Precious baby girl - C4G #230

Hello!  It's time for a new challenge at Cardz 4 Galz!!   For this challenge, we want to see card for a baby girl.  Here is my card...

I kind of cheated on this one... I let my paper do most of the work.   I cut around 3 blocks and rounded the corners.  It is the Paper Studio Sweet Pea.  I trimmed down and rounded the corners on a Recollections tag then stamped and heat embossed my sentiment that is from Sweet n Sassy Stamps Oh Baby.  The twine and ribbon are from my stash.  

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Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day! 

A pair of fun birthday cards - TMS #766

Happy Tuesday to you!  It's time for Tuesday Morning Sketches!  We're enjoying our 15th anniversary celebration and continue this week with our cards... I've got 2 fun cards to show you...

The first is just like the sketch... 

My paper is Pebbles Birthday Wishes.  I'm pretty sure that my sentiment is a From the Heart Stamps digi.  The cupcake is from TH Blueprint Assortment.  I fussy cut it.  I used MFT Die-namics Stitched Ric Rac for the banner behind the sentiment panel.  

For this one, I stretched the sketch widthwise.  My paper is Bo Bunny Early Bird.  My image and sentiment are From the Heart Stamps.  (Can you tell that I am still using digis I printed many, many years ago?!?)  I fussy cut the cat a popped him up with foam tape for some dimension.  The banner behind is MFT Die-namica Banner Strip.  

Here's the sketch... #249 originally played on 5/13/14. 

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Debi  

Donna

Melissa

Patti

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Butterfly thanks - TMS #765

 Happy Tuesday to you!  It's time for Tuesday Morning Sketches!  Here's my card created from another sketch from TMS's past...

My paper is all from DCWV Mariposa Matstack.  My butterflies were created with Sizzix TH Detailed Butterflies.  My sentiment is from Raisin Boat You Said It!  My rectangles were cut with CottageCutz Stitched Rectangles. 

Here's the sketch... originally #252 played 5/20/14...

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Debi  

Donna

Melissa

Patti

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Birthday tulips - C4G #229

 Hello!  It's time for a new challenge at Cardz 4 Galz!!   Remember that we are a challenge for cards for girls, so this might be a real challenge for some because our theme is "shades of blue"!  But blue can be feminine. :)  Here's my card...

My image and sentiment are Sweet n Sassy Stamps Spring Blossom.  I colored the tulips with Copics.  The frames are Spellbinders A2 Fancy Postage Edge.  I colored a few adhesive dots in a dark blue to add.  The twine is from my stash.  

Be sure to come play along at Cardz 4 Galz!! 

hello - TMS #764

 Happy Tuesday to you!  It's time for Tuesday Morning Sketches!  This is the second of our anniversary celebration posts!  I loved this sketch in 2014, and I still love it now!! 

I grabbed a couple of pieces from my scrap pile, Impression Obsession Scribble Circles dies, CB Swiss Dots embossing folder, Die-version Curly Words Hello, a MS branch punch, and flower from my stash and this is the result. :)

Here's our sketch... #248 played 5/6/14...  (Don't forget to play along for a chance at the prize!)

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

Debi  

Donna

Melissa

Patti

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Sweet thoughts of you - TMS #763

 Happy Tuesday to you!  It's time for Tuesday Morning Sketches!  This month, TMS celebrates 15 years of challenges!!  We are celebrating by revisiting some of our previous sketches for this entire month.  And we'll have a few prizes!  

Here we go...

My paper is We R Memory Keepers Sunsplashed.  My sentiment is My Pink Stamper Simple Sweet Occasions. My banners are Kat Scrappiness Stitched Fishtail Banners.  The pink circle is Poppystamps Scroll Heart Circle.   

Here's our sketch...  This was #246 from 4/22/2014.  This sketch was created by Jessi Fogan, a former DT member.  Jessi was such a fun and sweet teamie!! She had to step back for health reasons, and we lost her in 2018.   

