Sweet n' Sassy Milton Reading

I never knew how much I liked orange until I was introduced to Copic markers!

I have all the yellow/red Copic markers in my collection and did a little experimenting with combining them for this flower.  I used Y38, YR68 & YR09 in that order and really like the vibrant color combination.  The other Copic markers used are E42, E43, E44, YG01, YG05, YG17, YG67, N1, N3, RV10, Y26, B21, B23, BG0000, BG000.

My card is for the Seems A Little Sketchy challenge that starts today, their fabulous sponsor is Sweet n' Sassy.  You'll have two weeks to play along if you choose and you really need to go see all the design team inspiration.  This is my last card for Seems A Little Sketchy, there is a new design team in place and they're ready to go!  Thanks for a great time at Seems A Little Sketchy and I wish all the new team members as good a time as I've had being on the team. 

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Challenges:
Just Keep On Creating - Anything Goes
Bearly Mine - Anything Goes
Oozak - Spring Colors
Paper Pretties - Bold Bright Colors
Fat Pages & Cards With Attitude - Anything Goes
Splitcoaststampers Ways To Use It 375 - Colorful Compliments
Totally Papercrafts - Animals
The Outlaws Copic Challenge - Anything Goes

Bugaboo Stamps Jack & Diane

My card today is for our Seems A Little Sketchy challenge sponsored by Bugaboo Stamps!  

I LOVE Bugaboo Stamps!  Jodie's images are always cute and so much fun to color.

This digital image is called Jack & Diane.  When I saw this neat circular image with it's fun border I knew it would be perfect for our challenge.  I used Copic markers for coloring E09, E18, YR04, YR07, YR09, B91, BG0000, E00, E000, W1, W3, W5, W7, YG93, N3, N1, R11, R20, R35, R46, R59.  I chopped up Jodie's image to crop the largest heart out so I could enlarge them and use them as accents on the right side of the circle.  No worries, the original is still intact, I just like her heart shapes - kind of one of her artistic signatures.

The cardstock colors are Astrobrights Black, Stampin' Up! Really Rust & Sage Shadow, Copic X Press It.  I also used a Papertrey Ink ric rac die and a new Darice embossing folder, new to me that is.

I hope you'll have time to play in our sketch challenge, be sure to stop by Seems A Little Sketchy to see all the fun sample cards from our design team.

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Challenges:
Bunny Zoe's Crafts - Anything Goes

Crafting Bella Strawberries Freebie

My card is for our Seems A Little Sketchy challenge that starts today and I must say I really like this sketch!  Our sponsor for this challenge is Whimsy Stamps but we needed to use our own images.  I had an e mail Friday morning announcing this freebie at Crafting Bella so I went to take a look and thought it would work nicely for our sketch.  I've also had a thing for coloring fruit lately too!  Win, win...  

I only used nine Copic markers to color the image B63, B60, R59, R46, R35, YG67, YG63, YG03, YG01.  The patterned papers are digital papers that were scraps as well as the ric rak, I did have to cut out the Kwikutz tab from the die.  The sentiment is from the Papertrey Ink Signature Greetings acrylic stamp set.  

I hope you have time to play in our challenge at Seems A Little Sketchy!  

Don't forget you still have about 24 hours to apply for a position on the Seems A Little Sketchy design team, here's a link with info for you.

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Challenges:
Creative Monday's - Anything Goes
Lolipop Crafts - Anything Goes
Make It Monday - Anything Goes

Squigglefy & Seems A Little Sketchy #11

I have a fun card to share with you for our Seems A Little Sketchy challenge that starts today!

Our fabulous sponsor is Squigglefly and that's where my cute Shy Bear image is from.  He didn't need much coloring and I used Copic markers YG01, YG03, YG05, YG93, E02, E25, E29, E53, E99, B000, BG000, RV02, RV52, RV55, V22, C00, C1, T1.  I decided to try out some of my hoarded patterned papers from the Cosmo Cricket Pixie-Licious mini deck for this sketch and paired them with Via Vellum Basic Black and Copic X Press It.

I hope you'll join our sketch challenge!

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Challenges:

Delicious Doodles Vintage Norton

Two blog posts and two masculine cards in one day, wow!

My card is for our Seems A Little Sketchy #10 challenge that starts today sponsored by Delicious Doodles!

We were able to choose images from Delicious Doodles for our sample cards, when I saw this motorcycle I knew it would be perfect, I flipped and slightly reversed the sketch so hopefully it's still recognizable! 

I'd been thinking about stamping "DAD" on the top of the red panel so it could be a Father's Day card but chickened out for awhile.  If it's not straight I'll have ruined my card.  I'm not the stamper I used to be, I've been spoiled by digital images, lol.  After my card was finished and sat for a few days I decided to get on my computer and print "Dad" in capital letters on red paper and see what it looked like.  I carefully trimmed the red piece to fit over the strip that is already there and secured it with adhesive.  I like it!

