Mmmm...marshmallow cocoa!

Good morning!  It's time for another fun sketch from Tuesday Morning Sketches; our sponsor for the week is DRS Designs and they were kind enough to let us each pick out some stamps.  I love my images!  A great big "Thank you" to DRS Designs!

Hot cocoa reminds me of snow, so I went with some some winter DP from Crate Paper.  I love the fun colors!  My cup is paper pieced and I added some snowflakes for embellishing.  The coordinating sentiment reads "You're so sweet!"

Images: DRS Designs
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Paper: PTI Stamper's Select and Dark Chocolate, SU! Orchid Opulence, Crate Paper DP
Embellies: Bella Dots
Extras: Spellbinder's Snowflake Dies, The Paper Studio Sticky Doos

I hope you will check out the rest of the DT's cards...we would love to have you play along too, it's a fun, versatile sketch!

I am entering my card in the following challenges:

A Gem of a Challenge: Paper Piecing
Creatalicious Challenges: Winter
Drunken Stampers: Not Too Shabby
Stampin' for the Weekend: Use Some Texture

Thanks for stopping by; have a great week!

Angela

Fancy Folds

Good morning!  It's time for another challenge from the Creative Card Crew team; this fortnight our sponsor is Stamp Fairy and our challenge is "Fancy Folds".  Today I am working with the Tommy Here Comes Santa collection...thank you, Gerda, for the adorable image!

I'll have to say that "fancy folds" threw me for a bit of a loop...I tend to be a  no-frills stamper and I knew I would need some help with this one.  I went to Splitcoast Stampers, found a tutorial for a "T-Slide Card", and went to work!  I found the instructions to be fairly easy to follow and it helped that there were pictures.  My photos don't show the folding/scoring involved, that part is behind the image panel.  Below you can see the card opened and completely closed.

Image/Sentiment: Stamp Fairy Digital Stamps 

Paper: G.P. 110, PTI Fine Linen and Dark Chocolate, Crate Paper DP 

Ink: Printer, SU! Black Marker
Embellies: Bella Dots, Barbara Trombley's Art Glitter in "Angel Dust"
Extras: Prismas/Crayolas/Goo Gone, Spellbinder's Nestabilities, The Paper Studio Sticky Doos

I hope you will head on over to CCC...I think my teamies have really outdone themselves with this challenge!  I'd love to see you play along...what "fancy fold" will you choose?

I am also entering my card in the following challenges:

ABC Christmas Challenge: U for Up to You (anything goes)
Cards Galore: Anything Goes
Cupcake Craft: Pieced Off
Make It Monday: Anything Goes
One Stitch at a Time: Use a Digi
Totally Papercrafts: Christmas

Thank you for stopping by!

Angela

CAS Butterfly

Good morning!  It's time for another challenge from the ladies at Ruby's Rainbow; for this fortnight Ang has chosen butterflies for our theme.

My card is clean and simple...a bit of DP, diecut butterfly, and a sentiment.  I added a bit of paper piercing and some pearls for embellishing.  I actually made a dozen of these...some for my stash and some for a cancer fundraiser.

Sentiment: SU! So Happy For You
Ink: Palette Burnt Umber
Paper: PTI Vintage Cream and Dark Chocolate, SU! Vintage Violet, Crate Paper DP
Embellies: Pearls from Kaiser and Spare Parts
Extras: The Cat's Pajamas CutUp Die, Lasting Impressions Piercing Template

Click here to see the DT's creations.  We'd love to see your butterfly creation too!

I am also entering my card in the following challenges:

Bearly Mine: Fly Fly Away
Dream Valley Challenges: Diecuts and Punches
Make It Monday: Anything Goes
Sentimental Sundays: CAS
That Craft Place: Things With Wings

Thanks for stopping by!

Angela

TMS#130

Good Tuesday morning!  Jessica, from Tuesday Morning Sketches, has drawn us a fun sketch to work with this week.  Our sponsor is Stamp Fairy; Gerda has the cutest digital images!  I was going to get a new image, but the more I looked the more I found that I liked....  I just couldn't make up my mind, so I went with the image I already had....  Barry is really fun to color....

I went the clean and simple route with this card, but I would like to try the sketch again and take it up a notch.  Isn't versatility great?  Barry is colored with Prisma pencils and accented with glitter.  I wanted to let the DP shine, so I used just some simple beads for the sentiment.  Was thinking of adding some snowflakes, but I made myself stop...after all, the snowflakes on the DP are so pretty.

