Hibiscus thank you - TMS #563

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

My card this week features the hibiscus stamp and die set that I used a couple of times in May.  I love it!!!  And today, I've got pics of my own hibiscus to show you!

Here's my card...

My DP is Simple Stories Simple Vintage Botanicals.  My image is Sunny Studios Hawaiian Hibiscus stamp and die set.  It's framed with a Kraft circle cut with Spellbinders Petite Scalloped Circles and embossed with Die-versions Stitched Circles.  My image is stamped with Catherine Pooler ink that I just bought myself using a gift card in my purse that I had forgotten about!  :)  And I love It!  The leaves are stamped with Hampton Arts inks.  The "thank you" sentiment is from Raisin Boat Marvelous Mom and cut out with Kat Scrappiness Stitched Fishtail Banners.  

Here's our sketch...

  

Now here's my real flower... it just makes me smile!!  

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!

Happy Birthday TMS - TMS #562

Happy Tuesday to you!  It's time for Tuesday Morning Sketches!  Today is Tuesday Morning Sketches 11th birthday!  I've been a part of the team for 8 yrs.  :)  
We often celebrate how many years we've been going, but today, July 7, is the actual "birthday"!!  So, of course, I had to make a birthday card!! :)  (And our sketch is special today, too!!!)  

To celebrate, we've got 6 prizes up for grabs this week!!  We do have some rules, so please check out the TMS blog post for details.  *There's a prize just for Canadian participants, too!

Here's my card...  

My DP is Pebble Birthday Wishes.  My candles and sentiment are Sunny Studios Heartfelt Wishes.  The sentiment is cut using Kat Scrappiness Stitched Fishtail Banners. The flowers are from my stash.   

Here's our sketch...  Melissa decided it would be fun to reuse the very first TMS sketch ever!

I also used this sketch for one of our Annual Anything Goes challenges a few yrs ago.  Check it out HERE.

Thanks for stopping by!  Be sure to go check out the creations from the TMS DT... we're sorry to see some of our DT step down.  Thanks for being a part of us Kitty, Lisa, and Hetty!

Andrea
Debi
Hetty
Kitty
Lisa Lynn
Margreet
Melissa
Patti
Tammy

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

A Christmas recipe - SCC #114

Haappy Canada Day to my Canadian family and friends!!  That means this year is half gone! With all that's happened, most of us would like this year to go quickly! 

It is time for Sparkles Christmas Challenge #114!  This month, we've got a recipe for you!   To play along, use this recipe...

1 image

2 background papers

3 of gems, pearls, or sequins

(I had to use adhesive dots for this because 

my pearls are still in a box somewhere!) 

Here's my card...

My 2 papers are First Edition "Christmas Story."  My image and sentiment are Sunny Studio Christmas Chapel stamp and die.  I also used Spellbinders Petite Ovals and A2 Matting Basics.  

Thanks for stopping by and please come play along this month at Sparkles Christmas Challenge! 

May your day be brighter... - TMS #561

Happy Tuesday to you!  It's time for Tuesday Morning Sketches!  I've been sending a lot more snail mail recently, so I'm trying to make my cards with a purpose in mind rather than just a generic "I probably would send this to someone some day."   This is a card with purpose...

My DP is MME Portobello Road 6x6.  (I have this in 12x12, too, but I love it in smaller design.)  My sentiment is from my stack of printed-and-ready so I can't remember sepcifics, sorry.  My flower is Technique Tuesday Cosmos Flower.  Adhesive dots finished it off.  

Here's our fun sketch for the week...

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

Andrea
Debi
Hetty
Kitty
Lisa Lynn
Margreet
Melissa
Patti
Tammy

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

Floral thanks - TMS #560

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

I put my Cuttlebug to good use on this card! :)  I made a card base with Kraft.  I dry embossed the main panel with Darice Dot Background.  The center panel is embossed with CD Swiss Dots.  The decorative edge is MFT Die-namics Banner Strip.   My flowers are TH Small Tattered Florals.  My clear sentiment is from Raisin Boat "You Said It!" cut 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...

