Tuesday Morning Sketches #133

Happy Valentine's Day!!

Good Morning Tuesday Morning Sketchers - we have a great sketch today designed my DT member Jessica George. Jessica has designed a unique sketch in that the card is a square 4 1/4 x 4 1/4 with a scrappling. I learned that a scrappling is the piece left over from a 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 card. I want to thank all of you that played last week. I think my sketch frightened some players away. I'll remember in the future to keep them clean and simple!!

This week DRS Designs is our sponsor. I do like their stamps. They also have some fun new products in their store as well. Be sure to check it out. I selected the Filigree Heart for my project today. It's such a fun image. I colored it with my Copics and added some glitter.

This week is also Judged Challenge Week! That means we have the sketch along with a 1-2-4 Challenge:

1 Emblishment, 2 Ribbons, and 4 Layers

I do hope that you'll play along with us this week.

Here is this week's sketch. I hope that you have as much fun with it as I have...I can't wait to see what you do! Be sure to head over to the DTs blogs and leave them some love on their fabulous creations.

Thanks for stopping by and have an awesome day!!

Tuesday Morning Sketches #132

It's an icy and snowy cold Tuesday morning in Denver today. I've had enough of the snow and shoveling snow and scraping window shields and having below 32 degree weather. I want spring!! At least we have Tuesday Morning Sketches today!!

This week we have another sketch from me and a favorite sponsor - Paper Pretties! Thanks to Paper Pretties for the digis. I selected the You're So Sweet digi. I really liked the whimsical feel of these yummy cupcakes. They also have some fabulous stamps, so be sure to head over and check out their store.

For my card I used these fabulous DPs (sorry I can't remember who they came from - I really need to write it down somehow when I cut off the tag) and I colored the image with my Copics. I used my Cricut Art Philosophy to cut out the tickets and used a Close To My Heart set for the sentiment. For the final touch I added some WOC flowers. I plan on giving this card to a co-worker for her birthday.

Here is today's sketch - it can be as simple or fancy as you wish. I hope that you'll play along with us this week. We totally loved having 34 players this past week. I hope that you'll "like" us (Tuesday Morning Sketches) on Facebook. Be sure to invite all your friends to join along as well.

Also, please stop by the DTs blogs, as we all need a little love!

Thanks for stopping by. Have an awesome day!!

February Cupcake Craftroom Challenge

This month over at the Cupcake Craftroom, Mandy has challenged us to New Beginnings!

Feel free to interpret this as you'd like - new baby, new home, new job, wedding engagement, you decide...What will your New Beginnings be?

When I thought about what my new beginnings would be I had to really think about it. I have had so many new beginnings (thank goodness for that)! One of the new beginnings that I have to always remind myself of is loving - me and living! So I designed my card based on that reminder. I totally love this card. I think I'll frame it so that I wake up daily with that thought.

Today the Design Team is showing off some new yummy papers called Life Life In Love. It includes 21 papers in pinks and reds along with six sentiments. The prize this month will be your choice of one Cupcake Cards & Crafts paper collection of your choice from the store. I do hope you'll join along. Be sure to check out the store - Mandy has some amazing papers.

Lastly, with sadness we say fond farewells to two of our designers on the cupcakes team, Sal and Mary. They will be missed for sure! So Mandy has decided to find one more teamie ... be sure to check out our Design Team Call which will be open through February 29th 2012.

Thanks for stopping by. Have an awesome day!!

Tuesday Morning Sketches #131

Good Morning,

It's a fabulous day for Tuesday Morning Sketches. We have a great sponsor - Doodle Pantry and let me shout out a thank you for the great digis they sent our way. We have a great sketch, designed by yours truly. I can't wait to see what you create with today's sketch.

For my card I used an image called Quirky Mouse. This image comes with a black & white so you can color, and 3 different images that are colored for you. I colored my image using my Copics. The gray didn't come out the way I envisioned, but I think it's pretty cute. I used this gorgeous two-sided paper from Authentique - isn't it gorgeous??

Here is today's sketch. Be sure to stop by each of the DTs blog - they have created some amazing cards. Also, Tuesday Morning Sketches is now on Facebook. I hope you'll come follow us there and tell your friends to come join us.

