You Are My Hero

Here's my card for this week's My Favorite Things Wednesday Sketch Challenge. I used the sketch for a star themed masculine design.

I used a piece of star patterned paper for the cardfront's large panel.  To break up the pattern a bit, I adhered a strip of coordinating yellow dotted patterned paper down the center of the panel, then matted the papers on an aqua cardstock panel.  I adhered the panel to a dark gray card base.

I layered a long blue strip across the bottom of the star spangled panel, then added a white strip stamped with the "you are my hero" sentiment from the For the Boys set on top.  I accented it with a gold cardstock star and a pair of gold glitter enamel dots.

Materials Used:
For the Boys stamp set, Steel Grey and Cement Gray cardstock (My Favorite Things); Memento Luxe Gray Flannel ink (Tsukineko/IMAGINE Crafts); Cool Caribbean cardstock (Stampin' Up!); gold cardstock; Boy oh Boy 6x6 paper pad (Echo Park); stitched star die (Lil' Inker Designs); gold glitter enamel dots (Eyelet Outlet); foam tape

Thanks a Ton

I couldn't resist the fun jungle animal dies and sentiments in the newest card kit from My Favorite Things!   I love how quickly the animals can be assembled without stamping.  Here, I used one of the elephant images to make a thank you card based on the current sketch at The Paper Players.

I die cut the elephant from a pair of scraps--the body from gray cardstock and the ear from dotted gray patterned paper.  The eye was made with a tiny black enamel dot.  I used foam tape to set the elephant over a trio of green paper strips arranged on a kraft cardstock panel.  The "thanks a ton" sentiment from the coordinating Jungle Friends stamp set was stamped in gray pigment ink on the pale green grass-edged strip.  I adhered the finished panel to an easy to write on light green card base.

Materials Used:
Jungle Friends stamp set, Cement Gray cardstock, Die-namics Jungle Friends dies (My Favorite Things); Memento Luxe Gray Flannel ink (Tsukineko/IMAGINE Crafts); Simply Chartreuse, Spring Moss, and  Kraft cardstock, Simply Chartreuse patterned paper (Papertrey Ink); gray dotted patterned paper (Michaels);  Grass border punch (Fiskars); black enamel dot (Doodlebug Design); foam tape

I'm Quackers for You

I'm up on the SugarPea Designs blog today, sharing a bit of sweet SPD inspiration for you.  My card features the new Quackers stamp set--a favorite from this month's release--and coordinating SugarCuts dies.

The layout comes from this week's SugarSketch.  If you haven't joined in on any of April's weekly sketches, you still have a few days to play along for a chance to win this month's prize . . .  For the focal image, I stamped one of the set's duck images on a circle die cut and colored in the water, then added a second colored duck on top using foam tape for dimension. 

I placed the duck on a yellow cardstock panel with a coordinating yellow patterned paper strip across the top.  A super narrow strip of blue cardstock sets the two panels apart and brings in the color of the water, too.  I layered the panel on to a blue card base covered with a piece of grid patterned paper.  Once the panel was in place, I added the "I'm quackers for you" sentiment on top.  I accented it with a trio of sequins and an orange Stitched Flags die cut.   

Be sure to check out the creations that some of my other SPD teammates are sharing today on their blogs:

Brianna Loeffelbein
Jenny Peterson

Materials Used:
Quackers stamp set, SugarCuts Quackers and Stitched Flags dies (SugarPea Designs); Memento Tuxedo Black ink (Tsukineko/IMAGINE Crafts); markers (Copic); Daffodil, Summer Splash, and Orange Fizz cardstock (My Favorite Things); Let's Polka-Sunflower Line Dance and Hello Sunshine-Dawn designer papers (Lawn Fawn); light blue sequins; corner rounder; foam tape

Color Throwdown 390-Freaking Amazing

It's time for another Color Throwdown!  I used the colors along with the current sketch at CAS(e) this Sketch for my clean and simple design.

