2 Sketches 4 You (Laura's Sketch 16)

After a sunny 2 week Caribbean vacation, I feel relaxed AND creative. I sketched a scrapbook page layout almost every day in my journal so that the Puerto Rico scrapbook should go quicker than normal!

Today feels like Friday, since I got 2 extra comp days for 2008 and will not have to go back to work until Tuesday, 6 January 2009! Instead of working on house projects, I'm giving myself a "crop-in-house". Now, we'll see how much my little furry friends help me......

With such a great Christmas, we needed lots of thank yous! And, I recently subscribed to Quick Quotes canvas club of the month (yeah, like I need more scrapbook club of the month stuff...LOL!). I've used their yummy "Brown Sugar Collection" papers on these cards. (Other supplies are flowers: unknown, brads: unknown, bling: Michaels, stamps & ink: Stampin' Up, chipboard: from Tami's ideas cut with Sizzix, paint: Making Memories.)

Andy said he liked the second card better since it has two flowers -- he hadn't seen the sketch but I thought the first one was closer to the sketch. I kinda view the sketches as guidelines and idea starters! I'm not very good at being exacting (probably why I'm a terrible cook -- I tend to forget ingredients).





Especially a big thank you to Tami for the Quick Kutz. Hobby Lobby has these dies and the coupon does not generally exclude Quick Kutz. Yeah! I'm going to have some fun!

Happy & Safe New Year to all! (And I say good riddance to 2008!)

Thanks for looking at my blog.
Teresa

2 Sketches 4 You (Kazan Sketch 15)

OOOOh! A Scor-It tool! I saw this on Craft TV Weekly (www.tvweekly.com) about a year ago -- so totally cool!!!!


I was inspired by the colors in a Pottery Barn catalog for the birthday card. I turned Kazan's sketch 90 degrees (from portrait style to landscape style). When I saw the sketch, it looked like a door to me. I put a slit into a sheet of cardstock and slipped the "card" inside (see the second scanned image where the "card" is opened

Supplies include: cardstock & printed background paper (Club Scrap), tab punch (Stampin' Up), flowers (American Craft), bling (Precious Finds), and glimmer mist (Tattered Angels, though I'm not sure how well the glimmer shows up in the scanned images). I also used Cricut Teardrop font ("Happy"), Sizzix Junk Drawer font ("birthday"), Spellbinders (shapes).

For Heidi's bonus sketch, I used K&Company Christmas paper, Sizzix ornament diecut, Sizzix Curlie Girlie font, Mizuhiki paper cord, ribbon & brads (unknown). I wanted to use the word "jubilant" but it's just too long for a card because I was feeling very JUBILANT yesterday when the contractor finally came to cut the granite for my cooktop. In the past 6 months, I've learned that even minor remodelling is not for the faint of heart!

I hope everyone has a terrific holiday! Thanks for taking a look at my cards.

Gift Card Holders

Today, my husband finished his Christmas shopping (I'm already done and delivered family gifts over Thanksgiving!). He ended up with a few gift cards. I made a couple of gift card holders based on the stampmycard.com design from the 12 Days of Christmas 2007.

This is best suited for 2-sided paper. I used an assortment of supplies and scraps that were on hand. There is room for a personal message (see the top left image).

2 Sketches 4 You (1 Dec 2008 Sketch)

This is the first time I've blogged! Over the Thanksgiving holiday, my sister showed me the 2 Sketches 4 You site. I thought, "This is cool!"

I needed to make a birthday card for my friend, who is turning the BIG 4-0, and I decided to use the sketch. For my birthday, one of my friends gave me a birthday paper & embellishment kit by Colorbok (Dena's Closet) so I've used that paper for Maria's card.

Other supplies: Cardstock & Ribbon (Club Scrap); Photo Corner (Heidi Swap); Chipboard (Plain Jane); Ink (Ranger Distress); and Patterned Paper, Embellishment ("4" & "0"), & Transparency Quote (Colorbok kit).

Since we moved to a different house in May, I haven't had much time to scrapbook. I'm hoping the card challenges will get my creativity flowing again. I have two more cards for next week (Christmas gift exchange and another birthday) -- I can't wait to see the sketches.