Sweet Sunday Sketch #251

Happy Sunday!!! Oh, and HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and New Year. My beautiful family and I have just returned from a little holiday getaway, which was SO much fun and very relaxing.

I'm back into it now, although feeling VERY rusty!!!. I haven't stamped or crafted in about a month, so please, be gently on me today!

Here is my card for today:-

And here is the sketch for you to play along with:-

I've gone for my SAFE colours today... Crisp Cantaloupe, Naturals Ivory and Soft Suede... a combination that never seems to fail. I decided to FINALLY ink up my Choose Happiness stamp set today and combined it with another favourite, Kinda Eclectic, with a few splotches of Gorgeous Grunge. The colours I used for stamping were, Pistachio Pudding, Crisp Cantaloupe and Soft Suede. I've added some other staples, Burlap Ribbon, Vintage Lace, Crumb Cake seam binding and some bling!

The rest of the Sweet Sunday Stampers have much more for you to see this week - please stop over and see:

• Barbara Anders
• Dana White
• Jenny Peterson
• Jodi Collins
• Karen Giron
• Lisa Henke
• Lori Tecler
• Lynn Put
• Sarah-Jane Kalé 
• Tracy Clemente
• Vicki Burdick

To finish off, I thought I'd share a quick pic of my BEAUTIFUL family... we take a family shot every year (although we were a little late last year, so it ended up being a New Year shot... shhhh), usually in the same kind of pose, so we can see how much we've changed over the past year... well mainly how much the girls have changed...!

Sooo.... Happiest of NEW YEARS to your families from mine!!!

Thanks for much for stopping by.

SJ

x

Sweet Sunday Sketch #248

Alrighty!!!.. So... it's Sweet Sunday Sketch time again, which is AWESOME, however, it would appear that LIFE and the social life of my two little girls has gotten in the way of my stampin' and crafting time this week!!, NOT SO awesome!


Anyhoo.... here is the sketch for this weeks challenge so you can play along, and I will attempt to sit down tomorrow or even tonight and create something myself.

Be sure to pop on over and visit the rest of the amazing Sweet Sunday Stampers for some inspiration:-

• Barbara Anders
• Dana White
• Jackie Pedro
• Jenny Peterson - 
• Jodi Collins
• Karen Giron
• Karen Motz -
• Lisa Henke
• Lori Tecler
• Lynn Put
• Tracy Clemente -  
• Vicki Burdick - 

Thanks for stopping by, I'll be back ASAP! 

SJ

xx

Sweet Sunday Sketch #246

Happy Sunday! It's time for another Sweet Sunday Sketch!! All the deets are over on Karen's blog, so be sure to hop on over there to check them out!.

Here is my card for today's sketch:-

And here is the sketch for you to play along with:-

Today's card was pretty quick and simple and I literally used things I had sitting on my desk. I've used Crumb Cake, Pink Pirouette and some Pool Party as my colour combo and used the gorgeous Flower Patch stamp set... LOVE that set. I've added some Burlap and Venetian lace as well as a Doily and some sparkles in the form of Rhinestones... Pretty much ALL my faves.

Be sure to pop on over and visit the rest of the amazing Sweet Sunday Stampers for some inspiration:-

• Barbara Anders
• Dana White
• Jackie Pedro
• Jenny Peterson - 
• Jodi Collins
• Karen Giron
• Karen Motz -
• Lisa Henke
• Lori Tecler
• Lynn Put
• Tracy Clemente -  
• Vicki Burdick - 

Thanks for stopping by, I'll be back ASAP! 

SJ

xx

Sweet Sunday Sketch #245

Happy Sunday!! It's time for another Sweet Sunday Sketch!! I hope you can join us and play along!. Be sure to check out all the deets on Karen's blog!.

Here is my card for this week's sketch:-

And here is the sketch for you to play along with:-

I've flipped the sketch for my card... beeeeccaauuuse... I really wanted to use the cute  stamp from the Amazing Birthday stamp set, for a sweet little man's birthday today!

I've used Smokey Slate, Tangerine Tango and Bermuda Bay for the colour combo and added some Smokey Slate Chevron Ribbon for the little flag tags.

It's a pretty Clean and Simple card for me today, but I'm sure little Noah will LOVE it.

