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WSC87: Summer Girl's Birthday

Today's Weekend Sketch Challenge is provided by Charmaine.  You can find the sketch and her sample on her blog this morning.  I needed a young girl's birthday card, so I hope these pinks & greens combined with chocolate will do the trick!

I stamped a few of Karen Lockhart's Itty Bitty summer-type images (Baby Bee, Lady Bug, and Escargot) with Adirondack Espresso ink onto patterned paper.  I chose this ink due to its very deep brown color. 

Then I used Martha Stewart's 1" scalloped square punch to punch out the images and adhered them to Inchie Arts White Inchie Squares that I prepped by inking the sides and edges with the same Espresso ink.

 

I used Melon & new Chocolate Spica Glitter Pens to accent the images just a bit.  The center striped panel is machine stitched around the edges and popped up on dimensional foam tape.

I hope you'll take a look at the samples these ladies created for you with this sketch and then try it for yourself over this long holiday weekend:  Cambria, Charmaine, and Lori.  I'll be back tomorrow with a new JustRite stamp set preview to share with you, so I hope you'll check back!

In the meantime, I hope you are checking the JustRite Blog each day, for previews and giveaways of the upcoming summer releases!  You'll also find links there to a LOT of great JustRite projects.  And . . .

Blog Candy Alert: Nicole Anderson is giving away one of her gorgeous hand-crafted genuine Swarovski crystal and ALL sterling silver bracelets custom made for you in your preference of size and colors.  This is a $50.00 value!  Please be sure to visit her blog over the long holiday weekend.  You have until next Wednesday, July 8th to enter for the chance to win!

Supplies:

• Stamps: Lockhart Itty Bitty Baby Bee, Lady Bug, Escargot.  PTI Paper Tray
• Ink: Ranger Adirondack Espresso, Copic markers & Spica Glitter Pens
• Paper: Carolyn Gavin 8.50" Greenhouse designer pad by K&Company (Michael's), PTI Hibiscus Burst, Prism Intense Kiwi
• Accessories: Inchie Arts White Inchie Squares, sponge dauber, PTI Ripe Avacado twill, Martha Stewart 1" scalloped square punch, sewing machine, dimensional foam tape

Taco Salad

 

I kept having to call my friend, Lori, every time I wanted to make this salad because I'd forget the exact ingredients, so it was definitely time to make up a recipe card for myself!  Luckily, Karen Lockhart's Itty Bitty Taco stamp was a perfect compliment!

I stamped the IB Taco onto an Inchie Arts White Inchie Square with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and then colored it with these Copic markers:

 

Copic Y00 was used to create a soft yellow glow around the taco.  The Inchie was matted with a Spellbinders Scalloped Square Nestabilities die cut.  My 4"x6" recipe card was made from BasicGrey's new June Bug paper.  Spellbinders' Labels Four was used to cut more paper from the June Bug collection; it was cut in half and machine stitched to each side of the recipe card.

 

Tied green buttons accent the Inchie and finish off the card.  As usual, I just printed my recipe from my Word computer program onto Neenah Natural White cardstock.  Here's the cut and paste recipe for you, if you'd like to have it.  This recipe can easily be doubled and is usually a big crowd pleaser at covered dish events!

Taco Salad

1 lb. seasoned taco meat (beef or chicken)

Iceberg lettuce, 1 head torn apart

1 can red kidney beans, drained & rinsed

1 can sliced black olives, drained

3-4 green onions & tops, diced

1 chopped tomato

1 cup shredded cheddar cheese

Catalina or French salad dressing

Fritos

Toss all ingredients together in large bowl;

serve immediately.

Enjoy!

WSC84 - Baby Ladybug

Beate's Weekend Sketch Challenge #84 is hosted today by Laurie.  You can find the sketch and her sample at her blog this morning.  BasicGrey's new Lemonade paper was the inspiration for this card.  I needed a baby card and I thought these pretty patterns were just perfect!

That tiny printed paper in the center is a ladybug print, so Karen Lockhart's Itty Bitty Lady Bug stamp seemed to be the perfect accent.  I stamped her with Memento Rose Bud ink onto an Inchie Arts White Inchie Square and then colored her with these Copic markers: R83, R37, YG17, and custom lighter BG000.  Ladybug's dots and head are accented with pink Spica glitter pen.

To make a better flower center, I adhered the white Inchie square to a piece of scrap cardstock (to use as a "handle") -- this allowed me to be able to put the 1-inch square of matboard into Zutter's 1/2-inch corner round and cut the corners off.  Ladybug became the center for a crocheted flower.  Machine stitching and buttons finish off this card.

