Saturday Sketch Challenge 164

Good Evening Friends!

It's time for another exhilarating sketch from your Stamping 411 Operators! To see the individual creations and read about how they all went together, just click the names on the side bar to be transported to each individual operator blog.

If you're uploading your card to an online gallery, please use keyword SSC164. If you've never done a challenge and you're looking for a place to post your cards so folks can see them, one of my favorite places to post cards is stampin addicts. If you want, you can check it out!

This week, we have another simple sketch! (love that) If you're a new stamper or a seasoned professional, sketch challenges are a great jumping off point when you're trying to design a card.

What a challenge does for me is, it takes one of the "decisions" out of the your card making process. :) When you do a color challenge... Same thing! You look at the colors and see what you have that will fit what you've done.

I'm going to take a guess at Lee's dimensions (her card is at the top this week) and give you one possible scenario for layering your card.

Base: 11 x 4 1/4" scored and folded in half at 5 1/2"
Layer 2: 4 x 3
Layer 2a: silver circles stuck to the back of layer 2.
Layer 3: a punched shape.. and that's it!!!

Great card Lee! Speaking of Lee..... Does the thought of cutting your card stock using measurements baffle you? Well, you can check out the most awesome post on how to read a ruler written by the very lovely and talented Lee Conrey, by clicking here.
Lee Conrey


Patti Chesky





Robin Merriman





Gretchen Barron





Kerin Sylvester






Tiffany Bauer





Selene Kempton





Connie Babbert

Now it's your turn :D

Never played with us before?? Well, it's easy! Sky's the limit!

1. Make a card
2. Post it online somewhere to your blog or other online forum
3. Post a link to the free linky tool below (please point the link to your post and NOT just your blog)
4. Have some fun and leave comments for each other (and for the operators if you like their work). ~ Everyone loves comments!

We hope you join us this week and play along with this sketch! But don't delay our links will close at 8AM on Thursday morning Eastern Standard Time.

Stampers Showcase #163

WOW! What an amazing group of stampers we had participate this week! Here are the Operator Pics for Challenge #163. Keep up the great work, everyone!

Color Inspiration #136

It's been a SUPER crazy week in the Chesky household this week. We've been getting senior pictures taken, getting ready for a driver's test, school shopping, etc.....

When pondering my color combination options this week, I went right for the Color Coach. This tool is SO amazing!

I wanted something girly....and I haven't really played with Blushing Bride yet.

The Color Coach suggested Blushing Bride, Perfect Plum and Sahara Sand. I might've put the first two colors together.....but the Sahara Sand never would've popped into my head!

I even got a chance to put a simple card together using this fabulous color combo. I have a few sneak peeks on this card from the Holiday Mini catalog.



The base card is Perfect Plum.

I ran the Blushing Bride layer through the Big Shot using the Northern Flurry embossing folder. I punched the left edge with the Scallop Edge punch.

I then dragged my Whisper White Craft pad so the snowflakes would be accentuated. Make sure you let this ink dry before going onto the next step.

The sentiment is stamped onto Sahara Sand cardstock using Perfect Plum ink. I punched it with the new Decorative Label punch, sponged the edges with Perfect Plum ink and added a little paper knot of Perfect Plum cardstock (a mini Basic Pearl sits atop the knot).

The finishing touches include some Victoria trim and Basic Pearls (of varying sizes) in the center of each snowflake. Oh! I almost forgot.......I spritzed the entire card with some Vanilla Shimmer Smooch Spritz. It's oh so glimmery in person!

Are you ready to try this color challenge? We'd love to see your project! Please use the Linky Tool at the bottom of this post to link your project to our blog!

Until next time.....Happy Stamping everyone!