Good Morning Sunshine Archives - Inkspired Treasures

Well, today at Convention we will start out with General Session! It is SO energizing to go in, hear the band/disc jockey playing music…people up and dancing and FRANTICALLY swapping cards! I only brought along about 20 for general swapping, but I always have a good time. Later this afternoon will be some classes. I always learn a lot and love hearing how others run their business.

This week’s Sweet ‘n Sassy Stamps card is from Sweet Dreams stamp set. I love the look of bliss on this owl’s face! Relaxing is always a good thing!

I colored the owl and tree branch with my Copic markers! I’m having a lot of fun experimenting with these. I wanted a few more leaves than the stamp actually has, so I stamped the branch again and cut out just the leaves. I added them to the branch with dimensionals.

The Designer Paper is from Stampin’ Up!’s Good Morning Sunshine. I paper pieced the hat with the same paper as the background. The base is Pacific Point cardstock with a layer of Whisper White. I used a couple buttons on the 5/8 White Satin Ribbon, and tied the center one with linen thread. Relax was stamped with Basic Black and punched with the Large Oval punch, layered on a Pacific Point Oval Scallop punch and then the Lots of Tags Sizzix die.

Tomorrow is Bloggers’ Challenge…stop by for a color challenge of Soft Suede, Crushed Curry and Old Olive!

Good Morning…I have to make an emergency visit to the dentist today (luckily, my brother!) I bit down on something and cracked off part of my tooth over the weekend. Doesn’t hurt, but I know it will probably need extensive work to repair. Grrrr……

Anyway, today’s Diva Coffee Break Designers Challenge was to use this sketch to create a card. It was a fun sketch! I expanded it to be a 5 1/4 x 5 1/4 card…I know! What is it with me and square cards lately? But the bird is so large in this Good Friends set, that it just seems to need that larger size. I also moved the bow decoration to the other corner, since it seemed to fit better there. I ended up not using ribbon because the Eyelet Border Punch seemed to be enough "fluff" for the card.

I started by stamping the bird with Summer Sun on Whisper White and adding Chocolate Chip legs and Pumpkin Pie beak. Then I stamped the partial body again on the Pacific Point polka dot designer paper (in Good Morning Sunshine DSP package) and just cut out the wing. I used a black mini brad for the bird’s eye. Then I used the Eyelet Border Punch to create the accent along the top and bottom of the focal image with Pacific Point cardstock. I added some of the small polka dot designer paper from Good Morning Sunshine to the upper left and bottom right as required in the sketch. Finally, I added a greeting from Think Happy Thoughts, punched it with the 1 1/4 circle, layered it on 1 3/8 circle of Pumpkin Pie, and then a Pacific Point Scallop Circle. I added one of the new Kiwi Kiss Corduroy Button brads to the center. I liked how it turned out!

Make sure to check out the rest of the DCBD’s work this week! I’m sure there will be some great ideas!

Chris Austin
Dannie Graves
Dee Tollaksen
Heidi Michel
Julie Semones
Kristen Moore
Selene Kempton
Lisa Freeman

Sets: Good Friend, Think Happy Thoughts
C/S: Kiwi Kiss, Whisper White, Chocolate Chip, Pacific Point, Pumpkin Pie, Good Morning Sunshine DSP
Inks: Pumpkin Pie, Summer Sun, Chocolate Chip
Other: Black Mini brad, Kiwi Kiss Corduroy Button Brad, 1-1/4, 1-3/8, Scallop Circle punches, Dimensionals, Eyelet Border Punch