I started out by covering a white card base with some yellow on yellow diagonal striped patterned paper.  I added a yellow cardstock strip, edged in navy blue for contrast, to the top of the cardfront. I brought in more navy by die cutting the word "amazing," then layering the cardstock piece over some white foam.  The two layers were offset just slightly to give the appearance of  even more dimension.  By the way, if you're looking for foam sheets to try this out, be sure to check out the Sugar Puff sheets at SugarPea Designs. They cut beautifully in my die cutting machine!

The "you are freaking" sentiment from the My Favorite Things Amazing stamp set was stamped in white just above the layered die cut word, then heat embossed for a nice pop.  I finished the design off with a bunch of randomly placed white enamel dots framing the die cut word.

To play along, just create a paper crafted project using these colors as a starting point and add a direct link to your finished project using the linky tool found at the end of this week's CTD post. As always, if you don’t have exact color matches, something close works just fine. Just be sure that the challenge colors are the dominant ones in your project. And, if you upload your project to an online gallery, use the keyword CTD390. If you upload your projects on social media, go ahead and use the hashtag #ctd390 and #colorthrowdown. You can find us on Instagram (and on Facebook!) with the username colorthrowdown.

Before you get started, here’s some inspiration from the talented Color Throwdown team, our April guestie Amy Rohl, and this week's Guest Star Stamper, Linda Beeson.

**  Amy ** Barbara ** Broni ** Joan ** Jodi ** 

** Lisa ** Lynn ** Vickie ** Wanda **

** April guestie Amy Rohl  **
** Guest Star Stamper Linda Beeson **

Materials Used:
Amazing stamp set, Daffodil cardstock, Die-namics Doubly Amazing dies (My Favorite Things); Memento Luxe Wedding Dress ink (Tsukineko/IMAGINE Crafts); Night of Navy cardstock (Stampin' Up!); Let's Polka-Sunflower Line Dance designer paper (Lawn Fawn); white enamel dots (Eyelet Outlet); foam tape

Best Dad Ever

I've made a bunch of Mother's Day cards, so while I still had my Lawn Fawn Best Pun Ever set out, I thought I'd put together a Father's Day card, too.  This one is based on the current sketch at Match the Sketch.

I used Copic markers to color the set's trophy image, going for a gold-ish tone.  After I was done coloring, I stamped the "#1" image directly on the colored image. 

I paired the gold with a masculine red-orange shade and kraft cardstock, covering the kraft card base with a piece of coordinating bold patterned paper.  A wide red strip that runs the length of the card breaks up the pattern a bit.  I added a pierced circle panel and a pair of fishtail flag strips to the center panel, then topped the pieces with the trophy image, using foam tape for dimension.  The "best dad ever" sentiment was stamped at the bottom of the red panel with the help of my MISTI.

Materials Used:
Best Pun Ever stamp set, Best Pun Ever dies (Lawn Fawn); Memento Tuxedo Black ink (Tsukineko/IMAGINE Crafts); markers (Copic); Poppy Parade cardstock (Stampin' Up!); Kraft and Fine Linen cardstock, Double-Ended Banner die (Papertrey Ink); gold paper (Target); Adventure 6x6 paper pad (My Mind's Eye); Die-namics Pierced Circle STAX and Fishtail Flag STAX dies (My Favorite Things); foam tape

The Challenge 70-Just Plane Cute

***  Scroll down to the post below or click HERE to see my card for this week's Mojo Monday Sketch Challenge!  ***

The Challenge is back with a new challenge!  Next up in our challenge rotation is a masculine photo inspiration challenge.  I took my inspiration from the propeller in the photo and made a plane themed card.

My plane is from Papertrey Ink's Little Hot Rod set.  To bring in the metallics from the photo, I stamped the bottom half of the plane and its propeller in shiny silver ink. 

For the background, I covered the top half of a light blue card base with a scrap of dotted blue patterned paper.  I added a die cut shimmery white stitched cloud strip, edged with more silver, at the bottom of the dotted paper, then placed the plane on top with foam tape for dimension.  The set's "you are just plane cute" sentiment was stamped just beneath the little scene in red pigment ink.

