Bubbles

Good morning!  At Tuesday Morning Sketches, we are again revisiting a sketch from last year; this week Melissa has chosen our sketch.  Next week we will feature a new sketch...so stay tuned!

I did a bit of coloring and paper piecing with the image, and then added some glitter.  I shabbied the papers up a bit and added pearls for embellishing.

Image: The Cat's Pajamas
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Paper: PTI Stamper's Select, SU! Daffodil Delight and Basic Gray, Simple Stories DP
Embellies: Art Glitter in "Angel Dust", Spare Parts Pearls
Extras: Prismas/Goo Gone, Spellbinder's Nestabilities, Foam Tape

I hope you will check out the rest of the DT's creations here, along with the challenge details.  We hope you will give the sketch a try and play along!

I am also entering my card in the following challenges:

Crafts Galore Encore: Add a Gem, or Glitter....
Craft Your Passion: Girly Girl Challenge
Creatalicious Challenge: Pearls and Glitter
MilkCoffee: Girly

Thanks for stopping by!

Angela

Chasing Butterflies

Good morning!  Today I have a springy card to share, featuring the cute bunny from The Cat's Pajamas...isn't he sweet?!  Since my crafting time is limited, I combined some different challenges to make 1 card.  It' a fun challenge to see what I can put together....

The bunny is colored with pencils and his eyes and belly button are dotted with a black gel pen.  The little butterflys are colored, then coated with glitter so they are nice and sparkly!  I used a couple of different CutUp dies; grass and cloud border.  I added a few Bella Dots for embellishment.

Image: The Cat's Pajamas
Paper: PTI Stamper's Select, SU! Regal Rose, Soft Suede, and Pear Pizzazz, Doodlebug DP
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Sakura Black Gel Pen
Embellies: Bella Dots, Barbara Trombley's Art Glitter in "Angel Dust"
Extras: Prismas/Goo Gone, The Cat's Pajamas CutUp Dies (glass, cloud border), MFT Die-namics RicRac Die, Dimensionals


I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Crafts and Me: Light Airy Spring Colours
Deep Ocean Challenge Blog: Butterflies
Dutch Dare Card Challenge: Cute and Cuddly
Flutter By Wednesday: Anything Goes (must have butterfly, fairy or angel)
House of Gilli: Colors of Spring
Little Darlings Challenges: Spring is in the Air
Mojo Monday: Sketch
Paper Creations Ink: Things with Wings
Papertake Weekly: BINGO (diecuts, free, glitter)
Sassy Cheryl's: Think Spring
The Cat's Pajamas: Supply Challenge: "Grass with Class"

Thanks for stopping by; enjoy your weekend!

Angela

January SFYTT

Hello there!  I usually don't do 3 posts in 1 day, but I needed to upload my card for Jen del Muro's January Sketch For You To Try.  I am just squeaking by!

My image is colored with pencils and accented with glitter.  I mounted it on the Heart Rosette CutUps Die.  So far I havn't actually used it to make a rosette...I like the looks of it used as a doily too.  For embellishing, I used a couple of Bella Dots on the upper vellum panel.

Image: The Cat's Pajamas
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Sakura Black Gel Pen
Paper: PTI Stamper's Select and Dark Chocolate, SU! Blushing Bride, The Paper Studio Vellum, KI Memories DP
Embellies: Barbara Trombley's Art Glitter in "Angel Dust", Bella Dots in "Chocolate"
Extras: Prismas/Crayolas/Goo Gone, Spellbinders Nestabilities, The Cat's Pajamas Heart Rosette CutUps Die, Dimensionals

I am also entering this card in the following challenges:

City Crafter Challenge: You've Got Mail
Craft Your Passions: Beary Sweet
Ladybug Crafts Ink Challenge: Loves Me, Loves Me Not
Paper Pretties Monday Challenge: Love
The Cat's Pajamas: Hearts (last week's challenge)
The Stamping Boutique: Valentine's
Tuesday Throwdown: Hearts

Thanks for stopping by!

Angela

Well, Hello!

