Sweet Sunday Sketch #143

Hi there! It's Sunday. You know what that means. Sweet Sunday Sketch time!! As always, it's a fun one this week:


I only made some *minor* changes to the sketch this time. Specifically, I left off that vertical strip - I couldn't decide if I wanted a ribbon or a piece of paper or what and in the end with all my indecision, it actually looked OK without it, so I just said screw it and left it off.


My birthday card stash is in need of replenishing, so ya know. I dug into my stash and used some Lime Twist Happy Go Lucky paper along with the Tiny Treats: Birthday stamp set from PTI and finally broke in my 2.5-inch Limitless Layers dies that I thought I had lost (I didn't. They were wedged in between some stamp sets and I was so excited to find them that I couldn't resist using them!).

Be sure to stop by all the Sweet Sunday Stampers' blogs and see what they've done with this week's sketch.

• Dana White
• Karen Motz
• Karen Giron
• Lynn Put
• Sarah-Jane Kale'
• Vicki Burdick

Then play along with us and post your own creation using InLinkz over on today's post on Karen's Blog!

Stay tuned later today (hopefully it'll be today. But I make no promises). I've been hard at work getting my December Daily album ready. This is my first year doing this project and I'm SO excited that I actually have time for it!! I love how my album is coming together and can't wait to share it with you. I finished up my cover last night and will be putting the finishing touches on the foundation pages this morning, so as soon as that's done and I can get some photos taken, I'll share.

Sweet Sunday Sketch #142

Happy Sunday! You know what that means - Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge time!! Karen has a fun one for us this week:


I changed things up a bit, making it a 4.25x5.5 vertical card instead of a square. I don't know why. I'd like to think it's because they're easier to mail, but who am I kidding? I only actually mail about 3 cards per year and the rest go into a gigantic box until 2 years later when I get tired of looking at them and then either donate them or trash the crappy ones, LOL. Tell me I'm not the only one!!


I've been gearing up to work on my December Daily Album (I'm DETERMINED to do one for the first time this year) and so I needed a break from all that Christmasy nonsense and decided to make a Thanksgiving card. I pulled out some neglected Campfire DP (October Afternoon) from my stash and finally broke in a couple of PTI stamp sets (Autumn Acorns and Gobble Gobble) and coordinating dies. I'm kinda loving those felt acorns!

Be sure to stop by all the Sweet Sunday Stampers' blogs and see what they've done with this week's sketch.

• Dana White
• Karen Motz
• Karen Giron
• Lynn Put
• Sarah-Jane Kale'
• Vicki Burdick

Then play along with us and post your own creation using InLinkz over on today's post on Karen's Blog!

November SFYTT

Hi there! It's the first Saturday of the month and that means it's time for another fabulous and fun Sketch For You to Try!! We have a Totally AWESOME sponsor this month - Verve Stamps! Verve is one of the most generous companies I've ever worked with and Julee (the owner) has something special for you this month (I mean in addition to some pretty sweet sales she has going on!!) - One lucky SFYTT participant who uses Verve in his/her SFYTT creation will receive a Verve Stamp set of their choice!! So be sure to play along with us this month for a chance to win!


This month's sketch is super fun - I already have a few more ideas for this one, so you'll probably be seeing it again a time or two. Take a look:


And SURPRISE! I have a super early Sneak Peek for you today of a few new Verve Goodies that will be part of the November 11 release. The "official" Sneak Peeks don't start until next week, but a few of us Verve girls twisted Julee's arm and convinced her to let us play with some of the new stuff for today's SFYTT ;-) - in fact, a few of the Verve Divas are playing along with us regular SFYTT girls today too (You'll find a complete list of participants over on Jen's Blog), and I'd be willing to bet there might be a few more early sneak peeks in the mix!


I have a MAJOR need to start building my holiday card stash in a serious way. I think I only have like 3 cards done? Something like that. Yikes. So these new Verve Stamps couldn't have arrived any sooner! I also printed out some new digi papers from the Deck the Rooftop kit by Libby Pritchett and Melissa Bennett (Sweet Shoppe) for my card. And do you spot the new Verve? I used 2 new dies and 1 new stamp set! The stamp set, Bright Spirits, is a fabulous set of 20 stamps (10 beautiful sentiments and 10 amazing images). A few of the images have coordinating dies, too! You might notice the new Lovely Marquee die as well as those fun stars from the Winter Fun set (a set of 3 dies). And finally, I finished the card with my favorite pom pom trim! All of these new goodies will be available after the Release Party on November 11!!

