Masculine birthday - TMS #574

Happy Tuesday to you!  It's time for Tuesday Morning Sketches!  This week, I've got a masculine birthday card.  I tend to struggle with masculine cards, but this one came together fairly easily.  Check it out...

My paper is MME My Heritage.  My Kraft panel is dry embossed with Darice Wood Grain EF.  My sentiment is from The Project Bin Classic Man.  It is heat embossed and cut out with Spellbinders Standard Circles.  I used my trimmer to cut the other pieces.  

Here's the sketch...  You can see I didn't follow the "instructions" exactly! :O 

Thanks for stopping by!  Be sure to go check out the creations from the TMS DT... 

Andrea

Debi  

Margreet

Melissa

Patti

Tammy

We'd love to have you play along with us this week at Tuesday Morning Sketches!

Sometimes God calms the storm...

I'm not working today, so I've got some extra time to clean my house and craft! Probably will do more of the latter. :D 

Last week, I found a Visa gift card in my wallet with some $ still on it. Yay!  I had a realization that a couple of stamps on my Sweet n Sassy Stamps wish list that had been out of stock were now back in stock, and my gift card had enough to get them.  :)   (I'm going to need to find a few hundred dollars worth of gift cards to get all my wish list items! LOL)

Here's a card I made with one of them.  (I'll use the other soon and share it, too.)

Maybe you need this reminder right now, so I pray this card a blessing to you. It's going in the mail today to some friends going through a rough time, and I want it to encourage them.   

My sentiment is "Calms His Child" from sweet n Sassy Stamps.  My paper was from my scrap box.  It is one piece that changes color.  I embossed the top with Sizzix Cloudy Day and the bottom with CB Distressed Stripes.  My border is MFT Die-namics Stitched Ric Rac.  I used Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics, Spellbinders Classic Squares, and Spellbinders Pierced Squares.  I can't remember which one it is, but one of the squares was just slightly smaller giving the this black border on the sentiment which I think really sets it off. This was all adhered to a black card.  (I almost always use black for my foundational layer on a white card, but I'm really loving the look of the black card base.  

I am entering this into a few challenges...

Cuttlebug Mania 9/15 - anything goes

Aud Sentiments #260 - anything goes + sentiment

Word Art Wednesday #458-459 - anything goes family friendly w/ uplifting sentiment

Crafty Sentiments Designs 9/22 - anything goes

Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day! 

thanks so much - TMS #573

Happy Tuesday to you!  It's time for Tuesday Morning Sketches!  Lately, I've needed a lot of sympathy and thank you, so I'm trying to add those to my stash.  Today is a thank you card...

I started with a black A2 card, cut my panel with Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics, rounded the corners with my CM corner rounder, and heat embossed my Papertrey Ink sentiment.  That panel and my squares are all Pebbles Family Ties DP.  Simple and easy, but still cute, IMHO. ;) 

Here's our sketch...

Thanks for stopping by!  Be sure to go check out the creations from the TMS DT... 

Andrea

Debi  

Margreet

Melissa

Patti

Tammy

We'd love to have you play along with us this week at Tuesday Morning Sketches!

Girly girl birthday - TMS #572

Happy Tuesday to you!  It's time for Tuesday Morning Sketches!

This week's card will be in my stash and saved for a girly girl's birthday...  probably my oldest.  :-)  It's very her!  

My paper is Carta Bella Metropolitan Girl.  Great 6x6 pad!!  (A couple of weeks ago, I commented on a card that had the NYC skyline paper.  I told them I loved it while thinking I wish I had it!  Then I start working on this card and realize I do have it! It's in this pad, as well. LOL) My sentiment is from Sweet n Sassy Pennant Party and cut with Kat Scrapiness Stitched Fishtail Banners. The "flower" is Spellbinders Mini Medallions One.  I dry embossed it with Darice Cherry Blossom but didn't like it, so ran it through again with CB Swiss Dots. :D 

Here's our sketch...

Thanks for stopping by!  Be sure to go check out the creations from the TMS DT... 

Andrea

Debi  

Margreet

Melissa

Patti

Tammy

We'd love to have you play along with us this week at Tuesday Morning Sketches!

Thanks - TMS #571

 Happy Tuesday to you!  Another week has flown by, and it's time for Tuesday Morning Sketches!  I hope you enjoyed your Labor Day off.  We had lots of stuff that we could have (maybe should have) done, but we just chilled and enjoyed family time.  

Anyway, here's my card...

Sorry that the card is at an odd angle, but this was the only way the embossed circles would show clearly.  I tried to cut circles of varying sizes and widths, but it ended up looking like a very odd bull's eye! LOL   So I tried the embossing, and I really like how it turned out.

I used Spellbinders Standard Circles LG and SM.  My paper was from my scrap box.  The stars are cut with Sweet n Sassy Stamps Star Dies.  My sentiment is Raisin Boat "You Said It!"

Here's our sketch... 

Thanks for stopping by!  Be sure to go check out the creations from the TMS DT...

Andrea
Debi

Margreet
Melissa
Patti
Tammy

We'd love to have you play along with us this week at Tuesday Morning Sketches!

Cardinal Christmas - SCC #116

 Happy September to you!  It's the first of the month, so it's time for Sparkles Christmas Challenge #116.  And can you believe that it is only 115 days until Christmas!  :)

Out theme is "Festive Things with Wings," and here's my card... :)

My cardinal is Sweet n Sassy Stamps Christmas Joy stamp and die. (I love this set!!)  It's colored with Spectrum Noir markers.  The sentiment is from that set, too.  My paper is Old World Winter.  I cut the panel with Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics and cut the circle out with Spellbinders Standard Circles.  The sentiment is cut with Simon Says Stamp Tiny Tags.  And the twine is from my stash.   

Thanks for stopping by!  Have a blessed day and come over and play along at Sparkles Christmas Challenge!!

You're fabulous - TMS #570

 Happy Tuesday to you!  It's time for Tuesday Morning Sketches!  And since I know all who read my blog are fabulous, this card's for you!  :) 

My paper is from my scrap box.  My image and sentiment are Hero Arts Mum Stem.  I colored the flowers with my Spectrum nor markers and fussy cut them.  (The matching die is on my wish list, but I think it's retiring/retired, so that may be a challenge to find.)  I didn't have a fishtail banner the perfect size, so I cut the strip and then cut the end from a Kaisercraft banner die.  I often partially cut an image and move the die to make it the size I need. :)

Here's our sketch... [are you surprised I didn't use my hibiscus? :) ]

Thanks for stopping by!  Be sure to go check out the creations from the TMS DT...

Andrea
Debi

Margreet
Melissa
Patti
Tammy

We'd love to have you play along with us this week at Tuesday Morning Sketches!