Power of Pink

Good morning; we have a great, new sketch for you at Sketch Saturday!  Check it out:

I used a fun die cut that has been sitting in my stash for a long time...it was fun to finally use it!  I kept it clean and simple and embellished with some bling.

Sentiment: MFT "Have Hope" Set
Ink: PTI Smokey Shadow
Paper: PTI Stamper's Select, Simple Stories Patterned Paper
Embellies: The Paper Studio Rhinestones
Extras: MFT "Support Hope" Die-namics, Spellbinders Nestabilities, Foam Tape

Please check out the rest of the Saturday Girls creations here, along with the challenge details.  We hope you will play along and give the sketch a try...you could win a prize from The Paper Shelter!

Thank you for stopping by!

Angela

Chocolate Bunny Birdbrain

Good morning!  We have a fun, new sketch for you at From the Heart Stamps...along with a fun, new image in Faith's shop!  Isn't this Birdbrain the cutest?  She's just my kind of girl...a chocolate bunny in each hand!  Here's the sketch:

The image is colored with pencils and I've given her some glittery "eye shadow".  I pulled some bright, cheery papers from my stash and embellished with a snippet of ribbon, a couple of buttons, and a crystal.

Image: From the Heart Stamps "Chocolate Bunny Birdbrain" Digital Image
Ink: Printer
Paper: G.P. 110, SU! Melon Mambo, PTI Dark Chocolate, Doodlebug Patterned Paper
Embellies: Martha Stewart "Sugar Cube" Glitter, PTI Dark Chocolate Twill and Button, Swarovski Flatback Crystal in "Ruby"
Extras: Prismas/Crayolas/Goo Gone, Spellbinders Nestabilities, Foam Tape

Please check out the rest of the DT's creations here, along with the challenge details.  Remember to use a FTHS image on your card...you will receive $1 to spend in Faith's shop.

Challenges Entered:

Challenge Up Your Life: Easter
Come and Get It: Winging It
Simply Create Too: Easter or Bunnies
Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers: Easter

Thank you for stopping by!

Angela

Hey Chickie

Good morning!  We have a new sketch for you at Catch the Bug...check it out:

Fun sketch, right?!  I have to admit the hexagons threw me off a bit, but that's why they call it a challenge!  The chicken is colored with pencils and of course I had to add some "glittery eye shadow"...I really couldn't resist.  I was able to work 4 patterned papers into the card...I love it when I can make that work!  I've embellished simply with some Swarovski flatback crystals.  I have a friend in mind for this one...she has chickens at her acreage and is kind enough to give us fresh eggs!

Image: Bugaboo "Hey Chickie" Digital Image
Ink: Printer
Paper: G.P. 110, PTI Stamper's Select (cardbase), Echo Park Patterned Papers
Embellies: Martha Stewart "Sugar Cube" Glitter, Swarovski Flatback Crystals in "Siam"
Extras: Prismas/Goo Gone, MFT Hexagon Die-namics

Please check out the rest of the DT's creations here, along with the challenge details.  Why don't you give the sketch a try?!

Challenges entered:

Aud Sentiments: Use a Two Word Sentiment
Brown Sugar: Anything Goes

Thank you for stopping by!

Angela

Happy "Keester"!

Good morning!  WE have a new sketch for you at Sketch Saturday, along with Bugaboo for this week's sponsor...it's going to be a great challenge!  Check out Cathy's awesome sketch:

Easter is coming soon, so I thought it would be fun to go that route; I went with Gus and humor.  Can you really go wrong with that?!  Gus is colored with pencils and I've accented the eggs with glitter.  I love the idea of the image panel being a giant banner!  I adhered it with mini brads...afterwards I wished I would have matted the panel in chocolate brown but the entire panel was already adhered to the card base...and it was stuck!

Image: Bugaboo "Gus-Happy Keester"! Digital Image

Ink: Printer, Sakura Black Gel Pen

Paper: G.P. 110, PTI Simply Chartreuse, Patterned Paper (unknown source)

Embellies: Spare Parts Mini Brads, Doodlebug Glitter

Extras: Prismas/Crayolas/Goo Gone

Please check out the rest of the Saturday Girls' creations here, along with the challenge details.  Play along for the chance to win some awesome Bugaboo images!

Challenges entered:

Clear It Out: Theme: Easter, Stash: Pastel

Crafty Gals Corner: Hippity Hop

Simply Create Too: Easter or Bunnies

Thank you for stopping by!

