TRY STAMPIN ON TUESDAY #378 - SKETCH

Our challenge this week over at Try Stampin on Tuesday #378 is a Sketch with the option of the theme of School Days. We are also pairing up with Double Trouble Challenge Blog and here are their details:

   Trouble Maker is celebrating "School Days". Whether you have a preschooler or you have been out of school for years, September always brings to mind the sound of the school bell. Use a theme showing teacher appreciation or reminders of school days. Twisted Sister challenges you to stay out of detention and include a bookmark or tag that your card recipient can remove and use. This twist is optional.




So in total you have a sketch, a theme and the option of adding a bookmark or tag.  Well I was definitely up for the challenge.  The only set I thought I could use was the retired SU Apple of My Eye - well apples are for teachers are they not?  I'd love to know where that idea originated!


I used a piece of SU Designer Series Paper for one of my side panels, the other I stamped some of the leaves from the set in SU Pear Pizazz.  I added a stitched framelit of the DSP for the back of my apple and stamped the image and the words on another stitched framelit.  The leaves and stalk were cut out and inked in SU Tranquil Tide and finished off with Wink of Stella.  I used some of the lovely SU Satin ribbon and a diamond embellishment to finish off my card.  Inside the card is a bookmark,  which easily slides off the card ready to be attached to a book.

The sentiment inside is from another old SU set Build A Bouquet - well maybe the teachers are not quite so happy to be back after their break!






 

HAND STAMPED SENTIMENT SC296

Our Challenge this fortnight over at Hand Stamped Sentiments is a Colour Challenge.

 


I must admit I don't have all of these colours and only have the Daffodil Delight in my stash so I went with the nearest SU colours I have.  It just goes to show that when doing challenges you don't always have to have the exact products - you can adapt it to what you have. 

I started off with some of SU's new DSP called Tranquil Textures and used the darker side of the paper as my background and the flip side as the base on the Navy cardstock.  I'm using a retired SU set here called Apple Of My Eye - I love to get old sets out and show them some love.  It's what we do on my Facebook Group The Joy of Sets.  

This time I used the Daffodil Delight to ink up the lemon - added some leaves in Certainly Celery and popped them on dimensionals.  I added a touch of thread, a glitter dot in the middle of the lemon and a glitter dot by the sentiment which was also inked in Daffodil Delight.

I look forward to seeing all your creations.  Do check out the rest of the Design Team and leave them a comment - we love to hear from you.

READY, STEADY, GO!!!

The Challenge over at Inkspirational this week is make a card in 10 minutes or less.  Not very difficult for me because I do tend to rush through my cards - so I popped the timer on and decided to see exactly how long it would take me.  The challenge over at CAS Colours and Sketches is a double whammy of colours and sketches lol!  So I decided to combine both challenges and do a CAS card in under ten minutes!  These are the colours and the sketch to work to - I didn't have the correct SU colours but used some similar retired ones of Certainly Celery, Close to Cocoa and Regal Rose.





I used some of the new DSP and used the Stitched Circle framelits to cut out the apple stamp and the background.  I used a new SU pearlized doily behind.  The leaves and stalk were cut out and added with dimensionals to the back of the apple.  I used the framelit from Colourful Season to add the detailed DSP.  All in all it took my a little over 8 minutes to do.

I'm also adding this into the Inspired By challenge which is back to school - that doesn't happen in the UK yet until September and, as my kids are now grown, school is no longer an issue.  I do remember the days though, as a stay at home mum, that I never wanted them to go back - no honest I didn't!  I loved having them home.  I quite like the idea though of giving the teacher an apple at the start of the year!  I wonder how that practice started and if it is ever done still.