Tuesday Morning Sketches #96

Today feels like Monday, but since it really is a Tuesday, here's a new sketch from Tuesday Morning Sketches. Melissa really came up with a good one this week again!

The sponsor is Inky Impressions, so hope you will play along for a chance to win a prize! And check out all the beautiful samples from the DT on the Tuesday Morning Sketches blog.

I've used three image here, all from Whimsy and Stars to create a fun birthday card. They are Alex Present, Birthday Wishes and Alex Birthday.

Thanks for stopping by today, hope you will play along with us this week.

Care Recipe:
Images Whimsy and Stars Alex Present, Birthday Wishes and Alex Birthday, PTI sentiment
Ink: Printer, Palette Noir
Paper: PTI ssw, Lemon Tart, Dark Chocolate, Spring Rain, SU Ballet Blue, Jilly Bean Soup pattern
Embellishments: copics, stickles, crystal effects, PTI die, American Crafts brads, cuttlebug embossing folder, dimensionals, nesties circles

Summer Days

Happy Memorial Day all. Hope you are spending time with family and friends if you are off.

I've got a little bear card today, using Summer Days from Designed2Delight. Love the look on his face, super cute. I saw the sketch on SCS last week and immediately thought of clouds for the round elements, so I went with it.

I printed him off twice and popped up his head for a bit of dimension.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Card Recipe:
Stamps: Designed2Delight Summer Days, PTI sentiment
Ink: Printer, Palette Umber
Paper: PTI ssw, Kraft, Dark Chocolate, DCWV pattern
Embellishments: copics, stickles, nesties, PTI button, twine, cloud die, American crafts brads, cuttlebug embossing folder, SU corner rounder

Phindy's Friday Challenge

It's time for another Phindy's Friday challenge. The theme this week is summer! Stop by the blog and check out all the fab DT creations for the week, some great stuff there!

You don't need to use a Phindy's image to play along, but if you do you get two chances to win! Phindy has lots of summery images to chose from, so check them out.

I''m using Easy Living from the Summer Cuties collection. I think the dog is so cute drinking out of the pool and the look on the boy's face is just pure joy.

Card Recipe:
Stamps: Phindy's Place Easy Living, PTI senti
Ink: Printer, Night of Navy
Paper: PTI ssw, Simply Chartreuse, Pure Poppy, SU Night of Navy, October Afternoon Seaside patterns
Embellishments: copics, stickles, Doodlebug brads, PTI button and twine, sewing machine

Whimsy and Stars

Happy Thursday! I've got a cute Whimsy and Stars card to share today. I love this image called Superboy. My kiddos are crazy about it, too. They are sure it is supposed to be Captain Underpants, lol! Better color him with a red cape next time.

I used the Card Patterns sketch #116 for this card.

If you love the Whimsy and Stars digis that Mabelle RO creates as much as I do, you should check out the DT call going on right now. Mabelle is looking for 5 new designers to work with these fun images.

Thanks for dropping by today. Hope you are having a wonderful week.

Card Recipe:
Image: Whimsy and Stars Superboy, Stamping Bella sentiment
Ink: Printer, Palette Noir
Paper: PTI ssw, Simply Chartreuse, SU Pumpkin Pie, Jilly Bean Soup patterns
Embellishments: copics, stickles, nesties, PTI button and twine, dimensionals

Magnolia-licious Christmas All Year Long Blog Hop

Hi and welcome to the third Magnolia-licious Christmas All Year Long blog hop for 2011. The ladies from the Magnolia-licious Yahoo group have a hop on the 25th of every month.  By December, you have a good selection of Magnolia cards ready to send. I participated in most of the months last year and really enjoyed it.

You can find the order of the hop on the Magnolia-licious Christmas All Year Long Blog. And Magnolia-licous on line always has the best selection of Magnolia stamps, if you see something you need while hopping. This one is called Tilda with Wreath, I see that only the mini version of this one is in stock right now, but I'm sure Diana could get it for you if you wanted it.

