Sketch Girls Challenge #10

It is the 15th and a new sketch is up at the Sketch Girl blog. I used the sketch below and the Able Gable template from Perfect Presentation to create this fun box that is begging for cookies or I could put in the cupcake inserts (oh yes this is part of the template; so cool!)...the thoughts of sweets are just zipping around in my head. yummm!!! You can't tell that I am back on the healthy bandwagon?!? I just love sweets and it is so hard to give them up :( I guess I can eat them in moderation one day out of the week (I love cheater day). It helps me keep with it! Anyway this little box only took 2 sheets of cardstock and with the included assembly instruction it was a breeze to put together. I cut this out by hand, but if I had a Silhouette or Cricut it would have been even quicker, since the template are also available in compatible file types. This template and others are available for purchase here.

This sucker came together so quickly. I used a bow for the circle and the bottom half of Journaling card that can be cut from Teresa Collins paper. Love this collection! I topped it off with the heart, courtesy of my scrapbin. I keep a little bin of scrap including patterned paper scraps, things that have been die cut or stamped, parts of unfinished cards. Thanks PTI for reminding of the forgotten bin! The heart was already stamped and punched last year some time. All I had to do was add some bling and a button and I was done.

Stop by the other Sketch Girl Designers blogs (just click away below) and don't forget to link up your creation her on the Sketch Girl Blog for a chance to win a prize! Gotta love prizes!

Alyssa
Amber

Annie
Bonnie
Harriet

Jennie
Jessica
Julie
Katie
Randee

Sara

Laurel (January Guest Designer)

Supplies:
Paper: Patterned Paper (Teresa Collins Crush Line); Pink Pirouette and Bashful Blue cardstock (SU!)
Stamps: Retro Backgrounds (PTI)
Extras: Heart punch (SU!); Ribbon (from my stash); Button (Autumn Leaves); Black Blin (Mark Richards); Able Gable Template (Perfect Presentation)

Nuttin' Better

It has been about a week since I sat down and got crafty. To get out of the craftless funk I decided to participate in the Caardvark's Critter Challenge. The challenge is to create a card using a critter. I cannot tell you how much fun I had making this card! When I thought of this challenge all I could think of how cute would it be to have a nut card with a squirrel on it. Truth be told, any excuse to use my Year Round Puns from Papertrey Ink. Every time I open this card up it just makes me giggle. Let me know what you think!

I designed the template and hand stitched the top of the nut. I even stitched on the buttons. All paper used on the front of the card was made using the Green Stack, which is made of 70% recycled material and has a really unique texture.

Supplies (5 x 6 inch card):
Paper: DCWV Green Stack, SU! Kraft Cardstock (base of the card)
Stamps: Year Round Puns (PTI)
Ink: StazOn Brown
Extras: Linen Thread (SU!), Buttons (PTI), Circle Punches (Fiskars and SU!), Scallop Punch (Marvvy Uchida), Squirrel Die (Quickutz), and Glaze Pen for the eyes and nose)