TMS#148

Good morning Tuesday Morning Sketches fans!  I'm back with another sketch; this week my teamie Kathleen came up with this cute sketch.  Our sponsor  for the week is Meljen's Designs.

As I was trying to decide what to make, I looked through the challenge list and found one for the colors pink/green.  Well, I just couldn't pass that up!  It brings me back to H.S. when "preppy" was all the rage...IZOD, button downs, khakis, Sperry topsiders.  Great fashions for sure!  Okay, no need to date myself further...on to the card....

The image is colored with pencils before layering with diecuts.  I've had this paper in my stash and was excited to use it...the color combo is so fresh and I love the petite prints; I added some rhinestones and called it good....

Image/Sentiment: Stampendous
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Sakura Black Gel Pen
Paper: PTI Vintage Cream and New Leaf, SU! Melon Mambo, Echo Park DP
Embellies: Kaiser Rhinestones
Extras: Prismas/Goo Gone, Spellbinders Nestabilities, EK Success 3D Dots

I hope you will head on over to the TMS blog to check out the rest of the DT's creations...would you like to play along for a chance to win a prize?

I am also entering my card in the following challenges:

Crafts and Me Challenges: Fabulous Flowers
Cute Card Thursday: Pink/Green
Fashionista Challenge: Simply Summer
House of Gilli: Diecuts/Punches
Make My Monday: Floral (+colors pink/green/white)
Paper Playtime: Say It With Sentiments...Friendship Card
Sentimental Sundays: Pocket Full of Posies (+ sentiment)

Thanks for stopping by; have a super week!

Angela

What's UP?

Good morning!  Today I combined Jen del Muro's May Sketch For You To Try with a cute image from Clear Dollar Stamps.  The image is from the digital set called "Cheeps", and is printed, colored, and then cut out and adhered to a panel cut from DP.  I added some felt clouds, a punched sun and some acrylic gems for embellishing.

Image: Clear Dollar Stamps "Cheeps" Digital Set
Paper: PTI Stamper's Select and Blueberry Sky, SU! Daffodil Delight, The Paper Studio DP
Ink: Printer, Sakura Black Gel Pen, SU! Black Marker
Embellies: The Beadery Acrylic Gems
Extras: Prismas/Crayolas/Goo Gone, PTI Felt, MFT "Flat Botton Clouds" Dies, Fiskers Punch, Spellbinders Nestabilities, SU! Dimensionals

I am entering my card in the following challenges:

Catered Crop: Felt With The Heart Recipe Swap
Do You Stack Up?: A Little Birdie Told Me..
Forever Friends: Spring
Just Some Lines:  Tweet, Tweet
That Craft Place: Trees and Nature

Hope you are enjoying your Memorial Day weekend!  Thanks for stopping by!

Angela

Clear Dollar Stamps Blog Hop...Winner!

We have a winner for our May Blog Hop - Congratulations Natalie and her blog, Delightful Details. She was chosen from Jennifer's blog, My Cubby Crafts.

Ruby's Rainbow Challenge: Things with Wings

Good morning!  It's time for another fun challenge from Ruby's Rainbow; Lesley has chosen "things with wings".  How fun is that?!  Wings made me think of the Stampendous Calendar Chicks....  Love them!  They were probably the first stamps that I "collected"...I'm always excited to bring them out and ink them up!  When I looked through the challenges, I found a fun sketch and decided to combine it with some distressing and go for a shabby chic look.

The image is colored with pencils and the hats are accented with a bit of subtle glitter (shoot...can't see it in the picture).  I distressed my DP and embellished my card with twill, a felt rose/leaves and some Swarovski flatbacks.

Image: Stampendous
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Sakura Black Gel Pen
Paper: PTI Stamper's Select, SU! Crushed Curry and Melon Mambo, Simple Stories DP
Embellies: PTI Dark Chocolate Twill, Swarovski Flatback Crystals in "Topaz" and "Smoked Topaz", Martha Stewart Crystal Fine Glitter
Extras: Prismas/Crayolas/Goo Gone, Spellbinders Nestabilities, Felt, MFT Die-namics Rolled Rose Die and Upsy Daisy Die (leaves), The Paper Studio Sticky Doos

I hope you will head on over and check out the DT's "things with wings"...I'd love to see your take too!

