A thrill of hope - TMS #612

 Happy Tuesday to you!  It's time for Tuesday Morning Sketches!  I've not had as much craft time lately as I would like, but I know Christmas is coming quickly, so I try to make a Christmas card each week.  (Even though I don't share them all on here.)  So here is my most recent...

My DP is Graphic 45 Christmas Carol.  My musical banner is Memory Box Virtuoso Music die.  My sentiment is Neat & Tangled Joyful Sentiments.  The adhesive dots are from the Paper Studio.  

The sentiment is a phrase from "O Holy Night" which is pretty much my favorite Christmas Carol.  I've been singing it to myself the whole time I created this card. :)

Here's our sketch...

Hope you try it, have fun with it, and share it with us at  Tuesday Morning Sketches!

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!!

Simple birthday - TMS #611

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

A card base, a piece of paper from my stash, ribbon from my stash, and a stamped-and-waiting sentiment made this quick and easy.  

Here's the "sketch"...

  

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!

Be still and know - TMS #610

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

This was an easy card to put together.  The sentiment/focal point is a Paper Studio sticker that I had put on the circle for another project but never used.  I grabbed 2 more pages from the same paper pack... Heidi Grace Daydream... and cut my pieces.  I used liquid pearls for my dot element.  Like I said, it was very easy. 

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  

Margreet

Melissa

Patti

Tammy

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

Happy birthday - TMS #609

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

The main musical panel is from iralamija shop (Etsy).  The back Kraft panel is embossed with Darice Damask.  My sentiment is from My Pink Stamper Family & Friends.  The flowers are TH Small Tattered Flowers.   

Here's the sketch...

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!

Christmas skates - SCC #125

It's June 1st and that means it's time for another Sparkles Christmas Challenge!!  This month our theme is "Krafty Christmas"!   Here's my "krafty" card...

My DP is the Paper Studio Pine St Square.  I cut my Papertrey Ink Kraft cardstock piece with Poppystamps Stitched Landscapes.  I don't have a name for the set my sentiment came from, sorry.  My skates are from Simon Says Stamp Snow Gear.  I used a MS branch punch for some brown "greenery."  LOL  A triple bow of twine and a few adhesive dots finished it off.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you find some time to come play along!!

Masculine thank you - TMS #608

 Happy Tuesday to you!  It's time for Tuesday Morning Sketches!  Lately, the cards I've needed most are sympathy and thank you cards.  I tend to make the flowery, pretty thank yous, but realized that I do need some for men, too, so this is my attempt at a more masculine thank you card.

My DP is the Paper Studio "the Classics" and my sentiment is from My Pink Stamper "Simply Sweet Occasions."  I used Spellbinders Standard Circles Large and Small.  Easy peasy. :)  And I do have to say that it looks pretty dull in the pic, but there is more "life" to it IRL!  

Here's our sketch...

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!

Floral thank you - TMS #607

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

I'm using my layering flower stamps again!  Actually, these were all in my little container where I store my "extras" when I stamp, so it was easy to pull them out, arrange them, and adhere them.   I dry embossed the main panel with Darice Crackle.  I inked the edge of all the pieces.  My sentiment is from My Pink Stamper Family & Friends.  My original plan was to make this a sympathy card but couldn't find that sentiment that would fit properly.

Here's our sketch for this week...

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!

A piece of my heart - TMS #606

 Happy Tuesday to you!  It's time for Tuesday Morning Sketches!  This week, I've got 2 cards with this sketch.  I had 2 ideas, tried both, and liked both.  :)

Here' s the first card...

My DP is from my scrap box.  My images and sentiment are from Papertrey Ink "Perfect Match." It's stamped in Catherin Pooler Rockin' Red.

My second idea was for snowflakes on a Christmas card...

The BG paper is American Crafts Jack Frost.  My sentiment is from Raison Boast Merry Nature.  My large snowflake is an EK Success punch and the smaller are a Martha Stewart punch.  

