I used Recess for the new Monkey Challenge 56: A Kid Card + A Sketch...

It's a new challenge on the A la Card Monkey blog, and I've chosen this cute girl on the slide from the Recess stamp set, having her hold a balloon from Crazy for Cupcakes.

I watercolored the images with ink pads and an aqua painter after stamping them in Basic Black. I love the bright colors of the Play Date dsp and pulled the Real Red and Tempting Turquoise directly that it. I used the sketch below to make my card.

I didn't mean for my words to turn this way, but something wonky happened so here they are. I used a stamp from the new Summer Mini hostess set Swirls & Curls Verses. Cute, isn't it?

So now it's your turn to get creative. Make a project using the sketch above and link it to http://alacardmonkey.blogspot.com/ by next Thursday at midnight. Make something a kid would love! And have a great weekend.

Stamps: Recess, Swirls & Curls Verses, Crazy for Cupcakes;

Ink: Real Red, Tempting Turquoise, Basic Black, and Soft Suede ink pads, Blush Blossom marker;

Paper: Whisper White, Real Red, Tempting Turquoise, Playdate dsp;

Accessories: Brights Buttons, aqua painter, dimensionals, 3" circle die for the Big Shot, 5/8" Early Espresso satin ribbon, 1/8" Real Red taffeta.

Recess is so much fun!

Can't you hear this little girl singing while she's hula-hooping? Her little cheeks are a ruddy red from playing for so long. lol

I created this card with the Recess stamp set in the Summer Mini Catalog.  I used a white gel pen to highlight "Hi" in the alphabet stamp, and added a glimmer brad on 1/8" Whisper White taffeta for a little bling. You could easily swap out the little girl for the little boy stamp, if you wanted the card for a boy.

Stamps: Recess;

Ink: Not Quite Navy, Basic Gray, Peach Parfait, Blush Blossom, Blushing Bride, Pear Pizzazz;

Paper: Whisper White, Not Quite Navy, Pear Pizzazz, In Color pad (hostess Level 1);

Accessories: Circle scallop punch, 2-1/2" circle punch, white gel pen, 1/8" Whisper White taffeta, In Color glimmer brads, aqua painter, dimensionals.

Fabulous Florets, Happy Greetings, The Open Sea, Recess, and Touch of Kindness Summer Mini sneak peek...

I had fun today at my 10-card class using upcoming Summer Mini Catalog items. This card above uses a stamp set called Fabulous Florets. I love the sentiment. It's the only word stamp in the set.

Touch of Kindness is the name of the stamp set used above.

Above and below are two versions of the same card using the Recess stamp set with the Brights dsp pad and either Tangerine Tango or Wild Wasabi card stock.

The upcoming mini catalog features some great man stamps, including The Open Sea, shown here, Nautical Expedition dsp, Espresso/White Baker's Twine and a sentiment from the Best Dad Ever stamp set.

For the fifth card, we used the Flower Garden embossing folder and Happy Greetings stamp set. Baja Breeze, Old Olive and So Saffron were sponged on using sponge daubers, with 1/8" Baja Breeze taffeta knotted at the top.

Michelle, Kim and Barb came to class today, as well as Marie and Mary Lee below.

Also there were Donna, Gaila, Christy, and Mary Ann.

Fun new monkey challenge with GOODIES...

I can't help but smile when I look at this seal cracking up on the beach. I came up with this week's sketch for my new challenge blog, A La Card Monkey. My card uses the penguin from Jolly Bingo Bits, the slide is from an upcoming Summer Mini set called Recess, and a sentiment from Full of Life. It's not grab-your-gut funny... just kinda silly. I paper pierced to show the penguin's topsy-turvy trip down the slide.

Below is a close-up of the penguins. I inked them with markers (Tempting Turquoise, Tangerine Tango and Basic Black), cut them out and adhered them with dimensionals.