Be sure to check out our Seems A Little Sketchy challenge blog for all the wonderful inspiration from our design team!

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Challenges:
Make My Monday - Men & Boys Wheels
Sentimental Sunday's - My Hero
Crafty Emma's Challenge - No Girls Allowed!
Alphabet Challenge - D is for Dry Embossing
Cardmadfairy's Digi Days - Die Cuts and/or Punches
Delicious Doodles - Textures
C.R.A.F.T. Challenge - Things With Wheels

My Grafico Super Hero Girls

We have a new sketch that starts today at our Seems A Little Sketchy challenge blog, our fabulous sponsor is My Grafico!  Our design team was given their Super Hero Girls digital stamp set for our challenge sample cards and it was very hard to pick just one (:  this is really a darling set. 

We are on sketch #9 for this challenge, I adapted my card to a rectangular format instead of the square that's shown in the sketch.  This was a really fun card and sketch for me.  The little girl was fun to color with Copic markers, I used YR24, YR21, Y21, N5, N3, N1, B12, B14, B24, G40, G43, R81, E41, E01.  

My papers are Via Vellum Basic Black & Cyan, Neenah Pewter, Copic X Press It & Stampin' Up! Certainly Celery.  I also used the Stampin' Up! set Riveting, a couple of circle punches, a star punch a star embossing folder and a ric rak die from Papertrey Ink. 

Very fun!  I hope you'll stop by our Seems A Little Sketchy challenge blog to see all the wonderful design team inspiration and play in our sketch challenge.

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Challenges:

Sew Many Cards Harley In The Spring

My card today is for our Seems A Little Sketchy challenge that starts today!

Our sponsor is Sew Many Cards and I picked Harley In The Spring as my image to play with.

Harley is colored with Copic markers W7, W5, W3, W1, W0, R85, R83, R81, R11, B0000, B00, B02, YG25, YG23, YG21.  The cloudy sky background is colored with B0000.  My papers are Via Vellum Basic Black, Leaf Green & Cyan, Stampin' Up! Pixie Pink, Copic Xpress It & a left over scrap of digital paper from Digital Delights by Louby Loo.  The sentiment I added is by Create With TLC.

I hope you'll stop by our Seems A Little Sketchy challenge blog to play along and see all the wonderful design team inspiration too!

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Challenges:

Seems A Little Sketchy - Sketch #8

Whipper Snapper Designs Summer Bath Time

We have a new challenge starting today at Seems A Little Sketchy!  

Our Sponsor is Di's Digi Downloads and one lucky entry is going to win a fabulous prize package from our sponsor!   

For my card I chose to use a Whipper Snapper Designs stamp called Summer Bath Time. 

I'm in a bold, bright, fun color mode right now.  I've also been discovering "new" colors in my Copic markers.  Sounds a little silly when you have a few hundred Copic markers but it's true (:

Here's what I used for this cute stamp YG01, YG23, YG25, B12, B14, B16, B0000, C3, C1, W1, W3, E43, E42, E41, E40, V000, V12, V15, Y17, Y15, Y13, Y11.  The paper choices are Via Vellum Basic Black, Cyan. Leaf Green & Violet, Astro Brights Galaxy Gold and Neenah Solar White.

Accessories used are Spellbinders circles, EK Success flower punch, Kaiser Kraft rhinestones, Cuttlebug and Sizzix embossing folders.

I've been using Copic X Press It for Copic coloring and have gone back to Neenah Solar White for no other reason than I have it.  I've noticed on the Neenah card stock that I can get my ink to bleed outside the lines much easier than the Copic X Press It.  Guess I need to remember that and be a little more careful!

I also wanted to comment on the Via Vellum Cyan card stock, I've had this for awhile now... bought a ream of it in Phoenix and have had a hard time matching/coordinating it with other papers and inks.  I think my discovery of B12, B14, & B16 will help me start using more of this, yea! 

I hope you have time to play along in our sketch challenge, be sure to stop by our Seems A Little Sketchy challenge blog for more inspiration from our fabulous design team!

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Challenges:

Seems A Little Sketchy - #7
Make It Monday - Anything Goes
Lollipop Crafts - Anything Goes

Robyn's Fetish Randy Valentine Boy

We have a new challenge starting today at Seems A Little Sketchy, number 6!

Our sponsor is Robyn's Fetish and I chose Randy Valentine Boy to work with.  He's colored with Copic markers B99, B97, B95, B93, B91, W9, W7, W5, W3, W1, R59, R46, R35, R20, E47, E44, E43, E42, E41, E00, E01, E000, C0.  I also used Spellbinders circles, Papertrey Ink ric rak and a flower die by Die-namics (?).

Cardstock colors are Neenah Patriot Blue & Red Pepper Linen, Copic X Press It and the patterned paper is from a digital set called Heart A Flutter by Doodle Pantry.  