Be sure to stop by the rest of the SFYTT Sisters' blogs to see what they've done with this month's sketch! And a warm welcome to our super talented new Designer of the Month - Broni Holcomb!!

Jen del Muro
Amber Hight
Amy Sheffer
Becky Carafa
Carole Burrage
Iwona Palamountain (Chupa)
Jodi Collins
Kerry Johnson
Megan Lock
Sony Christoph
Susan Liles
Terri Moore

Here are all the pertinent SFYTT details you should know...
1. The SKETCH FOR YOU TO TRY {SFYTT} will be posted on the first Saturday of each month on www.iheart2stamp.com at 8am EST and will stay open to participants until the last day of the month, unless otherwise noted.
2. This is for fun! Interpret the sketch as you wish and embellish as desired. There are no vendor restrictions, but we would love to see you use the sponsor’s stamps!
3. Each month we will have a Designer of the Month that will be chosen from past month’s participants.
4. Come and play with us on each and every sketch! On Christmas Day 2011 a prize package worth over $200 will be given away to one very lucky and loyal SFYTT stamper that participates in EVERY sketch for the year.
5. To be eligible for the prize package, you must complete ALL of the sketches by each of the deadlines AND link your creation to the link system on that month’s sketch post (the first Saturday of the month). Everyone except for SFYTT Sisters are eligible for the prize package, including Designer of the Month and international players.
6. When posting your sketch creation on your blog, please post the sketch and link back to the sketch post on www.iheart2stamp.com. When posting to online galleries, please use the keyword “SFYTT.”

Verve Diva Inspirations November Blog Hop

Welcome to the November Diva Inspirations Blog Hop! Our Diva Inspirations team is here to start your month off right with a little Verve inspiration! Take a little peek at each of the fabulous blogs below and leave a little comment love for their Verve-alicious eye candy and you just might win some Vervey goodness of your very own!

1. Julee 6. Lynda 2. Betty 7. Shannan 3. Dawn 8. Sony 4. Jen d. 9. Susan 5. Jen T.

We've hidden a little mystery prize on one of today's hop spots, so be sure to leave a little comment love as you hop around for a chance to win!
Comment Deadline: 11:59pm Mountain, November 7
Prize: $30 gift certificate to Verve.

For my sample card, I decided to play with this month's fabulous Stamp of the Month - Poinsettia Christmas (currently 40% off through the end of November!!)


This has long been one of my favorite Verve Christmas sets and I couldn't wait to pull it out and get it inky again. My clean and simple card was initially inspired by this card by Kristina Werner, although what I first had in mind didn't really work out and I ended up changing things up a bit and making it even simpler than originally planned. But I think it works. I dug into my holiday stash of paper and pulled out some older October Afternoon striped DP (I think it might be called Very Merry??) for the scalloped strip, added a narrow scrap of Kraft, then popped up my stamped sentiment and poinsettia from Poinsettia Christmas. The whole thing is anchored by a vertical stamped strip of polka dots from Bountiful Backgrounds, achieved with Versamark ink and clear embossing powder. I have to admit that I totally goofed when rounding my corners - I meant to round the top and bottom right corners but wasn't paying any attention at all and totally just rounded both top corners. I was so upset initially, but the look grew on me and I decided I could definitely live with it rather than starting all over!!

One last thing...
Save the Date!

Our next release is just around the corner! Come countdown to our holiday release by joining us at our Release Party on Friday, November 11 from 9-11pm Eastern in our SCS Member Company Forum. Look for our New Release Spotlight Hops starting Wednesday, November 9 on the Verve Blog!

Sweet Sunday Sketch #141

Hi there! Has it really been 2 whole weeks since I blogged? Sorry I've been so quiet - things have been hectic around here with work, school, and sadly we had a death in my extended family a few weeks ago that has had me a bit distracted. Anyway, I have a few posts I want to try to get in before the end of the month, so the next few days will be a bit of catch-up around here. First though, how about a new Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge? It's a fun one this week!


I made the last of my Halloween cards for the year, finally getting a new Verve set inky:


I couldn't get this one to photograph well and the ribbon ended up looking a lot darker / brighter than the orange in the DP - you'll just have to trust me that in real life, it's all nice and matchy-match. Aren't those ghosts cute? And the pretty font on the sentiment? Love it. They're from the new Boo to You set (Verve). There's also a really great pumpkin in the set that I can't wait to use on a couple of Thanksgiving cards!!

