Paper Craft Crew 293 Oh Darling Sketch

It is a Paper Craft Crew Wednesday! It is also the Tucker Tribe's last day of school! They are out at Noon today! To say I am a bit excited is an understatement. I mean, it isn't like I am going to sleep in and eat all day. I still wake up to make coffee before Troy goes to work... No Coffee No Workie!

This week with the Paper Craft Crew, Pam has whipped up a sketch that I really had fun with. I am really starting to warm up to all the new goodies that I have from the up coming Annual Catalog, have you gotten your copy yet? If not let me know so I can be sure to send you one.

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So if you have been a loyal follower since the beginning of my blog you will know that at one point, Stampin' Up! didn't offer stitched dies, and I was of course a bit rogue back then. When I saw the Stitched All Around Bundle it was going to have a nice loving home in my stamp studio...but, do you ever OVER stimulated when a box of BRAND NEW goodies is delivered? That was me when my preorder got here, and now Stella has her groove back! Lets get to the card...

So when this card started, I was going to take the sketch pretty literally. I had ovals on the brain and wasn't quite sure how I was going to pull it all off with new goodies. While FaceTime crafting with another demonstrator (that is usually how I spend time in my craft room) I had my AHA moment! I quickly die cut the Basic Black card stock using the largest label like die from the Stitched All Around Bundle, then inked up my sentiment from the stamp set in this bundle with Versamark. I broke out the White Stampin' Emboss Powder and put my heat tool to work. This was set aside while I made some fun spatters using my Aqua Painter and Granny Apple Green on my Thick White Card Stock. This green is amazing, it is bright and vivid! When creating my layers I couldn't resist the small stitched heart in the dies of this bundle. I actually ended up cutting three of them from Melon Mambo card stock but only ended up using the one and adhered it to a Granny Apple Green stitched circle from the bundle as well. The poker chip looking stitched die in Melon Mambo was perfect. In my head the card need some sparkle or texture. The Gold Glimmer Paper banner was the perfect touch. I actually used the Banner Triple Punch and took the scrap and used it as well! Some black Faceted Gems from the upcoming Annual Catalog and this card was complete!

Thank You so much for stopping by today! I can't wait to see what you create with this weeks sketch! Have fun!

Creation Station Trees and Textures Blog Hop

It is Creation Station Sunday! We are having a beautiful weekend with AMAZING weather! Spent some time with the horses. The kids played a great game of hide and go seek as well as some fun jumping from hay bail to hay bail. We have big plans this evening and I have plenty of prep work to get done for a big surprise!

Today with I am the Creation Station Design Team and we are hopping with the theme "Trees and Textures", while you may not see Trees on my card, you will see Tree Rings and Wood. Showing you that you can make a card with layers and have visual texture, Let me show you what I have created!

My card design started with a nice background of Crumb Cake card stock. I gently stamped the Tree Rings background stamp with Crumb Cake ink so that the background was perfectly imperfect. Using the Share What You Love DSP, a large stitched oval from the Stitched Shaped Framelits from the wildflower pattern in this pack was perfect. The banners on the left were actually scraps I had and punched with the Banner Triple Punch and then layered underneath the oval. In my opinion a card ALWAYS needs a sentiment. The Share What You Love embellishment kit is absolutely delightful and had the amazing die cut label. Blackberry Bliss seemed perfect for the Thank You sentiment from the Love What You do stamp set. The Shimmery Pear Pizzazz ribbon was just the right touch with the Share What You Love Artisan Pearls. This was all layered onto a rich matte of Blackberry Bliss card stock and then added to a fresh card base of Pear Pizzazz!

Thank You so much for stopping by today! I hope that you too are having an amazing weekend! Next on the hop is the oh so fabulous, lucky to call her my friend, Dena Rekow! You can get to her by clicking the next button below!

Dena Rekow