Here's the sketch...

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!

Birthday blessings - TMS #605

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

I think I  must be getting in a creative rut.  I tend to use the same stamps, dies, and embossing folders over and over again, and just noticed that this is the same DP I used 2 weeks ago for TMS #603.  Oh well!  Still not sure who made it. ;)  My mat, rectangles, and rose are DCWV Hippie Chic all cut with Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics.  My flower is Die-Namites Rosy Rose.  My sentiment is from Sweet N Sassy Pennant Party and cut with Kat Scrappiness Stitched Fishtail Banners. 

Here's our awesome sketch...

And... I just realized that my smaller panels are on the opposite side of the sketch.  That's ok!  As we say, the elements are just elements and are open to your interpretation.  Good thing! LOL

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!

Do you want to throw a snowball? - TMS #604

 Happy Tuesday to you!  It's time for Tuesday Morning Sketches!  As the weather is getting warmer, I've got a wintery card to share. LOL

My DP is the Paper Studio Pine St Square.  My image is a pre colored digi "Emma & the Snowball" from Fred, She Said.  Doesn't she look like she's ready to hit someone with that snowball??!?  My sentiment is Raisin Boat.  It's cut out with a fishtail banner from Spellbinders Lacey Pennants.  My ricrac is MFT Die-namics Stitched RicRac. 

Here's our fun sketch... (I missed the bow element!  Oops!)

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!

Merry Christmas to you - SCC #124

 Good moring!  It is a new month and time for a new challenge at Sparkles Christmas Challenges!

This month, our theme is "use a tag."  Here's my card with a tag...

I made the black card base using Recollections 110 lb cardstock.  The embossed dotted panel was in my made-it-but-didn't-use-it container.  LOL  The poinsettia is Darice Poinsettia die.  My greenery is Spellbinders Foliage and a MS punch.  My clear sentiment is from Simon Says Stamps Build a Snowman and was cut out with Simon Says Stamp Tiny Tags.  It is tied with some twine from my stash. 

Here you can see the sparkle on the poinsettia.  It's so pretty IRL!!

We're 1/3 of the way through 2021, so get working on those cards for Christmas! :D  If you do, come over and play along at Sparkles Christmas Challenges! 

Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day! 

Just a note - TMS #603

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

My DP is from a 6 x 12 paper pad that I'm not sure who made.  I dry embossed a triangle for the corner with CB Swiss Dots.  My piano is Die-Versions Sweet Petites Piano.  My sentiment is TPC Studios.  Pretty simple, but still cute IMHO. ;) 

Here's our sketch...

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!

Friends - TMS #602

 Happy Tuesday to you!  It's time for Tuesday Morning Sketches! I've got a fun card to share today.  This has a saying about friends and it describes my best friend and I perfectly!! 

My paper is MME Lost & Found Two Breeze "Fun Day" Today.  It is double sided, so I used both sides.  I cut my squares with Spellbinders Classic Squares, my circle with Spellbinders Standard Circles, and the buttons with Papertrey Ink Buttoned Up #1 Die.  They are tied with hemp cord.  The branches are a Martha Stewart punch.  My sentiment is from Hampton Arts Vintologie Occasions. 

Here's our sketch...

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 wishes - TMS #601

 Happy Tuesday to you!  It's time for Tuesday Morning Sketches!  This week, I've got a mini slimline birthday card for you.  I know I just used this layering stamp set last week in my card, but I just LOVE these flowers and couldn't help myself!  (My other thought was to use snowflakes and make a Christmas card, but I went with birthday instead, so the flowers won.)

**This week, we have a prize.  You could win 6 assorted colored mini slimline envelopes from Taylored Expressions. 

This was simple to make.  I used Pink & Main Layered Slimline Dies and then cut off the extra length.  My BG panel is from my scrap box.  My flowers are Peony Memories Cardmaking Layering Stamps from The Ton Stamps.  They are stamped with Catherine Pooler and Hampton Arts inks.  My sentiment is from Raisin Boat You Said It! stamped in VersaFine Black Onyx and clear heat embossed.  