Check out what the rest of the talented team at The Challenge has created based on this week's inspiration photo.  Here's where to find them:

Anita Madden
Broni Holcombe
Claire Broadwater
Diane Jaquay
Jinny Newlin

Kim Heggins
Laurel Seabrook 
Lee Ann Barrett

Lori Tecler--you're here!

Nance Salkeld

Nina Forsyth
Rachel Bergfeld
Greta Hess, April's featured designer

Materials Used:
Little Hot Rod stamp set, Little Hot Rod dies (Papertrey Ink); Memento Luxe Love Letter and Delicata Shimmery Silver inks (Tsukineko/IMAGINE Crafts); Bashful Blue and Shimmery White cardstock (Stampin' Up!); silver paper (Target); blue polka dot designer paper (Michaels); Landscape Trio dies (Mama Elephant); foam tape

Mojo Monday 445-You're a Tea-riffic Mom

Happy Monday!  It's time for a new Mojo Monday sketch.  Since it's the last week of the month, we're switching things up a bit and featuring a layout designed for a round or square card.  I went with a 4 1/4" square card for my Mother's Day design.

In my version, I replaced the small round panel with the teapot and teacup from Lawn Fawn's Best Pun Ever stamp set.  The images were colored with Copic markers and cut with the matching die, then adhered to the sentiment panel using foam tape.  The words were stamped with the help of my MISTI.  It makes lining up all of those separate, tiny words so easy!  I matted the sentiment panel with darker gray cardstock.  The panel was placed on a pale gray card base covered with a piece of pale gray paper with a subtle, elegant pattern. The red cardstock strip across the center of the panel adds a pop of contrasting color and coordinates with the teapot and teacup images, too.  I meant to add a tiny bit of a pearl flourish extending out from the teapot's spout to make steam, but forgot it before I took the photo . . .

Head on over to the Mojo Monday blog for more inspiration from the design team and to add your own take on this week's sketch!  You can also find all of the Mojo Makers at their blogs here:

• Julee Tilman (Owner)
• Carole Burrage
• Justin Krieger
• Marisa Ritzen
• Mary Fish
• Sarah Bigelow
• Teresa Kline
• Wanda Cullen

Materials Used:
Best Pun Ever stamp set, Best Pun Ever dies (Lawn Fawn); Memento Tuxedo Black ink (Tsukineko); markers (Copic); Real Red cardstock (Stampin' Up!); Grout Gray and Steel Grey cardstock (My Favorite Things); A Mother's Love 6x6 paper pad (My Mind's Eye); foam tape

I Whale Always Love You

Here's my card for this week's sketch at Freshly Made Sketches.  It's a somewhat loose interpretation of the layout, but I think it still works!

I can't get enough of the adorable Whale Hello stamp set from Avery Elle, so I inked it up again here.  I colored one of the set's whale images with Copic markers, then cut it out with the matching die.  The wavy background was made with a blue cardstock panel and a pair of different sized circle punches.  I placed the wavy strip and the whale on a lighter blue card base. 

To finish my scene, I made a sun from a pair of circles, one with a pinking (pinked?) edge and one in a gingham pattern, and tucked it underneath the top edge of the wavy panel.  The set's "I whale always love you" sentiment was stamped just beneath the wave strip in gray pigment ink.  A pair of teeny, tiny hearts were cut from red cardstock and arranged above the whale with foam tape to add a final contrasting pop of color to the design.

Materials Used:
Whale Hello stamp set, Sea Glass cardstock, Whale Hello dies (Avery Elle); Memento Tuxedo Black and Memento Luxe Gray Flannel inks (Tsukineko); markers (Copic); Pacific Point and Real Red cardstock (Stampin' Up!); Harvest Gold cardstock, Lemon Tart patterned paper (Papertrey Ink); pinking circle dies (Spellbinders); circle punches (EK Success); foam tape

Under the Weather?

