MFT Sketch For You to Try

This month MFT is the sponsor of Jen del Muro's sketch for July (SFYTT). My new Pure Innocence stamps just arrived so I inked this one right up.

I LOVE cotton candy, it's my favorite ballpark treat, so I had to have this stamp. I covered the cotton candy in stickles for that sugary look.

I'm also entering it in the Flutterby Wednesday challenge #164, stripes, since she has some cute little stripped leggings.


Here is the SFYTT for July

Card Recipe:
Image: MFT PI cotton candy
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Paper: PTI ssw, Hibiscus Burst, Orange Crush, Pure Poppy, Jillybean Soup Patterns
Extras: copics, nesties, SU border punch, PTI ribbon, MS butterfly punches, stickles, Recollections rhinestones, SU corner rounder

Phindy's Friday Challenge

TGIF! Time for another Phindy's Friday Challenge. The theme this week is die cuts. That's a pretty easy one. I use them on almost every card. Here I used some nesties, PTI dies and a MFT grass die.This was a really fun challenge!  


I'm using this little sweet little image called "Hopscotch" from Phindy's Place. Isn't she cute? Perfect summer image.

Hope you will pop on over to the challenge blog and see what the DT has created this week. Play along with the challenge to win some prizes. It's not necessary to use a Phindy image, but if you do you get entered twice, so that is some pretty good incentive!

Challenges:

Sketch and Stash - Sketch (patterned paper is from my hoarded stash, image is new)

Amber's Crafts and Stuff - #20 patterned paper

Truly Scrumptious - #62 buttons and bows

Clear It Out! -Use Old Supplies - 2nd W - Anything Goes (old hoarded dsp)

Top Tip Tuesday - #44 Make it girlie

Use It Tuesdays -  must use hoarded supplies - Use Two Hoarded Items (fancy button and patterned paper)

Card Recipe:

Image: Phindy's Place Hopscotch, sentiment from Verve

Ink: Printer, Palette Noir

Paper: PTI ssw, Pure Poppy, SU Summer Sun, Cosmo Cricket Garden Variety

Extras: copics, nesties, PTI flower die, MFT grass die, K and Co rhinestones, PTI ribbon and twine

Dino-Mite Birthday

Another week is flying by!

Here is my take on one of my fave weekly sketches, Tracy's Sketchy Thursday #140, at Eat Sleep Stamp. Another great sketch this week. I changed it a bit and made a A2 size card instead of a square.

My image is the super cute Dino-Mite Birthday dragon from Designed2Delight, the sentiment is also in the set! Great set for kiddo birthday cards, the dino looks cute in pink, too.

Thanks for stopping by today. Hope you are having a wonderful week! The heat wave has broken a bit here, so we are enjoying the nicer temps this week.

Card Recipe:
Image: Designed2Delight Dino-Mite Birthday
Ink: Printer
Paper: PTI ssw, Spring Rain, Simply Chartreuse. Jillybean Soup patterns
Extras: copics, nesties, Doodlebug brads, PTI buttons, Twinery twine, glassy glaze (on his eyes) 

Tuesday Morning Sketches #104

Happy Tuesday, that means it's time for another Tuesday Morning Sketches challenge. Melissa came up with another great one!

We have a sponsor this week called K 'n K Designs, they have lots of adorable images, and very generously provided us with several to play with. I thought this guy, Valentine Kolar, was adorable! So fun to color, too. Hope you will join the challenge for a chance to win some of your own.

Stop over to the TMS blog and check out all the inspiration from the DT.

Card Recipe: 
Image: K 'n K image and sentiment from Valentine Kolar
Paper: PTI ssw, Kraft, Pure Poppy
Ink: Printer
ExtrasL copics, stickles, nesties, Doodlebug brads

Whimsy and Stars CDAC challenge

Mabelle RO from Whimsy and Stars is sponsoring one of the challenges going on at CDAC right now (it runs till the 27th, so you still have a bit of time). It is a combo of a sketch/color challenge. Now the purple threw me for a loop, it is my least used color, but I'm glad it was one of the colors, it pushed me to use it.

