All Star

Our theme this week over at The Outlawz for our clean & simple challenge is sports. I went on a hunt through all my Stampin' Up stamp sets and found this baseball set. I also found the set of sports related sentiments. I have a confession to make...this is the first I've used a SU set in a VERY long time. I used to be a demonstrator so I have LOTS of sets!!! I seem to go for my clear stamps or digis so it was fun looking at these stamps that haven't been loved in such a long time. As you can see, I created my own background with the stamps then strategically placed my sentiment strip over a smeared red star!!! Now let's see your favorite sport for our CAS challenge over at The Outlawz.

Challenges I'd like to submit my card to include:
Sweet Stampin' - Father's Day or a Special Man
Chocolate, Coffee, & Cards - Summer
Simply Create Too - Keep it Simple
4 Crafty Chicks - Summer
CRAFT - Father's Day/Male

Let's Meet for Coffee

I think my day is finally winding down so here I sit with a hot cup of coffee and a card to share. This is a reminder card for the Girlfriends challenge going on over at the Fresh Brewed Blog. A digital image from Fresh Brewed Designs is up for grabs for the winner!! Here I used a Fresh Brewed Designs rubber stamp, You+Me=BFF. Talk about learning how to improvise...my son brought home projects he made in wood shop. One was a square piece of wood with 9 holes for pegs to play tic tac toe. Well I used it to make my bow!!!!! It's now on my desk in my stamp room, never to be used for tic tac toe ever again!!!!

Sure hope you can join us at the Fresh Brewed Blog to share your card all about girlfriends.
 

Beachy

Several months ago I got to take a class with Korin Sutherland, owner of Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps (yes, I know, lucky me!!). We learned fun sponging as well as the reflection technique during that class. I used what I learned here to create my card for the "Let's be Beach Bums" challenge going on at Dragonfly Journeys. I used memento inks and large sponge daubers to created my sky and water. The deserted island stamp is by Sweet 'n Sassy, the sentiment is from Mark's Finest Papers, and the sea gulls are from Gina K Designs. I had fun making this one, will have to try this technique sometime again soon!!!
  

Have a Bee-utiful Day

Happy Hump Day!! At least I think it is...these Monday holidays really throw me off!! Time to revisit a blast from the past at Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2. It's fun bringing back an oldie but a goodie!!!

We have Lacy Sunshine as our sponsor this week. Such darling images!!! And our winner will be able to pick out 3 all for themselves!

It took awhile for me to decide on an image, there are so many cute ones! So say hello to Honey Spring Bee Buggme. She was perfect to go along with some bee related sentiments I have. I sure hope you can join us this week at Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2 for some blast from the past fun!! 

I'm submitting my card to the Lacy Sunshine Challenge - Tic Tac Toe (die cuts, Lacy Sunshine image, gems/pearls)

Krafty Joy

We have a new challenge starting today over at Holly Jolly Christmas, and our theme is to use kraft. I actually printed this sweet digi from one of our sponsors, Di's Digi Stamps directly onto kraft card stock. This is a pre-colored image called Not a Creature Was Stirring...I do love those pre-colored digis!! I just used a white crayon on the snow and Santa hat trim. Love the earth tones for a Christmas card too, so non-traditional! Sure hope you can join us over the next two weeks at Holly Jolly Christmas for some "kraft"-y fun!
  

From the Heart

Coloring and shading is so not my thing so when I get an image finished, I sure as heck don't want to mess it up somehow! So talk about stress when I decided to add some clouds to this From the Heart stamp of the month, Apple Blossom Birds. I didn't want to go too crazy with the clouds and stopped with the few that I got done here. I had to keep reminding myself, less is more!! My card is for the progressive challenge going on at the From the Heart Blog. As always, I can't wait to see what next month's sweet set will be.

A Little R & R

Time for a little R & R this week over at The Outlawz CAS challenge. No, not rest and relaxation but red and ribbon instead! I had an idea in mind for my card this week but what I ended up creating looks nothing like what was in my head! That often happens, doesn't it?! I used a piece of scrap pattern paper as well as a piece of ribbon from my desk. No, I don't clean off my desk very often! The sentiment is from the What's Brewing stamp set by Simon Says Stamp. I loved the font. Hope you can join us for a little clean and simple R & R this week over at The Outlawz.