Tuesday Morning Sketches #106

Good Morning!  How is everyone doing?  I had a super fabulous birthday weekend, it was spent with friends, my children and ended with a lovely dinner with my Mom and my children.  I have a wonderful margarita.  Mmmm....

So, it's Tuesday and that means a fun sketch and a fantabulous sponsor.   This week we have Chi Chi Memories and I want to say a HUGE thank you for sharing some images for my team and I to play with.  So here's my card....

This image was such a joy to color.  It makes me think of my kids when they were little.  I love how this turned out.  The paper is fun, too.

Supplies:
Image: Ride with You
Card stock: Neenah Classic Crest, Kraft, More Mustard
Paper: Just Chillin' (Making Memories)
Copics: B00, B95, B97, BV00, BV02, C8, C10, E00, E02, E30, E34, E53, E57, R11, R27, R29, W-0, W-3, Y15, Y17, YG06
Tools: Cricut, Scalloped Rectangles Nesties, Rectangles (Nesties), Cricut, SCAL, Label SVG
Stamps/Ink: Mini Messages (PTI), Rich Cocoa (Memento), Soft Sky (SU!)
Embellishments: Linen Thread (SU!), mini-brads (Bazzil)

I do hope you join us this week - its sure to be a lot of fun.  Have a super week!

Happy Birthday...

Happy birthday to me!  OK, so it's really just another day.  Birthdays used to be fun for me, but now I need them to stop.  LOL

So I am the last stop on the Paper Pretties Birthday Blog Hop.  I hope you enjoyed the hop as much as I have.  The stamps over at Paper Pretties are awesome!!  Have you been just drooling over the new stamp release sneak peeks like I have?  Wow!!

Well, here's a birthday card I made, not for myself, but to just celebrate birthdays in general.  My card is made with a digi stamp called Feronia.  I made it using a great sketch from Just Us Girls.

I think she is just too cute and this card would be perfect for a little girl.   I started to make it for my Monthly Card Traders group, but cards take on a life of their own and this fun little fairy decided she was playing in a different challenge.

Supplies:
Card stock: Neenah Classic Crest, Lavender Lace, Bashful Blue (SU!), White (Recollections)
Paper: Glitter Mat Stack (DCWV)
Copics: B00, B000, B02, BV00, BV02, BV04, RV000, RV02, RV10, YG00, YG03, YG06, YG09, YG17
Stamps/Ink: Limitless Labels (PTI), Tuxedo Black (Memento)
Tools: Circle Cutters (CM)
Embellishments: ribbon (Offray)

Thank you for stopping by today and hopping with us!

A Princess' Birthday

Good Morning everyone!  I hope you're all enjoying your weekend.  I am having a really fabulous one.  I have been spending time with some friends and been having a great time.

Speaking of friends, one of them commissioned me to make 3 cards for her daughter who turned 5 over the weekend.  She is really into the Disney Princesses.  So I set out to find some fun coloring pages which are digi stamps on a large scale, to create these cards.  Here's what a I created.

This first one is my favorite.  I am so pleased with how this card came out.  I was able to use some flowers that I have had for so long.  I did use a sketch from jac-inks Papercraft Challenges.

This is Princess Tiana and I am really proud of how I colored her.  I haven't done African-American very often and I think I got her fleshtones just right.  The picture doesn't do this card justice.  The papers used are glitter papers and look so pretty.  The layout is from Sweet Sketch Wednesday.  It's been a long time since I've used one of Arlana's sketches, too long!

And my last one features Snow White and my favorite little Dwarf, Dopey.  This is fun card!  The sketch is from Sketch and Stash and my stashed item are the rhinestone flowers.

Well that's all I have to share with you today.  Now I need to work up my energy to get all my cards done today.  It's been a lazy Sunday.  I started this post this morning and am finally finishing it at 4:20 pm!  Crazy!!  Have a super day.

Delightful Challenges

Good Morning!  It's Thursday, there's a new release and a challenge over at Delightful Challenges.  Wendy has created some really sweet Autumn sets.  There's coordinating digi-paper, sentiments and accessories, too.

The challenge over at Delightful Challenges this is week is....

Stitching (real or faux)

And here's my card featuring Prairie Kids, Fall Accessories and Fall Sentiments...

My picture doesn't feature the stitching very well, but what I did was took my little perforating tool along the edges of my decorative paper to create the stitching.