I am also entering this card in the following challenges:

City Crafter: A Rose is a Rose
Creative Craft Challenges2: Distressing
Ladybug Crafts Ink TLT: Something with Wings
Oldie But Goodie: Things with Wings (used a stamp that I've had in my collection for years...still love it, though!)
Party Time Tuesday: Vintage or Shabby Chic
Tip Top Tuesday: Dig Out the Old (used a stamp that I've had in my collection for years...still love it, though!)
Skipping Stones Designs: Sketch

Thanks for stopping by!

Angela

Tuesday Morning Sketches #147

Good morning (again!); I'm back with another challenge from Tuesday Morning Sketches.  Our sponsor this week is Clear Dollar Stamps; and I was lucky enough to have my choice of images.  I chose the set "Little Strawberry"...and it's in color!  I couldn't resist the chocolate strawberry...it looks so yummy!

I printed the sentiment, strawberry, and flower/leaf combo, then cut out the images and mounted them on the sentiment panel.  I kept the cardbase clean and simple with an embossed panel and a bit of brown to highlight the chocolate strawberry.

Image/Sentiment: Clear Dollar Stamps "Little Strawberry" Color Digital Set
Ink: Printer, SU! Going Gray Marker
Paper: PTI Stamper's Select and Dark Chocolate, SU! Poppy Parade
Embellie: SU! Chocolate Chip Grosgrain Ribbon
Extras: Spellbinder's Nestabilities, Sizzix Embossing Folder, The Paper Studio Sticky Doos

Please head on over to the Tuesday Morning Sketches blog to see what the rest of the DT has created with this versatile sketch.  Play along for a chance to win a prize from Clear Dollar Stamps.

I am also entering this card in the following challenges:

Cardmadfairy's Digi Days: Clean and Simple
CAS-ual Fridays: Punches (plus CAS)
Inspired By: Photo Inspiration
Ooh-la-la Creations: Ribbon or Twine

Thanks for stopping by!

Angela

Creative Card Crew: Dimension Challenge

Good (early) morning!  Today the Creative Card Crew has another fun challenge...dimension!  Our sponsor for this fortnight is Stamp Fairy; I love Gerda's images!  I made a stop at Gerda's store and picked up some images...today I am working with "Lenny Bee2"...he is a cutie for sure!

I printed the image twice so I could cut out Lenny's head, arm, and a wing after coloring them.  I used dimensionals to add a bit of height. I did a bit of distressing for added texture and made use of a lot of dies to embellish my card.  Let's not forget the glitter...my favorite embellishment of all!

Image: Stamp Fairy Digital Image "Lenny Bee2"
Ink: Printer, SU! Black Marker, Sakura Black Gel Pen
Paper: PTI Stamper's Select, Dark Chocolate, and Raspberry Fizz, Carolee's Creations DP
Embellies: Wright's Raspberry Grosgrain Ribbon, Barbara Trombley's Art Glitter in "Angel Dust", Martha Stewart Crystal Fine Glitter, 
Extras: Prismas/Crayolas/Goo Gone, Spellbinder's Nestabilities, MFT "Upsy Daisy" Die-namics Dies, Quic Kutz "Flourish" Die, EK Success 3D Dots, The Paper Studio Sticky Doos

I hope you will head on over to the Creative Card Crew  blog to check out the rest of the DT's goodies.  Why not play along for a chance to win a prize from Stamp Fairy?  Sounds good, doesn't it?!

I am also entering this card in the following challenges:

Card Makin' Mamas: May Flowers
Craft Your Days Away: All Creatures Great and Small
Daisy Doodles Creative Challenges: Beary Cute
Hotshot Crafts: Diecuts
Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge: In the Garden
Sketches By Carly: Sketch
Stampin' Sisters in Christ: Build Up Your Card
Stamp, Scrap, and Doodle Saturdays: Flowers

Thanks for stopping by!

Angela

Clear Dollar Stamps May Blog Hop

Good morning!  Today I have some fun news to share....  I have been asked to join the Clear Dollar Stamps DT...and I accepted!  I thought I would jump right in with the monthly blog hop.  The theme for May is "Something With Wings" and there is a prize up for grabs...more about that later!

