Birthday Rose {SSSC229}

Hi everyone! It's time once again for Karen's Sweet Sunday Sketch and is this week's sketch ever SWEET! I LOVE this week's layout. I hope you like it as much as I do and get a chance to play along.

My card today uses some of my favorite things from My Favorite Things ;) I've used the Wood Plank Background, Diagonal Stripe Background (for the checkerboard pattern), Mini Hybrid Heirloom Rose, and Leaf Filled Flourish. The colors are Kraft, Red Hot, and Sweet Tooth.

Here is my card:

Detail shot of the rose. It was stamped with the Wood Plank Background in Red Hot ink. I also stamped the flourish with the same background stamp in Kraft ink. The checkerboard pattern was made with the Diagonal Stripe Background. I stamped it once and then turned it once and stamped it again to get the checkerboard pattern. 

The finished inside:

Here is this week's sketch:

Don't forget to check out the samples from the Sweet Sunday Sketch Team:

Barbara Anders

Dana White

Jenny Peterson 

Jodi Collins

Karen Motz 

Lisa Henke 

Lori Tecler

Lynn Put 

Sarah Jane Kale 

Tracy Clemente 

Vicki Burdick 

and Karen Giron

Below you will find links to all of the MFT products I used on my card.

Diagonal Stripes Background	Wood Plank Background	Sweet Birthday Wishes	Blueprints 8 Die-namics
Horizontal Stitched Strips Die-namics	Mini Hybrid Heirloom Rose	Leaf-Filled Flourish	Square STAX set 1
Stitched Circle STAX	Red Hot Hybrid Ink	Kraft Hybrid Ink Pad	Black Licorice Hybrid Ink
Red Hot Card Stock	Kraft Card Stock	Sweet Tooth Card Stock

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Thanks for stopping by!

~Jackie

MFT July Creative Challenge - Improving on Pattern Perfection

Hi there everyone! It's time for the July Creative Challenge from My Favorite Things! This month's challenge is Improving on Pattern Perfection using the time-honored stripe! I got my love of stripes from my beloved grandmother, so this wasn't really a challenge for me!

Make sure you head on over to the MFT Blog for a direct link to each participating designer.

I couldn't stop with just one card, so I've got two to share with you today. I actually made three cards, but I will save the third for another time ;)

My first card is pretty shabby. I started by cutting four of the Stripes Cover-Up Die-namics from Kraft card stock. I layered them all together for dimension and painted the top layer with some liquid gesso. The Mini Hybrid Heirloom Rose was cut from Pink Lemonade card stock and was stamped with the Diagonal Stripes Background in Bubblegum ink. I cut the Leaf-Filled Flourish from Translucent Vellum and again painted everything with a layer of gesso.

Here is my card:

Detail shot:

The finished inside:

My second card uses the Diagonal Stripes Stencil with some modeling paste, along with the Diagonal Stripes Background.

Here is my card:

Detail shot. I need to reach for the stencils and modeling paste more often. Love the texture of the not-so-perfect stripes! The Tag Talk Die-namics (this month's Free with $60) was cut from Steel Blue card stock and stamped with Steel Blue Hybrid Ink using the Diagonal Stripes Background.

The finished inside:

Below you will find links to all of the MFT products I used on my cards.

Beautiful Baby	Diagonal Stripes Background	Stripes Cover-Up Die-namics	Pierced Circle STAX Die-namics
Circle STAX set 1	Butterflies Die-namics	Mini Hybrid Heirloom Rose	Leaf-Filled Flourish
Kraft Card Stock	Translucent Vellum	Pink Lemonade Card Stock	Sweet Tooth Card Stock
Bubblegum Hybrid Ink	Black Licorice Hybrid Ink

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Tag Talk Die-namics	Diagonal Stripes Background	Diagonal Stripes Stencil	Mini Hybrid Heirloom Rose
Leaf-Filled Flourish	Butterflies Die-namics	Translucent Vellum	Sweet Tooth Card Stock
Pink Lemonade Card Stock	Bubblegum Hybrid Ink	Steel Blue Card Stock	Steel Blue Hybrid Ink

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Thanks for stopping by!

~Jackie