Thanks a Ton - Freshly Made sketches #78

Tomorrow is the last day for Sale-a-bration.  The time for this has gone by really fast!!  Therefore, for the sketch challenge with Freshly Made Sketches here I used some of the SAB products and materials.

 

This A2 card has a Rich Razzelberry base, layered with a lines embossed piece of Whisper White cardstock.

The designer paper is Sycamore Street (SAB), with a large scallop strip of Rich Razzelberry card stock.  Some stitched Summer Starfruit satin ribbon covered the seam between the DSP and the cardstock.  The sketch didn't have a bow on it, but my card felt naked without a bow.

The body of the elephant was coloured with a Rich Razzelberry marker; the leaves Gumball Green and the flower Summer Starfruit.  I coloured and stamped the ear twice, cut the second ear out and placed it on top of the other ear using a dimensional.  A tiny pearl identifies the elephant eye and the center of the flower

A 2 1/2" circle was used to punch out the elephant image and the circle was pricked using a mat pack template and paper piercer.  For the Rich Razzelberry mat I used the circles die #2.  The two were adhered together using dimensionals.

The sentiment was originally below and part of the elephant stamp.  I inked it with a Rich Razzelberry marker, stamped it onto a Whisper White scrap, then punched it out using the Word Window Punch.  It is adhered to a Modern Word Label punchie in Rich Razzelberry.

Here's a summary of the materials/products used:

Stamp: Patterned Occasions (SAB)

Ink: SU markers:  Rich Razzelberry, Gumball Green, Summer Starfruit

Papers: Rich Razzelberry, Whisper White, Sycamore Street DSP

Accessories: 2 1/2" circle punch, Word Window punch, Modern Word Label Punch, Circle die #2, Tasty Trim die, 1/4" stitched Summer Starfruit satin ribbon, Pearls, dimensionals, Mat Pack & Paper piercer, Lines folder

Sycamore Street Thank You - Challenge 115 LNS Goodbye to SAB

Sale-a-bration ends on March 22 i.e. this Friday, so the challenge this week is to pull out the SAB things and create something.
I have used all the SAB items except for the Petite Curly Label punch with its coordinating stamp set
"Pretty Petites", so I pulled out those two and went to town.  I wasn't sure how the card would turn out, if it would be too busy, or if all the paper samples would like right on one card.  But I was pleasantly surprised!

I have really enjoyed the Sycamore Street DSP and like many of you, will be sad to see it go.  For this card I made a sampler of this lovely paper using the Petite Curly Label punch.  Each was backed with a 1" square of Rich Razzelberry.  I then stamped the "Thank you" from the stamp set using Rich Razzelberry ink, punched it out, and backed it with the same color of cardstock. Each punchie was adhered to the 1" cardstock with a dimensional.
To complete the sampler, I added two of the coordinating SAB buttons, one if Rich Razzelberry, and one in Tangerine Tango, plus a piece of Tangerine Tango satin ribbon.  On top of each button I placed a rhinestone.  A girl can't have enough bling!

Thanks for visiting my blog.  Comments are appreciated.

What do you think?  Is the card too busy?  Please comment and let me know.

Sentimental Vintage Verses - Unscripted Sketches #202

This coming Friday is the last day for Sale-a-bration, so the opportunity to use the Sale-a-bration products is fast drawing to a close.  So for today's card, I am using 3 of the Sale-a-bration products using the sketch challenge with Unscripted Sketches here

 

Stamps:  Feeling Sentimental, Vintage Verses

Ink: Island Indigo

Papers: Island Indigo, Whisper White, Sycamore Street DSP

Accessories: 3/8" Island Indigo ruffled ribbon

Challenge 210 - Sale-a-brating

Challenge 210 is to feature a Sale-a-Bration product, which you get free when you spend $60.00 worth of SU products.
Early on I got the Patterned Occasions stamp set, so thought I would feature that by making 2 cards.

This features the stamp "Congratulations Smartie Pants".  The base of the card is Island Indigo, layered with Whisper White embossed with the Chevron folder.  The Sycamore Street Designer paper coordinated beautifully with the Island Indigo card stock.  The DSP also coordinated with the Summer Starfruit scalloped edge and the tiny flowers
The ribbon I used was the 1/4" Pool Party satin ribbon (SAB),

The next card looks very different from the first card even though I used the same stamp set and the same DSP.

This time I used Rich Razzelberry as the base, layered with Whisper White and then with Sycamore Street Designer paper.  The ribbon this time is Tangerine Tango (SAB)

I don't know which card I like better.  They are both so different looking.

Congratulations (On Your New Home)

There's nothing more exciting than moving to a new home.  A friend of mine recently moved from California to West Virginia and for the first time in her life experienced the changing colors of the leaves of our trees and last week - her very first snow fall!  Can you imagine having never seen snow?  We certainly got dumped on since Boxing Day and today I love it!  Next month I may not feel the same way.
Anyway, this card is for all of those who have moved to a new location.  From my house to yours!!!
I based the card on the sketch on Unscripted Sketches here

 

Stamp:  Layered Labels

Ink: Island Indigo

Papers: Island Indigo, Crumb Cake, Sycamore Street DSP (SAB), Whisper White, Tangerine Tango, Pool Party

Accessories: Apothecary Accents framelits, Square lattice folder, Small star punch, rhinestones, 1/4" Tangerine Tango satin ribbon (SAB)