Just a Note

 Happy Friday Friends!

If you live anywhere east of the Mississippi, be alert to the icy/snowy storms coming our way this weekend!!  This winter has been CRAZY ... 

Today I'm playing in yet another fun Sketch challenge.
This time it's over on the Colour and Sketch Challenge for Clean & Simple (CAS) Styled Cards. 

Here's the sketch for this challenge:

 

 And here's what I've created . . .

 When I saw the sketch I immediately went to my scraps box and pulled some coordinating color scraps.  I really like this sketch and think I'll use up a few more scraps by creating several more cards for my sale boxes.  Would work beautifully for just about any occasion!!

 I also dipped into my Prima flowers to create a small color coordinated cluster and the sentiment, though generic, I think works perfectly.  What do you think??

 

Nuvo Yellow Crystal Drops was used for the flower center.
Sentiment stamp is an oldie but goodie by Wordsworth (circa 2007).

 Other challenges to share in:

Little Red Wagon Challenge #842 - K for Keep it Simple (1/27)
Crafty Catz Challenge #705 - Anything Goes
Creative Fingers Challenge #314 - Anything Goes

Take care, stay warm and thanks for stopping by today! 

 As always . . .

  

Miss You!

 Hello friends and welcome back to my blog.

Another fun sketch challenge out in blogland to join in is called Freshly Made Sketches and that's the challenge I decided to play along with today.  Here is the sketch they are offering up for inspiration . . .

 

 And here is my interpretation . . .

 

 I could have gone SO MANY different ways with this awesome sketch but I spotted these Tim Holtz 'Crazy Dogs' which I already had stamped, colored & cut so that's the direction I went.  The background paper is actually 'wrapping paper' that came in the mail a few years back from the Guide Dogs for the Blind organization. 

I cut out a frame and a sentiment ... VIOLA! 

Challenges to share in: 
Crafty Animals Challenge #101 - ATG w/animals (1/28)
Critter Crazy Challenge #106 - ATG w/animals (1/26)
 
Take care, stay warm and thanks for stopping by today! 

 As always . . .

 

Double D - Friends

 Hello Dear Friends!

It's time once again for a new challenge over on the Double D Challenge Blog!

 

Here's today's theme:

 

FRIENDS

 

 and here's an inspiration board created to help get you started . . .

 

 

 

 We all need friends and I know I'm certainly blessed with some AMAZING friends ... hope you are too!  With friends in mind, I just had to go through my Doni Collection.  I knew she had some fun Art Impressions stamps that I could create with for today's card ... and she didn't disappoint!  

 

I created the background using TH inks and Stampscapes stamps. 
Next I stamped & colored (using Tombow markers) this fun Art Impressions stamp called 'Road Trip'. 

 

 

 After coloring, I fussy cut the image and popped it up with 3D dimensional tape.  I have a few little Heartfelt Creations birds already stamp/cut & colored just for a day like today.  Placed him in the tree and he's not sure what to make of this group of friends speeding down the highway!  LOL

 

Challenges to share in:

 

 Retro Rubber Challenge #263 - ATG (1/23)
(this focus stamp is one I inherited from friend Doni when she passed over a year ago)

 

 Sweet Stampin' Challenge - Bright & Beautiful (1/31)

 We Love Stamping January Challenge - New or ATG (1/31)

You'll want to be sure to pop over to the Double D Challenge Blog to see all the details and amazing samples offered up by our VERY TALENTED design team ladies!!

 Thanks so much for stopping by!
Hope to see you at Double D! 

  As always . . .

 

More Sketch Fun

 Brrr!  Happy Tuesday All!

Not sure what weather you're dealing with this morning but Bitter Cold & Snowy here in Akron, Ohio USA!!  It's mid morning (10 AM EST) and it's only gotten up to 6 degrees so far ... although, they are predicting a high of 13 today!  At least we don't have the enormous amount of SNOW they have in the midwest & north east!  

Anyways, as my title suggests, I've decided to play with another sketch for today's card share.  I've really been enjoying the sketches offered over on the Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge Blog (1/26) and here's the new one they are offering for inspiration today. 

 

 I wasn't sure what 'theme' direction to go in then I spotted a pack of cards from the American Heart Association laying on the table that we received in the mail after sending them a contribution (I don't understand ... we send these companies money to help them and they keep sending me STUFF ... just use the money where it's needed and quite spending it on sending me stuff I truly don't need!  LOL)   Anyways, that is where the bird image came from.

I generally donate those premade cards either to our church or to my cousin Matthew who sends out a ton of cards to our older cousins & friends to keep their spirits lifted (he's got such a big heart!).   

 Product used are:

Violet Fragrance 6x6 designer paper
FabScraps High Tea 8x8 designer paper
Sue Wilson (CED-1464) Bold Scrolled Vine
Tutti Designs 'Stitched Scallop Circle' dies
Tutti Designs 'Stitched Nesting Banner' dies
Creative Expressions Wordies (Birthday)
Nuvo White Crystal Drops
Dimensional Tape

 

 I'm very happy with the outcome of this card and will keep this sketch design in mind for future cards.  Again, I truly enjoy having a good sketch to get my creative thoughts flowing and the ones offered at Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge have never let me down!

 

Challenges to share in:

Simon Says Monday Challenge - Things with Wings (1/26)
Make My Monday Challenge #269 - Use Paper with Pattern (1/25) Entry #2
 Dragon Fly Dreams January Challenge - Floral (1/31)

Take care, stay warm and thanks for stopping by today! 

 As always . . .

  

 

Still building snowmen!

 Happy Monday All!  

Most of the east coast and central USA are experience a winter like we haven't seen in years with lots, and lots of the 'white stuff'!  With it being MLK Day the schools are closed and the kids are outside building yet another snowman in the front yards of many houses around us.  They can't stay out there too long as the temperatures are only in the teens so it's quite BITTER out there!! 

Anyways, I too am still building snowmen but mine are of paper!  I recently received snowman dies from a couple different companies and the one I'm using today is by Poppy and called Sweet Nordic Snowman (#2576). 

 

 What inspired me to create another snowman card is the fun challenge over at the Paper Players where the theme is 'Clean & Simply - Signs of Winter' (Challenge PP-769) - (1/23).

 

 My background pines were created using a 'new to me' stamp set from The Greetery which has been in my stash for awhile now and I'd forgotten all about it.  It's actually a layered stamp set but I just used one of the 'solid' stamps to create a simple background.

And my sentiment is an OLD stamp from the DRS company ... not even sure if they are still in business.  

I tore a scrap of white card stock to create my snow mounds and Tombow markers for the coloring on my snowman.  I've also popped him up for a bit of dimension.  

When I started editing my photo, I noticed I didn't like that the snowman doesn't have a mouth/smile so I decided to give him a SMILE ... lol.

 

 (It might just be me, but otherwise I think his face looks like a bird with an orange beak lol).

 Here are a couple other fun challenges to share in:

Try it on Tuesday Challenge - It's Cold Outside (1/21)
A Cut Above January Challenge - Die Cut (new snowman) (1/31)
Krafty Chicks Challenge #803 - CAS (1/20)
 
 Take care and thanks for stopping by today! 

 As always . . .