Cardabilities Sketch 12 Reveal!!!

Happy Thursday to you! 

I can hardly believe that it is September 30th and October is truly just around the corner!  Since it is the 30th, you know what that means right?  Yes, it is time for our new Cardabilities sketch and reveal!  Take a peek at the following sketch, isn't it just so elegant and versatile?!!  I sure think so! 






















So here is what I did with the sketch, I decided to take a little spin on this one and went with a 5x7!:

Ingredients:  Graphic 45, "A Proper Gentleman", Graphic 45 chipboard buttons, 7 Gypsies Gears, Tim Holtz swivel clasp, Fiskars small scallop border punch, Glossy Accents and Ranger Walnut Stain Distress Ink.  The ribbon, jute and string are from my stash. 

I'd love to see how you are inspired by Karan's sketch too!  Please be sure to link up your creation at Cardabilities so we can stop on by and leave you some love!!!  If you haven't had a chance to stop over, you definitely want to so you can see some fabulous creations by the rest of our talented Design Team!

Thanks so much for stopping on by today and have yourself a super scrappity happy day!!!

Sketchabilities Blog Hop Winners!!!

Happy Wednesday to you!  This is my 2nd post for today, scroll on down for some Pixie-licious stuff!!!

I'm so excited, I get to announce my Sketchabilities Birthday Celebration blog hop winner today!!!

I went on over to Randomizer.org and this is what happened:  #32 is my lucky winner! 

Jan Garber said...

Great hop!

September 16, 2010 5:46 PM

Please email me your addy at snapwhiz@gmail.com and I'll get your prize off to you this weekend!

Here is a list of all our winners...

Rita Vergara-Kelly Massman

Amy Kilgore - Lindsey

Shawn Lahr - Christina

 

Liza Bermuda - Barb Turpin

Heather Leopard - Jennybean

Sheree Power - Stacy

Jenny Chesnick- Jennifer

Char Dobson - Rita

 

Rhonda Van Ginkel - Jan Garber

 

Wendy Jordan - Faye marie

 

Simona Montanari - Jennifer

 

Karan Gerber- Karen aka soccerboyzmom

Karen Lancaster: Kelly Massman

and our Main Blog Giveaway Winner is:

Here are your random numbers:
60
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Denise said...
Your first blog hop ROCKED!!! Seriously, you guys put on an amazing one! The "magic" words are : We sure hope you have enjoyed participating in our first birthday celebration! I Love Sketchabilities!

Denise: if you could please email me your snail addy to

sketchabilities@gmail.com that would be great :)

Thank you so much to all the participants of the hop!  Please be sure to play along at Sketchabilities!!!

It's a Pixie-licious Kind of Day!

It's a veryyy Pixie-licious kind of day today, (okay, I couldn't resist)!

I'm soooo excited and honored!  My projects that I recently created for Scrapbooks Too (my local scrapbook store in Bloomington, MN) are featured today on Cosmo Cricket's blog!!!  Click here to see them! 

I had a blast playing with this line and making it work for a layout of my little guy.  I thought it would make the perfect treat bag for a birthday party or small gift too. (I forgot to snap a picture of the treat bag before I brought it into the store, sorry!  You can check it out on the Cosmo blog though!!!)

Here is a detail shot for you.  I could not resist that chipboard swirl and had so much fun layering it up.  I used a lot of glossy accents and stickles and pop dots on this project as well.  Don't you just love that velvet scallop trim?  It's Cosmo Cricket too!  Scrapbooks Too has been gracious and invited me to design for their store and to become one of their newest instructors.  I'm very honored and excited about working with them!!!

Thanks so much for letting me share my excitement and good news with you!  Have a super scrappity day!!!

Sketchabilities Birthday Celebration Blog Hop!!!

It's a SKETCHABILITIES first ever Blog Hop!!!

This blog hop is run a bit differently then others. There is an order for you to hop!

[1] Follow the hop by visiting Karan Gerbers blog first, find the word, and go to the next blog listed.

[2] For our followers to be considered for the final Sponsor Giveaway, you need to hop to Design Team Blogs that are participating in the blog hop in order …On those blogs, you will find a highlighted word in Orange. Find the highlighted word, make note of it and leave some feedback. All these highlighted words combined form a catch phrase about Sketchabilities.

[3] You need to comment on each Designer Blog to be considered for the individual RAK the Design Team Members are offering............your last step..

[4] You will need to put that “catch” phrase together and bounce back to the Sketchabilities site to leave your final comment and the “catch” phrase.

You'll have 5 days to complete the hop dates are Sept 15th until 20th!

Winners of each DT Blog Rak and the Final Sponsor Giveaway prize will be posted Sept 22nd at the Sketchabilities Blog!  We all LOVE prizes don't we???

