Monday, November 1, 2010

Tiling... on a card?!?

I loved this look! It's like tiling, but instead of being in a bathroom tiling around a toilet (always fun...) it's on a card! (For reals... that is much more fun than tiling around a toilet any day of the week!)

These two cards are for a new blog I found (like I need more to check) called Skipping Stones Design. I really liked the sketch and just had to play. The artist who designed this sketch was a guest designer for them. She is Karen Giron and does the Sweet Sunday Sketches.

I have decided to do more sketches, to be a better (read more frequent) blogger. I want to be asked to be a guest designer/participant for some of these blogs I check out! I thought, "How am I gonna do that?" Ahhh... by regularly contributing and getting myself out there... duh! So that's what I'm gonna do! Starting here! I used Happy Moments on this card. I also used some patterned paper that I've had for approximately 20 years. It's not SU, but it's cute and all tied together color-wise, and it looked so good with my Wild Wasabi (what doesn't?) and Pink Pirouette. I had the idea after I saw the sketch and the designer's cards. When I finished, I thought it was a little busy for me, but cute, none-the-less.

On this one, I went with the straight up square. I like it! I also used Birthday Bakery. I haven't used it that much, but I do love it! Same colors, but I used all the SU pinks to color it in and the wasabi and celery to add in green accents.

The punch I used on the front is one I got at the local craft store. It rhymes with Cartha Fruewart. :)

I added a sentiment inside from It's Your Birthday and the cupcake from the gift tag stamp in Birthday Bakery.

Thanks for looking...






6 comments:

Wendy said...

Cute card!!! Did you see the before and after challenge on SCS. If you are a Fan Club member you can submit this one....Anywhoooo....thank you for playing along with the Tuesday Sketch Challenge at Skipping Stones Design. See you tomorrow for a brand new sketch challenge!

~amy~ said...

CUTE...and even cuter after reading that you paper is over 20 years old??!! Love both versions of the sketch! Thanks for joining us at Skipping Stones Design.

Tamra said...

Both these cards are wonderful! I esp like the scalloped border on the second one. Great job on the sketch. So glad you joined us at SSD...hope to see more of your creations!

Anonymous said...

Great job with this challenge! And you are so right...I found the best way to be asked is to participate also! Good luck! :) Love, love, love these colors and I'm partial to Wasabi as well. Thanks for joining us at Skipping Stones Design!

Anonymous said...

Great take on the sketch. Thanks for joining us at Skipping Stones Design.

Brenda said...

two great cards with a sweet color combo! Great job! Thanks so much for playing along with us at SSD!