ABC sketch Challenge

Good afternoon!  Today is Monday and that means it's time for another challenge over at ABC Challenges.  This week's challenge found here, is a sketch challenge and I tried to keep the sketch fairly simple.  I added a few layers to my card, but this would be a great sketch for clean & simple cards too!  Below I have a photo of the sketch posted.

I was visiting some blogs today and I came across this card made by Ruth and I had to case it.  Hope you don't mind, Ruth :)

I ended up turning the sketch and I used dsp for the three panels.  The background behind the owl is sponged using bashful blue ink and a punched out scallop oval to help create to clouds.  My coral background was dry embossed using the perfect polka dots embossing folder.

I used the owl punch to create the owl and the scallop oval punch for the wings.  To make the wings simply fold an oval punch in half long ways and then using scissors cut it down the middle and you will have two wings.  The bird punch was used for the tree branch and I used a 1" circle punch to make the balloon as well as the owl punch again to create the bottom portion of the balloon.  It's hard to see in my photo, but the owl's foot is actually the bottom (gathered portion) of the balloon.  I tied some twine around the bottom part of the balloon and the other end is tied around the owl's wing.

And here is a photo of this week's ABC sketch challenge-

Thanks you for stopping by and I hope you enjoy the rest of your day.  Please help spread the word about our new challenge blog.  We are just starting out and it would be great to have you join us and play along!

Stamps:  It's Your Birthday
Card Stock:  White, Calyspo Coral, Lucky Lucky Limeade, Chocolate Chip, Floral District
Ink:  Chocolate Chip, Bashful Blue
Supplies:  Twine, Tombow Multi Glue, Dimensionals, Big Shot, Perfect Polka Dots Embossing Folder, White Gel Pen, Stamp-a-ma-jig, Sponge, 2 Step Bird Punch, Owl Punch, Scallop Oval Punch, 1" Circle Punch
Technique:  Dry Embossing, Sponging, Punch Art

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March 2, 2012

Happy Friday or TGIF as my sister would say.  The weekend is here and today I have a card I made for this week's splitcoast stampers sketch challenge (posted below) and I also made this card for today's free for all splitcoast challenge in which we were to create a card with blue flowers on it.

I used a retired stamp set called Roses in Winter.  This is one of those stamp sets that I wouldn't ever part with.  I've used it a lot!  To create my background paper I stamped leaves using crumb cake and I stamped the flowers using Bashful Blue and Marina Mist.  It looks like I used 3 different color blues, but I just stamped off once using Marina Mist to achieve the medium blue color.  Once my background flowers were stamped I then stamped over everything using another retired background stamp called French Script.  After that I was able to cut my background into four sections like shown in the sketch.

Next, I worked on the oval portion of my card.  I wasn't quite sure what I was going to do, but then after I stamped my sentiment it sort of came to me to try and put ribbon all along the outside of my oval and wouldn't you know, it worked!  I used some sticky strip tape and I placed it all along the back side of my oval and I gathered the ribbon so that it looked like it was ruffled and I went all along my oval.

After that was finished I stamped my sentiment (which is from a current set called Thoughts & Prayers).  I decided to use my spritzer tool, which I hardly ever use...to spritz some blue on my oval.  I used a technique called reverse masking to cover up my sentiment area.  In other words, my oval layer was spritzed with bashful blue, while my sentiment area remained white- it looks really neat in person.  I used a 1 3/4" circle punch for my mask.

I stamped and cut out a few more flowers and I placed them along the bottom portion of my oval.  It's hard to see in my photo, but I did add some dazzling diamonds glitter on my roses.  And to complete my card I decided to add a bow at the top of my oval.

This card is something a little different than I would normally have done, but I'm really happy with the results and so I hope you liked my card as well.  Thanks for stopping by.  I'll try to update my blog over the weekend because I have a baby card I made for another challenge.

Stamps:  Roses in Winter, Thoughts & Prayers, French Script
Card Stock: White, Crumb Cake,
Ink: Bashful Blue, Marina Mist, Crumb Cake
Supplies: Ribbon, Sticky Strip Tape, Spritzer Tool, Bashful Blue Marker, 2 Way Glue Pen, Dazzling Diamonds Glitter, 1 3/4" Circle Punch, Scissors for Cutting out flowers, Coluzzle Cutting system- for my oval
Technique:  2 Step Stampin', Reverse Masking

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December 8, 2010

I haven't played along with a splitcoast sketch challenge in a long time, so today I decided that's what I would do. I needed to make a thank you card and this is a new stamp set that I haven't used yet.

