fresh & fun

Boy oh boy…am I running behind. I did finish making samples and cutting for tomorrow’s SAS, but I didn’t have a chance to make a sample for today’s sketch challenge. Well, this morning, I knew it had to be fast. I have a doctor’s appointment and need to go grocery shopping(yuck) today after I bring Rebecca to school. Jenn will laugh when she reads this. Me and quick usually don’t go together.

I love the stamp set Winter Post and the designer paper Ski Slope. So I got those out and started playing. I knew I wanted to use the skating pair, they are so sweet, and that I wanted to keep the colors soft.

When in doubt, I always pick my trusted Chocolate Chip. Today was no different. I started with a 4 1/4″ x 11″ piece of Chocolate Chip cardstock folded in half.

Next is a 4″ x 5 1/4″ piece of Shimmery White (don’t fret. I cut the inner part out so I wouldn’t waste it, since it doesn’t show) followed by a 3 3/4″ x 5″ piece of Ski Slope Designer Paper.

I stamped the skaters from Winter Post in Black Stazon on Shimmery White, cut the cardstock down to 1 5/8″ x 2 1/8″ and colored them in with Aqua Painter and Classic inks (Chocolate Chip, Kiwi Kiss, Going Gray (shadow) and Baja Breeze). I stamped the girl skater on Pink Pirouette Pattern Designer paper, cut out her sweater and taped it on top of the image.

The Chocolate Chip cardstock layer measures 2 1/2″ x 3 1/4″ and was layered with a 1/4″ smaller piece of Pink Pirouette Pattern Designer Paper, the same paper that I used for the sweater. A 1″ x 2″ strip of Shimmery White was taped to serve as the middle strip and Satin Kiwi Ribbonwas tried around it. The skater couple was layered on a 3/8″ bigger piece of Chocolate Chip cardstock and adhered over the bigger rectangle with dimensionals.

I adhered the skater layers to my Shimmery/Designer paper layers  and added Antique Brass Jumbo Eyelets with Ice Circle Rhinestones to the left hand side. The sentiment is from the stamp set To You and Yours. It was stamped in Black Stazon on Shimmery White, punched out with the 1″ circle punch and layered on a 1 1/4″ circle. On top I added a 1/2″ Chocolate Chip circle. I let it hang off a bit and cut the overhanging part off. The 1/4″ circle is punched out of the Pink Pirouette designer paper and a Antique Brass brad finishes the tag off. The tag, as well as the Shimmery/Designer paper layers were attached with dimensionals.

The inside of the card is really simple. I added a 4″ x 5 1/4″ piece of Shimmery White, topped with a 1 1/2″ x 4″ piece of Pink Pirouette Designer paperand a 3/8″ x 4″ piece of Kiwi Kiss cardstock.

Now that I see it posted, I think I will add the Postcard stamp from the Winter Post stamp set in the center of the designer paper in Chocolate Chip.

 I hope to post again this afternoon with some wonderful and exciting news about some friends of mine!!!!