Tuesday Morning Sketches #778

 Hello everyone!  I survived another hurricane and 4 day power outage.  My refrigerator is nice and cleaned out as everything had to be thrown away and I get to start over with groceries.  Oh well, that's the most of my damage and I'm counting my blessings.

The latest sketch is up at Tuesday Morning Sketches and this is a nice and easy one.  This was good, too, because I had to craft with no lights.  My room is very shadowy. But my card features papers and ephemera from a Spellbinders card kit from a couple of years ago.  You might even recognize it - I still have so much.

I actually really enjoy this paper collection, it's really very pretty and I don't think it's possible to use up all the ephemera.  There's so much of it!

I do hope you'll join us at Tuesday Morning Sketches and be sure to leave the team some love.  See you there!

Tuesday Morning Sketches #777

 Hello TMS friends! Thank you for stopping by my blog.  I do appreciate your visit.  The latest sketch is up at Tuesday Morning Sketches and it's really fun.  Here's my take on it...

My card features cute little owls from Brutus Monroe, a fall background made from stencils from Kat Scrapiness and rick-rack border from an old die from MFT.

This card was so easy to make, I made two!

I do hope you like this card and you find inspiration.  Please join us over at the Tuesday Morning Sketches blog to join the fun.

Tuesday Morning Sketches #776

 Hello friends!  Thank you for stopping by, I appreciate your visit.  The latest sketch is up at Tuesday Morning Sketches and it's another simple sketch.  Of course, I thought last week's was really easy but we only had 2 players.

My card features a glimmer plate from Spellbinders that I hot foiled with gold fold and lightly touched a few areas with metallic ink.

Then I mounted the focal piece on a matte gold frame using the Essential Ovals dies.  The base card was decorated by placing down a beautiful stencil from Pink & Main down and then using a couple of sprays.  This card turned out so elegant.

I do hope you'll join us at the TMS blog to play along.

Tuesday Morning Sketches #775

 Hello my friends.  So happy that you stopped by.  The latest sketch is up at Tuesday Morning Sketches and it's great for busting that scrap stash.

My cards feature the August card kit from Echo Park.

As I said, this is a great sketch for scraps stash busting and that's exactly what I did!  I used the stitched rounded corner die from Pink & Main to cut a yellow panel and then laid down scraps of the patterned paper.  I had enough to make two cards without having to cut into another sheet of paper.

I used the ephemera that came in the kit to add the focal points and sentiments.  These cards went together so easily and so quickly!  The Echo Park card kit is a great way to build your stash of notecards with a price point that is very reasonable!  There are stamps but I just didn't need them.

Please head on over to the TMS blog and join us.  Leave the team some love!

Tuesday Morning Sketches #774

 Hello!  Thank you for stopping by.  The latest sketch is up at Tuesday Morning Sketches and it's a great one by Debbie.  Such easy going elements!

For my card, I kept it clean and simple.  Green and gold and minimal elements...

I embossed a panel Sea Salt Green Craft Perfect card stock with a foliage folder from Pink & Main.  Then I die cut a couple leafy elements using gold shimmer card. The flower is from Avocado green Craft Perfect card stock.  I added some Dream Drops - color is Fairy Wings.  The sentiment is from Boots and Bouquets TCK. 

I do hope you'll join us at the TMS - it'll be fun!

Tuesday Morning Sketches #773

 Hello!  Thank you for stopping by.  The latest sketch is up at Tuesday Morning Sketches and it's a little more challenging but remember, a shape is a shape and it takes on many forms.

For my card, honestly I let the paper do the work and then added a little bit of die cutting.

I started off with a 5x5 square card base.  Then I added a dark purple matting layer that I embossed using a 3D embossing folder from Tonic Studios.  I die cut out the hexies from different pattered papers and then made the frame.  The sentiment was even in this pretty paper pack.  Then using the Bouquets and Buttermilk die set from Tonic Studios I made the bouquet of flowers.

I hope this card inspires you to play along and we'll see you over at the TMS blog! 

Tuesday Morning Sketches #722

 Hello! Thank you for stopping by.  The latest sketch is up at Tuesday Morning Sketches and it's brought to us by Donna.  She said this is a go to layout for her and I can see why! 

My card features products from Kat Scrappiness - I am on their Influencer Team and I just had to share!  This is the beautiful wreath die and Fall papers.

I started with a panel of the patterned paper.  Look at that rich, gorgeous color!  Then I brought in a panel from Tonic Studios that gave me a trellis vibe to hang my wreath on.  I probably should have contrasted it more.  Oh well.  Hind sight.  Anyway, then I put the wreath together.  It was really very simple.  I started by spraying some watercolor paper with some different colors from Brutus Monroe.  Actually the darker leaves are from Mint, Merlot and Creamy Orange Chroma Mists and the brighter leaves were made from Red, Orange and Yellow Aqua Pigments.  They turned out so pretty!!

I do hope you'll join us at Tuesday Morning Sketches.  See you there!