stamp it with Jen: retro sketches

Friday, May 10, 2013

Retro Sketches Challenge!

I had so much fun making a card with this layout for my mom (see post here) I thought I would try another one! I'm finding that having a sketch to start with is much fun and makes stamping time quick and easy! I love making cards but sometimes you don't have a lot of time so this is definitely the way to go!

This layout is based on sketch challenge #62 from retro sketches.

Here's the sketch:

Here's what I came up with:

I used the stamp set Summer Silhouettes from Stampin' Up! and a retired sentiment.
I stamped the images and then took some white bakers twine and rubbed over it with a sponge inked in rich razzleberry ink to give it a "purplish" hue!

stamps: Summer silhouettes, well-scripted (retired)
ink: rich razzleberry, pool party, lucky limeade, early espresso
paper: crumb cake, whisper white
other: bakers twine, sponge

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Thursday, May 9, 2013

10 minute Mothers Day Card!

I've been following the 10 minute craft dash on the pretty pink posh blog for awhile now and finally had 10 minutes to try one... he he he!

I needed some mothers day cards to send out... yep that's THIS weekend... so I thought it would be the perfect chance to try the dash!

Here's the challenge - you have to use the colors and make your card in under 10 minutes. I love the yummy colors - they reminded me of the beach and since my mom loves the beach, I reached for my By the Tide Stamp set.

I thought this might be hard to do so I combined it with a sketch challenge that looked pretty simple from retro sketches. I got out all my paper and stamps and then set the timer on my phone..