If you arrived here from Cordine's blog you are in the right place. When you are through here  hop on over to Monique's blog and see what she has crafted up for this month. Thanks for hopping along with us, hope you will join us on the 25th of May!

Thanks for stopping by today. Hope you are having a wonderful week.


I've used the sketch from Sketch N Stash #75. The stamp is a new one I haven't used before and the paper is from my hoarded stash.


Card Recipe:
Stamp: Magnolia 
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Paper: cryogen white, SU pretty in pink, garden green, BG Eskimo Kisses patterns
Embellishments: copics, stickles, pearls, SU ribbon,nesties, cuttlebug embossing folder, dimensionals

Tuesday Morning Sketches #95

Happy Tuesday! That means it's time for a new sketch at Tuesday Morning Sketches. Melissa has a really fun sketch again this week, hope you will check out the DT samples and then join us for a chance to win a prize.

Our sponsor this week is Digital Delights, and I love this cute seahorse image they graciously provided me to work with. I used some fabulous fish paper that came from my blogging buddy and TMS DT member Angela from a secret sis swap. I was so lucky to have this, it worked perfectly with the image.

I have no idea what color real seahorses are, so I drew inspiration from this fun paper. I've printed off the image twice and popped up the head for some dimension.

Thanks for stopping by today. Hope you will join the challenge at Tuesday Morning Sketches this week!

Card Recipe:
Image: Digital Delights Seahorse
Ink: Printer
Paper: PTI ssw, Regal Rose, So Saffron, dsp
Embellsihments: copics, stickles, nesties, SU brads, dimensionals

Mostly White Challenge

The weekend is here! Today the Saturday's Design Team challenge over at D2D is mostly white. I love white cards! SO easy since you don't have to worry about matching colors, patterned paper and cardstock. The fun part is adding lots of texture and interest.

For my card I used May Flowers. I've had this image forever and LOVE it. Such a lovely and timeless image. I find it perfect for almost any occasion (birthday, thinking of you, thank you, even sympathy). I printed it twice and cut out and popped up the flowers for some dimension.

Hope you will pop over to the Designed2Delight blog and check out the DT creations, there are some amazing samples. Play along with us this week for a chance to win a D2D image.

Card Recipe:
Image: Designed2Delight May Flowers, senti from PTI
Ink: Printer, Palette Noir
Paper: PTI ssw
Embellishments: copics, Kaser pearls, nesties, Wild Orchid pins, cuttlebug embossing folder, Hug Snug seam binding, dimensionals

Phindy's Friday Challenge

TGIF! Time for another Phindy's Friday Challenge. This week our theme is Christmas in May. I love this theme, I try to make my Christmas cards all year long, so this really is a big help for me.

I used this beautiful Snow Angel image from Phindy's Place. Hope you will pop over to the challenge blog and check out all the fabulous DT samples and play along with us this week. You don't need to use a Phindy image, but if you do you get entered twice for the random prize.

Thanks for dropping by today. Hope you have a great weekend!

Card Recipe: 
Image: Phindy's Place Snow Angel, PTI sentiment
Ink: Printer, Palette Noir
Paper: PTI ssw, Spring Moss, Pure Poppy, Ripe Avocado, PTI prints
Embellishments: copics, nesties, stickles, sewing machine, PTI ribbon and button, K and Co rhinestones

Whimsy and Stars Birdhouse Girly

Hello, today I've got a card with another of Mabelle RO's Whimsy and Stars recent releases. This one is called Birdhouse Girly. I think she is super sweet, or tweet as my sentiment says.

I've used Tracy's Eat, Sleep, Stamp Sketchy Thursday sketch #130 for the layout. If you haven't checked out Tracy's sketches you should, they are always great.

Thanks for stopping by, hope you are having a wonderful week.

