Scrap Saturday AND Sketch Sunday

I'm back! I've arrived home in one piece from my Crafty Ladies weekend!

Lue, Sue and I had a great time being away for one night doing our thing. The retreat center is literally 10 miles from my house and about 3 from Lue's. I picked her up at 3p on Friday afternoon. Good heavens, you'd think we were leaving for a week with all the stuff we brought with us! We just didn't want to forget anything though, so we pretty much brought it ALL! Just so you know, I am the one with the baseball cap on (I literally woke up Saturday morning, got dressed, and started stamping, so I'm not looking so sweet in these pics), Lue's the one with the blue t-shirt on, and Sue is the best looking one of us all (cuz she was smart and showered) with the black striped sweater on!

I came HOME with 55 completed cards, but I made more than that, actually. I sold some that I had made to my girlfriend Sue (she scrapbooks and is a great customer of mine too!) and to one of the ladies that was an employee at the retreat center! I probably sold $35 worth of cards! Gotta love that, it paid for half the cost of the retreat!

Today I'll show you the card I made for Scrap Stash Saturday (which I missed because I was gone), and I'll also give you today's Sketch Challenge #9 and the card that inspired it. Hopefully it's not too much for you to take in!

Ok, so let's get on with it. Here's my card for Scrap Stash Saturday. It's really, really, really easy! All I did was stamp the small flower image from Doodle That all over the front of a piece of Rose Red cardstock. Then, I took a vertical strip of paper from my Basic Grey 6x6 pad (it was leftover from another card I put together at the retreat) and cut the sides of it with decorative scissors. I glued it to the front of the card. Finally, I took another small scrap piece of paper from my Basic Grey collection and punched out small circles with a regular size hole punch and then glued those on the stamped flower images to serve as the flower's center.

It looked sort of plain, so I punched three Whisper White circles (1 1/4) and three Rose Red circles (1 3/8) and stamped the flower image from Doodle That on two of the white circles and stamped the sentiment on the third white circle. All of the white circles were then matted with the larger Rose Red circles. To make the flowers stand out, I stamped them again, watercolored them and then mounted them on foam tape onto the white circles, so the card would have some dimensional qualities. I placed each of the three circles down the front of the card, on top of the vertical scrap. When I finished the card, I put the card to the side away from my other card stash because it was for Saturday's blog. But Carolyn, the retreat center employee (such a sweetie!) saw it and had to have it. I'm like "Wait, let me get a picture of it first for my blog!!!!" Then the cute little thing was gone. Poof, just like that. Thank heavens I brought my camera with me so I could take a picture of it for you guys!

Now.....it's Super Sketch Sunday time! I have so much fun with this challenge, have I told you that lately? You have all responded so well to the challenges I've thrown at you each week, I'm so PROUD of each and everyone of you that pushes herself to give these sketches a try. I have to say, the card I made for today's challenge is a favorite for me. Unfortunately, the photo I uploaded isn't great. Had to use the flash, so I think it's a bit overexposed! I made this yesterday near the end of the retreat. I'm amazed my brain wasn't too fried by then to come up with anything intelligent enough to submit for you! I think you will have lots of fun coming up with your own version of this sketch! Following is the recipe for the card. I'm not going to give you a step by step run down of what I did, because I think it's pretty self explanatory. But, as usual, if you have any sort of question regarding what I did, be sure and email me!

Paper: Crate, black/white double sided paper, Very Vanilla, Basic Black

Ink: Basic Black, Whisper White

Ribbon: SU Very Vanilla Organza

Tag: Cuttlebug

Have a great Sunday!