Andrea
Debi
Hetty
Kitty
Lisa Lynn
Margreet
Melissa
Patti
Tammy

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

Floral birthday - TMS #559

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

My DP is MME My Heritage.  I used MFT Die-Namics Stitched Ric Rac die for the tied element.  I fussy cut a flower from the paper rather than the bow.  My sentiment is TH cut with a fishtail from Spellbinders Lacey Pennants, and adhesive dots finished it off.  

Here's our sketch...

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

Andrea
Debi
Hetty
Kitty
Lisa Lynn
Margreet
Melissa
Patti
Tammy

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

Super Dad - TMS #558

Happy Tuesday to you!  It's time for Tuesday Morning Sketches!  Father's Day is coming soon, so here''s a fun card...

My paper is a scrap that was already embossed with this Chevron EF.  My image was printed a long time ago so I don't remember where it's from.  The "flourish" is Technique Tuesday's Decorative Dividers.  

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

Andrea
Debi
Hetty
Kitty
Lisa Lynn
Margreet
Melissa
Patti
Tammy

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

Geometric hello - TMS #557

Happy Tuesday to you!  It's time for Tuesday Morning Sketches!  Take a look...

I made a top-fold A2 card from Kraft.  My DP is "Simple Vintage Botanicals" from Simple Stories.  I cut my squares with Spellbinders Classic Squares.  My clear sentiment is Raisin Boat "Flourishing Thoughts," stamped with VersaFine Onyx Black, and cut out with a fishtail banner from Spellbinders Lacey Pennants. 

Here's our sketch...

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

Andrea
Debi
Hetty
Kitty
Lisa Lynn
Margreet
Melissa
Patti
Tammy

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

We jingle all the way - SCC #113

It's the first of the month, so it's time for Sparkles Christmas Challenge #113!  This month's challenge theme is "Christmas Bells."  

Here is my card "with bells on." :)

My paper is Recollections "Winter Frost."  My sentiment and little jingle bells are from Sum More Fun's Tangled Tinsel.  I stamped the bells and "colored" them with Silver Liquid Pearls.  The main panel and sentiment panel were cut with Kat Scrappiness Wonky Stitched Rectangles.  I had a piece of  silver paper that was already embossed with CB D'vine Swirl in my scrap box, so I used it for the extra circles. All the circles were cut with Die-Versions Stitched circles. 

In case you can't read the sentiment, it says...

in this

house we

laugh

play & we

jingle all

the way

The shimmer on this card is very cool IRL!  Here's a closeup from a different angle...

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

Floral thank you

Happy Friday to you!!  I needed to make some design team cards, but then I just wanted to make one for fun!  I looked at Paper Playful and found a few challenges to inspire me. :)   Here's what I came up with...

I had stamped a few of these flowers and leaves earlier this week and wanted to use one.  This is Sunny Studio Hawaiian Hibiscus stamps and dies stamped with Hampton Arts coordinating inks.  My paper is Simple Vintage Botanicals from Simple Stories.  The "Thank You" stamp was a freebie I got in an order long, long ago.


Challenges...
Aud Sentiments #152 - flowers + a sentiment
As You Like It - favourite embellishment and why (My favorite way to embellish is with thin dies.  I love the something "extra" that a fancy die bring or even the dimension a simple outline die like the one I used here adds.)
Simply Create Too #160 - use flowers
Just Add Ink #507 - sketch

Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed weekend!!

Hello - TMS #556

Happy Tuesday to you!  It's time for Tuesday Morning Sketches!  This week, I've got another simple greeting card.  

I found the box with my embossing folders, so I have texture rather than patterned paper.  This is Darice Crinkle.  The sentiment (Die-versions Curly Word Hello) was already cut in another box.  The baker's twine and adhesive dots are from my stash.  I had a gift card, so I just got the flower... Sunny Stamps Hawaiian Hibiscus stamp and die set stamped using Hampton Arts shades of pink.  I LOVE IT!!  I love hibiscus and have been wanting a stamp like this for awhile, and I really like this one because it was not too hard to get right.  I have a couple of other layering stamps that are almost impossible to layer correctly. :/

I'm not sure how the card looks on your device because while it looks great on my iPhone, it looks dull on my laptop.  I can assure you it is soooo pretty IRL!!! 

