UDI Saturday Sketch Challenge 12/29

I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas!!!  Ours was very nice!  Here's today's sketch:



And here's what I did with it:



As you can see, I turned it upside down.  That's what I love about these challenges, we can turn them all around and get different looks!  Here's what I used on my card:

Stamps:  Teeny Tiny Wishes, MDS2 for the numbers
Inks:  Not Quite Navy
Cardstock:  Not Quite Navy, Festival of Prints Designer Series Paper Stack, Very Vanilla, Silver Glimmer Paper
Accessories:  Decorative Label punch, Snow Flurry Bigz Die, Itty Bitty Shapes punch pak, 1/2" Circle punch, Word Window punch, Petite Pennants Builder punch

Hope you all have a Safe New Year's!  Be sure to eat your Ham, Cabbage and Blackeyed Peas!!!!

I cannot do a blog post today without first expressing my deepest sympathy to the families of all the victims in Connecticut.  A tragedy like this is always hard to understand but when innocent children are targeted it brings sadness beyond compare.  My thoughts and prayers are with that whole community during the coming weeks.

Todays sketch was pretty challenging for me.  I'm going to show you the sketch and then my first attempt and final attempt.  So here's the sketch:

and here's my first attempt:

Whew!  Really plain and wait..... I forgot two key elements.  What to use?  How about one last chance at a set that will not be available after January 2nd?  Yes, Affection Collection!  Here's how my card changed:

Ahhhh, much better, don't you think?

Here are the supplies I used:

Stamps:  Affection Collection

Ink:  Primrose Petals

Cardstock:  Very Vanilla, Primrose Petals

Accessories:   Scallop Oval punch, Postage Stamp punch, 1" Square punch, Small Heart Punch, Delicate Designs Folders, Primrose Petals 3/8" Stitched Satin Ribbon

Be sure to check out what the other Designers have done over at the UDI Blog  Have a wonderful week and please, go hug your kids and hold them close!

UDI Saturday Sketch Challenge 12/8

It's been a couple of weeks since I posted and I'm sorry I've been missing in action!  Here is our sketch for this week's challenge:



and here's my interpretation of the sketch:




Supplies:

Stamps:    More Merry Messages
Ink:  Gumball Green
Cardstock:  Very Vanilla, Cherry Cobbler, Festival of Prints Designer Series Paper Stack
Accessories:  3" Circle Originals Big Shot Die, 2 1/2" Circle Punch, Cherry Cobbler seam binding ribbon, Petite Pennants Builder punch, glu dots.

Have a great weekend everyone!!!