Do you own a pair of Fiskars stamp edge scissors?
You may have noticed a few changes in my sidebar... earlier this week Christina Bower, the owner of Sunshine Stamps invited me to be on the design team for the next 3 months! It was a wonderful surprise and the team is a bunch of fun, very talented stampers.
The August issue of SheetLoad of Cards will be live on Saturday! SheetLoad is a free monthly e-zine featuring a single sketch and cutting guides to create multiple cards quickly. Each month a group of designers create sample cards using images from a sponsoring company. Beyond the Card is a monthly feature devoted to non-card projects such as scrapbook layouts, altered items and more.
All of the stamps on this card are from Pink Persimmon. The cupcake platter is actually multiple stamps from the Tea and Cake set. Since they are clear stamps it was a cinch to align it all. The greeting is from Flower Greetings set. The pinwheel candy is from the Little Cuties set and is easy to color and color and color.
Memories Always – Forever is getting ready for it’s big GRAND OPENING kick off Aug. 1st! We’d love to see some new faces over there. As part of the Design Team, I will be participating in the blog hop this Saturday, Aug. 1. Lots of goodies and challenges will come out of that day, trust me!!! You’ll want to make sure you save some time to play along with us!
Not a member of MAF yet? Why not??? We are new and ready to go! All we need is you to help make the site rock!!
Don’t forget to check back every day this week. I will be getting ready for the blog hop and making small announcements all week.
So, here is Kim's lift of Bev's card:
Kim sent her card to Deanne, who came up with this!
So, Deanne’s card was passed on to Vanessa, who made a tri-fold card! Still the same basic layout…
Vanessa’s card went to Heidi, who went with a new color scheme – it looks like she may have made her background paper…?….
Heidi’s card went to me, who switched up the color scheme again, but the tri-fold card remains a constant. All of my stamps were from Pink Persimmon.
Heather’s card was sent to Dawn.
Chris took Dawn’s card, and came up with this!
Chris’ card went to Joakima, who lifted the flower motif, but added her own flair:
Joakima’s card went to Etha who flipped the basic sketch on its side, and came up with this!
Monica (founder of Memories Always Forever) flipped the layout again, but stuck with the flowers and butterfly:
To the left is a snippet of one of my card which will appear in the August issue of SheetLoad which will be available next Saturday!
I love paisley prints so this paper was a no brainer to use for my Dad's birthday card. He got it in the mail yesterday and opened it so I'm safe to show you now.
One of my favorite weekly sketch challenges is Jen del Muro's SFYTT. I got my card all done and realized that I sort of missed a lower layer but I like the card. And I'm not trying to win a prize- so we'll call it "inspired by" and call it a day!
I loved the SCS sketch for this week and I made 2 cards with it. This one and a more masculine one for my Dad's birthday, which is Tuesday. I even got the card into the mail for him so he'll get it on time!
I've had this image of a woman (from Hearts in Touch) for a long time so I decided she needed to see some ink. I stamped the amulet image from the Wanderlust Artisian Stamps (they don't have a website). I played with permanent and watercolor markers to get the 12 or so shades of green.
There is a new digital stamp company called Sunshine Stamps. I saw some cool samples on my friend Tami's blog. The images are perfect for boy cards- trucks and airplanes and cool stuff. This image is called Lenny Loader.
Here is another version of CamoGirl from Squigglefly which I created using the July SheetLoad sketch. I kept her simple and chose a bolder DP. I colored her belt silver to match the silver flowers. Her capri's are old so I made them faded and comfy like a pair of faded blue jeans.
How is this card like my Mom's kitchen? What a crazy question- I know you are thinking, "Heather has sniffed to much embossing powder." Well actually my Mom has gorgeous tile in her kitchen and on some of the tiles she has handpainted pictures of ducks. So tile/ mosaics are my inspiration today.
I know there are ladies out there who can pile on 18 different challenges on the same card but I'm starting simple! Today I combined SCS Sketch #237 + 365 Cards- Day 136 (Black, White & Red) + Inky Impressions challenges #6 (A Stitch in Time). Yesterday when I saw the red/white/black and since it is a favorite color combo, I made a mental note. When I saw Maria Bell's card today, I knew I had to try the stitching challenge. Maria Bell is an incredibly talented stamper so you need to go look at her blog AFTER you ooh and ahh over my card! Right before it was time to stamp I realized it was Wednesday so I checked out the sketch for the week at SCS and I liked it!
I split my time today painting our guest bedroom trim, playing with my daughter, finishing a card for August SheetLoad and doing laundry. My daughter asked me to make her a card for her friend.
I got this all uploaded and realized the little vellum ladybug that is supposed to be in the lower right corner must have fallen off the card. If you find it put it on top of my card pile on my dining room table- no questions asked!
I am proud of this card because it looks close to what I had planned for it. Sometimes I have trouble getting my mind's eye onto paper. The "Little Rocker" image is from Squigglefly. I actually cut the oval and as I was distressing its edges, I realized that the perfect sentiment would be from "A Little Note" set from Clear Artistic Stamps.
Every other Friday the DT from Clear Artistic Stamps Rumbles in with a new challenge- and you can win a prize for playing! If you use Clear Artistic Stamps or a Technique Junkies technique you can earn bonus entries.
Caardvarks hosts bi-monthly challenges and the current challenge features using the July SheetLoad sketch and ShortCuts products. The details of the challenge are on the SheetLoad blog HERE and you can link your creations to the Caardvarks challenge HERE.
Honestly, the simpler the card, the longer it takes me to make it. I spent over an hour getting this card done. The turtle is from Squigglefly (SheetLoad sponsor for July), and the sentiment from gg designs'.
The second was my goodies from Clear Artistic Stamps! I got 2 stamp sets, some gorgeous linen texture cardstock and 2 colors of Shimmerz and 2 colors of Blingz. And best of all a gorgeous card from Belinda, the owner of the company welcoming me to the design team. And what did I do 2 hours earlier? I forgot our weekly design team meeting! Last week I made fun of our DT coordinator, Etha, for arriving late. She got the last laugh on me today!
Here is my card. I used images from A Little Note.
Wendi followed the sketch using images from Sympathy Garden.
Etha slanted her focal image (Echoes of Summer), used the same DP and added more circular embellishments to her corner.
Company owner, Belinda, finished the round once again using Echoes of Summer. I just love that shimmer paper.
Here is another card based on the SheetLoad of Cards sketch for July. I didn't add an embellishment to the upper left corner but I think the card is complete without it. The images, called April Showers is from Squigglefly. The duck is from Studio G and I created with yellow background with Polka Dot Basics from PTI.
Happy Wednesday, July 1, 2009! How can it be July already?
