December (Sadly last) SFYTT

Hello Friends, Here is my card for the December SFYTT. Jen has announced on her blog that this is the last SFYTT Sketch. I am quite sad about it, but I do understand her point. I was happy I got to join her this year with 12 projects.

I was totally inspired by my Friend Imke to kind of stamp the birthday sentiment on the outer edge of the cutout image. I bent the image a little bit on the acrylic block, inked it and then stamped it.

Here are my past SFYTT Creations starting from January 2012,

January 2012
February 2012
March 2012
April 2012
May 2012
June 2012
July 2012
August 2012
September 2012
October 2012
November 2012

WOW...felt good to go back and see all the SFYTT creations.. Here is the SFYTT Sketch,

I used the November Free Stamp Month from Designed2Delight for my card. Birthday sentiment from PTI's Birthday Basics completed the card.

You can read all the D2D challenge rules here. Please respect Faith's Angel Policy and do not share the free image even if it is free. Instead, please redirect them to the store where they can get this free image.

I am also linking my card to the Seize The Birthday Challenge Blog Linky Pary..I love challenges and Lesley from Merry Monday Challenge Blog is starting a new challenge blog..so All excited to participate.

Thanks for Stopping by,
Supplies:
Stamp - D2D Balloon Bouquet Digital Stamp, PTI Birthday Basics Stamp Set.
Paper - Basic Grey, and other pattern Papers from Stash, PTI Vintage Cream CS
Ink - Memento Black
Others - Nestabilities

Last Minute card for November SFYTT

Hello Friends, Hope you have been having a good November. I have had a busy one...good busy. I am back with a card that I made for the November SFYTT Sketch Challenge. This month, I am cutting it quite close to the deadline. Time just got away from me this time.

So here is my car for this month's challenge. I am also entering this card for The Play Date Cafe Challenge #159 -- Which is black and white with a color splash of Maroon.

The beautiful Maroon paper is from AC Merry Mint Collection of patterned paper. I used this awesome sentiment stamp set from Deadbeat Designs and some punched snowflakes using MS punches completed the card.

 Thanks for stopping by,
Supplies:
Stamp - Deadbeat Designs
Paper  - PTI White and True Black Cardstock, PTI Bitty Dots black pattern paper, AC Merry Mint pattern paper
Ink - Memento Black, PTI Chai Inking Cube
Other - Martha Stewart Snow flake punch, KI Memories Black Gem Embellishment

SFYTT October with Market Street Stamps

2nd post for the day. To see the Merry Monday Challenge post, please click here or scroll down.

It is time again for Market Street Stamps October Block party. I love their daily grind stamp set and when I saw the October Sketch for you to try from Jen, it was a perfect match.

I used some pink and brown patterned papers from Stash. I used this mug image from Daily Grind. So cute in pink. I also added two wood veneer from Studio calico as I was entering this into a Studio Calico challenge for WCMD  - to layer wood veneer as well. I colored the Asterix wood veneer with copics :)))

Sorry for the picture quality. The card was done a while ago, but I had not realized that the deadline for MSS Block Party was today, so had to rush and take the picture in the night.

Here is the SFYTT October Sketch,

Thanks for stopping by,
Supplies:
Stamp - MSS Daily Grind
Paper - PTI Kraft and White CS, Patterned Papers from Stash
Ink - Memento Rose Bud and Memento Tuxedo Black
Other - Studio Calico Wood Veneer

SFYTT Take 2 with D2D Challenge

My dear friend Imke is a DT for the Design2Delight Digital Stamps and when I saw her post about the free stamp of the month contest, I had to participate. I almost never make Halloween cards, but the freebie for the month of September was so cute that I had to make a Halloween card.

You can read all the challenge rules here. Please respect Faith's Angel Policy and do not share the free image even if it is free. Instead, please redirect them to the store where they can get this free image. 

Without much ado, here is my card with this image,

I printed the image, colored it with copics. :) I was surprised to find a few MME and Hobby Lobby Halloween papers in my stash. The font that I used for the sentiment is Lithos Pro. I think it is a free font.

