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