Celebrate your special day - TMS #747

Happy Tuesday to you!  It's time for Tuesday Morning Sketches!  My posts have been short and sweet and will be so again since my daughter is getting married in 11 days!!!  

Here's my card...

My background paper is AC Dear Lizzy Neopolitan.  I cut the leaves with Cheapo Dies Clover Flourish.  The flowers are fussy cut from a scrap that was on my desk.  My sentiment is Raisin Boat Flourishing Thoughts.  

Here's our beautiful sketch...  love this one so much!

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!

Plaid Christmas - SCC #158

It's time for another challenge at Sparkles Christmas Challenge!   Our theme is "Plaid or Tartan" and I chose the theme.  But as you can see, my post did not go live on Mar 1 as it should have!!  Oops!  My life is a little crazy right now.  My daughter is getting married in 13 days (the wedding is 300 miles away), we are renovating our basement into an apartment for them, and we are practicing much for our Easter program at church.  

So that's my excuse for not getting this done on time. :/

I cut the trees out of Recollections Christmas Plaid DP with MFT Cool Christmas dies.  The sentiment is an old one that no longer has the packaging, so no name.  The sky is Sizzix Cloudy Day EF.   The button is Papertrey Ink Buttoned Up #1.  

Please come play along at Sparkles Christmas Challenge!  

Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day! 

Just a note - TMS #746

Happy Tuesday to you!  It's time for Tuesday Morning Sketches!  We've got a fun sketch and a fun request in the creating of your card, but first, here's my card...

My image is Polka Dot Flower from DRS Designs.  The sentiment is 1 Line Just a Note and also from DRS Designs.  I colored it with a Spectrum Noir marker and inked the edges.  The colored strips are TH dried marigold and forest moss Distress Inks. 

Here's our fun sketch and Melissa has asked us to think "brush strokes" for the lines on the bottom.  I don't have paints, so I improvised and did some "swinking"!  That is swiping and inking.  I used the ink cubes listed above.  I really like the look of 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!

I miss you - C4G #219

Hi!  It's time for another challenge at Cardz 4 Galz!  Our theme is "seascape."  We want to see whatever that means to you.  Most people think of a beach, but this image immediately came to mind and is a perfect representation of what I would see when I went to the bay/sea near where I grew up and also when I traveled... (Below I added a couple of pics I took when we were in northern Scotland several years ago.)

My image is Delicious Doodles Scottish Castle.  It does seem more of a masculine image, but it's all I had to represent the sea.  And I added sparkly dots to make more girly. :)   My DP is MME Portobello Road.  My sentiment is Raisin Boat You Said It! and cut out with Simon Says Stamp Tiny Tags.  Twine and adhesive dots from my stash finished it off.   

Here are my pics taken in a small town on the North Sea in Scotland... 

Please come and play along with us in our "Seascape" challenge at Cardz 4 Galz!

Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day! 

Happy Birthday - TMS #745

Happy Tuesday to you!  It's time for Tuesday Morning Sketches!  My weekend did not allow for as much time in my craft room as I'd hoped, so my file of ready-to-go digital items came to the rescue and made my card easy to create...

The BG paper is a Crate Paper scrap that was sitting on my desk after another project. :)  Digging through my file of printed digis, I found the iralamijashop musical print that I cut in 3.  The pre-colored digi image is from Doodle Pantry (so that tells you how long it's been waiting to be used!).  I did color the roses to make them darker to match the paper better.  Cut the image with CottageCutz Double Stitched Rectangles.   Because the sentiment was already on the image, I just added a tiny banner and some adhesive pearls.  

Here's the sketch...

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!

Thinking of you - TMS #744

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

I cut a white panel and dry embossed it with Darice Brick.  I then inked it with TH Antique Linen.  My sentiment is Tonic Studios From the Heart Sentiments.  It's framed with a scrap I pulled from my trash can, literally! LOL  The ribbon and button are from my stash.  

Here's our sketch... our first new sketch of 2024! 

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!

