2 Sketches 4 You Card and Bonus Sketch

Its been a long time since I've played with the sketches at 2 Sketches 4 You but I've been seeing people playing along all over and I'm reminded how much I love their sketches. I've created this Garden Variety card for Kazan's sketch this week and this Joy Ride card for Sarah's bonus sketch. As you can see I'm still obsessed with my new Cosmo Cricket collections. I thought I would have a favorite but I find myself reaching for them all evenly. I've yet to try mixing them yet so maybe that's next.

Its finally sunny after days of rain here in NJ so its automatically a lovely day. Hopefully the sun is blessing you where you are as well. If you'd like to win some American Crafts flowers click here.

Blog Candy!

I've recently hit 50 followers and am thankful to everyone who visits and leaves lovely comments on a regular basis. I'd love to offer one commenter this package of American Crafts paper flowers. There are 75 flowers in three colors, shapes, and sizes. Simply leave a comment on this post between now and March 30th for your chance to win. If you're not sure what to comment on, share with me your favorite scrapbooking/cardmaking supply.

Sketch Girl 14

Sketch Girl 14 is now up! We have a wonderful new sponsor in Frenzified. They make some adorable digital images and are offering the winner a $15 shopping spree! The DT has made some lovely cards with this sketch so check them out on the blog or their personal blogs. Our guest designer this month is the talented Deanne Kuntz. You have until March 30th to link up your take on the sketch. Can't wait to see what you make!

Check out the other Sketch Girls:

Alyssa

Harriet

Tiffany

Randee

Bonnie

Amber

Katie

Jennie

Sara

Annie

Julie

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Card Patterns and Pile It On

I recently received the three newest collections from Cosmo Cricket. So I spent the rainy day crafting with my new goodies. I've used the Material Girl collection with Card Patterns sketch and the Pile It On pastels challenge to make this card. I love this collection more in person than I did while drooling over it online. Tomorrow is a brand new Sketch Girl sketch so I will be back with another card this time from the Joy Ride collection.

Sassafras Lass Mini Cards

Here's some mini cards made for the CARDS blog challenge. Unfortunately they weren't chosen to be spotlighted today but I had fun making them. They were made from the Sassafras Lass Life at the Pole collection. I bought papers and stickers from this winter/holiday line when it first came out but loved it so much I never used it. So I decided that even though these aren't winter cards I was going to use some and this is what I came up with. Recently I won an amazing prize package from Cosmo Cricket that finally arrived. I'm now the proud owner of Garden Variety, Joy Ride, Material Girl, and some Tiny Type stickers. So I'm sure you'll be seeing some Cosmo Cricket creations real soon.

Card Patterns Anniversary Sketch

So I didn't get a chance to finish my card until the evening because I had quite a bit of homework to finish up before the weekend. Which has led to this iffy photo but hopefully I'll get a new one tomorrow when its nice and sunny. GCD Studios is announcing their new DT on Monday as well as some very fun other positions. So with all the excitement I decided to play with some GCD paper and tags. I used the Card Patterns sketch. Its their one year anniversary! I've played along with the blog periodically since the beginning and I must say they have had fabulous designers and sketches. I also decided to pull in the Creative Belli Eyelets challenge. It always feels good to use up some goodies I haven't played with in a awhile.

A Stamped Card

So I'm not always the one to reach for my stamps but Stamp It Week left me inspired to play. So I pulled out some GCD Studios paper and tags as well as Making Memories letter stamps. This card is for the Thank You category of the Olympics of Stamping Challenge.

I used the CPS sketch although my proportions are a bit off. This was also created for the Pink Elephant add some green color challenge. The card had some bold elements and colors and I think the touches of green and green card base ground everything nicely.