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Hello there!  As I was scanning the current challenges, I saw 3 that piqued my interest:

4 Crafty Chicks---Something New (image, twine)
Skipping Stones Design---Sketch 108
Whimsy Inspirations---Charms

So...with these challenges in mind, this is what I came up with!  I colored the little gal with pencils, paper pieced her dress, and added glitter to the heart.  I added a bit of twine and a charm for embellishing.  When I finished,  I wondered if maybe I should have used red for the card?  Since I'm fighting a miserable cold and didn't feel like getting out my scalpel to perform card surgery, I left it as is!  LOL

Image: Stampendous
Paper: PTI Stamper's Select, SU! Pretty in Pink and Basic Gray, Basic Grey DP
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Sakura Black Gel Pen
Embellies: The Cat's Pajama's "Peppermint Twist" Twine, Barbara Trombley's Art Glitter in "Pink Smoothie", Watch Us Charm
Extras: Prismas/Crayolas/Goo Gone, Spellbinder's Nestabilities, The Paper Studio Sticky Doos


So do you have any plans for New Year's Eve?  Whatever your plans my be, have fun and be safe!

Thanks for stopping by!

Angela

TMS#121 (Please scroll down for Creative Card Crew post, thank you!)

Good Tuesday morning! It's time for another fun sketch over at the Tuesday Morning Sketches blog; this was really a fun one...it has lots of possibilities! Our sponsor this week is Stamp Fairy; Gerta has some really cute goodies...check them out....

Since we got our first snow on Sunday, I decided to go with a winter theme. I'm just hoping that it'll be awhile before we are out shoveling the deep stuff like Changito.... LOL The image is colored with pencils and accented with a gel pen and glitter. I cut some snowflakes with a Spellbinder's die, added brads and popped them up for fun. I think this is a really nice sketch; I'll be using it again for sure.

Image: Stampendous

Paper: PTI Stamper's Select, SU! Baja Breeze and Not Quite Navy, Little Yellow Bicycle DP

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Sakura Black Gel Pen

Embellies: Spare Parts Brads, Martha Stewart Crystal Fine Glitter, Barbara Trombley's Art Glitter in "Angel Dust"

Extras: Prismas/Crayolas/Goo Gone, Spellbinder's Snowflake Dies, SU! Dimensionals

You can check out the rest of the DT's creations here. I would love to see what you do with this sketch...give it a try!

Thanks for stopping by!

Angela

TMS#118

Good morning Tuesday Morning Sketches fans! Melissa has another fun sketch for you this week. Our sponsor is Robyn's Fetish, you can check out her goodies here.

As I was looking through my stamps in search of inspiration, I came across this fun Stampendous stamp and decided I would make a baby card. I love making baby cards! I colored the image with pencils and accented the heart on the baby chick's bib with glitter. The image is cut out with Spellbinder's Nestabilities and popped up. I used some brads for embellishing...I thought the buttons were perfect for the baby theme.

Image: Stampendous Calendar Chicks

Paper: PTI Vintage Cream and Smokey Shadow, October Afternoon DP, The Paper Studio Vellum

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Sakura Black Gel Pen

Embellies: Martha Stewart Crystal Fine Glitter, Making Memories "Button" Brads, Spare Parts Brads

Extras: Prismas/Goo Gone, Spellbinder's Nestabilities, The Paper Studio Sticky Doos

You can find the rest of the DT's creations here. I would love to see YOU play along too...it's a fun sketch with a lot of possibilities!

Thanks for stopping by today!

Angela

Creative Card Crew

Good morning! I am happy to announce that I have been asked to design for the Creative Card Crew. Challenges are held bi-weekly, so you will have 2 weeks in which to play along. I want to extend my gratitude to Mari and the rest of the ladies for making me feel welcome!

Our sponsor this week is The Paper Shelter. The image I'm using today is called "Kisses" and our theme is "Fallin' for You/Romance".

I thought this Basic Grey DP (one of my favorites) fit the theme perfectly! The image is colored with pencils, diecut and mounted with Nestabilities. I kept the layout simple to let the darling image shine...I just added a bit of red bling.

Image: The Paper Shelter

Paper: G.P. 110, PTI Lemon Tart and Smokey Shadow, Basic Grey DP

Embellies: Me and My Big Ideas Bling

Extras: Prismas/Crayolas/Goo Gone, Spellbinder's Nestabilities, The Paper Studio Sticky Doos

Here's a link to the Creative Card Crew blog; you can check out the rest of the Design Teams' creations. I'd love to see you play along with us!

Thanks for stopping by today!

Angela

Easter Joy

Good morning! I decided I like the SCS sketch challenge so much that I would make another card.... I had seen some CAS cards in the gallery and loved them, so I thought I would give it a go. I had originally put the sentiment on a pink panel, but something about it seemed "not right". It has been sitting in my work area for the past couple of days and today I decided to try to make it "right". I decided to go with a white panel and I really think it looks a lot more cohesive with the white card base. What do you think? Which do you like better?

