Sketch Sunday- Mojo Monday #558

I thought I might try to bring back my themed days, (Sketch Sunday, Mermaid Monday, Three for Tuesday, Wednesday Wings, and Forgotten Friday). Not sure I can do them all each week, but a few here and there will be fun.

For Sketch Sunday this week I thought I'd play along with Mojo Monday Sketch #558! 

For my image I chose a cutie pie from the La La Land Crafts Love to Garden stamp set. It was so fun to put this card together. I used Julee's card as inspiration as it was so cute and well done! (she's just so talented!!) 

I really love how this came out! So cute and fun!!

Thanks so much for stopping by and have a super duper great day!

Supplies~

La La Land Crafts Love to Garden Stamp Set, Memento Tuxedo Black Ink, Copics, Whimsy Stamps Funky Flowers 6x6 Paper Pad, Prismacolor Pencils, SU Stitched Shapes Framelits, SU Pistachio Pudding Ink, La La Land Triangle Lace Border Die, SU Rhinestone Basic Jewels, SU Holiday Rhinestone Basic Jewels, 

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There's a Stamp For That Challenge #17- A sweet spring hello

It's time for another challenge at my group, There's a Stamp For That!! Challenge #17 has the themes of Spring or Bunnies or Shamrocks! 

I used the Woodland Spring stamp set and dies from Newton's Nook for my card today. The critters in this set are so pretty with their flowers.

For my layout I used the MFT Sketch #399!

I hope you'll join us for the fun at There's a Stamp For That!! 

Have a great day!

Supplies~

Newton's Nook Woodland Spring Stamp Set and Dies, Memento Tuxedo Black Ink, Copics, Carta Bella Oh Happy Day Spring 6x6 Paper Pad, SU Stitched Shapes Framelits, MFT Sentiment Strips, VersaFine Onyx Black Ink, SU Pineapple Punch Ink, Kraftin' Kimmie Pastel Krafty Dots, 

FBW #165- A sketch by ME!

Here we are at Wednesday again!! That means it is time to flutter!! Be sure to visit the Flutter By Wednesday Challenge blog to see how you can play along with us this week! Be sure to visit my Flutter By Team for lots of fluttering inspiration too! Their links are on the sidebar!

Our challenge this week is a sketch challenge! I love sketches but I must admit it adds a new twist when I’m the one who created it..LOL!

Here’s my take on it~ and I must admit I struggled with it for some reason! The image is a digi from Whimsy and Stars Studio-Mabelle RO called Spring Garden Chickie.

 

The little details~ digi-Spring Garden Chickie, copics, papers from a friend, a muse butterfly die, Bella baubles,stickles,

Sweet Seasons

One of the yahoo groups that I’ve been in for years has sketches every week for inspiration.  I haven’t played along for quite sometime but this week’s sketch really called to me so I thought “why not!”
Here’s the sketch~

I used one of my new TAC sets~ Sweet Seasons. It is a Level B reward set (which you can earn by hosting a FUNshop or by joining my card club--details coming soon). A pretty simple but cute card!!

I am almost back to “normal”~ whatever that is! LOL! so I hope to get to visiting you all again soon!!
The little details~  TAC Sweet Seasons, copic markers, Memento Tuxedo Black ink, scraps of TAC paper, TAC Miss Moxie ribbon, bow-easy (I used these directions), copic glitter pens,

Katie and Lizzy

A sweet digi stamp from Sweet n' Sassy Stamps, Katie and Lizzy.

I used a sketch from SCS~ SC247.

The little details~ digi-Katie and Lizzy, copics, Prima Fairy Flora paper, cardstock,flowers, Kaisercraft pearls,

Happy New Year's Eve!!

The end of 2010! Can you believe it? Another year gone? Wow!! 

However you are celebrating tonight, I hope you stay safe! We'll be ringing in the new year at home with the kiddos. Matthew loves staying up to see the new year in and I'm sure Belle will follow in his footsteps!

