Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #370

Hello, hello! Happy Tuesday! I hope you all had a good holiday weekend! I know we sure enjoyed the extra day!

Today I am sharing the card that I created for this week's sketch at Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge. Here's a look at the fun sketch that Michelle has created for us:

And here is the card that I created:

I loved that the sketch showed flowers for the embellishments but I wanted to do something a little different and create a birthday card and use party hats. 

I used a Lori Whitlock (Sizzix) Framelits with stamps set for this card. I'm not certain of the name but I think it's Happy Birthday To You. To keep with the party theme I punched out several tiny stars and dots to scatter around the party hats. 

A super quick and easy birthday card all ready to be sent out to someone soon!

Be sure to stop by the Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge blog tomorrow to see the wonderful cards from the rest of the design team and last week's Top 3. 

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog today! I hope you have a wonderful day!

Whisper Loves - Scrap Our Stash May Sketch Challenge

Hello and Happy Thursday! 

I am back today with my take on this month's sketch challenge at Scrap Our Stash. Along with the sketch challenge we have the added challenge to use heart patterned paper and heart embellishment. Here's a look at the sketch:

This is what I came up with:

Abby, Shawn, and Ada had a kitty cat adopt them when they moved into their house a couple of years ago. I don't know if it was a neighborhood cat or if it was a stray, but whatever the case, it decided that their house is where it wanted to live. When he started sticking around more and more they named him Whisper - not because he has a quiet little meow - Abby says it is quite the opposite and a very loud and obnoxious yowl! It took quite a while for him to get comfortable enough to let them come close, but as you can see, he eventually got over that and likes to give - and receive - some lovin's!

The pink paper on my layout has tone on tone hearts all over it and then I fussy cut several hearts from another patterned paper for my embellishments. I also added a few puffy heart embellishments, too.

Here are a couple of close-ups:

Head on over to Scrap Our Stash to see how the rest of the design team took on this challenge. I  hope you have some time to play along with us!

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog today! I hope you have a wonderful day!

Sketch N Scrap Card Sketch #170

Hello, hello! Happy Hump Day! We are inching ever closer to the big Memorial Day holiday weekend here in the states and the unofficial kick-off to summer. I am going to be anxious to see how this summer goes. 

It's time for a new sketch at Sketch N Scrap today. Lisa has created a great sketch for us to work with and it is another one that I know I will be using again!

And here is my card:

I just recently got a few pieces of the Simple Stories Summer Farmhouse collection and couldn't wait to put it to use. These fun bright colors are just what I was needing to work with. We have been dealing with cool, cloudy, dreary days for over a week now and I needed something bright and sunny in my life! 

All of these papers are from the 6x8 paper pad and the sentiment piece is a 3x4 cut apart card that I cut down to about a 3x3 size. I tried adding some sort of embellishment to the lower left corner of that piece but with the cut apart card being a floral print everything just seemed to get lost on it, so I left it plain. I didn't really want to cover up those flowers anyway!

Be sure to stop by Sketch N Scrap to see the beautiful cards from the rest of the design team. We would love it if you played along with us!

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog today! Have a great day!

Smile - Mixing the Kits - The ScrapRoom

Hello and Happy Tuesday!

I am back today to share the layout that I created for the Mixing up the Kits feature at The ScrapRoom.

The ScrapRoom offers up a variety of fabulous kits each and every month. For my layout today I am using the May portion of the Shots of Life kit, the Patterned Paper Add-on kit, and the Embellishment kit. Here is a look at each of the kits: