Doodle Pantry - Quirky Hen

Good morning!  I need to find a "use it" or "hoarder" challenge to enter this card into because I've hoarded this We R Memory Keepers Fiesta paper collection for over a year.  This is only the second time I've used it!  As soon as I saw the Quirky Hen image from Doodle Pantry this month, this paper jumped to mind because some of the pinatas are hens, so I thought it would work well together.  I used the outline version of the image and my Copic markers (see the photo below for the colors I used).

This card is my entry to the Sketches for You to Try monthly challenge for May (see the sketch below).  But, don't forget about the Doodle Pantry Digital Challenge also!  It's still running until May 24, that's this Thursday - so get moving to earn your free digital stamp set of Scuba Sheep just for playing along.  Everyone's a winner at Doodle Pantry!

Scrapbook Retreat Card #4 - the last one

Thanks for checking out my cards this week from the make n' take frenzy at the National Scrapbooking Day retreat earlier this month.  This is the last card from the retreat.  We used Tim Holtz distress inks and Impression Obsession stamps.  What I like about this look (we made one at the November retreat using a similar technique) is that it is very forgiving.  Images and inks are layered so much that defects can barely be detected!  :-)  Now that's my kind of stamping.  HA!

Scrapbook Retreat Card #3

This was another card that was good for trying new techniques but will NOT be sent to OWH because there is nowhere to write!  We used a Tim Holtz die to cut the butterflies on the edge.  The first time I did it, I had the die turned backwards and had to start again.  The second time (what you see below), I had the die turned the right way, but didn't get it as close to the edge as I should have.  I might be willing to try this type of die on a card again though...it's a very elegant look, don't you think?  I love the bright colors they gave us to work with.  I almost forgot, the butterfly on the front wobbles, too!  I had never done that before and that was LOTS of fun.

Scrapbook Retreat Card #2

This card was different than anything I had ever made and will NOT be going to OWH as there is really nowhere at all to write on it.  It is an acrylic card!  Make n' takes are great for trying new things.  It's hard to see in the photo, but there is a top flap and a bottom flap that are held together with the button closure that we made.  Different, right?!

Scrapbook Retreat Card #1

At the National Scrapbook Day retreat I attended earlier in May, we had a make n' take frenzy one night.  Several of the stations were cards which I love to make!  This week I will be posting those cards and here is the first:

This make n' take was hosted by Joey Otlo of Bazzill Papers.  Of course, all of the paper used (yes, even the patterned papers) are from Bazzill as well as the pleats, the pink bling and the Love & Hope sticker. Check out the link to her blog where you can buy her class kits.  I love her designs because they are simple but classy!

Seems A Little Sketchy #13

I hope you all had a wonderful Mother's Day yesterday.  Today I have a card for you that is perfect for any sassy woman in your life, especially if she's from Texas!

For the Seems A Little Sketchy Challenge, I've used Dottie 2 Step from Bugaboo Stamps, a sentiment from Create with TLC and digi paper from Doodle Pantry to create this fun card following the sketch.  Remember, to enter all you have to do is follow the sketch.  Feel free to turn it, twist it or modify it as long as we can still recognize the basic elements of the sketch.  You have two weeks to submit up to three entries.  Our sponsor this time is Bugaboo Stamps, one of my favorites!

What are you waiting for?  GO GET SKETCHY WITH IT!

Sketch Inspiration 317 | Echo Park Pt. 3

This is the end of Sketch Inspiration week.  Just when I caught up, I fell behind again because a new challenge began last Sunday.  Maybe I can get it done in time to enter in the "real" challenge on Saturday night.  I'm doing these for the Cat's Creations Scrapbooks challenge to use all of the Sketch Inspiration sketches to get invited to a special event at the store - thank goodness we don't have to submit them on time for Cat's challenge!

I turned this sketch and used another SRM Sticker from my card making fairy!  LOL