Thankful for You - Sketch Frenzy Friday

Now that my craft shows are slowing down a bit I am finding more time to participate in challenges.  Certainly I haven't done one with SFF for quite a while, but today I'm doing the sketch and making a card.

 

I made a Thanksgiving card that has a window in it and a frame around the window.

• The base card is Soft Suede, layered with first Whisper White cardstock and then Into the Woods DSP.  All layers were sponged with Soft Suede ink.
• On a scrap piece of Whisper White cardstock, I stamped the bear from the stamp set "Thankful Forest Friends" using Early Espresso ink.
• After I attached the DSP and the Whisper White, I used an Oval framelit to create a window in the card. I used the size of the bear to determine which size of Oval framelit to use.
• The bear was also die cut with an Oval framelit, but using a bigger size than the window.
• I then adhered the bear to the window on the wrong side of the paper.
• To create the frame, I used Soft Suede and 2 sizes of Oval framelits and ran it through the Big Shot.  The edges of the frame were then sponged.
• A Neutrals button was threaded using a tiny sliver of  Early Espresso cardstock and attached to the lower frame with glue dots.
• The sentiment is from the same stamp set, but it was inked up with markers:  Early Espresso, Old Olive, Soft Suede, Cajun Craze.  It was die cut using the Lots of Labels framelits, the edges sponged, and then adhered to the card front.

Supplies Used:
 

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Happy Birthday with Tulip Flowers

This stamp is originally an Easter stamp, but I cut off the sentiment so that the stamp is more versatile.
This stamp would make a wonderful Birthday card, so that's what I did.

The tulips were stamped with Black Memento ink and coloured with blendabilities (Melon Mambo and Old Olive).  I then cut the tulips out. 

A small oval was die cut using Whisper White cardstock, and the edges pierced with the Occasions Paper Piercing Pack and a Paper Piercer.  This was adhered to a Melon Mambo label framlet die cut using dimensionals.

The tulips were adhered to the white oval and dazzling details added to the edges of the blooms.

The basic card is Melon Mambo, layered with Whisper White cardstock embossed with the Polka dot embossing folder.  Two sizes of banners were die cut using the Banners Framelits - the larger one using Sweet Taffy DSP; the smaller one in Old Olive which had been embossed with the Tiny Triangles Embossing folder.  The two banners were adhered together and then added to right side of the Whisper White cardstoc.

The focal image was adhered to the upper left.  Below this image, a Melon Mambo bow, made with the Bow Builder punch, was added.

The sentiment, stamped in Old Olive, is from "Big Day" (SAB)

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Happy Birthday Little Friend - Create with Connie & Mary

Happy Easter.  And what a wonderful Easter weekend it has been!  Up until today, it's been sunny and mild.  Today it's overcast and threatening rain.  We do need the rain as everything is so dirty from the winter!  Already plants are starting to emerge from the soil - making my fingers itchy to dig in the soil.

Today I thought I'd made a little friend birthday card for the sketch challenge with Create with Connie and Mary here

For my card, I placed the sketch on its side.
The base card is Riding Hood Red, layered with Whisper White cardstock, and then Pool party Co' ordination cardstock embossed with the Honeycomb folder.  A piece of striped designer paper from Storytime, was attached to the bottom 1/3 of the card, with a scalloped strip of So Saffron was placed over the seam.  The sentiment, which was punched with the 1 3/4 by 7/8" oval punch, was attached just below the So Saffron trim.

The image was stamped with Black Stazon and coloured with Watercolor crayons and an Aqua Painter,  It was then die cut using the Ovals framelits.  This oval was attached to the card at the middle left.  Some dazzling details was applied to the little boy and his wagon.

Here's a summary of the materials used:

Stamp:  Little Friends
Inks: Black Stazon, Watercolor crayons
Papers: Riding Hood Red, Whisper White, Pool Party Co-ordination card stock, Storytime DSP, So Saffron
Accessories: Ovals framelits, 1 3/4 by 7/8" oval punch, Scallop border punch, Aqua Painter, Dazzling Details