Be strong...

I am 2 days behind on Summer Camp cards already.  I work on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.  So now I am playing catch up! Here  is my card for Day 2...

I used the color combo again but couldn't get the orange in there.  No surprise!  I did really try though!  I think I need an orange intervention.  :)

OK, so I just found this adorable sentiment stamp at Hobby Lobby today.  It's a Stampabilities brand and I thought it was pretty cute AND went perfectly for Jennifer's adorable technique.  So for $1.99...I snatched it up!  I added layers of color and then popped it up on my Hawaiian Shores card base.  The card base is stamped with the HA Envelope Pattern stamp and then scored on the 3 sides.  I added in some Simon Says Mini Heart dies too, for the side element in the sketch.  I have loved seeing everyones cards in the gallery!  So many creative people to hang out with for the week!  :)

ETA: After I finished this blog post, I looked at my card again and realized that I was in desperate need of some Glossy Accents....



Much better!

Now I am headed to swimming lessons with the kiddos and then after they are in bed, I am thinking I will check out Day 3.

Hope everyone is having a great day!  Thanks for stopping in!

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Hoppy Birthday...

I have a fun little, CAS card today using a new Clearly Besotted set called Hoppy Birthday.



First, I took the lily pad die that goes along with the stamp set, and embossed it a long the front of the card.  The I stamped the sentiment in Versafine Black Onyx.  I stamped the from and attached him to the card front using foam tape.  And that's it!  Easy peasy!

Go and check out all of Cleary Besotted's new stamps this month by clicking HERE.

Have a great Tuesday! 

Camp. For me.

It's time for camp.  For me.  Not my kids!  :)

So about an hour ago, I decided to take this class after talking to my friend Suzanne about it several times.  Our summer schedule is about to slow down into the month of July, so I thought why not?  :)  I participated in the first summer card camp and learned so much!   So I signed up...and got to work!

Today's cards are made from sketches and colors combos that they have provided for us.  Here is my card....

The background layer is embossed vellum.  I added in a layer of Hawaiian Shores card stock stamped with Hero Art's Envelope Pattern background.  I added in a banner and then sentiments and flowers from WPlus9's new set Fresh Cut Florals.  

One of the colors is orange.  Orange and me don't get along so well.  I always try.  But I just can't pull it off.  I almost left it off the card but then I decided to use a tiny bit in the flower centers.  I also varied a little bit with the yellow and used a super light green color for the leaves.

I'm really glad I signed up and am super excited to have one card done.   There is still time to sign up!  Click HERE to see all about it.

Thanks for stopping in!

Relax...

Today is fun for 2 reasons.  

1. First day back with Retro Sketches.

2. Some more fun Clearly Besotted to share!

First off here is my card using Time to Relax...which are available now in the Clearly Besotted store!  ;)

I stamped the couch with Fresh Ink's Tomato Red.  Then I took the Light Prawn Copic and colored in the polka dots.  I popped it up and stamped a sentiment.  I layered this all on some Soft Stone cardstock.

Check out this week's sketch....

This is based off of a card I made awhile back.  You can see my original card HERE.  

Thanks so much for stopping in today!  Have a great weekend!

Curtain Call...

When I think back to my early days of blogging, I think of a certain challenge that I loved to play along with.  I know you will remember it too.  Does the Curtain Call ring a bell?  Well guess what?  

It's coming back!  Yay!

I am thrilled to share today that I get to be a part of it this time around!  Stacey has already shared a few of the new team and there are a couple more days until the challenge goes live.  

I hope you will stay tuned and play along!

Have a great day!