Opening Weekend…
Is anyone else excited that it’s opening weekend for college football. Two words: BOOMER SOONER! I know I hear Carole’s echo! I am actually not Sooner born and bred, rather Sooner wed. I went to Arizona State, so I will also be cheering on my Sun Devils…who just happen to be coming into this season with a fairly good ranking {15, I think}. So, who are your rooting for?
I started making my card with the new Meet The Verve Diva challenge in mind. Michelle has challenged everyone to create a card with some supplies that are underloved. Hmmm…where do I begin? The embellishments, the stamps, the chipboard…the list goes on. I know you know what I mean. If you are shaking your head, it is possible that you are in denial. LOL!
Before I get to the card I made, let’s see the sketch…
Here’s my card…
Detail shot…
As I kinda eluded to, I have plenty to choose from in the way of unloved goods. So, what did I choose? I chose some vinyl appliques {those swirly thingamajingys} from ScrapWorks that I picked up a couple of months ago at the Great American Scrapbook Convention. I used Kraft paper, which is something that I am trying to do more and more. The Prima flowers are from a share that Jody had and I never go for the bold colors…especially black. I also picked up some acetate that I rarely use and the stamp is a Verve Stamps sentiment that I have not used yet.
Bonnie Sharp has been with us all month long and I have truly enjoyed each and one of her creations. Please give her a standing ovation as she leaves us with this totally cute card!…
Wanna see more samples using this sketch? Check out Amy R., Amy S., Shannan and Susan’s blogs. Carole made some weak excuse and won’t be posting until Sunday {she knows I’m kidding!!}.
Also, I want to ***wave hello*** to all the ladies that took my class at Imprints last night. I got to meet some really wonderful women and we had a lot of fun. They’re probably blaming me for a wee bit of enabling, too! 
I am setting up more classes in October and will let you know as soon as they are all firmed up.
August 30, 2008, 7:10 am
Oh my gosh! I love both of these cards! What a great sketch! Looking forward to playing along!
August 30, 2008, 7:34 am
Two fantastic cards, Jen!! I love your color comob and the overall elegance. Way to show those underloved things some lovin’! Bonnie’s is so flippin’ cute I gasped when I saw it!! Bonnie, it’s been great having you this month! I’m certainly on my feet with hands together. If I could do one of those loud whistles, you’d have that too. Great job with the August sketches!!
August 30, 2008, 7:36 am
Oh no Jen! I didn’t realize you were a Sooner fan! All I have to say is Rock Chalk Jayhawk!!!!
August 30, 2008, 7:52 am
LONGHORNS BABY!!!! I think this may affect my ability to complete this week’s challenge…..I’m going to have to rise above the bile in my throat at the mention of OU in order to be creative—–but, I’m a Longhorn, and I’ll do my very best! ; } Great sketch!
August 30, 2008, 7:57 am
I can’t wait to try this sketch! Awesome samples!!!
August 30, 2008, 8:27 am
Love this sketch and love your card, TFS.
August 30, 2008, 8:34 am
GO BOOMER SOONERS!!! And Cornhuskers - wed one; and Jayhawks - live in Toto-land.
Love your cards…as always!
August 30, 2008, 10:33 am
LOVE your card, Jen! Very striking! Love the sketch too. . .and Bonnie’s card! Hope to get to play with the sketch.
August 30, 2008, 11:47 am
Fabulous sketch, and I love your card!! So much wonderful stuff to look at and so artfully put together! Hmmm…I’m sure I need to find some of those “those swirly thingamajingys”, they are awesome! Bonnie’s card is adorable! Love her beautiful bright colours and the image is to sweet!
August 30, 2008, 2:42 pm
Love the card and the sketch! Can you tell me what image that is on Bonnie’s card. The little girl is tooo cute and reminds me of my niece. Must have her!! Thanks!!
August 30, 2008, 2:56 pm
Fantastic sketch & beautiful card! I’ll give it a whirl. Bonnie’s card is so cheerful & fun! LOVE it!
August 30, 2008, 3:57 pm
WOW– your cards are just amazing to me — so very pretty!
Bonnie has another very cute card this week — she has done such a great job! I’ve enjoyed seeing her work!
Here is my card:
http://ilovethemmoreeveryday.blogspot.com/
August 30, 2008, 4:25 pm
Wow!! What a great sketch Jen! I love both the cards, yours is so elegant and Bonnie’s is soooo cute and colorful!!
August 30, 2008, 5:21 pm
Hi Jen,
First time doing one of your sketches. Was really inspired by the sketch and came up with this.
Thanks and aloha,
Michelle
http://mushiscreativeinspirations.blogspot.com/2008/08/okay-so-i-liedsketch-challenge-from-jen.html
August 30, 2008, 5:35 pm
Great sketch Jen! Both samples are awesome! I’ve loaded mine to SCS for now. Thanks!
http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/photo/1036833?cat=14532
August 30, 2008, 6:52 pm
GO BIG RED - HUSKERS!!!!!!!
I really like the look of the craft card with the red and black!!!! I feel a case coming on!!!