The image is a freebie for those intending to play in the challenge, so stop over at CDAC and give it a go.

Thanks for stopping by today, hope you have a wonderful week!

Card Recipe:
Image: Whimsy and Stars
Ink: Printer
Paper: PTI ssw, New Leaf, Dark Choc. Harvest Gold, pattern from PTI
Extras: copics, nesties, Verve dies, SU ribbon, MS butterfly punch, rhinestones

D2D Christmas Challenge

The D2D Designer's challenge this week is a Christmas challenge. But the twist is no green or red allowed. I went with my favorites, some bright colors I pulled from this Cosmo Cricket dsp. I used the Crafty Ho's sketch challenge for the layout. This cute snowman is from the Snowfolk collection, he is called Heartfelt Wishes.

Hope you will get the chance to play along with us this week!

Card Recipe:
Image: Designed2Delight Heartfelt Wishes
Ink: Printer
Paper: PTI ssw, Hawaiian Shores, Hibiscus Burst, SU Yoyo Yellow, Cosmo Cricket Mitten Weather
Extras: copics, stickles, glassy glaze, nesties, dimensionals, Bellas Baubles, PTI ribbon

Phindy's Friday Challenge

TGIF! Time for another Phindy's Friday Challenge. The theme this week is doubling up. You must use two of something. Or you can use two of several things. For example, I've used two pearls, two prima flowers, two buttons, two ribbons and two dsp. This was a really fun challenge!  I'm using this little sweet little image called "snackin" from Phindy's Place. Isn't she funny sampling the kitty's food? I love the look on her face, she looks guilty to me, lol!

Hope you will pop on over to the challenge blog and see what the DT has created this week. Play along with the challenge to win some prizes. It's not necessary to use a Phindy image, but if you do you get entered twice, so that is some pretty good incentive!

Card Recipe:

Image: Phindy's Place Snackin'

Ink: Printer

Paper: PTI ssw, Aqua Mist, SU Crushed Curry, MME Stella Rose patterns

Extras: copics, nesties, Kaiser pearls. Prima daisies, PTI buttons, PTI Harvest Gold and Aqua Mist ribbon

Challenges:

The Ribbon Reel - 2nd week - Sketch

Rainbow Lady's - pets

Crafting for all Seasons - #5 furry friends (2nd wk)

For Fun Challenges - 2 different ribbons (they are layered aqua over gold)

Stars and Stamps Midweek Throwdown - no glitter - for kids

Paper Take Weekly - Something Cute that has the Awww Factor

Use It Tuesdays - must use hoarded supplys - Animals (hoarded MME Stella Rose papers)

 

We are looking for creative designers to work with Phindy’s Place digital images, for a six month term, from 1 September 2011 to 28 February 2012.  You will be expected to create a card or project each week to be published on the Challenge Blog (currently Friday) as well as to your own blog and occasionally there may be further requirements such as a blog hop.  You are also expected to comment on a proportion of the entries to the Challenge Blog.  Membership of the Papercraft Planet Group is encouraged and you need to upload your weekly cards to the PCP gallery so that they can be uploaded to the slide shows for the group.

The ideal team member need not have experience of being on a Design Team, however their commitment and enthusiasm are important.  It is important to have a regularly updated blog, to comment regularly on entries to the challenge and it is important to meet deadlines.  

What is in it for you?

You will get a generous allowance of digis from the Phindy’s Place shop to work with each month, more than enough for each month’s challenges

You will receive an additional discount on designs from the Phindy’s Place shop

You will get the fun of working with brilliant designs, sometimes before their release to the public and be part of a close-knit and  friendly team

Successful applicants will receive more specific details of the benefits!

If you would like to apply, please email Anne at raypack@btinternet.com with the following information:

Your blog address

Links to any online galleries of your work

Photos of 3 cards/projects that you feel are typical of your work

Details of any Design Team/ Guest Design Team experience

A little info about yourself and why you would like to be part of the team

DT Call closes15 August.