Today I am working with the "Bumbles" digital set, which has a darling assortment of cute bees and sentiments. I printed the image, colored it with pencils and accented the wings with glitter.  I used 2 different glitters...a extra sparkly one for the bottom wings and one with a more subtle sparkle for the larger wings...I wanted to make sure that the blue shading would show through the glitter.  The image is layered with diecuts before piercing a "trail", then popped up for dimension.  I added the sentiment printed on blue paper and some blue Bella Dots to bring out the bits of blue in the DP.

Image/Sentiment: Clear Dollar Stamps "Bumbles" Digital Set
Ink: Printer
Paper: PTI Stamper's Select, Dark Chocolate, and Harvest Gold, Carolee's Creations DP
Embellies: Bella Dots, Barbara Trombley's Art Glitter in "Angel Dust", Martha Stewart Crystal Fine Glitter.
Extras: Prismas/Crayolas/Goo Gone, Spellbinders Nestabilities, Lasting Impressions Piercing Template/Piercing Tool, EK Success 3D Dots

You may start at the Clear Dollar Stamps Blog, or if you choose, here is the line-up for the hop:

JERUSHA
KATHY
BARB
SARAH
DEONNA
LISA
JEN Y.
CASSIE
JENNIFER D.
KRIS
VICKIE
LINDA
ANGELA (that's me!)

One lucky winner will receive a $25 Clear Dollar Stamps gift certificate for  digital images!  The winner will be randomly chosen from comments received on a DT member's blog, and will be announced on the CDS blog Thursday, May 24th. 

Thank you for hopping along with us!

I am also entering my card in the following challenges:

Card Crafter's Circle: Sparkle, Sparkle
Cards and Things: Sketch
Crafts 4 Eternity: Wonderful Wings
Crafty Calendar: Things With Wings
Crazy 4 Challenges: Birthday Card
Cute Card Thursday: A Touch of Sparkle
Waste Not Wednesdays: Use Your Forgotten Stash (DP, Bella Dots)

Angela

CAS Goodies

Good morning; I have some yummy goodies to share with you today!  This image was chosen by my blogging buddy Jessica, it was her month to choose our image...I think it's really a cute one!  It made me think of chocolate, so I decided to go with that.  Mmmm!

The image is colored with pencils and the red areas are accented with subtle glitter.  The image is mounted on a chocolate panel and popped up with dimensionals on the cardbase.  I added a bit of gingham ribbon for embellishing.

Image: Great Impressions
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Paper: PTI Dark Chocolate
Embellies: Martha Stewart Crystal Fine Glitter, ribbonFX Brown Ribbon
Extras: Prismas/Crayolas/Goo Gone, Spellbinder's Nestabilities, EK Success 3D Dots

I am entering my card in the following challenges:

Delightful Challenges: Add Ribbon
Simon Says Stamp: Clean and Simple

Thank you for stopping by today; I hope your weekend is off to a great start!  I'll be back tomorrow with something fun....  Stay tuned!

Angela

TMS#146

Good morning!  It's Tuesday, so that means it's time for another sketch challenge from Tuesday Morning Sketches.  Our sponsor for the week is DRS Designs and they provided me with this baby sentiment...thank you DRS!  I must confess...I love making baby cards!

I stamped my sentiment on CS, diecut it and layered it with another diecut.  I added a simple felt flower and diecut leaves.  The inside of the flower is embellished with a tiny button and a Swarovski crystal.  I like how this sketch lets your DP take center stage.

Sentiment: DRS Designs
Paper: SU! Passion Pink, PTI Dark Chocolate, Doodlebug DP
Ink: Palette Burnt Umber
Embellies: Handmade Flower (PTI Dark Chocolate Button, Swarovski Flatback Crystal in "Rose")
Extras: Spellbinders Nestabilities, SU! Sizzlets "Little Leaves" Die, MFT Die-namics Rolled Scalloped Rose Die

I hope you will head on over to the TMS blog to check out the rest of the DT's goodies.  Better yet, why not play along for a chance to win a fun prize?

I am also entering this card in the following challenges:

4 Crafty Chicks: Sentiment Only
Blogger's Challenge: Oh Baby!
Creative Belli: Baby/New Arrival
Do You Stack Up? Challenge Blog: Use a Flower

Thanks for stopping by!

Angela

Wishing You a Fairy Good Day

Good Monday morning!  Did you have a nice Mother's Day yesterday?  I did; I spent the day with family, went for brunch (yay, no cooking) and had a relaxing day.

