Sketch For You To Try....

Happy Tuesday! I wasn't sure I was going to craft today, my son hasn't been feeling good and so I haven't had a good night sleep lately. I have been a bit tired and was going to nap but I just couldn't stay away from my craft table. So I participated in i{heart}2stamp's SFYTT. Here is the sketch:
And here is my card:

Ok so let me take a moment as say I certainly cannot take a picture. We have a "high-tech" camera that I cannot use for nothing and then I have my iPhone. Not it usually takes decent pictures but lately....not so much. So I have to resort to scanning my cards just so they look ok. My iPhone was making the pictures very dark and I have tried all sorts of lighting.

Ok anywhoo, I usually go for a Kraft card base but today I went with a Pumpkin Pie card base. I layered a Sahara Sand cardstock with some PP from K&Co. The orange polka dots and the flower scallop. The striped "ribbon" is from Basic Grey's Sugar Rush collection. It is called a Ribbon Doilie. They are super cool because they are self adhesive and each pack comes with 3 different styles. The hearts are also from the Sugar Rush collection called Pops. The sentiment I am not sure where I got it from, Michaels dollar bin maybe? I am not sure.

Supplies:

Stamp: misc stamp from Michaels dollar bin

Ink: Chestnut Roan Colorbox Chalk Ink

Paper: Pumpkin Pie and Sahara Sand cardstock (SU), PP from K&Co

Misc: Sugar Rush collection - Pops and Ribbon Doilie (Basic Grey)

Happy Crafting!!

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Holy color batman.....

LOL! I participated in Off the Wall Craftiness Challenge #9 which was a photo inspiration challenge. When I saw this photo all I saw was the wonderful bright colors and I began to create.

The layout from this card came from i {heart}2 stamp.

So I used a variety of items on this card, for starters I have a Kraft cardbase (my fav). All of the cardstock is from Stampin' UP! I used Pumpkin Pie, Mambo Melon, Taken with Teal and Pacific Point. The PP is from K&Company. I used a Bloomer from Basic Grey's Green at Heart collection. The multi color flowers are stickers from Cloud9. The stamp set I used is from Stampin' UP! called Phrases for a Friend. The stem for the flowers is from Basic Grey, I'd Pick You. All stamps were inked in Charcoal Colorbox Chalk Ink. I love Chalk Ink!! It inks the paper so nicely, covering the stamps with an even coat. Those 3 brads are from Dear Lizzy - Elements. I really like how this card turned out, very colorful! LOL, I began singing It's a Sunshine Day from Brady Bunch, while I was making this card. I was quickly shut out when Tony started playing music on the computer. Hahaha!

Supplies:

Stamp: Phrases for a Friend (SU), I'd Pick You (Basic Grey)

Ink: Charcoal Colorbox Chalk Ink

Paper: Pumpkin Pie, Pacific Point, Kraft, Mambo Melon and Taken with Teal cardstock (SU), pattern paper (K&Company)

Misc: Green at Heart Bloomer (Basic Grey), brads (Dear Lizzy-Elements), glitter stickers (Cloud9)

Happy Crafting!!

Twisted Sketch #051

Wow, I have been a slacker. I always have a hard time getting to craft when Tony has the day off and he had Tuesday and Wednesday off. Yesterday we ended up in the kitchen cooking for most of the day. We always make bulk food when he has off and hope it lasts a week or two. We made 51 tortillas, 35 breakfast burritos, 25 pancakes, 16 french toast, a loaf of bread, granola, 14 biscuits and then dinner.....with a family of 6 we need to cook a lot of our food from scratch. It saves a lot of money and keeps us from eating out. We have only eaten out twice in the last 10 months or so and we only did because it was one of our birthdays.

Ok so on with today's challenge. It was over at Twisted Sketches. I am so glad I came upon this blog, not only do that have such a sweet DT but awesome sketches that totally help me get in the craft groove. I have at least 4 scrapbooks to make and if it wasn't for their weekly scrapbook layout sketch I may never get them done. I have only participated in 2 of those challenges but if I continue, before I know it I will be all caught up with my books. LOL!