Here's my card for this week's My Favorite Things Wednesday Sketch Challenge.  I used the sketch to put together a get well card in a spring color scheme.

I started out by creating the watercolored background panel.  While the simple colorwashed panel dried, I die cut the umbrella and clouds from scraps of cardstock and patterned paper.  After adhering the clouds to the watercolored panel, I used the raindrop stamp from the Umbrella set and some shimmery silver ink to stamp a bunch of raindrops beneath them. The umbrella was set on top of the drops, using foam tape for dimension.  I The "under the weather" sentiment was stamped next to it in a shade of blue pigment ink that was just a bit darker than the blue on the background panel.  After edging the finished panel with a strip of silver cardstock, I adhered it to a green card base to coordinate with the die cut umbrella.

Materials Used:
Umbrella stamp set, Sour Apple cardstock, Die-namics Umbrella and Flat Bottom Clouds dies (My Favorite Things); Memento Luxe Bahama Blue and Delicata Silvery Shimmer inks (Tsukineko/IMAGINE Crafts); Shimmery White cardstock (Stampin' Up!); silver paper (Target); Summer Days-Quilt designer paper (Echo Park); watercolors (Michaels); foam tape

Petals 'n Posies Thank You

Here's my card for this month's Reverse Confetti Sketch for You To Try.  I used the layout to put together a floral thank you design.

The card features a bunch of classics--a polka dot pattern and a gray and red color scheme.  For the background, I covered a red cardstock panel with a pair of angled panels, one black and white dotted and one solid gray.  The panel was adhered to a pale gray card base.

I stamped the "thank you" sentiment from the All About You set in red pigment ink on a white pierced circle die cut and added that to the cardfront.  The panel was accented with a dotted red flower stamped with an image from the Petals 'n Posies set and cut with the matching die.   I accented the sentiment panel with a trio of different sized red enamel dots for a final pop of color.

Materials Used:
All About You and Petals 'n Posies stamp sets, Petals 'n Posies dies (Reverse Confetti); Memento Luxe Love Letter, Pear Tart and Gray Flannel inks (Tsukineko/IMAGINE Crafts); Grout Gray and Steel Grey cardstock, Die-namics Pierced Circle STAX dies (My Favorite Things); Real Red cardstock (Stampin' Up!); Something Wonderful 6x6 paper pad (Teresa Collins); Recollections red enamel dots (Michaels); foam tape

A Rainbow of Happiness

I'm up on the SugarPea Designs blog today, sharing a bit of sweet SPD inspiration for you.  My card was inspired by both the sketch and inspiration photo from the current Fusion challenge and shows off the coordinating Whatever the Weather stamp set and SugarCuts dies from SPD's April release.

I used the dies to cut the rainbow, sun, and clouds from assorted cardstock scraps.  I love the stitched detailing on the dies!  The die cut pieces were arranged on a blue cardstock panel with a diagonal shiny silver cardstock strip stretching from side to side.  To add dimension, I used foam tape beneath the rainbow and clouds. 

Once all of the elements were in place, I used silver ink to stamp the "wishing you a rainbow of happiness" sentiment near the bottom of the panel.  I heat embossed it with silver embossing powder for an extra pop. A few clear and blue sequins from the Sea Spray sequin collection were arranged around the sentiment and beneath the cloud.  The finished panel was adhered to a pale gray card base.

Be sure to check out the creations that some of my other SPD teammates are sharing today on their blogs:

Brianna Loeffelbein
Jenny Peterson

Materials Used:
Whatever the Weather stamp set, SugarCuts Whatever the Weather dies, Sea Spray sequin collection (SugarPea Designs); Delicata Silvery Shimmer ink (Tsukineko/IMAGINE Crafts); Real Red, Only Orange, Yoyo Yellow, Green Galore, Pacific Point, Lovely Lilac, and Shimmery White cardstock (Stampin' Up!); Hawaiian Shores cardstock (Papertrey Ink); Grout Gray cardstock (My Favorite Things); silver paper (Target); foam tape

Color Throwdown 389-Happy Mother's Day

It's time for another Color Throwdown!  I used the colors along with the current Viva la Verve sketch to make another Mother's Day card.