Angela

hats off, GRADUATE!

Good morning!  We have a new sketch for you at From the Heart Stamps...and I really love it!  Check it out:

I decided to get started on graduation cards and this adorable Birdbrain was perfect!  I turned the rectangle into a square because I really hate to cover up cute paper!  Are any of you like that?  The Birdbrain is colored with pencils and I refrained from adding glittery "eye shadow"...this one looks like a boy bird for sure!  I've done some simple layering and embellished simply with die cut stars.

Image: From the Heart Stamps "Birdbrain Graduate" Digital Image
Ink: Printer
Paper: G.P. 110, SU! Summer Sun, Little Yellow Bicycle Patterned Paper
Extras: Prismas/Crayolas/Goo Gone, MFT "Stacking Stars" Die-namics, Spellbinders Nestabilities, Foam Tape

Please check out the rest of the DT's creations here, along with the challenge details.  We would love to see you play along with this super fun sketch!

Challenges entered:

Addicted to Stamps: Celebration
Stamping Sensations: One For the Guys

Thank you for stopping by!

Angela

Sketch Saturday #352

Good morning!  We have a new sketch for you at Sketch Saturday and a returning sponsor, Simon Says Stamp! Check out the great sketch:

This sketch made me think "Baby Card" which is one of my favorite kinds of cards to make!  I pulled some of my favorite papers from my stash along with a onesie die and went to work; I kept it clean and simple, embellishing with just glitter on the onesie and a button.

Paper: PTI Stamper's Select, Doodlebug Patterned Papers
Embellies: Martha Stewart "Cotton Candy" Glitter, PTI Hibiscus Burst Button
Extras: MFT Onesie Die-namics Die, Spellbinders Nestabilities, Foam Tape

Please check out the rest of the Saturday Girls' creations here, along with the challenge details.  If you play along, you be in the running to win a prize from Simon Says Stamp!

Thank you for stopping by!

Angela

Happy Birthday!

Good morning!  It's Oldie But Goodie day at Catch the Bug...I love breaking out those fun images from my stash!  I have a fun, colorful birthday card to share...add cupcakes and sparkle to the mix and you can't go wrong!  The cupcakes are colored with pencils and I've added a touch of glitter to the cherries on top.  I pulled some fun paper from my stash and added some sparkly CS too.  For embellishing I've added some mini brads and a candle tied with twine.

Image: Bugaboo Digital Stamp, Totally Stampalicious Sentiment
Ink: Printer, SU! Close to Cocoa Marker
Paper: PTI Stamper's Select, G.P. 110, Doodlebug Sugar Coated CS in "Lily White" and "Bon Bon", Bella Blvd. DP
Embellies: Martha Stewart Glitter in "Cherry Popsicle", Spare Parts Brads, PTI Dark Chocolate Baker's Twine, Cake Mate Candle
Extras: Prismas/Crayolas/Goo Gone, Spellbinder's Nestabilities

Please check out the rest of the DT's creations here...you are sure to be inspired!

Thank you for stopping by!

Angela

May Your Blessings Outnumber the Shamrocks that Grow

Good morning!  We have a new sketch for you at Sketch Saturday.  It's a fun one...you can keep it simple or dress it up a bit...I like the option!  Meljen's Designs is our sponsor for the week; the lucky winner will receive 4 (uncolored) digis!

I went with a fun sentiment...love the way it fills the image panel.  The shamrock is colored with pencils and I've added a touch of glitter for embellishing; the fun paper is from my stash.  I like how this one turned out...clean and simple!

Image: Meljen's Designs "Irish Blessing" Digital Image
Ink: Printer
Paper: G.P. 110, PTI New Leaf and True Black, Reminisce Patterned Paper
Embellie: Martha Stewart "Limeade" Glitter
Extra: Prisma Pencil

You can check out the rest of the Saturday Girls creations here, along with the challenge details.  I hope you will give the sketch a try!

Challenges entered:

4 Crafty Chicks: Green

Thank you for stopping by!

Angela

FTHS March Blog Hop

Good morning!  Welcome to our From the Heart Stamps March Blog Hop; our theme this month is "Going Green"...hop along for some fabulous inspiration from the DT!