August 30, 2008, 7:04 pm
thanks Jen for another great sketch, here is mine:
http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/photo/1036981?cat=500&ppuser=141637
August 30, 2008, 7:06 pm
oh, I almost forget….since I am only 30 mins from Charlottesville, Va. I am a UVA fan! *~*
August 30, 2008, 7:31 pm
GO Sun Devils !!!! My DD is at that game tonight!
Jen, I am in love with this sketch! Just got done with my card but need to wait until morning to photograph and post.
Thank you for the wonderful inspiration! You’re awesome!
August 30, 2008, 7:42 pm
Wow I love this sketch.. I love the cards…. very cute….
hugs,
Jackielou
August 30, 2008, 8:45 pm
Jen and Bonnie!
Your cards couldn’t be more different and I just love ‘em both!
Jen–love the colors and flourishes…the central sentiment is just perf!
Bonnie–could those pigtails BE any cuter! The polka dot dp is just right!
Bravo girls!
August 30, 2008, 8:46 pm
jen–forgot to say…go Badgers!
August 30, 2008, 8:48 pm
Not sure what happened to my first comment…snaps to both of you for completely different cards that both flip my lid!
Bonnie, those pigtails and your coloring couldn’t BE any cuter, and I love the polka dot dp!
Jen, love the colors, flourishes and central sentiment–perf!
Thanks for another great sketch!
amy
August 30, 2008, 9:11 pm
Cute cards! Go Buckeyes!
August 30, 2008, 10:36 pm
BOOMER SOONER baby!!! Yep, I AM Sooner BORN and BRED!! And my husband actually is a Sooner in the truest meaning of the word (as in he was a Sooner athlete - he wrestled at OU - we both are OU alumni). Anyway, nobody out here in the middle of the Pacific gives a crap about football, so that kinda sucks, along with the fact that we often have to get up at 4:30 am on Maui to catch kickoff on TV - ouch!! Anyway, I was so excited to see Boomer Sooner on your post today, so I just had to comment!!! You made my day!!
Oh, and great cards!
August 31, 2008, 7:09 am
Neat sketch and so Love that quote!
August 31, 2008, 9:53 am
LOVE this sketch Jen! I was finally ablet to break out my fall stamps. Here’s my card:
http://danasdabblingstudio.blogspot.com/2008/08/happy-harvest.html
August 31, 2008, 10:55 am
How DO you come up with these fabulous sketches week after week?! Thank you for all the inspiration you provide! I especially loved this sketch! Thanks, Jen!
Here’s mine … http://stampinat6213.blogspot.com/2008/08/crazy-for-cupcakes-sketch-for-you-to.html
Hugs~
Nancy
August 31, 2008, 11:02 am
BTW … the samples from you and Bonnie are SPECTACULAR!!!
August 31, 2008, 6:37 pm
Boomer! Sooner! Quite the blowout, but a pretty lame second half, I’m sure Tony agrees! (We watched on PPV… you know why we couldn’t be there
). LOVED this sketch and finally have my sample posted. You know I love it when you break out the kraft, Jen, and the Verve and swirls really dresses it up. Bonnie’s is soooo cute!!! Can’t wait to see what you have for us in Sept!
August 31, 2008, 8:14 pm
BOOMER SOONER!!
LUV EM’!
I started on the SFYTT, but kinda side tracked.
you can see my card on my blog.
http://soonerscrampin.blogspot.com/
August 31, 2008, 9:49 pm
Jen I LOVE your card! Here is my card:
http://want2scrap.blogspot.com/2008/08/sweetybella-friends.html
August 31, 2008, 9:59 pm
Awesome cards and sketch Jen!! I am gonna try to get to it soon..hopefully!!LOL!!
September 1, 2008, 12:54 am
I can hum the tune! “Boomer Sooooner …. Boomer Sooooner!”
hahahha (Yep … originally from OK!)
What a fabulous card, Jen!
I LOVE what you’ve done!
September 1, 2008, 9:05 am
Here is my card for this week’s sketch. What a fun sketch!
http://chrissyscreativespot.blogspot.com/2008/09/back-to-books.html
September 1, 2008, 9:51 am
Great sketch and this is my first attempt at one of your sketches. I’m glad I had the inspiration for this baby boy card.
Here’s my take
http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/photo/1038856?cat=500&ppuser=72527
September 1, 2008, 12:03 pm
I absolutely loved the sketch!! That circle made me think of a moon so a halloween card was the order of the day. Here’s mine:
http://www.amazingpapergrace.com/boo-to-you/
September 1, 2008, 12:58 pm
Jen, this is such a great sketch! I haven’t been able to play for a while, but I had a great time with it today!
Your sample is fantastic — love Kraft with black and red! Bonnie’s is simply adorable!!!
Here’s my card: http://flowersandink.blogspot.com/2008/08/labor-day-challenges.html
September 1, 2008, 1:04 pm
Beautiful samples for a super fun sketch! Thanks!!
Here’s what I came up with:
http://www.blessingsonpaper.com/2008/08/be-true.html
September 1, 2008, 1:46 pm
Great sketch! I love both samples. Yours is very elegant and Bonnie’s is so cute!
