Make and Take: You're the Friend

Monochromatic Friend
Submitted to the VC Rocks! group

by Elizabeth Kratzer

Supplies:

Stamps - Friendly Wishes

Ink - Lost Lagoon, Mint Macaron

Cardstock - Pool Party, Mint Macaron, Lost Lagoon

Accessories - Mint Macaron 1" Dotted Lace, dimensionals

1.  Cut cardstock:  Mint Macaron - 3-1/4"x 2-3/4" and 5-1/2"x 4-1/4" card base;  Lost Lagoon - 3"x 2-1/2" and 5-1/4"x 4";  Pool Party - 2-3/4"x 2-1/4" and 5"x 3-3/4"

2.  Stamp sentiment using Lost Lagoon ink.  Add the mat layers behind.

3.  Cut your lace ribbon ONLY after you have used it to frame the matted sentiment!  This gives you more room to make adjustments to your ribbon placement as you go around and after you finish.  Use snail tape runner on all sides of the back of the matted sentiment.  Starting in one corner, lay the lace down, carefully bunching it up in the corner to get the mitred look.  You may need to add more snail to the corner layers to keep them in place.  Go around the card finishing off in the corner where you can hide the beginning of the bottom layer. 

4.  Stamp onto the Pool Party background with Mint Macaron ink.  Adhere to Lost Lagoon cardstock and then to Mint Macaron card base.

5.  Layer sentiment with dimensionals onto the stamped Pool Party.

Sketch Frenzy Friday, Happy Blooming Birthday

Here's today's SFF sketch from Kim Innis.  Thanks for a versatile sketch, Kim.

I turned my card sideways because I saw this great card with a popped up frame around the flowers.  I stamped everything first then used the framelits to die cut.  I added a hand cut flower over the sentiment.  I think you can see a little better in these photos.

It's a very easy card to make and I am sure I will be making more.  I already have ideas using different stamp sets for my next ones.

Supplies:

Stamps - Flower Patch

Cardstock - Whisper White, Rich Razzleberry

Ink - Razzleberry, Lost Lagoon, Island Indigo, Hello Honey, Delightful Dijon, Old Olive, 

Rose Red

Accessories - Labels Collection Framelits (oops! I now realize it's retired), Pearls, glue dots

I hope you have a great weekend with enough time to play around with your stamps and ink.  When you post your card using today's sketch, don't forget to add it to the bottom of today's post at the SFF blog.

Elizabeth Kratzer

Sketch Frenzy Friday, You're Great, Mint

I'm so surprised that I am really liking this new in color Mint Macaron.   I think it has a little more blue in the color and kind of reminds me of Pool Party.  So my card today is full of minty goodness.

See what I mean?  The  mint is pretty!
The Dijon in the background is just a background.  I left it on because the card was a little wonky in my picture.  But trust me, the Black card base makes the card so beautiful.

Today's sketch challenge is from  Jennifer Kay.  Thanks, Jennifer!  This is a fun sketch that I think I will use in the future by turning it on its side.

Supplies

Stamps - I Think You're Great
Cardstock - Whisper White, Basic Black,  Mint Macaron
Ink - Delightful Dijon, Cajun Craze, Mint Macaron
Accessories - None, I couldn't think of an embellishment in any place that wouldn't detract from the card.  (If you can, please let me know in the comments.)

Take on today's sketch challenge and don't forget to
add a link to your post to today's SFF post.

Today's my last day teaching VBS!  So I look forward to a restful weekend.
I hope you have a restful weekend too.
Elizabeth K.

Sketch Frenzy Friday, Spread the Love

Do you love ice cream and cupcakes?  You bet, I do!  Yum!

And I also love the Cherry on Top paper stack - that's about ice cream and cupcakes! 

I concentrated too much on that yummy paper, and now realize how very small my sentiment is.  Oh, well, I can easily replace that with another bigger stamped sentiment.  It's not unusual for me to go back and rework my cards.  Do you do that?  Or are you okay with leaving the card as is?

