Tuesday Morning Sketches #135

Happy Tuesday, it's time for another sketch from Tuesday Morning Sketches. This one was created by our fearless leader Melissa. It's a great one. Hope you like it and will give it a try. 

Our sponsor this week is the Digi Doodle Shop. Hope you will play along for a chance to win a prize from them.

I've used one of the February release images from Designed2Delight, called Spring Chicks. Paired it up some of the scrappy remnants of my DeLovely paper (my favorite paper EVER). Good thing I saved those small bits, this layout works perfectly with some scrap pieces. 

Stop by the Tuesday Morning Sketches Blog and check out the DT creations for some inspiration.

Thanks so much for stopping by today. I hope you are having a wonderful week.

Card Recipe:

Image: Designed2Delight Spring Chicks

Ink: Printer

Paper: PTI ssw, New Leaf, Raspberry Fizz, SU Yoyo Yellow, Cosmo Cricket DeLovely

Extras: copics, cuttlebug embossing folder, rhinestones, sewing machine, stickles, crystal effects, dimensionals 

Sentimental Sundays #91

Here is my weekly post for Sentimental Sundays. Our challenge this week is pearls and lace. Plus, as always, dont' forget that sentiment.

Saturated Canary is the sponsor this week! Super exciting, I love Krista's images! She very generously allowed us to chose an image, and I picked Pricilla Pie. Isn't she a cutie? Love her gloves and huge rock of a ring. Hope you will play along for a chance to win a prize from Saturated Canary. 

Thanks so much for dropping by today. Make sure and pop over to the Sentimental Sundays blog and check out all the fun creations from the DT.

I've used one of my fave sketch challenges for this layout. Tracy at Eat Sleep Stamp has a new sketch each week. This one is Sketchy Thursday #161.

Some challenges I'm entering:
Crafty Ann's - 2W, SIO – Week 2, Bold & Bright
Di's Digis Designs 3E 2W SIO - 1stW Lace and Pearls
Just Some Lines 2W, SIO - 1stW Girly Girls
Dilly Beans – 1E, C5 – In Stitches

Card Recipe:

Image: Saturated Canary Pricilla Pie, sentiment from PTI

Ink: Printer, memento

Paper: PTI ssw, Simply Chartreuse, SU Tangerine Tango, MME prints

Extras: copics, stickles, nesties, pearl pen, pearls, lace, sewing machine, MM brads, dimensionals

Guest Bar Tender

My card was selected in the top 3 for the last challenge over at Raise the Bar! Joni invites the top three to be a Guest Bar Tender for the next challenge. I was very excited to play along. The challenge for this week is the colors of Mardi Gras (purple, green and gold). 

I decided to go all out Mardi Gras for this card with the theme as well as the color palette. I used this fun Masquerade 2 digi from Sassy Studio Designs and a freebie patterned paper from Paulette at Create with TLC. 

My sketch comes from Sweet Sketch Wednesday #142, another great sketch!

Thanks so much to Joni and the Raise the Bar DT for having me as a guest this week!

Thanks for stopping by! Have a great weekend.

Card Recipe:

Image: SSD Masquerade 2

Ink: printer

Paper: pattenred paper from Create with TLC, PTI ssw, Royal Velvet, New Leaf

Extras: copics, sakura glitter pen, rhinestones, MFT die, PTI felt and ribbon, dimensionals, cuttlebug embossing folder, nesties, pearl pen, metal dots

Phindy's Friday Challenge

TGIF! Time for another Phindy's Friday Challenge! The challenge this week at Phindy's Place is get well soon. That's a pretty easy one, and it's always good to keep a get well card on hand!

I went with Hyacinth and Ivy for my image this week. I thought this sweet serene scene would make a great get well card. Phindy has lots of images in the shop that would work out perfectly with this challenge.

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:
Cute Card Thursday - C5 - Winged things
Moving Along With The Times - 3E - Lots of layers (at least 2)
Cooking It Up With Katie -2W, 1E - # 90 3 favorite things (copics, stickles, WOC flowers)
Paper Shelter Challenge - 3E, SIO - add a sentiment
Seems a Little Sketchy - 2W - (1st week) Sketch* (ends 4th March)

Card Recipe:

Image: Phindy's Place Hyacinth and Ivy, sentiment from PTI

Ink: Printer, Memento Tuxedo Black

Paper: PTI ssw, SU Certainly Celery, Almost Amethyst, Lily Bee patterns

Extras: copics, stickles, MS border punch, WOC flowers, Cherry Lynn doily die, card candy, MM brads, nestie label die

Dare to be Sassy Thursday

Over at Sassy Studio Designs we are trying to make Christmas cards all year long to avoid the crunch in December. So, the last challenge of every month will be a Christmas or holiday challenge. This month the challenge is to use traditional Christmas colors.