As I was looking through the challenges, I knew I was going for pink and girlie and wings....

My image is colored with pencils and accented with glitter.  I found some pretty papers in my stash that had a nice pop of pink and decided to distress the edges a bit for some texture.  I added some grosgrain ribbon and a layered diecut flower for embellishing.

Image/Sentiment: MFT Pure Ince nocen"Believe in Magic"
Paper: PTI Stamper's Select, Fine Linen, and Hibiscus Burst, the girls' paperie DP
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Sakura Black Gel Pen
Embellies: PTI Hibiscus Burst Grosgrain Ribbon, Barbara Trombley's Art Glitter in "Angel Dust" and "Pink Smoothie"
Extras: Prismas/Crayolas/Goo Gone, Spellbinder's Nestabilities, MFT "Upsey Daisies" Die-namics, SU! Dimensionals

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Charisma Cardz: Pink and Girlie
Crafty Calendar: Things with Wings
Crafty Mess: Pink and Cute
Delightful Challenges: Distressing
Fairy Tale Challenge Blog: Things with Wings
Glitter Geeks Blog Challenge: Wings and Things
Jellypark Challenges: Girlie Girl
Paper Sundaes: Things With Wings
The Squirrel and the Fox: One For the Girls 
Two Sisters: Make it Girlie

Thanks for stopping by; have a great day!  I'll be back tomorrow with another sketch from Tuesday Morning Sketches....

Angela

Ruby's Rainbow: 1,2,3...Play Leapfrog with Me!

Good morning!  It's Wednesday so that means we have another challenge from Ruby's Rainbow...this fortnight Shaz has given us a sketch...my very favorite kind of challenge!

I decided to go with my buddy Changito; I paired him with these yummy papers from Simple Stories.  Have you every used their papers?  I love them!  Don't Changito and friend look like they are having a ball enjoying the lovely spring weather?

The image is colored with pencils, and I added a bit of glitter to the butterflies.  I distressed my papers and added a handmade felt flower, some buttons and twine for embellishing.

Images: Stampendous Clear Set "Changito Spring"
Paper: PTI Stamper's Select and Harvest Gold, SU! Ruby Red, Simple Stories DP
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Sakura Black Gel Pen
Embellies: Barbara Trombley's Art Glitter in "Angel Dust", PTI Pure Poppy Buttons, Twine (my stash)
Extras: Crayolas/Goo Gone, MFT Die-namics Rolled Scallop Flower, PTI Harvest Gold Felt, The Cat's Pajamas Felt (green leaf), Dimensionals

Please head on over to the Ruby's Rainbow blog to see what the rest of the DT have created with this fun sketch.  I'd love to see what YOU create too!

I am also entering this card in the following challenges:

C.R.A.F.T.: Buttons
4 Crafty Chicks: Favorite Embellishment (glitter!!!)
Clearly Inspired Challenge: What Goes Up, Must Come Down
Crazy4Challenges: Gardening or The Great Outdoors 
Creatalicious Challenges: Butterflies And Add Some Flowers
Little Miss Muffet Challenges: May Flowers
Pixie Dust Studios: Flowers
Polka Doodles: Distressing
Robyn's Fetish: Buttons, Blue and a Bow Too
Sweet Stampin': 4 Legged Friends
The Crafter's Cafe: Handmade Flowers with Butterflies
Wags 'n Whiskers: Distressing

Thank you for stopping by; enjoy your day!

Angela

TMS#145

Good Tuesday morning!  It's time for another fun sketch from Tuesday Morning Sketches; our sponsor for the week is StampingScrapping.

I decided to pair Fluffles with some bold and bright colors.  I don't know about you, but I'm ready for some pretty, bright colors after all the rain and dreary weather we've been having.  Bring on the sunshine!  The image is colored with pencils and the flower is accented with a bit of glitter.  The image panel is adhered with dimensionals, and I added some Bella Dots, ribbon and twine for embellishing.