I thought the the set by The Greeting Farm, Journey with Oliver and Amelia would make a fun New Year's card as we all embark on a new journey into the year!!

I stamped Amelia twice and then cut one out to put on the other one for dimension. I think she was in a very colorful mood...hehe! 

I found an older sketch on the Club Anya blog that inspired me for the layout--it's in THIS post.

The little details~ Oliver and Amelia-Journey, Memento Tuxedo Black, copics, cardstock, nestabilities, Pebbles Chalk Basic Brights, My Minds Eye Tickled Pink, Cricut, Make The Cut, My Time Made Easy Border Builder Open Scallops, copic glitter pens, ribbon brads, corner rounder, Kaisercraft rhinestones

Anything goes...really?

The challenge this week at SSC Copic Challenge Group is anything goes. Really? I think sometimes those challenges are harder than ones with specific guidelines, at least for me they are.

Of course the hardest part for me is to figure out what stamp to use. After looking through my stamp image catalogs for what seemed like hours I finally decided to ink up one of my Miss Anya Lounge stamps as they've never been inked...sigh.

I stamped her twice and cut one out to layer for some dimension. For my paper I used some of my favorite TAC paper, Rustic Chic. I had fun with my new Doodlebug Mini Jewels too..must get more of these!

When looking at the sketches I had saved on my computer, I decided on one from the old bella forum on SCS.

Anyone have any tips/suggestions for me on adding sentiments? I struggle with that so much. Like this card, I really wanted to add a sentiment but didn't know where/how to put one...anyone? suggestions/tips?? Thanks!


The little details~ Miss Anya Lounge, Memento Tuxedo Black ink, copics, Rustic Chic paper, cardstock, border punch, Martha Stewart punch, flowers, Doodlebug Mini Jewels,

Spunky Sprite Girls

I hope you are all off to a fabulous start on this Monday! 

Today I wanted to bring to attention a new tab at the top of the page~ TAC FUN stuff. On this page I will keep it updated as to what the specials are at TAC and also what stamp sets Michelle and I will be featuring on Spec-TAC-ular Thursday's and also, I am going to be doing a featured project each month and this will be there too. 

Feel free to email me anytime if you have questions about anything!!

Onto today's creation~ I have purchased several My Time Made Easy projects and cut files so I wanted to play with them and get familiar with how they work with the Make The Cut software and the Cricut so I started with the "free" one I had gotten, the Cutesy Cover.

It was super easy to create! Reminds me of a little crayon box, but it would be fun to fill with other goodies too! I used some older papers in my stash to decorate it and used Spunky Sprite Girls for the image. I stamped the little cutie twice, cut one out and placed on top of the other one for dimension.

Once I had it done, I decided to make a little card to go with it. I used a sketch I had saved, SC204 for inspiration for my layout. The flowers and buttons are from the Lemonade Blossoms and Buttons collection.

 

The little details~ Memento Tuxedo Black ink, copics, Spunky Sprite Girls, MTME template/svg file, Cricut, misc cardstock and designer papers, nestabilites, markers, border punch, Lemonade Blossoms & Buttons, yellow scrappers floss,

Try it Out with a "T" #88

Our challenge for this week is a wonderful sketch by Suzanne!

Be sure to visit Susana's store blog, Follow Your Heart, to see what the other design team members created!


Here's the wonderful sketch~

Here's my creation~

supplies:

• card size: 5 1/2 x 5 1/2
• stamps: 1st Leaf of Fall,
• paper: Cryogen white cardstock, Basic Grey Marrakech, SU cardstock,
• ink: Memento Tuxedo Black,
• others: copics, CM cutting system, Basic Grey buttons, scrappers floss, Petaloo butterfly, SU Sizzix Little Leaves die, Cuttlebug embossing folders, Tsukineko Gold Psst Shimmer Spritz,

Time to party with FBW!!

Are you ready to have some fun?? Be sure to check out the Flutter By Wednesday Blog today as we are having one HUGE giveaway of some of my favorite things in honor of my birthday on Saturday!!