Image: Stamp Fairy Digital Stamp
Paper: G.P. 110, SU! Orchid Opulence and Soft Suede, Crate Paper DP
Embellies: Martha Stewart Crystal Fine Glitter (Barry's hat), Barbara Trombley's Art Glitter in "Angel Dust" (snow), Alphabet Beaads (Hobby Lobby)
Extras: Prismas/Goo Gone, Spellbinders Nestabilities, DMC Floss


I really can't wait to see everyone's take on Jessica's sketch!  I hope you'll check them out too and leave the DT a bit of love for their efforts.  I would also love to see your take on the sketch!

I am also entering this card in the Crafty Cardmakers challenge, which is to use beads.

Thanks for stopping by today; have a great week!

Angela

Christmas Magic

Good morning and "Happy Christmas Eve"!  I had a bit of time last night so I got busy with an image that's just been begging to be colored and made into a card....  Isn't this little gal the cutest?!  I just love the touch of whimsy...and the fact that I got to add a hefty dose of glitter!  I do love me some glitter!

The little gal is colored with pencils and I accented my card with snowflake diecuts and glitter brads (yay, more glitter!).  I used the sketch from Skipping Stones Designs Sketch Challenge #107...it's a great sketch that I will be using again!

I also made this card for these challenges:

ABC Christmas Challenge: Zingy Colors

Stampin' Royalty: Winter/Christmas

Image: Nellie Snellen
Paper: SU! Orchid Opulence and Soft Suede, Crate Paper DP
Ink: Sakura Black Gel Pen
Embellies: Doodlebug Glitter (White, Gold), Doodlebug Brads
Extras: Prismas/Goo Gone, Spellbinder's Dies, SU! Dimensionals


Thank you for stopping by today...may you have a blessed Christmas and New Year!

Angela

TMS#80

Good morning! It's Tuesday and time for another sketch from Melissa at Tuesday Morning Sketches. Our sponsor this week is Digis With Attitude.

This sassy little gal is colored with pencils and accented with glitter. I tore a couple of paper strips, adhered them behind her boots, and added some glitter so it would look like snow. I flipped the sketch and used Spellbinder's snowflakes for embellishing. I think this card will be perfect for my stash; I think DD may like to use it for a friend some time.

Image: Digis With Attitude
Paper: G.P. 110, SU! Baja Breeze and Soft Suede, Crate Paper DP
Embellies: Martha Stewart Crystal Fine Glitter, Barbara Trombley's Art Glitter in "Polar Bear", Spare Parts Brads
Extras: Prismas/Goo Gone, Spellbinder's Snowflake Dies, EK Success 3D Dots

Please hop on over to the Tuesday Morning Sketches blog to see what the rest of the DT has to show off...hopefully you can play along too!

I was going to make this a short post and then head back to bed; I woke up with a migraine yesterday and it's still with me today. I just realized that I forgot to make cards for the ladies in my stamp club and I am the hostess tonight. Ack! I already had a full day planned, including a haircut and grocery shopping for tonight's treats. I am planning to whip up a pan of vegetable pizza and a fruit pizza as well. Lots to do....

Thanks for stopping by; have a great day!

Angela

SFYTT January 2011

Good Monday morning! How was your weekend? Mine was nice and relaxed; I hate to admit I didn't get a lot accomplished, but sometimes that's okay too. We are supposed to get a BIG storm today; so far just a bit of light snow. Of course the kids were up early checking to see if school was delayed!

Today I have Jen del Muro's January Sketch For You To Try. There have been a few changes with the new year; the main change being there will only be 1 sketch a month and you have the whole month to complete it. Yes, I realize I am cutting it close! The sponsor for January is
The Cat's Pajamas, so I thought I would whip out some of my swanky stamps and CutUps and get busy....

I thought the sketch was a fun one; love square cards! I had 3 coordinating DPs layed out and decided to do one of the panels in vellum; I really hated covering up the pretty background DP. By using the vellum, you can add a layer of interest, but still see the pretty paper. I paper pieced the tablecloth and Sprinkle is colored with pencils. There is a lot of die cutting on this one; in the sentiment and the flowers. Since the paper is pretty busy, I embellished the card simply with Bella Dots.

Image/Sentiment: The Cat's Pajamas
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Paper: PTI Stamper's Select, Simply Chartreuse, and Dark Chocolate, Crate Paper DP, The Paper Studio Vellum
Embellies: Bella Dots
Extras: Prismas/Crayolas/Goo Gone, Spellbinder's Nestabilities, CutUps "Flower Buttons" Die, QuicKutz "Uptown Girl" Alphabet, EK Success 3D Dots

Alrighty then, that's it for me today but I will be back tomorrow with a new sketch from Melissa at Tuesday Morning Sketches. Thanks for stopping by!

Angela