Rainy Day Stamping

It's a yucky, rainy day here--perfect for staying inside and stamping! So, I've been working on catching up on some sketch challenges that I've seen during the past week.

This sketch came from Julee's Mojo Monday challenge. The sketch used a square card and I actually stayed with that shape even though they usually are a struggle for me.

I used the Stemming From stamp set for the main image. This set was on my first order from the SU! catalog in January and I've only used it once or twice. The flower image is easy to layer and fun to use, too. The colors were inspired by the scraps of Fall Flowers paper I used on the card. And, speaking of scraps, everything I used on this card was made from a scrap. No whole piece of paper was cut to create it! If I can do that, I guess that just says I have too many scraps floating around . . .

Materials used:

Stemming From and Short & Sweet stamp sets, Soft Sky, Certainly Celery, and Sahara Sand Classic inks, Soft Sky, Certainly Celery, Sahara Sand, and Whisper White cardstock, Fall Flowers designer paper, 1/4" and 1/2" circle punches, Crystal Effects, sponge, dimensionals (Stampin' Up!); clear acrylic dome embellishments (Michaels); rectangle and scalloped rectangle dies (Nestabilities); clear Stardust pen (Sakura)

This one's from Mary Jo's Monday lunchtime challenge at Techno Stamper. I used a Stamping Bella image that's been sitting on my stamping table for a long time. It was the perfect size for the image panel on this sketch. I colored the image with Copic markers.

The pattened paper is from a package I found at the Dollar Tree. I love the retro-ish look of the circles and the fun pastel colors. I was able to match them pretty well on the colored image and with some solid cardstock.

The sentiment is also from Stamping Bella. I accented it with some small self-adhesive rhinestones and a scalloped mat.

Materials Used:
Mwahbella image and sentiment (Stamping Bella); Graphite Black ink (Brilliance); white cardstock (Georgia Pacific); markers (Copic Ciao); patterned paper (Miss Elizabeth from Dollar Tree); pink grosgrain ribbon (Michaels); self adhesive rhinestones (Joann); petite oval and petite scalloped oval dies (Nestabilities); Orchid Opulence cardstock (Stampin' Up!)