Tuesday Morning Sketches #668

 Hello!  Thank you for stopping by.  The latest sketch is up at Tuesday Morning Sketches.  This one is by Debbie and I really enjoyed making my card with this sketch.

My card features Build a Birdhouse Summer and Tweet Sentiments stamp set from Spellbinders and background stamp from Hero Arts.

For the sand I used fine grit sandpaper from the dollar store.  I did ink it up a little.  The starfish and shell I also inked up to color.  This was such an easy card to put together so much fun.  You'd never know this was supposed to be a birdhouse.  My son said I should have put a lightbulb in it.  Now that would be cool to make this an interactive card that did light up!

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Tuesday Morning Sketches #667

 Hello and thank you for stopping by.  The latest sketch is up at Tuesday Morning Sketches.  I had fun stretching it a bit!

My card features dies and an embossing folder from Spellbinders...

My card is a bit whited washed so you can't see the embossing.  Someday I'll learn to take great pictures like everyone else does.  Anyway, the card traders group I belong to has a current challenge to make Christmas slimline cards.  So this is what I came up with.  It's probably a little overboard on the poinsettias but they're so pretty! 

In this picture you can see the embossing a bit better.

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Tuesday Morning Sketches #665

 Hello!  Thank you for stopping by.  The latest sketch is up at Tuesday Morning Sketches and this one I think is fun because it can be just a regular card or an interactive card.

My card features an embossing folder from Spellbinders, Lindy's Magicals powders and a flower border die from Spellbinders.  I was inspired by a technique that Jennifer McGuire shared recently.  Every now and then she can get me - either inspirationally or financially.  This time it was both!

So these powders are cool!  Messy, but cool.  This technique was really fun.  Basically you put some of these powders onto the folder with a paint brush and spritz with water and then emboss.  She did some other stuff to her backgrounds.  I just used two of the powders.  I was so surprised by the little bits of other color in there!  So neat.

I know my card needs a sentiment, but I couldn't find the perfect one and needed to get this posted so I'll figure that out later.

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Tuesday Morning Sketches #664

 Hi!  Thanks for stopping by.  The latest sketch is up at Tuesday Morning Sketches and it's a fun one by Debbie.  Thank you for all the well wishes, too.  I am better, still coughing a bit but it's improving, too.

I have to admit that I struggled a bit with this card.  I guess I just wasn't really sure where to take the ideas I had swimming in my head.  But this card features Everyday Bouquet turnabout stamp set from Concord & 9th, bird/branch dies from Spellbinders, rectangle dies and sentiment die from Pink & Main.  Oh and an OG embossing folder from Cuttlebug.

I think I should have made the bird darker so that it would stand out a bit better against the busy background.  But overall I had fun making this card.  It took awhile but only because I kept getting distracted.  I should know better than to put on a favorite movie.  

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