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!

Hello - TMS #650

 Happy Tuesday to you!  It's time for Tuesday Morning Sketches!  Spring officially arrived awhile ago and has shown a few signs of life in my area.  Crocuses and daffodils are blooming... then we got snow! :D  

But I think my card feels like spring even if the weather doesn't. :)

My paper (and my image was just a square cut from the paper) is Simple Stories Simple Vintage Botanicals.  My sentiment is from Hero Arts Color Layering For You Flowers. I stamped it in VersaFine Claire Nocturne and clear heat embossed it. I put a square of fun foam behind the image to give it a little dimension, too. 

Here's our fun sketch...

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

Debi  

Melissa

Patti

Tammy

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

CAS thank you - TMS #649

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

Some days I'm not sure what kind of card maker I am.  I love lots of layers and embellishments, but I also love clean and simple.  Most of my creations are somewhere in between, but this one is CAS.  

Pretty simple... the flower is Sunny Studio Hawaiian Hibiscus, the polka dot DP is from my scrap box cut out with Kat Scrappiness Wonky Wavy Stitched Rectangles, and my sentiment is from The Project Bin Just Sayin' cut out with a stitched banner die.

Here's our sketch for the week...

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

Debi  

Melissa

Patti

Tammy

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

Snowman wishes - TMS #648

 Happy Tuesday to you!  It's time for Tuesday Morning Sketches!  This week we've got a great sketch by Andrea.  Sadly, this is her last week on the DT.  We're so sorry to see her go!  (Click on her name to go give her some love and tell her you'll miss her!)  Andrea, you've been a wonderful teamie and inspiration!!  

Here's my card with her sketch. I've got a cute snowman wishing you a Merry Christmas...

My snowman was in my box of printed digi stamps.  I know he's been waiting awhile because it's been over 2 yrs since I've had a printer that would print cardstock. ;/    He's from Spyder's Other Corner.  I colored him with my Spectrum Noir markers,  The DP frame around him is AC Jolly.  (I cut the frame with fun foam, too, to give a bit of dimension.)  My back panel is embossed with Darice Snowflake Swirl.  My sentiment is from Raisin Boat Formal Phrases and cut out with Kat Scrappiness Stitched Fishtail Banners.

Here's the Andrea's awesome sketch...

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

Andrea

Debi  

Melissa

Patti

Tammy

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

Have a cool Christmas - TMS #647

 Happy Tuesday to you!  It's time for Tuesday Morning Sketches!  Here's my card.  Yes, I'm still making Christmas cards even though I've sent very few the last couple of years.  :) 

My images and sentiment are from MFT Cool Christmas Stamp and Dies.  I colored them with my Spectrum Noir Markers.  The snowflakes in the sky are from Raisin Boat Merry Nature.  Not sure where the paper is from.  I had a few pads with just a few left (that I liked), so I added them to my scrap box. ;) 

Here's our fun sketch... 

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

Andrea

Debi  

Melissa

Patti

Tammy

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

Merry Christmas - SCC #134

It's the first of March and time for Sparkles Christmas Challenge!!  Our theme this month is "Santa Claus is Coming to Town"!  

I don't often create a card with Santa, so I had to look hard for something to use.  I found a pad with this paper and some matching stickers, so here he is...

My paper is the Paper Studio Happy Hootin' Holidays along with the Santa and sentiment stickers.  My snowflakes are both punches.  I made this slimline to the sentiment would fit with the image.  My slimline dies are Pink & Main.  

Please come join us at Sparkles Christmas Challenge as we create Christmas cards all year long!

Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day!!

Welcome baby boy - TMS #646

Happy Tuesday to you!  It's time for Tuesday Morning Sketches!  In case you were wondering from the title if there's a baby boy in my future... no, there is not.  No more kids for me, and no grandkids on the way.    

This was a special card to make, though.  Our church connected with a crisis pregnancy center and two of our adult Sunday School classes joined together to have a baby shower for 2 young women who are in difficult circumstances but who chose life for their babies.  I made this card for the young women expecting a boy.  What a blessing to help these young ladies and the new life growing inside them and to see how touched and appreciative they were!  

My paper is AC My Baby (boy version), my sentiment is Pebbles New Addition Boy stamped with VersaFine Clair Nocturne, and the BG on the sentiment is Neat & Tangled All the Sprinkles stamped with VersaMagic Aegean Blue.  Both were clear heat embossed.  The sentiment was cut out with Die-versions Stitched Circles. 

Here's the sketch...

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

Andrea

Debi  

Melissa

Patti

Tammy

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

We lose/find ourselves in books - TMS #645

 Happy Tuesday to you!  It's time for Tuesday Morning Sketches!  Here's my card then the story behind it...

