Happy Halloween ~ 2 Sketches 4 You Bonus Sketch

Hey there, peeps! I'm super excited that I get to be your Bonus Sketch hostess over at 2 Sketches 4 You this week. I love this simple and clean layout and I hope you do, too!



I paired up some of my FAVORITE Holiday Mini goodies for my card today! The Nite Owl Designer Series Paper, the Dark & Dreary stamp set, the Raven Trim & Black Flourish Rhinestones are PERFECT together to create a spooky project!



Hope you'll join us over at 2 Sketches 4 You for not one but TWO sketches for your creative pleasure:) Have a great week and thanks for stopping by!



Stamps: Dark & Dreary
Paper: Rich Razzleberry, Old Olive, Basic Black, Whisper White CS, Nite Owl DSP
Ink: Black Stazon
Other: 1/2" Circle Punch, Old Olive Striped Grosgrain, Raven Trim, Black Flourish Rhinestones

Moments

How gorgeous is this flourish image with the Hummingbird? This new stamp set called Elements of Style is out of the Summer Mini Catalog which will be available to customers on May 1st! The flourish image was inked up in Barely Banana and then rolled in Sahara Sand...bye-bye Barely Banana (retiring this summer), but hello Crumb Cake which is a new kraft color that will be offered this summer in the 2010-2011 Idea Book & Catalog...woohoo!



I thought this was the perfect stamp set to showcase in the Shabby Tea Room's Embrace White Challenge #4...vintage style is difficult for me, but I'm working on it. I typically love eye-popping color and clean lines and I am trying to grow in my creativity:)



The Bonus Sketch to go along with Laura's #49 over at 2 Sketches 4 You this week was just right for this mostly white display.



The pretties flowers were stacked together over the bow with a half-backed pearl from the Pretties Kit as the flower center....gotta love pretties! Pretties with the Bella Bleu Designer Series Paper were made for each other, I think:)



Enjoy your day, folks! Go get crafty...



Stamps: Elements of Style
Paper: White Naturals, Whisper White, Kraft CS, Bella Bleu DSP
Ink: Barely Banana, Sahara Sand
Other: Kraft Taffeta Ribbon, Pretties Kit, Corner Rounder, other punch (non-SU)

Blossom

I've been wanting to play around with fabric again since I made my Shamrock card for Curtain Call Color Challenge: Act 21...and I've had my eye on this FUN challenge at Embellish magazine, called Embellish Color Challenge with Fabric using red, green, blue & kraft PLUS fabric, of course. I noticed that tonight was the deadline to get my card submitted, so after dinner, I headed up to my stamp room and this is the result! I used Alice's Bonus Sketch from 2 Sketches 4 You for inspiration of my layout and I think it totally works! Oh,and Verve is having a March Parade of Projects to inspire you to have "Fun with Flowers."



The fabric was die-cut using the Scallop Square, gathered by hand and stitched with the sewing machine. I wrapped some yummy Real Red Polka Dot Grosgrain around the gathered fabric before placing my main image over the top.





Stamps: Spring Blossoms (Verve)
Paper: Kraft, Night of Navy, Real Red, Whisper White CS
Ink: Always Artichoke, Certainly Celery, Night of Navy, Bordering Blue Stampin' Write Markers
Other: Scallop Square Bigz Die, Big Shot, Real Red Polka Dot Grosgrain, Playground Designer Buttons, Linen Thread, Oval/Scallop Oval Nestabilities (Spellbinders)