Tuesday Morning Sketches

Good Morning! I am so stoked over my new challenge blog!! It received such a warm and wonderful response - everyone loved my sister's creations, I am just so excited my skin is tingling!! And guess what, Theresa already sent me next week's sketch challenge card and it is GORGEOUS!!!!

But I wanted to share my card here that I made for my first sketch challenge and I hope you head on over there to play along.



This is such super simple card and makes great use of your scraps. Gotta love that! My sketch has 4 panels, but I used 5. As someone just said to me, sketches are the jumping off point. Joni suggested candles since my sister Karin's interpretation of the panels became fireworks! So very versatile.

Images by: Inktegrity by Joni, Papertrey Ink, Studio G and a Melissa Craig original.
Paper: Card stock by Neenah, paper is from Michaels
Ribbon: Grosgrain from Offray Ribbon Outlet
Inks/Markers: Prismacolor Cinnamon Toast, Violet Mist & Eggshell; Chocolate Chip ink

Thank for visiting me today!

Gimme some Sunshine

Hello! How are you today?

My post will be short and sweet. Literally! My daughter is hosting her own swap - she's addicted to ATCs and wanted to do a swap. She actually got on me the other day about the fact that I hadn't even started my ATCs yet! LOL - she's tough. So I sat down over the weekend and started working on my swap cards. This is what I came up with...



Remember a few weeks ago I showed you the awesome kit of the month I purchased from Unity Stamps? The ice cream cone is from that set! Cute, huh? I colored it with Prismacolor pencils and OMS. It's a real simple design and I am happy to report - my daughter is pleased with my work.

Thanks for stopping by today. And don't forget - today is opening day for Tuesday Morning Sketches. Hope to see you there!

Sunshine Monday with Friday Sketchers

Hi everyone! I hope you all enjoyed a lovely holiday weekend. We have had my nephew here with us for a couple of weeks, so we took him home yesterday and spent the holiday with the other nephews and my sister-in-law. We had a great time, hung out a neighborhood pool for a couple of hours and then went back to her house for a delicious dinner, then a fireworks display. It was a nice time. We didn't get a lot of sleep either, so today after getting home has been very low key and pretty much the entire day was a pajama day. I got several cards done so that's a good thing.

Here's one to share with you using an awesome sketch from Friday Sketchers and since it's Sunshine Monday, I used another adorable Sunshine & Giggles stamp.



This sweet little girl is out picking wildflowers. Her face is so serene and content. The decorative paper I used is from a great paperpack that I bought a year ago from CTMH. I love the yellow, brown and blue hues - they're bold but calming. I colored the image with Prismacolor Markers.

Don't forget to visit Janice and the other DT members to see what adorable cards they made. Their links are in my side bar.

I am so excited about tomorrow, too. Please come visit my opening day of my challenge blog. Tuesday Morning Sketches launches tomorrow!

Sugar Challenge

Happy 4th of July!

This will be a short and sweet post. Visit the Modern Sugar Blvd. blog for all the details for this weeks challenge. It's brought to you by Jana - and it's so easy. What's today? Yep, you guessed it, give us your best patriotic cards in either red/white/blue or make it a bit primitive with cranberry/dark blue/ivory. Whatever you do, make it fun.


This card was sooo easy to put together with the cute Doodler... I'm Here digi-stamp and the great GinaK digi-paper. I created the sentiment on the computer and added a few buttons to add a touch of whimsy.

I can't wait to see what you make. Thanks for stopping by.

Friday Feature

Hi - and Happy Friday (for real this time).

I am so proud of Hollyanne! This card is for her first sketch challenge. She used Crafts 4 Eternity's sketch, she had to remove a few of the elements because that was a bit much for her, but she pulled this off so well. I did nothing except cut the scallop and the circle for her. She did the rest.


The image is from CC Designs (All That Scraps). She altered it a little by adding a tiny mouth. She colored it with my Prismacolor Markers and Copics for the hair. I think my daughter did such a great job!

I have an announcement to make...

Hi and Happy Friday! I know, I know - it is really Thursday, but it's my Friday and I am looking forward to a long weekend.

I have an announcement. Another one. I am very excited to share with you my news about my new challenge blog, but I have more great news. I got an email the other night from Lindsay of Lindsay's Stamp Stuff inviting me to be on her Design Team! I was thrilled to accept! So this is my first card with an AWESOME image!



This is such a super, clean & simple masculine card. I love this digi image. I resized the image 3 times so that I could get dimension from both size and color. I also used the new digi-paper from GinaK that is free to StampTV members. It's fabulous! I have a Bazzil look without having to run to the craft store! I colored the trees with Prismacolor Markers (Cinnamon Toast, Avocado and Light Olive). I debated on adding a bit of metal but decided to keep the card really clean-lined. What do you think?

Be sure to check out Lindsay's blog for all the other DT members that I promise I will get linked up here. Oh! And another really great announcement - Lindsay's having a sale. You get a free digi for every $5 you spend! What a deal!! This is for the entire month of July and there's a couple of new images!!!

Thanks for stopping by.

This fairy needs to retire!

Hi Everyone - Happy Middle of the Week! I hope you are doing well.

I have a super cute card to share with you that uses an image from The Digi Shack. A big congratulations to Toni for her much anticipated Graduation! I hope you got in on her sale yesterday when she was selling her wonderful images at half off.

As most of you are aware, I am a huge fairy fan. And this image found at The Digi Shack is no exception! I bought her when Toni had another sale!!


I created this card with a retirement theme because this sweet, little old fairy looks like she needs retirement. She's so funny, I have to chuckle every time I look into her fairy-dust weary face. The sentiment on the card is supposed to be reminiscent of a wish-granting chant that I wrote (be nice) that goes: Golf and gold watches, gardens and sore knees... Happy Retirement, you can do as you please. Now when I first started playing with this sentiment I was trying really hard to rhyme 'retirement' - did you know there isn't a word that rhymes with retirement? So I had to change it up a bit - I like the results.

I hope I'm not too late to join Toni and her design team and their awesome sketch challenge. If I am, this was still a BLAST to make.

Thanks for stopping by.