For you Gypsy Card for Sketch #14 AHSC

Good morning, or at least I hope it will be a good morning.  It's 7am here on the Atlantic Coast, and the past few days the weather has been less than summery. (Is summery a word?)  I made this card for my bff since she thinks I don't make any cards using purple....hehe!

Here is the sketch for this week:

I should explain that I sketch out a card and it is hen scratching at best with details wrote across the sketches, and Darla does her best to interpret my sketches....so sometimes she can't get my little details in the same way, so she chooses the best options.  So this is my card, from my sketch.

The card base is White Daisy which has a piece of Gypsy CS that was run through my cuttlebug using the True Love all-in-one folder.  I then inked up the embossed section(which is raised, so it is the only part that takes the ink).  The floral area is stamped on White Daisy using the Floral Happiness SOTM set in 1st and 2nd generation stamping.  This stamp set has a base and detail stamp that coordinate together.  This is 3D popped ontop of a White Daisy mat.  The Sentiment is from the From Me to You stamp set(retired) in Black Ink and again in Gypsy Pigment Ink.  The accessories used are silver coloured Opaques from the Licorice collection.

I hope you take the time to visit our Sketch Challenge, today our design teams creations are posted as well as the Top 3 from last week.  If you haven't had the chance to enter yet, what is stopping you, grab our sketch and play along.  Remember that every Monday morning, a new sketch is posted.  

June 29 Last day of Convention

So we are still having so mush fun, there is just so much to do and so many fabulous people to meet.   This morning we are doing things just a little bit differently.  We are starting off with a Creative Session where we got to make this beautiful necklace.  Yes, you heard me right.  We now carry products for making some jewellery.  

This necklace comes as a kit for only $14.95, which includes the base, the bling, the textile fabric, and the adhesive, along with instructions.  Available to order August 1/13, this makes a great accessory to any outfit, and if you are looking for a gift that is just a little different, this is perfect.  I'm thinking that along with the other base pieces that are available that it would make an awesome girls birthday party.  (Contact me for more details, or to get your hands on a NEW Idea Book)

During this creative session we also got the chance to make some awesome cards using the New Spin cards, and New M-Size Stamp sets.  (Watch for upcoming posts where I will post some photos of some of these cards.)

From there we went for lunch, and then I helped Darla and Rosalynd shop for their families, as I had my shopping all done.  It was fun to help them find gifts for Darla's children, and for Rosalynd's husband and grandson.

After shopping we had our last General Session which was a Q&A with Jeanette.  Here are just a few photos.

There were a few side-splitting moments, and I'm sure everyone had a few good chuckles.  Even Jeanette and Monica had a few crack-ups.  She answered lots of questions, and told some stories....it was a great closing General Session which was followed by a closing crop where we could finish any of the projects we didn't quite get done earlier.

It was during this time when I was handing out my last few swap cards to the corporate staff that I found my Sticky Boy.  I was so excited, my very first convention.  Here I thought it just couldn't' get any better than winning Rising Star, but to top it off I got to bring home a Sticky Boy.

After we finished at the crop, Rosalyn, Darla and I ordered a pizza to take back to our room.  We had to pack as we were leaving very early the next morning.  Our bus was leaving the resort at 4:15am.....urggg!

Stay tuned for my next post with a few photos from the Dance party.  

Celebrate Card with Color My Heart

Today I decided I would play along with Color My Heart.  This weeks colors are Sorbet, Blush and Gypsy.  Recently I've been playing with my Embossing folders, which I love, and I really like being able to make my own patterned paper.  So I dug out my cuttlebug and the Beautiful all-in-one folder, ink pads, sponges and my alcohol markers and got ready to make my card.

I colored the flowers in with the Alcohol Markers using the Blush, Sorbet and Gypsy.  Then I grabbed my Olive ink and a sponge and colored the vines.  Then using Blush, Sorbet and Gyspy ink and sponges went over the flowers to color in the areas that were left white. I took a piece of Ribbon from the Red Designer Ribbon in Sorbet(retired) and wrapped it around the flower paper, then adhered it to a piece of Sorbet cardstock.  To finish the card off, I stamped Celebrate from the stamp set From Me to You (retired) in Blush pigment and heat set it using clear embossing powder.

A Chocolate Affair

I made this card for my Drop in Card Class, I wanted to showcase August SOTM, and give my customers a sneak peak at what was in store for them.

I started with a White Daisy cardbase, then added a piece of Chocolate CS at the top, and on the bottom I added a piece of buttercup which was stamped using the New Geometric Backgrounds Stamp in Honey.  I then added a piece of our New Bronze Shimmer Trim which will also be available to order on August 1/13.

Then you will see I have a Cotton Candy mat, and I stamped the sentiment in Chocolate ink on the White Daisy and then adhered that all to the card.  Using scraps of White Daisy I stamped the strawberry 4 times, twice in Cotton Candy, and twice in Chocolate.  I also stamped the top in Olive.  I trimmed out all pieces and paper pieced them together. After together, I used the Cranberry Alcohol marker and added the drizzle effect.  The bottom strawberry is adhered right to the card, the second has 3D foam tape to pop it off the card.

Happy Birthday with Stella and Sketch #13 at AHSC

It's time for another card from Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge.  I am having so much fun, it is really great, we have an amazing design team, which has crossed the ocean.  Yep one of our design team members is from Sweden.  How cool it that?  We've had entrants all over Canada and the United States, and a few from the UK.  

The artwork that has been displayed on our blog each week is phenomenal.  So here is the sketch #13:

You can find the post here, as well as the artwork submitted by all the entrants through out the week.

For my card I used Stella(retired), I wanted to keep it very subtle.  I liked the patterns in this paper and the colors.  So I layered them and stamped Happy Birthday from the Joyful Birthday Stamp set in Saddle.  Then using the paper flowers, I colored them with Autumn Terracotta, Lagoon, and Sorbet Alcohol Markers.  To finish the card I took some twine from the Harvest Assortement and a button that I had left over from somewhere else.

I hope you enjoyed my card, and to find the rest of the Design Teams creations, just click here.