As you hop along, please leave a comment on each entry.  One random commentor will be selected on each blog to win an image of choice from the store.  In addition, one commentor on the From the Heart Stamps blog will win a $15 gift voucher to the store!  

If you have arrived from our Guest Designer Sarah's blog, you are in the right place!  My card today features Hamlet Pigwit Think Spring.  With St. Patrick's Day right around the corner, I went with an Irish theme.  I pulled some fun papers from my stash and did some simple layering; the layers are adhered with mini brads in the corners.  The image is colored with pencils, accented with glitter, and layered on diecuts; I've  added a sparkly shamrock for embellishing.

Image: From the Heart Stamps "Hamlet Pigwit Think Spring" Digital Image
Ink: Printer, Sakura Black Gel Pen
Paper: G.P. 110, SU! Garden Green, PTI True Black, Reminisce Patterned Paper
Embellies: Recollections Brads, Martha Stewart Crystal Fine Glitter
Extras: Prismas/Goo Gone, Spellbinders Nestabilities, QuicKutz Hand Tool and Shamrock Die, Foam Tape

Now head on over to Calypso's blog to see her fabulous creation!

Thanks for hopping with us today; the hop will end on Monday, March 9th at 6:00 a.m. EST.  Winners will be posted, on the From the Heart Stamps blog, on Wednesday, March 11th.

Angela

Ruby's Rainbow ABC

Good morning!  It's time for a new challenge from the ladies at Ruby's Rainbow; for this fortnight, Valou has chosen our challenge and she would like to see "Anything But a Card".  Sounds like a good challenge!

I made a box to present a custom Baptism card that I made for a friend.  The box is very simple to make with the help of the Scor-Pal; the bottom is lined with white felt and the top is decorated with an embossed panel and a felt rose to coordinate with the card.  For the card, I've used white/cream...embossed CS, textured vellum, die cut onesie with glitter trim, ribbon, a felt flower, pearls and stickpins.  (The recipient loved it!)  Here's a close-up of the card:

Sentiment: Computer Generated (printed in gray)
Paper: PTI Stamper's Select and Vellum
Embellies: Spare Parts Pearls, Maya Road Stickpins, Grosgrain Ribbon (my stash), Flower (MFT Royal Rose Die-namics Die/PTI Felt), Martha Stewart Crystal Fine Glitter
Extras: Scor-Pal, Cuttlebug Embossing Folder, White Felt (to line bottom of box), Foam Tape 

Please check out the rest of the DT's creations here, along with the challenge details.  We hope you will play along...I'd love to see your ABC project!

Challenges entered:

As You Like It: Favorite Anything But a Card 
(Why?  An ABC challenge is always a bit hard for me; I always think "What should I make?"  My standby is gift packaging because it is inexpensive and really elevates the presentation of  the card or gift...even something simple can look extra special!)
Card and Scrap: Bling, Glitter, or Pearls (I used glitter and pearls.)
Crafting For All Seasons: Girly Girls
Penny's Paper Crafty: One For the Girls/Female Cards
The Crafting Cafe: Welcome Little One
Try It On Tuesday: Pearls for Girls

Thank you for stopping by!

Angela

ABC...Birthday Gift Packaging

Good morning!  It's Anything But a Card Monday at Catch the Bug...my favorite thing is to recycle a Crystal Light container.  (Good thing I have a stash of them, because they are now oval shaped and the circle Spellbinder's dies no longer work for the lids!)  I went with a birthday theme...with a teen girl, there is always someone having a birthday....  It's good to have a stash if you need something quick!  They are perfect for gift cards, nail polish, lip gloss, etc....girlie stuff!

Eggbert is colored with pencils to coordinate with the patterned paper.  I've added some touches of glitter to the balloons to complement the sparkly shred filling the container.  I've used Spellbinder's dies for the image and the lid.  I've added a band of contrasting patterned paper, curved the image panel around the container, and adhered it with foam tape.  Here's a pic from the side:

Image: Bugaboo "Eggbert Birthday" Digital Image
Ink: Printer
Paper: G.P. 110, PTI Berry Sorbet, American Crafts Patterned Paper
Embellies: Martha Stewart "Sugar Cube" Glitter, Irridescent Shred
Extras: Prismas/Crayolas/Goo Gone, Foam Tape

Please check out the rest of the DT's ABC creations here.

I am entering my container in the Addicted to Stamps: Use a Number Challenge.

Thank you for stopping by!

Angela