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

Debi  

Donna

Melissa

Patti

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

May all your Christmases be bright - SCC #162

 July 1st... this year is officially half over!  And it's Canada day!  And it's time for a new challenge at Sparkles Christmas Challenges!   Our theme for July is "a handmade ornament or ornaments."  I added ornaments to my card...

My ornaments sentiment are from Concord & 9th Yuletide Ornament stamps set.  I stamped on the silver paper with VersaMark and heat embossed with burgundy EP.   The sentiment is heat embossed with WOW! Ebony Super Fine EP.

Please come join us and play along with our challenge at Sparkles Christmas Challenges!  

Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day!!

True friends - C4G #228

 It's time for another challenge at Cardz 4 Galz!  Our theme for this challenge is "inspired by a book."  The first book that came to mind that I could showcase on a card was "Anne of Green Gables" by L.M. Montgomery.  I read this book (and the whole series) many, many times as a girl!!  [Growing up in Atlantic Canada, I was able to visit Green Gables (the tourist site) and Prince Edward Island many times.]  I loved the book so much that when the movie came out in the '80's, all I could think was, "The book was better!" LOL

So here is Anne with an "e"!! :) 

My image and sentimen are "Anne of Green Gables" from Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps.  All my paper is bits and pieces from my scrap box.  My dies are Darice Swirl Vine, Sizzix TH Small Tattered Flowers, SSS Tiny Tags, and a MS branch punch.  

We'd love to have you come play along at Cardz 4 Galz! 

Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day!  

Congratulations and Father's Day and Christmas, oh my! - TMS #762

Happy Tuesday to you!  It's time for Tuesday Morning Sketches!  So last week, I had 2 cards with the sketch.  This week, I have 3 to show you!  When I saw the sketch, I could not think of what to do with it!  Then the ideas came flooding and I tried them all. :D  

Card #1...

I cut a panel of AC My Baby paper.  I cut a couple of layers of pink with Die-namics Rocking Horse.  I remembered that I had some mulberry paper from my days of trying to make tear bears, so I made the cloud with it.   My sentiment is from Bo Bunny Sentiments.  

Card #2...

My paper is Pink Paislee Outfitters.  The shape behind "Dad" is the outline die of Spellbinders Medium Peony.  (I wanted an irregular shape!)  The heat embossed sentiment is The Project Bin Classic Man, and "Dad" is Sweet n Sassy Stamps Dad Word Die.  

Card #3...

This was actually the first idea I had, but it ended up being the one I liked the least.  It's ok, but didn't have the "wow" factor I was hoping for.  It's Poppystamps Stained Glass Snowflake die with Poppystamps Stained Glass Background.  This sentiment is one I use a lot!  It was a gift with an order years ago with no label.  The snowflake frame is glitter paper and the sentiment is silver paper, so it is pretty IRL.  Just nothing spectacular.  Oh well.  It will mail well.  LOL

Here's our sketch... 

**You'll want to be sure to visit us for the next several challenges!  TMS is celebrating 15 years in July!  To celebrate, we are revisiting some fun sketches from prior years.  Be sure to check it out!   

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

Debi  

Donna

Melissa

Patti

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

Strength for today - TMS #761

Happy Tuesday to you!  Another Tuesday, and another challenge at Tuesday Morning Sketches!  I've actually got 2 cards to show you today...  I absolutely LOVE both sentiments! 

Here's my first card...

My paper is MME Paris & Co.  (On my laptop the paper looks blue, but IRL it's a soft seafoam green.  I hope you can see it for real. LOL)  My sentiment is Sweet n Sassy Stamps Hymn Blocks.  My button is Papertrey Ink Buttoned Up #1 and the twine is from my stash. 

Here's a second card that I made that I think has a more masculine feel to it...

I used paper from my scrap box for this one.  My sentiment is Sweet n Sassy Stamps His Peace.   I inked the sentiment with TH tea dye before removing it from the Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics die. The button and twine are from my stash.  

Here's our sketch...

