This is my attempt this week for the sketch challenge on SCS.  I don’t think I followed all the rules this time but had this idea and it would have looked funny to have an upside-down watermelon!  When I first saw this sketch I thought, wow, that is different.  That is why they are challenges though!  I started with a Kraft cardbase that is 9 1/4″ x 4.  I used some DP from the Summer Days Simply Scrappin’ Kit (thanks Mom!) in bashful blue.  I tied ribbon around the top of that layer and used a ribbon slider from the hardware kit in the Occasions mini.  To make my watermelons I used the Coluzzle cutting system.  I stamped the Weathered BG in Wild Wasabi on Wild Wasabi cardstock.  The inside of the watermelon is Rose Red DP.  I hand drew a few seeds (don’t look to closely).  For the main image I stamped and cut out the letters to spell summer from the Big Deal Alphabet.  I used Bashful Blue, Barley Banana, Rose Red, and Wild Wasabi. 

I used dazzling diamond to glitter them up pretty! Some of the letters are popped up and some are not to add dimention.  The “fun” is from Everyday Flexible Phrases.  I used the oval punches and silver brads for that.  I think that’s it!  I hope you are having a happy day! 

I wasn’t feeling good again yesterday so I took a nap instead of stamped.  I know tough choice…Today I am feeling a little better and really wanted to do a diorama card so I stamped during naptime!  This card was challenging to photography so sorry about the blurry photo of the front!  For the instructions on how to do the diorama card check here.  I use the colors for today’s color challenge on SCS, Certainly celery, Pretty in Pink and Lovely Lilac.  I think I have only used Lovely Lilac one time since I have been a demonstrator which is a year and a half.  I am not a big fan of bold brights but it turned out ok with the other colors.  I used certainly celery for the front and stamped it with Linen BG (retired).  I stamped the butterfly from Priceless on WW cardstock and vellum in all three colors and cut them each out.  To the vellum layer of butterfly I added Dazzling Diamond to the center and the flower on one of the wings.  I adhered the vellum to the layer of WW.  I stamped the swirls from priceless to look kinda like the butterfly path on the front with WW craft ink.  I paper pierced around the front.  I stacked a small clear button and a pretty in pink button and tied a piece of pink gingham through it.  On the Lovely Lilac layer I stamped the larger swirls from Priceless in WW craft ink.  For the sentiment I used the Happy Birthday from the Hugs and Wishes stamp set.  I masked that and stamped the swirl again in white craft ink and added a the celery butterfly on that layer. 

I put it all together and now I just have to figure out which niece it will go to!  Hope you are having a good week!  My hubby is coming home a little early today so that is always a good day!

My SIL and I had fun stamping this morning as the kids played (really just made alot of messes!) .  We did the Technique challenge for today on SCS.  Today’s challenge is a Two Way Open Card.  The instructions are here. 

This is the front of the card. I started with a 4 1/2″ square piece of Groovy Guava and stamped the sanded BG on that in versamark.  You really can’t see that in the pic sorry!  I then Used Ruby Red for the next layer.  I Used Ginger Blossom paper throughout this card.  I layered the river rock triangle on teh ruby red flap and paper pierced two rows along the bottom.  I put a small piece of groovy guava ribbon layered with white taffeta ribbon above the paper piercing.  I punched a circle with the 1 3/8″ circle and a white 1 1/4″ circle to layer under my flowers that I cut from the ginger blossom paper.  I added a little sparkle with dazzling diamond and a pearl center for the flower from the Pretties Kit.  I then added the inside layer of Pretty in Pink . I layered River Rock and another piece of Ginger Blossom paper to that.  To create a closure for the card I added a Build-a-brad and added the ruby red stripe from again the Ginger Blossom paper in the brad.  When you open the card this is what it looks like.

I paper pierced around the whisper white square and stamp a frame from the Frames with a Flourish set in Close to Cocoa and Stamped happy birthday inside that in ruby red.  It was a fun little card to do!  Thanks for coming to visit!

Taylor had a different sketch challenge Friday!  I tried to get this to work the other way but just couldn’t so I changed it just a bit by flipping the layout.  I started with a Old Olive cardbase and layered a piece of bashful blue stamped with the polka dot BG stamped in Bashful blue ink.  I layered a piece of DP from the Summer Picnic and paper pierced around the edge of these two layers.  I used the wide Old Olive ribbon on those layers.  I used a piece of chipboard from the On Board Blooms and Basic that I cut to be the size I wanted.  I cut it with my dandy tabletop cutter.  I covered the chipboard in bashful blue craft ink and added two layers of glassy glaze to it.   To fill the holes I used the Always stamp from the Always stamp set in the center circle stamped in Old Olive.  I used the new BoHo Blooms flower punch to make the flowers for the two outer circles and added the flower brads from the Silver Hardware Kit in the Occasions Mini.  I adhered the chipboard on with glue dots. 

I hope you all had a great weekend!  We were busy with the Washington Huskies (GO DAWGS!) spring practise game yesterday and church today.  We also had a house full of people for dinner which was fun!  Have a great week and I hope you have smiles each day!