Sankari's Sunshine Corner: June 2015

Sunday, June 28, 2015

Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge #275 - Adventure of a Lifetime

Hey Everyone,

Happy Sunday! Hope that you have been having a great weekend! Sunday means its time for another awesome Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge sketch! YAY! So stay in your jammies grab a cup of coffee and join in for some crafty fun :) Here is the sketch for today's sunday sketch:

Isn't it so much fun! Love those circles - so many possibilities! I used the new Peek-A-Boo Circles die from Taylored Expressions that cuts three circles perfectly spaced! I used the stamp set: Every Which Way from Taylored Expressions - it is perfect for a sweet grad I know who is ready to set out for adventure this year traveling the world!

Card Ingredients:
Stamps: Every Which Way stamp set from Taylored Expressions
Inks: Bahama Blue, Bamboo Green and Tuxedo Black
Accessories: Peek-A-Boo circle dies, corner chomper, copics, foam dimensional tape, White Sharpie

Loved making this card! If you have sometime come over to the Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge and check out all the awesome cards made with this sketch and play along too!

Thanks for stopping by!
Sankari :)

Sunday, June 21, 2015

Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge #274 - Explore the World

Hey Everyone,

Its a fun sketch with those stars in the sketch - it can be any element you want to add to the card and so I went with hearts and used The World is Waiting stamp set :

I love how this card turned out - just fun and festive and perfect for a new graduate or someone in retirement! Loved making this card! If you have sometime come over to the Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge and check out all the awesome cards made with this sketch and play along too!

Thanks for stopping by!
Sankari :)

Sunday, June 14, 2015

Sweet Sunday Sketch #273 - Love love love!

Hi Everyone!!

Hi Everyone!!

Happy Sunday! Hope that you have been having a great weekend! Sunday means its time for another awesome Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge sketch! YAY! So stay in your jammies grab a cup of coffee and join in for some crafty fun :)

I love the curves and square lines of today's sketch - so cool! I decided to use the More Than Love stamp set from Verve stamps and keep it kraftesque with a mixture of lace and twine and keep it kinda simple.

Card Ingredients:

Stamps: More Than Love stamp set from Verve Stamps

Inks: Memento Toffee and Cat's Eyes chalk ink - white

Papers: Toffee (Kraft paper and ink from Taylored Expressions and kraft DP

Accessories: twine, lace, bling, white enamel dots and glue dots

I can't wait to give this to a special couple who are celebrating their silver anniversary soon! Such a powerful and sweet sentiment - love the font!

I added the heart from the stamp set that is stamped in white chalk ink. I love how it turned out and can't wait to see what all the other stampers have created with this sweet sketch - hop over with me to the Blog and check out all the designers and their creations out: Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge.

Thanks so much for stopping by today!!

Hugs,

Sankari

Sunday, June 7, 2015

Sweet Sunday Sketch #272 - Put on Cute Boots!

Hey Everyone!!

Happy Sunday!! You know what that means: Its time for another Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge! So grab a cup of coffee, a cupcake and check out all the fun creations that are possible with this awesome sketch:

So many different possibilities with this sketch - you can rotate it around or just keep it horizontal - I decided to keep it horizontal and totes simple: tried to do it CAS style :) I created a little scene with the Bloomin' Boots stamp set and I just love how it turned out!

I combined the Wispy Grass border die with the the Cloud Border die to create a little scene for the boots to make a home it - I just love this sentiment and loved making this set of boots too!!

Please make sure to check out the Sweet Sunday Sketch Blog for all the details and all the amazing players in this challenge today:

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

hugs,

Sankari :)

Friday, June 5, 2015

Verve Divas June 2015 Inspiration Hop

Hi Everyone!

It's the 5th of the month and time for the Verve Divas to bring you our monthly Diva Inspirations Challenge and Blog Hop! There are two ways to win Verve prizes: comment on the design team's blog hop posts (linked below) to see their take on the inspiration, then go get inky and link up your take on the challenge to be eligible in our prize drawings!

