Card Positioning Systems #241

A very simple sketch so I choose an intense chocolate brown base then add some embossed rectangles in autumn colors. I outlined a 1/4" border with my favorite sakura gelly pen. The card features a beautiful sunflower stamp I colored and cut out. It's mounted on a wood grain circle and placed on the rectangles with dimensional dots. A great sketch can make putting a card together simply delightful.

I'm still not feeling great but my need to craft keeps my mind on creating.              

Art is the only way to run away without leaving home. ~Twyla Tharp


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Be well  Carole

CPS card sketch 239

 CPS card sketch 239 is a great sketch for this masculine card, created for a friend undergoing heart surgery. The brown plaid was printed on semigloss photo paper then the edges inked. I hand cut the curved rectangle and stamped the greeting, then die cut the two SB circles. The wavy strips were cut from three swirly flourishes and then trimmed.  Very quick and simple...as is this post. Craft on;)

Card Positioning Systems #238

October...time to dust of the skeletons and season the cauldron, but for now I'll blog a new card I made following the CPS sketch #238. I bought this colorbok paper because I love the blues and browns and it was on sale;) $4.00 for 30 papers plus punch outs and stickers. Cool. I didn't put it away because I would have forgotten about it. So when I saw the new CPS sketch I knew I wanted to work with this collection.

 I started with a 5 1/2" square base card topped with the chocolate brown, added the floral paper 1/4 " smaller. The strips are 1" X 5" embossed with stars and a sakura gelly roll pen. The focal image is stamped on a 5" X 3" rectangle. I used the stamp set I won from stampTV, "Vogue Vases" and embossed it with silver. 

I flipped the sketch because of the stamped image and sentiment. The brown strip is to cover a mistake. When I stamped the sentiment it was not straight, so I stamped it again and glued it over the mistake.

The card came together pretty easy because of the coordinating papers.  I don't know about you but I can spend a lot of time looking for paper that work together. Sketches are the like a map. You know where your going and the paper is the passing scenery. The sentiment reads: "It's the little moments that make life BIG"   

I love the camera my sister bought for me...thanks so much Deborah. I just need to stop crafting for a while and learn how to take better pictures.

 It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see. ~Henry David Thoreau

As we waited for the school bus my 5 year old grandson "Wyatt" notice a small evergreen tree with the top missing. He said look Nana... a moose ate the top of this tree,  cause I know they eat leaves and branches. I told him I didn't think moose lived here in Pennsylvania. He replied that maybe the moose came here for a vacation. To cute!

Be well. Carole

CPS card sketch 234

Thinking of you

Today's card features Graphic 45 Le'Romantique using CPS card sketch 234. I think this paper is fabulous and so fun to work with. When you have such a beautiful collection of papers and a wonderful sketch the card comes together like magic. The rectangles are mounted on an olive green card stock. The MS dove punched from parchment adds a visual focal as the  dreamy eyed woman looks up. The "thinking of you" sentiment was stamped on parchment with an olive green and 3 pearls added to the side. After much consideration I added the peach bow. 

inside glimpse

CPS 234

 On the inside I used a MS border punch to create a border on the top and bottom using the lovely green/rose base paper, then added a peach strip. I printed a "Happy Anniversary" sentiment using Baroque Script font in a rose color on fine parchment paper to coordinate with the era of the DP. I think this would be considered a very romantic card. What do you think?   




Now I will work on 2 sympathy cards. Not as much fun to make but I will say that as I work on them I keep the person in my thoughts and prayers so it feels especially meaningful.


Finding a quote that speaks to what I've posted- romance and death- took some time and thought but I think this covers it:

Love is a symbol of eternity. It wipes out all sense of time, destroying all memory of a beginning and all fear of an end. ~Author Unknown

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CPS 232 Sketch

Today's challenge features Gina K's stamp "celebrate in style". I love Gina K's stamps and card stock and I was delighted when my last order included this darling stamp...a bonus...for free. If you haven't visited Stamp TV you must check it out. Gina K offers so many great videos tutorials showing different techniques that will inspire you to try them. She also offers free digital downloads along with her fabulous stamp collections, products and Stamp TV kits. If you have visited her site you know what I'm talking about. 


