Moved Nicole

Today's card is made using the great sketch for the challenge this week at Create with Connie and Mary .  Here is the sketch for the week. Since I've had the pinwheel sizzlet out this week, I made a card using it and more of the Sunshine and Sprinkles DSP that I am loving. I used Marina Mist CS as my base card, embossed with Cloudy Day EF.   The Whisper White CS layer is also embossed with Cloudy day, and blends in nicely.  I wanted to represent nature in the layers, so I added in layers of DSP from Sunshine and Sprinkles.  The yellow for the sun, green for the grass, and the blue with clouds for sky.  Finally, a fun pinwheel is added to the top of the layers and a greeting from Wishes Your Way.  This card is fun and looks like Spring to me!!  I hope you will join us for the sketch challenge at Create with Connie and Mary .  Just hop over to their blog for all the details and to add your card! If it doesn't move...stamp it!! Nicole Tugrul ...

It's Monday, so time for a new Monday Lunchtime Sketch Challenge!!  I had a ton of fun making this one, I knew right away when I saw the sketch which direction I would go with it.  Here's our sketch for the week. I haven't used the Pinwheel sizzlet in a little while so I thought it would be a fun focal point for a card with this sketch, take a look. Isn't this a fun Spring card??  I have really been loving the Sunshine and Sprinkles DSP from the Spring Catalog and thought the layering of the DSP and the Cloudy Day EF would be a perfect paired together.  I used the DSP also for grass and the pinwheel itself. I was pleased with how the card was going, then came to a stop for a moment...where in the world was I going to put my greeting??  I first thought about a banner across the grass.  Then, it hit me....makes clouds with the greeting.  I just got the fun set Wishes you Way from the Spring Catalog that is meant for this pinwheel.  I simply used a m...

With Sale-a-bration coming to a close, I wanted to make more cards using the FREE products to share.  This card uses the Sycamore Street DSP and the Pinwheel sizzlet. This card has elements of a card I did previously for the Monday Lunchtime Sketch Challenge.  I used the FREE Sycamore Street DSP for my pinwheel.  An orange brad holds it together and a piece of the FREE ribbon in Island Indigo is the handle of the pinwheel.  I stamped Happy Birthday in Island Indigo on Tangerine Tango and die cut it with a Bitty Banner Framelit.   Both the Island Indigo card base and Whisper White layer have been embossed with the Cloudy Day EF.  And finally, the grass is in Lucky Limeade embossed with the lacy embossing folder from Delicate Designs Folders.  It has really been fun using the In Colors in combination with the Sycamore Street DSP and the matching ribbons and buttons from Sale-a-bration.  I really hadn't used the In Colors that matched that often...

Today I have a simple and pretty monochromatic card to share with the Pinwheel Sizzlet.  I love the Sycamore Street DSP so I started out with which design I wanted to work with.  I ended up with a pretty monochromatic card with a splash of Island Indigo.  The card base is embossed with the Honeycomb EF to give texture.  I stacked a couple strips of paper, the Island Indigo is embossed with the Cloudy Day EF.  Added in the pinwheel using the same DSP and a greeting. I added the ribbon at the last minute, the card looked like it still needed a little something.  In the end, it's a simple card that has some interesting elements.  This is the card I have planned for Pat's workshop on Saturday.  Pretty simple to do, yet lots of texture and a touch of whimsy! Thanks for stopping in.  Flashback Friday is back tomorrow, so be sure to stop back for a trip down memory lane! If it doesn't move...stamp it!! Nicole Tugrul Independent Stampin' Up! Demonstr...

Happy Monday! It's time for the Lunchtime Sketch Challenge again!  It's always fun to have a sketch to work with and this week's challenge was a good one.  Here's the sketch Mary Jo gave us. Here is the card I came up with. I went with mostly Sale-a-bration items, can't seem to put them down!  I started to make a flower for the center, then changed my mind and used the Pinwheel Sizzlet.  I layered the card with the Vine Street EF then added in the DSP from Sycamore Street that had the same vine look.  The greeting is from Teeny Tiny Wishes.  I originally had the pinwheel directly on the green layer, but it didn't stand out enough.  I die cut the smallest framelit from the windows collection and put it behind the pinwheel and popped it up on a dimensional.  Gave a little color boost and height.   Give the sketch challenge a try for yourself, just go to Technostamper and submit a card.  Here is a list of the other design team members...

Welcome to Monday's Lunchtime Sketch Challenge!!  This is my first time as part of the team and I am so excited to be a part of it!! Here is the sketch for this week. And here is the card that I came up with. I used the geometric design in the Sycamore Street DSP from the Sale-a-bration catalog as my starting point.  I liked it because I wanted to use the new Pinwheel Sizzlet and the geometric design was just perfect for it!  The colors used are the In-Colors 2011-2013.  The embossing for the Pool Party and Whisper White is done with Cloudy Day from the Spring Catalog.  The Lucky Limeade is embossed with the lacy design folder in the set Delicate Designs.  The greeting and matching die cut is the Bitty Banners stamp set and framelits.  I added a little flower to the center of the pinwheel with the Itty Bitty Shapes Punch Pack, just added a little extra color.  You can see all the cards for this weeks sketch on the Techno Stamper Blog and I have a...

I finally got a chance to try out the new Pinwheel Sizzlet and it is so cute!!  And what a great buy for just $4.95!  Anyway, I wanted to do a Thinking of you card and the pinwheel just seemed like the way to go.  I used the Cloudy Day EF on the top portion of the Whisper white CS but left the bottom without so I could stamp the greeting.  I embossed Tempting Turquoise with the versatile lacy EF from the set Delicate Designs.  The DSP is retired, but it was just so perfect for the card since it was pinwheels! I even cut one out by hand to put next to the greeting. I hope you try out the great pinwheel die, lots of possibilities! Stop by again tomorrow for another card idea.  Thanks for visiting! If it doesn't move..stamp it!! Nicole Tugrul Independent STampin' Up! Demonstrator