Inspired Crafter Sketch #9

Good morning all! Be sure to head over to Inspired Crafters this weekend. Banu has come up with a great sketch and has some awesome blog candy. You can see the sketch at left, but Banu has a cool example on IC. Check it out!

Bookmark Swap

My friend Tracie, who I met through our PTI swaps, is having a bookmark swap. I love to read, though I don't have much time for it these days, so I joined in. This bookmark is 6 inches by 2 inches. I used several SU retired colors: Orchid Opulence, Green Galore, and Yo-Yo Yellow, plus Tempting Turquoise which is still current. I cut the flower out with the Cricut Lite Bloom cartridge. I printed "bloom" in LD Buttercream font on some GG and punched with the MS grass punch. Center of flower is cuttlebugged with Swiss Dots. Top of bookmark is punched with the old SU Deco corner punch and slit punch for the ribbon. I had so much fun making these; I hope Tracie will do it again sometime. Thanks for looking!

Stamp Club Swap Card

This is the swap card I made for my SU stamp club. It's not for more than a week--for once I didn't procrastinate! I used all new In Colors: Pear Pizazz, Peach Parfait, and Poppy Parade. Poppy Parade is a stunning color that is not quite red, orange, or pink but some lovely combination of all three. The patterned paper is mostly from the pack called Sunny Garden. I love every print in this pack--usually I only like a few and they're on opposite sides of each other! The green is from the In Color 6 x 6 print pack that I got as a hostess gift. The sentiment is from an old mini catalog set called whimsical words. I used my IC markers to color the words and punched the white layer out with my curly label punch. The layer piece was cut out with my movers and shapers curly label die--the piece that is punched out is just right for a layer for the CL punch. I totally and completely CASE'd this card from Dawn McVey--you can see hers HERE. This card was pretty fast and simple--I hope my fellow swappers like it!

Current PTI Swap Regular Card

Here is my regular card for the PTI swap I'm in over on SCS, hosted by the wonderful Banu. I hosted the last round, and one of the swappers, Tree, sent me a bunch of this snazzy PTI patterned paper. Then I saw a wonderful sketch on p. 22 of the July-August issue of Papercrafts and it just spoke to me, and told me to use this paper! I stitched around the bottom panel on my sewing machine with black thread, used nesties and my cricut for the scallop circle and circle, and Everyday Button Bits and Mega Mixed Messages for the focal point. I used my Old Olive marker to ink up just 2 of the stems, punched flowers out of Pure Poppy (PTI) and Baja Breeze (SU), which seems to be a reasonable match for the blue in the DP, which I believe is Hawaiian Shores. It's not perfect, but close. Because I was too lazy to get out my DMC floss, I just used a black permanent marker and a white gel pen to draw the "thread" on my buttons. Ribbon is SU Kiwi Kiss. This is a very loud and proud card, not surprising for this color junkie! I thought it would make a good get well card. Hope everyone is having a great day and getting some stamping in!

Cricut Scene Swap # 2

Here are the elements of my "Under the Sea" scene for THIS swap on SCS. This was more complicated than the Western scene (last post) because there were a lot more layers involved. I Cuttlebugged the shark and octopus and added googly eyes. There are plastic gems on the treasure chest, and I stamped paisley on the pirate skull's bandana. This was super fun to do! I really like this cartridge, and I wasn't even planning to get it. Mikes had a 2 for 1 special and I told Emily she could pick one out. I wanted Walk in my Garden, but this is the one she picked. Now I'm glad she did! Thanks for looking.

Cricut Scene Swap # 1

This is the Western scene I created for THIS swap over on SCS. All shapes are created with the Old West cartridge except for the buffalo (My World) and moon (Accent Essentials). I outlined all the shapes with Cricut markers, then cut out. The buffalo is cut out of velveteen paper, so he is fuzzy, very cool. I stamped a paisley on the coyote's bandana. The snake is out of scale with the rest of the pieces, but oh well. Cacti are cut out of textured Wild Wasabi. There is a cow skull which I forgot to include in the pic. The saddle is separate from the fence. I had so much fun making these! I hope the other swappers are pleased. Thanks for stopping by!

Hang in There Card

I recently got the new Cricut Lite cartridge called Meow. This is part of a new line of cartridges available only at Wal-mart for $39.99 each. I love kitties, so I had to have this one. I cut this out at 3 1/2" out of Sahara Sand, More Mustard, Whisper White, Cajun Craze, and Night of Navy. I colored this little kitty's nose and eyes with markers. N of N layer is Cuttlebugged with the distressed stripes folder. The inside says Hang in there, also cut out with Cricut. Card Base is Gina K heavy base weight Luxury kraft. This is for another animal-loving friend of mine--hope she likes it! Happy stamping!