April Sketch For You To Try

Good morning!  I hope your day is off to a great start!  It's a beautiful spring day so far here in NC! I'm looking forward to getting out a little later to enjoy it.  First, I have a card to share that I made for the April Sketch For You To Try (SFYTT) on Jen Del Muro's blog. 

Here is this month's sketch:

My card is also for today's Teapot Tuesday Challenge (MMTPT141) on Splitcoast Stampers. 

Here is the cute inspiration teapot for this week:

This week the Destination Station is a gentleman named Tom in Colorado who has Down's Syndrome. He's 62 and for the last 11 years, he has been cared for by the daughter and son-in-law of fellow teapotter, Marilynn (APandi).   You can read more about Tom here.  Tom loves to receive mail!!  He also loves guitars and cars!  Hopefully Tom will enjoy all the cards he will receive from the teapotters!

Here is my card for both challenges:

I started with a card base of SU Basic Black and Layered with Papertrey Aqua Mist.  The patterned papers are from the Basic Grey Oliver and Olivia 6x6 pads.  The quitar image and sentiment are digis from a Squigglefly called You Rock!.  I colored the guitar with Copics and highlighted with Spica pens.  I added Glossy Accents to the white part of the guitar to make it shiny. Three silver pearls finished off my card.

Thanks for stopping by!  Enjoy your day!  Hope to see you again soon!

Card For a Couple of Challenges

Happy Monday morning!  I hope everyone had a great weekend!  I spent mine catching up on everything after being away last week.  I did manage to find a little time to stamp, though.  I made this card for two challenges: last week's Color Challenge (CC0405) on The Outlawz site and this week's Sketch Challenge (sk040911) on Paper Craft Planet.

Here ins the inspiration photo for the Outlawz color challenge:

You also had to add distressing for this challenge.

And here is the PCP sketch:

Here is my card for the challenges:



I started with a card base of SU Chocolate Chip and layered with Papertrey Aqua Mist.  The patterned papers are from the Pink Paislee Sweetness 6x6 pad.  I thought they were a great match to the bedding in the inspiration photo!  The only stamping was the sentiment from Gina K. Designs Hugs and Prayers set.  I distressed the edges of the patterned with Tim Holtz Vintage Photo Distress Ink and my thumbnail.  I added a butterfly that I punched with a Martha Stewart Punch and to which I added a few chocolate pearls.  It's  finished off with three Antique Copper brads from Making Memories.

Thanks for stopping by this morning!  Have a wonderful day!

Tuesday Trigger - A Burst Of Blooms

Good morning!  I have a super quick post to share the card I made for last week's Tuesday Trigger on Moxie Fab World. 

Here is the trigger photo:

I used Sketch #212 from Card Positioning Systems, but I was unable to make the deadline for that challenge because we lost internet service during a severe storm last night. 

Here is the sketch anyway:

Here is my take on the trigger:



A very simple card - I used several crocheted flowers that I won a while back from pixiepetals Etsy shop. They reminded me of the crocheted flower doilies in the trigger photo.  I added buttons to the flower centers and suspended them from some twine.  A simple sentiment from Gina K. Designs Wild At Heart set finished it.

Thanks for stopping by!  Have a wonderful Sunday!

Mojo Monday #185 and Color Throwdown #136

Good afternoon!  If you are looking for my CSS Alumni Blog Hop post, click here.

I have a quick post today to share a card I made for a few more of my favorite challenges.  I'm still catching up so they are coming in bunches!  This one is for this week's Mojo Monday #185 which was a contest.

Here is the Mojo Sketch:

I used the colors from this week's Color Throwdown #136 for my card.  Here are the colors:

Finally, my card is for last week's Copic/Promarker Challenge (CBC0401) on The Outlawz site which was to use Copics to color an embellishment.  I colored all my embellishments with Copics.

Here is my card for the three challenges:

I started with a card base of SU Soft Sky and layered with Kraft.  The light blue and orange patterned papers are from the Pink Paislee 365 Degrees 6x6 pad.  The script DP is from the Prima Madeline pad.  I cut the bottom border and the medallion with Spellbinders Floral Doily Accents dies.  The sentiment tag was cut with one of the Spellbinders Grommet Tag dies.  The sentiment is from Gina K. Designs Enjoy The Sunshine set.  I colored white Kaiser pearls, white seam binding and three white Prima flowers with my B00 Copic marker for the Outlawz challenge. 

Thanks for stopping by!  I'll be back soon with some other creations I've been working on.

Have a great evening!

CSS Alumni Blog Hop - Inspiration Challenge

It's time for another CSS Alumni Blog Hop!  I am so happy to be able to participate this time!  If you arrived here from Brenda's blog, you are in the right place.  If not, you should start back at the StampTV forum so you don't miss a thing! 

This time we have an Inspiration Challenge - to create a card or project inspired by these yummy-looking cookies:

Here is my card:

I chose Premier #4 for my inspiration and focused on the colors (aqua and yellow) and the little yellow flowers.  I started with a card base of Pure Luxury Sweet Corn and layered with Ocean Mist.  I've been challenging myself to try to use some of my older sets - today I used one of the floral images from Gina's Comfort & Peace.  I inked the stamp with markers and stamped on Pure Luxury Layering Weight White.  I highlighted the image with Copic markers and Spica pens then added adhesive gems to the flower centers.  The patterned paper is from the October Afternoon Fly A Kite pad.  I stamped the sentiment from Gina's Inside and Out onto Layering Weight White and created a banner.  I added a crocheted flower from my stash and a few more gems to finish it.

Next, you'll want to hop on over to Carolina's blog where she has something awesome to share with you!

Be sure to leave a comment on every blog as you hop along because on Tuesday morning (April 12th), we will randomly choose one of the comments from all the blogs and that lucky commenter will get to choose a free stamp set of their choice valued up to $24.95!

Thanks for stopping by!