Here is the sketch:

And here is my layout:

I don't know why but this layout came together so smooth. My mojo the last week has been a little hazy. I sit down and try to create something and immediately my head starts to hurt. I am not sure what is wrong with me but this layout turned out just the way I had hoped. So I started with a 12x12 piece of pattern paper from Pebbles Inc. It is called Bundle from the Lil Buddy collection. Super cute pattern paper. All of the letters and the top note was cut with my Cricut. I am not sure if you can see it but the band above the date is my wrist band, worn when I was in the hospital. With each of my kids I kept one or both of those and put them on their first page of their book with the birth picture. I try to keep as much as I can from that time. All the cardstock is from Stampin' UP! I used Basic Black, Pumpkin Pie, Brocade Blue and a light blue of some color. You can't really see it but I used 3 brads that are above "bundle". One of them is from Pebbles Inc Twitterpated collection - Tree House Epoxy brads and the other 2 are from SU, the silver hodgepodge hardware kit.

Supplies:

Stamp: none

Ink: Black Micron pen #05

Paper: Lil Buddy collection - Bundle (Pebbles Inc), Pumpkin Pie, Basic Black, Brocade Blue and a light blue (SU)

Misc: silver brads from hodgepodge hardware kit (SU), Twitterpated - Tree House epoxy brad (Pebbles Inc)

Happy Crafting!!

Featured Stamper on SCS

Today is the Featured Stamper challenge at SCS. We are supposed to pick a card from the FS gallery and "case it".
Here is a link to the card I chose: For Every Thirst
And here is my card:



I used my new stamp set from Skipping Stones Design, You know you're gettin' old - Birthday. My new love is stamp sets with humor. Ones with a punch line. Again with my fav, Kraft card base and the PP is all from Sassafras - Apple Jack. I also used Chocolate Chip ribbon and a silver hodgepodge hardware peice from Stampin' UP!. The stamps were inked with Chestnut Roan Colorbox Chalk Ink (my fav).

Supplies:

Stamp: You know you're gettin' old - Birthday (Skipping Stones Design)

Ink: Chestnut Roan (Colorbox Chalk Ink)

Paper: Kraft cardstock (SU) and Apple Jack (Sassafras)

Misc: Chocolate Chip ribbon and silver hodgepodge hardware (SU)

Happy Crafting!!

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Mojo Monday 138

Happy Monday! It has been a little cold here in Virginia. Hope my plants and flowers will survive this inconsistent weather. I got to do a little crafting at nap time (my kids all nap at the same time, so pleasant)so I decided to participate in Mojo Monday. I love sketch challenges.

I used Kraft as my card base. I LOVE Kraft! So neutral, pretty much goes with everything. I layered it with some Certainly Celery. The PP is from Cosmo Crickets Earth Love Mini Deck. I stamped a woodgrain pattern on a piece of Shimmery White cardstock from SU. The stamp sets I used was You're the Man from Practicing Creativity Designs and Bohemia from Basic Grey. The butterfly was inked with Chestnut Roan Colorbox Chalk Ink and the "arrows/track marks" are inked in Pastel Olive also Colorbox Chalk Ink. I used more Glitter Thickers - Bliss from American Crafts for the "4u" sentiment.

Hope ya'll have a wonderful first day of a new week!

Supplies:

Stamp: You're the Man (Practicing Creativity Designs), Bohemia (Basic Grey)

Ink: Chestnut Roan and Pastel Olive (Colorbox Chalk Ink)

Paper: Earth Love Mini Deck (Cosmo Cricket), Kraft, Shimmery White and Certainly Celery cardstock (SU)

Misc: Glitter Thickers - Bliss (American Crafts), white gel pen

Happy Crafting!!

Twisted Cards #006

Pretty simple card today. This week's twist at Twisted Sketches is "Word" any way, any how. I decided to use my glitter chipboard Thickers from American Crafts. I am not a HUGE fan of using chipboard for my sentiment but when you see the sketch you will see why I decided that it was best.

