A surrender to sketch

I mentioned the other day that I was browsing through sketches. I had tried to do one, but ended up somewhere else. Well....one of the sketches I saw on Karen's site kept showing up on several other sites. It kind of got stuck in my head, so I decided to go ahead and give it a whirl. It is a real basic layout. I just got this new package of DSP from the Stampin' Up! holiday mini and it was just perfect for this! The card base is creamy caramel with a layer of chocolate chip and really rust. I cut the strips of DSP to 1-1/2" wide and lined them up. The little tree is from A tree for all seasons. This is a great set that has been around a LONG time. You won't see it in the catalog right now, but it is still available. It is on the 'dormant list.' I stamped the tree with basic brown and added some color with my markers. The words are from the new tree set...season of friendship?? (I am so bad with names....of all kinds....) from the holiday mini catalog. I really like how this turned out so I am going to be doing it at my stamp a stack and scrap next week! Come on over!!

Comments

Cheryl said…

Very nice card! I don't have that DP yet but you may have forced me to add it to my list. TFS

October 6, 2008 at 6:44 PM

Kerry D-C said…

Love the background!! fun!

October 9, 2008 at 8:07 AM

Bradley

Sunday, my best friend died. My sweetheart of 20 years died suddenly from diabetes. We didn't know he had diabetes. It came quick and took him from me. Brad was more than just my husband, he was my best friend. I relied so very much on his strength to guide me and my children through this life. I admit I feel a bit lost without him, already. I had planned on much, much more time with him. Brad and I met on January 28th, 1989. We were both at a nightclub for under age night with our friends that had dragged us there. We were both ready to leave when we were talked into one more dance. That dance changed our lives. We hit it off right away and danced the rest of the night. In face, we were together from then on. I remember that after that night, I waited all day for his call. It was love right away for me. I felt something I had never felt before and knew that he was the one for me. We dated for six months before Brad went to Texas to go to school. We talked a lot on the phone, and I

Bloggers challenge and candy

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Today is another fun summer day at my house. The kids are running here and there and I'm just trying to keep up. I realized I hadn't sent out Father's day cards yet, so that is what I worked on today. I tried to keep these nice and clean and manly. I remember going to a demonstration at a Stampin' Up! convention years ago where Kevin Theeson and another guy(I forget his name....) talked about 'manly' cards. One of the things they stressed was that guys don't like cards made with pastel cards. They prefer bold bright and earth element colors. I'm not sure if they suggested we stay away from florals too, but I kind of figured that was a safe idea. ;o) For this card I started with some textured Wild Wasabi cardstock cut to 10-1/2 x 5-1/4. That gave me a 5-1/4" card when folded. The striped paper across the center is from a retired SU simply scrappin kit...primary colors I think it was called. I added a strip of Real Red to each side of the stripes for

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