Freshly Made Sketches #39

Last post for tonight!

This is another image from the batch I colored last week. Isn't this skunk adorable?! It's from The Angel Company - can't recall the set name though. I used the sketch from Freshly Made Sketches since it was perfect for a smaller image.  

I punched the skunk out with a Marvy circle punch and then the red panel was punched with a Marvy scallop circle punch.  I added the dots with a white Signo pen.  The cardstock, patterned paper and buttons are all from an old kit.

Here is the sketch~

TFL!

Supplies~
Stamps: The Angel Company
Paper: Bazzill, MME So Sophie Clever 
Other: copics, buttons from kit, Marvy punches, white Signo pen

Flutter By Wednesdays #162 - Inspiration Photo

Happy Wednesday!

We have a fun challenge for you at Flutter By Wednesdays this week.  Danni has selected this lovely inspiration picture for us to use.

Don't forget to include a butterfly, fairy or angel on your creations!  Click HERE to enter your project.

I loved the picture from the moment I saw it and I knew I wanted to use my TAC Sunflowers stamp set that I bought from Danni a few months ago.  My first idea was to create a card but I couldn't find the stamp set....then I was going to scrap a page from a visit to a sunflower maze a few years ago...I wasn't in the mood to scrap so I decided to make a bookmark since I have been reading a lot lately.  Guess what I found? The stamp set! Yay!

I pulled out some Papertrey Ink cardstock scraps in Simply Chartreuse and Kraft and stamped the sunflowers and butterfly from the TAC set and quotes/sentiments from the Papertrey Ink All Booked Up set.

It was interesting to color on the green cardstock, the yellow didn't look yellow until it dried. I was a little afraid I'd have to toss it out! Thankfully both bookmarks turned out the way I had hoped and now I just have to decide which one to use first.  I just started The Silver Boat by Luanne Rice yesterday, what does everyone else have on their summer reading list?

I am also entering the following challenges:
Charisma Cards #27 - All About Flowers
Digi Doodle Shop #66 - Butterflies
Stampin' for the Weekend #12 - Wings and Things
Little Miss Muffet Challenges #13 - Anything But a Card

Thanks for fluttering by today!

Last Challenge of the Year for PaperCutz!

Today is the last PaperCutz challenge of the year. The team is taking a break over the holidays. I hope you will join us for some fun this week!

Our challenge for you is to create a card, layout or craft project for New Year's using a banner. I had the hardest time with this LOL...the banner part was easy but the New Year's part?? I couldn't decide on paper and then I couldn't find the stamp set I wanted to use. Plan B was put into action!

Here is my take on the challenge~


I used Basic Grey Jovial paper and the banner is cut using the Papertrey banner dies, love them! The banner string and numbers are from the Papertrey Banner Builder stamp set. The champagne glasses and sentiment are from an older Angel Company set that has never seen ink until last night. So I got to mix old and new on my card, yay!

You can enter your creation and check out the rest of the design team samples HERE.

Squigglefly Challenge #48 with a sneak peek!

You're in for a treat today!

It's Squigglefly Challenge #48 and with it I've used a new image that will be released on Saturday. It's called Hang On by Jackie Mathews.

Now back to the challenge...Maria issued an embossing challenge, wet or dry. Since I am not a big fan of my heat gun, I chose to use dry embossing. I absolutely adore the scene I created here. I thought the 'water' was a great idea and it turned out just as good as I had hoped!


Card Details ~
Stamps: Hang On by Jackie Mathews ~ Squigglefly, sentiment from The Angel Company
Paper: Basic Grey Granola
Ink: Memento
Other: copics, cuttlebug distressed stripes & tiny bubbles folders, American Crafts brad

So what are you waiting for? Go emboss something using a Squigglefly image and enter it into the challenge! If you use a Squigglefly image, you'll be entered to win a prize! For more inspiration, please visit my fellow DT members listed on my left sidebar!

Unscripted Sketches + 4 more challenges

I created this card last night for a baby shower I went to this afternoon....the baby's room is a monkey theme, so I was thrilled to find this adorable monkey in my stash of baby stamps :)

Doesn't this green ribbon remind you of a vine? I thought it was so cute with the stamp...and ribbon was our "weekend crew" theme this weekend. I've still got a ways to go before I make a dent in my stash LOL!