Like I normally do, I try to keep my cards clean and simple. After stamping the image I simply colored it using my SU markers and then in the centers of the flowers I added white dots using my white gel pen. After I finished coloring my image I decided to add a bit of glitter using my 2 way glue pen and SU's DD glitter. Glitter is such a quick and easy way to add that bit of pizzazz!

My background card stock is dry embossed using my SU Square Lattice embossing folder. Following the posted sketch I needed to add three smaller type additions to my card, so I decided to use the small flower that comes along with this set. I stamped the flowers, colored them, and punched them using my circle punches.

My sentiment was also stamped and then punched using my SU punches. Then just along the bottom of my card I added two rows of paper piercing- it seems as though I'm always adding some sort of paper piercing to my cards, but I really like that little bit of 'extra' on my cards without going overboard.

Thanks for stopping by! Have a great rest of the day!

Stamps: Because I Care
Card Stock: White, Bashful Blue, Brocade Blue
Ink: Black Stazon
Supplies: Ribbon, Cuttlebug, Square Lattice Embossing Folder, 2 Way Glue Pen, DD Glitter, SU Markers, Scallop Oval Punch, Large Oval Punch, Small Oval Punch, 1/2" & 3/4" Circle Punches, SU Mat Pack, Paper Piercing Tool
Technique: Dry Embossing, Paper Piercing

July 21. 2010

This is the card I made for this week's sketch challenge from Splitcoast stampers.  As soon as I saw this week's sketch I knew exactly which stamp set I wanted to use. 

I had just had this set out on my table and so I thought the snowman would be perfect in those squares.  I first stamped the snowman and then punched them out.

Next, I colored them using my SU markers and then I added a bit of blue to the snowman using my Watercolor crayons and a blender pen.  My white background is embossed using my cuttlebug and snowflakes embossing folder.

I decided to use some organdy ribbon along with silver cording for my ribbon treatment.  I thought it would look nice with the glitter I added on my snowmen.

Thanks so much for taking the time to drop by!  Have a wonderful day!

Stamps: Merry & Bright
Card Stock: White, Night of Navy, Bordering Blue, SU DP
Ink: Black Stazon
Supplies: Organdy Ribbon, Silver Cording, Modern Label Punch, Word Window Punch, Square Punch, Scallop Square Punch,  SU Markers, 2 Way Glue Pen, DD Glitter, Cuttlebug, Snowflakes Embossing Folder, SU Wonder Crayons, Blender Pen
Technique: Dry Embossing, Water Coloring

March 31, 2010

I just love this chocolate bunny stamp and I decided to use it again for today's splitocast sketch challenge.

I stamped the bunny and cut him out. I placed him over my sponged sky background, and then I added some grass and a few Easter eggs along the bottom.

I embossed my background using the Petals-A-Plenty embossing folder and then I colored each of the flower centers yellow with my SU marker.

Except for my ribbon, everything I used to make my card is from Stampin Up.

Thanks so much for dropping in, have a wonderful day!

Stamps: Chocolate Bunny, Flower Filled, Well Scripted
Card Stock: White, Close to Cocoa, Certainly Celery, Marigold Morning
Ink: Chocolate Chip, Certainly Celery, Bashful Blue, Marigold Morning
Supplies: Ribbon, Scallop Oval Punch- used for sponging my sky background, SU Marker, Cuttlebug, Petals-A-Plenty Embossing Folder, Scissors & Crimper- for the grass
Technique: Dry Embossing, Sponging

March 15, 2010

Hi everyone! I found a sketch challenge on Bugaboo's blog and I wanted to play along.
The challenge was just posted a few days ago, so there's still time to play. Jodie is offering some of her digi images for a prize.

The image I used is a Bugaboo image. I printed out my digi image and then I colored it using my SU markers. Once I was finished coloring I decided to add a few white dots on the egg using my white gel pen.

The photo below is of the sketch that we were to follow. I did some faux stitching along the edge of my Summer Sun card stock. My Take With Teal layer was punched using my SU scallop border punch.



I wasn't quite sure what I wanted to add in the lower right hand corner, but in the end I decided to go with some small punched circles and one small flower.

