Retro Sketches Challenge

I love sketches, especially when I'm either in a "rut" and need inspiration, or (like today) I'm not feeling super-confident in my cardmaking abilities. LOL

Retro Sketches never fails to have fun, creative sketches posted, along with some fabulous inspiration cards. Although I don't play along with this challenge as often as I should, I have many of the sketches pinned and use them regularly.

This weeks sketch has fun hexagons that I just couldn't resist:

I wanted to use my July Counterfeit Kit, but I didn't have any hexagon embellies or even a hexagon punch. So, I trimmed a hexagon from a different patterned paper to use as my template, traced it into some pretty papers from my kit, and hand-cut the hexes for my card. I adhered the speech bubble print with foam squares to make it pop just a bit. 

So, I'm slowly getting back into the swing of things. With nothing on my schedule for the day, I plan on busting out the ink pads and playing with my stamps for the first time in...well, too long. :)

Fusion Challenge {Red, White & Blue}

I feel like the new kid on the first day of school. I haven't participated in a challenge or posted a project for months. I'm a little nervous. ;)

Starting out nice and slow, using a fun sketch from the current Fusion Challenge.  Although the challenge is called {Red, White & Blue}, I chose to use just the sketch as my inspiration, along with supplies from my July Counterfeit Kit, Fresh Start. 

Here is the inspiration:

And here is my little project:

I cheated a bit with the sketch, using patterned paper from my kit that already had the "V" printed on it. Creative trimming. ;)  The little "happy" frame is my newest discovery from Jillibean Soup. Super cute!  A random twirling of baker's twine under the matching flower was just what this little card needed. A fun way to get my feet wet again in the papercrafting pool!

Counterfeit Kit for July

Can you believe it-an actual blog post after 11 months!  Life has been super crazy.  Lots of changes.  Some good, some not-so-good...but all of those changes have led to one of my very favorite things in the whole world: a fresh start. :)

That's what I've decided to call my Counterfeit Kit for July: Fresh Start. I feel like my style has changed so much in just the past year, so I can't wait to see what will come out of this kit!  New cards, of course, but also layouts!  Yes, I have been taking actual photos that I can't wait to scrap!  Who knew I would ever feel that MY life was worth documenting?  Yep. It's a fresh start. 

The kit we are counterfeiting this month is the Balboa kit from Noel Mignon.   Here is the inspiration kit in all it's loveliness:

I just adore the colors and fun elements of this kit. I followed it very closely when I created my own kit, starting with my patterned papers because I had some of the exact ones from the inspiration kit.  I haven't included any cardstock in my kit, as I have recently moved and all of my "colors" are still packed away somewhere. LOL. But I do have my basic kraft and white cardstock handy in my drawer to pull as needed.  Here's my Fresh Start kit:

I'm still looking for my tiny alphas, brads, and veneer frames. I know they're packed in a box here somewhere! LOL. When I come across them, I will add those to my kit, too.

Thanks for looking at my take on this month's kit. I've already made 2 cards using it. I'll be back later to share those. Happy Tuesday! :)

An early Christmas card share :)

I know it's only August-

much too early to be posting Christmas cards-

but I have a cute little gift card holder that I wanted to share. :)

 

This is a card I made for a recent card that didn't get picked up.

 

 

Love this stamp set from Paper Smooches! 

I paired it with papers from Crate Paper

and a Maya Road kraft snowflake.

 

I like this design for the coffee cup-

I think I will try it with other shapes in place of the snowflake

(maybe a circle or heart?)

 

Thanks for visiting today! :)



Sigh...You are Fabulous.

What?  Two shares in two days? 

That's a record for me this summer. :)

 

This is a "reject" from a recent call that is a bit different from my usual style. 

It was my first time using gold paint,

but with gold trending right now, I wanted to give it a try. 

I love all of the Pinterest pins that combine pastels with gold,

so I thought it would look great on a card.

 

 

The chipboard sticker and papers are from Basic Grey's Knee Highs collection, sentiment stamp is from Unity, and that fun gold paper fringe is from K & Co.

 

Thanks for popping by!



hello. :)

So, I got a not-so-subtle reminder that I haven't updated the blog for a while!

LOL

(Thanks, Steph!)

 

I have made a few cards over my summer vacation,

but haven't taken the time to share many. 

Sorry!

 

Here's a bright one for you today.

I am in love with neon right now!

I just got the new neon ink pads from Hero Arts, too, so you'll probably need sunglasses to read my blog before the summer's over. ;)

 

 

I cut this fun kraft and neon background using the Creative Cards cartridge from Cricut. 

Fun, huh?

The stamp is from Studio G.  I stamped it with Versamark

and embossed with black embossing powder.

 

I'm hoping that I have some time today to get inky.  Happy Tuesday! :)



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