I used yesterday's Unscripted Sketches #43 plus 2 colors from their color challenge.


This card is also entered into the following challenges:

The Pink Elephant #54 - Ribbon
Little Red Wagon #16 - Ribbon
Fab 'N' Funky #11 - It's Childish
My Time to Craft #79 - Green Plus One

Card Supplies
Stamps: so silly ~ The Angel Company
Paper: DCWV, PTI Dark Chocolate
Ink: Rich Cocoa Memento & E41 copic
Other: SU ticket punch, Marvy large scalloped circle punch, mini pop dots, 2 way glue pen, cinnamon toast fun flock, ribbon from stash

Thanks for looking!

Butterfly Swirls

Here's another creation from a few weeks ago. I made a bunch of cards but haven't had the time to blog them.

I used a Paper Craft Planet sketch - SK053009.

More old paper being used up, YAY!! Only 999,999 sheets left! LOL!!

The Recipe:
Stamps: Butterfly Swirls ~ The Angel Company
Paper: GP, PTI Aqua Mist, K&Co, misc dp (purple piece)
Ink: Tuxedo Black ~ Memento, V01 Copic marker
Accessories: Giga & Xtra Giga scallop oval punches ~ Marvy, trim ~ Doodlebug, stardust stickles, prima flower

Thanks for stopping by!

Flutter By Wednesday #54

Happy Flutter By Day! Wednesday is quickly becoming my favorite day of the week because I get to share my flutter by creation and see a lot of other pretty flutter bys too!

We have a guest designer today and its none other than the fabulous Lauren Meader. I just LOVE her blog and have been a subscriber for months now. Her work is amazing. You can see her blog here and also check out Danni's blog for her creation and our featured team member Jodi!

This week its an open challenge, all you have to do is a butterfly or fairy. I created this card a few weeks ago and held on to it until it fit a challenge LOL

This is a stair step card and I used the Angel Company's Butterfly Bits. It comes with 9 stamps and I was able to use 8 of them on this card! I had a great time creating it using the Kissing Technique, you can find the instructions HERE, I used one of the variations of the technique. I think it turned out pretty cool! There is also a lot of sparkle but it doesn't show up that well in the pictures.

Here's a side view
The Recipe:
Stamps: Butterfly Bits ~ The Angel Company
Paper: DCWV Spring Stack '09, Georgia Pacific
Ink: Pink Passion, Green Galore, Bashful Blue ~ all Stampin Up
Accessories: Diamond Stickles

I hope you decide to play along! You can link your card using Mr. Linky on Danni's blog or use keyword FBW when uploading to SCS or PCP!

Thanks for fluttering by!

Mojo Monday #77

I had to create a cupcake card for a cupcake swap. This cute cupcake from the new Angel Company set Little Cupcake was perfect for it! I got my order from my good friend Christina yesterday and just couldn't wait to ink it up today.

I used the Mojo Monday #77 sketch for this card. In place of the circle I used my marvy oval scallop punches. The scalloped edge around the layer underneath the image was punched with one of the new EK Success border punches - Scalloped Scallop. Love it! It lined up nice and punched so easy. I can see more of these in my future.

I colored the image using my prismacolor pencils. I didn't have enough of those colors in the copics and I thought the pencils could use some love lol!

The Recipe:
Stamps: Little Cupcake ~ The Angel Company
Paper: GP, DCWV, PTI Lemon Tart
Ink: Tuxedo Black ~ Memento
Accessories: oval scallop punches ~ Mega & Giga, dew drops ~ Robin's Nest, scalloped scallop border punch ~ EK Success, prismacolor pencils ~PC929, PC913, PC1081, PC1012, PC956, PC919)

TFL and stay tuned for lots of posts this week. I've been busy creating today and I also have a few cards that I still haven't shared!

Cute Cow

I made this cute little cow for an Animal ATC swap. I usually don't do ATC's as I don't end up doing anything with them, however I just couldn't resist this theme since I have lots of cute animals to use.


