Final Sweet Sunday Sketch!

Yes. My title is correct. Today marks the end of an era in the stamping world. They say all good things must come to an end, but I don't like this. sniff, sniff! Karen has decided Sketch no. 300 is a perfect place to stop and say good-bye! 

I have loved the Sweet Sunday Sketch for so long! It was always my go-to sketch when I was stuck and needed some inspiration. I was fortunate to work with Karen on the MFT design team years ago and just love her style, her friendship, and her amazing work. Karen has no idea how much joining this team has meant to me. She asked me to join at a time when I received the biggest BLOW to my crafty ego, at a time I could have wrapped it all up and walked away, but BOY am I glad I didn't! Instead, the arms of this team wrapped me in and lifted me up and turned it all around for me. Thank-you Karen for having me.I have loved every minute of Sweet Sunday Sketch and I will miss everything about this challenge. It has been so much more than just stamping! 

So with all that sappiness, let's move on and check out my card I have. I made it just for Karen. She truly is beautiful and amazing! You'll notice I created a top folding card with this sketch. They are my favorite and I just squished it all on to fit. I used all Reverse Confetti stamps and dies today. Papers are from MFT. 

I combined the All About You stamp set and the word die from Tag Me, Too Confetti cut to create my sentiment. I used the tag re-enforcer die from that set to make my scalloped flower and tucked in some of my favorite Leafy greens. I used the Circle 'n Scallops dies to follow the sketch. 

Here is this week's Sketch....the final one! 

more sniffles. 

Have fun with it AND let's go out with a BANG!!!

Thank-you for always hanging with my on Sunday. I have loved all your support and kind words over the years. 

Sweet Sunday Sketch 299-Hello

Hello stampy friends. It's always nice to see you stop by. I have a card for you today with the latest and greatest Sweet Sunday Sketch. I used all new JUST RELEASED products by Lil' Inker Designs. 

I am totally digging the new Dual Dotted Circle dies. I cut it out with smooth white card stock and then stamped the Inky Flowers in black ink. I then used the Hello Word Dies to FINALLY try the camoflague technique. It's such a cool look. I cut out one of the hellos from the circle and then cut 4 more, one in black and the rest in white. I layered up the "hello" pieces starting with black and then 2 of the white layers, followed by the one that was cut out from the stamped circle piece. I then placed the stacked up die cut pieces into the negative of the circle. 

In the background I cut some of the ombre chevron paper with the Dual Stitched Square die. I finished it off with some black twine in place of the flags and then topped off the flower centers with some sequins. 

Here is the sketch for you.

Be sure to hop on over to the Sweet Sunday Sketch Blog 

to find the link up

AND 

more inspiration from the design team. 

Thanks for hanging with me today. 

Have a great day. 

Sweet Sunday Sketch 298-Eat Cake

So when you have a birthday in December, it's totally acceptable to add snowflakes to a birthday card. Especially pretty white and vellum ones from Let it Snow by Reverse Confetti. Today's new sketch from the Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge was the perfect excuse to make a card for an upcoming birthday. I'm trying to work ahead and plump up my stash. 

I cut a trio of paper strips and added them to some white card stock. I then used the Shakers 'n Frames die to cut my main panel and stamped the birthday sentiment from In a Big Way with Steel Grey ink. I then dressed it up with some clear sequins, white enamel dots and a trio of flakes from Let it Snow. 

Here is this week's sketch. 

Be sure to hop on over to the 

Sweet Sunday Sketch Blog 

for more inspiration and the link up. 

Thanks so much for stopping by today. I hope you'll come play along with us. 

Sweet Sunday Sketch-gobble gobble

 Gobble, Gobble.....it's almost turkey day! Honestly, it is so hard to believe.I am no where ready for the holidays but I am ready for a little family time, a break from our daily craziness, and I am ready for a whole lot of food!! YUM! Today's new Sweet Sunday Sketch was the perfect excuse to color up the darling turkey image from Taylored Expressions, Calendar Critters. I used my copics to color him up, added some white highlights with a gel pen, and cut it out with the Calendar Critters dies. 

I adapted the sketch to fit a top folding card. Same sketch, but looks a little different in this orientation. You'll notice I used a few other TE dies. The new Stitched Stacklet dies. I used the Stitched  Stacklet Rectangles and Stitched Stacklet Circles. I also accented with the Fine Feathers Die and a fishtail flag from Label It. 

