Sketch 45 WINNER!

The winner of this week's sketch and product challenge is the lovely Emily Keaton!!! Emily, send me an email with your address and your alpha stickers choice, and we'll get your prize right out to you! :)

Here's Emily's gorgeous card:


And a few other beauties as well!

Maggie:


Ashley Newell:


Cathy:


Hope to be back tomorrow with something crafty to share! :)

Baby Boy

I created another card using this week's Limelight Sketch!! I am in need of a congratulations card for an old friend who is about to have a sweet little baby boy (who is also going to be named Cameron, by the way...like my little boy!) this month. This sketch is perfect and simple enough for a sweet boy card. :)

I love this paper from the Lullaby Lane collection from Webster's Pages... It has ALPHABETS all over it! And we are focusing on alphabets with our Sketch and Product Challenge! Hooray! :) The "boy" lettering was done, again, with the Licorice Glitter Alphabets from Pink Paislee. I wrapped some Ivory Burlap String around the card, three times to be precise. Hee hee. To the middle of the bow, I added a custom brad featuring more Lullaby Lane paper. It was made using SU's Build a Brad set in Pewter. The row of dots on the bottom was actually created using Sky Blue Droplets (like Page Pebbles) from Kaisercraft. The card base is Aqua Mist.

Hope you have a fabulous day...and I hope you will play along with this week's sketch! (Yesterday's post!)

SKETCH 45: ALPHABETS!

Graphic cards and alphabets are all the rage, so it is only fitting that we devote a sketch challenge to using ALPHABETS! Use stamps, stickers, die cuts, whatever you like! While making my card for this challenge, I couldn't help but sing Alpha Pig's ABC song (from Super Why...I have toddlers, keep in mind!). LOL!

My card started with a Sweet Blush base. The patterned paper for the large rectangular part of the sketch is, of course, Webster's Lullaby Lane/Life's Portrait. I love the flowers and butterflies on this paper, and I tried to help the gorgeous paper stand out by distressing the edges a bit with some Pitch Black ink. For my alphabets, I applied some Pink Paislee Licorice Glitter Alphabet stickers. These are wonderfully sparkly, sturdy chipboard letters. I spelled "friend" because I intend to give this card to a dear friend of mine! ;) for my ribbon, I wrapped a length of black Raven Tulle and created a bit of a starburst/puff with the fabric. So easy and so much fun! I added a large pink Webster's Glitter Sparkler to the center of the tulle. I also added five small sparklers to the bottom to create the dotted row in the sketch.

I cannot wait to see what YOU come up with!

The Deets:

**Use the sketch above and try to incorporate your favorite ALPHABETS!!

**Key word for SCS upload is LLPC045.

**Post a comment with a link to your card right here on the challenge post by Sunday, April 18, at midnight (or before winner is drawn Monday).

**PRIZE ~ One lucky winner will receive a sheet of alphabet stickers of their choice!!

Always Love You!

I made a simple card to leave for my husband. I've had this idea in my head for a while, since my friend Elizabeth gave me these great Scrapworks heart brads from JoAnn's at Valentine's Day. I started with an Aqua Mist (PTI) base. Then I simply pierced an even row of holes, inserted these cute brads, and stamped my sentiment (from the January Unity Store Kit) in black ink. I did use my SU Watercolor Crayons (Real Red) to watercolor the heart in the sentiment.

Hope you enjoy this sweet, simple card! Have a wonderful Wednesday evening, and I'll see you back here tomorrow (12:00 midnight, SHARP!) For Limelight Sketch and Product Challenge #45!

Wings A-Flutter

I don't know about you, but I often find myself in need of lots of little quick cards to have on hand. We received the new Unity April store kit, Super Sweet and Stuck on You, yesterday (yay!). I knew that I would have to ink mine up right away, even though I literally only had a few minutes! I whipped up several of these quick cards to add to my stash. I used black or kraft cardstock for the card bases. I stamped this butterfly, which says, "Fly With Wings A Flutter" in white craft ink, and I accented with various Kaisercraft Rhinestones.

We are technically out of the April Unity store kits, but more are on the way! Amazingly enough, we sold EXACTLY the number of kits that were on our first order! So if you ordered your kit already, it is on its way to you NOW! :) If you would still like the full kit, we are extending the $29.99 price since we still do not have any kits physically available in the store.

Don't want the full kit? No worries... We have the half kits available as well, and those ARE stocked in the store!

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Hope you have a fabulous day! I will leave you with this joke I read on a Laffy Taffy wrapper today... ;)

What do you call a cow with a twitch?

BEEF JERKY!!

Shabby Chic, Take One

Well, with the induction of Webster's Pages into the Limelight repertoire, I was anxious to try my hand a more of a shabby-chic look. I see lots of places for additions (ink, at least!), but I played around with this yesterday and came up with this card. What fun it was! And I must say that EVERY SINGLE paper in my Webster's paper pad was dripping with gorgeous sweetness! I will be diving back into that pad later today!

Hope you enjoy this card. And, YES, the messy stitching job on top? I MEANT to do that. Really. ;) Did you notice the center of the focal hydrangea? That is a GLITTER SPARKLER! That's the single product I was most excited about in the Webster's order... just love these little sparkly gems! You get 20 in a package (various sizes) for $4.99, so they are quite a steal! In lieu of ribbon on this card, I made the top piece of patterned paper a little longer than it needed to be and slightly distressed and curled it. Then I added a healthy coating of Crystal Stickles for dimension and sparkle.

Papers: Webster's Pages Lullaby Lane/Life's Portrait paper pad, Cream (PTI). Accessories: Life's Fabric Fancies, Glitter Sparklers, Black Rhinestones, Crystal Stickles, Prima Hydrangeas, Sewing.

WEBSTER'S WINNER!

We have a winner!!! The winner of the Webster's Pages product of their choice is STAMPINCATHY!!! Cathy, e-mail me with your address and product choice, and it'll go right out to you! :)

What was StampinCathy's favorite thing about Spring??
My favorite part about Spring is everything coming back to life. The trees, flowers, grass, and of course the nice warm weather. The bugs could stay away! LOL Thanks for a chance.