Happy Birthday - TMS #726

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

I used a couple of scraps of Heidi Grace Daydream DP.  My banner is CC Designs Corner Banner die.   My image is DRS Designs Dogwood Branch and the sentiment is DRS Designs Small One Line Happy Birthday.  I colored 2 images and fussy cut the larger flowers (and yes, I know dogwoods are not blue!) and layered them to give a little dimension. 

Here's our sketch... (I put the banner too high, so my card is a little off, but shhhhh!) 

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 - C4G #208

It's time again for a new challenge at Cardz 4 Galz!  This time we've got a "recipe" for you... a stencil, a sentiment, and an image.  Pretty easy recipe. :) 

Here's my card with a stencil, sentiment, and image...

My stencil was the first stencil I ever bought... it's from a set that was actually meant for cookies, but it's never been in my kitchen! ;)  I inked it with TH peeled paint.  My image is Hero Arts Mum Stem stamp and die set.  Colored with my Spectrum Noir markers.  My sentiment is from Sweet n Sassy Stamps Birthday Greetings. 

As you can see from my card, you can use anything for a stencil. :)  Come play along with us at Cardz 4 Galz! 

Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day! 

Warm thoughts - TMS #725

Happy Tuesday to you!  It's time for Tuesday Morning Sketches!  We're only 4 days from official fall!!  I love winter, but fall has to come first, so I'm always happy for fall. ;) 

Cardstock and ink and dies and embossing folders all came together to make this card.   I inked Darice Fall Leaves Background EF with TH peeled paint then embossed a Kraft panel.  My pumkins are made using a technique I learned from our fearless TMS leader, Melissa.  It's 3 ovals put together to make the pumpkins.  I embossed the ovals with Sizzix Eileen Hull 3D Sweater EF.  (I got the idea from pumpkins at Walmart that looked like a knitted sweater.  They would be destroyed too quickly by my cat or I'd have bought a couple.  They were so cute!!) My leaves are leftover Poppystamps Orchard Leaves I had cut when making last week's card.  My sentiment is from Spellbinders Warm and Cozy Medallion Labels and cut out with a stitched banner.   It turned out a little busier than I wished, but it is pretty IRL! 

Here's our sketch...  And my card is an example of using different shapes than the sketch portrays for the elements...

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!

Many thanks - TMS #724

Happy Tuesday to you!  It's time for Tuesday Morning Sketches!   Here's a fall-ish thank you card...

My DP is Pebbles Jen Hadfield Warm & Cozy.  I inked the edges of the panels for some depth.  My sentiment is Spellbinders Elegant Diamond.  It's heat embossed and cut out with CottageCutz Double-Stitched Ovals.  My leaves are Poppystamps Orchard Leaves.  

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!

Leafy thank you - C4G #207

 Good morning!  It's time for another challenge at Cardz 4 Galz!  Since fall is just around the corner, we want to see leaves!   Here are my leaves on my very CAS card...

My leaves are cut from 3 colors of the Paper Studio cardstock using Spellbinders Orchard Harvest Tags and Accents.  I added a bow from twine in my stash.  The sentiment is Poppystamps Playful Thank You.  I cut 3 layers to give it some dimension.  Easy peasy! 

Be sure to come and play along at Cardz 4 Galz!

Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day!

Praying for you - TMS #723

 Happy Tuesday to you!  It's time for Tuesday Morning Sketches!  Today, I have a simple, but pretty card to encourage...

Black, Kraft, and a small piece of white cardstock was all this took.  My sentiment is Clear Dollar Pretty Little Scriptures.  My dies are Poppystamps Orchard Leaf Square Frame and Slim Leafy Collage.  And Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics which I use on just about every card. 

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!

Snowman greetings - SCC #152

 Another new month and another new challenge at Sparkles Christmas Challenge!  This month, we like you to "Build Me a Snowman"!   (I really hope we get enough snow where I live to build a snowman this winter!!)  

I embossed a panel with Darice Snowflake Swirl.  I cut a "hill" with Poppystamps Stitched Landscapes and colored the edge.  My snowman is Simon Says Stamp Build a Snowman.  The sentiment was ready and waiting in my extra box.  The plaid frame and scarf are Recollections Christmas Plaid. 

