Friday, April 30, 2010

Paper Garden Projects 4th Friday Challenge & Sketch Girl 17

OK, time for a double duty post....A little Paper Garden Projects and a little Sketch Girl : )

It's time for the Fourth Friday Challenge at Paper Garden Projects. This week we are having a color challenge, wanna see???



You have till midnight (EST) of Friday May 7 to add a comment at Paper Garden Projects Blog with the link to your project. We will draw one random winner for the prize.

The rules are:

It must be a newly created project for this challenge - but feel free to combine this challenge with any other ones out there.

The winner will be drawn randomly and announced the following Saturday.

In honor of Mother's Day, the prize is this lovely Rachelle Anne Miller Bundle of Joy stamp:



Now for my card:



I used my Antique Floral Clear Stamp Set to make a background on Kaisercraft Paper.

Let my give you a little tip for making the ruffled ribbon trim on this card. Here is the ribbon I used:



I simply snipped the brown middle stitch and then pulled it to make the blue ribbon ruffle. I added the ruffle to my card...with my left over ribbon I pulled the brown stitch from the middle - many different pieces of thin twine make up that stitch - so I used it to wrap around my card for a bow. All of that from 1 piece of ribbon!

All of the products mentioned are available and linked to Paper Garden Projects.


Time for a new and fabulous sketch from Sketch Girl. This week we're going to be twice as nice with 2 different sketches. Check them out:





Our sponsor this week is:



And now for my card:



Oh how I love pink, let me count the ways....ok everything I make is turning pink these days, maybe I need to move on to other colors : ) I used Prism Cardstock. I then cut American Crafts Dear Lizzy patterened paper into 4 squares using my Spellbinder Nestabilities. I added a Dear Lizzy rub-on and embellishment and some twine. I'm such a twine addict lately, want to wrap it around everything I make.

Visit the Sketch Girl DT for inspiration:

Alyssa
Harriet
Eve
Tiffany
Randee
Bonnie
Katie
Jennie
Jessica
Sara
Annie
Julie

And our Guest Designer for April is the fabulous Teresa Kline.

Visit Sketch Girl to upload your card using Mr. Linky!

13 comments:

Sammye Jo said...

LOVING this card! ou are so freaking talented :) xoxo-sj Happy Derby!

Harriet H said...

Your cards are fabulous.... absolutely fabulous and I love the papers and the colors that you used.... Beautiful works of art.

Harriet

LollyChops said...

Wow you have been a busy camper! I love yours CARDS!!!!

I love the tip on making the ribbon ruffle! I wish I had some of that ribbon here with me now so I could try it out! I cannot wait to get home!

Weekend HUGS Amber!

Sara said...

Gorgeous cards Amber!!! Love the ruffled ribbon and how you used the middle of it! Your SG card is too cute!

Leigh Ann Baird said...

Beautiful cards, Amber! Both of them are fantastic! Everything is better with a bit of twine wrapped around it.

Alyssa S said...

These are fantastic! Love the tip about the ribbon too!

Unknown said...

Awesome cards Amber. I know these ideas are floating around inside your head all the time just waiting to be picked for the next card!!!! I thought you did circles but you did SQUARES!!!!

scrapsnsuch@gmail.com said...

Great cards! I love all the texture on the first one - I still don't know how you do it every time with all those elements together. Wonderful take on the SG card too - I like all the pink!

Jennie said...

Lovely design Amber! Great colors and nice job on the sketch :o)

Cheryl said...

Awesome card! I love this.

Jess said...

These are stunning cards! I love the bright colors on the first card and the fun scallops on the Sketch Girl card!

JoAnn V. (http://joboogie.typepad.com) said...

Beautiful! :)

Tiffany Heilman said...

love this card. The staples, the punches - it is all so fabulous!

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