Stamp Ink Paper 133 Sketch Challenge

Happy Tuesday!!! It is a balmy -8 Degrees Fahrenheit outside. With wind chill it is -21... These are the days where I'd prefer to be back in San Diego...

Stamp Ink Paper has an awesome sketch inspired by Dena Rekow this week! You can get the full details of the challenge by clicking the image below!

I am really trying to use the things that I haven't used lately... Even if some of it is Annual Catalog stuff... So the products I haven't used but used on this card are Brusho, the mermaid from the Magical Day Bundle, the Dapper Denim ombre like DSP from the Color Theory DSP, the Sweet Soiree Decorative Masks

I have to be honest, the card started with the Blue Brusho background. I have been playing with my Brusho's and this was the first background that I loved. I sponged the Silver Embossing Paste using the Sweet Soiree Decorative Masks. I die cut this with a circle from the Stitched Shapes set. I decided to use the Shimmery White Embossing paste with the same stencil at the bottom for a sea weed like appearance. My sentiment was created using the Lovely Wishes set. I bent the stamp on my block and created my own banner by fussy cutting the Dapper Denim "You are one of a kind" out. A nice trim of the Berry Burst Metallic edge ribbon and few Stampin Blends colored bubbles and I was done!

Thank You so much for stopping by today! I can't wait to see what you guys do with this sketch!!!

OSAT Sale A Brate The Occasions Blog Hop

Happy Thursday!!! I am back with the One Stamp At A Time Blog Hop! As many of you know, I created this hop about 3 years ago and I here to tell you that this year is going to be better than ever. We have quite a few new Demonstrators with us this year. That is right, this hop will be EXCLUSIVELY Stampin' Up!

To kick off our new year and new look we are hopping with the theme Sale A Brate the Occasions. We are showcasing items in the Occasions and Sale-A-Bration catalogs. I couldn't wait to play with the Magical Day Bundle... especially after I found my dies that I had misplaced!!!

I must have messed up a dozen unicorns before I used my Watercolor Pencils with my Blender Pen to create this cutie. I used the Rich Razzleberry, Melon Mambo, Bermuda Bay and Basic Gray pencils. As of Tuesday I wasn't sure what I was going to do with the Unicorn but knew I wanted to use the Magical Day Bundle as I had located the dies that I hid from myself for about a week. I wasn't sure of what I wanted to do for layout yet when I started with this card yesterday morning. Then I had a moment... so I grabbed the Marbled Backgroun Stamp and simply stamped it on to the Pool Party card stock using Pool Party ink. I then grabbed the cloud stencil to use the Shimmery White Embossing paste to make some amazingly sparkly clouds. The sentiment was initially stamped using Berry Burst ink but I came back with the banner in the dies and layered a Pool Party sentiment over the top embellished with a nice little scallop trim of Turquoise Glimmer Paper from the Magic & Myths Glimmer Paper pack. I added some of the Berry Burst 3/8" Metallic Edge Ribbon and adhered the Stitched Oval onto the card with the Unicorn!

My cute box made using the Unicorn paper from Magic & Myths DSP and the Lots of Love box dies. I didn't want to show you just a box with Berry Burst ribbon, so I took the Tutti-Frutti Card Bases from the Sale A Bration catalog. I trimmed them down so that they were the same size as the Narrow Note Cards that are in the Occasions catalog and fit so nicely in the box. I took the pieces that I trimmed and used them to embellish each card. The Iridescent Glimmer Paper was cut using the Celebrate You thinlits from the Sale A Bration catalog. These sentiment dies are a MUST have and can dress up any card!

I am so glad you stopped by today to see my creations! Next on the hop is the AMAZING Raquelle Clifton! I can't wait to see what that Lady and Her Stamps has for all of us! You can get to her by clicking the pretty little next button below!

Raquelle Clifton

If you get lost along the way here is a full list of our hoppers...

Barb Mullikin
Melissa Davies
Elizabeth Jeanne
Dani Dziama
Angela Meiritz-Reid
Jenny Hall
Maria Willis
Jessie Holton
Candy Ford
Pam Staples
Cathy Caines
Kelly Acheson
Jay Soriano
Sara Levin
Tina Rackley Riddle
Claudia Perry
Jennifer Hill
Dena Rekow
Lori Mueller
Marisa Gunn
Andrea Tracy Tucker
Raquelle Clifton
Renee Ondrajka

Rick Adkins