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

Debi  

Donna

Melissa

Patti

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

My happy place - C4G #227

 It's time for a new challenge at Cardz 4 Galz!  Our theme is "summer fun" for this challenge and my mind immediately went to this camper die.  

For me, summer fun meant we went to the lake.  My grandparents had a small cottage on a lake, and five of my aunts and uncles (so that meant cousins!) had cottages in a row.  My grandparents' cottage wasn't big enough to house them plus all 6 of our family, so we kids slept in the camper.   We spent our summers swimming, boating, water skiing, and having fun with sleepovers in the camper. It's my favorite place in all the world!!  (We had a pink Shasta, so I had to color it this way.)  When my grandparents passed away, they left to cottage to my mother, so we continued to spend wonderful summer days there.  Sadly, several years ago, the lake rose well above flood stage, and the cottage was destroyed.  My parents now have a different camper there, and some of my grown family and I will be there next month!  Can't wait!!!  (Below I added a pic of my kids on the dock at sunset several years ago.) 

I used Sunny Studio Happy Camper dies and sentiment, Pebbles Woodland Forest DP, Sizzix Cloudy Day EF, Poppystamps Stitched Landscapes, and Simon Says Stamp Tiny Tags. 

Please come play along at Cardz 4 Galz and show us what you do for summer fun! 

Here's my happy place...

Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day! 

Because I care - TMS #760

 Happy Tuesday to you!  It's time for Tuesday Morning Sketches!  This week, we have a simple but fun sketch...

My DP is Prima Epiphany and Romance Novel.  My sentiment is JustRite Chicken Soup Labels.  A few flowers from my stash finished it off.  

Here's the sketch...

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

Debi  

Donna

Melissa

Patti

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

The Lord put you on my heart today - TMS #759

Happy Tuesday to you!  It's time for Tuesday Morning Sketches!  Here's my card...

I started with Recollections Portobello Road DP for the BG and flowers.  They are Sizzix TH Small Tattered Flowers.  My sentiment is from Sweet n Sassy Stamps Heartfelt Thoughts that I cut with CottageCutz Stitched Rectangles... stretched. :)   I love this sentiment set and will be using it a lot!! 

Here's our fun sketch...  don't let it intimidate you... a shape is just a suggestion. 

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

Debi  

Donna

Melissa

Patti

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

Use your dies - SCC #161

 Happy June 1st!  It's time for a new challenge at Sparkles Christmas Challenge! This month's theme is "use dies."  I'm not sure if I ever make a card without using dies, so this was easy peasy for me. ;)

I made a frame using Scalloped Stitched Rectangles and A2 Matting Basics.  My "tree" is CottageCutz Holiday Greetings Tree.  It's hard to tell, but the card base has some shimmer to it and the silver paper I used is very shiny.  So pretty IRL!!  

We'd love to see what you make!  Come visit at Sparkles Christmas Challenge to see the DT's creations and then play along with us! 

Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day! 

Shopping is always a good idea - C4G #226

Helo again!  It's time for another challenge at Cardz 4 Galz!  We've got a fun theme for this go around... "heals and handbags."   I love both new shoes and new purses, so this was fun for me!  Here's my card...

This was pretty simple to put together... the paper did all the work!  It is Carta Bella Metropolitan Girl.  I cut the main panel, square, and buttons from it. The buttons are Papertrey Ink Buttoned Up #1.  My sentiment is Spellbinders Shopping Run Sentiments.  

Now I want to go shopping! LOL

Please go check out the DT's creations and play along with us at Cardz 4 Galz! 

Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day! 

HUGS - TMS #758

Happy Tuesday to you!  It's time for Tuesday Morning Sketches!  I'm thankful this was quick and easy to put together.  My husband and I have been down with a terrible flu (or possibly Covid) all weekend.  But I was able to get my simple card made...  I was kind of out of it... it took over 15 minutes to cut 4 rectangles and 3 hearts (I layered) and put them together! :P 

All the paper is from my scrap pile and the "hugs" die is a new one - as in had for awhile but never used.  It is Poppystamps Heart Hugs.  

