Man's Best Friend - No Truer Words Spoken

I finally ordered the Man's Best Friend set that was new to the catalog in January of this year. I thought it was awfully cute and have been eager to expose it to ink! The layout for this card was inspired by a sketch challenge that the talented Mary Jo Price at Technostamper had on her blog more than a few weeks back. Check out her blog if you get a chance, like I said she is VERY talented.

For those who know anything about me you know that I LOVE dogs, so this was a set that I knew at some point I would have to own and that I would be able to use it a lot as a card from me with dogs on it would be, how shall I say.......giving a part of me. Now for the details:

• Card 5-1/2 x 4-1/4 Top Fold
• Stamp Set - Man's Best Friend #1132365
• Paper - Barely Banana, Real Red and Black
• Ink - Basic Black, Real Red, Barely Banana and Candy Lane DSP
• Accessories - Circle punches, Perfect Layer Tool, Riding Hood Red Satin Ribbon, Tab Punch, Large Oval

Thanks so much for stopping by, check back again. I've got several more really cute cards made with this set that I'm eager to share with you.

Color Inspiration #48 & Lunchtime Sketch Challenge #64

Good morning everyone! I'm on a roll and creating again. It's feels great and I'm hoping I can keep it up! I combined a couple of challenges today. I took the Color Inspiration #48 from Kristina Werner's blog and the Monday Lunchtime sketch from the very talented Mary Jo at TechnoStamp, and combined them, both of these ladies are great about inspiring creativity!

I chose the Blooming with Love set for this card. It's a wonderful choice for a Mother's Day card or any cheerful design you might have in mind. The colors were perfect for this stamp. So very pretty. And this sketch turned out perfect to showcase that flowerpot images. I had to laugh at myself as I made this card, advanced math in school was the bane of my existence and as I looked at this sketch I thought wow this won't be hard, then as I tried to decide on the diamond square for the stamping area, I thought how do I decide what size that needs to be??? I'm sure you math geniuses out there could easily tell me what size the square needed to be in relationship to the rectangle it sets on, well NOT ME! I ended up cutting that piece down like 4 times before I found the right size! LOL So if anyone out there has the simple mathematical equation for this take pity on me and share it!!! I've listed all the other pertinent details below the card.

Here is all the stamps that come in the Blooming with Happiness set I used for this card.

Card Details:

• Card Base - 4.25 X 5.5, Rectangle 3.25 x 4.50, center square 3.00"
• Paper - Kiwi Kiss, Chocolate Chip, Baja Breeze, Whisper White
• Ink - Kiwi Kiss, Chocolate Chip and Baja Breeze, Black Stazon
• Accessories - Crafter's Tool Kit, Dimensionals, Circle punches

Well that's it for this post, as always thanks for stopping by and see you soon.

Trendy Tree Fun

Here's my second challenge of the day. On this one I took part (also late!) in MJ's Monday Lunch time sketch challenge over at Techno Stamper. Mary Jo is one of my favorite bloggers, her projects are wonderful and I always gather inspiration when I visit her site :-) Here is the sketch she offered up this past Monday.




It was a great sketch and worked wonderfully for the fantastically cute Trendy Tree set, I think it's one of my all time favorite stamp sets. I love stamping the trees in unconventional colors, hence the perfectly named trendy trees!! LOL On this card I also used the textured card stock which is so pretty and makes for a very elegant card. I didn't include a sentiment on the front of this card as I have something in mind for the inside of the card. This set also has two very useful sentiments to go with it, you can see them in the picture below.





Card Details:

• Card Base - 5-1/2 x 4-1/4
• Paper - Pacific Point (textured cs), Close to Cocoa, Kiwi Kiss Whisper White and Rockabilly DSP
• Stamp Set - Trendy Trees
• Ink - Kiwi Kiss, Pacific Point, Close to Cocoa
• Accessories - Trio Punch, Brads, Kiwi Kiss striped grosgrain ribbon, Glue Dot, Dimensionals

Well it was nice to be back for a blog post, hopefully not so long between posts this next time. Hope you have a wonderful week. And as always thanks for stopping by!