Feb stamp club Sketch Challenge

We will be having our club night this week and Charlene has sent out an interesting sketch.
This month's sketch comes from her favorite place Freshly Made Sketches #272

and here is my take on it

My plan is to keep using what I have and I have had these papers for a long time. You will probably see me use them a few more times. 

Have a great week ! 

Donna

HAPPY NEW YEAR! 2017

I noticed that it has been awhile since my last post...

I have been making cards! I had joined up with a Birthday club and have a few of those photos to share. I just need to find them and get them ready to post. I also have cards that I had made for our Stampin Up club card challenge that I will post as soon as I can.

I just finished and mailed off the January birthday cards :)

Here they are. We usually have only 3 to make each month but this month there were 4. I decided that I want to work harder on using what I already have.

I have had this paper pad for a long time and wanted to start using it. I Love how these cards turned out. I want to make more! I don't know why but they remind me of patchwork quilts!

  

And here is our January 2017 Stampin up card sketch challenge
This month our sketch challenge comes from Freshly Made Sketches #269

Here is my take on the Sketch

I just love this jar of love set! and I am planning to use it for next months Birthday cards :) 

That is all for today. I am planning to make another post in the near future. Stay warm and take care everyone

Donna

May Stampin up card sketch challenge

Here we go... It's May and another sketch challenge that I managed to find the time to join in on the fun. The sketch comes from Freshly Made Sketches #229 and what a great sketch.

Here is my take on the sketch challenge

Hmm I guess I have been liking the black and white combo lately :)

I used the square framelit die from Stampin up and the stitched square die comes from Gina Marie Design.
The sentiment comes from a Stampin up stamp set called the Six-sided sampler. Loved how it fit perfectly in the square.
I have no idea where I got the butterfly lace trim but was glad I found it in my stash :)

April stamp club sketch challenge

Its April and we have another sketch challenge. This sketch comes from Freshly Made Sketches #231
Ooooh I liked this sketch!

Here is my take on it. I don't know why but the show called "The Jetsons" was in my head when I was creating this card.

So excited, tomorrow is our club night and I am curious to see what we will be creating :)
Have a great weekend !
Donna

March stamp club card sketch challenge

Here we go, our card sketch challenge comes from Freshly Made Sketches 223

 My take on the sketch

I saw those two strips of paper laying in my scrap paper stash and I thought to myself that they would be perfect for my card. I had used the stamp set Tape It with the colours Coastal Cabana and Cameo Coral. I really wanted to stick with those two colours for the card.

Using Coastal Cabana ink and a stamp from the Gorgeous grunge stamp set, I stamped onto a piece of Coastal Cabana cardstock to create my background.  I needed a flower so I grabbed my flowershop stamp set and stamped out my flower using Cameo Coral.

There you have it. I love these colours and really enjoyed working with this sketch.

Have a great evening
Donna

February stamp club sketch challenge 2016

Good Morning!

First I will start off with the link to the sketch challenge. It comes from Freshly Made Sketches # 221

Last month I finally ordered the woodgrain background stamp,  I have been wanting this stamp for awhile. Well I finally have it, and I really wanted to use it on this months sketch challenge. The ink I used was early espresso then stamped onto crumbcake cardstock. As you can see I cut the stamped image up to look like fence boards. I love how this card turned out.

I placed the fence boards a bit crooked just to help it give that "aged" look. It isn't showing up very good in the photo but I used the wink of stella on the word happy.



and here is the inside

Now I am ready for our stamp club  this thursday.

Have a great day!
Donna

Stampin UP January 2016

I'm back! lol
Just getting ready to go to my next stamp club and wanted to quickly share the sketch challenge that was offered to us. This month the sketch comes from Stampin' Celebration SC109
here is my take on it

Here is a list of the items I used to make this card
Inks: are from Stampin Up : Sahara Sand, Coastal Cabana, and Calypso Coral
Stamp sets used are from Stampin Up: Gorgeous Grunge, Tape it, Secret garden stamp & die, and the leaf die from Flower Flair set.

I used a waterbrush and Calypso Coral to "paint" the flower. I then edged with the wink of stella.

I will be back soon to share what we made at our stamp club group. Until then take care and have a great weekend!
Donna

Stampin' Up February 2015 challenge

The challenge for this month comes from Freshly Made Sketches

Here is my take on the sketch. Oh and I learned a new way to tie a knot!

Have a great weekend everyone!
Donna

Stampin Up Dec 2014

I have a few min.  Cookies are in the oven. I figured I could get caught up on my Stampin' Up posts :)

Here is my my take on the card sketch challenge for December

And here are our as usual awesome projects that we did.

Our first project comes from Sunn Stampin  I love the look of this card.

Our second project comes from Stamp with Amy K  These cute snowman tags were made using the Stampin up envelope punch board! gotta love a tool that is functional for more than one idea :)

Our last project comes from Simply Simple Stamping  These crackers are a really nice size. I think they would look great hanging from the tree filled with treats :)

There you go more ideas for next Christmas ! Thanks Charlene!

 I am off to go have a cup of tea with some fresh cookies !

Stampin Up November

WHEW! I am now into November! lol

I did not have time to enter the card sketch challenges for the last couple of months but this month I am joing in on the fun. The card sketch challenge this month comes from Pals Paper Arts PPA225

here is my take on the sketch challenge

I will be posting the November cards here in a few days. Untill then enjoy the weekend!

Donna

just a little challenge

It's been raining almost everyday for the past week and yes the forecast is rain for this weekend, sigh.

Charlene thought it would be fun to send out a challenge for who ever would like to particapate.

Here is the link to the card sketch which comes from Freshly Made Sketches
Love this sketch.

Here is my version

Wishing you all sunshine!
Donna