Getting Sketchy - FWF #27

Hi, folks! It's Friday and time for another "Friends with Flair" hop with Unity Stamp Co! Don't forget to go shopping... they've got free itty-bitties with certain dollar amount purchases and a great inventory reduction sale. Woohoo!

My "Stamp of the Week" (Gladness Touch Your Life) arrived yesterday so I decided to break it out right away. Of course, that gave me a reason to surf Pinterest and look for cool card sketches. :) Both cards are modeled on Viva La Verve sketches - the first one is this week's current challenge (July 2014 Week 1) while the second one is from a year ago (July 2013 Week 1). If you'd like to scope out more of their awesome sketches, check them out on Pinterest here.

 

I didn't even know Viva La Verve sold their own stamps until yesterday - I love stamps! On the bright side, their challenges are flexible enough that you don't *have* to use Verve stamps, which I really appreciate. You also have the option of combining it with a particular color scheme.

 

So, here's my take on their sketch and color challenge (stamp from Unity Stamp Co while patterned papers are from MME, including the journaling blocks). 

 

 

And here's the second sketch... (I don't have a good link, I'm sorry...)

 

And my take.. with more patterned papers from MME that my Cropchocolate.com friends will most certainly recognize... :) [will I ever use up my paper before I died? Probably not!]

 

 

Last but not least, it's been a long while since I've posted a picture of Bo (now 10.5 months old) - he doesn't particularly like posing, so DaddyDude squished him during a moment of male bonding. Those boys have to stick together in a household full of girls! Having him in our lives has brought immense joy and happiness to our girls. I'll love him forever for that!



Thanks for visiting and I hope you all have a wonderful and relaxing weekend! It's another weekend full of softball for us..