Sunday Stamp Leaf

Hey, hey - back again for a sketch challenge at Sunday Stamps.  This week's sketch was designed by Monica.  I love how the sections are different sizes.  I decided to use Comfort Cafe for my paper and spent a lot of time making "Baby Wipe" leaves with different sets and dies.  I settled on a single leaf on a circular background....that Cajun Craze piece at the top of the card was just too busy to "support" the other leaves; to my mind anyway.

Rather than a strip of ribbon along the side I used the Double Scallop Ribbon Border punch and ran a piece of Early Espresso Baker's Twine down the middle.

Give this sketch a try, as you can see from Monica's sketch - you can use any shape as the focal point, so the sky's the limit.  Check out what the other Design Team Members have created over at Sunday Stamps and when you're finished with your creation be sure to link it to the blog so we can check out what you've come up with.

Thankfully, the leaves haven't started to change here - the weekend is suppose to be a good one, but it's suppose to get cooler Monday - so I'll be enjoying a bit more deck time for a couple of days.

If you're a fellow teacher, I hope your first few days back a school were good.

Thanks for stopping by for a visit.

Joan

Mixed Butterflies

Good Monday Morning - I decided to play with some new paper today while doing the sketch challenge from Just Add Ink.  The Designer Series Paper is Patio Party - available staring Friday.  I love the little butterflies on the one sheet - they go well with the Embosslit butterflies.

I'm off to school now - I like these particular afternoons because I'm teaching grades 3-6 - I like working with the older ones at this time of year.....well, except for the fact that some of them are just DONE with school.    It's all good!

Thanks for visiting - hope you had a great start to your week.

Joan

Global Snow

 Gotta love supportive husbands!  Mine came home this afternoon, and after the usual "Make a Card!" greeting - I showed him what I had done.  "That's nice, but..."  And then I noticed - I've got animals from two different poles - so we decided that it was globally friendly!  LOL

I used the Crayon Resist technique to keep the polar bear & penguin tummy white while sponging Marina Mist onto the Glossy White Paper.  Over at Hand Stamped Sentiments you could use the Shaving Cream, Crayon, or Popping Pastels as a technique for your project. The sketch is from Freshly Made Sketches.  I suppose in hindsight I should have used the snowflake embossing folder, but I was using up pieces of embossed paper which I already had.

I've been busy planning, cutting and prepping for upcoming events.  It's a busy time of year - but lots of fun too.  Hope things are going tickety-boo for you this weekend.  Thanks for stopping by.
Joan