TMS #462

Hello sketch friends, welcome to another Tuesday Morning Sketch challenge. This time we're working on TMS #462 and this one was designed by Melissa.

For my card today, I dug into some long-adored (and hoarded) SU! Afternoon Tea designer paper along with some Wild Wasabi cardstock and stitched ribbon. The image and sentiment are both from the Penny Black "Bubbly" stamp set and I added a couple of MB Loopy Dies to the mix to represent larger bubbles. I used aqua stickles here and there for some bubbles sparkle along with some orange and yellow glaze pens for the drinky-poo cocktail, and added a piece of soft sky cardstock for the sentiment panel. The image panel was cut with a MFT stitched circle die.

And now it's over to you, but first - check out my DT members creations for a little extra inspiration.

Debbie

Jenée

Melissa

Patti

Thanks for stopping by and have yourself a great Tuesday!

Carol

Recycling a Mailing Envelope

Am I the only one who saves those fancy colorful metallic mailing envelopes for card making? Well I do, because they're SO pretty and the bright colors are eye catching to me! This card makes use of one in a brilliant magenta color. I popped the air out of the bubbles on the back and die-cut it with a MTF notched border die (twice) and lined them up in the center of this card. I covered the seam with a piece of silver metallic washi tape from SU! and stamped the sentiment from a MFT Polar Bear Pals stamp set in a soft gray color. The feather was a die-cut I found in my doodad box - sorry I have no idea who makes it, but I thought it looked like a good match to the colors on this card, so I added it. I dabbed a few magenta stickle drops to the card for the final touch.

I wish I could have gotten a better photo, but that metallic panel sent my camera into fits! This was the best of 8 attempts :) It's really pretty IRL.

I'm sharing this with the MFTWSC393

I hope you're having a fabulous weekend and thanks so much for stopping by!

Carol

Pink & Gray Birthday

 A friend of mine recently asked me to make a card for her that had a cat and dog on it, so this is what I came up with. I used a Prisma textured gray cardstock base, along with some SU! powder pink cardstock which was embossed with a CB birthday ef. I added a die-cut border with a SNSS retired ribbon die, and wove some pink & black gingham ribbon through the ovals. The dog was an IO die, while I'm not sure of the cat's manufacturer as a friend die-cut several and shared them with me. The sentiment was die-cut with Gina Marie Designs dies, and the final touch was some black Nuvo drops added just for fun.

I'm sharing this with the 2 Crafty Critter Crazies 16th challenge -   add a critter to your card.

Also sharing with Cute Card Thursday #538 - ribbons and bows

Thanks for spending a few moments of your day with me, and I wish you a wonderful weekend!

Carol

Santa's Chillin' at the Beach!

This is not your typical beach scene, but what the heck?! LOL I found this old stamped Santa image in my box of stamped images and I THINK it's by High Hopes, but I'm not sure. If anyone knows, feel free to leave a comment and I'll correct it. I've had it for years! I colored it with Copics. and matted with a snippet of blue cardstock. I added some glossy accents to his sunglasses and some frosty stickles to the fur on his hat. I added a piece of striped dsp across the bottom along with a beach border done with an EK punch, coloring the elements with fluorescent Copics. The sentiment is by SU! and I added some red & white twine for the final touchm placing it on a snippet of watery looking cardstock I've had for eons.

I'm sharing this with the following challenges:

Jingle Belles "All Bundled Up" challenge - use 3 layers or more /Christmas

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge - Fun in the Sun

Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge #393 - Christmas/anything goes with an                                                option to use twine

Have a great Friday and stay cool! Thanks so much for stopping by!

Carol

Twofer # 7

Here's my entry for this month's Twofer Card Challenge #7. The keyword this time around is beverage.

I made a 21st birthday card with a mug of beer, but I have no real rhyme or reason why I made a 2nd card and stuck a dog inside of that mug? My mind works in mysterious ways sometimes and I have no real explanation?! LOL

I stamped and colored the Repeat Impressions beer mug image and colored it with Copics, then embossed the whole thing with clear ep, fussy-cutting it and adding a slit at the top of the mug to insert the dog. The dog is one of Tim Holtz's crazy dogs and I fussy cut him and slid him right down into the mug. The embossing was done with a TH sizzix bubble wrap ef, and the card base is Cool Caribbean. The sentiment is by Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps and was cut with a MFT fishtail flag banner. The twine is by SU!

This birthday card was made for someone turning 21. I used the same Repeat Impressions stamped image, adding the foam at the top with another Repeat Impressions stamp. I added some liquid applique along with some yellow stickles to make the foam on top of the beer. The numbers were cut with Impression Obsession dies from a snippet of Taken with Teal and some black, and layered for a little dimension. The medallions were cut with Daffodil and a MFT stitched circle die, as well as a scalloped circle cut with a SB die and some SU! dsp. I dotted the scallops with a black marker and used another piece of SU! dsp to place under the image. I sorted through my little pill container of negative bits left over from die cutting borders and adhered them randomly on the card.

