Thanks, I'm so Lucky

CTS #112

Hello everyone and happy FRIDAY!!!!

Even though I'm a stay at home mom/Grammie I look forward to the weekends and having all my ladies home. It seems school and sports take up so much of their lives these days it's just nice to have them around. I hope everyone has fun plans for the weekend or just gets to enjoy some down time for themselves!

My card today I designed for the the Case this Sketch challenge. It looked pretty straight forward to me (a classic clean and simple design) and this is my take on it. I used Echo Park "hello Summer" 6x6 pack and my Lawn Fawn "thanks" die. I also grabbed a Taylored Expressions "friendship blooms" set to add to the sentiment. I added a few bling and finished up the card on some green card stock. I hope you like it and head on over to try your hand at these fun clean and simple card designs! Just click on the link below the picture of the sketch!

Thanks for stopping by!

Beauty is in God's Handwriting

CAS(E) this Sketch #68

Hi everyone...I can't get enough of the clean and simple sketches out there! Some just work so well to give such an elegant look to a hand crafted card. This is one of those cards I put together and just LOVED when it was finished. I used white on white and added some scraps from a 6x6 Bo Bunny pack "Gabrielle Collection" The stamped sentiment and leaves are from SU God's Beauty and the butterfly is from K&Co. I used my spellbinders and embossed the edges for the oval and popped it up above the papers. 

Come and play along..you have a few days left. Click on the link above.

Thanks for stopping by! 

I Sea It's Your Birthday (CAS) #66

CAS(E) this Sketch #66

Hi everyone!

Today I am sharing another sketch project from The clean and Simple Sketch blog. I seem to be in a happy spring mood with all my projects today, maybe because we have been having wind chills below zero again or maybe I just am wishing the warm sunshine here!

I used a Stampin Up set "Silly Sealife" and colored with some Copic Markers in the "W" shades. I added just a touch of  Glossy Accents on the water and a bit on the spout. I distressed the sides a bit then I mounted it on Black card stock and grabbed a piece of scrap Baja Blue from my work space and added the greeting from CC Designs "underwater Sentiments". This actually turned into my favorite card of the day, simple, clean and cute of course :)

Thanks for stopping by. You can join the sketch challenge until next week if you want to try..Click on the link above the sketch!

Here is another card just for fun with the same sketch, just a different idea using "yappy Day" set from SU :)

You Make The World Special

CAS this Sketch #65

Hey everyone...

Here is another challenge card I made today. I must tell you I love the challenges at CAS because they are truly clean and simple. There is something said of course to a fancy built up card as you know I LOVE texture but there are always those times when you just need a special card but not over the top. The sketches on this site are just that...and may I also state the design team is just amazing! I'm not sure how they come up with them each week, but I love to keep doing them.

My stamps are from SU "vases in vogue" and my sentiment is also SU "you make me happy" Both were some great older sets that I reached for...LOVE when I can do that!

My colors are from the current collection, coastal cabana, cantaloupe and pistachio. Paper is brown sugar and crumb cake. I used watercolor on all of the floral and vases. 

You have a few more days to head over and play this weeks sketch if you are up for it!

Thanks for stopping by :)

CAS(E) this Sketch #53

Hi everyone!

I am giving another try at this sketch thing! I wanted to go a little different route with this one since most of the entries are Holiday cards. I love this paper and the wild about you stamp set and wanted to make something together with them. I added the present the giraffe is standing on with some more of the coordinating paper from the stack.I hope you love it and thanks for stopping by!

If you want to play along with the sketch, just click the link below!

CAS(E) this Sketch #53

PS...OOOPS! I missed the entry..Didn't realize the time difference :( Still fun to play anyway!

CAS(E) this sketch #52

Hello again friends!

Since I have been getting more time to craft, I thought it would be fun to start trying some challenges again. Its always fun to win, but I love when I can get out of my comfort zone and have a prompt to start with. I think of it as in school when the teacher gave you a starting sentence and you had to finish the journal entry.

I found this fun site CAS(E) this sketch (clean and simple) sketches. I love what the design team has put together, so I wanted to try my hand at it.

Today I made my sketch in my November thankful mode in mind. I want to do some kind of thank you each day in November along with any other projects I may have and this one was perfect!

I used Apple Cider paper by Imaginisce and my sentiment is from Stampin Up "thoroughly thankful" My little Indian girl is a Paper Studio embellishment and I just love her...I made a matching Indian boy card, and I can't wait to send them out! 

I hope you can head on over and try the sketch out for yourself. Just click here and it will bring you right to their blog!

Thank you as always for stopping by! Have an amazing day!