Hello Life and a Dozen Thoughts for As You See It Challenges

Quick post today, as I am still preparing for a mini-retreat weekend at my own house - in my Craft Cave - which necessitates a major clean up! (Yes, I am a messy crafter!) We had been planning to go away for a weekend long crafting retreat, but that fell through when not enough people signed up, so four of us decided to to it anyway at my house. So I'm trying to have it at least presentable for four people to spend a long day and a half in!

But one thing I still needed to do was my Design Team Sample for As You See It Challenges #130! Here's the sketch from Amanda:

When I saw that Polaroid frame, I thought of a framelit set we used to have, which has since retired. Then I contemplated making my own with my Squares Collection Framelits, when my Hello Life project suddenly caught my eye, and there it was: a perfectly sized photo frame! And not only that, but I took my colour scheme from that kit as well:  Basic Gray, Basic Black and Crushed Curry along with Whisper White. Here's how it looks:

• I've really been enjoying going back to grunge lately. Here the background was a combo of Timeless Textures and Gorgeous Grunge in Basic Gray and Crushed Curry ink. Sooo much fun to do!
• I punched out a couple of hearts using the Sweetheart punch and layered them within the frame. I embossed the sentiment, from A Dozen Thoughts stamp set, in White Stampin' Emboss Powder and punched it out with the Washi Label Punch. It's mounted on Stampin' Dimensionals.

And that's all, folks! Have a great weekend!

Click on the links below to take you to my On-Line Store, where you can read about, look at, and purchase if you wish, the products used to make this card today.

Product List

A Dozen Thoughts Wood Stamp Set [131056]	A Dozen Thoughts Clear Stamp Set [131059]	Gorgeous Grunge Wood Stamp Set [130514]	Gorgeous Grunge Clear Stamp Set [130517]	Timeless Textures Wood-Mount Stamp Set [140514]
Timeless Textures Clear-Mount Stamp Set [140517]	Hello Life Project Kit [137949]	Crushed Curry 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [131199]	Basic Gray 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [121044]	Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [100730]
Basic Black 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [121045]	Versamark Pad [102283]	White Stampin' Emboss Powder [109132]	Heat Tool [129053]	Sweetheart Punch [133786]
Washi Label Punch [138296]	Cherry On Top Designer Washi Tape [138384]	Liquid Multipurpose Glue [110755]	Fast Fuse Adhesive [129026]	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430]

It's a Boy for Freshly Made Sketches

It's just that time of life for me! Not only are my own daughters having babies and giving me grandchildren, but my nieces and nephew are also having little ones. One of my nieces, Katie, just gave birth to a little boy, Logan! So a card and gift are in order and I decided to do the shaker card thing again, since I've been having so much fun with it.

Freshly Made Sketches new Challenge sketch is simplicity itself and I decided keep it fairly Clean and Simple.

• I love this combination of colours: Mint Macaron, Lost Lagoon, Silver and Whisper White. It's such a clean look.

Mint Macaron                  Lost Lagoon                          Silver

• The Star Framelits gave me a shape to use for the shaker card opening! I liked the look of the star used in the sketch and I thought it would work well for a little boy baby. I used the Be the Star stamp set to add those little sprays of blue and silver stars on the top and bottom of the opening.
• Out of some Silver Foil Sheets, I used some of the Baby's First Framelits to die cut some booties and blossoms for the the shaker bits. Hmmm! Booties and Blossoms sounds like the name of a Baby Store, doesn't it?
• Fun Foam with adhesive on one side is perfect to use as the spacer for shaker cards! You can die cut the shape with a framelit very easily and it will match up perfectly with the hole in the card. The adhesive backing makes it simple to seal the cavity after filling it with the shaker bits and attaching the whole thing to the card base.
• It's a Boy is one of the sentiments from A Dozen Thoughts stamp set. After I stamped it in Lost Lagoon ink, I die cut it using one of the Bitty Banner Framelits, but having the second flagged end positioned off the paper so there would only be one.
• The Congratulations is from the Made with Love stamp set, also stamped in Lost Lagoon ink.

Click on the links below to take you to my On-Line Store, where you can read about, look at, and purchase if you wish, the products used to make this card today!

Product List

A Dozen Thoughts Wood Stamp Set [131056]	A Dozen Thoughts Clear Stamp Set [131059]	Be The Star Clear-Mount Stamp Set [135734]	Be The Star Wood-Mount Stamp Set [135731]	Be The Star Clear-Mount Bundle [140251]
Be The Star Wood-Mount Bundle [140250]	Made With Love Photopolymer Stamp Set [138662]	Silver Foil Sheets [132178]	Mint Macaron 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [138337]	Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [100730]
Versamark Pad [102283]	Lost Lagoon Classic Stampin' Pad [133644]	Silver Stampin' Emboss Powder [109131]	Embossing Buddy [103083]	Heat Tool - Uk Plug [129054]
Baby's First Framelits Die [133735]	Stars Framelits Dies [133723]	Bitty Banners Big Shot Die Framelits [129267]	Big Shot [113439]	Silver Sequin Trim [138399]
Fuse Fast Adhesive [129026]	Liquid Multipurpose Glue [110755]	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430]