Fall is almost here.  Then comes the Christmas season, so come play along, build a snowman, and join us at Sparkles Christmas Challenge!

Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day!

Fifty - It's only 14 in Scrabble - TMS #722

 Happy Tuesday to you!  It's time for Tuesday Morning Sketches!  I've got a fun birthday card to share this week.  A friend just turned 50, so I used my Scrabble stickers and created this card for her...

My paper is Papertrey Ink Dotty Boscotti and cut out with an unbranded pierced circles.  I honestly can't remember where I got the Scrabble stickers. The other sentiment is computer generated and cut with Kat Scrappiness Stitched Fishtail Banners.  My flowers are Prima flowers, a MS punch for the branches, and adhesive dots for the centers.  

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!

hello - C4G #206

Hello!  I missed the last C4G challenge because my son was getting married, and I had not planned far enough in advance to get all my design team cards made. :/  But the wedding was wonderful!! 

It's again time for a Cardz 4 Galz challenge, and our theme is "cute animals or insects."  Here are my cuties...

My image is a digi stamp that was filed under Beccy's Place images though I could not find it on the current site.  I cut it out with Spellbinders Postage Stamps and layered it on 2 layers of black 110lb cardstock for some dimension without actually framing it.  I cut out many pink and gray hellos to create the hello background after seeing this blog post HERE.

Get out your cute stamps or digis or dies and show us your cute animals or insects and play along at Cardz 4 Galz #206!

Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day!

Our hearts are with you - TMS #271

Happy Tuesday to you!  It's time for Tuesday Morning Sketches!  I've got a card that could be used as a sympathy card or just as a card of encouragement...

It looks gray on my laptop, but the BG panel is actually a cream that matches the flowers in the DP, which was a scrap.  The sentiment was in my box of extras, and sorry, I didn't take time to look through all my sentiments to find where it's from.   I just framed it and added a fussy cut flower.  

Here's our awesome sketch that you can keep simple or embellish to your heart's content...

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!

Magnificent birthday - TMS #720

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

I missed last week's challenge because my son just got married!!  Lots of prep before the big day, lots of friends and family visiting, and a wonderful, beautiful wedding!  So my son is now married and my house is now empty of company.  It was a beautiful wedding, and the newlyweds are happy in the start of their new life together!   It was so wonderful to have family and friends here, but now they're gone and I'm sad, so I had to make a card that would bring a smile.  This is for a friend with a good sense of humor! ;) 

My sentiment is from Sweet n Sassy Stamps Birthday Greetings.  My DP is the Paper Studio Poetic Postage.  The black panel is embossed with Darice Crackle.  The sentiments were stamped on a scrap from Heidi Grace Daydream.  I colored some adhesive dots to match. 

Here's the 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!

Congratulations on your adoption - TMS #718

 Happy Tuesday to you!  It's time for Tuesday Morning Sketches!  This will be short and sweet as my son is getting married on Saturday!!!  I wasn't sure that I was going to get a card made for this week, but I was able to find a couple of minutes to make this card for some friends whose adoption will be final on Thursday!  What a blessing!  They waited so long for a baby and have made it through the 6 month (plus) waiting period.  

I've had the sentiment ready and waiting for all the months of waiting. :)  It is from Honey Bee Stamps Woodland Babies.  My stitched cow is from Cheapo Dies.  The paper is AC My Baby.  

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!

Have a sweet Christmas - SCC #151

 It's August 1 and time for a new challenge at Sparkles Christmas Challenge!  Our theme this month in "Christmas food."  (Though after my card was all together, I did question if a gingerbread house is really food.  :D While some are edible, many taste like eating concrete!  I will tell you that we ate the last one that my daughter made.  We definitely ate all the candy decorations off of it. LOL)

My image and sentiment are from my overfull box of digi images that I printed a few years ago and am still using up!  It's Doodle Pantry, I think.  Both panels are cut with Kat Scrappiness Wonky Wavy Stitched Rectangles. The sentiment is cut with a stitched banner.  I thought it all looked a little too bare, so I added a few red adhesive dots. 

Please come and play along with us!

Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day!

Peony birthday - C4G #204

 It's time for our new challenge at Cardz 4 Galz.  Our theme is "P is for..." (Anything that starts with the letter "p.")

Here is my card with peonies on it...

