8 to go (clean and simple, feeling sketchy, deconstructed sketches, SSS)

This post could also be titled "Rock, Paper, Scissors". It's got 'em all.

Check out this amazing paper collection from Alexandra Renke here in Deutschland. It's all about stones. Love it. Got me some. Had to make some invitations with it. (If you don't know what's up with me and my invitations, you can find out here.)

Took my new PP, my Dieversions die and these sketches and went to town.

Clean and Simple #295

Feeling Sketchy #93

Deconstructed Sketches # 156

I'm also hooking these up at Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge where it's all about Friends. If we didn't have 'em, I wouldn't be making all these invites!

I love the speech bubble sketch, but had to work with my "party time" circle. So this happened. Oh well.

Now if I had been clever, I would have taken a closer look at my PPs for guidance on the placement of the circles on the first card. Don't ya love the "flow" of the images on this next card. And, well, I had to tweak the sketch a bit to get my die cut nestled into the "flow".

Here's a closeup so you can see the small pattern stamped in Delicata gold on the vellum backing the die cut. Which is dark gray, BTW. Looks blue here :(

On the last card I stayed pretty true to the sketch. Even kept the banner! But mine looks kinda not so good. The elements are too stretched out. Ugh.

But I love these papers. And the fact that I've only five more invites to go! I'm guessing my folks would probably like these best - they've always been great fans of greige. The house I grew up in was painted "Adobe Gray" (no clue why I still know that). Just googled it and it's all about software today. Proof that I'm getting old ;)

Thanks for visiting. I'm off to watch some soccer -go team USA- if I don't fall asleep on the couch!

Supplies:

Paper:  CS Bringmann, PP Alexandra Renke, vellum

Stamps:  herringbone BG Impression Obsession, sentiment STAMPlorations

Ink : Versamark, Delicata gold

Tools: die Dieversions, circle punches EKS

Other: 

chilly coffee cup (Passion for Papertrey, Deconstructed Sketch, BGC)

A project for ya inspired by this wonderful photo from Passion for Papertrey.

So much yummy old fashioned goodness for your eyes to feast on.  I just received some goodies I won from their site including the coffee cup stamp set and die from PTI.  Put it to use on this coffee cup which DD is giving one of her riding pals.  How appropriate, eh?

I modelled my snowflake on the Deconstructed Sketch #81 - roughly.   The banner is the cuff of an old sweater I used as my base.  I have two layers of snowflake, offset.  Just added the little coffee cup to it.

 

Also hooking up to Basic Grey Challenges #83 - Christmas.  Used one of my fave BG PP.  The basic pack.

Thanks for visiting.

Supplies for coffee cup tag:

Paper: CS American Crafts, PP Basic Grey

Stamps: PTI

Ink : Memento

Tools: dies:  snowflake Sizzix, coffee cup  PTI

Other:  wooden button, twine, old sweater