Here's the awesome sketch by Andrea...

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!

with deepest sympathy - TMS #600

 Happy Tuesday to you!  It's time for Tuesday Morning Sketches!  Last week, I made a sympathy card to have in my stash.  Whenever I do that, it seems that I need it soon.  And then need another.  :(  Here's my card with this week's sketch...

My DP is The Paper Studio The Linen Door.  My square is dry embossed with Darice Crackle EF.  My sentiment is JustRite Sympathy Handwritten Sentiments, and my flower is The Ton Peony Memories stamp and die set inked with Catherine Pooler Coral Cabana, Samba, and Rockin' Red.

Here's our sketch that can be fun, elegant, or whatever you wish! :)

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!

Joy to the World - SCC #123

 I've got a Christmas card for you because it's time for Sparkles Christmas Challenge... no foolin'! ;)

Our theme this month is "trees" so here are mine...

This is actually my second try.  On the first attempt, I stamped image first.  I did not emboss it, so when I inked, it really turned that section of the trees blue.  The second time, I inked first, then stamped.  There is still a slight color variation, but not as noticeable.  

My image is Sweet n Sassy Stamps' Old Fashioned Christmas.  I cut a circle and inked around it with TH Stormy Sky Distress Oxide ink.  My sentiment is from Sunny Studios Christmas Chapel. I used a piece of cardstock cut with Poppystamps Stitched Landscapes to ink off the edge for shading the snowy hills.  I love it!  Might try with different inks to make a sunset sky.  

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

with sympathy - Stamping Pals #14

I'm excited today to be a featured guest designer at StampingPals Challenges!!  I entered in challenge #12 and won and was invited to be a guest in StampingPals Challenge #14.  (<-- Click on the name to visit the challenge.  And you can check out my winning card here.)

It's already April 1 in Australia.  How cool is that?!? :)

Here's my card then I'll share the sketch...

I do not enjoy needing to make sympathy cards, but I do enjoy making them because of the opportunity to be a comfort and hopefully help bring a smile through the tears.  

For this card, my Kraft panel is dry embossed with CB Swiss Dots.  My paper is the Paper Studio Country Road.  I used Die-versions Stitched Circles and embossed that with Swiss Dots, as well.  My sentiment is from Raisin Boat's Stunning Silhouettes and cut with a fishtail banner from Spellbinders Lacey Pennants.  The chipboard butterfly is from my stash.  It's not noticeable in the pic, but I used my Wink of Stella glitter pen on the butterfly.  It gives a nice shimmer IRL.   

Here's the sketch for this challenge...

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you come over and play along at StampingPals!!

Love you furever - TMS #599

Happy Tuesday to you!  It's time for Tuesday Morning Sketches!  My card is for someone I will love furever.  I love them meowy much! ;)

My kitties and sentiment are My Favorite Things Love You Furever.  The kittes are colored with my Spectrum Noir markers.  My papers are leftover sheets from Pebbles Family Ties and MME Sweater Weather. 

Here's our sketch...

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! 

Floral thank you - TMS #598

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

My main panel with the banner on it was in my scrap box ready and waiting and perfect for this sketch!  The other piece was a scrap, too.  My flower is TH Small Tattered Flowers.  I cannot find the pgk of my sentiment die, so I don't know where it came from.    

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  

Margreet

Melissa

Patti

Tammy

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

Sew sweet - TMS #597

 Happy Tuesday to you!  It's time for Tuesday Morning Sketches!  My card is "sew sweet" today. :)

My DP is Carta Bella Metropolitan Girl.  My image and sentiment are Neat & Tangled "Crafting is My Jam" that I stamped with VersaFine Black Onyx and heat embossed with clear EP.  My dies are Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics, Spellbinders Standard Circles, and Papertrey Ink Buttoned Up #1 Die.  

Here's our sketch...

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!