Sweet Sunday Sketch #258 {hello}

 It's Sunday and that means it's time for another fabulous sketch from Karen Giron and the Sweet Sunday Sketch. I used some wonderful LID products along with some Studio Calico papers. Come check it out. 

On my card base I used the Stitched Mats-side stitched rectangles. I then used the Stitched Mats-squares and circles to create my layers. The pink rectangle was cut with the Long & Skinny Rectangles dies. I needed a bit of bling, so I added a strip of silver glimmer paper. The real show stopper is the Hello Word Dies. Gosh I love that die. The other day, I spend some times water coloring some backgrounds. I used one here today to cut out the word, "hello". I love it. 

I used a bit of the left over water colored paper to cut the banner pieces. It was my FIRST LID die, Flags & Tags Dies. 

Here is the sketch for this week:

And list of the Sketch Team cards. check 'em out!

• Barbara Anders
• Dana White 
• Jenny Peterson
• Jodi Collins
• Lisa Henke
• Lori Tecler
• Lynn Put
• Sarah-Jane Kalé
• Tracy Clemente 
• Vicki Burdick
• Karen Giron

Come check out the Sweet Sunday Sketch. It's always a great time. Thanks for stopping by here today. Have a great week. Scroll down for my Curtain Call card....it's up next. 

Curtain Call Winter Wonder

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Blog candy alert!


It's time for a new Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge!

I used the beautiful stamp set, Super Script from AlteNew. This was my first time working with these stamps and let me tell you, they are beautiful! 

photo source: myblackbookparis.com

We have a new sponsor, Altenew, for this challenge!  A randomly selected participant will receive a stamp set of choice from the Altenew shop, while the LEAD will be invited as a Guest Designer in a future challenge!

Here is a closer up of my design detail. I paired the stamps up with a few Lil' Inker Designs dies and came up with neutral, pretty Hello a card. I love the Quilted Stitched background and the Stitched mats-squares to show off the stamps. 

The layout is from the current Retro Sketch no.146 blog. I had been staring at it for days, so when I sat down to create I knew I was going to use it on today's card. I used some MFT colors-grout grey, sweet tooth, kraft, and a touch of safety orange. For some reason that little bit of brownish-orange fro the inspiration photo really stuck in my head. 

Make sure you visit each of the designers' blogs for more inspiration!

Winter Wonder Designers

Guest Designer, Michelle Bala

Amy Kolling
Amy Sheffer
Amy Tsuruta
Gayatri Murali
Kim Singdahlsen
Laurie Willison
Lisa Henke
Marisa Ritzen
Maureen Plut
Monika Davis
Sarah Gough
Sheri Gilson
Stacey Schafer
Tenia Nelson
Tracey McNeely

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Catered Crop {Hello Stripes}

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There is a cool Catered Crop Recipe Swap up on Linda's blog. I'm squeezing this one in today. It's the  End Zone Recipe Swap with a great sporty inspiration photo. Yes, inspiration can come from anywhere!  I couldn't decide on which striped paper to use, so I pulled a few different patterns and the Retro Sketch no.138 to make this card. 

I used the Lil' Inker Design Hello Word Die along with the MFT Fall Leaves Die-namics. I touched all the edges with some Tea Dye distress ink. I tied the two leaves together with a kraft burlap bow. 

Here's a detail shot. 

Thanks for stopping by today. LID sneak peeks start tomorrow. Join me for some great holiday cheer!