Be sure to stop by all the Sweet Sunday Stampers' blogs and see what they've done with this week's sketch.

• Dana White
• Karen Motz
• Karen Giron
• Lynn Put
• Sarah-Jane Kale'
• Vicki Burdick

Then play along with us and post your own creation using InLinkz over on today's post on Karen's Blog!

I hope I schedule this post correctly. Have you mainlanders had daylight savings time changes yet? We don't do that in Hawaii and I always get confused when that happens (and obviously don't even know for sure when it happens - I just know that at some point most of the rest of you Americans will "fall back", right?). Oh well. I guess we'll find out. Somebody tell me when daylight savings time starts (ends? whatever).

Sweet Sunday Sketch #139

Hi there! As I type up my post for Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge #139, I'm realizing that I never posted my sample card for Sketch Challenge #138, which I DID finish but was unable to post on time due to internet outage and then things just got away from me this week - my grandmother is still here visiting (she leaves Tuesday), I have a sinus infection that is really starting to annoy me, and I started volunteering in Dean's kindergarten class this week (which was LOTS of fun, but will take away one of my 2 days off work each week. I'm planning to continue this on a regular weekly basis, so this will bite into some of my crafty time, but that's the sacrifice you make and part of the reason I cut back this fall on design team commitments). So anyway, yeah...I never posted that card. Sorry! Maybe I'll get to doing that eventually. Maybe not. We'll see how things go this week. But on to this week's sketch. I LOVE this sketch and I had lots of fun with it!!


I decided to get some new-ish Verve stamps inky for the first time and create a cute "hello" card to add to my Just Because stash:


I have to say I'm pretty happy with how this one turned out! Those cute little coffee cups are from the Better With You set (which is currently on SALE btw!!) and I paper pieced them with scraps to match the rest of the card. All of that paper is printed digi paper from the Birds of a Feather digi kit by Dani Mogstad (Sweet Shoppe). I decided to stray a bit from the sketch and instead of a banner I stapled a cute little tag to the top left corner of my card. And that tag is totally stamped too! The tag and the "hello" sentiment are from the Tag Time set (also on sale at Verve). For finishing touches I added some pom-pom trim, a little baker's twine and a button and was done!

Be sure to stop by all the Sweet Sunday Stampers' blogs and see what they've done with this week's sketch.

• Dana White
• Karen Motz
• Karen Giron
• Lynn Put
• Sarah-Jane Kale'
• Vicki Burdick

Then play along with us and post your own creation using InLinkz over on today's post on Karen's Blog!

Swimming for Katie Blog Hop

Hi there! Thanks for stopping by today. It's an important day as today I'm one of 125 stampers who are coming together over the next 3 days to support, encourage, and share a little aloha with fellow stamper and beautiful young mother and wife, Katie Renz. Battling terminal Stage 4 Gastric Cancer since last Christmas, in her most recent blog post Katie talked of shopping for cemetery plots and planning her own funeral. This blog hop is to raise funds to help Katie's young family as well as share some love with a talented young woman who's time here is limited. Katie's story begins HERE and the idea for "Swimming for Katie" came from a more recent post HERE.


The image used on my card, along with other images and cut files are available to purchase HERE. All of the proceeds go to Katie’s family. Donations are also accepted, the donation button can be found on each blog hop post, as it is here:

Day One Blog Hop List:

AJ Otto


Beate


Carolyn Mustopa


Dawn Burnworth


Deb Felts


Gretchen Belknap


Heather Jensen


Jen del Muro


Julie Ranae


Kate - i {heart} papers


Kendra Wietstock


Lisa Johnson


Loretta Lock


Lori Tecler


Lynn Mercurio


Marianne Walker


Michele Gross


Stacy aka Twinshappy


Tracy Schultz


Debbie Olson


Cindy Lawrence


Cindy Haffner 


Julie Koerber


Christine Okken


Tammy Hershberger


Danielle Kennedy


Barbara Anders


Makiko Jones


Ashley N Newell


Shannan Teubner


Taylor Usry


Jen Tapler


Jenn Balcer


Jenny Chesnick


Jess Larsen


Jessica Knutsen


Jimmi Mayo


Joan Bardee


Joan Ervin


Julia Aston


Julie Day


Julie Ebersole

Halloween Countdown Calendar

Hi there! I wanted to pop in and quickly share this super cute Halloween project I created a few days ago. Inspired by a project I saw on Pinterest, I created a hybrid Halloween Countdown Treat-filled Calendar using a mini muffin tin tray and printed digi paper and elements from the fabulous new Autumn Fun - Ghoul's Night digi kit by Jady Day Studio (After 5 Designs). Each muffin tin hole is filled with a small Halloween candy or toy and like an Advent Calendar, we'll use it to count down the last 24 days until Halloween.