Here is the sketch:

And here is my card:

I used a Kraft card base. I used Versamark and my For the Love of Dots stamp set from Practicing Creativity Designs. If you can see it behind the PP it is 2 seperate stamps. The large dots and small dots. I just love how you can combine the different stamps in that set to create an awesome background. So then I used Basic Grey's Nook and Pantry collection PP for the rest of the card. Since I don't have a square punch I used my Cricut to cut two 2.5x2.5 inch squares. The sentiment "congrats" was put together with glitter chipboard Thickers - Bliss from American Crafts. I was originally going to make the card completely coordinate and use Nook and Pantry chip stickers but I quickly realized the word "congrats" would have been way huge with those. I finished that card with 4 small buttons also from the Nook and Pantry collection.

Supplies:

Stamp: For the Love of Dots (Practicing Creativity Designs)

Ink: Versamark

Paper: Kraft cardstock (SU) and Nook and Pantry collection (Basic Grey)

Misc: Glitter Letter Thickers (American Crafts), Nook and Pantry collection buttons (Basic Grey)

Happy Crafting!!

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PPA41 - An Inspiration Challenge

I haven't been able to create as much as I would have liked to lately. My mojo is on the fritz this week. I sit at my craft table and start cutting and stamping and trimming and layering and end up with a mess and a headache. I am not sure if I am not getting enough sleep or that my space is too messy. Maybe both. When I was in my groove I had a clean work space and didn't feel frazzled looking for things.

Anywho, today's card was made for my mom. I need to get it in the mail today. And thanks to Pals Paper Arts Inspiration Challenge I was able to crank out a card. I kinda took it as a color challenge even though it could have been anything, from the pictures to colors... it was whatever inspired you (well me or you if ya wanna partake in the fun). I probably should have been inspired by the pictures because color challenges are a little out of my comfort zone.

Ok really, enough rambling from me for today (lol).

Here is the Inspiration:

And here is my card:

So as I said I went for a color challenge and used several colors from SU. Oh goodness the only color name I can remember is So Saffron and the card base that is Kraft. Not sure which red, green or blue those are. I used a woodgrain stamp on the white squares and clear embossed them. The butterflies are from SU, Flight of the Butterfly set and I used the butterfly punch, also from SU. I inked 3 of them with Black Stazon and the red one I inked with Ruby Red classic ink from SU. The solid black butterfly I used heat and stick powder to add some glitter. I paper pieced the square in the middle that holds the Happy Mother's Day sentiment.

And there you have it. You know after thinking about I think this is the first card I have made that I didn't use any PP. Kinda strange for me. LOL!

Supplies:

Stamp: Flight of the Butterfly (SU) and Misc Happy Mother's Day stamp (bought off eBay)

Ink: Ruby Red (SU), Black Stazon and Versamark

Paper: variety of SU cardstock

Misc: Martha Stewart glitter and Butterfly punch (SU)

Happy Crafting!

Another Sneak Peek

Here is another peek at PCD new stamp set ready for release on May 6, just in time for Father's Day!

This is a feminine twist with the masculine set. I used a lot of pink. LOL!

I used a variety of inks. From Colorbox Chalk inks to Ruby Red from Stampin' UP! and also a Momento Pink color (not sure the names of all the colors)

So for the "tire tracks" I alternated pink and red. For the Happy Birthday emblem I used a variety of pink colors and rainbow-fied it. Not sure if you can tell in the picture. And then for the mistake that turned out to be ok. You can see the words "Happy" and "Day" lightly stamped in the white section. Now I cleaned and blotted my stamp and it came out clear, when I inked it with Versamark and stamped it it left a pink tint to it. So instead of redo-ing the card I just went with it. So I clear embossed the words. The ribbon squiggle strip is a Ribbon Doilie from Basic Grey's Green and Heart collection. They are super cool, come with 3 different styles and they are self adhesive.

Tomorrow I will try and have another masculine card. I will try and craft tonight when my kids go to bed and make my brother's birthday card. He is not much in to tools and so we will see what I can come up with.

Supplies:

Stamp: You're the Man (Practicing Creativity Design, available May 6)

Ink: Pixie Pink and Ruby Red (Stampin' UP!) and a variety of Colorbox Chalk Ink

Paper: Shimmer White cardstock (Stampin' UP!)

Misc: Ribbon Doilie - Green at Heart collection (Basic Grey)

Happy Crafting!

Practicing Creativity Designs May release

Here is a sneak peek at another super fab stamp set from Practicing Creativity Designs. It will be released May 6. My intension is to show you a card each day until release day. Even though this set is more masculine it has so many options to just make it gender neutral. See me and masculine don't mix well. I always want to add some ribbon or glitter or pretty colors. Men don't like that! So it was a bit of a challenge to make a card but I love this set.