ADFD Triple Challenge

The challenge on the A Day for Daisies blog was a pretty cool one, a triple challenge! You had to do three projects. I used the same image, Free Time, on all three, this sweet little boy reading.

First up I have a card using the Sweetest Thing Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge 126 from last Sunday.

Next, to go along with my card, a corner bookmark. I figured these two would make a nice little birthday gift with a Border's gift card tucked inside.

My third project is my favorite. I made a little wall hanging with three images. I used Free Time, I Can Read and Coloring in my Book. I have three little boys, so there is one square for each of them. I better get cracking on something for Lilah, too, lol! I used recycled coasters to make this one. 

My images are all colored with copics, patterned papers are from October Afternoon, solid cardstock, buttons and ribbon are PTI.

Thanks for dropping by today!

ADFD challenge from CDAC

A Day for Daisies is celebrating 300 members over at Crafter's Digital Art Center. Tammy generously offered up three freebies for this challenge. I chose these two to try. They both are adorable and will become go tos for kids' birthday cards which I'm always in need of!

The first one is a boyish birthday card. I used this week's Card Positioning Systems sketch 227 for the layout. Image is colored with copics and glittered with some stickles. I broke into my BG Life of the Party for this card! I'm sure this one will be used right away. With three boys I always need boy cards.

Now for something girly! This one is also colored with copics. Stickled up for sparkle and some glassy effects added to the balloons. I used the sketch from Stamp With Fun challenge 120 for the layout and turned it sideways. Patterned paper from MME.

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

Tuesday Morning Sketches #103

It's Tuesday again, time for a new sketch at Tuesday Morning Sketches. It's a fun one again this week and it was created by DT member Dawn.

Our sponsor is By LORI designs, she generously supplied us with some fun digi images. I love this adorable little girl, she is called Harper and is so sweet!

Hope you will check out the Tuesday Morning Sketches blog for some inspiration from the DT. And hope you will take some time to play along with us this week.

Thanks for dropping by today!

Card Recipe:

Image: By LORI designs Harper, senti from PTI

Ink: Printer, Palette Noir, Rose Red

Paper: PTI ssw, SU Regal Rose, Rose Red, Always Artichoke, October Afternoon pattern

Extras: copics, stickles, dimensionals, cuttlebug embossing folder, PTI die and twine, SU ribbon

Sassy Sponsorship

Sassy Studio Designs is sponsoring the Incy Wincy challenge today which is black and white plus one other color. I used turquoise for mine. Play along for a chance to win four SSD images.

My sketch comes from Willow Sketchie Challenge. And I'm entering the Corrosive Challenge #125 (Let the Music Play).

Thanks very much for dropping by today. Hope you are having a wonderful week so far.

Card Recipe:
Image: SSD, sentiment Stampingbella
Paper: PTI ssw, Black, SU Tempting Turquoise, SU patterns
Ink: Printer, Palette Noir
Extras: copics, stickles, Verve dies, sakura stardust pen, dimensionals, rhinestones from Michaels

Beach Love

Another weekend flew by! Why do they always go so fast? We made the most of our family time, so that is good at least. Now getting ready for the hectic week to come.

Faith released some really great new digis last week. This one is called Beach Love, and the best thing about it is it only costs $1.00, you can't beat that. There are a few that have sand pails in them, so fun for this time of year. You can find them all in the Designed2Delight store.

I used a sketch from SCS for the layout here.

Card Recipe: 
Image: Beach Love by Designed2Delight, computer generated sentiment
Ink: Printer
Paper: PTI ssw, SU Green Galore, Regal Rose, Rose Red, MM Valentine stack stripe
Extras: copics, stickles, MS border punch, MM rhinestones, cuttlebug embossing folder, nesties label die

Sassy Studio Release Day

It's release day at Sassy Studio Designs today. We are having a little blog hop. Make sure you comment along the way, there will be a drawing from a random commenter along the way for a prize. If you've arrived from the SSD blog you are in the right place. After you are done here, hop on over to Sara's blog, I know she has created something fabulous for today.

