CASE this Sketch with Reverse Confetti

The new sketch at CAS(E) this Sketch caught my eye because it works exactly with the Doin' the Wave die that I recently got from Reverse Confetti.  I decided to also play along with the Reverse Confetti Color Challenge and make a melting heart in bright colors. Unfortunately, that color challenge ended yesterday but I want to credit them anyway.




I got this card done and then an idea started to take shape.  A long-time friend (since we were 2 years old) lost her battle to cancer a year and a half ago. I have really needed to make a card for her husband but just didn't know what to do.   May would have been their wedding anniversary and June would have been her birthday.  I want him to know that I haven't forgotten. I had a trio of blue colors out from a card earlier this week and I had a stamp out that I had used for Memorial Day.  I thought that the blues would look like tears.

I'm thinking it's a few too many sequins for this man who is a firefighter and a mountain climber, but it was made with love and he'll know that.
You Melt My Heart

• Stamps: Reverse Confetti Let's Chill
• Paper: My Favorite Things Razzleberry, Cotton Candy, Orange Fizz, vellum
• Ink: Memento Black, Versamark
• Accessories: Reverse Confetti Doin' the Wave dies, Stampin' Up Heat and Stick Powder, Martha Stewart Crystal Fine Glitter, various enamel dots

Cry, Laugh, Remember

• Stamps: Hero Arts Remember clear set
• Paper: My Favorite Things Sno Cone, Berrylicious, Blue Raspberry
• Ink: Memento Black
• Accessories: Reverse Confetti Doin' the Wave dies, Doodlebug Swimming Pool sequins, Pretty Pink Posh Sparkling Clear sequins in 4 mm and 6 mm

Ombre AND Chevrons: Missing You

A week ago, I was writing that I never quite knew what to do with cover plate dies.  About the same time, I was hitting the "confirm order" button on an order with a new cover plate.  (Sometimes I wonder about myself!)  But this one was so different and really cute...chevron and ombre all in one place!


I still struggled with it (but don't judge the plate on that - I even struggle with patterned paper!)  I absolutely the series of blues in the Simon Says Stamp line, so I stuck with my favorite blues and kept the card simple!
I am submitting this to the current Anything Goes challenge at Simon Says Stamp.

• Stamps: Simon Says Stamp Square Sayings
• Paper: Simon Says Sea Glass, Surf Blue and Audrey Blue
• Ink: Memento Black
• Accessories: Frantic Stamper Ombre Chevron Card Panel, My Favorite Things Rectangle Frames, Simon Says Stamp Medium Tags die, Clearly Beloved sequins (ordered from Simon Says), Hemptique 10-lb black twine, Queen & Co heart embellishment (from my very old stash box)

Getting Sketch with Catered Mojo! Butterflies!

The new challenge at Catered Crop is Garden Party.  I absolutely love how Linda introduces each challenge with a quote...

I went to a garden party to reminisce 
          with my old friends
A chance to share old memories 
          and play our songs again.
~ lyrics by Ricky Nelson, 1972

I have flowers for you today, but I also have a kaleidoscope of butterflies - that is seriously what a group of butterflies is called.  Either that - or swarm or rabble. but doesn't kaleidoscope sound beautiful?  I think many of you have moved past shaker cards - but I am still loving them!  I recently got a die that cuts teeny tiny butterflies and decided that butterflies were very representative of a garden.

This is the first card that I made - I keep saying that shaker cards will always cheer up the recipient, so I decided a get well card would be perfect.  But after I made it, I realized it didn't work with the "party" part of the challenge so I have another to share also.


There isn't quite as much confetti in this card as it looks.  Because this was such a tall shaker, I added a strip of foam adhesive towards the top of the ribbon.  This makes it a double level shaker!  I didn't want all of my punched shapes behind the green ribbon.

This card uses the current sketch at Mojo Monday.  The card is 3.5" by 5.5".

Now for a card that is more garden "party".  I am still using the teeny, tiny butterfly but went for a "celebrate" card with much brighter colors.  I would like to be in this garden!

This card uses the current sketch at My Favorite Things.

I hope you play along with the Catered Crop Garden Party challenge.  Linda always curates a Pinterest board full of inspiration when the challenge first comes out.  Then the following Sunday, she brings together all of the design team cards.  Here's this week's Pinterest board - just click anywhere on this graphic to go to the complete Pinterest board.

Get Well Soon

• Stamps: Verve Lean on Me (flower), With Love (sentiment)
• Paper: Echo Park Sweet Day 6x6, Papertrey Melon Berry and Lemon Tart, Stampin' Up Sage Shadow,
• Ink: Memento Black, Copics
• Accessories: Verve Pointed Flowers die, Spellbinders narrow rectangle die (they don't next exactly so I cut the center rectangle then used my paper trimmer to cut the border), MFT Stitched Circle STAX and Flying Butterflies die, Martha Stewart ribbon, Hemptique 10-lb Natural Twine, two sizes of hole punches

Celebrate Your Special Day

• Stamps: My Favorite Things Birthday Greetings
• Paper: My Favorite Things Wild Cherry, Berrylicious and Primitive White, Simon Says Stamps Sunshine, Fog and Smoke, My Mind's Eye Blink of an Eye 6x6
• Ink: Memento Black
• Accessories: Pretty Pink Posh 4 mm sparkling clear sequins, My Favorite Things Rectangle Frames die, Gerbera Daisy die, Flying Butterflies die, Fishtail Layers die, Berrylicious button, Hemptique 10-lb white twine

In Memory Of...