I dry embossed a Kraft panel with Darice Honeycomb.  The peonies are The Ton Stamps Peony Cardmaking Memories.  The leaves and "happy" were in my box of extras.  The heat embossed "birthday" is Raisin Boat.  A few sequins finished it off.  My placement of the sequins is not the best, but the one I wanted higher was the last one I placed, and it fell off of my jewel tool on that spot, so I couldn't move it without leaving an ugly glue spot. LOL

Be sure to come over and play along at Cardz 4 Galz!

Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day!

Faith, Hope, Fight, Love - TMS #717

 Happy Tuesday to you!  It's time for Tuesday Morning Sketches!  The card I've got today was simple to make, but not easy to make.  A dear friend has been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, so I made this for her... 

I don't have much purple and thought the lavender would work, but I realized it was too light.  I cut 2 layers of Die-versions Whispers Awareness Square in lavender and one in black, layered them for some dimension, then colored the top layer with a purple Spectrum Noir marker.  

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!

I donut know... - TMS #716

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

My paper is American Crafts Story Time.  My image and sentiment is Honey Bee Stamps Love You S'More stamps and dies.  Using the sentiment frame die, I cut 3 in black and layered it for some dimension.  

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!

Happy birthday cool cat - C4G #203

 Happy Thursday to you!  Thanks for stopping by to check out my creation for Cardz 4 Galz #203!  Our theme is "cats or kittens" so we've got some adorable cards!  Stop by the blog to see them!  Here are my kitties...

These cute kitties and sentiment are MFT Love You Furever.  My paper is DCWV Playful Pets.  The frames were easy as I used Sizzix Stacked Tiles and was able to cut all 5 at once! The sentiment is cut with Kat Scappiness Wonky Wavy Stitched Fishtail Banners.  A triple twine bow and some adhesive dots finished it off.  

I need to take a photography class... this looks dull and dark, but it is bright and cute and girly IRL.  

And here are my real kitties!  We currently have 3...

Pixie is the definition of 'fraidy cat! LOL  But she's beautiful! 

These boys are proof that all orange cats share one brain cell!  LOL  

But they are fun! 

Please come and play along at our Cardz 4 Galz kitty challenge!!

Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day!

Christmas in July - TMS #715

Happy Tuesday to you!  It's time for Tuesday Morning Sketches!  I know it's summer, I know it's hot, but I'm celebrating Christmas in July, so I made a Christmas card. ;)  (Actually, I got a new stamp set and really wanted to use it!) 

My ornament is Concord & 9th Yuletide Ornament.  I colored it with a couple of Copics and then used my Wink of Stella pen so it shimmers.  My paper is Graphic 45 Christmas Carol. 

You ever plan a card then have to change it mid-creation?  I did!  I had the card laying upside down, so I glued the banners on the bottom corner.  Grrr!  Fortunately, I realized it quickly and pulled them off, but there was some glue damage. :/  The sentiment had to go there instead of on the lower part of the ornament as I'd intended.  Oh well!  

Here's our sketch (I made it tall)...

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!

Thinking of you - TMS #714

Happy Tuesday to you!  It's time for Tuesday Morning Sketches!  Here's a card I am sending to a dear friend who is struggling with some physical trials right now...

Both of these paper scraps were sitting on my desk and the flower and banner were in my "extras" pile, so I ut my diamond shape, stamped my sentiment, and put it all together.   The flower is Sunny Studio Hawaiian Hibiscus and the sentiment is from Raisin Boat Stunning Silhouettes. 

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!

Jingle all the way - SCC #150

 Happy Canada Day to all my Canadian family and friends!!  I'm still hoping to one day spend Canada Day in Ottawa! 

And since it's July 1st, it's also time for another challenge at Sparkles Christmas Challenges!  This month's theme is "include gold."   I heat embossed my sentiment in gold on my card...

My paper is Recollections Christmas Plaids.  My sentiment is Colorado Craft Company Merry Everything.  My image is actually from a Stampabilities wedding set. LOL  Hey, a bell is a bell. :)  I colored it in with a VersaMarker pen and heat embossed it.  

Here's the sentiment up close...

The year is officially half over, so come play along at Sparkles Christmas Challenge and get your Christmas cards ready early. :) 

Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day!