I thought the colors from The Cat's Pajamas Tuesday challenge looked like fun, so I thought I'd play along. I found some SU! DP that worked perfectly and I decided to go with this cute bunny...one last nod to the summer that has come and gone. How can it be fall already?!

The image is colored with pencils and I paper pieced some of the pinwheels. I ran the image panel through the Cuttlebug to add a bit of texture and added some felt grass for more texture. (The grass was actually scraps I had sitting on the table...isn't it great when you get the opportunity to use up scraps?) I used some tiny brads in the center of the pinwheels along with a black gel pen for the bunny's eyes. I stamped my sentiment on DP and paired it with a rosette made from a TCP CutUps die...they really are easy to make. I topped the rosette with a button tied off with Divine Twine.

Image: The Cat's Pajamas

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Sakura Black Gel Pen

Paper: PTI Stamper's Select and Smokey Shadow, SU! Rich Razzleberry, SU! DSP Cottage Wall

Embellies: Spare Parts Mini Brads, PTI Ripe Avocado Button, Devine Twine in Oyster

Extras: Prismas/Goo Gone, Spellbinder's Nestabilities, Cuttlebug Swiss Dots Embossing Folder, TCP Easy Rosette CutUps die, MFT Die-namics Grass Die/Felt

I used Jen del Muro's September Sketch For You To Try...it was a good one, I'm sure I'll be using it again.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Angela

The Cat's Pajamas Tuesday #160

Good morning! I decided to play along with The Cat's Pajamas challenge this week; once I saw the sketch, I knew I had to make time! I used to play a lot, but just got out of the habit.... So many challenges...so little time! Leigh was the hostess this week and she designs fabulous sketches; you can check out her post here.

I make very few "man cards" so this was a challenge for me. I was about ready to throw in the towel and told myself to "just finish it already"! LOL I think the problem is, I don't really work with these colors a lot, so they were a bit out of my comfort zone. As you see...no pink!

The DP is from Bella BLVD and I bought it because the back of one of the sheets has the coolest crossword puzzle. I can't wait to use that for something! Meanwhile, I went for the colors.... The whale is paper pieced and I used a die for the waves. It's finished off with some Baker's Twine, a button, and a glittery star (more about that later).

Image: The Cat's Pajamas

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, SU! Black Marker, Sakura Black Gel Pen

Paper: SU! Basic Gray and Cherry Cobbler, PTI Enchanted Evening, G.P. 110, Bella BLVD DP

Embellies: PTI Pure Poppy Baker's Twine, PTI Hawaiian Shores Button, Distress Stickles in Brushed Pewter

Extras: Prisma/Goo Gone, Spellbinder's Nestabilitie Die, The Cat's Pajamas CutUp Wave Die, EK Success Star Punch

Here's a close-up of the star. I applied a thick coating of Stickles, let it dry, then added more where it seemed sparse (the glitter glue "shrinks down" a bit when it's dry), then let it dry again. Let me tell you...it took forever to dry! I about cried when the kitty jumped up on my work space to look out the window; I ran over to the table and breathed a sigh of relief when I saw it sitting there unharmed. I could just see it sticking to her long white fur and me chasing her through the house to retrieve it! Not fun! LOL

All right, that's it for me today! I hope you have a great Memorial Day weekend...enjoy and be safe!

Angela

Cupcake Anyone?

Good Monday morning! How did Monday get here so fast? Today I have a card to share using one of The Cat's Pajamas new release stamps " Coffee, Tea, or Meow?" I like that some of the newer stamps are a bit bigger...this one was perfect for paper piecing. I combined The Cat's Pajama's Tuesday Supply Challenge "Mad for Plaid" with Mercy's sketch "MTSC91"

The basic card came together quickly, but I had a bit of difficulty embellishing this one. I had first planned to used crystals for Sprinkle's eyes and necklace, but they were too big.... Then the flower I wanted to embellish it with wasn't right either.... Next I thought I would use one of my cup/saucer charms.... Oops, I guess I used all of those up for a swap! I settled on some ribbon and a simple bow. Maybe that's all it needs; there is plenty going on with the plaid and the scallops....