I've used an image called Santa's Helper. My sketch is from the Outlawz weekly sketch challenge.

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

And, I've drawn the winner of the D2D blog hop prize and the winner is
~ Barb said...
I love your ribbon choices on both cards (I am a sucker for gingham)! I don't know how to chose just one image as a favorite but I'll go with quilted pail of flowers. Thanks for the chance to win!

Congrats ~Barb you win your choice of a new Designed2Delight image. Contact Faith with your choice.

Card Recipe:
Image: Sassy Studio Designs Santa's Helper
Ink: Printer
Paper: PTI ssw, Pure Poppy, Ripe Avocado, PTI Christmas prints
Extras: copics, stickles, nesties, EK Success border punch, card candy, PTI ribbon and twine, jingle bells, Sakura stardust pen

Tuesday Morning Sketches #134

Happy Tuesday, it's time for another sketch from Tuesday Morning Sketches. This one was created by me. Hope you like it and will give it a try. 

Our sponsor this week is Pixie Dust Studios. Hope you will play along for a chance to win a prize from them.

Stop by the Tuesday Morning Sketches Blog and check out the DT creations for some inspiration.

Thanks so much for stopping by today. I hope you are having a wonderful week.

Card Recipe:

Stamps: LOTV image, PTI sentiment

Ink: Memento

Paper: copic xpress, SU Bashful Blue, Summer Sun, Tangerine Tango, Lily Bee patterns

Extras: copics, stickles, nesties, Cherry Lynn edger die, WOC flowers, PTI ribbon, SU brads, crystal effects, PTI button, Twinery Twine 

Designed2Delight New Release Blog Hop

Welcome to the Designed2Delight monthly release blog hop. Faith has created a bunch of wonderful new springy and Eastery images!  We are hopping to show all the new images today. If you arrived from Michelle's blog you are in the right place. Didn't she outdo herself this month with lots of gorgeous creations?! If you just happened upon my blog you will want to start at the Designed2Delight blog, so you don't miss anything. You can find all the new releases in the store right here.

For my first card I went with the Lazy Easter Bunny image. He's so cute! I've colored him with copics, and added some stickles. Papers are from PTI, SU and some patterns from my scrap bin. My sketch comes from Pal's Paper Arts (PPA129).

For my second card I used the Easter Egg Tulips image (think this is my favorite image from the release!). I love tulips and these are just stunning, really fun to color.  I've colored with copics, uses SU and PTI cardstock and some October Afternoon patterned papers. I've used Tracy's fabulous sketch from Sketchy Thursday#160 at Eat Sleep Stamp.

Now for some fun stuff! All new release images will be 20% for 3 days--sale ending at 7 AM Thursday, Feb. 23. Faith will be giving (2) $5 Gift Vouchers away. Contest will end on Wednesday night at 11:59 pm EST. All you need to do to be eligible for the prize is leave a comment on the D2D blog hop post here. And Faith has generously allowed us to give away an image to, so leave a comment with your fave new release image and you will have a random chance to win it. I'll announce the winner Wednesday morning.

Thanks so much for stopping by today. Now hop on over to Pat's blog and she her fabulous creations!

Corrosive Challenge #143

We've got a fun challenge for you this week at the Corrosive Challenge blog! We are going to "another dimension"! Sounds far out, right? Not really, just a little pun, use some foam tape or dots and pop something up on your card. This is one of my fave techniques anyway, so I had lots of fun with it. 

For my card, I've used one of Tickled Pink's Lil Pinkette Tom Boyz Pippa.  My teamie Regan does fabulous things with these images and after receiving a birthday card from her using one, I had to do a bit of shopping!

My Sketch comes from Hanna and Friends #132:

Hope you will join the challenge this week over at the Corrosive Challenge Blog, Tiddly Inks is our wonderful monthly sponsor, so you could have a chance to win a prize from them. Stop by the challenge blog and check out all the inspiration from the talented DT!

Have a wonderful Sunday!

Card Recipe:

Images: Tickled Pink Lil Pinkette Tom Boyz Pippa

Ink: printer

Paper: PTI ssw, Kraft, Dk. Chocolate, Hawaiian Shores, Lily Bee Picket Fence prints

Extras: copics, nesties, MFT fence die, cuttlebug embossing folder, baseball brads, PTI twine, Bella dots, foam dimensionals

Sentimental Sundays #90

Here is my weekly post for Sentimental Sundays. Our challenge this week is to get sentimental. While all the challenges at Sentimental Sundays require a sentiment to play along, this week we want the focus to be on the sentiment.

I went with one of some Verve stamps for this challenge, I always love their sentiments. My sketch came from the VLV challenges on the SCS Verve forum, this is the first one for February.

And Whimsy Stamps is the sponsor. Hope you will play along for a chance to win a prize from them. 