Here's our sketch... and as you see with my card (and some others on the design team), a shape means any shape.  

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

Debi  

Donna

Melissa

Patti

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

Bridal shower congratulations - TMS #757

Happy Tuesday to you!  It's time for Tuesday Morning Sketches!  My card is a bridal shower card... 

This was so simple to make, and I absolutely LOVE how it turned out!  My paper is DCWV Pastel Patterns.  I used Poppystamps Raining Frame and flipped the umbrella to the pattern on the other side.  I cut it again to get the handle from Kraft.  I added some small flowers from Sizzix TH Small Tattered Flowers with some greenery with MS Branch punch.  My die cut sentiment finished it off.  

Here's the sketch...

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

Debi  

Donna

Melissa

Patti

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

Just BEE-cause - C4G #225

Hi!  Glad you stopped by!  It's time for a new challenge at Cardz 4 Galz!  May 20 is World Bee Day, so that is our theme for this challenge.  Here's my bee-utiful card... ;) 

My paper is Crate Paper Bloom.  My images are There She Goes Bee Happy.  The honeycomb and tiny bee die cuts are Sizzix Impresslits Sweet Friend.  This set also has words and an EF which I used on the pink panel.  It embosses and cuts the hexagons.  

Challenges:
Word Art Wednesday #647-648 - AG as long as it's family friendly
Try It On Tuesday - small things
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - use patterned paper
The Paper Shelter #596 - lots of layers

Be sure to come check out the DT creations and play along with us at Cardz 4 Galz!  

Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day! 

hello - TMS #756

 Happy Tuesday to you!  It's time for Tuesday Morning Sketches!  For this challenge, we are collaborating with Double Trouble's Twisted Sister Challenge.  They are adding our sketch to their options.  I also played along with Thing #1: in honor of "lost sock memorial day," find unused and unmatched items for our cards.  **Be sure to go there and enter your card, too.  

My image is from Birdie Brown.  My sentiment is Bo Bunny.  I often use my scrap box for cards, but tend to grab what I can see.  For this card, I dug through and found 4 pieces that I cannot tell you what pad they are from, but I can tell you that they are all from different paper pads.  Definitely, unused and unmatched like "lost socks"!  

Here's our sketch...

I'm entering my card in:

Double Trouble #166 - "Stash and Trash"

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

Debi  

Donna

Melissa

Patti

We'd love to have you play along with us this week at Tuesday Morning Sketches!  This challenge will go for 2 weeks, so you have until May 19 to play.

Happy Mother's Day Mum - C4G #224

Happy Thursday!  It's time for another challenge at Cardz 4 Galz!  Our theme is "Celebration" which can mean many things... Mother's Day, baby, graduation, wedding... we want to see what you are celebrating!  I made a Mother's Day card as that is coming soon here in the US and Canada, and I needed to make one for my mother...    

My flowers are Altenew Sweet Spring layered stencil.  I used Catherine Pooler Samba and Coral Cabana inks. The script sentiment is Raisin Boat Marvelous Mom, and the die cut word is Simon Says Stamp Mum.  I added a few Nuvo Crystal Drops in Caramel Cream.  (I was impatient and when I added my panel to my card base, a couple of them flattened, but I guess that's ok because they surely will be squished in the mail.)

We'd love to have you come play along at Cardz 4 Galz! 

Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day! 

Christmas presents - SCC #160

 A new month and a new challenge at Sparkles Christmas Challenge!  This month's theme is "ribbon or twine.'  I used to use ribbon on ALL of my cards but haven't done that as much recently.  I used ribbon as an accent, but on this card, it is part of the focal elements...

A piece of the Paper Studio Pine St. Square.  Presents (rectangles) cut from Kraft cardstock.  Ribbon from the Paper Studio.  My sentiment was a die that was an extra gift with an order long ago from who knows where. Simple, but cute.

Please come play along with us at Sparkles Christmas Challenge!

