ICSketches #16 and "Trio Tuesday"

I found this great sketch blog called Inspirational Card Sketches and I decided to play with Sketch #16. (Click on my title to go check out the site and all the beautiful DT work!). Dawn gave us an incredible sketch and though mine doesn't follow it exactly, I think it's close enough. This card is also for 365 Cards "Trio Tuesday". The trio recipe is circle, scallop and bling. Well, I added all three to this "nurses" card. This card is for a friend to give to her sister who is graduating this weekend from nursing school. I hope she likes it. Nurses are so important and are very "patient" people and they really are "priceless". Be sure to go check out ICS and 365 Cards for some really fabulous inspiration!!

Card Patterns Sketch #14

Great sketch over at CP this week! I used some great grad paper that I picked up the other day. Lots of family and friends are graduating over the next couple of weeks, so this card should come in handy. I just added some ribbon, buttons and twine from my stash, a rub-on and I cut the scallop from Plantin Schoolbook (Cricut). Be sure to go over and check out the DT cards this week......pure eye candy!! Thanks for stopping by ;)

That's it! I Quilt!

Yep! That's today's title challenge at 365 Cards. We were given a quilt pattern to use on our cards today. I'm trying to make a variety of cards, so this one is for a female graduate. Graduation is coming up soon, so I thought I'd get a start on a few of these. I used paper by American Crafts, some stash of ribbon, buttons and twine and a Basic Grey rub-on. My ribbon looks a little weird on the right side because it got bent in the pic (oh well - I'm NO photographer!). Anyway, be sure to check out the 365 cards site today and see the DT card - amazing!! Thanks for stopping by!

(oh, don't forget.....next week is Scor-it week!!).

Giving it All You've Got! and 2S4U #21

Today's challenge on 365 Cards is to use 5 patterned papers and 5 embellishments on one card. So, I felt like I needed to do sort of a collage card. I've used 5 papers by different mfg's, but at least 2 are My Mind's Eye. I added some inking, sewing, some little charms, a little clip, a puzzle piece, a cute little butterfly, a bookmark and a tiny flower. That's a few more than 5, but hey.....it's a collage, right? The puzzle piece was "raw" and I added some alcohol inks to it and a stamp. Oh, almost forgot my pretty little lace at the bottom! I LOVE LACE! So, I'm also using this card for this weeks challenge at 2S4U and Laura's sketch #21. There are some FAB cards this week both at 365 AND 2S4U, so be sure to go over and check them out. Thanks for stopping by! See you tomorrow.....

P.S. I've added a couple more pics today so you can see the close up of some of the cute little embellies.