Here's my SFF sketch for this week:

I made this with My Digital Studio from Stampin' Up!  Now it is no longer available.

Still, I am proud of myself for continuing to work on my digital card sketch making.

Supplies:

Stamps -  Sprinkles of Life

Cardstock - Watermelon Wonder, Whisper White, Cherry on Top DSP stack

Ink - Watermelon Wonder

Accessories - White baker's twine, Watermelon Wonder dotted lace trim, dimensionals

You can join us by adding your card using this week's sketch, on the SFF blog at the bottom of today's post.

Happy weekend!

Elizabeth Kratzer

Sketch Frenzy Friday, I Think You're Great!

Hi, everyone!

I received my new "SU! toys" in the mail!  

As in - from the new 2015-16 Annual Catalog!

The new In Color Cucumber Crush is a pretty bright green, not the fluorescent green I imagined.  The In Color lace ribbon trim is stretchy and beautiful.  And finally,  DSP  that has donuts in it!

The I Think You're Great stamp set is one designed for the "kissing technique" -  solid background sentiments with two texture looking stamps to kiss with.  (I did no kissing on this card)

 Thanks, Diana, for this great sketch!  I can see myself using it over and over again!

Supplies

Stamps - I Think You're Great

Cardstock - Basic Black, Cucumber Crush, Whisper White;  Cherry on Top DSP stack

Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black

Accessories - Cucumber Crush 1" dotted lace trim;  3/4", 1-3/4", 2" circle punches;  7/8", 2-3/8" scallop circle punches, dimensionals, tombow glue (for the lace trim)

Play along with us at Sketch Frenzy Friday by using this sketch for your card, and adding it to the bottom of today's SFF post!

Have a blessed day!

Elizabeth K.

VC Rocks, Make and Take

"I Think You're Pretty Swell"

That statement and old cameras go together, reminding me of my childhood.

Supplies:

Stamps - Big On You

Ink -  Memento Tuxedo Black*

Cardstock - Whisper White. Basic Black, Flashback DSP

Accessories - 6-1/2" Daffodil Delight seam binding ribbon

* I had just reinked my ink pad and didn't want to wait for it to soak in well, so when I stamped my sentiment there were little white patchy spots on the thick black line.  I decided that this gave my card a more vintage look.  

1.   Cut Whisper White cardstock to make the standard card of 5-1/2" x  4-1/4"
2.   Cut Basic Black layer,  5-3/8" x 4-1/8";  using Stampin' Distress Tool, distress edges of layer.
3.   Cut Flashback DSP layer to 5-1/4" x 4".
4.   Stamp sentiment on blue layer of DSP; trim to 3-1/4" x 3-3/8", then carefully distress.  
5.   Punch star out of blue layer and adhere scrap piece behind it;  adhere to 3-3/8" x 3-1/2" basic   black distressed layer.
6.   Tie each end of the ribbon, maneuvering the knots to the right place;  trim ends, adhere.
7.   Layer sentiment over part of the ribbon and  adhere with dimensionals.
8.   Step it up by black embossing the sentiment.          

Sketch Frenzy Friday, Happy Graduation

Hi, everyone!  I'm glad you're visiting my blog!

Today's SFF sketch is from Elizabeth Harris:

Butterfly!  

For some reason butterflies make me happy, so I am excited about this card:

Another graduation card; this time it's for my cousin's daughter, Paige.

The sentiment looks weird but it is cut straight and adhered to the middle of the butterfly.

The more I looked at the butterfly the less I want to put items on my card.

I mean a Butterfly can stand alone as the only thing on a card, right?

So I made my sentiment as skinny as I could.

Supplies:

Stamps - Teeny Tiny Wishes

Ink - Mossy Meadow

Cardstock - Pear Pizzazz,  Adventure Bound DSP,   gold foil sheets,
gold fancy foil designer vellum

Accessories - Butterfly thinlets dies, dimensionals

Thanks for fluttering by my blog!

Elizabeth K.