Playing with a Great Sketch!

     This week the sketch at Tuesday Morning Sketches #452, is a great one!  I was offered by Debbie Foster, part of the design team, and I enjoyed working with it.

     My card is an assortment of dies and stamps bought on Ebay, and papers by K & Co. card and mat pad, that I picked up at Tuesday Mornings. I added some Snug Hug seam binding for my knot.  I also added some gold sequins and a great gold and pearl brad from Pizzazz Aplenty for my flower center.

     I would also like to enter this at Shopping Our Stash #353 which is Chanson Papillon

     It is a glorious day in PA.  Plenty of sun and no humidity.  May have to go to the church fair up the street, this evening.  Storms are moving in for the rest of the weekend, so outside time may be hit or miss.  Hope you have a wonderful Mother's Day weekend, if you are a mom.

Mother's Day

     Here is a card I created using my favorite little critter in the whole wide world.  This stamp and die set was a gift from a dear friend for Christmas, and is made by Taylored Expressions.  One day I sat and cut and colored a pile of these little pooches, to use on assorted projects.

     My coloring is with Copic markers.  My sentiment is from a Lawn Fawn set called Happy, Happy, Happy.  The cranberry card base was in a pack from Tuesday Mornings, and I cut a second to get enough to frame my sentiment.  I had a scrap of grass die lying on my desktop, so that was added to ground my pooch.  The rose paper was a gift from a magazine called Make Special Cards.  I used a die cut button and threaded it with twine from American Craft.

     I will be entering this over at the Shopping Our Stash Challenge #352, Mother's Day.

     Guess it is about that time to get all these Mom Day cards into the mail!  Yikes, that is if I want them to arrive on time!  Have a great beginning to your week.  Hope to be back soon.

May Flowers

     Over on the  Double D Challenge Blog, the theme is May Flowers.  I must say, I had fun with this card.  I was playing with a few goodies that have arrived recently, including this pretty stencil, that I created my background with.  All was done in Distress Inks in the colors of Peeled Paint, Twisted Citron and Peacock Feathers.

     I added some die cut daisies, vines, and a triangle sentiment panel.  My small orange flowers are SU mini punches.  The sentiment is also SU and is from the Sunshine Sayings set.  Diamond Stickles and matching blue gems were added for sparkle.

       The colors on their mood board were more on the pastel side, but living near a lake, you see flowers of all shades during the spring!  That is my answer, and I am sticking to it!

     Hope you have an enjoyable weekend.  Well will have temps in the 70's, which will be perfect for outside chores.

Hello!

     I am happy to have found time to play along , this week, at Tuesday Morning Sketches.  They are on Sketch # 451, and It is a goodie!

     My base is 110lb. white card with a layer of Tranquil Sea from Gina K. Designs.  I found another fun scrap of designer paper in the stash my DD shared with me.  This has a sugared texture.  I thought about what to use for the corners, and decided on a Crafter's Companion corner Die-sire die.  That let the solid color peek through.  My center was created with a Spellbinder scalloped oval die which I sponged while still in the die, with Twisted Citron Distress Ink..  My fairy is from Ebay and I sparkled up her wings and added a gem to her hair.  I was not sure of a spray for under her, so I used that space for my sentiment, which is from SU.  I added mini flower punches, sponged with the same distress ink, and added tiny pearls.

     Happy Star Wars Day!  May the 4th be with you!

Animal Magic

     This card may have been made a bit ago, but it was never posted and I thought it would be cute for the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge, this week.  The theme is Animal Magic, so I wanted to use a card that I love.  This uses the MFT set called Up In the Air.

     I scrored and folded some blue card for my base.  That was from Bazzill.  I created an embossed layer with a folder by Darice.  My background was done with Distress Inks, and spritzed with water.  The coloring was done with Copic markers, and I added Diamond Stickles to sparkle up my clouds.

     That is my addition for today.  I am still looking for Spring.  It seems Summer showed up early.  Well, at least it is almost Friday!  Thank goodness for little blessings.  Enjoy!

Happened by Accident

     This card started out by me making a background with an old Hydrangea stamp and some watercolors.  I was not quite as pleased as I had hoped, so I started building on it.  My DD is in the process of packing to move, so she sent me her scraps and little unfinished elements.  I saw this loopy panel made with a Martha Stewart punch and decided to put that over my watercolor.  I sponged the edges to make it blend and added a sentiment by Hot Off the Press.

     It was then that I realized what a pretty sympathy card this could become.  I added vine dies on either side and used some SU mini punch flowers to the vines.  I centered a Adirondack chair from Impression Obsession, as my focal point.  There are a few gems added to the flowers as centers.

     I decided to take this over to Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge, which is Anything Goes, this week.  I also found that Repeat Impressions at The House That Stamps Built is an Anything Goes this week!