Faker shaker card - C4G #218

Hi!  It's time for another challenge at Cardz 4 Galz!  This time our theme is "'sequins"!  I have to admit that I am not a hug fan of sequins and glitter (I prefer just shimmer), so this was a challenge for me.  Then I remembered a YouTube video I'd watched recently on faker shaker cards and realized I could do that...

I make a top folding card out of pink cardstock.  I stenciled the flowers on white cardstock with Altenew Sweet Spring Stencil using Catherine Pooler Be Mine and Rockin' Red.  Here's where the "fake" part comes in.  I trimmed the stenciled panel and slid it into a card protector.  It was the perfect size to fit across the bottom.  I then poured in some FSJ Journey Sequins and FJS Star-fetti.  Then trimmed it leaving enough to fold over and secure.  The frame was cut large enough to cover/hide the edge and leave room to adhere it to the card.  "happy" is from an old word die set that I lost the packaging to a loooong time ago. "Birthday" is from Poppystamps Marzipan Greetings. 

This was fun and much simpler than the "traditional" shaker card!  Here's a link to the video I watched...   Faker Shaker Cards

Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day!  Be sure to come play along at Cardz 4 Galz! 

Golfer's birthday - TMS #743

Happy Tuesday to you!  It's time for Tuesday Morning Sketches!  My card is for my soon to be son-in-law.  He loves to golf! 

My image is from Creative Fabrica.  I printed it on vellum and colored the back side because I wasn't sure whether the ink would mess with the printing or not.  I'm never sure which settings to use when printing vellum.  (Any suggestions would be welcome!)  I adhered it to white cardstock and framed it with the Paper Studio Silver cardstock cut with Scalloped Stitched Rectangles.  My sentiment is Raisin Boat You Said It cut out with Kat Scrappiness Stitched Fishtail Banners.  

This sketch is our last revisit from last year.  It's Tammy's favourite... #719 played Aug 8...

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!

Paper tree - SCC #157

Happy February 1st!   It's time for our new challenge at Sparkles Christmas  Challenge!  This month we want to see your Kraft Christmas cards!  Here's mine...

This was so easy and fun to make!  I embossed a panel with Cuttlebug Allegra embossing folder.   My paper strips are from all the sheets of paper left in my Christmas 6x6 pads that I didn't like enough to use. LOL  They are ok in little strips. :)   The star is Sweet n Sassy Stamps. I just realized I did not add a sentiment, but I think it's obvious that this is a Christmas card.  Plus I always stamp a Christmas greeting on the inside of my cards. ;) 

Please come play along at Sparkles Christmas  Challenge this month! 

Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day!

hello - TMS #742

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

This is pretty simple, but still very pretty.  (At least IRL!)  The paper is Prima Something Blue.  The circle is Impressions Obsessions Scribbled Circles.  I kept the center in so that the sentiment would show up better.  It is Sweet n Sassy Stamps Script Sentiments. 

Here's the sketch... This is Patti's favorite.  It was #709 played on 5/30/23. 

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!

Smiles across the miles - C4G #217

 Hi!  It's time once again for a new challenge at Cardz 4 Galz!  Our theme is "reds and/or pinks."  That's a good theme if you are making Valentine cards.  I am not.  My card is basically just to say hello...

My paper is Prima Romance Novel.  I love this die!  (I really need to use it more often!)  It is Die-sire Postbox and Robin.  (My "robin" is blue so he'd show up on the red post box.)  My sentiment is from Spellbinders Sunday Drive All-Occasion Sentiments.  

Please come and play along at Cardz 4 Galz!

Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day!

Cherish the memories - TMS #741

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

My paper is Prima Romance Novel.  The sentiment is a digi that's been waiting in my extra box for awhile.  The black trim was cut with a Fiskars punch.  It's hard to see, but there is a very thin strip of gold between the black and tan papers. 

This week's sketch is Melissa's favorite.  It was #703 played on 4/18/23...

Can't wait to see what you create!

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!