This is probably the first set I have come across with so much testosterone, LOL! Here is why I love this PCD stamp set. Besides the fact that is has awesome images it has a ton of word stamps that you can mix and match to make different sentiments for different occasions. The new set, You're the Man....it includes 13 stamps. You can mix and match what you want the sentiment to say. 9 of them are word stamps. You can have it say "Happy Father's Day, Love you Man, Happy Birthday Bro. I just love that last one because I call my brother bro. Very rarely by his name so I will be making him a card with that sentiment. His birthday is in June. And the options of mix and matching with other PCD sets. Look Up!, You're Dandy, Key to My Heart and For the Love of Dots. All super fab sets that work so well with each other.

Now again keep in mind, I have a hard time not adding ribbon or glitter or a bit of girly colors. So for my card:

When I think of a man's tools or manly things I think of the colors red, silver and black. Kinda like a tool box. My boyfriend has one like that. So I went with a red card base. The cardstock is Stampin' UP! but I am not certain which red it is. The silver paper is Brushed Silver, also from SU. I inked the "tire tracks" with Black Stazon and colored some of it in with a metallic silver marker from American Crafts. The "father's" stamp was inked with Ruby Red SU classic ink pad.

Simple yet masculine. I still want to add something but I am using some self control. Tomorrow I will try and have a card for you with a little more gender neutral to it.

Don't forget this set will be released on May 6 at Artfuldelight.com.

Supplies:

Stamp: You're the Man from PCD available May 6

Ink: Ruby Red from SU and Black Stazon

Paper: red and Brushed Silver cardstock from SU

Misc: metallic silver marker from American Crafts

A Two-fer

I was able to participate in 2 challenges today. One I am so glad I found today because it is perfect, it is my daughter's 13th birthday today and the challenge is a theme. Over at Fussy and Fancy - Challenge 9: Birthday, a sweet treat. How perfect to do a challenge for my daughter's birthday card. Then over at Taylored Expressions she had a sketch challenge.

Here is the sketch:

And here is my card:



For the theme challenge it had to have a sweet treat on the card. What better than a cupcake. Oh I would love a cupcake right now! LOL! This card measures 5x5 inch. It has a Kraft card base. The PP is from Basic Grey's Nook and Pantry Collection. The sentiment is from SU Happy Moments set. I cut the top note with my Cricut. I used some Chocolate Chip ribbon from SU to finish off the card.

I hope she likes it, we plan on giving her gifts to her in a little bit. I can't believe she is a teenager! Wow does time fly.

Supplies:

Stamp: Happy Moments from SU

Ink: Black Stazon and Pink Passion Stampin' Write marker

Paper: Chocolate Chip and Kraft from SU, Basic Grey's Nook and Pantry Collection

Misc: silver embellishment from SU's Hodgepodge Hardware kit, Chocolate Chip ribbon from SU

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Mojo Monday #135

Happy Thursday! I made this card yesterday but didn't have a chance to take pictures and upload until this morning. I am so happy this week is coming to the end. I have several birthdays to celebrate. My neice's birthday is today. I am so sad we live in Virginia and won't be able to spend the day with her and my brother. Then my daughter's birthday is on Friday. Not doing much just going out to dinner. Then on Saturday is my boyfriend's birthday. I gave him his present early, a pasta roller/cutter attachments for our Kitchenaid Mixer. I smell homemade lasagna in my future. LOL!


Anywho on to this weeks Mojo Monday challenge. This will be my first crack at a Mojo Monday sketch. I was really excited.


Here is the sketch:

And here is my card:



I was fighting with the camera this morning so the pictures are not the best. For this card I used a Kraft cardstock for the base.

I used a stamp set from Stampin' UP!'s Summer Mini Catalog available May 1 called Watercolor Trio. I used some of my Colorbox Chalk Ink for the sentiment and image. The Happy Birthday sentiment was from Stampin' UP! called Well Scripted. The circle was cut on my Cricut and I used Shimmer White cardstock from Stampin UP!. You can't see it in the picture but it has a subtle yet lovely shimmer to the cardstock.