I've tried to spend a few hours the last few weekends trying to go through the boxes in my craft room and purge and organize and purge and toss and purge and...! I think you get the idea that I need to purge.  I'm not buying new things because I really do have a stash that could last forever.  But then... I don't remember what email came that showcased Altenew's Tall Tale stamp set, but I could not resist.  I know this will get lots and lots and lots of use, so I could justify the purchase of the stamp and die bundle. LOL  

My paper is Papertrey Ink Postage.  As mentioned, the image and sentiment are from Altenew Tall Tale.  I heat embossed them and colored the image with my Spectrum Noir markers. Most of the panels are cut with Kat Scrappiness Wonky Stitched Rectangles. 

Here's our great sketch created by Andrea...

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

Andrea

Debi  

Melissa

Patti

Tammy

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

Thanks for your thoughtfulness - TMS #644

Happy Tuesday to you!  It's time for Tuesday Morning Sketches!  We've had fun revisiting the DT's favorites from 2021, but this week, we're back with all new sketches!  

Here's my card for this week's challenge...

I've not had a lot of extra hours to spend crafting, so I am loving layering stamps.  Much quicker than coloring!  This is Sunny Studios Hawaiian Hibiscus.  The blue circle was created by cutting out a circle from a panel of cardstock, laying it over my card, and sponging through the opening with TH Stormy Sky Distress Oxide ink.  My sentiment is from The Project BIn Just Sayin' and cut out with a stitched fishtail banner.  (It wasn't long enough, so I die cut from the fishtail end, stopped before finishing, moved the die and cut the other end.  This is an easy fix of your die isn't long enough.)

Here's our sketch...

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

Andrea

Debi  

Melissa

Patti

Tammy

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

in deepest sympathy - TMS #643

 Happy Tuesday to you!  It's time for Tuesday Morning Sketches!  This week is Tammy's favorite from last year and our last revisit of 2021.  Next week, we'll be back with all new sketches!!

Here's my card...  (Sadly, I've needed several sympathy cards recently.)

I realized that I've used The Ton Peony Memories Cardmaking layered stamp set back to back weeks, but I did stamp several of these awhile ago and my crafting time has been limited, so I use what's handy. :)  (Plus I really LOVE this set!)

My DP is Crate Barrel Bloom, the small fishtail banner is Kat Scrappiness, the large banner is Cheapo Dies, my flowers are from The Ton, and my sentiment is DRS Designs Calla Lily Sympathy Frame.  I taped off most of the stamp, inked it up, removed the tape, and was able to stamp just this portion. 

Here's the sketch... this was #631 first played with in November...

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

Andrea

Debi  

Melissa

Patti

Tammy

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

O Holy Night - SCC #133

 Welcome to February! Today begins our "Use some gold" challenge at Sparkles Christmas Challenge!  I could not find any gold paper is my stash, so I used gold embossing powder...

This piece of paper was in my scrap box.  My image is CTMH Glory to God.  My sentiment is Momenta Christmas Phrases.  They are embossed with gold embossing powder.  It's prettier IRL. 

Come over and play along this month at  Sparkles Christmas Challenge!! 

Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day! 

Happy birthday - TMS #642

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

My paper is Crate Paper Bloom.  The flower is The Ton Peony Memories Cardmaking stamped with Catherine Pooler inks.  My sentiment is the same one I used last week from Sizzix Banners #2.  (I'm trying to stamp a few each time so I have some ready and waiting.) 

Patti's favorite from 2021 is our sketch this week...

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

Andrea

Debi  

Melissa

Patti

Tammy

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

Birthday Balloons - TMS #641

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

My birthday paper is Pebbles Birthday Wishes.  My balloons are MFT Die-namics Happy Birthday Balloon Trio.  My sentiment is from Sizzix Banners #2.  Easy peasy! 

This week's sketch is Melissa's favorite from last year...

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

Andrea

Debi  

Melissa

Patti

Tammy

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

Simply fabulous - TMS #640

 Happy Tuesday to you!  It's time for Tuesday Morning Sketches!  And since I know all my followers are fabulous, this card's for you! :)

My rose outline die is Die-Namites Rosy Rose.  I cut it 4 times and stacked it for some strength since it's pretty delicate.  My sentiment is from Hero Arts Mum Stem.  My paper is Making Memories Just Chillin'.  The panel behind the rose is embossed with Darice Dot Background.

This week is another sketch from 2021 revisited.  This is Debi's favorite...

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

Andrea

Debi  

Melissa

Patti

Tammy

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