Reading is dreaming... - C4G #177

 It is time for another challenge at Cardz 4 Galz!  Our theme is "get inky!"   Here's my inky card...

Using VersaMark, I stamped a white piece of cardstock with Hero Arts Alphabet BG stamp and clear heat embossed it.  Then I lightly inked it with Catherine Pooler All That Jazz, Limoncello, and Be Mine.  My image and sentiment are Altenew Tall Tale stamp and die set.  I colored this cute little reader with Spectrum Noir markers.  The sentiment is stamped with VersaClair, clear heat embossed, and cut with CottageCutz Stitched Rectangles. I added a few sequins because it just felt like it needed a little bit of something.  

Please make a card for a gal and come play along at Cardz 4 Galz!!

Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day!

Come unto me - TMS #665

 Happy Tuesday to you!  It's time for Tuesday Morning Sketches!  I've got an encouraging card to share today.  This is to show our love, concern, and prayers for friends and their son who's been in the hospital for over a month. 

My paper is Prima Nature Garden.  My sentiment is Sweet n Sassy Stamps Words of Jesus.  Inked with VersaFine Clair Nocturne and clear heat embossed.  The flowers are TH Small Tattered Flowers and the leaves are Poppystamps Orchard Leaves.  

Here's the sketch...

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

Debi  

Donna

Melissa

Patti

Raechelle

Tammy

Tangii

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

Happy Father's Day - TMS #664

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

Yes, I know Father's Day is over, but I had created this sketch awhile back and made the card last month.  Just had to wait for this challenge to share it. 

This is pretty simple, but I think it looks rather classy.  My paper is MME Breeze "Fun Day" Today, and it's embossed with CB Teresa Collins Timeless. My image and sentiment are The Project Bin Classic Man.  I stamped the car multiple times using my MISTI with CP Mardi Gras to get the dark rich green color, heat embossed it, then cut it out with an unbranded stitched banner die set from Cheapo Dies.   I also heat embossed the sentiment. 

Here's our sketch...

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

Debi  

Donna

Melissa

Patti

Raechelle

Tammy

Tangii

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

Stars - SCC #138

I want to wish all my Canadian family and friends a very Happy Canada Day!!  (I was so happy that I got to go to Canada in early June to see my parents, my sisters, some extended family, and friends after almost 2-1/2 yrs!!) 

Talking about a summer celebration even as I share a Christmas card! LOL  It's time for Sparkles Christmas Challenge!  Challenge #138 has a theme of "stars" so show us your Christmas stars!

My Kraft panel was cut with Kat Scrappiness Wonky Wavy Stitched Rectangles.  My DP is Echo Park Christmas.  The stars are cut with Sweet n Sassy Star Dies.  My sentiment is Pink and Main Merry Christmas dies.  I cut the words 4 times and glued them all together.  Doing that really makes a sentiment pop! 

Thanks for stopping by! If you are feeling the summer heat where you are, try making some Christmas cards to cool you off. :)  Come join us at Sparkles Christmas Challenge!

Thank you - C4G #176

It's time for another challenge at Cardz 4 Galz!  Our theme is "triangles."

Here's my card...

I was trying to think of a way to incorporate triangles into a card when I realized that my triangles could be a border or a panel or a "line."  So this is what I did. 

Cardstock triangles cut with Kaise Craft Nesting Triangles.  In order to get them straight, I lined them up in my MISTI, held them together with easy release tape, adhered them down on the card base, and gently pulled off the tape. The small circle of DP is Bo Bunny Early Bird and cut with Die-versions Stitched Circles.  The sentiment is several layers of 110 lb black cardstock.   (This is my new favorite trick because it gives dimension without the bulk of pop dots or fun foam.)  Easy peasy card, but still cute. ;) 

Please come play along at Cardz 4 Galz!! 

Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day!

A paper hug - TMS #663

 Happy Tuesday to you!  It's time for Tuesday Morning Sketches!  I've got a card to show you and a hug for you... a paper hug. :)

My paper is fancy pants Summer's End.  I stacked 3 coordinating sheets, cut them, combined them how I wanted them, then cut out the size I wanted.  I got 2 cards. (See number 2 below.)  Couldn't get a third because one of the sheets had some missing.  My sentiment is from Poppystamps Marzipan Greetings.  (Going to be using this one a lot!)  It's cut out with CottageCutz Stitched Rectangles. I added a few adhesive dots to finish it off.  

Here's the second card...