Here is the sketch for you this week! 

Be sure to stop by the Sweet Sunday Sketch Blog 

for more information and lots of beautiful inspiration from the team.

Have a wonderful Sunday!

Sweet Sunday Sketch 295-Merry

Hello and welcome back! It's Sunday and that means it is time for the next Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge. I loved the layout, but wanted my stripes to go horizontal. So I flipped it. I stamped the So Stripey stripes in Blueberry ink along the bottom. 

I layered up the Thanks Tag, Circles 'n Scallops, and the beautiful large Wreath in smooth white. The sentiment was created with Winter Words and Winter Words Coordinates. 

Here is the sketch. 

Be sure to stop by the Sweet Sunday Sketch Blog for the challenge details.

Also to see more inspiration from the DT. 

Thanks so much for hanging with me today!

Sweet Sunday Sketch-Birthday Snowflake

I loooove this week's Sweet Sunday Sketch. Go check it out! 

I used a handful Reverse Confetti products on this one to make a wintry birthday card. Today is Release Day for the November Release. That sentiment is from the brand new With Love sentiment set. I also used the gorgeous Layered Snowflake Confetti Cut to make a customized snowflake. 

I used one of the Stitched Flag Trio dies for my little fish tail banner piece. The rounded rectangle is from the brand new Gift Card Tag Holder die. 

Here is this week's sketch! Come play along. 

Oh, and stop by the Sweet Sunday Sketch Blog

for more inspiration AND the link up!

I have more RC projects coming up! It's blog hop day. 

Sweet Sunday Sketch 293

I know....I am waaaay late for this week's Sweet Sunday Sketch. Well, a day late! I hope you won't mind. The weekend kicked my booty. Lots of boys activities, Trick or Treating, AND then I started with a crazy cold and felt like crud all day yesterday. Thankful for my Essential Oils, I drank Thieves tea all day, diffused Thieves and rested and today I am feeling much better. No one has time to be sick.  Ok, so let's jump in to the sketch. 

I created a very clean a simple card. Nicholas needed a birthday card, and I learned early on that kids birthday cards do not need to be elaborate. As sad as it is, they really don't pay THAT much attention to the card. lol. 
I pulled out a few Reverse Confetti dies and a happy birthday stamp and called this one done. I love how much dies can dress up a card. Here I used the Straight Stripes Pretty Panel, backed with the Class Act die. I topped it with a Oh My Stars die cut from silver glitter paper, and stamped the sentiment from Monkey Business onto a Tag Me flag die. 

Here is this week's sketch. 

We sure hope you'll play along. Check out the Sweet Sunday Sketch Blog for more inspiration and the linky! 

Have a beautiful Monday!

Sweet Sunday Sketch-Merry

Hello my friends! So glad you popped in here today. I am starting to get into the holiday card making mode and thanks to beautiful new products to play with, this task is just a little easier. Oh, yeah, and there is a new Sweet Sunday Sketch to kick start my mojo! I flipped this week's sketch and used some Taylored Expressions product to create this week's card. 

I used the Stitched Circle Stacklets for my circle and added in a die cut Eventful-Night Before Christmas. OMG!!! This die is soooo fabulous! My favorite part is the yellow square and rectangle pieces included to line behind the windows. So easy and quick! The sentiment is from Peek-a-boo Christmas. The embossed snowfall dots are an embossing folder-Snowfall! 

Here is the sketch for you to create with! 

I loved it. As you can see I flipped it! Looks great both ways!

Thanks for stopping by! Have a beautiful day!

Sweet Sunday Sketch 291-Leaf Love

Hello friends. So glad you have stopped by today. It's time for a new sketch with Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge. This week I have chose my new favorite leaf dies from Lil' Inker Designs. OMG! These Leaf Love Dies are gorgeous and so fun to work with.  I cut three of them and then used the coordinating stamp set, Leafy Greeting to add a sentiment to one of the leaves.  

Following the sketch I tucked in a kraft colored flag from Flags & Tags. The main image panel was cut with the Side Stitched Rectangles. Here is a close up of the leaf detail. 

Take a look at the sketch. We hope you come play along. 

Stop by the Sweet Sunday Sketch Blog. 

The DT has lots of inspiration for you and 

You'll find the linky there, too. 

Enjoy your day!