Digital Ink Co. - SKETCH challenge

Here we are ... MONDAY already!! These weekend's sure do go by quickly, don't they!!! I hope yours was fun-filled!!

Well with that being said, it is time for even more fun with today's Digital-Ink Co. Challenge and today we have a sketch to play with! Personally, I LOVE sketches and had a great time creating with this one!!!

We can't wait to see your entries this week. Use Mr. Linky over on the challenge blog and please use Code DIC011 for SCS, PCP and SNR. Don't forget, all the images we (the DT) are using are available in the Store plus more!!

Today I am using this adorable "SALLY" image by Lil Diva Stamps for my creation!! I've used Prismacolor Markers and the new Prismacolor PREMIER Markers for my coloring. The designer paper is Basic Grey June Bug and the sentiment is by Hero Arts. Nestabilities were used to double mat my focus image & sentiment.

Be sure to check out the creations designed by my Co-Team Members for more inspiration with this sketch. It always amazes me how everyone can use the same sketch and they all turn out looking so different one from the other. What fun!!

Boni, Jackie, Diane, Micki, Raquel, Tanny, Kim, Teri, Linda, Terri (Nov. Guest Designer), Lisa (Nov. Guest Designer)

Thanks for stopping by today and if you've taken time to comment ... a double thank you comes your way!!

Sending You Sunshine ...

As you all know, my DH is once again admitted to the hospital. Luckily it's our local hospital so I'm able to go back & forth to home a lot easier than the hour trip I was making to Cleveland Clinic during his transplant. While taking a few hours at home today I was able to crank out this creation to cover the PCP (Papercraft Planet) Color Challenge and the Sketches! {by tamara} Sketch Challenge. (By the way, he is already feeling much better but I'm sure he's going to be in here for at least 3-4 more days.)

The color challenge was to use Whisper White, Basic Black and as many shades of Green as you wanted. I have used 2 shades of SU watercolor green to color the leaves on my SU Toile Blossoms image which was stamped onto Whisper White using Wild Wasabi Green ink and also sponged with Wild Wasabi before removing from the Nestabilities long rectangle diecut. My moss green grosgrain ribbon is by Offray, the green pearled brads are from Target and I have used Wild Wasabi to punch my accent sprigs with the Martha Stewart branch punch. My Wild Wasabi sentiment (Friends) is by My Sentiments Exactly and the (Sending you Sunshine) is from My Favorite Things. I have used green PK Glitz embossing glitter to add a touch of sparkle even though you can't see it in the photo. (sorry, I was in a hurry)

I did take the creative liberty of adding an additional panel under the ribbon treatment of the sketch. (Hope that doesn't disqualify my entry ... lol!) I just felt the argyle pattern needed broken up a bit before adding my main image panel and that the ribbon would show up better too.

The following is a complete list of ingredients for my card:

Stamps: SU Toile Blossoms, My Sentiments Exactly, My Favorite Things

Paper: Whisper White, Basic Black, Wild Wasabi, The Paper Studio Inc. designer paper

Ink: Versafine black, Wild Wasabi

Accessories: Nestabilities, sponge, PK Glitz embossing glitter, SU watercolor pencils & blender pen, Offray grosgrain ribbon, Target brads, dimensional tape,

Thanks for stopping by today. Tomorrow is Sharon Johnson's (notimetostamp) STAMP SIMPLY challenge and I hope to have something to share with you.

Midnight Madness Sketch Challenge

There's a NEW sketch challenge and it was launched yesterday on the "priscillastyles" blog.

You can click on the MIDNIGHT MADNESS blinkie on the sidebar to pop over and check out the AWESOME giveaways for those who participate! You will be AMAZED!! Don't forget to check out the sample card provided by the design team ... they are fantastic!!




I've taken a few "liberties" on my card (it's allowed). One is turning the corner treatments and secondly, using a long rectangle behind my main image vs another oval.


My card is of A-6 size (9 1/4 x 6 1/4 folded in half). My matting is all of Hunter Green cardstock and the 12x12 sheet of designer paper had no markings so I'm sorry but I don't know who the maker is. My main image tulips is a 3D precut punchout by Stanzbogen. The oval panel the tulips are mounted on was Whisper White which after cutting with Nestabilities oval diecut, was sponged using More Mustard ink before removing from the die. I've used a white Gelly Roll pen for the dots on the scalloped mat.