This time, I used Verve's Simply Daisies dies to make a bold pink layered flower.  I added a tiny contrasting orange center to the flower and topped it with a tinier white pearl.  The flower was adhered to a white panel stamped with the "Happy Mother's Day" sentiment from Verve's Because of You set.  I matted the panel on orange cardstock, then added it to a green cardstock panel over a piece of angled green gingham paper.  A bit of white paper doily was tucked underneath the right edge of the image panel to finish the design. 

To play along, just create a paper crafted project using these colors as a starting point and add a direct link to your finished project using the linky tool found at the end of this week's CTD post. As always, if you don’t have exact color matches, something close works just fine. Just be sure that the challenge colors are the dominant ones in your project. And, if you upload your project to an online gallery, use the keyword CTD389. If you upload your projects on social media, go ahead and use the hashtag #ctd389 and #colorthrowdown. You can find us on Instagram (and on Facebook!) with the username colorthrowdown.

Before you get started, here’s some inspiration from the talented Color Throwdown team, our April guestie Amy Rohl, and this week's Guest Star Stamper, Jerrie Mead.

**  Amy ** Barbara ** Broni ** Joan ** Jodi ** 

** Lisa ** Lynn ** Vickie ** Wanda **

** April guestie Amy Rohl  **
** Guest Star Stamper Jerrie Mead  **

Materials Used:
Because of You stamp set, Simply Daisies dies (Verve Stamps); Memento Luxe Rose Bud ink (Tsukineko/IMAGINE Crafts); Simply Chartreuse, Raspberry Fizz, and Orange Zest cardstock, Simply Chartreuse patterned paper (Papertrey Ink); circle punch (EK Success); white paper doily; foam tape

Just a Simple Note

Here's my card for this week's sketch at CAS(e) this Sketch.  As soon as I saw the layout, my mind went to office supplies. I saw the little angled piece at the top of the strip that runs across the card as a paper clip and that's what was the basis for this design.

I stamped my own notebook paper for the cardfront's angled panel.  I used the SugarCuts Notebook Journal Card die set from SugarPea Designs to cut the panel from white cardstock, then used SPD's Noted set to stamp the lines on the paper.  Once the lines were in place, I added the panel to the kraft card base, then stamped the "just a note" sentiment in gray ink. 

The strip across the top of the card is made from cardstock that matches the colors of the lines on the notebook paper panel.  I used silver cardstock and another die from the Notebook Journal card set to make the small paper clip.  After adding it to the top edge of the cardstock strips, I adhered the strips to the cardfront.

Materials Used:
Noted stamp set, SugarCuts Notebook Journal Card die (SugarPea Designs); Memento Luxe Gray Flannel ink (Tsukineko/IMAGINE Crafts); Cherry and Aquamarine inks (Avery Elle); Real Red cardstock (Stampin' Up!); Hawaiian Shores and Kraft cardstock (Papertrey Ink); Recollections silver cardstock (Michaels)

The Challenge 69-You Add Color to My Life

*** Scroll down to the post below or click HERE to see my card for this week's Mojo Monday Sketch Challenge! *** 

The Challenge is back with a new challenge!  Next up in our challenge rotation is a photo inspiration challenge.   I took my inspiration from both the quilt's heart design and rainbow-like color scheme.

The layout for my design comes from the current sketch at Sunday Stamps.  I replaced the round shape on the large stitched fishtail flag panel with a heart-shaped opening.  The negative space is filled in with a rainbow striped heart made from various cardstock scraps.  I love when I can use up some scraps! 

I used foam tape to adhere the stitched fishtail flag panel to a pale gray stitched rectangle die cut.  The "you add color to my life" sentiment from the My Favorite Things Stay Tuned stamp set was stamped just beneath the flag in darker gray pigment ink.  I adhered the finished panel to a gray card base.