Card Recipe:
Stamps: Whimsy and Stars Birdhouse Girly, PTI sentiment
Ink: Printer, Palette Noir,
Paper: PTI ssw, SU Soft Sky, Pumpkin Pie, Summer Sun, MME Stella Rose Mabel collection
Embellishments: copics, stickles, crystal effects, nesties, PTI button, SU ribbon, SU corner rounder and edge punch

Tuesday Morning Sketches #94

Happy Tuesday! I've got a Tuesday Morning Sketches card here today. This week there isn't a sketch, rather a technique challenge. The featured technique is crayon resist. There are many tutorials out there, I used this one from Gina K. on Stamp TV. It was very easy to follow.

The cloud panel on this card is where I used the crayon resist technique. The clouds are a stamp from Verve, stamped on glossy card stock, colored in with white crayon, then sponged with blue ink. The blue ink wipes right off of where you use the crayon.

Thanks for stopping by today. Hope you will check out the other Designers samples on the Tuesday Morning Sketches blog.and play along with us. The sponsor is One Stop Card Crafts and a great prize is up for grabs!

Card Recipe:
Stamps: Verve Up Up and Away
Ink: Memento, Stazon, Ballet Blue, Bashful Blue
Paper: PTI ssw, SU Ballet Blue, Summer Sun, Bashful Blue, Glossy white, October Afternoon yellow print
Embellishments: copics, nesties, SU brads. offray ribbon, cuttlebug embossing folder, dimensionals, white crayola crayon, sponges

Sassy Graduation card

Every other Friday on the Sassy Studio Designs  Paper Craft Planet group Regan issues a challenge, this week's was to use a sentiment with your image. This image was also given as a Fabulous Friday Freebie to the group (available for only one day), check in each Friday for a freebie! Then play along with the challenge for a chance to win 2 SSD images.

I used the SCS sketch for this week for the layout of this card.

Thanks for stopping by today, hope you are having a wonderful weekend.

Card Recipe:
Image: SSD Cassie's Graduation, Whimsy sentiment
Ink: Printer, Plum Pudding
Paper: PTI ssw, Plum Pudding, Lavender Moon, PTI patterns
Embellishments: copics, nestis, cuttlebug embossing folder, EK Success border punch, Whimsy ticket die, PTI twill

Saturday challenge at D2D

Happy Saturday! Had a beautiful sunny day here, even though rain was called for.

The new challenge over at D2D this week is handmade flowers. I used this sweet little D2D Neighbors image and paired him with some rolled roses. They are made using an MFT die, I first noticed them on my friend Angela's projects, and knew I "needed" this die. It's fun and easy to us.

Thanks for stopping by today. Hope you will stop over to the D2D blog and play along with the challenge this week.

Card Recipe:
Image: Designed2Delight Neighbors, senti from MFT
Ink: Printer, Palette Umber
Paper: PTI Dark. Choc, Kraft, Pure Poppy, ssw, SU Garden Green, October Afternoon pattern
Embellishments: copics, stickles, nesties, MM brads, MFT die and felt, MS punch, TH embossing folder, dimensionals

Phindy's Friday Challenge

TGIF! My dh is on his way home, been a long week alone with the kiddo! Glad I'm finally able to get a post up, seems blogger worked all all the issues, so all is good again!

Friday is Phindy's Challenge day. Today Anne gave us the challenge of using one image to create two cards. Fun challenge, since I know so many of us tend to use an image once then move on to the next one. Now for me this will be the third time I used this little guy, Nap Time, from Phindy's Place! 

For my first card I used the sketch from Sweet Sketch Wednesday #101, and turned it sideways. I tried some darker skin tones on this little cutie and made the dog a yellow lab.

 For my second card I made a little rag quilt (see the roughed up edges, lol) for him to lay on, and went with lighter skin tones and a chocolate lab.

Hope you will join the fun this week and play along with us. It's not necessary to use a Phindy image, but if you do you will be entered into the drawing twice and we really love to see them! Stop by the blog and check out all the DT samples, great stuff this week as always!