Now... for the super fun part...  BLOG CANDY!  I promised you all that I would have a super fun CHA giveaway and here we go...  up for grabs, my Cardabilities reveal card for today (scroll down for that!) and...  a set of Tim Holtz Autographed Texture Fade "Rays and Retro Circles" embossing folders and a Making Memories Slice Apron. 

Your next stop on the hop is the ever fabulous....   Karen Lancaster!!!

Happy Scrappity Hopping and Happy Birthday to Sketchabilities!!!

Cardabilities Sketch #11 Reveal

Are you embracing fall yet?  I sure am!  I don't know about you but I get "Fall" fever for some reason.  Maybe it's the brisk air or the beauty of our surroundings here in Minnesota with the leaves changing colors, but I just love fall! 

It's September 15 and you know what that means??  Yes, it's time for a new Cardabilities reveal!  Here is our sketch from the ever fabulous Karen Lancaster!

Here is my take on the sketch using some of Nikki Sivil's Willow Bee and kraft paper.  Isn't this just too much fun?  I love those cute little bees!  The colors in this line lend themselves to fall a little bit and I thought it was the perfect choice to use for this creation.

A few little details for you:

Ingredients:  Kraft Cardstock, Black Linen Cardstock, AC, Nikki Sivils Willow Bee collection.  Diamond and Cinnamon Stickles, Hemp String, Googley eyes, White and Black journaling pens.  Sentiment from My Sentiments Exactly, I cut it apart.  Mini Alphas from We R Memory Makers.  Tumbled Glass and Spiced Marmalade distress inks by Ranger.

Thanks so much for stopping by and spending a moment with me today!  Make sure to pop on over to the Cardabilities blog for a real treat of inspiration and to link on up your fabulous creation so we can leave you some blog love!

Have yourself a super rest of your scrappity week!!!  Your next stop if you are hopping is our sketch artist extraordinaire...   Karen Lancaster!!!

Scrappity Dappity News!

Happy Monday to you!

I have some very exciting news to share with you all today!  I'm excited and proud to announce that I will again represent Cardabilities as part of their Design Team for next term!!!

We have really expanded the team this term and I can't wait to see all of the fabulous inspiration that our new designers will bring!  If you have a moment, pop on over to the blog and check out the latest fabulous sketch!

I wanted to also take a moment to say a giant thank you to Liz over at Thoughts 2 Paper for the fabulous opportunity that she gave me designing for her store.  Unfortunately, she had to close the store, but I am so honored that she chose me as part of her team to represent Thoughts 2 Paper.  I wish Liz all the very best!!!

Thanks so much for stopping on over and spending a moment with me today.  Have a super scrappity day! 

p.s.  I'm busy counting down to the big event this coming weekend...  Scrapfest 2010 is coming!!!

Road Show - Oh Joy!!!

Happy Saturday greetings to you!

I recently had the pleasure of getting to work with the Fancy Pants Road Show line and let me tell you, it is pure bliss! The papers are so versatile for most any subject and transcend gender and theme to fit wherever you need them to! Check out the Thoughts 2 Paper Store to see more of the papers!

Without further ado, here is my creation using one of my favorite wedding photos in black and white. It is of my hubby and I after seeing each other for the first time on our wedding day.

The Fancy Pants Road Show 5x8 Notebook Journal pad provided me with the perfect spot to journal my reflections of what that photo reminds me of. To create the flower, I used the acrylic flocked sheet that comes in the pack and punched a variety of circles, then used my heat gun to warp them. I did the same with some white tulle and melted the edges to give a little dimension and curl, then secured all the pieces together with one of Tim Holtz's hitches.

















I had some acrylic shapes in my stash from Fancy Pants and I thought the heart was perfect to layer on here, so I dry brushed some liquid pearls on the back in platinum, then added some to the journaling spot too.

Once I finished with my border punches and with my ribbon trims (the grey elegant one is Fancy Pants Road Show of course!), I used some bead garland that I had found at Michael's on clearance a while back. It seemed like the perfect accessory on that heart, then a few I-Rock gems on the flourishes helped to finish off this page.

Thoughts2Paper Store featured items: Fancy Pants Road Show package kit, Road Show 5x8 Notebook Journal.

Ingredients: Tim Holtz Gear, Bead Garland, Tiny Butterfly Punch, EK Success, Monarch Butterfly Punch, Martha Stewart, Scallop Border Punches, Martha Stewart, Silver Shimmer Organza Ribbon, White Tulle, I-Rock gems, Tim Holtz Tiny Attacher, Weathered Wood Distress Ink, Heat Gun, Martha Stewart Rose Leaf Punch, Road Show Sentiment and Ribbon, Fancy Pants Acrylic Heart, Black Cardstock, Helmar 450, Glue Dots, Making Memories Love Charm and thread.

Thanks for spending a moment with me!  I hope you have a super fabulous scrappity weekend!!!

~ Rhonda