Image: Stampendous
Paper: PTI Stamper's Select and Dark Chocolate, SU! Daffodil Delight, Jillibean Soup DP
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Sakura Black Gel Pen
Embellies: Bella Dots, PTI Harvest Gold Grosgrain Ribbon and Dark Chocolate Baker's Twine
Extras: Prismas/Crayolas/Goo Gone, Barbara Trombley's Art Glitter in "Angel Dust", Spellbinder's Nestabilities, Dimensionals

I hope you'll hop on over to the Tuesday Morning Sketches blog to check out the rest of the DT's creation
s.  Why not play along yourself for a chance to win a prize from StampingScrapping?
I am also entering this card in the following challenges:

By the Cute and Girly: Spring Is In The Air
Craft Us Crazy: Favorite Stamp Company
Desert Island Crafter's Challenge: Choose 3 (2. die cut shapes, 4. bright colours, 5. twine)
Dutch Dare Card Challenge: Spring has Sprung
Emergency Crafters: Bold and Bright
Forever Friends Stamping Challenge: Spring (must include and animal)
Freshly Brewed Challenges: Tic Tac Toe (die cuts, twine, flowers) 
I Brake for Challenges: Floral
Stampin for the Weekend: 4 or More Layers
Sweet Stampin': 4 Legged Friends

Thanks for stopping by today!

Angela

Creative Card Crew: Mother

Good morning!  It's time for another challenge from the girls at Creative Card Crew; this fortnight the challenge is to use a sentiment as the main image.  This was indeed a challenge for me since I don't often use sentiments!  Our sponsor for this challenge is Simon Says Stamp.

I've been seeing a lot of challenges for Mother's Day, so I went with that theme; after all, it will be here before we know it.  The sketch from The Craft's Meow looked like fun, so I went hunting for some subtle DP to use.  I decided on this lovely paper from my stamping buddy Jessica...I love the vintage flair!  I stamped the sentiment on vellum so the paper could peek through, added a die cut border, a felt rolled rose and some Swarovski flatback crystals.  My original plan was to use a butterfly as the embellishment, but all of mine seemed either too big or too small.  What do you think of the rose?

Sentiment: The Craft's Meow
Paper: PTI Aqua Mist and Dark Chocolate, Prima DP, The Paper Studio Vellum
Ink: Palette Burnt Umber
Embellies: Swarovski Flatback Crystals in "Light Colorado Topaz"
Extras: MFT Rolled Rose Die-namics Die/PTI Dark Chocolate Felt, The Cat's Pajamas CutUps Die (leaf)/Green Felt, PTI Border Die

Please head on over to the Creative Card Crew blog to get a bit of inspiration; we'd love to see your take on the challenge too...remember there's a prize up for grabs!

I am also entering this card in the following challenges:

Addicted to Stamps Challenge: Mother's Day
Dream Valley Challenges: For a Special Lady
Paper Sundaes: Mother's Day
Sentimental Sundays: For a Special Woman
Sunday Stamper: Blue and Brown
The Craft's Meow: Sketch Challenge

Thanks for stopping by!

Angela

TMS#144

Good morning and Happy May Day!  It's time for another fun sketch from the Tuesday Morning Sketches crew; this one is courtesy of Marie.  Our sponsor this week is The Ribbon Carousel.

I chose an MFT a' la mode to work with today; it's that time of year to be thinking about teacher gifts (can't believe we have less than a month of school!).  The image is colored with pencils and accented with a black gel pen.  It's cute out and adhered to the image panel; white was too white, cream wasn't right either and then I remembered PTI's Soft Stone...perfect!  I found this cute paper at Hobby Lobby and thought it was perfect...I added some ribbon and a few apple buttons to made it "pop" and it's good to go!  (I cut the shanks off the buttons with a craft knife and adhered them with a Glue Dots.

Here's a picture of the inside.  (Isn't that a pretty shade of blue?)  I layered some die cuts and added some red brads...super easy!

Image/Sentiment:  MFT
Paper: G.P. 110, PTI Soft Stone and Smokey Shadow, SU! Marina Mist, The Paper Studio DP
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Sakura Black Gel Pen
Embellies: SU! Marina Mist Grosgrain Ribbon, Apple Buttons (my stash...thank you, Kathleen!), Spare Parts Brads
Extras: Prismas/Crayolas/Goo Gone, MFT Die-Namics Sweet Stack Labels

I hope you'll play along with this fun sketch...I'd love to see what you come up with.

I am also entering this card in the following challenges:

Dutch Dare Challenge: For Mom/Special Lady (daughter's teacher)
Make It Monday: Anything Goes
The Paper Players: Tic Tac Toe (blue colours, my choice, ribbon)

Thanks for stopping by!

Angela