I hope you'll visit these ladies today, to see the fabulous samples they created for this sketch:  Cami, Charmaine and Jenn and Lori.  And I'll be back in about an hour with another card ... for Taylor's Friday Cupcake sketch challenge!

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Card Supplies -- Stamps: Lockhart Stamp Company Itty Bitty Ladybug
Paper: BasicGrey Lemonade
Ink: Memento Rose Bud, Copic markers & Pink Spica glitter pen
Accessories: Inchie Arts White Inchie Square, Fancy Pants crocheted posies, Papertrey Ink Sweet Blush buttons, Zutter 1/2-inch corner rounder, sewing machine

WSC83: Cherry June Calendar

 

Happy Friday, All!  Sorry I'm running a bit late with my sketch challenge today -- we had first grade graduation and awards this morning.  (Sigh), they grow up too quick, don't they?  And it seems my camera is in need of a cleaning, as I've been spending way too much time Photoshopping out a bunch of little random dots on my photos -- ugh!  So anyway, here we are, finally . . .

I needed my 6-inch June calendar, and this lovely new October Afternoon Cherry Hill paper arrived in my mailbox just yesterday, so that was totally the inspiration for me today.  Isn't it yummy?!!  I thought Karen Lockhart's Itty Bitty Cherries would be a perfect accent, so I stamped them onto white cardstock, punched them out and adhered them to Inchie Arts Black Inchie Squares -- that set the tone for my black accents.

The cherries were colored with these Copic markers: R332, R35, R37, YG03, YG17 and accented with my custom lighter BG000, to match the cherry paper.

Speaking of those Copics, be sure to enter my Copic giveaway two posts below this one (Thursday's) ... The Copic Designers are helping Marianne Walker (Copic's Product Specialist) celebrate her one year of blogging!  You have until tomorrow at 11:59pm to enter for the chance to win.

I hope you'll try this Weekend Sketch Challenge, it's hosted today by Lori ... you can find the sketch and her sample over at her blog this morning.  And I hope you'll check in on these ladies' blogs, to see what they've created for you today, too: Cami, Charmaine and Jenn.

I hope you have a wonderful weekend!

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Supplies - Stamps: Lockhart Itty Bitty Cherries.  Paper: October Afternoon Cherry Hill, Neenah Natural White.  Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Copic markers.  Accessories: Inchie Arts Black Inchie Squares, Martha Stewart 1" punch, Fiskars Threading Water border punch, PTI & Offray ribbon, sewing machine + black thread.

Inchie & Copic Stuff & Giveaways!

A few weeks ago, my 6-year old daughter came home from school with a dripping wet backpack ... somehow her drink bottle of Gatorade had leaked all over everything -- ugh!  As I was taking everything out of the backpack to throw it into the washer, I found this little notcard in the bottom that I had given her a while back (almost three months ago!).  You may remember it from THIS post:

As I started to toss out the crumpled and wet notecard, I noticed something -- the cardstock and papers were worn from bouncing around in her backpack for a few months and now they were warped and peeling apart from being soaked with Gatorade . . .

 

But the Inchie Arts White Inchie Square, colored with Copic markers had held up just fine!

 

(Stamp image is Lockhart Stamp Company's Itty Bitty Tony Turtle)

The museum-quality matboard Inchie Square had not warped one bit, was not peeling at all, and the Copic coloring hadn't smeared, run, or smudged one bit!  And on the inside ...

I had written a note with Copic's Spica Atyou glitter pen -- no running or smearing there, either.  Those are quality products, folks!  :D  (More will be coming next week on the release date of those 12 new Spica Glitter Pen colors!)

GIVEAWAYS:

The wonderful people at Copic would like to share some of that terrific product with all of you over the coming week, so be sure to check out these ladies' blogs, on the days listed below, to enter for the chance to win the different products we're each giving away.  You'll have 3 days to enter for the chance to win on each person's blog, then the winner will be chosen:

Fri, May 22 - Sun, May 24: Sherrie Siemens - Today (Sat, May 23) is the second day of Sherrie's giveaway, so you still have tomorrow to enter for the giveaway on her blog.  (Hint: If you are Canadian or live close enough to Winnipeg, you'll really want to check this out!)

Sat, May 23 - Mon, May 25: Marianne Walker

Tue, May 26 - Thur, May 28: Sally Lynn MacDonald

Thur, May 28 - Sat, May 30: Sharon Harnist (right back here!)

Fri, May 29 - Sun, May 31: Michelle Wooderson

Sat, May 30 - Mon, Jun 1: Debbie Olson

Mon, Jun 1 - Wed, Jun 3: Marianne Walker's 1 year blogging anniversary giveaway!

I hope you are enjoying your weekend!