Kazan's Sketch 37

Another Halloween card and a new challenge! I found this new blog yesterday--looks like lots of fun! Before I started my blog I mainly make cards for family and friends. I never took many photos or shared them with fellow stampers so it is exciting to expand my world and work on developing my stamping design skills. And I have so much to learn! I love checking the other sketches and sometimes just playing with designs before coming up with something I am satisfied enough with to actually take a photo. I know I have a long way to go before measuring up to the many fabulous creations that I often see but I am having a ball! Hope you enjoy!

Supplies for this card:

Stamps: Spooky Expressions-Taylored Expressions

Cardstock: Plum Pudding, Summer Sunrise-Papertrey Ink

Design paper: Hocus Pocus, Guide Lines, Bitty Dots-all PTI; Boo to You-My Mind's Eye

Ink: Memento

Embellishments: Rain Dots, Brads-Making Memories, Ribbon-LSS, Copic marker

TESC86-Happy Fright Night!

Halloween cards are always such fun! I just recently received my first order from Taylored Expressions--2 Halloween sets and just love them! For this card I used Brazil (sun coral) & PTI (spring moss) cardstock, vellum, Basic Grey Indian Summer patterned paper (aren't the colors great!), Memento ink, Copic makers, atyou Spica marker (clear), Rain Dots and PTI ribbon.

PTI WCMD Challenge #4: Australia

I think this is my favorite--a little bit like aboriginal art. The cardstock is Brazil and the patterned paper was in a pack that I got at Michael's ages ago. The Pond Life set was perfect!

Add some white dots and a sentiment from Life and another easy creation! Hope everyone had a much fun as I did! Now I can take time to check out what everyone else has done! Then get started on my thank you notes............

PTI WCMD Challenge #3: India

This was definitely the easiest card--super quick to make! The last time I was in Archiver's they were giving away paper pads by Deja Views. The flower in the center is a punch-out. The plum paper is PTI and I used the stamps from the new Vintage Labels set and embossed them in gold. I know I will use these a lot---they are so cool! Anyway, added a few gems and was done!

I decided not to add a sentiment but glued a lavender paisley paper that matches the flower on the inside. Thought it would be pretty as the background to a written note.

PTI WCMD Challenge #2: Mexico

This is my least favorite card! Coming up with colors was easy but just couldn't work out a design that looked right. The stamp sets are Guide Lines I with sentiment from Scattered Showers. All other supplies are PTI except for embroidery thread.

PTI WCMD Challenge #1: Japan

A huge thank you to Nicole and PTI for offering these WCMD Challenges, with great prizes too! And what a challenge--I really struggled with the one for Mexico! Japan was much easier and I immediately thought of the Life set. I had been playing with the Quikutz Stripes embossing folder and decided to stamp first and then emboss for this card. I like the effect and hopefully it shows in the photo. The dragonflies are from Pond Life and I stamped off once and then touched the edges of the wings again in the ink to get the watercolor effect.

Raspberry Suite Color Challenge #17

Wow! I have spent most of my weekend creating! My retirement is official--last day was Wednesday! They gave me a wonderful luncheon, many fabulous gifts and I got to see some dear old friends--just a cherished memorable day. I haven't even started on thank you cards as I took time out for the color challenge and then the WCMD contests at PTI! Good thing I don't have to go to work tomorrow! I would never get everything done! I am doing laundry while I post and took a enough time this afternoon to go grocery shopping--still have all those necessary chores!

This card uses a bird stamp from a Christmas set by Inkadinkado. Paper, ribbon and button by PTI. I used 2 embossing folders--one by Cuttlebug and then other is Stripes by Quikutz. Nicole used it in a sample during the last release and when I saw that Hobby Lobby carries the new folders, I was able to get 3 of them by using 40% coupons--great buy--and I love them all. The sentiment is from Dawn McVey's newest set, released in September, Signature Christmas. This is such a fabulous set and I have had such fun using it. It is going to be one of my favorites--just hope she can do another one with different sentiments soon!