diva sketch challenge

this was a fun card to make for this week's sketch on udi. my mom turned 87 yesterday so she was the recipient for this card. we actually celebrated it last week while in minnesota (see last saturday's post).

while last week i was in minnesota, this week i am now in philadelphia. i am there for a few days for a conference, but hope to squeeze a little bit of tourist time in as well. what an enourmous amount of history there is in philly. it is my first time visiting there.

now, skip on over to see what alisa has made for you this week.

diva inspiration challenge

the image for our inspiration on udi this week reminded me of a clean crisp image. i wanted my card to reflect that as well. the buttons are my favorite part. i should have redone the stamped image and the card itself, but had to move on to something else at the time i made it. i think the dotted background is too strong for what i wanted. i'll have to try and remake this card after i'm hone from philly. (this is another post done a week and a half out). after sunday i'll be home for a while. no more travel plans. xoxo

diva sketch challenge

I love the sketch this week and the way my card turned out. That doesn't happen very often. haha. the new colors are rockin'. i just can't decide what is my favorite yet: cherry cobbler, daffodil delight, concord crush, pear pizazz. wow. they are da bomb!!!

this card is just whisper white, basic black and pear. very simple, yet i think it makes a statement.

enjoy your weekend. i'm spending mine in minnesota at my niece's wedding and a family reunion. my brothers and sisters (there are six of us) have not been altogether since 2005 when another of my niece's got married. all of the burkhalter cousins will be there as well, though we are missing two spouses from the group.

on with the show to adriana's blog and see what she has done this week.

have fun. xox

well, i have begun my travels today. the journey will end in rockford illinois, where i grew up. we will spend the pm there and then end up to minnesota for my niece's wedding. it's going to be a fun weekend. my brothers and sisters and i run the gammit across the country from michigan to hawaii. my nieces and nephews are from minnesota to georgia, illinois to arizona. kind of cool, huh?

maria found a beautiful christmas tree for us to be inspired with today on udi. of course, my vision went in a different direction. i thought i had a particular stamp set, but couldn't find it until after! i changed my mind and went with this one. story of my life. anyway, the colors are perfect with her picture. artichoke and riding hood red. you cannot tell from this picture but the cardinal head is raised up with a couple of glue dots.

i'm sorry i don't have any new stuff to show you. my very tight budget hasn't allowed me to purchase anything but the card stock multi packs and new basic stamp pads. hopefully soon i can entertain you with something else though.

while i'm off to the great north some of the other divas are in salt lake city for the annual SU! convention. had i been able to go i would have made the ten year walk across the stage as a demo. :( maybe for my fifteen year. have a good one.

diva sketch challenge

I like the sketch this week on udi. Kind of fun and funky. i kept my card very simple using our tropical dsp and one stamped image to recreate the sketch.

please skip on over and see what adriana has made for you this week.

diva inspiration challenge

this week's inspiration on udi had me completely baffled. i studied it for a while, left it and went back again. it still baffled me. the black was too stark of a contrast with the rest of the colors. then i got away from the colors and went with the them . . . at least my version of the theme. i went tropical. warm weather, beaches, palm trees, beverages, etc. you get the idea. so, since there is just over a month left with the mini catalog i used our tropical dsp and stamp set to make my card.

be sure to check out what the rest of the team made today.

this is a card i made for a swap that i was in a couple of months ago. just thought i'd throw it at ya too. :)

diva sketch challenge

hi. i hope y'all had a great holiday weekend. ours was nice and quiet and laid back . . . my favorite kind. we are continuing with the red, white and blue theme this week over on udi. click on the link to see what it's all about.

i used our new cherry cobler (what an awesome, intense color!!!), the returning pacific point blue and shimmer white card stock. the fifth avenue floral embossing pad was used for my image and then i painted the raised flower with white shimmer paint. i like the outcome and hope you do too. have a great day.

diva sketch challenge

it's a holiday weekend here in the us of a. chip and i don't really care to travel much during the holiday weekends. too much traffic since we would be going over to illinois and have to drive through chicago . . . so we stay home. hope you're enjoying it no matter what you're doing.

please check out this week's sketch on udi. i took a certain amount of creative license this weeken and tweeked my card.

i used the top note and put it on an angle instead of a diamond shape like on the sketch. i also ran the black pieces through the texturz plates for the big shot. if you click on the picture it will enlarge and you might see it.

i think my black ink pad is one of the few that actually stamps out a very very dark purple. it is so wacky. i'm not going to replace it though because i very seldom use black.

i wasn't able to place a preorder from the new 2010-2011 catalog until the last day of june, so hopefully next week i can show you some of our new color line. it rocks the stampin' world. i was able to get some card stock and inks, but not much else. i may have to 'borrow' some of my friends' stamps to do cards for a while.

as i said, enjoy your weekend. in the meantime, go see what Adriana has made for you.

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happy fourth of july weekend. our picture today on udi is a simple image of red, white and blue matches, but you can read so much into it. think patriotic, lighting fireworks . . . you get the idea.

i rolled the friend wheel in white onto our new marine mist card stock and sprinkled with glitter. i added the ribbon, punched the card and sprayed with shimmer paint to add more bling. i wouldn't do that ribbon thingy too much though, it takes a crap load of ribbon; but i do like the way it turned out.

enjoy your weekend and thank God and our military for our freedom.