Thanks so much for dropping by today. Make sure and pop over to the Sentimental Sundays blog and check out all the fun creations from the DT.

Card Recipe:

Stamps: Verve Just for You, Thankful Accents

Ink: Regal Rose

Paper: PTI Kraft, Rose, MME patterns

Extras: sewing machine, nesties, dimensionals, WOC rhinestones, PTI ribbon

Final two CPS sketches!

Here are my two final cards for the CPS 5th anniversary sketch challenges! What a fun set of 15 sketches. Wasn't sure if I would get them done, but somehow did

This one is for day #10, this was the trickiest sketch for me, but I like how it turned out in the end. I've used Lil Pinkette August from Tickled Pink Stamps with some MME patterns. I just bought her today, she was so much fun to color! Love the hair and fun outfit. Colored with copics, stickles to highlight some areas and finished with some Twinery Twine and WOC flowers.

Here is the sketch:

And for my final card, I've done the day #13 sketch. I've used Thankful Accents from Verve with MME paper and finished with some stitching and gold brads.

Here is the sketch:

Thanks to the DT over at CPS for a great two weeks of fun sketches and inspirational samples!

Two more CPS 5th anniversary cards

Still trying to work my way through the last few CPS 5th anniversary sketches. I've got two cards to share tonight.

First up is one for Day #15. I've used this cute Whimsy and Stars image called Spring Boy and Girl, with some papers from MME.

The second one uses the sketch from Day #7. The image is from A Day For Daisies. I've used some of the same MME papers. I really put this sketch off, I found it tough. Not sure I like the way my card turned out.

Sassy Studio Freebie Friday

It's Freebie Friday at Sassy Studio Designs. Each Friday, there is a free image posted in our Papercraft Planet group, it's only available for 24 hours, so you need to act fast. This week, it is Cosmopolitan. I love this image, she is so pretty! And how can you beat free?

Thanks so much for stopping by today. Make sure you check out the group on Papercraft Plant, grab the freebie and play along with this week's challenge which is "Tie one On", something needs to be tied (like ribbon or twine) on your project.

I've used another sketch from the CPS 5th anniversary challenges. This one is from day #12.

Some other challenges I'm entering:
Mad for Markers - Must use Copics - Colour using R or RV (used R29, 24, 22)
Pretty Little Ribbon Shop - (Must use ribbon) -  Anything goes with ribbon
Die Cuttin' Divas - must include a Die-cut -#52 Colours, pick at least 2, Red, Black Pink & White (doily die cut from PTI)
Stamp-N-Doodle - SIO - food/drink




Card Recipe:

Image: Cosmopolitan from Sassy Studio Designs

Ink: Printer

Paper: PTI ssw, True Black, Pure Poppy, Echo Park print

Extras: copics, PTI ribbon, WOC rose, Recollections rhinestones, PTI doily die, corner rounder, chalk, glossy accents, sakura stardust pen

Phindy's Friday Challenge

TGIF! Time for another Phindy's Friday Challenge! Nope, it's not a Christmas challenge, even though you might think so with the direction my card took, lol. I try to make my Christmas cards all year long, so I don't come up short in December. The challenge this week at Phindy's Place is bling. That's a fun one, since I love bling.

I went with Sweet Carol for my image this week, I've had her printed and waiting to be colored since November, and thought the pretty halo, fur trimmed dress and wings were perfect for adding some bling. Phindy has lots of images in the shop that would work out perfectly with this challenge.

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!


Still working on the sketches from the CPS 5th anniversary celebration. This one is from day #14.

Some other challenges:
Flutterby Wednesdays - 1E, must include butterfly, fairy or angel - #190 anything with wings
Penny's Paper-Crafty - 2W - #73 anything goes
Little Darlings Challenges - 2W, SIO - #17 Favorite Embellishments (ribbon and jingle bells)
Digital Tuesday - include a digital element - #147 Use Your Stash (patterned papers from my scrap stash)
Tuesday Throwdown - #85 Entwined (use twine)
Cupcake Craft - Entwined (use twine)
My Craft Spot - 1E - Girly Girl Project


Card Recipe:
Image: Sweet Carol from Phindy's Place
Ink: Printer
Paper: PTI ssw, SU Bashfurl Blue, PTI New Leaf, DCWV patterns
Extras: copics, stickles, Twinery Twine, jingle bells, Cherry Lynn border die, SU ribbon, rhinestones

Whimsy and Stars

This just might be my favorite Whimsy and Stars image, called Super Boy. I have a problem keeping kitchen towels in my drawer, someone is always running through the house with a "cape" on, lol! This image also reminds me of Captain Underpants, one of our favorite series of books. It also doesn't hurt that he looks a bit like Liam, my DS#2. Such a fun image to color!

I made this one for a little guy who is having surgery and could use a smile.