Side note... several years ago, I had a hibiscus plant that was absolutely gorgeous!  My cats didn't even try to eat it like they had all other plants.  I enjoyed it until one day, one of them  knocked it over and it broke.  I mean it broke!  Completely sheered off at the root!  Grrrrr!   So now I just create my own. :)   

Here'e our sketch... can't wait to see how you all interpret this one!!

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

Andrea
Debi
Hetty
Kitty
Lisa Lynn
Margreet
Melissa
Patti
Tammy

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

Hi friend - TMS #555

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

I'm trying to send more cards out for a couple of reasons... we moved recently, but also I know that at this time of staying in, it's so nice to get personal mail!  Basic note cards is probably my favorite type of card to make.  

My paper is Bo Bunny Early Bird Collection.  The banner is cut from various scrap papers using Die-Namics Banner Strip Die.  My flower is Sizzix Small Tattered Florals.  My sentiment is Raisin Boat.  Since I missed the dot elements (see sketch below), I'm just going to say it was intentional and that my flowers are the dots. LOL :) 

Here's our sketch for the week...

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

Andrea
Debi
Hetty
Kitty
Lisa Lynn
Margreet
Melissa
Patti
Tammy

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

You will have a happy birthday - TMS #554

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

The polka dot paper is from my scrap box and was cut using Scalloped Stitched Rectangles from Cheapo Dies.  My image and sentiment are from Lawn Fawn Year Eight Fortune Cookie stamp and die set.  Another scrap circle framed it.  I scored the sides of the card for a little more interest. 

Here's our sketch for the week...

Be sure to go check out the creations from the TMS DT...

Andrea
Debi
Hetty
Kitty
Lisa Lynn
Margreet
Melissa
Patti
Tammy

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

Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day!!

Snow & Cocoa Christmas

Life has been crazy, so today I got out the few craft supplies I have access to and made a card.  It felt good. :) 

I used Crate Paper "Snow & Cocoa" paper and tag.  The clear sentiment is from Raisin Boat "Formal Phrases" and stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black.  It's cut out with Kat Scrappiness Stitched Fishtail Banners.  The circle is Spellbinders Standard Circles.

I made this for several challenges...
The Holly and Ivy Christmas #71 - anything goes Christmas
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - use dies or punches (I used Spellbinders and Kat Scrappiness dies)

Addicted to Stamps and More #388 - holidays (Christmas)

Fezziwigs Festive Frolics #10 - anything festive goes

Sunday Stamps SSC230 - getting sketchy

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

You are a blessing - TMS #553

Happy Tuesday to you!  It's time for Tuesday Morning Sketches!  I've got 2 cards again this week.  Here's the first one...

My paper is Bo Bunny Early Bird Collection and DCWV Paste; Patterns Mat Stack.  I used Spellbinders Standard Circles to frame the Doodlebug Design sticker.  My sentiment is from Memory Box "Each Day is a Blessing."  Depending on your screen, this may look pale and boring, but it is really cute IRL.  

Here's card number 2...

This paper is Pebbles Family Ties.  My sentiment and chipboard butterfly are both Heidi Swapp.  


Here's our fun sketch... the possibilities are endless with this one... elegant, fun, clean and simple, or layered and embellished to your heart's content. :) 

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

Andrea
Debi
Hetty
Kitty
Lisa Lynn
Margreet
Melissa
Patti
Tammy

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

Snowflake wreath - SCC #112

Spring has finally arrived in my area, but I'm always in Christmas mode for Sparkles Christmas Challenge!  This month -- #112 -- had the theme of "use ribbon, lace, or twine."   I used baker's twine.