Lindsay has done a wonderful job with these Pirates of the Caribbean images. They are so realistic. I've used Syrena here, she will be available in the store today. Check out the details for the release party on the SSD blog. Hope you will join us for some fun and chatting tonight.

I've used Tracy's fun sketch from Eat Sleep Stamp for the layout here, Sketchy Thursday #139.

Card Recipe:
Image: SSD Syrena, CHF sentiment
Ink: Printer, Palette Noir
Paper: PTI cardstock, DCWV and Colorbok patterns
Extras: copics, nesties, stickles, KandCo rhinestones, Bellas Baubles, PTI ribbon

Phindy's Friday Challenge

TGIF! Time for another Phindy's Friday Challenge. The theme this week is pastels. That's a pretty easy one! I'm using this little Wee Babbie called Budding Beauty from Phindy's Place.

Hope you will pop on over to the challenge blog and see what the DT has created this week. Play along with the challenge to win some prizes. It's not necessary to use a Phindy image, but if you do you get entered twice, so that is some pretty good incentive!


Card Recipe:
Image: Phindy's Place Wee Babbie Budding Beauty
Ink: printer
Paper: PTI ssw, SU Pale Plum, BG Kioshi
Extras: copics, nesties, Kaiser pearls, stickles, Hug Snug Seam binding, dimensionals, decorative pin and beads, corner rounder

Sassy Studio Sneak Peek

Got a quick post today with Elizabeth an upcoming release from SSD. She will be released with her pirate friends on Saturday. Check out the Sassy Studio Blog for release day info, including a hop and release party on Saturday. This is also for the DTBST challenge, getting edgy. My edge punched piece is a bit hard to see, it is to the right of the panel under the image.

I used the current Midnight Madness sketch (MMSC112) for this one. Another fun sketch this week.

Card Recipe
Image: SSD Elizabeth
Ink: Printer
Paper: PTI ssw, Dark Chocolate, Sweet Blush, BG Capella prints
Extras: copics, MM brads, PTI button and twine, EK Success edge punch, dimensionals

A Sassy Sponsorship

Sassy Studio Designs has lots of great challenges they are sponsoring again this month. Today's is for I love Promarkers. The challenge is 2 dsp, 2 buttons, brads or bling and one ribbon. Fun and pretty easy!

Check out all the challenge info on the SSD blog, along with the Dare to be Sassy Thursday challenges and sneak peeks this week. Many chances to win some sassies!

I used my fave weekly sketch challenge, Sketchy Thursday #138 from Tracy at Eat Sleep Stamp. Her weekly sketches are always fantastic!

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

Card Recipe:
Image: Sassy Studio Designs
Ink: Printer
Paper: PTI ssw, New Leaf, Blueberry Sky, Pure Poppy, DCWV summer stack
Extras: copics, stickles, PTI ribbon, EK success wave border punch, Michaels rhinestones, Sakura stardust pen

Tuesday Morning Sketches 102

It's Tuesday again, time for a new sketch from Melissa atTuesday Morning Sketches. But this week, it isn't actually a sketch. The challenge is to make a card with a detachable bookmark

Our sponsor is Doodle Pantry, so you can play along for a chance to win a prize from them.

Here is the card I made. I used an Edwin stamp from Magnolia along with the Sweet Sketch Wednesday sketch #109 for the layout here.

Here is a close up of the bookmark, it is a corner fold bookmark. I just slip it over the inside bottom corner of the card and it is ready to mail (or maybe give to my ds who is an avid reader).

Hope you will check out the Tuesday Morning Sketches blog for some inspiration from the DT. And hope you will take some time to play along with us this week.

Thanks for dropping by today!

Card Recipe:

Stamps: Magnolia Edwin and stack of books

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

Paper: PTI ssw, Kraft, Dark Chocolate, SU Really Rust, patterns from my scrap box

Extras: copics, nesties, sakura glitter pen, white gel pen, Recollections brads, dimensionals, cuttlebug embossing folder, 

Whimsy and Stars Mimi Bug Sunflower

I know it's a bright one, but I try to do some cheerful and fun cards to mail out to the Chemo Angels special requests. Especially for the kids.