Card Recipe:

Image: Phindy's Place Nap Time

Ink: Pritner

Paper: PTI, SU, Basic Gray, Colorbok

Embellishments: copics, nesties, PTI buttons, MM brads, Tim Holtz ticket, distresser, cuttlebug embossing folder, sewing machine, dimensionals, twine, SU ribbon, EK Success border punch

Dare to be Sassy Thursday

It's Dare to be Sassy Thursday over at SSD. The challenge this week is weddings, bridal showers, or bachelorette parties. I used this elegant image, True Loves Kiss, for mine.

Lindsay gave this away recently, I believe at a release party. Also stop by the group on PCP, there is a Friday Freebie each week, it's only available for 24 hours, but how can you beat free?!

I used the Sketch N Stash challenge #61 for the sketch. I've been hoarding the Pink Pirouette c/s from SU for a while now. The Prima roses and image are my new elements.

Card Recipe:
Image: SSD True Loves Kiss, sentiment from PTI
Ink: Printer, Palette Noir
Paper: PTI ssw, SU pink and gray
Embellishments: copics, spica pens, nesties, cuttlebug embossing folders, prima flowers, MS punch, Offray ribbon, K and Co rhinestones 

Skater Boy

Happy Thursday. I've got at D2D sneak peek today. This guy skater boy is the freebie this week for playing along in the progressive challenge. So you've still got 24 hours to get your card done, and entered. Then this cool dude will be emailed to you on Friday.

I paired him up with a sentiment from TGF. With three little guys at home, I'm always in need of boy cards, so I think I'll use this image often.

Thanks for stopping in today. Hope you are having a great week.

Card Recipe:
Image: D2D skater boy, TGF senti
Imk: Pritner, Palette Noir
Paper: PTI ssw, Simply Chartreuse, Baja Breeze, Colorbok pattern
Embellishments: copics, stickles, nesties, BG brads, PTI border die

Whimsy and Stars Birthday Chickie

Another week is flying  by! I can't believe it is Wednesday already!

The latest release from Whimsy and Stars was huge and fabulous! I've got a big stack of images on my desk to work on. This little cutie is called Birthday Chickie.

Such a fun and festive image. I've crystal effected one one the balloons (hmm, don't know if I can use that as a verb, lol). And she has some stickles on her green trim. As you can see, I've some more of my Walmart paper, think I'll be headed back for more soon, it just makes me smile!

The sketch I've used is Jen del Muro's Sketch For You to Try (SFYTT) for May. It was a fun and easy sketch to work with!

Thanks for stopping by today. Hope you are having a wonderful week!

Card Recipe:
Image: Birthday Chickie from Mabelle RO at Whimsy and Stars, Verve sentiment
Ink: Printer, Palette Noir
Paper: PTI ssw, Raspberry Fizz, Colorbok patterns
Embellishments: copics, nesties, stickles, rhinestones, Hug Snug seam binding, dimensionals, sewing machine

Tuesday Morning Sketches #93

It's Tuesday again, and I've got a Tuesday Morning Sketches card to share. Melissa gave us this great sketch to work with this week. Sassy Studio Designs is sponsoring, so that made it even more fun for me!

My card uses the Victorian Beauty. She's so pretty, reminds me of Scarlet O'Hara.

Hope on over to the Tuesday Morning Sketches blog and check out what the DT has created for today. Hope you will play along with us this week for your chance to win some SSD images.

Card Recipe:
Image: Victorian Beauty Sassy
Ink: Printer
Paper: PTI ssw, SU Au Chocolate, PTI Spring Rain, Dk Chocolate
Embellishments: copics, stickles, MFT dies, Offray ribbon, Kaiser rhinestones

Blog Hop Winner

Hey everyone, thanks for all the lovely comments on the blog hop this weekend. It was fun to hop around and see what everyone created for Mother's Day.  I threw all of the names in a big bowl and pulled out the winner (can you tell I'm not very tech savvy?).  The winner is Tina M!  Here is her comment:

Tina M said...

all of your cards are beautiful! I love all the layering you use in makin them and fantastic coloring!
thanks for a chance to win your stamp

Congrats Tina, I will forward  your name to Faith, so you can get your On the Line digi!