First I cut GP cardstock into ATC size and then I used a stipple brush to add SU Green Galore around the edges. Then I tore and layered DCWV spring paper on it. Then I stamped this cute cow from the TAC An'Udder Birthday set on another layer of GP cardstock and then sponged Memento Angel Pink around the cow. I colored her in with prismacolor pencils (shocking I know!) and added a few prima flowers to add a little dimension.

TFL and Happy Thursday!

On the 5th Day of Christmas...

I bring you a penguin! This image is from my friend Char. Isn't he cute? I know he's from TAC, but I'm not sure of his name. The base is another one from those DCWV card boxes. I forget where the sketch is from. I need to keep track better LOL! I only have one more card left to show you, I need to get busy or I can't keep this card a day up!

Stamps: Penguin (TAC), sentiment (Studio G)
Paper: DCWV
Accessories: prismacolor pencils, Stickles, brads (Making Memories), ribbon (Michaels)

TFL!

November Round Up

Here are a few more cards I made last month that I never got around to posting!

These two cards were for a MFT swap. I inked each set up for the first time for this swap. The ice cream was cased from a card on SCS that you can see HERE.

Stamps: What's Up Cupcake? (My Favorite Things)
Ink: Onyx Black (Versafine)
Paper: DCWV
Accessories: Dew Drops (Robin's Nest), ribbon (American Crafts), prismacolor pencils, stickles

I had a ball paper piecing these cards except I ran out of time to do the chair too!
Stamps: Here's the Scoop (My Favorite Things)
Ink: Onyx Black (Versafine)
Paper: DCWV
Accessories: ribbon (American Crafts), prismacolor pencils, stickles

This was for a Penny Black swap. I got this image from my friend Terry. I just love the bright fun colors for this card.
Stamps: Penny Black
Paper: DCWV, Paper Company
Accessories: Stylized Flower folder (Cuttlebug), prima flower, button (Foofala), Copic At You Spica pens

This is the card I sent my friend Terry for her birthday. I just had to use my SU Crazy for Cupcakes for the first time.
Stamps: Crazy for Cupcakes (Stampin UP), Happy Birthday from Verve Stamps - don't remember which set! Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento)
Paper: Euphoria (Basic Grey), Paper Company
Accessories: Scallop Punch (Stampin Up), ribbon (Michaels), prismacolor pencils, Copic At You Spica pens


Stamps: Harvest Bear (The Angel Company)
Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento)
Paper: DCWV
Accessories: prismacolor pencils, ribbon (Joanns), felt pumpkin from the Target $1 spot

TFL!

My First Waterfall Card!

This has to be one of the coolest cards I have ever made. Granted, there is a learning curve and it took me about 2.5 hours to get it right, but I did it! I made this card for Ami for a fall waterfall card swap. Click here for the tutorial I used.

Stamps: Full of Sweetness by The Angel Company
Paper: DCWV, Paper Company, Bazzill
Ink: Vintage Sepia (Versafine)
Accessories: fiber, copic spica pens, marvy markers

TFL!
Kristie

What's Moo?

This card served two purposes...one was for a sketch challenge and the other a summer swap. I'm up to 7 cards made today!

The cow and sentiment are from TAC's An'Udder Birthday? set and the cherries are from a Hero Arts Cupcakes set. I colored everything with my prismacolor pencils and inked the edges with Stampin Up Apricot Appeal. Paper is from the DCWV Summer stack, I will be so sad when I run out of this ice cream paper!

TFL!

Can a Skunk be Sweet?

I certainly think so!

I just made 2 of these cute cards - one is for an Animal Lovers swap and the other is for a rose swap. The stamps are from The Angel Company. I just love how nicely they stamp! The paper is from DCWV (surprise, surprise), its from an old stack. I used Marvy markers to color the flowers and then accented them with Ranger Glossy Accents. Oh! And I brought out my dust collecting Cuttlebug to emboss the background. I need to start using it more!

TFL!

Happy 4th of July!

Happy Independence Day!
I am spending the day hanging out and taking it easy. After all the excitement of last weekend, its nice to lay low!

Here are a few halfway decent fireworks shots from the West Haven fireworks last night. My camera has a severe delay and it wasn't making me very happy last night. I think next year I will pull out my old film camera, I think that was the only time I got scrap-worthy fireworks pictures!