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

Raechelle

Tammy

Tangii

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

best wishes on your Retirement - TMS #662

 Happy Tuesday to you!  It's time for Tuesday Morning Sketches!  I wish I were posting about my retirement...   Just think of all the time I'd have to make cards! LOL

The flowers are Technique Tuesday Cosmos Flower die.  I embossed the panel behind the flowers with Tim Holtz Dotted Lines Set EF.  The words are Die-versions Everyday Complements and an unbranded set of letters.  I cut them with fun foam, too, to pop them us a little.  Just a touch of Recollections adhesive pearl flourish to finish it off.  (My paper was all from my scrap box.)

Here's the sketch...

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

Debi  

Donna

Melissa

Patti

Raechelle

Tammy

Tangii

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

Soda-lightful - C4G #175

 It's time for another challenge at Cardz 4 Galz!  Our theme is "use dies and/or punches."  I used dies for my card...

I used a stencil and blended 3 Catherine Pooler colors.  (The stencil is from a pack of cookie stencils I got at Tuesday Morning that never made it into my kitchen!)  My pop bottles and sentiments are from My Favorite Things Soda Pop clear stamps and dies.  The flower was in my stash.  

These are not usually my go to colors, but I really like how this turned out. 

I'm entering this card in a few challenges...

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - Add a sentiment

Happy Little Stampers  - June AG with dies

Sweet Stampin' Challenge - use 3 of a kind (must include stamping)

Do Al(l) Creative - group (at least 3 of something)

Please come play along at Cardz 4 Galz and add some girly cards to your stash!  

Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day!

Hello - TMS #661

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

I don't have a rounded corner rectangle die set (as you'll see in the sketch below) and could have used my CM corner rounder, but my Kat Scrappiness Wonky Wavy Stitched Rectangle set was out on my desk, so I used it.   My flowers, leaves, and sentiment are Altenew Cartoon Rose.  This is a fun layering stamp set.  The polka dot paper was in my scrap box, and the ribbon is from my stash. And.... as I write this post, I realized I put the ribbon on the wrong layer. Oops! Like I often say, the sketch can be interpreted however you like, just as long as we can see the sketch.  Or you can make "mistakes" like I did and pretend you just took creative license. LOL

Here's the sketch...

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

Debi  

Donna

Melissa

Patti

Raechelle

Tammy

Tangii

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

If friends were flowers - TMS #660

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

The sentiment and flower are digis from MHK Designs.  I colored the flower with Spectrum Noir markers and fussy cut it.  The back Kraft panel is embossed with Darice Cherry Blossom. I cut 3 ovals with Spellbinders Petite Ovals.  The sentiment was cut with Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics. 

Here is our sketch... (I'm interested to see how everyone will interpret the ovals behind the front panel.)

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

Debi  

Donna

Melissa

Patti

Raechelle

Tammy

Tangii

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

Courage is - C4G #174

Hello!  Thanks for visiting my blog today! 

Today, I've got a card for our challenge over at Cardz 4 Galz.  Our theme for this challenge is "use two or more designer papers."  For my card, I dug in my stash and found a pad that I've had forever and found a few pages I still liked.  (Am I the only one who uses up all the "pretty" pages and leaves the pad with a few left just sitting there? LOL) 

My DP is MME Paris & Co.  Even the polka dot strip that looks like ribbon is DP.  My image and sentiment are Neat & Tangled "Have Courage."  My flower was stamped on a plain piece from the same paper pad, I colored it just a little with a marker for depth, and dry embossed it with CB Swiss Dots. (After it was all together, I wished I had stamped the flower and sentiment in brown rather than black, but too late now.) 

Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day! 

Cute Christmas Critter - SCC #137

 It's time for Sparkles Christmas Challenge #137!  This month our theme is Cute Christmas Critters!    

Here's my cute critter...

My cute critter is a precolored digi from Imagine That! Digis by Kris "JOYful Reindeer.".  I inked the BG so it would show up better against the frame.  (Imagine That is closed, but I still have plenty of cute digis to play with.)  My paper is Echo Park "Christmas" and I embossed a cross stitched rectangle on it.  The "Polaroid" frame is Papertrey Ink "Instant Photo #1."  My sentiment is Momenta Christmas Phrases that I heat embossed.  My button is 4 layers of Papertrey Ink's Buttoned Up #1. The snip of ribbon and the twine are from my stash.

This year is going quickly, so please come and play along with us as you get ready for Christmas.  It's only 208 days away! :D

Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day!

