CPS #166

I really like stretching my creative wings with these CPS sketches.  Thanks Tami for all the work you do on them ... I don't know how you keep coming up with fresh ones each week!!

So for this one I also wanted to try one of what I call the sunburst backgrounds.  I don't know the official name, but its where you take patterned paper (either a purchased pattern or one you create on your own) and cut it like its rays of sunlight coming form a central image.

Here is my attempt at both that background and the sketch this week

I stamped graffiti all over in gray, black and red then cut it and pieced the various background pieces back together

There's not quite enough contrast to really see the different papers but there are 3 different ones. I spritzed the whole background with Silver Foil smooch spritz too ... makes it shiny in a grungy sort of way :)

I also made my own bracket ... I thought I had a chip board one but I didn't so I just ran a blank piece of chip board through my Big Shot with the Top Note die ... I cut it once then realigned {very carefully I might add} and ran it through again.  It turned out pretty good I think!  then I colored it red with craft ink and spritzed it with Silver Foil

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{Supplies}
Stamps: Extreme Elements, By Definition, Gratuitous Graffiti [SU!], Mega Mixed Messages [PTI]
Ink:True Black, Smokey Shadow, Pure Poppy [PTI], Real Red craft [SU!]
Paper: True Black, White [PTI]
Other: Silver Foil Smooch Spritz [SU!],  Chipboard, Top Note Die [SU!], rhinestones

Daisies

Jen del Muro had another great Sketch For You To Try this week

I was in the mood to color so I stamped the daisies on soft stone CS and then colored them in with a white gel pen.  That didn't quite pop enough so I used the new SU! smooch spritz and a paint brush to give it some sparkle and shine

 I also stamped the basket on summer sunrise CS and then shaded with the summer sunrise Copic trio and filled in the dots with the white gel pen I used on the daisies.

The tag shape was cut using the tag trio nestabilities.  the sentiment is from Mega Mixed messages.  The buttons are from SU! button latte

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Another Aussie Card

Here is another card that is going into the gifts my daughter will take to Australia. 

Once again I dug into the archives over at CPS and used CPS #75 this time (a variation of it any way)

And look at that wood grain texture ... Love It!!

And here is the inside ... what you thought was a scalloped border is really some felt ric rac I adhered to the inside of the card ...  I made the ric rac my self too 

Pretty tricky huh!

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{Supplies SU unless  noted}

Stamps: Through the Trees, Friends til the End (sentiment) [PTI]

Ink: Old Olive, Garden Green, Chocolate Chip

Paper: Kraft (soon to be renamed Crumb Cake), Vanilla, Chocolate Chip

Other: Oval template [Creative Memories], ric rac die , Wood Grain impression plate and Black Felt [PTI]

Mothers Day Card

This weeks Sketch For You To Try at Jen Del Muro's blog is wonderful!  Don't you just love all the layers. 

The card I wanted to make just started forming in my head as I was looking at the sketch.  If I would have done everything I planned the first time, I probably wouldn't have had to remake it.  That wasn't a design error, but an execution error (so excited to assemble I forgot to stamp some layers :)

I made this card for my mom for Mother's Day using the sketch and Kim Hughes's paper rose tutorial.

The background is stamped with Fine Lace (retired) and the sentiment is from the new Well Scripted set.  The leaves are from In Bloom and were stamped on avocado Bitty Box paper.  Notice that little scalloped border on the edge ... that is the new early espresso paper - coming in July from SU! (GOR-geous!)

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{Supplies - SU! unless noted}
Stamps: Fine Lace (retired) Well Scripted, In Bloom [PTI]
Ink: [PTI] Dark Chocolate, Melon Berry, Berry Sorbet
Paper:[PTI] Dark Chocolate, Melon Berry, Berry Sorbet, White, Bitty Box - Ripe Avocado
Other: Scalloped border punch

An Aussie Card

My 17 yr old is going to spend 2 weeks in Australia this summer with a People To People student ambassador delegation.  One of the {many} things we didn't know going into the trip; was that she needed to bring a small token of appreciation for a few people (the coach drivers, their in-country delegate coordinator, and also her home stay family).  I could think of nothing better than to make a little bundle of cards to send over ... who doesnt' like cards?!?!?

Here is one of the ones I've made so far:

For this one I also used an old CPS sketch (CPS #38) that I found while nosing around out on that site.   I used By Definition for the text background (someday I'll go to a junk shop and try and find some old books to use instead like the "pros" :), then covered it with polka dots

The sentiment layer is from the fillable frames collection (the frame is #3, and the sentiment is from #1)

 Since some of the people are getting more cards than others (the home stay family is getting 10), I am doubling up and doing 2 of each design for the larger packs.  For some I will change the sentiment, but for this one I made it a more masculine color scheme.

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{Supplies - all PTI unless noted}
Stamps: By Definition [SU!], Polka Dot Basics #1, Fillable Frames #1, Fillable Frames #3
Ink: True Black, Smoky Shadow, Raspberry Fizz, Old Olive & Night of Navy [SU!]
Paper: Raspberry Fizz, Vanilla, Black, Night of Navy & Old Olive [SU!]
Other: Fillable Frames #3 die, Big Shot

CPS 165

 I was flipping through my PaperCrafts May June issue and I found (again) the Color Play article.  I needed a little bit of a kick to get out of my brown and anything rut so I decided to step out of the box and use {gasp} pink and blue and green.  Fortunately for me there was a brown neutral in the color play choices but I made sure to not let it be the main color.  Its also a new sketch at CPS so I thought I would combine them.

Here is my card:

I made it a larger square card base to match the sketch.  The stamps are Trendy Trees and Background Basics: Retro ...

I think I'm digging those goofy looking trees in the decidedly non-tree colors :)

 

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{Supplies - PTI unless noted}

Stamps: Trendy Trees [SU!], Background Basics: Retro

Ink: Sweet Blush, Spring Rain, Spring Moss, Dark Chocolate

Paper:Sweet Blush, Spring Rain, Spring Moss, Close to Cocoa [SU!]

Other: Jumbo brads [SU!]

CPS Sketch

ETA:  I WON!!!  I know its just a random number generator that picked me but I never win stuff like this  Can't wait to see the prize!

I'm coming in late on this one ... I'll chalk it up to being under sedation half the week.  But after the cortisone, my back is pretty much back to normal.  AND since I am relatively pain free and I can go down stairs - I spent much time this weekend in my craft room ... I've missed it so :)

So for the CPS sketch I made this card....

The sketch was a non-standard size which was kinda fun to play with!   Today is also the PTI design team challenge and they were show casing ribbon techniques.  Altho I used twill for a more rustic look, I used this tutorial  from Nichole Heady for the top detail.  Its SO much easier than it looks ... trust me. 

The button in the center of the twill is a little idea I had a while back.  I used my half pearls from SU! Pretties kit and glued it into a rimmed button I had.  Fun huh!

For the sentiment layer I stamped several of the oval frame from SU! Vintage Labels.  Since the layer is so narrow it went off the end, but I like the effect. 

And finally the background I made using my Scor-Pal and Scor-Bug

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{Supplies}

Stamps: Vintage Labels [SU!]

Paper: [PTI] Dark Chocolate, Berry Sorbet, Vanilla

Ink: [PTI] Dark Chocolate, Berry Sorbet

Other: Twill, half pearl [SU!], Vintage button [PTI], Scor-Pal & Scor-Bug [ScorPal]