I hope you'll stop by our challenge blog to see all the wonderful creations from our design team and join in on our sketch challenge!

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Challenges:

Stamping Dragon Purfect Love

It's time for a new sketch challenge at Seems A Little Sketchy, we're up to #5 already!

Our sponsor for this challenge is Stamping Dragon, I chose to use their Perfect Love digital image for my sketch card.  It's colored with Copic markers and I used a couple of different Spellbinders dies as well as a Sizzix Hearts embossing folder.  Cardstock colors are Stampin' Up! Brocade Blue & YoYo Yellow, Neenah Red Pepper Linen, Copic X Press It & Mohawk Bright White.  

I hope you'll stop by our Seems A Little Sketchy challenge blog and see all the wonderful inspiration from our design team and play along in our sketch challenge too!

Challenges:

Seems A Little Sketchy - Sketch #5

Crafty Sentiments Charles Just Relax

It's time for a new sketch challenge at our Seems A Little Sketchy blog today!  

Our fabulous sponsor is Crafty Sentiments, I had so much fun using "Charles Just Relax" for my card - what an adorable image!  It's colored with Copic markers C00, C0, C1, C2, BG10, BG000, BG70, BG45, BG49, T5, T3, T1, T0, W0, W1, RV10, G0000, B0000, E99, E29, E25, E53.

The cardstock colors are Via Vellum Baisc Black, Astrobrights Jupitar Java, Stampin' Up! Taken With Teal & Copic X Press It.  I added some black and white half pearls and embossing to mimic the bubbles, the sentiment is also by Crafty Sentiments and was cut out with Spellbinders dies and the arrow is an Accu-Cut die that I've had for a very long time. 

I used a new to me Copic color combination on the towels and really like the way it matches the Stampin' Up! Taken With Teal cardstock, they were BG45 & BG49.  

I hope you'll stop by our Seems A Little Sketchy blog to see all the inspirational cards our design team has made for this challenge and to play in our fun sketch challenge!

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Challenges: 

Seems A Little Sketchy - Sketch Challenge #4

Stretch & Bubbles Once There Was A Snowman

I have a fun card to share today using Stretch & Bubbles "Once There Was A Snowman" digital image that's actually for our Seems A Little Sketchy challenge #3.  

I sized this cute digital image to fit the focal point of sketch #3 and then cropped a snowflake out and added it back into the image to make it wider.  That might be too much information but... that's what I did (:  The image is colored with Copic markers pictured below:

You might be wondering where I used the E49, I "enhanced" the three brown Dew Drops before adding them to my card.  The patterned papers are made by Basic Grey from the Eskimo Kisses collection.  The other papers are Nut Brown, Copic X Press It & Neenah Kraft card stocks and the snowflake is a die made by Die-namics.  I also used Papertrey Ink's envelope liner die, it's a nice way to use up some of those left over scraps of designer paper.

I hope you are enjoying this holiday season and have some creative time so you can join in our sketch challenge at Seems A Little Sketchy!  Our design team has more wonderful sketch samples on our challenge blog, see you there (:

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Challenges:

Seems A Little Sketchy - Sketch #3

Delicious Doodles Poppy

I'd like to introduce you to Poppy today, she's a digital image from Delicious Doodles our sponsor for our second sketch challenge at Seems A Little Sketchy.

She's colored with Copic markers and the patterned papers I used are from Basic Grey Offbeat and Basic Grey Jovial as well as Copic X Press It, Basic Black and Color Mates Mist cardstock.

I had a little trouble with my BG72 Copic marker while coloring this image.  Wouldn't you know it was the last thing I was coloring too.  I think I got something on the marker tip that clogged it because I couldn't get it to blend.  I decided to keep the image and move forward use it on my card.  

I hope you'll stop by our Seems A Little Sketchy challenge blog to see all the fabulous sample cards our design team has made using various Delicious Doodles digital images and be inspired to play along!

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Challenges:
Cooking It Up With Katie - Anything Goes

 

Bug A Boo Stamps Little Penguin

I have a fun card to share with you today for a new sketch challenge blog called Seems A Little Sketchy.  It's a twice a month challenge and I'm one of their new design team members!

I was provided this cute penguin image from Bug A Boo Stamps, Jodi is our sponsor for this sketch challenge so you know there is going to be a fabulous prize package!  

Here's a picture of the sketch I used for inspiration and below you'll find the Copic marker colors I used to color my penguin.

I also made up this sketch as an A2 sized card to add to my box of cards for Operation Write Home.

I hope you'll stop by the Seems A Little Sketchy challenge blog and see all the fabulous cards our team has made and join in our challenge too!

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Challenges:
Operation Write Home Stars & Stamps - Love You
Creative Craft Challenges- Free For All
Party Time Tuesdays - Snow Us What You've Got