with sympathy - TMS #492

Happy Tuesday to you!  It's time for Tuesday Morning Sketches!  This week, I've got one the very necessary but difficult types of cards to make... sympathy cards.  I've needed too many lately! 

My Prima Stationer's Desk DP is embossed with a Lifestyle Crafts EF.  My flowers are QuikCutz Rose die cut from scraps.  My clear sentiment is Raisin Boat Stunning Silhouettes stamped with Versafine Onyx Black and clear heat embossed. Ribbon and brad are from my stash.  


Challenges...
Aud Sentiments #221 - bingo + sentiment (I did top row - patterned paper, embossing, die cut)

Crafting With Friends #80 - anything goes
Inkspirational Challenge #181 - use your stash (paper, ribbon, brad are all over 2 yrs old)
Just Add Ink #445 - just add embossing (dry embossed my BG, heat embossed my sentiment)


Here's our sketch... this is Patti's favorite from last year.  It's the last one, so next week, we start again with all new sketches! :)

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

Andrea

LJ

Lori

Melissa

Patti

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

Making the years count - TMS #491

Happy Tuesday to you!  It's time for Tuesday Morning Sketches!  I'm excited about today's card.  This is my parents' anniversary card... ♥ ♥ 59 years!!!! ♥ ♥   My husband and I are just over halfway there, but I am so thankful for the faithful example of my parents!!  

If you wonder why the bottom looks odd... it wouldn't lay completely flat because it's an easel card!

Straight on...

My sentiment is DRS Counting the Years.  It's cut out with Spellbinders Circles and Spellbinders Petite Scalloped Circles.  My paper is Crate Paper Bloom. It's embossed with a Lifestyle Crafts EF.  The inside sentiment is Raisin Boat Formal Phrases.  The swirls are Spellbinders Doodle Parts.  Finished off with crinkle ribbon, Prima flowers, Spellbinders Foliage, Die-namites Budding Branch, twine, and a metal charm that's been hanging around my desk for awhile.  


Challenges...
Cuttlebug Mania - marriage (mine is not a wedding card, but "marriage" is in my sentiment plus I think 59 yrs of marriage fits this category!) 
Path of Positivity #66 - anything positive goes + opt twist of love (59 yrs of marriage shows a real and lasting love!  In this day when so many marriages end, I'm thankful that I never once questioned my parents love for each other or for me!)
{PIN}spirational Challenges #232 - photo inspiration (inspired by the flowers)

{FYI, check out this link for a sheet to print to add into your easel card so the recipient knows how to display it...  Easel card "instructions" }


This week, we're playing with Melissa's favorite from 2018... I mirrored it. :)

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

Andrea

LJ

Lori

Melissa

Patti

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

Fun Valentine cards

Today is Valentine's Day!  I always make a mushy card for my husband, but this year I also made fun cards for my kids.   The first one is my son's card.  He LOVES kitties!!

I used Stampendous Pop Up Kitties Stamp and Die set. I colored the kitties with my Spectrum Noir markers.  I don't have the official pop up die for this set, so I used an Action Wobble on the head.  My DP is DCWV Playful Pets.  The hearts are cut with Spellbinders Scalloped Hearts.   The "Happy Valentine's Day" is Raisin Boat Playing Cupid.

Challenges...
Papercraft Challenges #30 - something new (cat stamp and die set)
Show Us Your Pussycats Challenge #139 - furrything goes
Cutie Pie Challenge #132 - one for the boys (this is my son's Valentine card)
2 Crafty Critter Crazies #23 - anything goes w/ critter
Die Cut Divas February - love is in the air
Crafty Cardmakers #227 - love, love, love
Die Cuttin' Divas #407 - love


Here is one daughter's card... she loves Asian food!

My image is from Kawaii Sushi from Prettygrafikdesign on Etsy.  It's colored with Spectrum Noir markers and cut using Spellbinders Squares.  The heart is Spellbinders Scalloped Hearts. Raisin Boat Playing Cupid clear sentiment.

Challenges...
Cuttlebug Mania - be my Valentine
Cute N Crafty Challenges #20 - Valentine's Day/love


I've got 4 kids, here are 2 more cards I sent to my daughters in college...

Both of these images are also from Prettygrafikdesign.

If you're celebrating, have a Happy Valentine's Day tomorrow, but also remember that every day is a good day to say "I love you" to those around you!!!

Thanks for stopping and have a blessed day!!

Need a hug? - TMS #490

Happy Tuesday to you!  It's time for Tuesday Morning Sketches!  Today, I've got cards to show you... lots of cards!   

You're probably tired of seeing "I used another printed and waiting image" but there is still more... many more!!  (I do not know why I printed so many of this!!)  They were all pre-colored, so no need to compliment my coloring. :D 

Five cards altogether...

My paper is Pebbles Garden Party.  My dies are Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics, CottageCutz Stitched Rectangles, and Kat Scrappiness Stitched Fishtail Banners.  My image and sentiment are Doodle Pantry... DP's been closed for a couple of years, so you know how long I've had these images!   Flowers, ribbon, twine, and brads are all from my stash.  



Challenges... (my first card)
Happy Little Stampers Feb - anything goes with dies
Dragonfly Journeys #134 - gaga for gingham


Here's our sketch... (I mirrored it.)  This is Lori's favorite pick from last year...

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

Andrea

LJ

Lori

Melissa

Patti

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

Come unto me - TMS #489

Happy Tuesday to you!  It's time for Tuesday Morning Sketches!  We're revisiting LJ's favorite from 2018.  I have to confess that I took great poetic license with the sketch this week. :)  

My paper is Pebbles Garden Party. My sentiment is another printed-and-waiting verse from long ago at Word Art Wednesday.  I do not own a stitched banner this long and thin, so I improvised... I placed the verse in the banner and cut most of the way.  I then slid the banner down to the other end and cut that end.  With the stitches, it was easy to get the die set in place.  {You're welcome for the "how to" tip. ;) }  My image is Bee Happy from There She Goes that I colored and fussy cut.


Challenges...
Word Art Wednesday #372-#373 - anything goes w/ uplifting sentiment
Alphabet challenge - W for wings
Love to Craft LTCCB #31 - February anything goes
Crafting From the Heart #236 - anything goes
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - anything goes


Here's is our sketch for the week... as I said, I took poetic license... the circle morphed into a long banner. :)

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

Andrea

LJ

Lori

Melissa

Patti

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

Poinsettia greetings - SCC #97

Can you believe it's February already??!!??    Time for Sparkles Christmas Challenge!  This month, our theme is Poinsettia!

I got this die a couple of years ago and really have not used it to it's full potential, so I was excited about this challenge.  I was pleased with this card, so made several of the same.  :)  (Just don't have a pic of them.)

My flower is Darice Poinsettia.  My paper -both the BG and flower- is First Edition "A Christmas Story."  My sentiment is Flonz Christmas Poems.  The white is cut with Poppystamps Stitched Landscapes. 

Thanks for stopping by and please come check out our challenge and play along!!