The DP was still sitting on my table from a previous project, so I went with it.... The image is colored with pencils and accented with glitter. I used some bling to finish it off. It was quick and easy! I love that!

Image/Sentiment: Stampendous Clear Set "Chick Ears"

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

Paper: PTI Stamper's Select and Hibiscus Burst, Flair Designs DP

Embellies: Doodlebug Glitter, MAMBI Bling

Extras: Prismas/Goo Gone, Spellbinder's Nestabilities, EK Success 3D Dots

I am also entering this in this week's Corrosive Challenge, which was to use pastels. Janet is looking for another DT member, so I will throw my hat in too!

That's it for today! Thanks for stopping by...have a good one!

Angela

Tuesday Morning Sketches #68: Cupcake Challenge

Mmmm! Did someone say cupcakes?! What a fun challenge Melissa has cooked up for us this week! You can make a cupcake shaped card, or decorated cupcakes or whatever funky and fun cupcake-related thing you can think of. Our sponsor this week is Sparkle Creations and the prize will be the stamp "Cupcake Ruby". This week is a judged challenge, so get busy and show us your best work!

I thought of making decorated cupcakes, but I already did that. Next I thought of making a cupcake box, but I realized that I would have to bake some cupcakes to fill it. That really isn't a problem aside from the fact that I have a hard time staying out of any goodies in the house! Am I alone here? Does anybody else have that problem? I decided to make cards using one of my favorite sets..."Crazy Cupcakes". It is like Mr. Potato Head! You stamp the cupcake and then add the "parts"...how fun is that?!

Once I finally decided to make a card, I thought it would be fun to use the same layout and stamps to create cards for both a girl and a boy. I used last week's sketch from the SCS sketch challenge. The cupcakes are colored with pencils and the girl's card is embellished with glitter, while both cards have their headgear popped up for some dimension. I have left the insides blank, so I can just add the appropriate greeting when I use the cards.

Stamps: Stampendous "Crazy Cupcakes" Clear Set

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Sakura Black Gel Pen

Paper: PTI Vintage Cream, Kraft, and Ripe Avocado, SU! Pretty In Pink, My Mind's Eye DP

Embellie: Barbara Trombley's Art Glitter in "Angel Dust"

Extras: Prismas/Goo Gone, Spellbinder's Nestablities, EK Success 3D Dots

I hope you will hop on over to the Tuesday Morning Sketches blog to see what the rest of the DT has created.... I am excited to check it out too! Don't forget to play along!

I also want to welcome Pam, who is a new follower! (My SCS friend and fellow blogger Imke does this and I think it's neat!)

Thanks for stopping by today! Have a great day!

Angela

Tuesday Morning Sketches

Good morning! It's Tuesday, so that means another sketch from Melissa at the Tuesday Morning Sketches blog. This week our sponsor is Robyn's Fetish; the image I'm using today is called "Franny da Kitty".

I thought it might be fun to paper piece Franny, so I paper pieced the kitty and then paper pieced her ears, nose, and heart. I colored the small pieces with a marker, cut them out and adhered them to Franny. All the panels were cut with Nestabilities and then mounted with the large scallop dies. The card is embellished simply with ribbon and paw print brads. My daughter thought the brads didn't go...she suggested I put them on Franny's paws.... Hmmm, not sure where she gets some of her ideas, but I think maybe it was just her ornery streak coming out!

Image: Robyn's Fetish
Ink: SU! Positively Pink and Brocade Blue Markers
Paper: G.P. 110, SU! Bashful Blue, PTI Dark Chocolate, Bo Bunny DP
Embellies: SU! Chocolate Grosgrain Ribbon, Paw Print Brads (my stash)
Extras: Spellbinder's Nestabilities, EK Success 3D Dots

Thanks for stopping by; I hope you'll head over to the Tuesday Morning Sketches blog to view the DT's samples. I'd love to see you play along too!

Angela

Bellarific Friday: Sketch Challenge

Good morning! Our challenge this week on Blogabella was a sketch. My order arrived yesterday and I was planning to use the new Little Peeps Flower Vase, but the stamp was too big.... It was 10:30 and I had already cut the card base and layers...I was too tired to start over! Note to self: plan ahead! Look at the size of the stamp first! The list could go on and on.... I have a stamping friend who is having a birthday, so I went with a birthday theme instead.

I used the October Afternoon Thrift Shop DP. I really like the text one.... BEE-day HUGGABUGG is colored with pencils and glittered up. I did a bit of sponging on the image panel to "age" it a bit like the paper. I used some layered felt and a button for embellishment...not sure, maybe I should have went with a smaller flower?