My background is half embossed using my Cuttlebug Swiss Dots embossing folder and just above my embossed area I added two decorative score lines using my score-pal.

Stamps: Bugaboo stamps Easter Chick Big Egg
Card Stock: White, Summer Sun, Pink Passion, Tempting Turquoise
Ink: None
Supplies: Ribbon, SU Markers, SU Boho Blossoms Punch, SU Scalloped Border Punch, 1/4" Circle Punch, Cuttlebug, Swiss Dots Embossing Folder, SU Mat Pack, Paper Piercing Tool, Scor-pal, White Gel Pen, 2 Way Glue, Pen
Technique: Dry Embossing, Faux Stitching

March 10, 2010

Good evening! I'm a bit late posting today, but better late than never, right! I made this card for today's sketch Splitcoast challenge. I kept the sketch almost the same, but I had to make my image layer a bit wider and once my card was finished I realized that I missed a layer, but I decided to upload my card anyway.

I colored my stamp using my SU markers and then I stamped the image onto my card stock. Next I inked up the grass image and then stamped that on a scrap piece of paper and then stamp it over my flower image. I wanted the color of the grass to be slightly lighter than the green leaves and stems. I actually stamped my flower image twice because I made a mistake the first time and I decided to cut out one of the (not messed up) flowers and use that on my card as well. So if it looks like there's an extra flower on my card, there is (this stamp only has three flowers, not four).

My sentiment is stamped and punched using the large oval punch and layered onto Summer Sun card stock which I punched with my scalloped oval punch and I have it tucked under my Old Olive green layer, so it looks like half of an oval. I decided that the upper left hand corner still needed a little something and I decided to use a photo corner (I forgot about that punch).

For my ribbon treatment, I found a buckle from my SU Hodge Podge hardware kit and I threaded my ribbon through and then I tucked my ribbon behind my Old Olive layer.

Thanks so much for stopping by and have a great night!

Stamps: Inspired By Nature, Warmest Regards
Card Stock: White, Old Olive, Chocolate Chip, Summer Sun
Ink: Chocolate Chip, Old Olive
Supplies: Ribbon, Hodge Podge Buckle, SU Markers, Large Oval, Scalloped Oval, Photo Corner Punch, Stamp-a-ma-jig
Technique: 2 Step Stampin

March 3, 2010

Happy Wednesday! I decided to make a card for today's Splitcoast stampers sketch challenge. Sketch challenges used to be my favorite challenges and I sort of got away from them, so I've been trying to make it a point to participate in them lately.

I stamped my image and colored it using my SU markers. I added a brad to the center of the wheel on the wheel barrel and some paper piercing in the upper left hand corner. My stamped image is adhered using dimensionals.

I decided to dig in my stash for some springy pattern paper. My plaid dp is from the DCWV Sweet glitter pack and my Certainly Celery DP is from SU. My ribbon is from Offray.

Thanks for taking the time to read my blog and I hope you have a wonderful day!

Stamps: Spring Gifts
Card Stock: White, Bashful Blue, Plaid DP is from DCWV Sweet Glitter Pack, Certainly Celery DP is from SU
Ink: Black Stazon
Supplies: Ribbon, SU Markers, Scallop Punch, SU Mat Pack, Paper Piercing Tool, Dimensionals, Brad, Hole Punch- for brad
Technique: Paper Piercing

February 27, 2010

We've had so much snow lately that I've been thinking of this image for the last few days. I knew I wanted to use it to make a card for Wednesday's sketch challenge, but then I read the challenge for Winter Olympics VSN and I came up with this card.

The VSN challenge was to create a card using all white including our embellishments, but we were allowed to color our images.

I stamped my image and then colored it using my SU watercolor crayons and blender pen. I tried to keep my image mainly white with just a little bit of coloring.

My background is embossed using my Snowflakes and Swiss Dots embossing folders. I also used my snowflake border punch along the bottom of my white layer just below my stamped image.

Stamps: Snow Angels
Card Stock: White
Ink: Black Stazon
Supplies: Ribbon, Cuttlebug, Swiss Dots Embossing Folder, Snowflakes Embossing Folder
Technique: 2 Step Stampin, Dry Embossing

October 7, 2009

Hi everyone and happy Wednesday! I don't have too much going on today, my son is at preschool right now and it's pretty quiet here at the moment.

This is my card for today's sketch challenge. As soon as I saw the sketch I knew exactly which stamp I wanted to use. (I ended up turning the sketch sideways).