     I was happy at how this came out.  Always need a few of this type card to fall back on.  Using what is within reach also reduces clutter!  Yes I have desk clutter!  Thanks for the visit.
 

A Little Bit of Watercolor.

     Since Distress Inks have come on the scene, it has made it much easier to create some fun watercolor backgrounds.  I made this card for Tuesday Morning Sketches #450, which this week is sketchless and looking for water coloring.  You also have the option to use an older sketch.

     I started with some Bristol Smooth watercolor paper, 3 blue inks, and a spray bottle.  The colors are Faded Jeans, Salty Ocean and Peacock Feathers.  I chose the stamp set from SU called Thoughtful Branches.  Black stamping was done with Hero Arts Intense Black ink, and the white was done with Versamark and WOW white embossing powder.  My sentiment is stamped on a Gina Marie stitched circle.  My watercolor panel was then mounted on a white A2 card base.

     I am also a little sad that one of my favorite inspirations from the TMS design team is stepping down.  Best of luck in your new adventures, Janice! 

     Have a wonderful Thursday, and thanks for the fly by!

Ahoy There!

     Today I have a card that I created for the challenge at Shopping Our Stash #350, called Yo Dude!  All those that think that Ahoy There is the same kind of greeting as Yo, Dude, raise your hand.  LOL!

     I looked and looked for a background with a bright moon, and ended up printing it from Pinterest.  I layered that on white and began building.  My cloud, fishing boat, and sea gull dies are all from Ebay.  The gulls were colored with Copic markers.  The windows on my boat were filled in with Glossy accents, and silver beads were added as accents.  All of the stamps used were from Sheena Douglass and her Sea View collection.  I stamped some waves with Unicorn White ink and did my sentiment with WOW embossing powder.  The inside says, Happy Birthday, Mate.

     Thanks for sharing your Sunday with me, and I hope to see you again real soon!

Friendship!

     Today I have a card that I made some time ago and never got to post.  I would like to enter this over at the Double D Challenge blog with the theme of Friendship.

     My card starts with a base of Bazzill textured green card stock and a splattered background I created with SU re-inkers!  My stamp set is from Fiskars called Perfect Blend.  This set was a gift from a dear stamping friend, who wanted to recycle it.  You never have enough coffee stamps, I say!I cut 2 sizes of stitched circles and used the solid as a base for my stamping.  My flowers were fussy cut from a scrap of designer paper.

     That is it for me today.  We made it to Friday!  YAY!  Thanks for stopping by.

Bookworm

     Here we are, and it is Thursday, already!  This week, the sketch at Tuesday Morning Sketches is # 449, and is a bit of a CAS design.  Since I have trouble with CAS, I added a couple extra doo-dads!

     I used a stamp set called Bookworm from Clearly Besotted stamps, and an apple from Impression Obsession.  My card base is 110 lb. black from Michael's and I layered it with dp from Basic Grey's PB&J collection.  I miss you, Basic Grey!  I used Glossy Accents on the glasses and added a few silver half beads.

     My DGS is a book addict, so I thought this would be cute to send to him.  I have gotten away from reading, and sometimes I really miss it. 

     The weekend is within reach, and I hope everyone has something fun planned.  Thanks for stopping by.

House Mouse Challenge

   
     Before my hands started giving me issues, I always entered The House Mouse Challenge #264. It is Anything Goes with the option of Let's Eat!   They were one of the stamp brands that I started collecting way back in the early 90's.  When I saw the newest challenge, I decided to give it a try.

     I started with kraft card base, and a layer of wood designer paper from JoAnn's Fabric.  I stamped my mouse image with Hero Arts Intense Black ink, and began coloring with Copic markers.  There was also some sponging done to create my clouds.  The image is a stamp called Balanced Diet, from 2010.  I cut it out with a wonky stitched die, added some colored die cut corners, and the word YUM which I coated in glossy accents.  For accents I added some sparkle to the sprinkles and pearls to my flowers.

     Here is hoping you enjoy what I created!  It felt really good to use my House Mouse stamps again.

Playing this Weekend.

     This week, my DH stopped at the book store and surprised me with a magazine packed full of fun!  It has stamps, papers, die cuts, and an assortment of ideas! It even has some blank cards and envies! I used this kit  to create my card for this weeks TMS #448. 

     This is the sketch that needs to be followed, and I did so using stitched circle dies, from Gina Marie, an embossing folder by Sizzix, Intense Black ink from Hero Arts, with Copic markers.  For embellishments, I used a satin bow and some Nuvo Drops.

     I find it funny that I can not find the maker of the stamp set included.  That seems a wee bit odd to me, as you would think they would love the shout out.  The magazine is called Make Special Cards.

     Well, my thermometer peaked at 87, here yesterday.  It felt so nice and all of the trees rushed to blossom.  Today is is barely 40 and the heater is pumping away.  I guess we need to be happy that we are not getting the mid-west blizzard!  Have a great day!