Jady Day Studio is the Guest Designer in October over at After 5 and she has some FABULOUS stuff planned for this month! (you can her regular shop filled with lots of other amazing kits HERE at Scrap Matters). But that Ghoul's Night kit is seriously so cute! I just had to share. So many fun Halloween papers and elements. I love it!

ETA: I've had a couple of questions about what I used to attach the paper to the tin. I just used regular paper adhesive. Like the tape runner variety. I typically use the red E-Z Runner from Scrapbook Adhesives and I just put 1 or 2 strips in each corner of each paper square and stuck it on. They peel off easy enough from the tin and don't seem to leave any adhesive behind. If it does, I'll just scrape it off with a fingernail. That being said, I could make this more re-usable year after year by using something like magnets, but there's not much overlap of the paper onto the tin around the hole (if that makes sense?). I suppose I could buy the adhesive magnet sheets and cut small strips to put on the sides of the paper? It's definitely worth trying I think. Each paper square measures about 2 1/8 inch square. I printed them out at 2.5 inches, but ended up needing to trim them down quite a bit to get them to fit. They're just a little over 2 inches each.

OK, that's it from me today. My Grandma is still here and it's still Fall Break. We're headed Upcountry this morning to Giggle Hill to the playground to try to let Dean burn off some energy. I think we'll drive back down the mountain on scenic Baldwin Ave and end up in Paia and have a couple of Cinnamon Crepes for lunch (nice and healthy, ya know!) at Cafe des Amis. Sounds like a perfect way to start a weekend to me. We have to get up at the crack of dawn tomorrow - my Sooners game kicks off at 6:00 a.m. here. ugh.

Verve Diva Inspirations October Blog Hop

Welcome to the October Diva Inspirations Blog Hop! (Really!? October!!?? Unreal.) Our Diva Inspirations and Release teams are here to start your month off right with a little Verve inspiration! Take a little peek at each of the fabulous blogs below and leave a little comment love for their Verve-alicious eye candy and you just might win some Vervey goodness of your very own!

1. Julee 9. Charmaine 2. Betty 10. Sankari 3. Dawn 11. Teresa 4. Jen d. 12. Andrea 5. Lynda 13. Tosh 6. Shannan 14. Maureen 7. Sony 15. Amy 8. Susan 16. Laurie

We've hidden a little mystery prize on one of today's hop spots, so be sure to leave a little comment love as you hop around for a chance to win!
Comment Deadline: 11:59pm Mountain, October 10
Prize: $30 gift certificate to Verve

I decided to play along with this week's MoJo Monday sketch when creating my card for the hop. Take a look at the sketch (and a little side note: It's MoJo Madness Contest Week, meaning there are even MORE Verve Prizes up for grabs over on the MoJo Monday blog!!). Here's a look at the sketch:
I created a super clean and simple hybrid version of the sketch for my card using a couple of my favorite Verve stamps:


Pretty soft and feminine for me, yeah? But I kinda dig it. All of the patterned paper is printed digi paper from the Beautiful You digi kit by Zoe Pearn (Sweet Shoppe). I heat embossed the three sizes of outline flowers from Great Friend with detail white embossing powder on light pink cardstock and cut them out, layering them with foam adhesive. I added a little flagged sentiment strip from Accent Notes and was done!

A few extra things I don't want to forget...
- October is Breast Cancer Awareness month and we're doing our part to raise awareness. Verve has a special Think Pink SALE, with all in-stock stamps and dies 20% off October 1-16. And to sweeten the deal, Verve will donate 10% of proceeds from this sale to the Susan G. Koman For the Cure foundation!!
- A New month brings a new Stamp of the Month...Harvest Blessings will be 40% off during the month of October!! What a steal!