My background is embossed using my Cuttlebug and my Snowflakes embossing folder. On my Glorious Green layer I did some faux stitching using my paper piercing tool and SU mat pack.

My main snowmen image was stamped using black stazon ink and then colored using my SU markers. You might be able to see it in the picture; I decided to add some glitter along the bottom of the snowmen using SU 2 way glue and DD glitter.

My sentiment is from SU's Warm Words and it is punched using my large and small oval punches. My ribbon is from Offray. Thanks so much for stopping by and have a wonderful day!

September 30, 2009

This is the week of our state fair, but it doesn't look like my family and I are going to get there this year. We go every year and sometimes two or three times and we always have such a great time, but the weather this week has been cold and rainy. It's too cold for the baby and my son is too big for a stroller this year and it might be too much walking for him. We really don’t have the money to spend this time and my husband’s job isn’t looking very good right now, so I guess we'll skip it this year.

My card today is for the sketch challenge. I used an older SU stamp set from 1999, called Holiday Helpers. I stamped the images, colored them using my SU markers, and then cut them out.

I couldn't find any dp that had red and brown in it, so I decided to make my own. I took the Merry Christmas stamp from SU's Greetings 4 You stamp set and I stamped it repeatedly (along an angle) using Close to Cocoa and Real Red ink.

I'm not quite sure that I like the way my card turned out. I'm thinking I have a bit too much brown for a Christmas card. I added a wider red ribbon to help off set the brown. Maybe I should have layered this on a white card base, I might have to try this again.

Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day!

September 28, 2009

Happy Monday to you all! It's going to be another busy week for me with preschool starting, but we are all still adjusting to our new schedule and I'm sure once we have our routine in place getting ready for school will go smoother.

This is my card for yesterday's featured stamper challenge. The featured stamper was NancyRuth. Here's her card that I decided to case. I kept the same colors and I used the same stamp set, but I changed the layout and I added a few more layers following last week's sketch challenge.

I also made this card for last Friday's limited supply challenge- to make a SOS card. S- stands for the SU stamps that I used. The O stands for the 'one sheet wonder' dp that I made. And the last S stands for the satin ribbon that I used.

I used SU's Happy Harmony stamp set to create my card. I cut my dp using the osw paper that I made and it's layered using Almost Amethyst and Lovely Lilac card stock.

The punched out butterflies are from Martha Stewart's 3 in 1 butterfly punch and my ribbon is from Offray. Thanks so much for stopping by and have a great day!

September 16, 2009

Happy Wednesday to you all! Well, it's the middle of the week and another beautiful day here in Pennsylvania! I just love this kind of weather. It's not too hot or too cold and soon our yard work duties will slow down. We have to take care of my husband's grandmother's yard as well as ours and with the addition of our baby girl this year, this summer has been very hectic. Fall is my very favorite time of year. I love being outside with the kids raking leaves. I'll have to post some leaf pictures in a few weeks.

Here's my card for today's sketch challenge. As soon as I saw the sketch I knew exactly which stamp set that I wanted to use. This image (and sentiment) is from SU's Essence of Love stamp set. When I first saw this stamp set I thought, UGH! is that ugly, but once I got it and I started playing around with it, it quickly became one of my favorites. That just teaches me not to judge a stamp by the image.....LOL Okay bad pun, but you know what I mean, I hope.

I used my SU markers to color the stamp and then stamped it onto my card stock. It took me a little while to color the image, and I had to 'huff' the image very well before stamping it. You should see my husband shake his head at me when I'm huffing...LOL He thinks I'm nuts, but it really does make a huge difference when stamping.

That's about it for my card, it's pretty straight forward. I followed the sketch for my layout and as for my color choices, well the color wheel made me do it! I had no idea what colors to use and I got out my trusty old color wheel. See I knew I bought that for a reason!

Lastly, I added some glitter onto the flowers and I stamped and cut out the butterfly image and added that to my card. Thanks so much for looking and have a wonderful day!

September 2, 2009

Good Morning! Yesterday Miss Boo (Jen) has announced the new Autumn Design Team for her weekly Clean & Simple challenges on splitcoast stampers. And what a surprise it was to discover that I have been chosen as a DT member for this term! I am so honored and excited and I'd like to thank Jen and the former DT members for giving me this wonderful opportunity!



