So here is the Saturday Sketch! Click to view larger image. Kept it simple
Better late than never right? I have some stuff I wanted to post in honor of WCMD but my day has gotten totally turned up side down. I went down to my stamp room to get creative. I had been along day at soccer and a kids birthday party. After an hour I realize DONT attempt to be crafty when you are tired, its pointless. So I come back upstairs to see my kitchen TORN apart.
Jason decided I would probably be down there a while so why not rip out the kitchen window??
OMG! I could have killed him! The kids looked like PIG PEN from Charlie Brown! Dirt and dust everywhere-not good for Alexa! HELLO!!!!
Anyway-Ill save the stuff tomorrow when I can take the time to post what I really wanted to without extreme stress and annoyance!
Before I share my sample I wanted to share this-
I had to share this photo of my kids, and husband Jay. I started what I think is going to be a yearly tradition, having the kids make daddys birthday cake.
For his 30th Birthday they made him this cake! ALL by themselves! I only measure, and did the oven stuff.
They frosted it together and each kid had been assigned a “color” sprinkles jar. It was funny cause upon cutting the cake each kid would ONLY eat the piece with THEIR assigned color! Too funny.
No one else would want to eat it cause it was seriously gross! They would spoon 0n some frosting-lick the spoon then spoon on some more onto the cake, eat a little more frosting-you get the idea! Sloppy frosting.
OK Now for my sample.
This is the WAY COOL card I made for Jason for his 30th birthday! He likes details and layers, but I felt I had to keep it simple and clean yet still have alot of thought into it.
Why is this so cool you ask?
Lots of reasons!
I love the colors! Black-Olive-Blue Bayou-Sky. So masculine!
The BLING! The Martini glass is a Michaels $1 spot find. I had it for YEARS! Never used it! I used the K & co adhesive Rhinestone sticker for the OLIVE.
Now for time ticking-I used an acetate clock by Making Memories. I was careful to line up the “3” next to the “0” or in this case the olive, to make the 30!! See it???
On the clock- I wanted it a little larger than my layer. I drew hands pointing to 10 and 1. Jason’s Birthday was 10-1 !!! Pretty neat huh?
The sentiment is from Savvy.
The ribbon is by American Crafts and was perfect. I thought it resembled colorful olives on a toothpick!
What do you think?
Well check in tomorrow where I will post some stuff from Lizzie Anne and a Christmas ornament.
I still have a few MFT stamps samples too. See you then.
25 Responses for "Simple Saturday Sketch"
Way cool card Lauren! I love all the hidden details like the hands on the clock. Very masculine and great colors. I bet Jason loved it!
This is a great card!! Very simple but very cool! I used my new peguin stamp and created something almost using that sort of sketch. Later tonight I will make another one to incorporate your great sketch.
I’m sure Jason had a great bday! That is so awesome the kids made the cake themselves.
Maria L
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Oh Lauren, this card is so creative, so fresh and adorable. You should submit it to a publication. It totally rocks!
What a clever card. I love it! Love your story about the cake and the kids too. What a great tradition to start.
Great card! Happy Birthday Jason!
Such a great pic of the kids with the cake they baked!!! That will be a GREAT tradition!
Glad you posted your sketch, I’ll hopefully have time to work on it tomorrow! It’s hockey night now and tomorrow I’ll be cooking Thanksgiving dinner!
Have a GREAT weekend!
Waow, this card rocks!! I’m sure it was a big hit!! 🙂
You just have the best ideas!! The bling for the olive, being the zero at the same time!…
The cake story is so cute. I just love your family and the way you are happily bonded together. I laughed just picturing the kids putting the frosting on, all at the same time, with lots of spoon licking in between >.
WOW! love the card, love they way you line the 3 with the olive and the his “birth-date” matching the time… WAY TO CREATIVE!!!!
The cake/icing story with the kiddos are too funny. Happy Birthday, Jason. BTW, love that picture of your husband with you beautiful kids 🙂
AWESOME card, Lauren! I noticed the 3 and 0 right away, but not the 10-1 until you pointed that out. The entire card shows thoughtfulness and much planning. Bravo! Cute cake pic, too.
Awesome card. I love the sublties. I showed my kids (8 and 6) and they were pretty impressed too. LOL.
And, I love the cake story. True love!!!!
thank you sooo much for explaining, when you did the card that was totally cool became UBER cool..lol
Okies…back with my sketch done! I made a boo boo though…moved my panel too high and had no room to stamp a sentiment….oops!
http://treasureoilerdesignz.blogspot.com/2007/10/blog-challenges.html
wow what a fantastic card. I love the clear clock and the olive in the glass. I also like how you incorporated his birthday into the numbers on the clock. Great job
FABULOUS card!!! A true work of art. Love the 30 and the 10 – 1 you included into the clock. Very well done!! Sure the kids had a great time making and decorating the cake and are very proud of their creation 🙂 What a fine looking group they are and I’m sure it was a highlight for them to make the perfect cake for daddy. Love how each would only eat their portion…gotta love kids. Congrats to hubby on a new decade of life.
Way cool card Lauren! You make masculine seem effortless! Sorry your day didn’t quite turn out as planned…yeah, don’t you love when the boys decide to start a home improvement project without saying anything??? I went out to pick up a bridesmaid dress one day and came home to find a wall had been torn down…I could have killed him! Well – I hope to get to try the sketch, but we’ll see what happens…thanks for sharing!!!
Very way cool card! How do you “see” these things? Totally awesome. I love the sketch and really really need to make some cards, so I think I’ll try to use it. Love the cake the kids made, but I think I might have passed on eating it knowing how much re-use each spoon got. Happy Birthday Jason!
Here’s mine: http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/photo/689741?cat=500&ppuser=2910
I had a chance to create using the Saturday Sketch :
http://riacreations.blogspot.com/2007/10/saturday-sketch-challenge.html
Thanks!
WOW!!! Lauren, you put so much love & effort into this card & you did a fabulous job as always! Hope hubby loved it.
Here’s my take on your sketch: http://stampinwhenican.blogspot.com/2007/10/so-out-of-my-element.html
Thanks for letting me not have to think!
Love the card! Cute pic of your kids and hubby. I bet that cake was yummy! You can never have enough sprinkles & frosting!
Love the photo of the family! Your card for Jason, rocks!! It’s so cool, and very creative!
Love the details~! How smart and cool! Brilliant card! The cake, wow, gotta love what kids can do!
Here’s mine!
http://stampact.typepad.com/my_weblog/2007/10/laurens-mytime-.html
Great sketch!
~Lynda
Love your birthday card for Jason–so creative! Here’s my card using your Saturday sketch. Thanks for sharing it.
http://inkingaloud.blogspot.com/2007/10/monochromatic-snow-burst.html
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