Sketch Saturday #438

Hey,

So I am super pleased to be posting my first card as a part of the DT for Sketch Saturday!!

Whoop Whoop!!

I am so pleased to be joining this very talented group of ladies.

This week's sponsor is Simon Says Stamp who are offering a $25 voucher to their store.

Here is this weeks sketch -

I LOVE Simon Says Stamp and so I thought it would be fun to break out two of their cardkits for this challenge.

The November kit has all these amazing papers and so I used one of those and used it to choose my colours. The blue triangle and the tan panel are scraps from my scrap boxes.

I stamped two sentiments from the October and November kits and for a finishing flourish I stamped and fussy cut a squirrel from the October kit.

I love the wood dots by Teresa Collins and the use of them is seriously rationed!!

Your turn to join in the fun - go over to Sketch Saturday and be inspired by the rest of the DT makes.

Challenge ends 18th November 7pm GMT / 5pm EST.

Cx

Nutty Over You...

Hey,

I had a great birthday yesterday and it's not over yet :) Daddy and I are heading out to watch Baseball tonight...Yankees v Red Sox

But first, I wanted to enter the latest Simon Says Stamp Monday challenge, this time it's Powder Power, use embossing or pigment powders.

My October SSS cardkit arrived this week and the minute I saw it, I knew it would be perfect for Hubby's Anniversary card.

I pulled out a fave Hero Arts Lines background stamp and heat embossed it using Liquid Platinum embossing powder by Ranger - this is literally my fave powder ever!

I stamped the squirrel and sentiment from the cardkit stamp set and die-cut it out, I stamped hearts from the set too in a really pale pink and added one of the superb Acorn embellishments from the cardkit.

It felt a bit blah, so I added a bit of orange bakers twine to jazz it up - now I'm very happy and the orange fits the Halloween date of our Anniversary. LOL.

Cx

I heart Squirrels....

Hello,

Well that has been a busy old week! Fortunately Friday is here - whoop!

Since moving to NYC, we have developed a big love for Squirrels..here in StuyTown they are very tame and everyone feeds them nuts!

You might remember a few weeks back I submitted a card to the Northridge Publishing Cards blog and got a little prize. Well I saw the latest 'challenge / submission' request and I couldn't resist.

The challenge is to make a card using wood veneer..

Excellent, as I have just recently acquired some sheets of wood veneer paper.

I got busy and the main photo you see today is my finished card. The Squirrel I bought with my last prize from entering, I cut the leaves with my Silhouette and the sentiment sticker is by Recollections @ Michaels. The paper is by Pebbles and from their Lakeside stack.

I am SO pleased with my card - it's so fun, hence why I am posting it today, as it's a fun make for a Friday.

Have a great weekend.

Cx