weekend challenges

I get some serious satisfaction from combining challenges. This card was made for Kristina Werner's 10th color inspiration and Beate's weekend sketch challenge (WSC50). I just love the colors from that Pottery Barn ad and I'll most likely use the sketch over and over again! I stamped the bird image from the Fun & Fast Notes set and colored it in with markers (old olive, so saffron, and bashful blue). I used my new 3/16" corner rounder to make the scalloped edge and embossed the sentiment (from Absolutely Fabulous) with iridescent ice embossing powder (or as Savi calls it, "sprinkles"). I was skeptical about getting the embossing buddy, but I am so glad I did! It really does prevent the powder from sticking everywhere.

I saw SATC yesterday and I LOVED it. I will admit that I boo-hooed like a baby during many parts. Good stuff!

Hope everyone's having a good weekend! Thanks for stopping by...

not quite sure...

Well, this is what I came up with for this week's color and sketch challenges over at Splitcoast. The color challenge was sage shadow, chocolate chip, and very vanilla. I do really love those colors and I like the sketch, but something about this card just does not seem right to me. I got a whole bunch of new stuff this week and used some of it on this card. I love the Boho Backgrounds set and used three of the images here. Maybe I used too many? Again, I'm not quite sure what's wrong. I also used my new stamp-a-ma-jig for the "Happy Father's Day" sentiment. The OCD in me loves the stamp-a-ma-jig! I can see lots of fun in the future with this new toy of mine. But, back to the card: I think I was trying for something manly since the colors seemed manly to me, but maybe the use of the flowery background wasn't right. I couldn't help myself, I love that stamp! Or is it too much vanilla? Whatever it is, it's driving me crazy. Part of me is waaaay too stubborn to try it again. The card is decent, right? Of course, I made the card in like 20 minutes with all my new stuff all over the place while Savi and Jaya were grabbing supplies off of my desk, trying to "help" me... Any thoughts out there?

Today, the girls and I had a picnic lunch at the turtle pond on campus. It was great fun! We've been to the pond several times before, but this was the first time that we ate lunch there (Happy Meals - I know - I'm a bad mom!) and it was the first time I actually remembered to bring the camera! Some shots:

I have all sorts of plans for my weekend (unusual!): Neesha and I (along with some of her friends) are going to see the SATC movie tomorrow; I want to do some scrapbooking (see above turtle pond pictures!); plus, there are weekend challenges at Kristina Werner's blog and Beate's blog that I want to play along with; plus, I need to rewatch LOST! Can I just say for one minute how much I completely loved the season finale?!? So satisifying and intriguing all at the same time. Can't wait to see where the LOST rollercoaster takes us next...


Hope you all have a great weekend! (And I hope that I actually get all my stuff accomplished!)

more challenges

I made this card for this week's color and sketch challenges over at Splitcoast. The colors are soft sky, blue bayou, and certainly celery. I fell in love with that color combo right away! Something about it is so calming. I also really like the sketch. What I like the most is that I would have never come up with a sketch like that on my own - I love the result. I used images from Embrace Life, One of a Kind, and Baroque Motifs. I colored the leafy image in with the certainly celery marker and punched out the flowers with the boho blossoms punch. The stick-on rhinestones are by PaperStudio. I made the scallops using punched out .75" circles. At first I was having trouble keeping them lined up, but then I realized that I could use my trusty grid paper. DUH. Perhaps the greatest challenge I faced while making this card was finding more than three consecutive minutes to actually work on it! I pieced a little together here and there over the last TWO days. That's insanity. But that's life when you have two kids who are being fickle about taking naps...

Hope everyone has a great long weekend planned. Thanks for stopping by!

My first sketch challenge!

So, lately I've been feeling like I use the same few sketches over and over on my cards. I was getting a little bored. Enter Splitcoaststampers! Each Wednesday (for those of you who don't know), they host a sketch challenge. I've been lurking around on SCS for some time, but today, I finally played along with the challenge and it was so much fun! I actually haven't posted my card on SCS yet because I haven't met the number of comments needed before posting a picture. I'll have to work on that after I iron out all the details for my upcoming open house....

Some notes about this card: the patterned paper is from the Magnolia pack by My Mind's Eye. I found it matches SU's old olive and taken with teal pretty nicely. The ribbon is by Making Memories, Lauren. I used the Fun and Fast Notes set, but changed up the sentiment for this image. Actually, I mounted my set so that the images and sentiments are separate so I can mix and match at my own will. Call me a rebel! Anyways, I'm just getting into coloring my images....I used the watercolor pencils and blender pens on this. I decided that it's definitely something I want to continue. Thanks for looking!