Seize the Birthday Masculine

 Here's another card using a  stamped piece from my UFO (UnFinished Objects) box.  I think I could create cards for months from this box alone! 

 The boat was stamped with a borrowed stamp and I kept the card nearly monochromatic.  I did add a tiny bit of Cherry Cobbler.

Challenge:

Seize the Birthday  Here's the sketch.  It's the same sketch as last week but this week we're to use it for a masculine card.

Friday Mashup

So here is the "Mashup" Challenge:

1. Make a project with a "Birthday Theme".
2. Or Make a project using "Brads".
3. Or "Mash it Up" and create a "Birthday project with some brads".

I didn't put any brad as I will probably be mailing this.  

BTW, did you know that postage is going up another penny next week? 

All supplies are Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted

Card Recipe

Stamps: Boat (PSX), Teeny, Tiny Wishes

Ink:  Not Quite Navy, Cherry Cobbler (SU Markers Not Quite Navy, Cherry Cobbler)

Paper:  Naturals White, Midnight Muse

Other:  Labels #3 Nesties (Spellbinder), Color Spritzer Tool

I'm so glad you could stop by.

Enjoy!

Sketch and Color

A second post today.  There's a challenge that I want to catch before the door closes.

Here's the card....

It fits two challenges.

CAS(E) this sketch.  Here's the sketch...

and

Dynamic Duos

There used to be only a couple challenges for CAS cards.  Now there are so many that I have trouble keeping up with them.  It's nice to have a variety to choose from though.

All supplies are Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Short & Sweet (retired)

Ink:  Jet Black StazOn

Paper:  Basic Black, Whisper White, Real Red

Other:  Fancy Fan EF, Fashionable Hearts Embosslit, Basic Rhinestone

Thanks so much for your visit and the comments.

Enjoy!

Merry Monday Little Chickadee

It's week 3 of the month and the Merry Monday challenge this week is a theme challenge.

Isn't this great fun to have a different challenge each week?

Another stamped image from my UFO (UnFinished Objects) box.  I colored it with SU Markers and die cut it with the largest oval from the Bigz Oval die, now retired.  I had this piece of embossing done too and it was a perfect fit.

I can go play at Pixie's Snippets with this.  The image I guess can be called a snippet. Even if not, that chickadee will love a trip to the Playground. The red banner was definitely a snippet.

All supplies are Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Beautiful Season

Ink:  Jet Black StazOn, SU Markers ( Basic Black, Basic Gray, Peach Pizzazz, Garden Green, Handsome Hunter, Real Red, Cherry Cobbler)

Paper:  Basic Black, Whisper White, Real Red

Other:  Holiday Frame EF (retired), Ovals Bigz Die (retired)

I hope you'll create a Christmas card with a bird theme and hop on over to Merry Monday to share it with us.  Even so, check out the other designers cards and the gallery.

Lesley Croghan
Allisa Chilton
Bonnie Klass (me)

LeAnne Pugliese

Nina Forsyth

Wendy Aungst

Narelle Farrugia

Sue Joyce

Sherry Eckblad

Margaret Moody 

Vicki Burdick

Thanks so much for stopping by.

Enjoy!

Snow

Here's another card for the Merry Monday challenge this week.  I had this stamped snowman in the UFO (UnFinishedObjects) box.  I love the way he fit in this sketch.

We had some SNOW last night!  I was so excited!  I turned on the floodlights and watched it through the bay window. How pretty.  There was a little on the ground this morning but it's melting fast. Not enough for a snowman for sure.  But that's OK.  I'm just so happy to see it falling.

Here's Lesley's wonderful sketch.

The Free 4 All challenge at SCS this morning is to use flags or banners on a card.  Got that covered.

I can add this card to the SCS Fan Club's January Christmas Challenge, Christmas Wedding. The snowman stamp is old,  the snowflakes from the Snow Swirled set are new (a Christmas present), and there's lots of blue.  Nothing borrowed on this one.   I know you have to be a Fan Club member to post on this challenge, but I think you can peek in the gallery even if you aren't.

I used some of the Illuminate Watermark ink with the Itty Bitty Backgrounds stamp.  It ended up making the snowman look splotchy.  LOL, kinda looks like the birds have been around too long! But it has a shimmery snowflakes.

All supplies are Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Snow Much Fun, Snow Swirled, More Merry Messages, Itty, Bitty Backgrounds (retired)

Ink:  Jet Black StazOn, Pool Party, Island Indigo, SU Markers (Basic Black, Pumpkin Pie, Real Red, Island Indigo)

Paper:  Pool Party, Whisper White, Island Indigo

Other: Illuminate Watermark Stampin' Pad, Square Jeweled Brad (retired), Kars Snowflake EF (Cuttlebug)

There's still time to make a Christmas card and link it up at Merry Monday.  You have until Sunday noon to join in.

Glad you could stop by!  And thanks so much when you leave a comment.  I really enjoy them!

Enjoy!

Riding High

Less than a week now til Sale-a-bration.  Here's something from one of the sets that will be available.

Can you imagine getting on one of these things?  Or falling off?

I used the layout from retrosketches #46.  I flipped it so I could use this image.

I'm going back to the Paper Players challenge with this card.  I hope they don't mind my coming by twice?  I love these colors that Anne Marie chose!

I think I'll send this one to my Dad.  He always loved antiques.  And I sure miss him.

This image is so easy.  All I did was stamp it and use the blender pen with a bit of Basic Gray ink to ground the bicycle.


The stamp comes from one of the Sale-a-bration sets, Feeling Sentimental.  It will be free with a $50.00 Stampin' Up! purchase from January 22 - March 22.  There's 2 other stamps in this set too and several other stamp sets and accessories to choose from.

All supplies are Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Feeling Sentimental, Sanded Background (retired), Three Little Words (retired)

Ink:  Basic Gray, Pacific Point

Paper:  Whisper White, Pacific Point, Daffodil Delight

Other:  Small Oval Punch (retired), Blender Pen

Thanks so much for stopping by.

Enjoy!