Our Little Star - 2 Sketches 4 You + A New RAK and a RAK Winner!

Can I confess something? I have to say that I really miss being on the 2 Sketches 4 You DT. Laura and Kazan are the sweetest ladies! They are so creative and share their creativity through the sketches and cards that they provide each week! The artists with whom I had the honor of being on the DT are the best! They are so very talented, and I am still inspired by them each time I visit their blogs!

Anyway, I just wanted to say that even though I don't have the benefit of working with the sketches a week in advance, I still have the pleasure of working with them each week after they've been posted on Monday! :-D 

Today, I created a card using Kazan's fabulous sketch 13:

Here's my take on the sketch...I used a clear card base from ShortCuts. I still have one of these clear bases left (which I'm hoarding until I order more! ;-D ).

The embellishments that are on the top of the card are the chipboard star, flower, sentiment sticker, and the rhinestone swirls. As I mentioned in a previous post about working with clear cards, one of the challenges is to make everything look neat inside as well as on the outside. For this card, I cut a rectangle and star from the patterned paper to create a border around the sentiment sticker and chipboard star. These are both adhered on the inside part of the card right underneath the sentiment sticker and star. Not only do these cut-out elements create borders, but also hide the messy adhesive that I used to adhere the sticker and star to the top of the card:

    Our Little Star Card
Patterned paper: Making Memories
Sentiment sticker, glittered chipboard star: Melissa Frances
Rhinestones: Prima
Clear card base: ShortCuts
Metallic pen: Sakura

Now, how about a new RAK? Sound good? ;-D  Well, Alicia at ShortCuts is generously offering a sampler pack of clear and frosted card bases! Now you can try your hand at creating with these wonderful products yourself! Let me tell you...once you get started, you'll be hooked!

Here's how your name can be entered into the drawing for the ShortCuts sampler pack:

Got to the ShortCuts blog and look through the posts there. They have lots of great projects using the ShortCuts products! Post the link to your favorite project in a comment on today's post and your name will be entered into the drawing! Easy peasy! ;-D  All are welcome to participate including international readers of this blog!

You'll have until this Sunday, November 16th, at 11:59 p.m. Pacific Time to post your link and be entered ! I'll draw the winning name next Monday, November 17th!

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I just want to thank everyone who participated in last week's Freebie Friday RAK! Your comments are really helpful to me, and I've enjoyed reading each and every one of them although I haven't been able to respond to them all.  Your thoughts and insights are really valuable to me, and I am thankful for the time you took to share them with me!

Announcing the winner of my November Freebie Friday RAK:



After skipping one comment which didn't include an answer to the question, the winner is ERIN! Here's her comment:

hi there!
what a fun rak!
i've attended both:)
once i met suzy, i felt like i had a second home. i'm typically cropping at her store most friday nights:)
i've also done weekends away.
i've done big events like CKU and scrap etc, and local ones with dear friends, renting out houses our hotel conference rooms.
happy november.

Posted by: erin | November 02, 2008 at 01:52 PM

Congratulations, Erin! Please contact me with your snail mail address, and I'll have the RAK in the mail headed over to you!

Thanks again to everyone who participated! Please remember to leave a comment on today's post to participate in the ShortCuts sampler pack RAK! See details above!

Have a great day and may today be the beginning of a wonderful week for you all! :-D

Comments

[erin]

hi there!
omgosh, i'm so so excited!
my email is [email protected]
i'll try to find yours!
thank you so much!
just too exciting:)
happy monday!
erin

[Kazan Clark]

Hi Christine - we miss you too ;) but so glad we get to "see" each other at least once a week at 2S4Y! This card is soooo cute. I read your instructions and love the detail involved. I must say I am just a teeny addicted to clear cards too!
Hugs
Kazan

[Hanneke]

Your card is absolutly gorgeous!! Love it!!