Peonies - TMS #740

Happy Tuesday to you!  It's time for Tuesday Morning Sketches!  It's time for Donna's favorite sketch, and I cheated a little on this one.  I let the paper do almost all of my work for me. :)

My DP (and image) is Pebbles Garden Party.  I rounded 2 corners with my CM corner rounder.  I cut the peonies panel with CottageCutz Stitched Rectangles and made the border on the frame with an old Fiskars punch. The sentiment is The Project Bin Defined.  I added a few Caramel Cream Nuvo Crystal Drops.  

Here's the sketch... (This was #707 on 5/16/23.)

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!

Jumbo wishes - C4G #216

 It's time for our challenge at Cardz 4 Galz, and our theme this time is "On Safari."  My card features an elephant which you definitely would hope to see while on safari! 

My fun elephant is LOTV Little Creatures - Far Away Friends.  It's cut out with Die-versions Stitched Circles.  The sentiment is from the same stamp set.  My DP is Simple Stories Botanicals.  The branches are a MS punch, and the flower is from my stash. 

So find your safari animal stamps/digis/dies and play along at Cardz 4 Galz!

Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day! 

Merry & Bright - TMS #739

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

Yes, I've got a Christmas card for you.  I'm on the DT of a Christmas challenge, so I make them often through the year, but I made this one so I could use a new "toy" that was perfect for the sketch. :) 

I just got this snowflake BG... it is Poppystamps Snowflake Background.  My sentiment is Sum More Fun Tangled Tinsel.  The circles are Die-versions Stitched Circles. The extra snowflake is a MS punch.  The DP is Recollections Regent Street. The shimmer of the silver paper is so pretty!  Here's a different angle... 

Here's our sketch... This is Debi's favorite.... (#718 from 8/1/23)

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!

Balloon birthday - TMS #738

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

As usual in the beginning of the year, we are revisiting the Design Team's favorite sketches from 2023, and since my name is first alphabetically, my favorite is first.  (This was #728 played 10/10/23.)  Here's my card, then you'll see the sketch...

This is a pretty simple, but fun card.  When I get down to just a few pages in my 6x6 pads that aren't my favorite, I toss them in with my scraps. This is one of them.  My balloons are MFT Happy Birthday Balloon Trio.  My sentiment is CB Birthday Wishes. 

Here's our sketch... hope you enjoy playing with it again! 

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!

Snow globe Christmas - SCC #156

 Happy New Year and a Blessed 2024 to you!!

It's time for our January challenge at Sparkles Christmas Challenge #156.  Our theme is "winter wonderland" so you can interpret that and show us what a winter wonderland looks like for you! To me, it means SNOW!! :)  The snow is technically not visible in my card, but it is certainly suggested.  :)   I have been on many sleigh rides in my life, and love the crunch of the snow under the runners. And the fun of shaking snowy branches on those in the sleigh. (I intended to use my VersaMark pen and add some snow to the branches, but forgot until everything was put together.  Oops! 

My image is Sweet n Sassy Stamps Old Fashioned Christmas.  I inked the BG with TH stormy sky distress ink.  The front panel is Poppystamps Raining Frame.  I cut the circle part of Darice Snow Globe out of it for the illusion of something falling.  My sentiment is Raisin Boat Formal Phrases.  The branches are a MS punch and I colored some adhesive dots red.  

Start your year off right and start on your Christmas cards and play along with us at Sparkles Christmas Challenge! ;)  

Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day!  

May God bless you - C4G #215

 Another year has come and almost gone!  2023 was full of joy (my son got married to a wonderful young lady!) and a year full of sorrow (many suffering physically and many lost loved one), but I'm thankful for God's presence and peace through both.  

It's time for our challenge at Cardz 4 Galz.  Our theme is a DL or slimline card with flowers.  (A DL card means the width is half of the length/height. Mine is 3.5" wide and 7" tall.) 

My card is for the daughter of a dear friend who passed away recently.  

 The paper was in a box of paper that I had not opened since we moved in 2020.  I don't know who made it.  My sentiment is a rubber stamp from Stampendous called "Blessing."  It's cut out with CottageCutz Stitched Rectangles.   (I had to cut the top portion and move the die and finish it.  (That's a great way to get cuts for shapes/sizes you don't exactly have.)  The flowers are The Ton Peony Memories Cardmaking and stamped with Catherine Pooler inks.  