My butterfly is actually a PSX Rub On Transfer which I have scanned and printed before cutting with a swivel craft knife and mounted using dimensional tape. The sentiment is by The Stamp Pad Co, was stamped using Versafine Black and clear embossed. Pearl embellishments are by Mark Richards and the glitter used on the butterfly is by PKGlitz. (click for closer look)



This was a fun sketch and really made me think ...
I guess that's why they call it a "CHALLENGE", lol!! Hope you like it and thanks for stopping by today!

SCS Sketch Challenge #227

With "hanging out" at the Cleveland Clinic over the past month, I haven't been able to play along with very many of the SCS challenges. The Wednesday's Sketch Challenge happens to be one of my favorites and I was so glad to be able to play along today.

Today's challenge offered a couple "variations". 1) can change the decorative edge ... 2) the sentiment panel can be changed or left empty and ... 3) can make #3 & #4 into one panel.

I decided to "flip" the sketch ... combined #3 & #4 into one panel but added an accent strip to add dimension ... then stamped and glitter embossed a balloon in place of the sentiment panel.

Card Elements

Stamps: SU Birthday Whimsy, DRS (sentiment)

Paper: Ivory cs, Really Rust, Pumpkin Pie, Basic Grey (Ambrosia) designer paper

Ink: Versamark Dazzle Champagne, Versafine Black

Accessories: PK Glitz embossing glitter, Stickles Glitz, holiday cellophane ribbon, dimensionals, SU scallop border punch

SCS Sketch Challenge #224

Yeah ... time for another sketch challenge! Today's challenge over on Splitcoaststampers focuses on the use of those larger images. I decided to do something I never think to do and "flipped" the sketch.

As I mentioned in my last posting ... I'm working on replenishing cards to sell at my sister's beauty shoppe and thought I'd use this challenge to create another "masculine" card.

This card is A-6 in size (6 1/4 x 9 1/4 folded in half) and Whisper White. I've used Colorbok "water" designer paper and edged with a round tip Creative Memories marker to give the illusion of matting without the bulk! My main image is by Art Impressions and was stamped onto white cs using Versafine black ink. The coloring was done by using chalk and makeup applicators for the sky and SU watercolor pencils & blender pen for the water and boats. I also edged this image with the round tip black marker then actually matted it with royal blue cardstock. I've used dimensional tape to pop up this image for depth. I love this "nautical" ribbon I found at Michael's and think it worked perfectly for this card ... what do you think?? The other stamps I've used are the "birds" by Stampscapes and my sentiment by AMuse.

As always ... thanks so much for stopping by today!

UPDATE: Mark is all finished with his chemo. Today is basically "a day of rest" and fluids. Tomorrow is the transplant and after talking to the doctor there are going to be some "difficult" days to come until his numbers start to go back up to where they belong. So, as before ... we will just take it one day at a time! Thanks for your kind thoughts & prayers and ask that they continue on. Bless You All!!

SCS Sketch Challenge #223

What fun to play along on today's Sketch Challenge over on Splitcoaststampers.

I recently purchased this Inkadinkado image from one of my favorite stamping stores in Zoar, Ohio called the 1870's Shoppe. Just by using black cs, lilac cs, old olive cs and DCWV designer paper, this image really stands on it's own. The addition of this lovely Paper Inspirations sentiment is all it needed. I did add dimensional tape behind the main image to give it a little more dimension.

I would love to hear what you think?? Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!!

Color Throwdown / Sketch Challenge Combo

Happy Wednesday Everyone!!!

Today I've combined the Sketch Challenge over on SCS with the Color Throwdown Blog Challenge. I've cheated just a little with my paper color but I think that will be okay. Here are the details:

I've used Pretty in Pink and Regal Rose but I've picked up the Barely Banana color in my Basic Grey Sulty paper pack background. The zigzag stitching is a stamp in the Crafty Secrets Sew Special set. The tree and sentiment are from the new Crafty Secrets Garden Girl set. I've used Versafine black ink for my images and the flowers at the base of the tree (which should really be green because they are ground cover not flowers ... ssshh don't tell anyone ...) were colored with inking nibs and Regal Rose ink. The centers were done with a yellow gellyroll pen. The black metal dots are by Colorbok and of course the bird is a Martha Stewart punch. Pretty easy-peasy but I really like how it turned out!! What are your thoughts??

3 Challenges in 1 ...

Happy Ash Wednesday to you All!!!

I'm running short on time this week so today I have completed 3 challenge on 1 card. They are: today's Sketch Challenge over on SCS ... today's Color Challenge on the Color Throwdown Blog and this past Saturday's Our Creative Corner Challenge to use a tag on your creation.

