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

SC317: Be Mine

Hello! I was able to do the SCS sketch challenge today. I like that it was simple and fun...not a lot of matting makes it go so much faster. I was photographing the card and my daughter asked why the chick was blue.... Said in a tone that indicates I might be off my rocker.... Well, just because I want a blue chick! That's the beauty of it! LOL Maybe I will give this one to her and tell her I will be blue if she won't be my Valentine!

The chick is colored with pencils, a marker, and accented with glitter. She is nice and SPARKLY! Love that sparkle! I sponged the DP panels and accented the card with Baker's Twine and buttons.

Image: Stampendous "Cupic Chick"
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Palette Burnt Umber
Paper: SU! Baja Breeze, PTI Dark Chcolate, Bo Bunny DP
Embellies: PTI Dark Chcolate Baker's Twine, Jesse James Buttons
Extras: Prismas/Goo Gone, Copic Marker, Barbara Trombley's Art Glitter in "Polar Bear"

Thanks for stopping by!

Angela

TMS...Round Two!

Hi! Just a quickie post here.... I really loved this week's Tuesday Morning Sketches sketch, so when I saw the All That Scraps challenge to make a Valentine using one of the stamps they sell, I thought I would use this fun sketch again.

I choose an image from one of The Cat's Pajamas clearly swanky sets. This "lovestruck" little cutie is colored with pencils, markers, and highlighted with glitter. I choose to sponge the layers instead of mat them this time, and embellished the card with some sparkly Bella Dots. It went together quickly...my sponging is getting faster!

Image/Sentiment: The Cat's Pajamas
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, PTI Smokey Shadow
Paper: PTI Stamper's Select, Lemon Tart, and Smokey Shadow, Basic Grey DP
Embellies: Bella Dots, Barbara Trombley's Art Glitter in "Polar Bear"
Extras: Prismas/Crayolas/Goo Gone, Copic Markers, Spellbinder's Nestabilities, SU! Corner Rounder, EK Success 3D Dots

Thanks for stopping by!

Angela

TMS #78

Good morning! Melissa has a fun sketch for us this week at the Tuesday Morning Sketches blog. I really like this one...it is simple and user friendly! Our sponsor this week is

Stitchy Bear Stamps. I tell you, they have a lot of fun things to choose from. Along with digi images, they have paper packs. The image I used today is called "Stupid Cupid"...he cracks me up!

The image is colored with pencils and a red marker for some of the smaller details. I accented the wings with glitter; I opted for the more subtle Martha Stewart Crystal Fine instead of my usual super blingy stuff. I included a close-up so you can see a bit better. I embellished the card with some acrylic gems; they remind me a bit of a mirror. I ended up adding one to the lower right corner...the card just didn't seem right without it.

Image: Stitchy Bear Stamps Digital Image

Paper: G.P. 110, PTI Fine Linen, Dark Chocolate, and Pure Poppy, Bo Bunny DP

Embellies: The Beadery Red Acrylic Gems, Martha Stewart Crystal Fine Glitter

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

I hope you will hop on over to the Tuesday Morning Sketches blog to check out the DT's goodies. I hope you will make the time to play along too...last week we had over 50 entries!

Thanks for stopping by; have a good one!

Angela

CAS Birthday

Good morning! I was playing with some new PTI and decided to CASE one of the cards Nichole Heady made for the last PTI release. I thought it was such a fun layout...it was quick and easy too! The part that took the longest was running the dies through the Cuttlebug.

The numbers are cut with the new dies; I layered the DP "2" on two layers of cardstock to give it some support since I popped it up. The card is embellished simply with a Swarovski crystal.

Sentiment: PTI Big Birthday Wishes

Ink: Palette Burnt Umber

Paper: PTI Fine Linen and Dark Chocolate, K & Company DP

Embellie: Light Colorado Topaz Swarovski Flatback Crystal

Extras: PTI By the Numbers Dies, Spellbinders Dies, EK Success 3D Dots

That's all I have for today. Thanks for stopping by; enjoy the rest of your weekend!

Angela

Life: live like you mean it.

Good morning! Today I have a CAS card to share. I made the original a long time ago for a CAS challenge and had some others started that I had stored in a Sterilite shoebox. A couple days ago, I was looking for something to do, so I went to my shoebox of odds and ends and partially assembled cards. I had things cut and stamped to make 5 more of these cards, so I thought I might as well finish them up and put them in my basket.

I stamped "Life" and stamped off twice, then used the sentiment and turned it into a flower. The flower is colored with pencils and accented with a brad. I used this fun pouncing tool to add some texture and distessing to the panel before sponging the edges. The tool is a little wooden handle with some plastic mesh rolled up and attatched (the mesh looks a bit like a pot scrubber); you just pounce it onto your inkpad and then onto the paper. Fun! The DP is also sponged and the bottom right corners are rounded for cohesiveness.

Stamp: SU! Live Like You Mean It
Ink: Palette Burnt Umber
Paper: G.P 110, PTI Kraft, Basic Grey DP
Embellie: Spare Parts Brad
Extras: Prisma Colored Pencils, SU! Corner Rounder, Pouncing Tool

It's kind of fun having the prep work all done and then doing the finishing touches to put the cards together...it goes fast that way!

Thanks for stopping by today!

Angela

TMS#77: Heavy Metal

Good morning! It's Tuesday so that means we have another challenge from Melissa at the Tuesday Morning Sketches blog. This week it isn't a sketch though; the challenge is "heavy metal". That's right, we would like you to use metal on your card!

I did a bit of a double play on the "heavy metal" theme...I thought this rock and roll chick would be a great image to use. Bella is colored with pencils and I added a red highlight to her hair. (As I was coloring her, I was reminded of the days when I used to be a hair stylist and wore my hair red...very red! That was a long time ago....) I used a metal star brad to carry out the "rock star" theme. I used my favorite "go-to" layout for Bella stamps as well.

Image/Sentiment: Stamping Bella
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Paper: PTI Stamper's Select and Smokey Shadow, SU! Tangerine Tango, Basic Grey "Ambrosia" DP
Embellies: Tangerine Crinkle Ribbon, Smoke Grosgrain Ribbon, Creative Imaginations Star Brad
Extras: Prismas/Crayolas/Goo Gone, EK Success 3D Dots

I can't wait to see what the rest of the DT has come up with for this theme; you can check them out at Tuesday Morning Sketches. This week is a judged challenge, so I hope you will play along so we can see your creations too!

Thanks for stopping by today!

Angela