Here's what the inside looks like...

The image is by Repeat Impressions and what you see is duck behinds. The birthday sentiment is by Tim Holtz, and the Bottoms Up was done with a box of those $1 stick stamps. I added 2 more pieces of SU! dsp to the bottom and called this one done.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you are enjoying a wonderful summer day whatever you're doing. Keep smiling :)

EDIT: As I posted this over on the twofer challenge, I realized the card posted just before mine used the same image! LOL I had not seen her post, so it cracked me up that we both went for the beer mug! Maybe it's just this hot weather? LOL

Carol

Busy Butterfly Birthday

I made this birthday card with lots of elements and wasn't sure if it was overdone or not, but I'm sharing it regardless :) The entire card was built around that pretty white die-cut panel that my sweet blogging friend sent me all the way from Italy! (thanks Alice!) I added a black GMD stitched die-cut circle on top of that along with a pair of Memory Box butterfly dies. I cut the Darla die with black, and the Vivienne with black, yellow, green and blue, inlaying all those little pieces to make a colorful butterfly. The background was done with an IO geometric background die on top of a piece of water colored paper, sponged with 3 different Distress inks in shades of blue and green. I tore a strip of script dsp by DCWV and covered one corner with that, then placed a Mama Elephant Park Avenue Frame die-cut on top (thanks Lynn), and heat-embossed the SU! birthday sentiment with white ep on the bottom portion. The butterflies were done with a Sizzlet die (r) by SU! and for the final touch, I added drops of liquid pearls to the butterflies and alongside the sentiment.

I'm going to enter this into the HLS July Anything Goes with Dies challenge

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you're having a great Wednesday so far!

Carol

TMS #461

Here's the latest sketch for the Tuesday Morning Sketch challenge #461 designed by our own Debbie.

I made a card today with my favorite color combination - purple and green. I used some Pear Pizzazz dsp from SU! along with a strip of purple plaid paper by Lawn Fawn. The sentiment is by SU! and was die-cut with a Gina Marie Designs stitched oval, then matted with matching purple cardstock. The stems were done in white with a "leaves" die by Fantastic Flowers and I added some tiny flowers done with a SU! mini punch with some lavender rhinestones in the centers.

For some more fantastic inspiration you can check out my DT members blogs below...

Debbie

Jenée

Melissa

Patti

And now it's over to you to give this sketch a try. There's a great prize up for grabs this week too - a Distress Oxide Mermaid Lagoon ink pad!

Thanks for stopping by and make it a fabulous Tuesday!

Carol

Water Colored Birthday

I found this stamped image (Penny Black?) in my doodad box and decided it was time to color it and make it into a card. I water colored the background with several Distress inks and placed it on black cardstock. I die-cut the image panel and scalloped mat with Spellbinders dies, then die cut the Gina Marie Designs birthday sentiment twice from black and white, layering slightly off center to give it a little definition. I added a black sequin to the image panel along with colorful gemstones and tiny star sequins scattered about the card.

I'm sharing this with the Seize the Birthday Challenge which is an anything goes Birthday theme with an option topping of "sequins."

Thanks so much for stopping by and I wish you a great kick-off to a new week!

Carol

A Little Wild

I used SU!'s A Little Wild stamp set for this card, making it entirely out of snippets. The image was stamped on a small snippet of white card, then colored with Copics. I sponged in some soft clouds with Tumbled Glass distress ink, then added some diamond stickles to the bee's wings and bodies. I found some snippets of black and yellow designer papers and decided to make strips side by side. The background was a leftover snippet from a previous project and I was glad to be able to use it. The sentiment was stamped and heat-embossed with white ep on a very tiny snippet of black and then cut with a MFT tiny stitched tag die, but I only used the center portion of the tag die. I placed this on a golden yellow textured card base.

I'd like to enter this into the following challenges:

Pixie's Snippets Playground #330 - must use snippets

Cute Card Thursday 537 - anything goes

Thanks for the visit, I always enjoy having you here:)

Carol

Birthday Kitty

Today I have a birthday card with a cute Penny Black image that I colored with Copics. I used random snippets of cardstock and some PTI Bitty Box dsp to put this together, including a SU! sentiment, some SU! mini punched flowers with green rhinestone centers, and a Taylored Expressions ef for the horizontal border. I placed it all on a Rich Razzleberry card stock base and called it done.

I'm sharing this with the Penny Black Saturday challenge PBSC July - anything goes/optional baby

Thanks for stopping by and make it a great weekend whatever you're doing!

Carol