Sweet Sunday Sketch #137

Hi! It's Sunday and that means it's time for another Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge! I absolutely LOVE this week's sketch and will definitely be using it again and again!!


I'm keeping things short and sweet this week - my Grandmother arrived for a 3-week visit and we're spending lots of time just hanging out and enjoying her company, but things are a bit hectic. So I'll get right to my sample card this week:


I made a fun hybrid Halloween card using printed digi papers from That Old Black Magic by Dani Mogstad (Sweet Shoppe). I also used my new Halloween Treats and Sweets stamp set and coordinating dies (PTI). I LOVE the way this card turned out and think this is one that will actually get mailed!!

Be sure to stop by all the Sweet Sunday Stampers' blogs and see what they've done with this week's sketch.

• Dana White
• Karen Motz
• Karen Giron
• Lynn Put
• Sarah-Jane Kale'
• Vicki Burdick

Then play along with us and post your own creation using InLinkz over on today's post on Karen's Blog!

Hope everyone's having a fabulous weekend! It's still Saturday here on Maui - we went to the Maui County Fair today. Below are a couple of photos from our fun-filled day. It was lots of fun, but it was HOT and dirty. But living on Maui, opportunities to ride any type of ride (and get heckled by Carnies) are few and far between. Anyway. the first photo is so funny to me - I don't do spinny rides that go in a circle (not even a Merry-go-round) due to extreme motion sickness, so Joel is quite the sport. I love that he'll stuff all 6'3" of himself into one of these tiny helicopters so Dean doesn't miss out!! It was hilarious!

October SFYTT

Can you believe it's October!? Unreal. It also happens to be the first Saturday of the month and that means it's time for another fabulous Sketch For You To Try! One of my very favorite companies is our sponsor this month - Waltzingmouse Stamps!! So exciting!


I had lots of fun playing with a new (to me) stamp set and digging into my extensive WMS stash to create my sample card this month! But first things first, let's take a look at this month's fun sketch:


Now, I'll admit I struggled with this one at first. Mostly because I really wanted to use my new Compliments of the Season stamp set and I had a hard time figuring out how to make it work with that large main panel. Then I decided that nobody said that had to be a main image / stamp panel, right? Who said I couldn't add my own little layers to the sketch? So I did!


I think you can still see the basic sketch there, I just added a large sentiment flag using a stamp from my Compliments of the Season stamp set. And that fun musical notes patterned paper? Yep, made that myself using the Musical Backgrounds stamp set. All of the other patterned paper is from an old Girl's Paperie holiday line from last year (sorry I don't remember the name!), because I don't have any new and updated holiday paper! I added a mini rosette with button center and some glittery twisty things that I picked up last year in the holiday section at K-Mart (they come in a bunch and are supposed to be ornaments, but I just cut the individual branches off and use them as accents on cards). And that's it! I'm pretty happy with how it turned out and proud of myself for creating my first holiday card of the year - I didn't send out a single one last year! ha!


Be sure to stop by the rest of the SFYTT Sisters' blogs to see what they've done with this month's sketch!

Jen del Muro
Amber Hight
Amy Sheffer
Becky Carafa
Carole Burrage
Iwona Palamountain (Chupa)
Jodi Collins
Kerry Johnson
Megan Lock
Sony Christoph
Susan Liles
Terri Moore

Here are all the pertinent SFYTT details you should know...
1. The SKETCH FOR YOU TO TRY {SFYTT} will be posted on the first Saturday of each month on www.iheart2stamp.com at 8am EST and will stay open to participants until the last day of the month, unless otherwise noted.
2. This is for fun! Interpret the sketch as you wish and embellish as desired. There are no vendor restrictions, but we would love to see you use the sponsor’s stamps!
3. Each month we will have a Designer of the Month that will be chosen from past month’s participants.
4. Come and play with us on each and every sketch! On Christmas Day 2011 a prize package worth over $200 will be given away to one very lucky and loyal SFYTT stamper that participates in EVERY sketch for the year.
5. To be eligible for the prize package, you must complete ALL of the sketches by each of the deadlines AND link your creation to the link system on that month’s sketch post (the first Saturday of the month). Everyone except for SFYTT Sisters are eligible for the prize package, including Designer of the Month and international players.
6. When posting your sketch creation on your blog, please post the sketch and link back to the sketch post on www.iheart2stamp.com. When posting to online galleries, please use the keyword “SFYTT.”