This little Mimi Bug Sunflower, from Whimsy and Stars is from Mabelle RO's spring release, not the more recent summer one. I think she is a hoot in those huge glasses and sun hat!

I used the Sweet Sunday sketch challenge #125 for the layout here, just flipped it on end.

Thanks so much for stopping by today. Hope your week is starting off well.

Card Recipe:
Image: Whimsy and Stars Mimi Bug Sunflower
Ink: Printer
Paper: PTI ssw, New Leaf, Orange Crush, Little Boy Blue yellow dot
Extras: copics, MFT dies, Offray ribbon, Michaels rhinestones, stickles, dimensionals

D2D Designers challenge

The designers challenge this week at D2D is European inspired. Well, I've never been to Europe, so I just kind of was winging it. I was going for a French Provincial kind of look. Don't know if I achieved it, but this image Baby Buggy~Heaven Sent sure was fun to work with.

I pieced the buggy with some digi paper. I used some stitching, distressing and inking to get an old timey look. I'm not great with inking edges, it always looks messy to me when I do it. I've colored the pin and pearls to go with my color scheme.

Thanks for stopping by today. Hope your weekend is going well.

Card Recipe: 
Image: Designed2Delight Baby Buggy~Heaven Sent
Ink: Printer
Paper: PTI ssw, Aqua Mist, Little Boy Blue digital patterns
Extras: copics, sakura stardust pen, Kaiser pearls, doily die, PTI ribbon, WOC stick pin, sewing machine, PTI chai ink on edges, Tim Holtz distressing tool

Phindy's Friday Challenge

TGIF! Time for another Phindy's Friday Challenge. The theme this week is buttons. That's a pretty easy one! I'm using this little Wee Babbie called Special Day from Phindy's Place.

Hope you will pop on over to the challenge blog and see what the DT has created this week. Play along with the challenge to win some prizes. It's not necessary to use a Phindy image, but if you do you get entered twice, so that is some pretty good incentive!.


Thanks for stopping by today!


Challenges I'm entering this into:
Sketch and Stash  - buttons and sentiment stamp were in my stash, patterned paper is new
Penny's Paper-Crafty - Happy Birthday
Ruby's Rainbow -  #7 Happy Birthday
Paper Take Weekly -  Anything Goes with Optional Use Buttons
Stamps R Us  - there was a little girl


Card Recipe:
Image: Phindy's Place Wee Babbie Special Day, sentiment from SU
Ink: Printer, Palette Noir
Paper: PTI ssw, Royal Velvet, Orange Crush, Raspberry Fizz, New Leaf. Doodlebug Prints
Extras: copics, glossy glaze, stickles, PTI buttons, dimensionals, nesties, crochet thread

A Sassy Sponsorship

Sassy Studio Designs is sponsoring the Craft Your Passion challenge this week. With an anything goes theme, how easy is that! Hope you will join the fun and play along with us, the prize is four SSD images!

I used Card Positioning Systems sketch #225 for the layout.

Hope you are having a wonderful week.

Card Recipe:
Image: Sassy Studio Designs, PTI senti
Ink: Printer, Palette Noir
Paper: PTI ssw, New Leaf, Orange Crush, Jillybean Soup patterns
Extras: copics, sakura glitter pen, offray ribbon, button, SU corner rounder, cuttlebug embossing folder

Tuesday Morning Sketches #101

It's Tuesday again, time for a new sketch from Melissa atTuesday Morning Sketches. It's a fun one again this week.

Our sponsor is Paper Pretties, they generously supplies us with some fun digi images. But I used one of their acrylic stamps instead called "What the Cluck?".

Hope you will check out the Tuesday Morning Sketches blog for some inspiration from the DT. And hope you will take some time to play along with us this week.

Thanks for dropping by today!


Card Recipe:
Stamp: Paper Pretties What the Cluck?
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Paper: PTI ssw, Dark Chocolate, SU Ballet Blue, Summer Sun
Extras: copics, nesties, MM brads, Tim Holtz wood grain embossing folder, crackle effects, glassy glaze, dimensionals