Supplies:
Images: Prairie Kids, Fall Sentiments, Fall Accessories
Card stock: Neenah Classic Crest, Neenah Milled Ivory, Garden Green, More Mustard
Paper: First Fruits (PTI)
Copics: B95, B97, E00, E02, E34, E37, Y15, Y17, YG63, YG67, YR16, YR23, YR68
Tools: 7/8", 1" circle punches, perforating tool (Recollections), small and large corner rounders
Embellishments: buttons (my stash)

Thank you so much for stopping by today.  I hope you have a fantastic day and that you'll join us for the challenge.

Tuesday Morning Sketches #105

Good Morning!  It's Tuesday and we have a super fun sketch at TMS for you this week.  The sketch was created by Kathy Curry and it's a fun one.  Our sponsor this week is Digital Delights by Louby Loo and I am so thankful to Wendy for supplying us with some really awesome images to play with.

Doesn't this card take you back to something like Grease meets animal farm?  LOL  I love the paper, it's from one of favorite collections from DCWV.

Supplies:
Image: Darla the Cow
Card stock: Neenah Classic Crest, Bashful Blue, Pretty in Pink, Black
Paper: Nana's Kitchen (DCWV)
Copics: B00, B02, BG01, C8, C10, R02, R11, R27, RV02, RV10, W-0
Tools:  Circle CM cutter, Scallop circle Nesties, Scallop border punch
Embellishments:  white & pink satin ribbon (Offray)

I hope you enjoy your Tuesday and that you join us this week.  You'll have fun, I promise!

Bee Crafty #53 - Doing the digi Chop

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Hello again,

This is my 2nd post of the day.  It's August 1st so that means it's time for a new monthly challenge at Bee Crafty and this month we're asking you to find another way to use a digi - chop it up, find another element in the image to focus on.  Take a look...

Here's the image that I started with...

And here's my card....

As you can see, I focused in on the basket.  I did this by importing Whimsical Girl Heart Garden into my photo editing software (I use paint dot net).  I drew a crop box around the basket and then with the white paint brush I "erased" what I didn't want.  Then did a save as, naming it the same name with altered behind it.  Now, just a word on altering digi images.  I'm sure everyone knows better, but please respect the artist.  If you alter their image, give credit back to the artist and do not attempt to sell this as your own image.  As I said, I know you know better - but still needed to be mentioned.

Supplies:
Card stock: Neenah Classic Crest, Lovely Lilac, Mellow Moss, Turquoise
Paper: Striped (unk)
Copics: B23, BG01, BG05, E34, E37, YG03, YG06
Tools: Oval Cutter (CM), Scalloped Oval (Nesties), Scallop border punch (SU!)
Embellishments: white grosgrain ribbon (Offray)
Stamps/Ink: Sentiment from Springtime Cocoa (SNSS), Tuxedo Black (Momento)

Speaking of giving credit where credit is due - I used a fabulous sketch from Card Patterns to create this card.

Thanks for visiting again!

Paper Pretties Monday

Hello everyone!  I hope you all had a fun and relaxing weekend.  Mine was a good one, just over way too quickly.  But aren't they all like that?

My usual Sunday day of stamping was pretty limited, too.  I think I did more work on my computer to get things organized for the DT responsibilities then I normally do.  So, now I get to work under pressure.  Oh well, not new to me.

So the challenge over Paper Pretties Monday is....

Lazy Days of Summer

Now, many of you may remember that a challenge over at Tuesday Morning Sketches recently was to make a detachable bookmark card.  It wasn't a very popular challenge, I am sad to say, but it was one of my favorites.  And with this new release at Paper Pretties, it was a perfect match!  What do you think?

This is, of course, the newest release this week.  It's called A Beary Good Read and as I said, it fit perfectly with this type of card.  I love how it turned out.  He does come with some sweet sentiments, even and outside/inside one - but I left him sentiment free.

Here's the inside where I used the same image for the bookmark, just a bit smaller and added my own computer generated "sentiment."

Supplies:
Image: A Beary Good Book
Card stock: Neenah Classic Crest, Chocolate Chip, Creamy Caramel
Paper: Springtime (Echo Park)
Copics: B02, C8, E37, R02, R11, R27, Y15, YG17
Tools: ScorPal, Perforating Tool (Recollections)
Embellishments: Honeydew Baker's Twine (SNSS), buttons (SNSS & my stash)

Here's a picture of the other digital set that is releasing today, too.

This is zzZZZ - ahhh, to be so relaxed.  I wouldn't be snoozing so happily in a hammock, I'd be on the ground.  LOL

Enjoy your Monday!