I also used the SFYTT September Sketch for my card. :)Here is the sketch,

Thanks for stopping by,
Supplies:
Stamp - D2D Owls and Pumpkin Digi
Ink - Copics
Paper - Paper Studio and MME Patterned Papers, GKD White, Orange and Black CS
Other - None

SFYTT - September

It is football season and I am all excited. But it was sad when Dallas Cowboys lost to Seattle Sea Hawks in the past game. So, I lost a bet with one of my friends and was going to mail him a Starbucks Gift card. So, I made this quick and simple card to send the GC with using the SFYTT - September sketch.


I used the Daily Grind stamp set from Market Street Stamps. I just love the sentiments (and fonts of these sentiments) from this stamp set.

Here is the sketch,

Thanks for Stopping by,
Supplies:
Stamp - MSS Daily Grind
Paper - PTI Kraft, White and Dark Chocolate CS, Patterned Paper from Stash
Ink - PTI Kraft and Memento Black, Prima Chalk Ink
Other - Queen and Co Washi Tape

SFYTT - August 2012 - Kind Words

Hello Friends, Happy Sunday. It has been a while since I posted on my blog. I was just not having the Enthusiasm to take pictures and blog. But I am back and hopefully for a while :))

I wanted to share this card that I did for August SFYTT challenge hosted by Jen Del Muro. The sketch was nice, you could keep it simple or jazz it up.

I used the Verve Kind Words stamp set for this card and used one of the sentiments (i just love this sentiment) from that stamp set.

I am also entering this card for the ICR Challenge #20 - To use embossing on your project and to have a sentiment that has three different fonts in it. My white panel in the card is dry embossed with the textiles embossing folder.

Thanks for stopping by.
Supplies:
Stamp - Verve Kind Words
Ink - Memento Black
Paper - PTI White, Kraft and Hawaiian shores and dark chcocolate card stock, PTI Dark Chocolate and Aqua Mist Patterned Papers, American Craft Patterned Papers
Other - Nestabilities Labels Die

July SFYTT - Hello Sweet Friend

Cutting it close yet again :) Here is my card for the July SFYTT hosted by Jen Del Muro. :) I used an uninked stamp set from PTI and I am not 100% happy with this card, but it is okay. There is something about the color combination that is not just great!!! Oh Well...

Here is the sketch,

Thanks for stopping by,
Supplies:
Stamp - PTI Heart to Heart #4 stamp set
Ink - PTI Winter Wisteria, Memento Black
Paper - PTI Kraft, Rustic White and Berry Sorbet Cardstock, PTI Melon Berry patterned paper
Other - Circle Punch, Washi Tape, PTI Heart to Heart Die

June SFYTT - Thanks my Friend

I bought some Stamps of Life Stamps at Great American Scrapbook convention here in Arlington, TX. I love these stamps. So, I used one of the new stamp sets that I got - flowers2doodle for June's SFYTT. Also I was happy to see that I had gotten to June SFYTT much earlier than last month.

The flowers have two stamps, one solid and one outline so I did a two step stamping. I first stamped the solid flower using Memento Dandelion Ink and then one of the newer Memento ink Morocco. I did use their own die cuts for this flower. But loved how this flower turned out. In retrospect, it would have been nice to add a small bling or brad to the flower center.. Oh well - chance to do another card.

Here is a close up of the flower,

Thanks for stopping by,
Supplies
Stamp - Stamps of Life - flowers2doodle
Ink - Memento Black, Memento Dandelion and Memento Morocco
Paper - PTI White and Orange CS, Bo Bunny Patterned Paper
Other - SOL Dies for flowers2doodle, Ribbon from Stash, Prima Chalk Inks
, Nestabilities

SFYTT - May 2012

I finally got some craft mojo back and did this card for SFYTT for the month of may. Just in time as well. I loved the sketch this time. I used this Coffee cup set from PTI For my card.

