Saturday Sketch Challenge 3/3

Another week has flown by and it's time for another UDI Sketch Challenge!!!  This week is week two of Mother being in the Hospital and they moved her to a Long Term Acute Care (LTAC) facility for continued IV therapy and some physical therapy for a couple of weeks to get her strong enough to come home.  She's in great spirits and doing very well.  Thanks for all your prayers and well wishes!

So now on to this week's sketch:



Here's what I came up with:




I used My Digital Studio to create this.  Remember, you can download a 30-day trial version of My Digital Studio FREE!!!  And, during Sale-A-Bration, you can earn a FREE My Digital Studio CD that contains all the elements used on my card today.  How cool is that???  You can get all the details HERE

Be sure to check out what all the other Designers have done over at the UDI Blog

Have a great weekend and a wonderful week!

--Ruthie

UDI Saturday Sketch Challenge 2/25

Whew!  Am I glad this week is over.  My sister and I have been at the hospital all week with Mother.  We had to send her by ambulance last Sunday night with chest pains.  After ruling out her heart, they did more tests and finally, today, they found the problem.  Now that they have found it, they can start the right medicine and she'll be back on her feet.  Thank you for all of you who have sent prayers and good wishes!!!!!

So on to today's sketch!  For such a simple looking sketch, this was one of the harder ones for me.  How long should my rectangles be?  Should I use a circle as in the sketch or should I use a square?  Should I use one of the new Framelits?  So much to choose from.  But then, sitting in plain view in my Designer Series Paper rack was Petals and Paisleys looking neglected, soooooo........  I had to use it.  Here's the sketch:


and here's my card:


Supplies:

Cardstock:  Marina Mist, Whisper White, Petals and Paisleys Designer Series paper
Accessories:  Frost White Shimmer Paint, Stampin' Sponge, Stampin' Dimensionals

I didn't want just the flat white cardstock on this so I took a Stampin' Sponge and dabbed in in some of the Shimmer Paint and then scrubbed it on in a circular motion.  I applied it to the Designer Series Paper as well to give the whole thing a shimmery look!

I hope you all have a great weekend!!!

--Ruthie

UDI Saturday Sketch Challenge 2/11

What a great week this has been!  And a perfect way to end it is with a sketch for the UDI Saturday Sketch Challenge!!!!

Here's the sketch:



And here's my card:


Supplies:

Stamps:  Fresh Vintage
Ink:  Versamark, Blushing Bride
Cardstock:  Blushing Bride, Lucky Limeade, Twitterpated Designer Series Paper
Accessories:  Lucky Limeade Ruffled Ribbon, 5/8" White Satin Ribbon, Dotted Scallop Ribbon Punch, White Embossing Powder, 1" Square Punch, 1 1/4" Square Punch, 3/4" Circle Punch, Stampin' Dimensionals

I did a couple of different things on this.  I didn't like the stark white of the background on the Designer Series Paper so I randomly sponged it with Blushing Bride ink.  For the ribbon element I first place the white ribbon down and then cut the Lucky Limeade ribbon in half lengthwise to make it appear wider and then I layered the Dotted Ribbon punched piece of Blushing Bride on top.

Have a wonderful weekend and don't forget to check out what all the other Designers have done over at the UDI Blog.

--Ruthie

UDI Saturday Sketch Challenge 2/4

So tomorrow is Superbowl Sunday!!!  Even though the Cowboys aren't playing, we'll be watching anyway!  Any excuse to be able to snack!!!!  So on to this week's sketch:



And here's what I did with it:



Supplies:

Stamps:  Bordering on Romance
Ink:  Versamark
Markers:  Pink Pirouette, Pretty in Pink, Melon Mambo, Pear Pizzaz, Wild Wasabi
Cardstock:  Twitterpated Designer Series Paper, Certainly Celery
Accessories:  Gold Embossing Powder, Blushing Bride 3/8" Pleated Satin Ribbon, Designer Frames Embossing Folders

Be sure to visit the UDI Blog  to see what all the other Designers have done!!!! Have a great weekend!

UDI Saturday Sketch Challenge 1/28

Did you miss me?  I'm sorry I didn't post last week!  I made a whirlwind trip to San Antonio for Leadership and Regionals.  I am soooooo glad I went and I brought back tons of ideas to share with you!

Here's our sketch for this week!


And here's my card:


Supplies:

Stamps:  Fresh Vintage
Ink:  Tea Stain Distress ink, Baja Breeze, Poppy Parade, Lucky Limeade
Cardstock:  Calypso Coral, Baja Breeze, Everyday Enchantment Designer Series Paper
Accessories:  Everyday Enchantment Ribbon and Brad Pack


All items noted in RED above can each be yours free with a $50 purchase during Sale-A-Bration (now till March 31st).  You can see what else you can get free by clicking on the Sale-A-Bration link on my left sidebar.

Have a great week and be sure to visit the UDI Blog to see what the other Designers have done!!!

UDI Saturday Sketch Challenge

WOW!  We are halfway through January already!!!!  This time of year just seems to fly!   We have stamp camp tomorrow and I am looking forward to starting off my Stamping year!!!  I had a lot of fun with this week's sketch.  I used the new Hearts Collection Framelits Dies in a new way!!!  So, on to the sketch:





And here's what I did with it (I took some liberties and put my sentiment in a different spot, will you forgive me?)



Supplies:

Stamps:  Take it to Heart, Heard from the Heart (used in MDS and manipulated to be a vertical greeting)
Ink:  Riding Hood Red
Cardstock:  Twitterpated Designer Series Paper, Whisper White, Riding Hood Red
Accessories:  Lattice Embossing Folder, White Taffeta Ribbon, Hearts Collection Framelits Dies

A couple of things I did on this card.  I started at the top of a 4" x 5 1/4" piece of DSP and placed the smallest heart die close to the right hand side.  I made a sandwich using the multi-use platform, a cutting plate, then my DSP and  the framelit die cutting side down against the DSP.  I turned the DSP and the die sideways so that I could put the top cutting plate over just half of the heart.  I repeated this five times being careful to line the hearts up.  When I was done, I folded the DSP so the hearts popped out to the side.

The other thing I did was make my own waffle ribbon.  I took a piece of Riding Hood Red cardstock and ran it through the lattice embossing folder then trimmed it to 3/8" which fit right on top of the white taffeta ribbon and allowed just the very edges of the white to show.  Pretty cool, huh?

Have a wonderful weekend and Happy Martin Luther King day on Monday!!!!

--Ruthie

UDI Saturdya Sketch challenge

Wow, Christmas came and went so quickly!!!  I had a wonderful vacation and I hope you did too!  This week on the UDI Sketch Challenge Design Team we have a new Sketch deisgner:  Tammy Fite.  So without further ado, here's the sketch:

And here's my card:

Supplies:
Stamps:  Word Play
Ink:  Early Espresso
Cardstock:  Well Worn Designer Series Paper, Early Espresso
Accesories:  Butterfly punch

Have a great weekend!

--Ruthie