Thanks for stopping and have a blessed day! 

hello - TMS #755

Happy Tuesday to you!  It's time for Tuesday Morning Sketches!   Here is my over-textured card... LOL

I embossed a white panel with Sizzix Branches with Leaves EF.  I inked the edges slightly.  I cut a scrap and a white piece with CottageCutz Double Stitched Ovals and embossed the white with Darice Dot BG.  (Have I mentioned that I love dry embossing??!?)  The flowers are Sizzix TH Small Tattered Flowers, and I colored an adhesive dot for the center.  Then I added Die-versions Curly Word Hello.  (Sorry for the dull pic. White is so hard to photograph well!)  

Here's our sketch...

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

Debi  

Donna

Melissa

Patti

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

Cancer is so limited - TMS #754

Happy Tuesday to you!  It's time for Tuesday Morning Sketches!  Here is my card...

My paper was a scrap.  The sentiment is from My Time Made Easy "Be Supportive."  I cut it with CottageCutz Stitched Rectangles.  I then cut it apart so I could add the "praying" sentiment  across it without covering any.  The "praying" is a digital sentiment of which I have many printed.  I inked it after cutting it out with Kat Scrappiness Stitched Fishtail Banners.   

Here's our sketch...

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

Debi  

Donna

Melissa

Patti

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

Best wishes - C4G #223

 Hello!  Here we are with another challenge at Cardz 4 Galz!  Our fun theme for this challenge is "Movie Madness."  I've got a bridal shower card featuring Belle from Disney's "Beauty and the Beast."  The recipient loooooves "Beauty and the Beast"! 

Belle is Disney Belle Enchanted die.  My sentiment is Raisin Boat All the Write Words.  I think my paper is Prima Romance Novel. (?)  The flowers and ribbon are from my stash.  

Please come play along at Cardz 4 Galz!  

Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day! 

Thanks so much - TMS #753

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

My daughter got married last month, but they got married in his home town, so we planned her wedding from afar.  Since it was out of town, we had a reception where we live this past weekend, so life's been busy!  All that to say that my card is pretty simple and was quick and easy to put together...

I dry embossed a panel with Darice Dots Background EF.  The black dotted paper was a scrap.  The tag was in my stash.  The sentiment is Papertrey Ink.  And the ribbon was from my stash.  Simple and easy.

I'm hoping life will settle down a bit and I can spend some more time in my craft room! 

Here's our sketch...

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

Debi  

Donna

Melissa

Patti

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

Happy birthday - TMS #752

Happy Tuesday to you!  It's time for Tuesday Morning Sketches!  I've got a birthday card for you today...

I dry embossed a panel with Darice Crackle.  My flower is Altenew Cartoon Rose.  I found a couple of scrap papers that matched and cut out the banners with Kat Scrappiness Stitched Fishtail Banners.  The sentiment was in my box of extras.  

Here's our fun sketch...

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

Debi  

Donna

Melissa

Patti

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

Pet friends hello - C4G #222

 Happy Thursday!  It's time for our new challenge at Cardz 4 Galz!  Our theme is "cute animals." Here are my cuties...

My image is a digi from Spyder's Corner.  It's framed with Papertrey Ink Instant Photo #1.  My sentiment is Sweet n Sassy Stamps Script Sentiments.  My DP is Pebbles Jen Hadfield Warm & Cozy.  I fussy cut a couple of the flowers from the paper and added them to the corner of the frame.  

We'd love to have you play along and show us your cute animals at Cardz 4 Galz! 

Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day! 

dad defined - TMS #751

Happy Tuesday to you!  It's time for Tuesday Morning Sketches!  I'm working ahead on my occasion cards.  Today, I've got a fun father's day card...

This was pretty simple.  My DP is K&Company Color Basics Radiant.  I cut the curved end with CottageCutz Double Stitched Ovals.  My sentiment is The Project Bin Defined.  I love the definition! LOL  

Here's our fun sketch... this one can be very simple, as I did, or very fancy, and you'll see some of the DT made it...

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

Debi  

Donna

Melissa

Patti

Tammy

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