Check out what the rest of the talented team at The Challenge has created based on this week's inspiration photo.  Here's where to find them:

Anita Madden
Broni Holcombe
Claire Broadwater
Diane Jaquay
Jinny Newlin

Kim Heggins
Laurel Seabrook 
Lee Ann Barrett

Lori Tecler--you're here!

Nance Salkeld

Nina Forsyth
Rachel Bergfeld
Greta Hess, April's featured designer

Materials Used:
Stay Tuned stamp set, Die-namics Stitched Jumbo Fishtail Banner STAX, Pierced Heart STAX, and Blueprints 24 dies (My Favorite Things); Memento Luxe Gray Flannel ink (Tsukineko/IMAGINE Crafts); Real Red, Only Orange, Yoyo Yellow, Green Galore, Pacific Point, and Lovely Lilac cardstock (Stampin' Up!); Soft Stone and Hawaiian Shores cardstock (Papertrey Ink); foam tape

Mojo Monday 444-Mom

Happy Monday!  It's time for a new Mojo Monday sketch. I've had requests from my co-workers to bring in a few cards for Mother's Day, so I used the sketch along with stamps and dies from Verve to put together this design.

I used the Simply Daisies die from Verve's latest release as my focal image.  I cut the daisies from white cardstock and layered them with foam tape.  The center is a contrasting yellow pierced circle die cut, also attached with foam tape.  I placed the daisy on a yellow pierced circle die cut matted with a dark gray circle.  The leaves, made with a circle punch, were tucked underneath the raised flower.

I made a backdrop for the pretty flower by arranging a trio of gray and white striped patterned paper rectangles on a pale yellow cardstock panel.  Each panel was matted on pale gray cardstock to set it off from the yellow background.  I added the flower on top along with a pair of fishtail flag strips.  The "Mom" sentiment from the Wonderful Marvelous set was stamped in gray pigment ink on the gray fishtail flag strip.  I adhered the finished panel to a coordinating pale gray card base.

Head on over to the Mojo Monday blog for more inspiration from the design team and to add your own take on this week's sketch!  You can also find all of the Mojo Makers at their blogs here:

• Julee Tilman (Owner)
• Carole Burrage
• Justin Krieger
• Marisa Ritzen
• Mary Fish
• Sarah Bigelow
• Teresa Kline
• Wanda Cullen

Materials Used:
Wonderful Marvelous stamp set, Simply Daisies dies (Verve Stamps);  Memento Luxe Gray Flannel ink (Tsukineko/IMAGINE Crafts); Barely Banana cardstock (Stampin' Up!); Soft Stone, Smokey Shadow, and Spring Moss cardstock (Papertrey Ink); Miss Caroline-Dolled Up 6x6 paper pad (My Mind's Eye); circle die (Spellbinders); Die-namics Pierced Circle STAX and Fishtail Flag STAX dies (My Favorite Things); foam tape

Counting Down to Your Special Day

This week's sketch at Match the Sketch caught my eye and I had to give it a try!  My version is a space themed birthday card using stamps from My Favorite Things.

I made the layout's two round panels into moons, complete with craters.  The craters were made by debossing a polka dot pattern on to the yellow circle die cuts.  I adhered the circles to the corners of a navy blue cardstock panel, then trimmed the circles down so they were flush with the panel's edges.  The panel was adhered to a contrasting red card base.

The "counting down to your special day" sentiment from the Out of This World set was stamped on a white cardstock strip.  After matting the strip with red and silver cardstock, I adhered it to the cardfront.  The panel was topped with one of the set's rocket images.  A few silver sequin "stars" scattered on the navy panel completed the design.

Materials Used:
Out of This World stamp set (My Favorite Things); Memento Tuxedo Black ink (Tsukineko/IMAGINE Crafts); markers (Copic); Night of Navy, Real Red, and Crushed Curry cardstock (Stampin' Up!); silver paper (Target); circle die (Spellbinders); Polka Dot embossing folder (Lifestyle Crafts); silver sequins; foam tape

What's Up, Dog?