Stamp: Stamping Bella

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, SU! Creamy Caramel

Paper: PTI Vintage Cream and Aqua Mist, SU! Basic Black, October Afternoon "Thrift Shop" DP

Embellies: Black Grosgrain Ribbon, PTI and MFT Felt, PTI Button and Button Twine, Barbara Trombley's Art Glitter "Angel Dust"

Extras: Prismas/Crayolas/Goo Gone, Spellbinders Nestabilities, PTI Flower Die

Thanks for stopping by today! Have a good one!

Angela

Tuesday Morning Sketches

Good morning! It's time for another challenge from Melissa at the Tuesday Morning Sketches blog. This week it's actually a folding technique, the diagonol double pocket card. You can find a tutorial here on SCS. Our sponsor is Paper Pretties, who just had a grand reopening sale and released a bunch of new sets last week.

I was really surprised at how easy it was to make the card. I did use a piece of typing paper for my first try.... I found that it was a bit harder to use DP, since it was a bit thicker. You also need to be a bit more careful if using a pattern like stripes. Mine is the first version shown on the tutorial; when I tried to make the second version (which opens up), I didn't have as much luck. I will have to sit down and try it again....

Image: Paper Pretties Digital Stamp
Paper: PTI Lemon Tart and Dark Chocolate, Heidi Grace Designs DP
Embellies: PTI Lemon Tart Satin Ribbon, Glitteries Lemon Glitter
Extras: Crayolas/Goo Gone, Spellbinder's Nestabilities, DMC Floss, Crop-A-Dile II

This was a fun card to make, and the folding went quickly! I think it would be fun to include a gift card in one of the pockets too....

Hop on over to the Tuesday Morning Sketches blog to view the DT's samples; hopefully you can play along!

Thanks for stopping by; have a great day!

Angela

It's Bellarific Friday!

Good morning and happy Friday! We've almost made it to the weekend! We had a sketch for this week's Bellarific Friday challenge. The three strips on the sketch reminded me of ribbon, and when I was going through my DP I found this Basic Grey and knew it would be perfect! I paired it up with "Stella looooves ribbon".

Stella is colored with pencils and die cut with Nestabilities. I added some glitter to Stella's crown and wand, then dotted her eyes with a black gel pen. I aged the background DP with a bit of ink and finished off the card with some buttons tied with floss.

Image: Stamping Bella

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, SU! Creamy Caramel, Palette Burnt Umber

Paper: PTI Kraft, Vintage Cream, and Dark Chocolate, Basic Grey DP

Embellies: Doodlebug Glitter, Buttons (my stash)

Extras: Crayolas/Goo Gone, Spellbinders Nestabilities, DMC Floss

Thanks for stopping by today; have a good one!

Angela

I think I finally got it right!

Good Sunday morning! I wanted to make a quick post before I head out on my walk. I'm hoping the rain will hold off. It's definitely sweatshirt weather too...brrr!

I have another "buckle strap" card for you today. I'm happy with the way this one turned out. The others I wasn't quite happy with...something was not quite right. I have found that the color of the strap makes a huge difference in the finished look of the card. I had planned to put a white strap on this one, but it looked all wrong. Who would think that small piece of cardstock could make such a difference?

The chicks are colored with Prismas and accented with a touch of Doodlebug glitter. I also added a sentiment; I was rummaging through my stamps the other day and found this one that I had forgotten I had. I was planning to make a few wedding cards one of these days, so this stamp was on my mind.

Image/Sentiment: Stampendous

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

Paper: PTI Stamper's Select, Hibiscus Burst, and Pure Black, Doodlebug DP

Embellies: Doodlebug Glitter

Extras: Prismas/Goo Gone, Spellbinders Nestabilities, SU! Word Window Punch, EK Success 3D Dots

Thanks for stopping by today; enjoy your day!

Angela

Happy Birthday Miss Boo!

Hello! Today I have a clean and simple (CAS) card to share. The CAS challenge this Monday on SCS was to make a birthday card and to use orange. It was in honor of Miss Boo, who hosts the CAS challenges every week.

I decided to play up the dots---hat, piercing, ribbon. This card was super easy to put together.... First I stamped and colored the image, cut it out with Nestabilites, layered it with a scalloped diecut, and added a bit of glitter to the dots. Next I pierced 2 lines, added the ribbon, and last adhered the image with foam tape. Easy as pie!

Image: Stampendous Calendar Chick
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Paper: PTI Stamper's Select, SU! Pumpkin Pie
Embellies: Doodlebug Glitter, American Crafts Ribbon
Extras: Crayolas, Tim Holtz Piercing Ruler, Spellbinders Nestabilities, Foam Tape

I'm just wondering, what kind of card do you prefer? CAS, elaborate, or somewhere in between?

Thanks for stopping by; I hope you have a great day!

Angela