Sweet Sunday Sketch 217 {it's a good day}

Hello and welcome back. The weeks are flying by here in April and we are on to our last Sunday of the month. It's Sweet Sunday Sketch time. I used more My Favorite Things products this week. ( all links listed below).

I loved the soft, muted colors with the bold, graphic gray stripes. I finally got my hands on that first Birdie Brown set, Sunflower Sweetheart, MFT released the other month. It was a hot item and was out of stock the first time I went to order it. My patience paid off, as then those NEW Gerbera Daisy Die-namics are this month's FREE item with a qualifying order. Seriously...SWOON!!!

 

 I had every intention of coloring up the beautiful girl from the stamp set, but when I tried to make her work with the sketch, those flowers were too overpowering. So I opted for a more subtle, smaller image to work on that big giant circle. The flowers just HAD to take center stage. I followed the sketch pretty much spot on. 

Stop by Karen's Blog for all three challenge details. 

Come Play along: simply make a card with this layout and use the InLinkz button down at the very end of Karen's post to enter your card. The links will close on Friday at 10 PM (Mountain Time). Be sure to link directly to the blog post or gallery image which features your card. You may post a picture of the sketch on your blog, but please save the image to your computer first. Use the keyword SSSC216 if you plan to post your card in an online gallery.

 Don't forget to see what the Sweet Sunday Sketch team has done this week.

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

Thanks so much for stopping by today. I hope you have a fabulous Sunday and a great start to your week.  

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Sequin Shaker Blog Hop!

I have been so excited about this blog hop since Paulina announced it. If you have been around my blog for a while, then you know I made my very first shaker card EVER about 6 weeks ago. Thanks to the lovely sequins from the Pretty Pink Posh shoppe (and now available at a bunch of other online stores...yipppee!!) I have been hooked. They are so fun to make and even more fun to give away. Who doesn't LOVE an interactive card??

I decided to use some of the awesome stitched dies from Lil' Inker Designs. LOVE them. I used the cool, Anytime Tag Die set for my shaker frame. 

Creating a shaker element in any size and shape is easy if you have some nesting dies. Simply start by cutting the largest size you want, then pink a smaller one, line it up in the middle of your first cut piece and run it through your die cut machine again. This will create the frame for your shaker. Paulina did a great How-to video here. Check it out. 

I created a Bokeh effect in the background with the solid circle stamp from Spot On stamp set and a pencil eraser. The sentiment was stamped in Grout Gray ink and it's from the Stay Beautiful stamp set. Once I had all the stamping done and pieced together my frame elements, I filled up my shaker with LOTS of pretty sequins from the Pretty Pink Posh store. I used: Fresh Mint, Aquamarine, Lemon Meringue, Pink Peonies.  

I prettied up my shaker frame with a custom flower. I used an unexpected die for my bloom, can you tell? It's the small stitched sun by Lil' Inker Designs. I cut two and layered them together, topping it with a pretty soft yellow button. The leaves are from the MFT Blueprints 14 Die-namcis. 
I will send you on your way. There is so much more to see. Please see all those that are hopping along in the link up on Paulina's blog. 

Join us at the PPP blog and link up your card. Or just check out all the great shaker card inspiration you'll find there!

Thanks for popping by today!

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Poppy Sketch and Simon Says Stamp challenges {hello}

Hello, my stampy friends.  I've got a CAS card (clean and simple) for you today. I was first inspired by the new-again sketch blog, Poppy Sketches #2.  As soon as I saw the layout, I knew I wanted to pull out my Insert It-Insta frame Die-namics. 

My Let's Polka paper pad is still not too far away on my desk. I used the gray stripes along with the sweet skunk from the Lawn Fawn set, Into The Woods (all links listed below). There was a color combo with this sketch-gray, red, and teal.  Mr. Skunk was colored up with Copic markers (W1, W3,W4, and a little R01 for his sweet cheeks).

I rarely mix up my products from different stamp companies on a single project. I have been telling myself that it's ok and I have been really feeling liberated by doing this. I used my Reverse Confetti Petals 'n Poppies die for my flower, the Lawn Fawn paper and stamps, and a MFT Die-namics.  

Here is the sketch from Poppy Sketches:

This weeks Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge is Clean & Simple. I think this one counts. It's a tall skinny card, 3.5 x 5.5 inches. 

Have a fabulous Thursday! 

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