Tuesday Morning Sketches #781

 Hello friends.  Thank you for stopping by.  The latest sketch is up at Tuesday Morning Sketches and this one is great for scraps, pretty papers or strips of foil like I've done.

My card features the AALL & Create Gingers Gingerbread stamp set.  AALL & Create is new to me, but my friend Christy absolutely loves them.  They're a little weird but they are cute and if you know me, there are 2 things in the winter/Christmas I cannot say no to, Snowman and Gingerbread.  

My card starts of with a Kraft base - this is Kraft card from Tonic Studios and I'm not sure I like it.  It feels different.  Anyway, the next layer is a foilable base with green satin foil - this was last month's Foil of the Month from Pink and Main.  This green is absolutely stunning!  My stripes are also from foil from Pink and Main.

I stamped the image and colored with various Copic colors.  My markers are so neglected - a lot of them are drying out.  And look at these little gingies!!  Oh my gum drop buttons!!  They are so adorable!!

The sentiment was an extra with last month's Foil of the Month.  There are so many extra foilable holiday greetings that were included!  I used the same Sparkle Gold Cheer Foil on the sentiment that I did the strips.  For the strips I used 2 different sizes of Scor-Tape.

I hope this card inspires you in one way or another and you come join us at the TMS blog.  Be sure to leave lots of the love for the team.

Tuesday Morning Sketches #780

 Hello! Thank you for stopping by.  The latest sketch is up at Tuesday Morning Sketches.  This one should be pretty easy but I have to admit I was a little stumped.

My card features the Safari stamp set from Brutus Monroe which was absolutely perfect with this month's Pink & Main foil of the month.  I honestly thought I'd skip this one because animal print is not necessarily my thing.  But I decided to just give it a try.  So glad I did!

I foiled one of the panels that came with the subscription with the animal print foil.  I then inked the panel with Brushed Corduroy Distress Oxide ink.  I let this dry for a few minutes and then using a microfiber cloth, wiped the panel so that foil would be shiny again.  I cut the panel down and then rounded the corners.

The main panel I inked with Twisted Citron, Shabby Shutters, Tumbled Glass and something Lagoon.  I stamped the grass all over the green to create a little drinking pool.  I did stamp the zebra separately, die cut added to the panel.  Then stamped the sentiment.  I think this turned out really nice.

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Tuesday Morning Sketches #779

 Hello! Thank you for stopping by.  I appreciate your visit - please leave me a comment so I know you were here.  The latest sketch is up at Tuesday Morning Sketches and it's another easy sketch.  This one is from Debbie.

My card features a foilable card panel from Brutus Monroe, an embossing folder from Tonic Studios as well as sentiment.  This is such an easy card that you make so many for your card stash.  Leave the sentiment off so you can customize the occasion when one arises.

I started of by cutting a panel of this hot pink card, I think it's Craft Perfect card but I'm not certain of the color.  I ran it through my die cut machine with the beautiful floral 3D embossing folder.  I then took this card panel from Brutus Monroe (no longer available but there are other choices) and foiled with some pretty gold foil.  After the foiling I did some very simple coloring with ink and blender brushes.  I die cut the oval out and then added a sentiment.  I had some ribbon on my table so I just thought I'd use it with my sentiment.

Here I'm hoping you can see the foil.  Foiled cards are so hard to photograph.  It's subtle and so pretty.

I do hope you'll join us at Tuesday Morning Sketches.  It'll be fun!!

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.

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