Sweet Sunday Sketch #136

Well look at that - I'm only a few hours late this week with my Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge sample card! One of these days I'll get my act together and actually get my post done on time! Here's a look at this week's sketch:


I must have fall on the brain, because I created another fall-ish card for my sample, which is weird since we don't have fall on Maui.


I used a pretty new digi kit for just about everything on this card - that amazing tree and all of the papers are printed digi supplies from the Indian Summer kit by Zoe Pearn (Sweet Shoppe). I added a stamped Autumn Blessings sentiment from the Autumn Acorns stamp set (PTI) and some ribbon and called it done.

Be sure to stop by all the Sweet Sunday Stampers' blogs and see what they've done with this week's sketch.

• Dana White
• Karen Motz
• Karen Giron
• Lynn Put
• Sarah-Jane Kale'
• Vicki Burdick

Then play along with us and post your own creation using InLinkz over on today's post on Karen's Blog!

A Verve-y SFYTT

Happy Saturday! I have a quick post today to share this card I've had sitting here on my desk for almost the entire month. For some reason, I just haven't gotten around to writing up the blog post until now! And now here we are, only about a week left to participate in the September Sketch For You to Try - so I thought it was as good a time as any to remind you guys to hurry up and participate! We have a fabulous sponsor this month in Skipping Stones Designs! All of the details are over on THIS POST on Jen's Blog. As a reminder, here's another look at this month's sketch:


You can see my original SFYTT sample using one of Skipping Stones' fabulous stamp sets HERE. I loved this month's sketch so much that I couldn't wait to use it again and decided to pull out a few of my Verve stamps and some printed digi papers to create a fun fall-ish card:


I used one of the flower stamps from Verve's Sunny Days, stamped directly onto some of the printed digi paper and then cut out with my craft knife, to create those flowers. The sentiment is from my old favorite, Bountiful Backgrounds. All of the yummy papers and the scallop circle mat is printed digi goodness from the Camporama Designer Kit by Karen Lewis (the Digichick).

That's it from me today. Hope everyone's having a fabulous weekend!

Sweet Sunday Sketch #135 - Finally!

OK, well here I am FINALLY with my sample card for Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge #135. First, another look at this week's sketch:


My sample card is a special one this week. I made it for my son Dean, who hit a special milestone at school on Friday. His teacher uses a Rainbow-themed Behavior Chart in the classroom in which each student has an assigned clothespin. Students begin each day in the middle of the chart, on green (Ready to Learn). Students may be asked to move their clothespin up or down the chart during the day depending on their choices. Students who make strong choices will receive class recognition as they move up the chart to Blue. Students who continue to make strong choices move up to the purple level. Students who reach the (ultimate) Rainbow Level are rewarded for their strong choices by receiving a prize and a special certificate. Dean has made it to the blue or purple level each day this month and is always happy to tell me about the strong choices he made each day that led to him getting to move his clothespin up the chart. He also is always sure to tell me which kids got moved down to the dreaded Yellow (Warning Level - Take a seat and think about the choices they're making) or Orange Levels (Students who continue to make weak choices will move to orange, this will result in a consequence). So far according to Dean nobody has made it to Red (Parent Contact). When I picked Dean up from school Friday, Dean ran out of the building with the biggest smile on his face, as soon as he got to me, he threw his backpack off and pulled out his Behavior Chart and showed me where he had colored in the rainbow for Friday! He was SO proud of himself for making it to Rainbow and being rewarded for his strong choices on Friday!! We decided to celebrate this weekend and created a couple of Rainbow-themed crafts (Thank You Pinterest!) and I made him a card to let him know how proud we are of him for being such a good boy so far in Kindergarten and for making Strong Choices at school!


I used a couple of Verve goodies on this card. All of those little hearts were created using the From the Heart die set from A Cut Above by Verve. I added the "So proud of you" sentiment from the Uplifting Phrases set. All of the patterned papers are printed digi papers from the Dream Come True kit by Julie Billingsley (Sweet Shoppe).

Be sure to stop by all the Sweet Sunday Stampers' blogs and see what they've done with this week's sketch.

• Dana White
• Karen Motz
• Karen Giron
• Lynn Put
• Sarah-Jane Kale'
• Vicki Burdick

Then play along with us and post your own creation using InLinkz over on today's post on Karen's Blog!

And here are a couple of pictures of some of our fun Rainbow-themed crafts, both ideas we got from Pinterest.