Congratulations - TMS #659

Happy Tuesday to you!  It's time for Tuesday Morning Sketches!  I've got a couple of grad cards to share this week...

My paper is DCWV All Chalked Up and Papertrey Ink Dotty Boscotti.  My image and sentiment are Sweet n Sassy Stamps Graduation stamp and die set.  You can see below that I used an Action Wobble on the cap.  (Have not used one of those in a very loooong time!)  The staples are from my EK Success Fastenater.  Another thing I haven't used in years!  

Here's card number 2.  Just slightly different.  The DP is Graphic 45 Come Away With Me, and I used a different image from the same stamp and die set. 

Here's our awesome sketch... 

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

Debi  

Donna

Melissa

Patti

Raechelle

Tammy

Tangii

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

Father's Day blessings - TMS #658

 Happy Tuesday to you!  It's time for Tuesday Morning Sketches!  I'm actually ahead with my Father's Day cards this year, and here is one of them...

My car is The Project Bin "Classic Man."  I stamped the cars with Versafine Claire Nocturne, clear heat embossed them, then fussy cut them.  My sentiment is Our Daily Bread "Father's Day."  My paper is Papertrey Ink "3 Piece Suit."   I swiped a black stamp pad on the sentiment strip to tone down the white a bit. 

Here's the sketch...  (I can promise you, I'll be using this one again and again!)

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

Debi  

Donna

Melissa

Patti

Raechelle

Tammy

Tangii

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

A card + news - C4G #173

Hello!  I've got a card to show you for a challenge... a challenge that I've played along with a few times, but where I am now a Design Team Member!  I'm happy to be joining the team at Cardz 4 Galz!!!  

For this current challenge, our theme is "sentiment as the focal point."  And as the name suggests, the card must be for a gal.  I'm sharing my sister's funny birthday card.... at least I think it's funny! 

I used actual Scrabble tiles.  The "Don't worry..." was computer generated and cut out using Kat Scrappiness Stitched Fishtail Banners.  My DP is the Paper Studio Country Road.   

I made it an easel card.  The inside sentiment is from Sweet N Sassy Stamps Birthday Greetings and cut with the same set of fishtail banner dies. 

I hope you come play along and make a card for a gal in your life!

Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day!

Come unto me - TMS #657

 Happy Tuesday to you!  It's time for Tuesday Morning Sketches!  I hope my card this week is an encouragement to you!  2020 may be long over, but I know the struggles of life are still ongoing!  I pray you know the Lord and can take your burdens to Him!  

 

My BG paper is Papertrey Ink Dotty Biscotti.  The Kraft ovals are cut out using CottageCutz Double Stitched Ovals.  My verse is a free digi from Word Art Wednesday from long ago that was in my printed-and-ready-to-use folder. It's cut out using the half-cut technique since I didn't have a rectangle with these dimensions.  

Here's the sketch...

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

Debi  

Donna

Melissa

Patti

Raechelle

Tammy

Tangii

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

Congratulations graduates - TMS #656

 Happy Tuesday to you!  It's time for Tuesday Morning Sketches!  And it's graduation time, so I've got a grad card for you... (Actually, I've got 3.)

These card were pretty simple to make.  Cardstock from my stash, a MS punch, CM corner punch, Sweet n Sassy Stamps Graduation stamp and die set, gold embossing powder, Lifestyle Crafts Whimsy EF, and Spellbinders banner die. 

Here are the other 2 variations....

Here's the sketch...

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

Debi  

Donna

Melissa

Patti

Raechelle

Tammy

Tangii

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

Thanks - TMS #655

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

The navy polka dot paper is from my scrap box.  It's cut out with Kat Scrappiness Wonky Wavy Stitched Rectangles.  The squares are Jen Hadfield Warm & Cozy DP.  The large sentiment is Cuttlebug With Gratitude die.  I cut several layers and glues them together to give it some stability and dimension.  Then I inked it with VersaMark and clear heat embossed it.  I did this a couple of weeks ago but remembered to take a close up this time... 

Here's our sketch...

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

Debi  

Donna

Melissa

Patti

Raechelle

Tammy

Tangii

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

Christmas greetings tree - SCC #136

 Even as the weather is getting warmer, we are still thinking of Christmas!  It's time for Sparkles Christmas Challenge #136 and our theme is "Christmas Sentiments."

Here's my card that showcases the sentiment...