Flowers in My Garden

I hope all the moms out there had a lovely Mother's Day. The highlight of my day was a two hour nap. My dh was traveling all week and I was worn out!

As I mentioned before, I love images from the back. This one is called Flowers in My Garden from A Day For Daisies. I think it's such a sweet image. I colored her skin very pale, to go with that red hair, I think she is a little Irish lass for sure.

I used the Sweet Sketch Wednesday sketch #100 for the layout of this card.

Thanks for dropping by today. Hope you had a lovely weekend!

Card Recipe:

Image: A Day For Daisies Flowers in My Garden

Ink: Printer

Paper: PTI ssw, Spring Rain, Pure Poppy, PTI dotted, DCWV orange print, October Afternoon red print

Embellishments: copics, nestes, Doodlebug brads, Offray ribbon, Cuttlebug embossing folder

Sassy Sponsorship

Happy Saturday! I've got a card for a SSD sponsorship today. SSD is sponsoring the Stamp Something digi day for May. All you've got to do is use a digi, not too hard!  There are lots of sponsors and great prizes up for grabs, so hope you'll play along!

 I've used the Martini Pin Up for my image. Kept the layout pretty simple since I printed the image fairly large. The olives and glass are all glossed up, it looks pretty cool in real life.

Here's the inside. I used a stamp from Stamping Bella with this quote, thought it was a fun pairing with the image.

Thanks for stopping by today. Hope you are having a wonderful weekend. Don't forget to watch the KY Derby later today. My dh is there (that lucky guy)! Hmmm, hope I don't get into any online shopping trouble while he is away, been known to happen before, lol!

Card Recipe:

Image: SSD Martini Pin Up, Stamping Bella quote stamp

Ink: Printer, Palette Noir

Paper: PTI ssw, Rasp. Fizz, Basic Black, scrap of dotted paper

Embellishments: copics, nesties, stickles, crystal effects, offray ribbon, MM brads, dimensionals

D2D Mother's Day blog hop

Welcome to the Designed2Delight Mother's Day blog hop! Head on over to start at the beginning, Faith's blog, there you can find all the info. You'll want to check it out, because there are lots of prizes available and several ways to win!

If you've arrived from my buddy Emily's blog, you are in the right place (she had three awesome projects on display, love all her flowery goodness). I chose to use this week's freebie Pail of Flowers, for my card. It's also the first one of the month, so you can still grab it up if you haven't already done so. I've printed it twice so I could pop up some of the blooms. I've used Tracy's Eat, Sleep, Stamp Sketchy Thursday #129 for the layout of my card. I LOVE bright colors, can you tell? I found this fun paper pack at Walmart this week and just couldn't resist.

Thanks so much for stopping by today. Faith has allowed each designer to pick an image to give away during the hop! How cool is that? Thanks Faith! I'm giving away one of my favorite D2D digis, On the Line to one random commenter. So leave me a comment if you would like to win. I'll announce the winner on Sunday night.

Now hop on over and see what Katie has created for today's hop.

Card Recipe:

Image: Designed2Delight Pail of Flowers

Ink: Printer

Paper: PTI ssw, Simply Chartreuse, Colorbok patterns

Embellishments: copics, stickles, nesties, SU border punch, dimensionals, American Crafts ribbon

Phindy's Friday Challenge

TGIF! That means it's time for another Phindy's Friday challenge. The theme this week is embossing. Regular or dry embossing will fit the challenge.