Weekly challenges are sponsored by the design team and today I learned that my Mix It Up Monday striped back ground card "Always Planting Seeds of Kindness" is showcased on "Featured Photos" at Stamp TV.

Tami Mayberry is a talented Designer-Illustrator-Artist-Writer that started CardPositioningSystem (CPS) and offers challenges with weekly sketches. 
This weeks sponsor is: The Stamps of Life Another great link to visit. The more I blog the more resources I find. Lots of inspiration out there. Here's Tammy's blog: http://tamimayberry.blogspot.com/  


Now for my card: I used the pearlized Luxury Stack from DCWV for the background and an olive green card stock for the focal. The swirls are from Sizzix cut from silver glitter paper. I stamped and cut the dress elements from the background paper then inked and glued them to the image, replacing the tiny flower with mini flat beads. I had to glam it up with the rhinestones on the corner. I'm learning so much as I enter these challenges, not only about making cards but about myself as well. 


I hope I've offered some inspiration and ideas for you to discover. Thanks for visiting... Be well


Originality is... a by-product of sincerity. ~Marianne Moore

CPS Sketch 230 Challenge

Today's plan was to get back to making cards and blogging, yet I'm not feeling inspired. I'm lacking some zing or something. I was in a very creative zone last week, making banners and letters and decorations for  my grandson...Wyatt's party. Time just flew by. Now it seems to be a struggle to come up with some fun play time. After hearing all the troubles and heart aches my friends are experiencing I will sent prayers and give thanks for my dull days. As John Denver sang: Some days are diamonds, so days are stones:)

I used a sketch from CPS 230. I started with an olive 

printed paper and covered it with the pretty floral print. I used a glossy pink packaging card stock I saved from my Sizzix Big Shot and a paint sample card for the green. I love recycling....The best I can say about this card is that the colors look good on the blog. Now my best buddy Beau  wants to go for a walk. So that's all for today. I hope I get my zing back. Be well.

CPS card sketch 228 part 2

 A monochromatic card made using the CPS sketch 228. I again used the botanic paper from Graphic 45, inked the edges then added the ribbon and some bling. Due to technical difficulties I have to scan my cards. The scanner seems to make them look different , this card looks more yellow than green. I used a GellyRoll Sakura pen over the Gina K stamp for some sparkle. I love that pen. 

Just for fun free standing pop up card

I watched a u tube video on how to make a free standing pop up card and I had to try it just for fun. I used svgcuts bird and another file called" In The Garden" from Scrappingtable.com  I bought my SCAL 
( SureCutsAlot) program from her even before my Cricut arrived. She offers tutorials and fonts as well as several svg theme collections. I was sold on SCAL as soon as I watched her. I took the picture with my camera phone, and then scanned it folded flat. 
My granddaughter Rylee will love it. Untill next time.... Thanks for visiting.

pop up folded

CPS card sketch 228

Inspiration and genius--one and the same. Victor Hugo

While looking for inspiration I picked up an
 old issues of CardMaker magazine (Sept 2010) 
and read an article about a designer
Tami Mayberry, so I went to her blog: www.cardpositioningsystems.blogspot.com 
then decided to make a card using her sketch. The blog offers many different tutorials and sponsors offer prizes for the challenges. They have several designers offering great ideas and inspiration. Working with sketches allows you to focus on a design then choose the papers and elements you want to use.
 I used Graphic 45 botanica papers, I inked all the edges and mounted them on Gina K 's chocolate brown card stock,than used MS photo corner punch and a fantastic memory thread in gold tucked under the rectangle. I found that at ACMoore's in the embroidery section. Thanks for visiting:)