Here's my card for this week's My Favorite Things Wednesday Sketch Challenge.  I paired two Birdie Brown dog themed stamp sets with the sketch.

The card is built on a gray card base covered with a piece of pale blue grid patterned paper.  I used a strip of wood plank patterned paper for the strip across the cardfront, forming a fence.  Instead of leaving some of the blue paper showing beneath the fence, I used a border punch to make a strip of green "grass" to run beneath the fence.  I stamped one of the dogs from the You Make My Tail Wag set and colored it with Copic markers, then cut it out.  It was carefully positioned to look like it was peering over the fence.  Foam tape behind it gives the dog a bit of dimension.

I stamped the "what's up, dog?" sentiment from the Lucky Dog set on a narrow fishtail flag strip.  The strip was adhered to the cardfront with foam tape.  That allowed me to tuck a flat bottomed cloud die cut behind it.  Another cloud and a golden yellow pinking circle die cut sun completed the scene.

Materials Used:
You Make My Tail Wag and Lucky Dog stamp sets, Cement Gray cardstock, Die-namics Fishtail Flag STAX and Flat Bottom Cloud dies (My Favorite Things); Memento Tuxedo Black ink (Tsukineko/IMAGINE Crafts); markers (Copic); Kiwi Kiss and Shimmery White cardstock (Stampin' Up!); Sea Glass cardstock (Avery Elle); Harvest Gold cardstock (Papertrey Ink); Recollections Aqua Screen designer paper (Michaels); Lakeside 6x6 paper pad (Pebbles); Pinking Circle dies (Spellbinders); Grass border punch (Fiskars); foam tape

Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge-Simplicity

*** Scroll down to the post below or click HERE to see my card for today's SugarPea Designs Sweet Peek! *** 

It's time for a new Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge!

We hope you'll play along!  The LEAD of this challenge will be invited as a Guest Designer in a future challenge!  Please visit the Curtain Call Challenge blog for all the challenge info and deadline.

I took my inspiration from the photo's simplicity theme along with the pencil at the right side of the photo.  My layout is from the current sketch at Freshly Made Sketches.  The layout's two rectangular panels are represented by the pencil and ruler from Papertrey Ink's Teach and Inspire stamp set.  The images were stamped on cardstock scraps, colored with Copic markers, then cut out and arranged on the white panel using foam tape.  

I stamped the "hi" sentiment from the Pencil Me In set beneath the pencil and ruler, selecting a cursive font to bring in the script element from the inspiration photo.  The finished panel was adhered to a kraft card base.

Make sure you visit each of the designers' blogs for more inspiration:

Simplicity Designers

Jacquie Southas, guest designer
Betty Wright
Kim Singdahlsen
Laurie Willison
Leigh Penner
Lisa Henke
Lori Tecler
Lynn Mangan
Marisa Ritzen
Maureen Plut
Melody Rupple
Monika Davis
Silke Ledlow
Sheri Gilson
Stacey Schafer
Tara Godfrey

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Stop by the Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge: Simplicity for the challenge details and to play along with us!

Materials Used:
Teach and Inspire and Pencil Me In stamp sets, Kraft cardstock (Papertrey Ink); Memento Tuxedo Black ink (Tsukineko/IMAGINE Crafts); markers (Copic); foam tape

SugarPea Designs April Sweet Peek Week-Day 5

Welcome to the final day of April's Sweet Peek Week at SugarPea Designs!  Today we're showing off the last of the new stamps, dies, and other goodies that will be available in the SPD store tonight at 6 PM EST, along with the new Sweet Incentive set (free with a $60 purchase).  I hope you have your shopping list ready to go!