I am loving the combination of Aqua and Raspberry Fizz patterned papers from PTI. I glued one of the coffee cups to the paper and raised the other one for some added look. Kept it quite simple. Loved how this turned out.

Here is the SFYTT May Sketch.

Thanks for stopping by,
Supplies:
Stamp - PTI Heart to Heart #1 Stamp set
Paper - PTI Kraft and Rustic White CS, PTI Aqua Mist and Raspberry Fizz Patterned Paper
Ink - Memento Black, Memento Rich Cocoa, PTI Raspberry Fizz
Other - Offray Ribbon, PTI Coffee Cup Die.

PTI April 2012 Blog Hop using April SFYTT

Hi Friends, I am back with a card that I did for PTI April 2012 Blog Hop. I used the April SFYTT From Jen Del Muro.

 I used the PTI Aqua Mist and Raspberry Fizz Patterned Papers. I added the ribbon as it just felt right :) Here are the PTI Inspiration photo and the Sketch.

Thanks for Stopping by,
Supplies:
Stamp - PTI Lighten Up
Paper - PTI White and Raspberry Fizz Card stock, PTI raspberry fizz and aqua mist patterned papers
Ink - Memento Black, Memento Rose Bud, Hero Arts Soft Pool Ink
Other - Nestabilities, Gelly Roll Glitter Pen, Ribbon from Stash

You are Sew Lovely

I wanted to share this card that I did for March SFYTT by Jen Del Muro. I was in fact inspired by Jen's card that she did with a similar image.

I used the beautiful image from Lawn Fawn paper pierced the skirt. The beautiful news print flower with the button was a gift from my dear friend Sara.

I kept it simple and loved how it turned out. Thanks for stopping by,

Supplies:
Stamp - Lawn Fawn Sew Lovely stamp set
Paper - PTI White and Kraft card stock, Patterned Paper from Stash.
Ink - Memento black, PTI Chai Inking Cube
Other - Cuttlebug Textures Embossing folder, Beautiful Blooms by Sara,

Riley Birthday Card

Hello Friends, I was in a mild creative slump. I was creating some of my LOAD pages and working on my PL, but had not taken pictures and posted on blog as I felt that some of them had quite a bit of personal stories etc. I have to yet learn how to mask certain areas of a photographed page using PSE10. But today I made a card with a new (I mean new for me) Riley stamps that I had acquired a while ago and had not used.

This card is for three Challenges,

1) February Sketch for you to Try.
2) Riley and Co Challenge - Going Around in Circles.
3) Simon Says Stamp Challenge - Use three different papers.

I used patterned papers from PTI, MME and Making Memories. All the paper used on this card is from my stash which makes me very happy. I colored the Juggling Riley image with Copics and then added some Glossy Accents to the balls. Inside I used one of the patterned papers and added sentiment from PTI Birthday Bash. Riley and Co has some cute circus sentiment stamp set, but I do not have that, but I thought the sentiment Who is Counting, kind of went well with this image.

I was inspired by my Friend Michele and Imke's cards.

Thanks for stopping by,
Supplies:
Stamp - Riley and Co Juggling Riley, PTI Birthday Bash
Ink - Memento Black, Copics, PTI Inking Cube Chai
Paper - PTI White, True Black and Spring Moss Card stock, PTI, MME and Making Memories Patterned Paper
Other - Buttons from Stash, Circle Punches, Nestabilities, Ranger Glossy Accents

Purple Christmas Card

I was inspired by my friend Imke to create a card using the January 2012 Sketch for you to try. I also used lots of purple (I kind of went overboard actually) and Snow man on this card for one of the weekly Christmas Challenges over at SCS hosted by my friend Donelda.

Here is the sketch,

Thanks for stopping by,
Supplies:
Stamp - Studio G Snowman stamp
Paper - PTI Lavender Moon and white CS, Pattern Papers are from my stash (PTI, Lilybee designs, Kaisercraft etc)
Ink - Memento Black, Copics, PTI Chai Inking Cube
Other - White Crystal Embellishments, Circle Punches