A few days ago I shared a few pictures of my son and baby daughter, so today I thought I would share with you all a picture of my oldest daughter. Today was her first day of school and ever since she was little I have always taken a picture of her on the first day of school and every year she complains about it, but I do it anyway...LOL Someday she'll thank me for it!

She started high school today, oh where does the time go? It seems like just yesterday I was taking her picture while she was headed off to her first day of kindergarten.

It was pretty quiet here without her, but she really likes school and I think she was looking forward to getting back to school and with her friends.



My card for today is for the weekly sketch challenge. The weather here is so nice and cool and it reminds me of fall, so I decided to create a fall card today. The image is from SU's Happy Fall Y'All. I'm not quite sure that I like this card, maybe it's the image that I don't like. My husband isn't too crazy about this stamp set and I usually take his opinion to heart.

Anyway, I stamped the image and colored it using Watercolor Crayons and a blender pen. I stamped the pumpkin, colored, and cut it out and added it to the main image. The More Mustard background is embossed using the Cuttlebug embossing folder Leafy Branch. The Old Olive layer is stamped using Old Olive ink and the leaf/square stamp from the same stamp set.

I wasn't quite sure where I should place my sentiment, so I decided to add it sideways long the left side. My other added embellishments were twine and a button. Thanks so much for looking and I hope you all had a wonderful day!

August 12, 2009

Boy, it sure is a hot one today! I'm just about to leave and I'm taking my kids to a local farmers market. I don't think I'll be buying much in the way of fruits and vegetables, but it's good for us to get out of the house for a little while. The kids love to eat the chicken fingers and fries that they have there. I'm just hoping that it's not too hot at the farmers market.

Here's my card for today's sketch challenge (I had to make it a quick one today). I was going through some of my decorative paper that I have and I realized that this paper matches SU's Polka Dots & Paisley stamp set. I decided to use the colors of the decorative paper so the card stock that I used is: white, Pretty in Pink, Bashful Blue, and Barely Banana.

This card was super easy to make (I just love quick and easy cards; especially when I have three kids and a husband ...LOL) All I did was cut my decorative paper and the Bashful Blue paper to fit into today's sketch. Then I stamped my flowers using my SU ink pads. The stems are Certainly Celery green and the flowers are stamped using Pretty in Pink, Bashful Blue, and Barely Banana ink.

I decided to use the sentiment that came with this stamp set. I figured the word Happy would be suitable for a birthday card. The ribbon I used is from Offray. I have to run, have a great day!

July 29, 2009

I made this card for today's sketch challenge.

My husband's grandmother's cousin passed away this past weekend (unexpectedly) and I thought to myself that I should have had some sympathy cards on hand. I generally make sympathy cards as I need them, but I thought it would be a good idea to make some extras.

I recently received this stamp set and I haven't had a chance to use it until now. I love all of the wonderful cards that I have seen using this stamp set so I just had to have it!

As for my card, I first started to color the stamp using my SU markers, but that took forever and my resulting image didn't look that great. I ended up inking up my stamp with my Certainly Celery ink pad and then wiping off the tree trunk and coloring the branches using my Close to Cocoa SU marker; my image came out much better this way.

I don't have very much Certainly Celery paper left so I decided to use some decorative paper that I have for my background paper. My ribbon is from Offray. I decided to use a technique that I learned on splitcoast (from a past challenge) called 'ribbon stacking'. I just layered my ribbon and taped them together (using my ATG tape gun) and tied my knot.

July 27, 2009

Well, it's Monday! And my favorite weekly challenge is here! And to top it off, it's a sketch challenge. Two of my very favorite challenges put together, well I decided to get right to work and see what I could come up with. Today's sketch was based upon this card shown here. This sketch makes real quick and easy cards.

I decided to make another Christmas card using this sketch. I figure it's getting close to the end of July and I could make one more Christmas in July card.

For my Christmas card basically all I did was stamp and color. My image is from SU's Big on Christmas and I colored it using my SU markers.

The decorative paper I used is also SU, but I'm pretty sure it's a retired pattern. Then I tied the ribbon on my card. Almost all of the ribbon that I use is from Offray. I find that it's a lot cheaper to purchase my ribbon from Offray and I'm pretty happy with the quality and most of what I buy matches the SU colors pretty well.

My second card that I made for today's CAS sketch challenge is a masculine card. I rarely ever make masculine cards so I decided to try one today.