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

Have a blessed day and a very Happy New Year!

Our first Christmas as Mr. & Mrs. - TMS #737

Happy Tuesday to you!  It's time for Tuesday Morning Sketches!  Except there's no sketch.  This is our Annual Anything Goes Challenge!  This challenge will last for 2 weeks (until Dec 31) and we want to see any type of craft project that you have created.  

My son got married is August, so I made an ornament for he and his wife...

I started with a blank wooden ornament and inked the edges.  I cut the saying on my Cricut (using Design Space) in black matte vinyl.  I used some organza ribbon from my stash for the bow and it was all done.  I gave it to them on Sunday, so they can use it on their tree this year.  

No sketch to share. :)  Please play along and share your crafty creations!! 

And I wish you all a very Merry and Blessed Christmas!! 

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

Debi  

Donna

Melissa

Patti

Tammy

Tangii

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

Noel - C4G #214

It's time for our challenge at Cardz 4 Galz!  This time our theme is "Christmas Card" so easy for this time of year! 

I do have to confess that though December is almost half over, I have yet to send a Christmas card.  I'd better get busy! 

Here's one that is mail-friendly... 

My paper strips are Crate Paper Snow & Cocoa. (The strips are all odds and ends left after using the main portion of the page.)  The Noel is Xcut Noel Mini Die.  The large snowflakes are a Martha Stewart punch.  The tiny snowflakes are from the center of the "O" in the sentiment. 

Please come play along at Cardz 4 Galz!  

And have yourself a very Merry and Blessed Christmas!! 

'Tis the season to shine - TMS #736

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

My ornaments and sentiment are Raisin Boat Holiday Hang Ups, stamped with VersaMark, and heat embossed with Martha Stewart embossing powder.  After cutting the panel out with Stitched Scalloped Rectangles, I sprayed it with Tsukineko Shimmer Spritz.   

Here's our sketch...  which I flipped upside down so my elements are hanging rather than standing. 

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

Debi  

Donna

Melissa

Patti

Tammy

Tangii

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

Don't get your tinsel in a tangle - TMS #735

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

My paper is Paper Studio Old World Winter.  The sentiment is from Sum More Fun Tangled Tinsel and is heat embossed with a shiny burgundy.  The snowflakes are a MS punch.  The bow is Poppystamps Grosgrain Bow. 

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

Tammy

Tangii

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

Sending holiday wishes - SCC #155

It's the month of Christmas!!!   24 days! :)   

It's time for our challenge at Sparkles Christmas Challenge!  Our theme is "animals or birds."  I've got a cute little deer for you...

My image is a colored digi from my stash.  I have multiples of this image printed, but cannot remember where it came from.  (My old laptop that had all my digis died last year!)   My snow globe is Darice Snow Globe.  I used Ranger Ultra Thick embossing powder to give the look of glass. My paper is Echo Park Christmas. 

Here's a closeup... probably should have done one more layer of VersaMark and embossing powder, but it is very pretty IRL.

Be sure to come and play along at Sparkles Christmas Challenge!

Thanks so much for stopping by and have a blessed day!!

Paris skyline - C4G #213

 It's time again for a challenge at Cardz 4 Galz!  Our theme is "cityscape"!  We want to see a city/skyline whether it's in your stamp or your dies or your paper. :) 

Here's my Parisian skyline...

The background paper is Carte Bella Metropolitan Girl.  It's embossed with Darice Cloudy Sky. My buildings are Honey Bee Stamps Paris Skyline Scene Builder.  The horizon is Poppystamps Stitched Landscapes.  The sentiment is from Sweet n Sassy Script Sentiments. 

Please come and play along at Cardz 4 Galz!

Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day!

Homespun Holidays - TMS #734

 Happy Tuesday to you!  It's time for Tuesday Morning Sketches!  This challenge will run for 2 weeks and we are collaborating with Double Trouble again!  We are joining them for Challenge #154 - "Keep Calm and Stitch On"   Their challenge runs from Mon, Nov 20 - Sun, Dec 3.  Ours starts today, Nov 21, and runs until Dec 3, too. 