Image: The Cat's Pajamas "Coffee, Tea, or Meow?"
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Black Sharpie
Paper: PTI Stamper's Select and Dark Chocolate, SU! Pixie Pink, Doodlebug DP
Embellie: SU! Chocolate Chip Grosgrain Ribbon
Extras: Prismas/Crayolas/Goo Gone, Spellbinder's Nestabilities, EK Success 3D Dots

Have you decided which cupcake you would like? I call the one with the cherry on top!

Thanks for stopping by today; I hope your day is a good one!

Angela

TCP: Supply Challenge

Here's my card for The Cat's Pajamas 100th week of challenges. This one is for the supply challenge, which was to use felt. Check out Amy's blog post here. I thought I would have time after work to complete more of the challenges, but they were to be posted by noon Monday. I was only able to do 2 out of 4.

I decided to go for a springy Easter card. I think these penguins are really cute and I love all the little eggs. However, I have discovered that it is not easy to cut out and glitter these tiny little eggs! They are very hard to hang on to! Tweezers work well....

Image: The Cat's Pajamas "Spring Fling" Set
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Paper: PTI Stamper's Select, SU! Pixie Pink, KI Memories DP
Embellies: Creative Imaginations Felt Flower, Doodlebug Glitter, White Grosgrain Ribbon (my stash)
Extras: Prismas/Goo Gone, Tim Holtz Piercing Ruler, Foam Tape

I used last week's Mojo Monday sketch for my layout.

Thanks for stopping by!

Angela

Woo Hoo: 2 challenges/1 card!!!

Happy Friday! Don't you just love it when you can combine 2 challenges into 1 card? I do! There are so many fun challenges out there to play; unfortunately there is too little time.....

Melissa had a fun sketch for us this week. Check out her challenge blog here.

The Cat's Pajamas Tuesday challenge was to use olive/light blue/cream. Joanne was the hostess with the mostest; check it out here.

Since it's snowing here, I went with a winter image featurning Poochie trying to catch a single snowflake on his tongue. I used DP from Basic Grey's Dasher line; I ran them through the Cuttlebug with the snowflake folder, but it's hard to see. The snowflakes are Spellbinders dies. I wanted to glitter them up, but my glue pen went kaput, so I settled on some fancy brads.

Image: The Cat's Pajamas

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

Paper: PTI Vintage Cream, Ripe Avocado, Basic Grey "Dasher" DP

Embellies: Making Memories Brads, PTI Ripe Avocado Grosgrain Ribbon

Extras: Spellbinders Nestabilities and Snowflake Dies, Cuttlebug Snowflake Folder, EK Success 3D Dots

Thanks for stopping by! Have a great day!

Angela

Lovestruck: 2 Challenges in 1

Since I was a bit short on time, I was happy to be able to do 2 challenges in 1! Usually for the MOJO Monday sketches I use my Verve stamps, but I thought this sketch would work well for the Valentine card challenge at The Cat's Pajamas too.

These adorable frogs were colored with Prismas and sprayed with a very light spritz of Glimmer Mist, before adding the pretty pink glitter eye shadow (I just couldn't resist!). See close up. Can't you just see that they are "lovestruck"? Indeed!

I used some new Bo Bunny papers; I like that they are distressed looking and I really love the text one. I like the look of mixing the distressed papers with clean lines and bling.

Image/Sentiment: The Cat's Pajamas

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

Paper: PTI Stamper's Select, Hibiscus Burst, Dark Chocolate, Bo Bunny DP

Embellies: Glimmer Mist in "Pearl", Barbara Trombley's Art Glitter in "Pink Smoothie", SU! Chocolate Chip Grosgrain Ribbon, Fancy Pants Designs Stickpin

Extras: Prismas/Goo Gone, Spellbinders Dies, Fiskars 1/16" Round Punch, Foam Tape
Thanks for stopping by; I hope you have a great weekend!
Angela