Thanks for stopping by. Have an awesome day!

Valentine's Day

Just a quick post today! At Christmas I made cards for a friend of mine, when I delivered them to her at the bar she works at she shared them with the patrons sitting at the bar. This woman loved my cards and asked if I would make her some Valentine's Day cards. I agreed!!

I am presenting her with my LOVE card that I made a few days ago and this card. I'll let her pick which one she likes the best. Today's card is a card that I happened to see at Archiver's one day. I rarely buy stamps off the shelf, but I saw this one and I just loved the image. I totally CASEd their example - although I had to jazz it up a bit - I added some patterened paper and twine. It was so fun to color. I really like how this came out.

Hope you like it too. Thanks for stopping by. Have an awesome day!!

Recipe:
Image: Northwoods Rubber Stamps (Heart Tree); Close To My Heart (Mad About You)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Versamark; Close To My Heart (seafoam white embossing powder)
Paper: Doodlebug Design (sweet cakes); Bazzil (white, red rock, pinkini)
Accessories: Doodlebug Design (twine)

There She Goes Release Week | Day Three

Okay, talk about saving the best for last...today's set is just awesome!! I hope you'll agree with me.

Cruising on a Sunday afternoon, scootin’ by to say hi! Melyssa Connolly has brought Leah back and she’s “born to be wild!” She already comes with lots of fun, but if this isn’t enough she has a kit to accessorize to her hearts content! Whether she’s moving, heading off to school, or enjoying a ride she’ll surely make tracks into your heart.

Scootin’ By is a 4x8 set that includes a total of 15 stamps and will sell for $18.00.

Scootin’ By – Accessories is a 4x4 set that includes a total of 14 stamps and will sell for $10.00.

Isn't Leah just great? I was so hoping for a scooter and here it is. This set is so wonderful you'll surely have to be at the release chat party to see the whole set including the accessories. For my card I really wanted to get the coloring right. I think it looks pretty good and I can't wait to really practice coloring more of her images.

Would you like to win the new Scootin’ by and Scootin’ by Accessories stamp sets? Here is what you need to do- visit the Trendsetter’s blogs that are participating in each of the blog hop challenges below and comment on their creations as you go. One of the Trendsetter’s blogs (from each hop day) will be randomly chosen as the ‘it’ blog and a winner will be picked using a random number generator from the comments left on that Trendsetter’s Blog Hop Challenge post.

You will not know which blog has been chosen so the more you comment on the better your chances are of winning new stamps! The Blog Hop Challenges will be open until 5 PM Eastern Time Saturday January 28th with the winner being announced during the release party chat.

There She Goes Release Week | Day Two

I hope you enjoyed yesterday's sneak peak - weren't the cards fabulous? It's day two of There She Goes release week!! Today promises to be even better. Just wait for tomorrow. This is what I love about TSG - the sets are just so fun and verstile.

Friendship and coffee are a good blend to send greetings near and far. Torico has created a darling set to perk up the one “mug” you’ve been missing. An absolute must for those sweets and treats without all the calories!

Perk Up! is a 4x8 set that includes a total of 36 stamps and will sell for $18.00.

For my card today I picked this amazing DP from Echo Park. I was surprised to see that my local craft store carried EP-I have never had any luck finding this paper anywhere. It was the one and only paper they had!! I embossed the cup in black and then popped it up. I like the way the photo came out...it looks as if I shaded the hearts and the cup - I wish I could figure out how to do that. I used the sketch from CPS #252. I know just who will get this card.

Would you like to win the new Perk Up! stamp set? Here is what you need to do- visit the Trendsetter’s blogs that are participating in each of the blog hop challenges below and comment on their creations as you go. One of the Trendsetter’s blogs (from each hop day) will be randomly chosen as the ‘it’ blog and a winner will be picked using a random number generator from the comments left on that Trendsetter’s Blog Hop Challenge post.

You will not know which blog has been chosen so the more you comment on the better your chances are of winning new stamps! The Blog Hop Challenges will be open until 5 PM Eastern Time Saturday January 28th with the winner being announced during the release party chat.

Thanks for stopping by. Have an awesome day!!