You can find out all the details on the blog, but I wanted to give a huge shout out to the companies who helped make this HUGE giveaway possible! 

So a huge thank you to the following, in no particular order~

• Tiddly Inks
• Susana's Custom Art and Card Design
• Paper Makeup Stamps
• Victoria Case Art Designs
• Paper Garden Projects
• Inky Impressions
• Belles 'n Whistles
• All That Scraps
• The Greeting Farm
• The Wild Flower Patch
• Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps
• My Favorite Things-MFT
• Taylored Expressions
• Paper Pretties
• Pink Cat Studio
• Whimsy Stamps
• Color Me Creative Classroom

Onto my creation for today! The challenge this week is to make a birthday card and use a sketch designed for Flutter By Wednesday by the talented Mercy!! Of course, your creation has to have a butterfly, fairy or angel on it and for this special giveaway, you will have had to have played along with the challenge before.

Here's the fabulous sketch by Mercy~

Here's my creation~ Hope you have your sunglasses handy as I went a tad bright with this one, LOL!

supplies:

• card size: 5 1/2 x 4 1/4
• stamps: Hilda with flowers,TAC Squiggle Ladybugs
• paper: Croygen cardstock, Basic Grey Indian Summer, SU cardstock,
• ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, SU Tempting Turquoise, SU Chocolate Chip
• others: copics, copic glitter pens, Martha Stewart punches, Kaisercraft pearls, fruit punch stickles,

FBW118

Woo-hoo! Wednesday means another Flutter By Challenge!! This week the challenge is a Flutter By Recipe~ 1 part sparkle, 2 parts designer paper and 3 parts buttons or gems. Of course you have to have a butterfly, fairy or angel on your creation too!  Be sure to visit my Flutter By Team (links on sidebar) for some wonderful inspiration!!

Onto my creation~ I've been wanting to color up this new digi, Rose Butterfly so I thought today would be the perfect chance!! Isn't it gorgeous??

I used the sketch from The Sweet Stop~SSS69.

supplies:

• card size: 5x5
• stamps: Digi Rose Butterfly,
• paper: DeLovely,
• ink:
• others: copics, SU border punch, Kaisercraft rhinestones, SU marker, stickles, 

Also wanted to mention that there is a store wide clearance at Whimsy Stamps! Be sure to check it out!

Bonnie

Before I get to my card, I have an exciting announcement~

I'm looking forward to my term with Spesch Designer Stamps! and feel so fortunate to be chosen for the team! A big congrats to the other ladies who made the team too! You can see the post announcing them HERE!

Today I decided to use the super cute, Bonnie for my card. She is just so precious!!

I used an older SCS sketch, SC255.

supplies:

• card size: 4 1/4 x 5 1/2
• stamps: Bonnie,
• paper: Basic Grey Kioshi, SU cardstock,
• ink:
• others: copics, flowers, button, scrappers floss, SU mat pack, stickles,

Back to School New Releases from Meljen's Designs at Whimsy Stamps!

Did you know that there are new releases every Thursday at Whimsy Stamps? Yup, Meljen's Designs releases new images every Thursday!! How fun is that?

Today I'm showing you some creations I made with this week's NEW Digis! 

I used ABC Patches, Back To School Badge and School Word Art for some fun bookmarks for my kiddos (hopefully they won't argue over them since it's an odd number..LOL).

Then I used Little Book Worm to decorate the cover of a notebook for my son so he can keep track of the books he's read.

Finally I made a card using the cute Teddy Bear Teacher.

I'm entering my creations in the Stampin' for the Weekend Challenge for this week which is Back To School. I also used the sketch from The Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge #80, for the card.

supplies:

• stamps: All from Whimsy Stamps/Meljen's Designs-all digital stamps~ ABC Patches, Back To School Badge, School Word Art, Little Book Worm, Teddy Bear Teacher,
• paper: most from my scraps,
• ink: SU Bashful Blue,
• others: copics, SU markers, Martha Stewart border punch, nestabilities, corner rounder, SU photo corner punch, themed buttons, copic multi liner pen,