[dawne]

What a super sweet card this is Christine. I'm lovin' all your little tips & you've soooooooo got me wanting to try some clear cards. Off to check out ShortCuts blog:)

[Heidi Van Laar]

Stunningly beautiful!! I adore your work!
I would love to try working with clear cards someday and I really appreciate all the great advice you give on how to.
-Heidi

[dawne]

Okay, I selected this post,

http://sheetloadshortcuts.blogspot.com/2008/09/another-look.html

which features quite a few cards by Carla. I love all her work anyway, so picking one was hard:)

[**nancy**]

Wow!!! Your card is sooooo cute!!! I love it!!!

[Audrey Pettit]

Hi Christine! Your card is beautiful! I love the glittery star with the stitching and the swirl of gems. So very pretty. I've never worked with clear cards before. Found your comment about hiding the adhesive very helpful.
have a great day!

[Susie Tan]

Wow, my first time to check short cuts blog, nice cards! I like Carla's cards, here is the link:

http://sheetloadshortcuts.blogspot.com/2008/09/new-product-previews-day-3-and-blog.html

May i add that your cards are so beautiful, Christine. Don't even know how to do that.

[Danielle]

This card is really beautiful. I love the bling...

[Alice]

Hi!
This is my best project : http://sheetloadshortcuts.blogspot.com/2008/06/gift-card-holder-folder-samples-day-8.html
Love the project and the colours!
Alice

[TRace]

I love your card and check your blog daily!

[rae]

absolutely stunning Christine!
{and you left some pretty BIG shoes for us new 2s4y DT members to fill!} YOU ROCK girl ;)

[Shanice Lim]

Congrats Erin on winning the Raks..

Wow!! Another rak...

Personally I love the card did by Frosted "Miss You" Card

Christine Penaflor created this beautiful frosted card and shared it on her blog, Creative Journey.

http://creativejourney.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8341cfc9453ef010535d726fd970c-400wi

Love to simplicity of the card she make..

Would love to have the frosted and clear card to try out!!

Thanks!!

[~Carla~]

*Gorgeous* card, Christine... really stunning!!! :) If I have another baby can I have it? ;) ROTFL!! (NOT gonna happen.. haha!!)

[anja Curvers]

Your card is great and just keep playing I love to see your cards.

[Eva]

First of all...WOW!!!!! Another stunningly gorgeous creation! And I am so glad to see your interpretation of the 2S4Y sketches still!!! You know how much I LOVE your work! What did you do on the flower by the way? Did you emboss it with silver powder, or is that glitter? Looks amazing!!! And it won't be a surprise what my favorite card on the Shortcuts Blog is....of course it's yours...I just LOVE everything you make, but your most recent one is my favorite:
http://sheetloadshortcuts.blogspot.com/2008/11/frosted-miss-you-card.html
Hugs!
Eva

[Toni Lightwood]

Love the card, thanks for the link to Shortcuts, after seeing your great card I'll check them out for sure. btw..Tombow has just come out with an adhesive that goes on clear for vellums etc.

[Frida]

Oooooooooh, this is beautiful !!
I love it and I love the blue colour !!

[Becca Shogren]

Love the card! Here is my favorite:

http://sheetloadshortcuts.blogspot.com/2008/11/frosted-miss-you-card.html

Keep the clear cards coming! They are beautiful!!!

[Amanda]

Love your card! I haven't used any of the transparent or frosted card bases yet, I can't wait to try them at some point...

I love the flourishes on this card:

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_czeHIRGxSYI/SLuM81KzIhI/AAAAAAAABWo/-QJE1-SkyBU/s1600-h/Sample1a.jpg

[Cindy]

What a gorgeous card, Christine! Love it :)

[Linda Beeson]

Your card is just amazing! What cool colors!

[Lea Lawson]

This card is just gorgeous Christine!! I love how you stitched on the glittered star...it looks beautiful!

~Lea

[Jennifer Hansen]

http://sheetloadshortcuts.blogspot.com/2008/10/sewing-on-shortcuts.html

I like bright colors, so this one caught my eye!