My paper is scraps.  The main panel is embossed with Darice Brick EF.  My snowflake is made using clear snowflake stamps from 3 different Raisin Boat sets and 3 different inks.  (Didn't write this all down as I was doing it, so can't remember.)  I used my Gina K Mini Wreath Builder to make it.  My sentiment is from SSS Build a Snowman.  The twine is Holiday Cheer from Joann.

Here's a close up of the wreath... I can't wait to try more of my small stamps to make more of these!  Very cool!

Please come and play along with us this month!

Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day!!

Happy Mother's Day - TMS #552

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


Today is a great day because we are adding some new team members!!  Debi, Hetty, Margreet, and Tammy will be joining us!  Debi and Tammy will be full time, but Hetty and Margreet will be sharing the spot so we'll see them biweekly.  Check out the link to their blogs at the end of the post and go say hi!

Here's my card...

This card is for my mother for Mother's Day.  It will be here soon, and I need to get this in the mail so it makes it to her in Canada in time.

My DP is Pebble "Family Ties" and my flower is a very old Stampendous cling stamp that I stamped with Hero Arts Navy and colored with Spectrum Noir CT4.  My clear sentiment is from Raisin Boat "Marvelous Mom." 


Here's our sketch...

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

Andrea
Debi
Hetty
Kitty
Lisa Lynn
Margreet

Melissa

Patti
Tammy

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

Missing you - TMS #551

Happy Tuesday to you!  It's time for Tuesday Morning Sketches and I'm back!!   I have had my posts scheduled for the last while, and I've not created anything since late February because our family just moved.  Most of my craft supplies are still packed up, but I put some goodies in my Crop in Style XXL, so I'd have some things to play with once we got somewhat settled.  I've actually got 4 cards to show you today... today's card plus the last 3 TMS sketches.  I had worked ahead, but still missed a few challenges.  I loved the sketches that I missed and wanted to make them even though the challenges are past. :) 

This card was made with DP from the Paper Studio's "The Great Rock Island Route."  I hand cut my banners because that die is in a box somewhere... :D 
My image and sentiment are TH "Blueprint Assortment" and "Saying Stuff." A tiny Prima flower and adhesive pearl finished it off.  

Here's the sketch...

Now for my cards made with the sketches I missed...

TMS #550 (Pebbles "Family Ties" DP, TH sentiment, Spellbinders "Tiger Oh My" die, handmade banner, the Paper Studio brads)

TMS #549 (the Paper Studio "country Road" DP, Raisin Boat image and sentiment)

TMS #548 (DCWV Pastel Patterns DP, handmade banners, Sizzix "Sushi Roll" stamp and die set, adhesive dots)

I'm entering this sushi card into these challenges...

Happy Little Stampers - April Anything Goes w/ Dies 

{Cupcake Inspirations} CIC #491 - sentiment as main focus

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

Andrea
Kitty
Lisa Lynn

Melissa

Patti

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

Meowy Christmas - SCC #111

Happy April 1st!!   Or Happy April Fool's Day, if you prefer.  But I won't try to fool you. ;)

"Christmas critters" is the theme for Sparkles Christmas Challenge #111!  Not much time for chit chat because my family just moved and we've got lots to do in our new (old) house, so my posts are pre-scheduled.  I'll get back to crafting as soon as I can. :)

My image is the colored version of Cat Topper Christmas from Bugaboo Stamps.  My sentiment is computer generated.  My DP is Crate Paper "Snow and Cocoa."  My dies are CottageCutz Stitched Rectangles and Kat Scrappiness Wonky Wavy Stitched Rectangles.   A few buttons tied with twine finished it off.

Can't wait to see what you make!  With Christmas Critters, the possibilities are endless and are so much fun!!

Thanks for stopping and have a blessed day!!

Snowmen & mittens - TMS #547

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

The fun thing about our sketches is that you can change up the shapes to create what ever is fun for you.  That means you can "cheat" like I did and use a tag. :D

Here's my card...

I used Crate Paper Snow & Cocoa DP and tag.  


Here's our sketch for the week...

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

Andrea
Kitty
Lisa Lynn

LJ

Melissa

Patti

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