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Welcome to Sketch Frenzy Friday. First, here is the sketch.

And here is my creation. I totally forgot that I had to make a card so I quickly threw this together and I'm actually pleased with how it turned out. I was pleasantly surprised, I hope you agree. Also, since this is IBC week, I had to come up with something using sets from the IBC. I used Circle Circus and Party Hearty. The colors are Pacific Point, Soft Suede, Concord Crush, and Whisper White.

Thanks for stopping by! Your next stop is the Sketch Frenzy homepage, where you can add your own creation.

Another Birthday

Here is another birthday card that I made for a SAS. The colors are Melon Mambo, Whisper White, Old Olive, and Daffodil Delight. The stamp set is Party Hearty.

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Birthday CASE

Here is another card that I CASED from TechnoStamper for my birthday card SAS. The colors are Bashful Blue, Pacific Point, Whisper White, and Real Red. The stamps are Punch Bunch and Party Hearty.

Thanks for stopping by and don't forget tomorrow is Sketch Frenzy Friday.

Birthday Share

Thanks for stoppin by! Tomorrow is Sketch Frenzy and maybe time for more blog candy!

Here is a card that I made for a birthday swap. I made it at the same time that I created this card, so I used the same color combo and stamp. Colors are Bordering Blue (retiring), So Saffron, and Night of Navy. The stamps are Birthday Block and Party Hearty.

Masculine Birthday Share

As promised yesterday, here is the card I created for the Men category for the birthday swap. I used Party Hearty and the colors, Sage Shadow, Bravo Burgandy, and Sahara Sand. The DSP is To the Nines.

Tomorrow is Sketch Frenzy Friday and if all goes well, my sketch will include sneak peaks from the new catalog that goes live on July 1! You won't want to miss it!

Mojo Monday and LNS Challenge

Happy Memorial Day! Hope everyone is having a safe and fun weekend. Today I have one card for two different challenges. I have not been very good participating in challenges lately. Even more unbelievable, I'm participating on the day they have been released. The first challenge is LNS Challenge, which was a color challenge. The colors are Night of Navy, Bordering Blue, and So Saffron. The next challenge is Mojo Monday. Here is their sketch:

I chose the square and here is my card.

The stamp sets are Party Hearty and Birthday Block. The DSP is from the Print Patterns Pack III.

Bright Birthday Share

Hope everyone joined the first VC Rocks blog tour. There will be more in the feature too. Today's share and a birthday card that I made for another swap. I used Bold Brights, so you might want your sunglasses to view. The stamp set was Party Hearty and the colors are Brilliant Blue, Yoyo Yellow, Real Red, and Whisper White.

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All About the Men

I joined a swap for masculine cards. It didn't matter what kind of cards, as long as they were masculine. Here is what I did with Party Hearty and the wide striped grosgrain ribbon. Colors are Old Olive, Whisper White, and Night of Navy.

Birthday Share

Well I'm on the road to go get TC, but here is one of the cards that I worked on yesterday in my mad dash to finishing up my swaps. Of course I had to pick a (more) complicated design for the card that I had to make the most of (17). I used Party Hearty for the stamp set. And yes, that's my shadow again in the picture.

The dimensions are a little trickier for this one, given all the paper piercing, so I will give you the dimensions I used initially (but beware I have a lot of leftovers). I did find a maybe more efficient way to cut the pieces, but I haven't tested it yet. The two larger pieces of DSP (Thoroughly Modern) are cut from 3.75" x 4" rectangles, the small corner DSP(also Thoroughly Modern) is a triangle cut from a 1" x 1.25" rectangle, the Bermuda Bay strip is 0.5" x 3.75" and the Soft Suede strip is 0.75" x 3.75".  The image is stamped on a piece of 2" x 2.25" Whisper White and the other layers increment by 0.25".

Tomorrow I will have a tutorial of sorts of cutting the pieces, so stay tuned!

LNS Color Challenge

As promised, I've been busy today making cards. Mainly working on the LNS Weekly Challenge and a swap. The challenge this week was a color challenge and was to use, Ruby Red, Kraft, Chocolate Chip, and Old Olive. All these cards use all these colors, (or are supposed to). The first few were from a 14 in 1 pattern, where you take a 12 x 12 piece of paper stamp on it and then cut it into pieces to make 14 cards. The stamp I chose wasn't ideal and I only liked the first few, so I gave up on the rest. The stamp set was Flower Fancy. The third card also used Flower Fancy, but was not part of the pattern.



Then I tried to come up with a boy birthday card that I could use in a swap that I'm participating in on SCS. I decided the first attempt was too complicated with the paper piecing to make 20 of them. So the second one is what I used and made 20 copies. Stay tuned tomorrow for more samples and the blog candy winner!

Tour is over...on to the next thing

Thanks to all those that stopped by during the blog tour and after. Hope you enjoyed your tour and have lots of new ideas to implement. Don't forget tomorrow there will be blog candy on my blog for those that participated. To tie you guys over, here is a card using Party Hearty. The layout is actually from a SU! flyer advertising their birthday special last fall. Paper: Tempting Turquoise, Yoyo Yellow, Only Orange, and Whisper White. Ink: Tempting Turquoise, Yoyo Yellow, and Only Orange. Accessories: Circles Sissors Plus and Small Tag Punch.