Let me show you my card, then I'll explain...

My paper is Recollections Christmas Plaids.  The background panel is red cardstock cut with Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics and dry embossed with Darice Crackle.  My image and sentiment are from Peachy Keen Stamps (Nov 2013 release... 10 years old!!) and colored with Copics.   It's cut out with CottageCutz Double Stitched Ovals.  So I have stitching is on my image and my die.  

 Be sure to visit Double Trouble to see all the details of their challenge, too.

I'm going to enter my card in these challenges...

Double Trouble #154 - Keep Calm and Stitch On 

Happy Little Stampers Nov Christmas - Anything Goes 

Die Cut Divas November - All About the Holidays + must use dies

 

Here's our sketch...

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

Debi  

Donna

Melissa

Patti

Tammy

Tangii

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

Embossed birthday - C4G #212

It's time for another challenge at Cardz 4 Galz!  I've got a fun birthday card to share for this challenge and our theme of "embossing - wet or dry."  If you have followed me for any time at all, you probably know that my all-time favorite technique is dry embossing, so that's what I did for my background.  I actually heat embossed my sentiment, so I technically did both types. :)  Here's my card...

I embossed the card front with Sizzix Cloudy Day.  The hills are Poppystamps Stitched Landscapes.  I created the sunflowers with TH Small Tattered Flowers.  (Not sure what I used for the center.)  The fence is Poppystamps Pointy Picket Double Gate (only used half), and I stamped it with Honey Bee Stamps Barn Wood Background for texture.  My sentiment is Sweet n Sassy Stamps Pennant Party. 

Please come play along with us at Cardz 4 Galz!

Thanks for stopping and have a blessed day!

Merry Christmas - TMS #733

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

My paper is Echo Park Christmas.  The sentiment is from the paper pack, too.  I fussy cut it and a frame around it.  The greenery is a MS punch and the red dots are Scrapbook.com Pops of Color. The panels are all cut out with Scalloped Stitched Rectangles. 

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

Tammy

Tangii

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

Happy birthday - TMS #732

Happy Tuesday to you!  It's time for Tuesday Morning Sketches!  Today, I'm sharing my hubby's birthday card.  Shhh!  His birthday isn't until Friday. ;) 

It's technically not for his birthday, but my hubby (and me, too) is getting a new car this week.  Last week, our daughter who is a teacher was on her way to school.  She was driving our car for a couple of reasons.  At 6:30, it's still dark around here, and a big buck jumped out of the ditch in front of her. We're soooooo thankful she was in our car which is much larger than what she normally would have been driving, so she was not hurt, PTL!!  But... the car was totaled. :/  We did find a car just yesterday, so we're happy. :) 

The frame  is Spellbinders Postage Stamps.  My paper is We R Memory Keepers Sunsplashed.  The car is from The Project Bin Classic Man.  The ribbon is from my stash and the sentiment is Sweet n Sassy Stamps Script Sentiments. 

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

Tammy

Tangii

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

Thank you - C4G #211

It's time for another challenge at Cardz 4 Galz!  Our theme for this challenge is "Thank you, Thankful, or Thanksgiving."  

I chose to make a fun thank you card...

My thank you is a Simon Says Stamp Thank You Cover Plate.  I embossed it with CB Swiss Dots EF and layered it on a plaid piece of paper that was on my desk.  The ribbon is from Hobby Lobby.  

Please come and play along at Cardz 4 Galz!  

Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day!

merry Christmas - SCC #154

It's November!!  Less than 2 months to get those Christmas cards made and sent, so why not come and play along at Sparkles Christmas Challenge?  Our theme this month is "Christmas stockings" so get busy and show us your stockings. :) 

My paper is Crate Paper Snow and Cocoa.  My image and sentiment are stickers from the Paper Studio Happy Hootin' Holidays 12 x 12 scrapbook kit.  The ovals are cut with CottageCutz Double Stitched Ovals.  The baker's twine is from my stash.  Easy peasy! ;) 

We really would love to see your creations at Sparkles Christmas Challenge, so please come play along!

Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day!!