My sentiment is CottageCutz Holiday Greetings Tree (I cut 2 and glued them together for some dimension.  It really helps it stand out IRL.)  This is Recollections silver paper.  It has a nice shimmer and is very pretty IRL!  The BG paper is Graphic 45 A Christmas Carol that's cut with Kat Scrappiness Wonky Wavy Stitched Rectangles which I cut 2 sizes but kept them together for a bit of interest.  (I've used these a lot lately.  I guess I tend to get in a creative rut. LOL)   I also used Poppystamps Stitched Landscapes (But... then I realized that I used the non stitched piece! Duh!)

We'd love to have you come play along at Sparkles Christmas Challenge!

Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day!

I'm praying for you - TMS #654

 Happy Tuesday to you!  It's time for Tuesday Morning Sketches!  This week, we've got a pretty basic sketch and here's my card...

My image is Spring Blossom from Sami Stamps.  It is a digi stamp that was printed on vellum and "embossed." I have not done this is a long time.  You can check out some instructions HERE.  I cut a panel of Heidi Grace Daydream with Kat Scrappiness Wonky Wavy Stitched Rectangles then cut a circle in it to frame the image.  *Doing it this way meant I could adhere the vellum and the glue doesn't show!  My sentiment is Raisin Boat Flourishing Thoughts.

Here's the sketch...

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

Debi  

Donna

Melissa

Patti

Raechelle

Tammy

Tangii

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

Hello - TMS #653

 Happy Tuesday to you!  It's time for Tuesday Morning Sketches!  I seldom say this or feel this way, but I'm very happy with my card for this challenge.  

I had a few paper pads on my desk, flipped through Crate Paper "Bloom" and immediately knew I wanted to use these papers.  My sentiment is a word die from a set I bought years ago from a craft sale site.  I cut it out 4 times and glued them all together then swiped it with VersaMark and heat embossed it with Ranger Extra Thick embossing powder.  That gave it shine and more stability.  (Oops! I made this while wearing my glasses that need the prescription updated, so I didn't notice until I had adhered it to the circle that I missed a spot or two.)  The circle the sentiment is on is cut out with Die-versions Stitched Circles.  I added 3 adhesive dots to finish it off. 

Here's the awesome sketch for the week...

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

Debi  

Donna

Melissa

Patti

Raechelle

Tammy

Tangii

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

Butterfly birthday - TMS #652

 Happy Tuesday to you!  It's time for Tuesday Morning Sketches!  This week I'm sharing my cousin's birthday card.  She is fighting a difficult and courageous battle with MS and has the sweetest spirit through it all!   She loves flowers and birds, so I hope she likes my butterfly, too. 

My paper is Bo Bunny Early Bird.  My sentiment is from Sweet n Sassy Stamos Birthday Greetings.  The butterfly die is from a Uchi Design motion card set.  (Still haven't figured out to make the motion cards work!) The border is a MS punch. 

Here's our sketch... I can't wait to see how everyone interprets the elements of this sketch!

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

Debi  

Donna

Melissa

Patti

Raechelle

Tammy

Tangii

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

Thankful for you... and our new DT members! - TMS #651

 Happy Tuesday to you!  It's time for Tuesday Morning Sketches!  We're so excited to introduce some new Design Team members!  We are so happy to have Donna, Raechelle, and Tangii joining our team! 

Here's my card...

This is pretty simple.  DCWV Pastel Patterns paper, Studio G sentiment, Concord & 9th Beautiful Branches dies, and twine from my stash. 

Here's the sketch...

Thanks for stopping by!  Be sure to go check out the creations from the TMS DT... both "old" and new! ;)

Debi  

Donna

Melissa

Patti

Raechelle

Tammy

Tangii

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

Fun folds for Christmas - SCC #135

Happy April 1st!! I won't even try to have a funny April Fool's joke. ;)  

It's time for Sparkles Christmas Challenge!  Our theme this month is fun folds.  I really like fun/fancy folds though I don't make them often.  So a challenge like this helps me.  I made a pinwheel tower card...  

It stands up well.

I made one main panel, but...

you can decorate all the sides.

Even with all the layers that make it stand up well and all the sides decorated, it still fits in an A2 envelope.  (There are lots of tutorials for pinwheel tower cards on YouTube.)  This was fun and easy to make!

My paper is some more of the leftover pages from some Christmas pads.  My car is clipart from Creative Fabrica.  The "cool Christmas" sentiment is from MFT Cool Christmas.  The other is Sum More Fun Tangled Tinsel.  The fancy die cut is CC Designs Winter Wonderland.  And I added a few snowflakes from an old tiny punch.  

Please come play along at Sparkles Christmas Challenge!

Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day!