I've used one of the newer Wee Babbies, Bubble Gum, for my card. We are deep into baseball season here with lots of practices and games. This image reminds me of my youngest boy, he is too little to play, but spends most of his day walking around with a batting helmet on. He really wants to play with the big boys, too funny!

Hope you will stop over to the challenge blog and check out the DT samples. Play along with us for a chance to win a Phindy's gift certificate. And if you use a Phindy's image you will get entered twice!

Thanks for stopping by today. Hope you have a wonderful weekend!

Challenges that inspired this card:
Everybody-Art-Challenge - Sketch
Ladybug Crafts Ink TLT Challenge -Going Dotty 
Paper Take Weekly - Anything Goes 
Top Tip Tuesday - Open challenge - anything Goes
Try It On Tuesday  - A Card using Something older than 6mths and something newer than 6mths (old is the BG paper I've been hoarding, new is the image)
Use It Tuesdays - Fasteners - buttons, brads, eyelets etc (used some hoarded BG brads)
KB Cute Monday - dots
Stamps R Us - Masculine

Card Recie:
Image: Phindy's Place Bubble Gum Wee Babbie
Ink: Printer
Paper: PTI ssw, Scarlet Jewel, Lime, SU Baja Breeze, BG Oliver
Embellishments: copics, crystal effects, nesties, BG brads, dimensionals, cuttlebug embossing folder

Whimsy and Stars

This week is flying by! I've got a little teacher thank you here today. When I saw this new digi, Back to School, from Mabelle RO at Whimsy and Stars, I immediately knew I wanted to make some thank yous for the teachers at my son's preschool. They are such a wonderful group of ladies! Figured I'd get a head start on cards to pair up with end of the year gifts.

I used one of the older sketches on SCS for the layout of this one.

Thanks for stopping by today. Hope you are having a wonderful week.

Card Recipe
Image: Whimsy and Stars Back to School, PTI sentiment
Ink: Printer, Palette Noir
Paper: PTI ssw, PTI Lemon Tart, Line, SU Baja Breeze, Oct. Afternoon patterns
Embellishments: copics, crystal effects, SU border and window punch, Doodlebug Brads, cuttlebug embossing folder, dimensionals

Tuesday Morning Sketches guest designer

I've got a Tuesday Morning Sketches post here today. Melissa kindly invited me to continue on as guest designer for May, and I gratefully accepted!

We've got a fantastic sketch today and a great sponsor. Theresa created the sketch for this week. I really like the diamond panel in the center. Stampfairy is sponsoring this challenge. They provided me with this darling panda bear image to use. I know pandas are black and white, but I just felt like coloring a brown bear. His eyes are coated in crystal effects and look really big and shiny in real life.

Check out the fun samples from the DT on the Tuesday Morning Sketches blog. Hope you will find time to play along with us this week.

Card Recipe:
Stamp: Stampfairy digi  , PTI sentiment
Ink: Printer, Palette Noir
Paper: PTI ssw, Dark Chocolate, New Leaf, Spring Rain, DCWV Jungle Stack
Embellishments: copics, crystal effects, PTI border die, buttons, twine, dimensionals, nesties, cuttlebug embossing folder

Wine Not?

How funny is this image, I just love her. She came in a package from a secret sis swap. My SS was my friend Angela. I suspected her, due to her impecable taste, she always finds the coolest papers and matching embellies.  I've never seen these Bugaboo images in stamp form, so great! Thanks Angela!

I used the Eat, Sleep, Stamp Sketchy Thursday sketch #128 for this one. Another great sketch from Tracy this week.

Thanks for stopping by today! Hope your week is off to a great start.

Card Recipe: 
Stamp: Totally Stampalicious Bugaboo stamp
Ink: Memento
Paper: PTI ssw, Rasp. Fizz, Royal Velvet, SU Tempting Turquoise, patterns unknown (from a rak)
Embellishments: copics, stickles, crystal effects, nesties, MS border punch, PTI ribbon, Doodlebug brads, cuttlebug embossing folder, dimensionals