I've used another sketch from the CPS 5th anniversary sketch challenges. This one is #9.

Here is the day #9 sketch:

I also made it with the iCopic Challenge #69"BG Family" in mind.  (I've used BG78, 75, 72, 70 on his cape) I sometimes find these ones hard to blend, but I'm pretty happy with the way it looks.

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

Card Recipe: 
Image: Whimsy and Stars Superboy, sentiment from PTI
Paper: PTI ssw, SU Blue Bayou, Summer Sun, Pumpkin Pie, MME prints
Ink: Printer, Palette Noir
Extras: copics, PTI buttons, corner rounder, crochet thread, cuttlebug embossing folder, nestie label die, MM brads, dimensionals

Tuesday Morning Sketches #133

Happy Tuesday, it's time for another sketch from Tuesday Morning Sketches. This one was created by Jessica. Such a great sketch! This is also our judged challenge of the month, and there is always a twist with that challenge. It's a recipe this week: 4 layers, 2 ribbons, 1 embellishment.

Our sponsor this week is DRS Designs. Hope you will play along for a chance to win a prize from them.


I've used some crafty supplies that came from my friend Angela. She sent me this MFT stamp set and all the goodies I used here. She really know how to put things together, such style! 

Stop by the Tuesday Morning Sketches Blog and check out the DT creations for some inspiration.

Thanks so much for stopping by today. I hope you are having a wonderful week.

Card Recipe:

Image: MFT PI

Ink: Memento

Paper: xpress blending, PTI Simply Chartreuse, Pine Feather, unknown print

Extras: copics, stickles, nesties, ribbon, gold brads, dimensionals

Sassy Sponsorship

Sassy Studio Designs is sponsoring the challenge over at the Love to Create Challenge blog today. The challenge is buttons and bows (I had to play along, I rarely make a card that doesn't use one or both). Hope you will play along for the chance to win some SSD images.

For my card I used the Romeo and Juliet image. My sketch is from the CPS 5th anniversary celebration. This is number 8. I switched out the heart for a circle, couldn't fit my sentiment onto the heart die cut I had.

Thanks so much for stopping by today. Hope you are staying warm, it's very cold here today!

Here is the day 8 sketch:

Card Recipe:
Image: SSD Romeo and Juliet
Ink: Printer, Palette Noir
Paper: PTI ssw, Aqua Mist, True Black, DCWV print
Extras: copics, stickle, nesties, Recollections flourish, MS heart punch, Twinery twine, PTI ribbon and button, dimensionals

Sentimental Sundays #89

Here is my weekly post for Sentimental Sundays. Our challenge this week is to make a shaped card (no squares or rectangles). And don't forget to add the sentiment.

And Bugaboo is the sponsor. They very graciously allowed us to pick an image. I went with this Gus Golf image. Isn't he a hoot???!! The clever sentiment came with him.

Thanks so much for dropping by today. Make sure and pop over to the Sentimental Sundays blog and check out all the fun creations from the DT.

Card Recipe:
Image: Bugaboo Gus Golfs
Ink: Printer
Paper: PTI ssw, New Leaf, Hawaiian Shores, SU Pretty in Pink
Extras: copics, nesties, cuttlebug embossing folders, dimensionals, sakura stardust pen

Sassy Studio "Fan"tastic Valentine Blog Hop

Welcome to the Sassy Studio Designs Valentine blog hop. We are calling it out "Fan"tastic blog hop, because this release is all inspired by customer suggestions. The images are even named after the person who made the suggestion! If you arrived here from the talented Christine you are in the right spot. If not start on the SSD blog, so you don't miss anything. Make sure  you leave comments as you hop for chances to win some new images!

My card is made with the Country Girl Donna image. She is so pretty. I don't really think she is going to labor on the farm today with her huge diamond earrings and glam make up, but she sure does look good in her farmer get up! 

I've used the sketch #11 from the CPS 5th anniversary sketch challenges going on right now. Another great sketch!

I'm also entering Raise the Bar challenge #91 (chocolate and roses). Such a fun color combo, love red and brown together.

Now, for my celebrity Valentine, I'm going to have to go with Taco from "The League" (Jonathan Lajoie). Anyone else love that show? It is so funny! He is a cutie, but I went for him because of his humor, I love to laugh and have fun!

Now hop on over and see Kim's gorgeous creation! I've had a peek already and it is awesome!

Card Recipe:

Image: SSD Country Girl Donna, Rubber Romance sentiment

Ink: Printer, Palette Noir

Paper: PTI ssw, Kraft, Pure Poppy, K and Co gingham, DCWV brown textured

Extras: copics, nestie label die, sewing machine, WOC flowers, metal dots, dimensionals, Queen and Co metal brads, MFT fence die, Basic Gray gingham ribbon