September 1, 2008, 4:59 pm
Go REBELS! We won our season opener, but it usually goes down hill from here:(
Thanks for another fun sketch to play with over the holiday weekend! Love your card!
Here’s mine http://wishyouwerehere-laura.blogspot.com/2008/09/more-time-to-play.html
Have a great night!
September 1, 2008, 6:53 pm
Thanks for another great sketch, Jen!
Here’s mine:
http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/photo/1039736?cat=500&ppuser=114705
September 1, 2008, 7:01 pm
Here’s mine - thanks for the fabulous sketch and happy labour day weekend!
http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/photo/1039604?cat=500&ppuser=154965
September 1, 2008, 8:19 pm
This is a fabulous sketch, Jen! Thanks for the inspiration!
http://stampinwithstacey.blogspot.com/2008/09/bella-dreams.html
September 1, 2008, 8:38 pm
Jen,
You should ask my DH how excited he is about college football season …..LOL!!!
We love the Sooner’s too!!! DH graduated from OU earning his PH.D in 1999. Our first born daughter was born during that time and we had an OU baby shower - it was soooooo super awesome - I’ll never forget that!!!
BTW - I love your Sketch and your gorgeous card!!! I’ll love to give it a try…..I’ll be back!!!
September 2, 2008, 6:06 am
TN Volunteers! We went to Boomsday, which is a HUGE Labor Day celebration in downtown Knoxville, and a portion of the fireworks show were orange & white in honor of our football team. Knoxville is the home of the Volunteer team, so football time is an even bigger deal around here.
September 2, 2008, 8:14 am
Jen - here is my take on your Sketch - hope you like it???
http://silkeledlow.blogspot.com/2008/09/bic21-bloom-and-cc182-happy-birthday.html
September 2, 2008, 11:26 am
I love your card for this sketch challenge. Your color choice and your design are just perfect.
Bonnie’s card is adorable. I love all the bright colors, and especially the stamped image (Stamping Bella). I have a couple of these stamps myself. I am definitely getting this one as well.
Thank you for this sketch. So cute. I twisted mine around. I feel I rushed it, it was quick, but I loved the sketch and will probably use it again! Thanks. Hope your day is stampfully great!
Toota-loo,
Karen
September 2, 2008, 1:34 pm
Love the challenge and everyone’s cards!
here is mine:
http://jennifersalgat.blogspot.com/2008/09/when-half-equals-more.html
September 2, 2008, 1:40 pm
Here’s my card. . .
http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/photo/1040689?cat=500&ppuser=152746
September 2, 2008, 5:24 pm
Finally managed to make one! …Better late than never, right?
http://michelleshuman.blogspot.com/2008/09/feeling-yellow.html
Great sketch, Jen!! Thanks
September 3, 2008, 1:35 pm
Love this sketch. I hope to try to do one this week!!!
I’m probably going to get totally tarred and feathered - but I am a Penn State Nittney Lion fan thru and thru!!! I was born and raised close to PSU and I just love JoePa!!!!
September 3, 2008, 3:23 pm
Well, there is a first time for everything and this is the first time that I have played along on your sketch. I really liked this sketch but I was enamored with the outcome of my card. Not sure what it was, but the vision and the result — not the same. Anyway, here it is:
http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/photo/1042008?cat=500&ppuser=84586
September 3, 2008, 5:10 pm
This sketch was a fav! Thanks, Jen!!
Here’s my card:
September Santa
Blessings, Maria
September 3, 2008, 5:22 pm
I love you cards and the sketch is fab. You can view mine here… I hope sallysentry
September 4, 2008, 12:39 pm
hi jen - great cards both of you!! so different but both superb! here’s mine:
http://pezadoodle.blogspot.com/2008/09/sfyttoccc-and-studio-g-news.html
September 5, 2008, 9:38 am
HI Jen,
I have been reading your blog for a while. Being somewhat new to stamping, you ideas are great and am I drawn to your style of stamping. This past weekend I used your sketch. Here is my card.
Thanks,
Melody
http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/photo/1043962?cat=500&ppuser=156321
September 5, 2008, 9:57 pm
Just me again…. I liked the sketch so well, I thought I’d give it another go before the next one comes out.
http://www.blessingsonpaper.com/2008/09/hey-you-happy-birthday.html
Thanks!
September 6, 2008, 6:27 pm
Jen thank you for this fabulous sketch! It inspired me and you can see my card here: http://paperpossibilities.blogspot.com/2008/09/i-am-so-excited-to-introduce-you-to.html Your stuff rocks girl!
September 7, 2008, 1:08 pm
Here is my card in 2 different sizes (4 inch and 6 inch squares):
http://cardcavecreations.blogspot.com/2008/09/one-sketch-2-sizes.html
Sara
September 8, 2008, 4:58 am
Her’s mine attempt at your sketch:
http://cardcavecreations.blogspot.com/2008/09/one-sketch-2-sizes.html
I did it in two different size squares: 4 inch and 6 inch.
Sara