Stylin' Stampin' INKspiration February Card Sketch!

Today is Card Sketch day at Stylin' Stampin' INKspiration! This is just the cutest sketch and it was so much fun to play around with. There is lots of room for creativity too!

Here is my take!

Supplies

Cardstock ~ Baked Brown Sugar, Very Vanilla

Ink ~ Baked Brown Sugar, Crumb Cake, Old Olive, Crisp Cantaloupe, Summer Starfruit, Soft Suede

Stamp Sets ~ Postage Due, Geometrical, Postage Collection, Lovely Little Labels, Postcard, Banner Blast, Peachy Keen, Perfect Pennants

Tools ~ Banner punch, paper snips, dimensionals, Distress tool

Embellishments ~ Vintage Trinkets, Antique Brads

Checkin' it Twice!

I finally got my hands on this stamp set. I LOVE it. I have SO many ideas for this cute little Santa. I love the vintage feel (surprise surprise). I sat down today and instantly drew out 5 or 6 sketches for this guy. I only had time for one design though. Here is what I came up with...

Supplies:

Cardstock ~ Early Espresso, Very Vanilla, Whisper White, Early Espresso Core'dinations

Specialty paper ~ Champagne Glitter paper

Ink ~ Crumbcake, Baked Brown Sugar, Cherry Cobbler, Early Espresso, Real Red, Pink Pirouette, 

Stamp Sets ~ Ex Labris, Santa's List, That's the Ticket, Gorgeous Grunge, French Foliage

Embellishments ~ Twine

*misc music print paper (not Stampin' Up!)

Vintage pink Christmas

I am O B C E S S E D with this card! I absolutely LOVE vintage pink Christmas decor. It just makes me happy. The new Stampin' Up! in Colors have been begging me to put a Christmas card together. The marriage between Crisp Cantaloupe and Blushing Bride (ironic) are PERFECT for this!

Supplies:

Card stock ~ Very Vanilla, Crisp Cantaloupe

Ink ~ Crumbcake, Crisp Cantaloupe, Blushing Bride

Stamp sets ~ Come to Bethlehem, Gorgeous Grunge

Embellishments ~ Pearls, Crochet ribbon, Rhinestones

*All images copyright Stampin' Up!

Happy Dance

The kids are back to school! I'm totally doing my happy dance. I kinda feel bad every morning as I peel out of the school parking lot. Kinda. I love my children dearly, but this mama needs a break! I'm definitely looking forward to getting back onto our normal schedule. Especially looking forward to that quiet time. Yeah, I mostly spend it cleaning something. At least my house can stay somewhat clean for more than 20 minutes. Today, I got to spend a little time out in my woman cave. I'm extremely behind on my projects. I think it's been over a week since I last stepped foot in there. So I locked myself in and went to work.

Since the kids are back to school, I needed to create a card for Kylie's (2nd Grade) teacher. I don't have ANY school-related stamps. None. Zip. Zilch. I totally had to comb through my stamp sets to come up with SOMETHING that would do. The sketch is from the Paper Craft Crew for challenge #57. The color combo came from The Paper Players challenge #161. I really liked how it turned out. Another fabulous color combo that I would have never come up with on my own. 

The sketch:

My take on the sketch and color combo:

Supplies:

Cardstock ~ Smoky Slate, Crisp Cantaloupe, Whisper White

Ink ~ Strawberry Slush, Certainly Celery, Crisp Cantaloupe, Smoky Slate

Stamp Sets ~ Positively Chevron, Off the Grid, Gorgeous Grunge, From my Heart, Hearts a Flutter, That's the Ticket, and ABC-123 Sketch Alphabet & Numbers

Embellishments ~ Vintage Faceted Designer Buttons, Hardware Clips Essentials

*white string (not SU)