"Smile" Card - CPS 5th Anniversary Day 3 Sketch Challenge

Finally caught up with all the CPS sketches that I missed - yahoo!!! This card I made for Day 3. I was inspired by the scalloped border and knew I wanted to do some clouds. I cut the 5 1/2" x 5 1/2" scallop square using the Cricut and Sure Cuts A Lot 2. I layered it on a basic white square card that was a little smaller than the scallop piece so that you couldn't see the white cardstock. I then added some layers of patterned paper from the Fine & Dandy Collection and the Modern Homemaker Collection. My sister, Emily, gracious gave me a piece of her favorite blue sparkly trim to add with a flower in the middle made with 1' Gluber, tulle trim, and some flower die cuts I have had forever (I think they are both K&Company)

I made the sentiment using the Vintage Label punch from McGill and the Small Talk stamp set from My Creative Time stamped in a brown ink from Close To My Heart. It looked great on the lined pattern cardstock also from the Fine & Dandy collection. White-dotting around the edge of the lable using a gel pen added the final touch.

Now I am ready for sketch 6!!

CPS Day 3 Sketch

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Vintage Valentine Card - Deconstructed Sketch No. 36

I was looking for another challenge to do today and found a great website called the deconstructed sketch. The challenge was to make a card using the sketch below. I knew I wanted to make a vintage-looking card and use my favorite paper collection "Modern Homemaker" from October Afternoon. I made the button flower from a 1 1/2" Gluber, ribbon from my Grandma Hildie's collection, and a button I had one from a Crop Party. The yellow cardstock was embossed using the Swiss Dots Embossing folder from Cuttlebug. I also used a generic frame svg file I have to make the blue base for the "recipe" paper. I plan on giving this card (and a big smooch) to my hubby on Valentine's Day!

Couch Card using Good Company svg file from Lettering Delights

I was dying to use the new Good Company svg file from Lettering Delights. At the same time, my husband needed a thank you card for a co-worker. I loved using this couch file. The yellow was cut first, with the red-polka dot and black layered on top. I had initially made a boo-boo by embossing the sentiment right onto the black cardstock. It looked really funny so I decided to punch a label out of yellow cardstock and emboss on that. The black and white ribbon helped masked my embossing mistakes too. Those mistakes actually made one darn cute card!

The first version. I tried to remove embossing marks with baby wipes - bad idea!


Supplies Used:
Couch Die-cut: Good Company svg file (Lettering Delights)
Patterned cardstock: Social Club (Cosmo Cricket)
Sentiment: One of a Kind set (Stampin' Up)
Red Embossing Powder: Zing Embossing Powder in Rouge (American Crafts)
Ribbon: Elements (American Crafts)
Punch: Vintage Label (McGill)
Gel Pen: White Gel Pen (Gelly Roll)