Be sure to pop on over and visit the rest of the amazing Sweet Sunday Stampers for some inspiration:-

• Barbara Anders
• Dana White
• Jackie Pedro
• Jenny Peterson - 
• Jodi Collins
• Karen Giron
• Karen Motz - she's having the week off.
• Lisa Henke
• Lori Tecler
• Lynn Put
• Tracy Clemente -  
• Vicki Burdick - 

Thanks for stopping by, I'll be back ASAP! 

SJ

xx

Sweet Sunday Sketch #244

Happy Sunday! Apologies for my lack of existence of late!. It's been a tad busy and crazy around this neck of the woods, with school, LIFE, and my little girl having to have her tonsils and adenoids removed. She's been a trooper and is almost back to normal!. 

All the deets for this weeks sketch are over on Karen's blog, so I hope you can join in the fun!.

Here is my card for this week's sketch:-

And a little close up of the main image:-

And here is the sketch for you to play along with:-

I have to admit, when I first saw this sketch I had a little FREAK out!!! Tilted panels!!!!... Arrrrgggg. Anyhoo... I have to admit, I might actually be getting the hang of these tilted thingamys... AND... I might even actually like them!!!. GASP!!!

I really enjoyed putting this card together... It's made using colours I wouldn't usually pick up first time around... Hello Honey and Mossy Meadow, although it does have Calypso Coral and Crumb Cake... so I guess that made it all a little easier! ;-). I've used the gorgeous stamp set Kinda Eclectic... LOVE it!!! And the sentiment is from Four You. I've added my usual suspects in the form of a Doily, Burlap Ribbon, Linen Thread and some sparkles!

Be sure to pop on over and visit the rest of the amazing Sweet Sunday Stampers for some inspiration:-

• Barbara Anders
• Dana White
• Jackie Pedro
• Jenny Peterson - she's having this week off
• Jodi Collins
• Karen Giron
• Karen Motz - 
• Lisa Henke
• Lori Tecler
• Lynn Put
• Tracy Clemente -  she's having this week off
• Vicki Burdick - 

Thanks for stopping by, I'll be back ASAP! 

SJ

xx

Sweet Sunday Sketch #242

Happy Sunday!!! It's time for another Sweet Sunday Sketch!. Pop on over to Karen's blog for ALL the deets!

Here is my card for today's sketch:-

And here is the sketch for you to play along with:-

I've use my Wondrous Wreath stamp set and coordinating framelits for this card. The image has been stamped in Pistachio Pudding, Garden Green and Cherry Cobbler ink. I've used some of the gorgeous and VERY sparkly Glimmer Paper with the framelits for the word 'Joy' and the bow!

Be sure to pop on over and visit the rest of the amazing Sweet Sunday Stampers for some inspiration:-

• Barbara Anders
• Dana White
• Jackie Pedro
• Jenny Peterson 
• Jodi Collins
• Karen Giron
• Karen Motz - 
• Lisa Henke
• Lori Tecler
• Lynn Put
• Tracy Clemente - 
• Vicki Burdick - 

Thanks for stopping by, I'll be back ASAP! 

SJ

xx

Sweet Sunday Sketch #240

Happy Sunday!! It's time for another fabulous Sweet Sunday Sketch!. All the important deets are over on Karen's blog :D

Here is my card for this weeks sketch:-

And here is the sketch for you to play along with:-

I've decided to give my new Festival of Trees a run for its money this week. And today I decided to break away from the tradition Red and Green colours of Christmas and go for some GORGEOUS Pink (Pirouette) and Lost Lagoon, with some Crumb Cake thrown in!

I've added some Burlap Ribbon and some Pink Pirouette seam binding, oh and a little dash of Linen thread. The tree has been punched out with the coordinating Christmas Tree punch and I've punched 4 of those to make it a 3D tree. I also used the new On Point Textured Impressions Embossing Folder.

Be sure to pop on over and visit the rest of the amazing Sweet Sunday Stampers for some inspiration:-

• Barbara Anders
• Dana White
• Jackie Pedro - she's taking the week off.
• Jenny Peterson - She's taking this week off. 
• Jodi Collins
• Karen Giron
• Karen Motz - 
• Lisa Henke
• Lori Tecler
• Lynn Put
• Tracy Clemente - 
• Vicki Burdick - 

Thanks for stopping by, I'll be back ASAP! 

SJ

xx