch, but I just couldn't! LOL!

I stamped my PTI Brushed Off stamps in orange zest and scarlet jewel along the sides of my card.

I diecut the leaves from Songbirds from vellum and adhered them over top.

The sentiment was stamped twice in black (I ♥ my MISTI!)

A few rainstones finish it off.

Visit CAS(E) this Sketch to see the rest of the DT's takes on the sketch 

and to play along, if you'd like.

You have until Thursday, October 29th to link up your card.

Thanks for looking!

Curtain Call Reminder -- Pretty Pumpkins

Hi there!
I'm just popping in today to let you know that there's still time to play
along with the current Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge: Pretty Pumpkins.

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 I love the fun patterns on these pumpkins so much,
I couldn't resist making another card:

I dug through my stash of 6x6" patterned papers and diecut three of them

using my Papertrey Ink Leaf Print dies.

I tied them all together at the top with a button and some Lawn Fawn twine.

I stamped my sentiment (from SSS Many Thanks) in a clear embossing pad

and heat embossed it in white.

Remember, you have until October 25th to play along
with the Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge: Pretty Pumpkins.

Thanks for looking!

A Baptism Card

This past summer, our pastor's daughter got baptized at our church

-- well, at the beach after the church service

and I wanted to make her a card.

I used some PTI Scene It dies that I diecut from white cardstock and 

watercolored with ink pressed onto my acrylic block and spritzed with water.

The sentiment is from Petite Places: Church.

I chose to put this scene on the front of the card because it's actually

quite similar to the setting in which she was baptized.

There are large trees along the one side of the beach... it's very pretty!

Thanks for looking!

Too Cute to Spook

Today, I have a card to share that I made using some Reverse Confetti products.

I thought it would be fun to create a little scene with the Reverse Confetti critters

trick-or-treating together!

I stamped my animals/elements

(from Too Cute To Spook, Later Alligator & Monkey Business)

on watercolour paper, with a little masking.

Then, I used my Zig Clean Colour Markers to colour them in.

  

 

Thanks for looking!

Five for Friday

Five things I'm looking forward to this weekend:

1. Traveling with 39 women from my church to Minneapolis.

(We actually left yesterday -- it's a long weekend!)

I get to be the hostess for the trip: make introductions, review our agenda,

lead games, pull names for door prizes, etc.

2. Shopping at the Mall of America and the outlet stores

with my best friend.

3. Going out for meals -- read: no cooking!

4. Attending the Women of Faith conference

on Friday night and Saturday all day.

Then, we'll board the bus to come home.

5. Driving to St. Francois Xavier on Sunday afternoon

to watch Austin perform in the Central Manitoba Youth Choir.

It should be a wonderful concert!

And before I go, here's the card I made for our bus driver:

I stamped on a Songbirds leaf diecut with PTI's Brushed Off stamp set.

The sentiment is from SSS's Many Thanks stamp set.

A trio of buttons and twine finish it off.

Thanks for looking!

Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge Design Team

*Note this is my second post for today.
Please scroll down to see my Reverse Confetti Fall-idays
project and CAS(E) This Sketch card or click here. Thanks!

I have some exciting news to share!
I have the wonderful honour of being asked to join the
Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge Design Team!
This team is filled with amazing designers and I'm thrilled to be joining their team!

Our October 15th Challenge is going live today:
 

myblessedlife.net

 I love the fun patterns on these pumpkins,
so I dug through my patterned paper stash to find
some similar patterns to make my card.
I used my Simon Says Stamp Hey Pumpkin stamp set and stamped the

image of the cat and pumpkin on my card.

I coloured in my cat using some ink spritzed with water and a paintbrush.

I stamped the pumpkin on the yellow polka dot patterned paper and cut it out by hand

to paper-piece it.

I stamped the pumpkin two more times on the other two pieces of patterned paper

and then, taking a sharpie fine liner, I drew the outline of the pumpkins a little smaller.

I cut these out and tucked them behind the yellow polka dot pumpkin.

I drew the stems onto my card and coloured them in like the cat.


Make sure you visit each of the designers' blogs for more inspiration!

Amy Kolling
Amy Sheffer

Betty Wright

Kim Singdahlsen
Laurie Willison

Leigh Penner
Lisa Henke

Lori Tecler
Marisa Ritzen
Maureen Plut

Melody Rupple
Monika Davis
Sheri Gilson
Stacey Schafer
Tracey McNeely

Follow us!

Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge Facebook Page

Curtain Call Pinterest Boards

 

Stop by the Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge: Pretty Pumpkins 

for the challenge details and to play along with us!

Thanks for looking!

Happy Falli-days: Christmas

Hey there!

We are so excited to bring you Happy Falli-days this week,

filled with lots of inspiration from Reverse Confetti.

We have a theme for each day, so you'll want to check out 

the Reverse Confetti blog to see the complete list of who's posting today.

Our theme for today is Christmas.

On the Mother/Daughter retreat Sage & I went on a few weeks ago,

we decoupaged the lids of some paper mache boxes.

They had old hymnals on the tables that we could use, 

so I chose a Christmas Hymn and used it to cover the lid of my box.

Then, when I got home, I finished decorating it with some Reverse Confetti goodies.

I painted the base of the box with acrylic paint and used a dry brush technique

to brush a little of the paint along the edges of the lid.

I wrapped a double length of twine around the box and created a tag with 

some jingle bells and some Reverse Confetti Confetti Cuts.

I diecut the smallest scalloped circle from Circles 'n Scallops Confetti Cuts --

I love how perfectly it fits together with the smaller wreath from Wreaths Confetti Cuts!

And I added the Winter Words Confetti Cuts "joy" over top.

I love that I can use this box as a gift for someone or as some Christmas decor in my home!

Before you go, I also have a card to share that I made for using

 CAS(E) This Sketch #145 designed by me:

Here's my card:

On my background, I repeatedly 

stamped the "to the world" from Winter Word Coordinates.

I diecut the Merry & Bright Confetti Cuts and stamped it with the Merry & Bright stamps.

A couple of buttons and twine finish it off.

Visit CAS(E) this Sketch to see the rest of the DT's takes on the sketch 

and to play along, if you'd like.

You have until Thursday, October 22nd to link up your card.

  

 

 

Here's a list of the other Reverse Confetti DT members

that are sharing today on their blogs, too:

Susan Liles

Heather Pulvirenti

Lisa Addesa

Kay Miller

Amy Kolling

Amy Sheffer

 Laurie Schmidlin

Amy Rohl

Sarah Gough

Thanks for looking! 

Happy Falli-Days: Thanksgiving

Hey there!

We are so excited to bring you Happy Falli-days this week,

filled with lots of inspiration from Reverse Confetti.

We have a theme for each day, so you'll want to check out 

the Reverse Confetti blog to see the complete list of who's posting today.

Our theme for today is Thanksgiving and since

it was Thanksgiving this past weekend (yes, it was!)

I thought I'd share my Thanksgiving table with you.

I wanted to show you the chalkboard I decorated for our meal.

I copied the pumpkin from Pumpkin Patch and used

a similar style of fonts to complete the sentiment.

I bought a new table runner and coordinating napkins for my table and 

decided to make some pretty napkin holders to match.

I wrapped my folded napkin around my cutlery and then

wrapped a piece of white woodgrain cardstock around it to hold it in place.

I diecut my Thankful Pretty Panel Confetti Cuts from scarlet jewel

cardstock and attached with with some classic kraft button twine.

Here's a list of the other Reverse Confetti DT that are sharing

Thanksgiving projects today on their blogs:

Susan Liles

Jean Manis

Amy Tsuruta

Lisa Addesa

Amy Sheffer

Lisa Henke

Sarah Gough

Thanks for looking!

On the Bazzill Basics Blog

Just popping in to let you know that I have a post

on the Bazzill Basics Blog today.

I'm sharing a layout that I made, 

along with some Layout 101: Scrapbooking Basics.

Click here if you'd like to check it out.

Thanks for looking!

October Pinterest Inspired Challenge -- Take Two

Today I have another card to share that I made for the

October Pinterest Inspired Challenge:

I just loved it so much, I had to make another card using it!

(Click here to see my first card.)

Here's my card:

I diecut some leaves from vellum using my Songbirds die

and adhered them to my card background.

Then, I spritzed some watercolour paper with water and coloured over top

of the wetness with my Blue Zig Clean Colour Brush Marker.

Once it was dry, I diecut it with the Songbirds die

and adhered them over top of the vellum leaves.

I stamped my sentiment (from Wplus9's Grateful Greetings stamp set)

onto a strip of true black cardstock & heat embossed it in white.

I adhered the strip with some dimensional adhesive.

Some rainstones finish it off.

Thanks for looking!

Sketch for You to Try #29

Today, I have a card to share for Reverse Confetti Sketch for You to Try #29:

Here's my card...

I had lots of fun making this card!

I chose 5 coordinating patterned papers from an Amy Tan paper pad,

diecut them using the Caffeinated Cups Confetti Cuts and then stamped

them with the coordinating stamp from Caffeinated Cups. 

With a craft knife, I cut a slip in each one, to tuck in the cup on top of it.

I diecut the largest circle from Circles 'n Scallops Confetti Cuts from a piece

of paper and used it as a stencil to ink my card front.

I stamped the sentiment from Be A Barista and matted the card on some 

Bazzill Basics Bling Lipgloss cardstock.

 

 

Be sure to head on over to the Reverse Confetti blog to see

the other designers' takes on the sketch and to play along, if you'd like.

 Thanks for looking!