Happy Moments Birthday

Hi!

This month marks the final month of Sale A Bration. Once March is over the 4 stamp sets will be gone - they will not be in any future catalogues. With this in mind, I decided to use one of the 4 sets - Happy Moments - to make a card for Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge #58.



My first instinct was to reach for girly colours, but I decided in the end to go for a more masculine colour scheme.



If you're interested in earning this stamp set, or any of the Sale A Bration stamp sets for FREE (with a $100 order), please email me now: happy.mum@hotmail.com. To check out the SAB sets, click on the SAB catalogue image to the right.

Card Stock: Whisper White, Pumpkin Pie, Not Quite Navy
Stamps: Happy Moments
Ink: Not Quite Navy, Pumpkin Pie, Black Stazon
Other: Pumpkin Pie 1/4" grosgrain ribbon, blender pen, circle cutter, star punch (non-SU)

Catch you later,

Tina

Pun Fun Thank Ewe!

Hi!

Last night I decided to work on the Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge #57. It was a bit of a doozy this week, so I decided to go fairly simple and use tones of colour.



See what I mean about a doozy!



Detail of the ewe (apologies for the bad pic - camera troubles!):



Once again I had a go at paper piecing. I'm really liking this technique. My card was quite quick and easy to put together. I actually ended up liking this sketch!

Card stock/DSP: Basic Black, Whisper White, Rose Red, Basic Grey Hostess Patterns Pack II
Stamp: Pun Fun
Ink: Basic Black

Catch you later,

Tina

Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge #56

Hi!

I totally loved the sketch for Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge #56. It was one you could do fairly simply, or totally go for broke and completely jazz up. Perfect!



Being a plain and simple kinda gal, I kept it really simple:



I coloured the image with blender pens and raised it on dimensionals after cutting it out. I also stamped the happy birthday sentiment several times on each Summer Sun panel in Summer Sun ink to give a subtle effect.

Card stock: Whisper White, Summer Sun, Certainly Celery
Stamps: A Flower For All Seasons, Happy Moments (SAB)
Ink: Summer Sun, Certainly Celery, Creamy Caramel, Ruby Red, Stazon
Other: Dimensionals, Blender Pen

Catch you later,

Tina

Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge #55

Hi!

I got lots of card making done yesterday once it cooled off a little. It was a real stinker in Adelaide yesterday. Today too! I wanted to give the latest challenge at The Sweetest Thing a go.



Sometimes when I look at a sketch the 'right' stamp just jumps into my head and the card just falls into place. Other times I have to browse through my stamps before I find the 'right' stamp. This card was one such card. To my surprise the 'right' stamp ended up being the Christmas Tree from Snow Swirled. Yes - you did read right - a Christmas card in February! Sometimes you've just gotta go where the mojo is taking you.



Card stock/paper: Not Quite Navy, Whisper White, Glazed Apple from Basic Grey's Eskimo Kisses range.
Stamps: Snow Swirled
Ink: Not Quite Navy
Other: Diamond Stickles, Renoir silver star brad

Hmmm... now that I think about it maybe the heat had me dreaming of snow, hence the Snow Swirled stamps...

Catch you later

Tina

Sweet Sunday #54

Hi!

The latest challenge I thought I'd try is Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge #54. Here is the sketch:



And here is my card:



I wasn't really inspired by the scallop section down the side and so I struggled to come up with an idea for a while. When I decided to use flowers instead of the scallops the card just fell into place.

I stamped the large flower from the One Of A Kind SS randomly over the base card and then used my stamp positioner to stamp the Whisper White panel with another One Of A Kind stamp. The flowers down the side are also from the same stamp set. I sponged all of the panels. Sponging is a technique I haven't used much, but after viewing this video by Alisa Tilsner I was much more confident about doing it.

Card Stock: Lovely Lilac, Whisper White
Stamps: One Of A Kind, Best Yet
Ink: Lovely Lilac
Other: Creative Memories Circle Punches, clear rhinestones from my stash.

Catch you later,

Tina