This card was super quick and easy to make. All I did was stamp my image and assemble my card. My image is from SU's Yukon stamp set. I just stamped it using Close to Cocoa ink and that was it.

Again, I'm pretty sure the SU decorative paper I used is a retired pattern. My sentiment is from SU's It's Your Birthday. I also used a buckle from the hodge podge hardware set that I have (and that's retired as well).

July 22, 2009

My husband's grandmother came over for a visit today and she spent most of the day with my son and the baby. It gives me a break and I'm able to get lots of house work finished while she's here and that leaves me some extra time for stamping today.

I really loved the sketch chosen for today's sketch challenge and so I ended up making two more cards using this sketch. This sketch was so quick and easy and with three children and a husband, I'm all about quick and easy!

For my first card I used my SU Simply Said stamp set. I stamped the flower image three times and punched out a portion of each image. I colored them using my SU markers.

My background paper is just stamped using Certainly Celery ink and my SU background stamp Dots & Daises. I love the way these two stamp sets go together and I don't use them nearly enough.

I used ribbon for my embellishment and the sentiment is from SU's Warmest Regards. I feel as though I'm always making birthday cards, but it just ends up that's what I need the most.

My second card is another Christmas card (I've been making lots of Christmas cards lately). I used the same sketch, but I flipped the sketch sideways.

This is an old, retired stampin up stamp set from way back in 1994! My mother-in-law bought me this stamp set last year at a yard sale.

I just stamped the elves and colored them using my SU watercolor crayons and blender pen.

I used my 1 1/4" square punch to punch out the elf images and my 1 1/2" scallop square punch for my real red paper.
My sentiment is from SU's Snow Swirled stamp set and my ribbon is from Offray.

July 21, 2009

Here's a card that I made for tomorrow's sketch challenge. I just love when a challenge is posted early! This sketch was based on Miss Boo's card seen here. I just loved her card; in fact I was the first one to leave a comment on it!

I was looking through some decorative paper that I have and I found one that I thought resembled my SU Heartfelt Thanks stamp set. I decided to use that for the inspiration for my card. I also used the colors in the decorative paper for some color inspiration and for the most part these colors are way out of my comfort zone, but after I was finished with my card I was happy with my results.

I stamped the outline flower stamp and using my stamp-a-ma-jig and then I stamped the solid flower image with so saffron ink. The flower centers (and flower outlines and sentiment) are all stamped using Not Quite Navy ink.

I used my 1 1/4" square and 1 1/2" scallop square punches on my card. I love these punches together and I use them all the time. I added some white ribbon for my embellishment and my sentiment is from SU Birthday Whimsy.

This was a great sketch to follow and I may try and make another card using it tomorrow.

July 8, 2009

I made this card for today's splitcoast sketch challenge. Wednesday's sketch challenges used to be my very favorite challenge, and I've sort of gotten away from them. I have to try and start making a point of doing them again because they are super easy to follow and some of my favorite cards have been the result of a sketch challenge.

Anyway, here are two cards that I made for today's sketch challenge. I've been making some Christmas cards lately and I got to thinking that if I make more Christmas cards now, then it might not be such a chore when it comes time to send out my Christmas cards later this year.

The only stamp set that I used to make my first card here is a SU stamp set called sweet holidays. On my real red paper I stamped the peppermint candy stamp using real red ink. On my green galore paper I used the gum drop stamp and I stamped it using green galore ink.

The gingerbread house took me awhile to color. I used my SU markers and colored the house and all of the candy. Then I covered the candy roof and gum drops with crystal effects and quickly dusted dd glitter over it and let dry. I added the green and white ribbon and green button for my embellishments.


For my second sketch challenge card I decided to force myself to create a masculine birthday card. I very rarely make any masculine cards, mainly because I just don't use them very often, but they are always good to have on hand.

This card was super quick and easy to make, in fact I had this card finished in about 10 minutes. There is no coloring on my card, all I did was stamp and assembled.

I used the SU stamp set nobel deer and I stamped the sahara sand paper using a versa mark ink pad and the pine cone stamp. I used the SU background stamp called weathered to add some texture to my ballet blue paper.

For my main deer image all I did was ink and stamp. I assembled my card and I added some twine and a ballet blue button. I threaded the twine through the button from behind it and then I tied a knot. I tried to do a little something different with the twine and I twisted is all along my card. My sentiment is from SU's it's your birthday stamp set.