Supplies:

Stamp: Watercolor Trio from the Summer Mini Catalog available May 1, Well Scripted

Ink: Colorbox Chalk Ink

Paper: Kraft, Shimmer White, Pretty in Pink cardstock, Sahara Sand, Sweet Pea DSP all from Stampin' UP!

Misc: SU brads, Old Olive satin ribbon from SU

PPA38 - A Sketch Challenge

This card was for Pals Paper Arts challenge. Super fun, super easy card. Here is the sketch:


Here is the card:

This card has a Whisper White card base. The stamp sets used to make this card are both from Practicing Creativity Designs. The cloud is from the You're Dandy set and the balloons and sentiment are from the Look UP! set.
For the cloud I inked it with Versamark and applied it to Baja Breeze (SU) cardstock. The rainbow striped PP is from American Crafts. I don't sell that PP in my store but I do have other wonderful AC products. I cut some Summer Sun (SU), Pumpkin Pie (SU) and Cameo Coral (SU) cardstock squares, layered it with a slightly smaller square and inked the balloons and sentiment. To give the Whisper White squares some dimension I sponged the edges with a light brown Colorbox Chalk ink (not sure the name). I finished the card with a piece of Satin Red Ribbon from Stampin' UP!.

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Supplies:

Stamp: You're Dandy and Look UP! from Practicing Creativity Designs

Ink: Pumpkin Pie (SU), Ruby Red (SU), Versamark, black Stazon

Paper: Whisper White, Cameo Coral, Pumpkin Pie and Baja Breeze from Stampin' UP! and PP from American Crafts

Misc: Real Red satin ribbon from SU

Happy Stamping!

Let's get this party started

I have been crafting up a storm over the last week. Every chance I get I try and make a card. "Me time" is limited with 4 kids, LOL! So this card was for a sketch challenge earlier in the week. Unfortunately I don't know which one, :-O Sorry!
If you become a regular follower, you will learn something about me. I am a very visual person, I LOVE sketch challenges. Tony (my boyfriend) says I should sketch out my own cards and projects before I make them but I just can't do that. I design a card as I go a long. I have a general idea but I pick everything out as I go a long, that is why it takes me an hour or two, sometimes, to make a card.
I will pick out the base which you will also learn my fav is Kraft and then I will pick each layer of the card as I go a long. I never assemble the card until I am certain it is what I want. Now don't get me wrong there are plenty of time that even after it is done I am not happy and will tweak the card. I will either make a whole new one or swap out what I don't like on the existing card. I am not sure if that will get better the more frequent I get the craft or if that is just how my brain works, either way a card does get completed and most of the time to my liking. More than likely I won't post it if I don't like it. If I am unsure how I feel I may post it and see how you guys like it.
Well without further delay, here is my first card:

So for this card I used my fav, Kraft cardstock from Stampin' UP! for the base. All the PP is from Basic Grey's Nook and Pantry collection. The cardstock is both from Stampin' UP!, So Saffron and Whisper White. I used my sewing machine to put a stitch border on the So Saffron cardstock. The stamp set is from Practicing Creativity Designs called For the Love of Dots. It is a new set that was released April 6. This stamp set is super fab, probably one of my favorites from Practicing Creativity Designs.

Oh the creativity that can come from this stamp set. Those dots are simply devine.
Anywho, the buttons are also from Basic Grey's Nook and Pantry collection. If you look at the dots around the "Sweet" sentiment, I used crystal effects to give it a little dimension. I have really been using crystal effects on a lot of my cards. I just love how it adds just a little extra something to each piece. Pretty simple card but I do like the way it turned out. I will have to practice a little on the stitching if I am going to use it on future cards. I am certainly a beginner with a sewing machine. LOL!
Ok so sorry for the long post, I have several cards to get uploaded and I promise not to ramble on with each one. LOL!

Supplies:

Stamps: Practicing Creativity Designs, For the Love of Dots

Paper: Kraft, So Saffron and Whisper White from Stampin' UP!, PP from Basic Grey's Nook and Pantry Collection

Ink: Chestnut Roan Colorbox Chalk Ink

Misc: Crystal Effects, buttons from Basic Grey's Nook and Pantry Collection

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