The colors for today are Kiwi Kiss, Not Quite Navy and Bashful Blue. As you can see by the layout, inchies were a perfect choice for today's sketch challenge so I chose to use the Inkadinkado (butterflies & birds) set which I've had for some time now and had yet to get inky. They worked perfectly! My sentiment comes from the Crafty Secrets (bird lover's) set and was made in tag form using my rectangle Nestabilities. My background was created using the Stampin' Up crosshatch stamp. It's hard to tell in the photo, but I inked it first using Old Olive (don't have kiwi kiss ink yet!) then overlayed here & there with Not Quite Navy ink. I used Versafine black ink for the inchies and Not Quite Navy ink for my sentiment. My only embellishments here are the rafia and 1 Making Memories blue brad. Oh yea, I did use a SU watercolor turquoise pencil & blender pen to color in the eggs.

Thanks so much for stopping by today!! Hope the sun is shining where you are today!!

SCS Sketch Challenge #216

Either today's challenges are REALLY tough or I'm just having an OFF day ... don't know which!! Either way, I've had a really difficult time this morning getting my mojo flowing and my cards completed. Oh well ... here we go!

This is the card for today's Sketch Challenge over on SCS. Even though it gave me a little trouble, I'm happy with the outcome. I just love the "Fruit Stand" set by Stampin' Up and I don't use it nearly enough. I also love the "Wine Lover's" set by Crafty Secrets so today I decided to put them together and this is what I came up with.

Papers used are: Whisper White, Garden Green, Grape cs, Creative Imaginations dp and BoBunny dp. My coloring is all done with SU watercolor pencils and blender pen. I used my trusty Swivel Craft Knife to cut out the wine bottle image and popped it up using dimensional tape.

Those who know me best know I have a hard time with "white space" or in this case ... purple. So using yet another image from the Crafty Secrets "Wine Lover's" set, I stamped the grape cluster at the top center using Versafine Black. So ... what do you think??

Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day!!

Papercraft Planet Sketch Challenge

What a cool sketch over on the Papercraft Planet. You can find the details HERE. I needed a birthday card for an online friend whose birthday I totally missed last week. Well in all fairness, I really didn't know she was celebrating a birthday until I saw another crafter's post of a card she had made for Dawn (flowergal36). HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY DAWN!!!

This was a really fun sketch and since I just purchase two new Martha Stewart border punches, of course I had to utilize one on this card. The background paper is from the DCWV Old World pack and the bird image is by Inkadinkado. The vertical sentiment is by Magenta. Sorry about the brads being crooked ... they were an afterthought to tie in with the bluebird.

That's it for now ... thanks for stopping by!! Update: We have an appointment with the Oncologist later this morning to hear the results of last week's Pet Scan. Unfortunately I don't feel too optomistic ... but we'll wait to see what the doctor says!

Sketch Challenge at Papercraft Planet

The Papercraft Planet has certainly grown in leaps & bounds since it's beginning and have so many wonderful groups and challenges available. If you haven't been there ... you really should check it out!! Unfortunately I have been somewhat negligent of the challenges which I SO LOVE to play until today ...

Here is my card for the sketch challenge (sk013109). In my haste, I didn't really catch on to the fact that this was a "double" challenge offer.


The wording went like this:
Using this week's sketch challenge you can be eligible to win Melanie Muenchinger's beautiful stamp set Hand in Hand. All you have to do to enter is use the below sketch with the theme from the movie pick from the Cinema Saturday Creative Challenge blog, where this week we are featuring the movie: The Princess Bride.


Of course, you could just play it as the "sketch" challenge!! Whew ... !! Here are a few details about the card. The butterfly image is by Northwood and the sentiments are by Serendipity. I colored in the image using SU watercolor pencils and blender pen then proceeded to cutting their shape using my Nestabilities circle and scallop circle diecuts.

My sentiment circle was created by stamping and embossing the words ... cutting the shape with a smaller Nestabilities circle THEN ... before removing it from the die, I sponged around it with pink pirouette ink. When removed from the die, it left a nice white border which I then matted using pink pirouette cardstock and the next size up Nestie. A little trick I learned from my your friend and mine ... Sharon Johnson.

The base card is A-6 size premade purchased at Michaels ... background paper is by Paper Pizazz ... Offray ribbon ... Prima flowers and metal butterfly charm by Embellish-It.

Hope you enjoyed my card ... there are other challenges awaiting my creativity so I'd best get busy!!! LOL!! Have a wonderful day my friends!