I used one of the word dies from the new SugarCuts Chatterbox Journal Card die set along with a sentiment from the coordinating Chatterbox Sentiments stamp set on my card.  To get the dimension for the die cut word, I cut the word from red cardstock and from a SugarPuff foam sheet, then layered the cut pieces.  Sugar Puff is a new addition to the SPD store and it's fabulous for adding dimension to die cut pieces.  It cut like a dream in my die cut machine!  I added the puffy word to a panel cut with the SugarCuts Notebook Journal Card die and stamped with images from the Noted stamp set, then stamped the "sending" sentiment on the panel in gray ink.  The panel was accented with a pair of envelopes, cut with the Special Delivery Accents dies, and some Sea Spray sequins.  I added the embellished panel to a blue cardstock panel with a red strip across it, picking up the colors in the notebook paper style panel.  The panel was matted on silver paper, then adhered to a red card base.

Want to win the brand new Talk Is Chic set for yourself?  Of course you do!  This is the Sweet Incentive set that will only be available with a $60 purchase (until the next release when it becomes available in the SPD store--find all the details HERE.). Leave a comment on today's post on the SPD blog for your chance to win it.  You have all week to comment.  Winners from our April product release will be announced on Sunday, April 24.  And, for an extra entry for today's giveaway, leave a comment on each SPD designer's blog, too.  Here's where to find them:

Amy Rohl

Anita Madden

Brianna Loeffelbein

Amy Kolling

Dana Joy

Isha Gupta

Jenny Peterson

Lori Tecler--you're here!

 Simonne Clay

Stacey Schafer

Tracy Valure

 Chaitali Narla

Vera Yates

 Wendy McDonald-McGaffey

Materials Used:
Chatterbox Sentiments and Noted stamp set, SugarCuts Chatterbox Journal Card, Notebook Journal Card, and Special Delivery Accents dies, SugarPuff foam sheets, Sea Spray sequin collection (SugarPea Designs); Memento Luxe Gray Flannel ink (Tsukineko/IMAGINE Crafts); Aquamarine and Cherry inks (Avery Elle); Real Red cardstock (Stampin' Up!); Hawaiian Shores cardstock (Papertrey Ink); silver paper (Target); circle punch (EK Success); foam tape

SugarPea Designs April Sweet Peek Week-Day 4

Welcome to day 4 of April's Sweet Peek Week at SugarPea Designs!  Today we're showing off more of the new stamps, dies, and other goodies that will be available in the SPD store on Friday, April 15 at 6 PM EST.

Today's peek features the new Quackers stamp set and coordinating SugarCuts Quackers dies.  I used the stamps and dies, plus the new Whatever the Weather stamps, dies, and patterned paper, along with last week's SugarSketch for my cheery design.  One of the ducks is front and center on the card's large panel.  I stamped the dashed raindrop image from Whatever the Weather behind him in shiny silver ink, then added a die cut sun and cloud to complete the scene.  The "heard you were feeling under the weather" sentiment was stamped beneath the duck image.  I layered the image panel on to a red-orange cardstock panel with a strip of sunshine patterned paper at the bottom along with a bit of orange baker's twine.  The finished panel was adhered to a coordinating yellow card base.

Want to win the brand new Quackers stamp set for yourself?  Of course you do!  Leave a comment on today's post on the SPD blog telling us who--or what--QUACKS you up the most.  You have all week to comment.  Winners from our April product release will be announced on Sunday, April 24.  And, for an extra entry for today's giveaway, leave a comment on each SPD designer's blog, too.  Here's where to find them:

Amy Rohl

Anita Madden

Brianna Loeffelbein

Amy Kolling

Dana Joy

Isha Gupta

Jenny Peterson

Lori Tecler--you're here!

 Simonne Clay

Stacey Schafer

Tracy Valure

 Chaitali Narla

Vera Yates

 Wendy McDonald-McGaffey

Materials Used:
Quackers and Whatever the Weather stamp sets, Whatever the Weather paper pad, SugarCuts Quackers and Whatever the Weather dies (SugarPea Designs); Memento Tuxedo Black and Delicata Silvery Shimmer ink (Tsukineko/IMAGINE Crafts); markers (Copic); Poppy Parade, Pumpkin Pie and Shimmery White cardstock (Stampin' Up!); Lemon Tart and Harvest Gold cardstock (Papertrey Ink); orange baker's twine (Divine Twine); foam tape