Our June challenge is Eat Me, Drink Me

Are you fueled by coffee, tea or cocoa? Find cupcakes irresistible? Create a card featuring an edible treat or favored beverage! Use the inspiration graphic as a starting point, or head off in your own direction - just leave us needing a fix of your favorite indulgence!

I have to admit that I have a fondness for cupcakes! I especially like making mini cupcakes because then you can eat 12 and it really just counts as 1 and a little bit :)- I used to call my daughter a little cupcake until this last year.... SO I used the Cupcakes stamp set from Verve stamps and used it with the Mojo Monday sketch #399 from this last monday :

Card Ingredients:

Stamp set: Cupcake stamp set from Verve Stamps

Inks: Memento Love Letter, Tangelo, Cantaloupe, Bamboo Leaves, Angel Pink, Summer Sky and Teal Zeal

Papers : DP stash from scrap

Accessories: Best Glue Ever, foam dimensional tape, bling, circle nesties, photo album photoalbum chopper

I love how this card turned out! I always want to layer things up, but decided to keep this card a little bit on the CAS side - which was so hard for met! Thank you so much for stopping by today!

Click here to link up your challenge entries
Challenge deadline: Saturday, June 20.
Prize: $30 gift voucher to the Verve online store!

Need a little inspiration? Check out the blogs linked below to see what the other Divas did with the challenge! It's sure to be a treat, and speaking of treats, we've got a prize for one lucky commenter along the hop! Check out the Verve Blog today for all the prize info and deadlines!


	1. Julee	7. Susan
	2. Amy	8. Maureen
	3. Anya	9. Marisa
	4. Betty	10. Chaitali
	5. Sankari	11. Stacey
	6. Sarah	12. Amber

Thursday, June 4, 2015

Taylored Expressions: June Release DayL Flip Flop Garland dies

Hi Everyone!

Welcome to the Taylored Expressions Release Day celebration! All of June's new TE stamps and dies are available for your crafting pleasure!! Today I made a card using the newly released Flip Flop Garland dies and paired it with the previously released A Day in Paradise stamp set and created this scene with the Build A Scene: Rolling Waves dies:

Here is a closer peek at this card: I love how cute the flip flop dies are, the stitched quality of the waves and torn toffee card stock for the beach:

This has been such a fun set of dies and stamps that make it so much fun and easy to create summer projects and any occasion cards all year round! Can't wait to make more with these awesome dies and stamps!!

Taylored Expressions is celebrating Release Week with some fabulous giveaways! Visit the TE Blog each Sneak Peek Day this week for details on how you can enter to win!

Thanks so much for stopping by today!
Hugs,
Sankari

Wednesday, June 3, 2015

Taylored Expressions June 2015 Sneak Peeks: Peek-a-boo Circles and Summer Sunnies dies

Hi Everyone,

Its the third day of the June Release sneak peeks from Taylored Expressions! There is a die called the Peek-a-boo die that is being released that automatically cuts out three circles automatically with a stitched border around them! I used the soon to be released Bloomers 1 die set which easily creates these beautiful flowers that can be layered on top of each other to create flowers with dimension and different DP combinations:

I used the Rainbow Brights paper pack from TE for the papers in this card and mixed it with some Earl Grey card stock. I used the sentiment from the Berry Special stamp set and added some enamel dots and a strip of the Party Banner border die for some fun and festive feel!!

Card Ingredients:Stamps: Berry Special (TE)
Cardstock: Earl Grey (TE), Sugar Cube (TE), Rainbow Brights paper pack (TE)
Taylored dies: Peekaboo Circle dies, Bloomers 1 dies and Party Banner border die
Inks: Rose Bud from Memento InksAccessoreis: foam dimensional tape, Best Glue Ever, corner chopper, twine, stickles and enamel dots

For my second card - I created a this using the new Summer Sunnies dies - so much fun to have shade dies!! I made a happy birthday card for the son of a friend who is a teenager and is super cool - so I hope he likes this ! :)

here is a closer up pic of the shades that I then popped up with some foam dimensional:

I loved making this card with these new dies and cutting plates - so much fun!!