In memory of 1st Lt. Thomas Claiborne In honor of the entire Claiborne family
Memorial Day 2014

• Stamps: My Favorite Things Pretty Poppies, Hero Arts Remember clear set
• Paper: My Favorite Things Grout Gray
• Ink: My Favorite Things Grout Gray, Simon Says Stamp Lipstick Red, Olive, Versamark
• Accessories: My Favorite Things Pretty Poppies dies, Rectangle Frames die, Grout Gray button, Gunmetal Stickles

Papertrey Ink May Blog Hop: Aqua and Melon

It's blop hop day at Papertrey Ink.  The challenge is to use aqua and melon.

I am always intrigued by what people do with the full cover plate dies.  I have a few of these dies, but I never seem to use them.  I actually tried on a card that I posted yesterday - but I just couldn't make it work.  So I double-challenged myself today to use one of these background dies.  I decided to use a stamp that mentions "end of the day" and "tomorrow" and I thought I could could create a sunrise/sunset look.  I decided to use the first cover die that I ever got which I am sure has never been used before.  I'm not sure that I accomplished the sunrise/sunset look - I think it would be better with a few more colors - a lighter melon and a darker aqua - but I still like the clean and fresh look of the colors.

• Stamps: Papertrey Ink A Little Inspiration, Happy Harlequin, Heart-to-Heart 6 (the sun)
• Paper: Papertrey Ink Aqua Mist, Melon Berry
• Ink: Papertrey Ink Smokey Shadow, Versamark
• Accessories: Papertrey Ink Harlequin Cover Plate die, Heart-to-Heart 6 dies, Heat and Stick Embossing Powder, Fine Crystal Glitter, clear sequins

MFT Color Palette and Freshly Made: Hi

A few weeks back there was a sequin shaker blog hop and I made my first shaker card.  I loved it. Since then, the crafting purchases that I have made relate to shakers - frame dies, dies that cut little confetti, fun sequins, etc.  They are really very easy to make - and I know that the recipient of these cards will smile.

I recently got the new Rectangle Frames die set from My Favorite Things.  I got it mainly because the largest frame is the right size to frame their large background dies, but I also knew the smaller boxes could make it very easy to create a rectangle shaker box.  I also recently got the Flower Sequin Kit from Impress Rubber Stamps.  The pink flowers in the set work very nicely with the current MFT Color Palette Challenge (although much better in real life than in this photo!)  The blue sequins are Doodlebug Swimming Pool sequins and the little clear sequins are Pretty Pink Posh 4 mm Sparkling Clear.

With the rectangle shape of the frame, I was further inspired by Freshly Made Sketches.

It's the beginning of a long weekend, but my family doesn't really have any plans.  It's supposed to be stormy so outdoor fun will be limited.  I told my family that even though Memorial Day traditionally is BBQ and parades, we will likely end up indoors catching up on the many great movies that we never made it to in the theater.  So we are still looking forward to a relaxed long weekend, even if quite sedentary!  

• Stamps: My Favorite Things Spring Backgrounds (the flowers), Typewriter Text Background
• Paper: My Favorite Things Pink Lemonade, Berrylicious, Kraft, Fancy Pants Memories Captured 6x6 pad
• Ink: My Favorite Things Pink Lemonade, WPlus9 White
• Accessories: My Favorite Things Rectangle Frame die, Happy Hellos die, Sweet Tooth Buttons, Hemp Cord (also available at My Favorite Things)

Pretty Peonies: With Sympathy

This is my second post today.  

Green and yellow popsicles

are just a short scroll away.

I mentioned in another post just a couple of days ago that CAS floral cards always say "sympathy" to me.  I sat down to make a few cards today and, guess what?  More sympathy.  Luckily, I don't need them myself, but I do try to keep the church stocked with cards.

I used Pretty Peonies by Papertrey Ink along with their new Keep It Simple: Sympathy set.  Both of these cards are colored using Copic matches from the Papertrey charts located on my sidebar.


I don't know anything about flowers, so I actually made this next color scheme first.  After I made it, I looked up "peonies" and all I saw were pinks and lavenders, so decided this might not be quite right for a flower-enthusiast.

Both The Paper Players and CASology have CAS flower challenges this week which is what got me started on my CAS sympathy cards.

• Stamps: Papertrey Ink Pretty Peonies, Keep It Simple: With Sympathy
• Paper: Papertrey Ink Lavender Moon (first card), Sweet Blush (second card)
• Ink: Memento black, Copics
• Accessories: Papertrey Ink Pretty Peonies dies, Hemptique 10-lb white twine