TMS #177: Merry Christmas to Ewe

Hi Friends! Well, it's exactly one week until Christmas, and I still haven't mailed my Christmas cards! I have got to get on the stick!!! At least all my shopping, wrapping, and decorating is finished. :) How are you doing with your holiday preparations?

It's time for another Tuesday Morning Sketch Challenge, and this week's sketch is an easy one, so jump in with us for a chance at a prize from our fab sponsor, Bugaboo Digital Stamps. They generously provided images for the team this week, and I think you'll love all of the ones we chose.

Isn't this little guy adorable? Having been an obsessed knitter for many, many years, I still have a soft spot in my heart for all things wooly. I needed the image printed on white cs, since I wanted to color it with Copics, but I wanted a colored background, so I layered the image on top of a digital paper in my photo editing program (I use Paint Shop Pro X2). The edges of all the layers are sponged with Distress Ink. See those little glittery gems behind the sheep? Those are Clear Mini Round Gems from Michael's. After I glued them to the card, I covered them with red Stickles. I wasn't sure how well it would stick, but it ended up turning out great. Even up close you can't tell that they weren't manufactured like this.

I used my Snow Marker to give some texture to his fleece.

Check out his ears! The Snow Marker worked like a charm on them. They even feel a bit like fleece.

Sparkly Fluff was perfect for the trim on his hat.

The eyes have Glossy Accents on them.

The sentiment on the inside of the card is part of the image from Bugaboo, but instead of printing it directly onto cs, I used my trusty transparency sheet and made my own rub-on. The sentiment comes in black, but it's easy to change the color in Word to anything you want it to be. The little ornament and Christmas tree are stamps from the Hero Arts Holiday Sayings Christmas set.

See, this is a simple sketch that won't take you any time to whip into something fab. So, why don't you hop on over to the Tuesday Morning Sketch Challenge blog, check out the rest of the DT's wonderful creations, then show us what you can do by linking up your own take on the sketch. 

If I get busy, maybe I'll be able to get my cards addressed today and have them in the mail tomorrow, so at least they'll get where they are supposed to go before Christmas Eve!

Thanks for stopping by, and have a Merry Week!

~Hugs,

 

Stamps: Merry Christmas to Ewe (Bugaboo Digital Stamps); Holiday Sayings Christmas CL343 (Hero Arts)
Paper: Traveler (My Mind's Eye); Christmas Damask Paper Pack Digi (Print Candee)
Ink: Copic markers; Distress Ink; White Gel Pen
Dies: A2 Matting Basics A; Labels 4
Accessories: Mini Round Gems; Stickles; Sparkly Fluff (Our Craft Lounge); Glossy Accents; Snow Marker (Marvy)
Size: A2 (4.25" x 5.5")

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TMS #149: There Is No Try

Hi Friends! I hope you had a good weekend. My DD and I were able to visit one of my oldest (in time, not age ;) ), and dearest friends, who lives in Midland, Texas, this past weekend, so it was a very special time for me. I haven't seen Carolyn in about ten years. So much changes in even a short time! She had never met my DD, and we got to meet her entire sweet family, including all five of her grandchildren! I think my DD has made a lifelong friend of one of them. They were inseparable, and I have never heard my DD laugh so much as these past four days! She talked and giggled so much, she came home hoarse! :) I should probably be hoarse, too, because Carolyn and I stayed up late every night catching up on the years, talking and giggling, ourselves. :D  Carolyn, get ready...we'll be back soon!

But, on to business. It's time for the newest Tuesday Morning Sketch Challenge, and Melissa has given us a great sketch to work with this week. Also, Bugaboo Digi Stamps is our fab sponsor and they sent me an adorably funny digi stamp, called Stella Calendar Months-September, that is perfect for all the graduations going on right now.

Here's what I did with it:

Don't you just love that book dp? Reminds me of my own little personal library. Hmmm... maybe I should photograph my library shelves, do some creative editing in my photo program and make my own personal dp? I think I will! I'll post the result when I'm done.

In the meantime, for this card, I colored Stella with Copics, giving her a polka dot shirt and plaid skirt. I drew the tray under the chalkboard and added the stick figure "chalk" drawing on the chalkboard with a white gel pen. Stella is, of course, wearing patent leather pumps, so I used Glossy Accents on them, as well as her glasses. I couldn't resist adding blue eye shadow and bright red lipstick. This image SO reminds me of my second grade teacher!

I made the Class of 2012 sentiment in Word. It was easy to do. I made a text box with the words in it, filled the box with my color and change the text to white. I made sure the box was large enough to be able to use my desired die to cut it out. I added Stickles to the text, which looks great in person, but it didn't photograph so well.

The button was originally lime green, but I used a Copic to color and add a textured look to it.

This card is for a friend's son, for his high school graduation, and I wanted a light-hearted message inside. The Stella image comes with a fantastic sentiment, but it didn't really work in this situation, so I searched the internet until I came up with the perfect one--a quote from the ever-wise Yoda. It took me a couple of reads to understand it, but once I did, I knew this was the one. I sponged Distress Ink inside the die, and while the die was still in place, added the black faux stitching. Then, I printed the sentiment onto a transparency to make my own rub-on. This was a super fun card to make!

So, are you all revved up to join us this week at Tuesday Morning Sketches? Well, get your bad self over there, check out the rest of the DT cards and visit their blogs for some spectacular inspiration, then get busy! You've got until Sunday at 8 PM to link up.

Also, Melissa is having her first ever DT call, so you'll want to check the deets out on that, too. The DT call deadline is June 9, so you still have a few days, if you are interested in applying for the team!!!

I'll be entering this card in the following challenge:
Simon Says Stamp: Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by today! I hope this week holds something wonderful for you!

~Hugs,

 

Stamps: Stella Calendar Months-September (Bugaboo Digi Stamps)
Paper: Tea for Two (Cosmo Cricket); Oxford (Basic Grey)
Ink: Distress Ink; Copic markers; white gel pen; black Micron pen
Dies: Curved Rectangles, Labels 13 (Spellbinders)
Accessories: Postage Stamp edge punch (EK Success); waxed linen thread; button; eyelets; Glossy Accents; Stickles; foam dots
Size: A2 (4.25" x 5.5")

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Tuesday Morning Sketches #128: Cheetah Heels

Hi Friends! [If you're looking for my Flourishes Timeless Tuesday challenge post, click here.] It's time for another Tuesday Morning Sketch challenge, TMS128, and this week is a judged challenge with an added twist: make it vintage.

Bugaboo Digi Stamps is sponsoring this week's challenge and those cute cheetah heels are one of their images. I colored it twice, fussy cut the front shoe and popped it up on the main image. The heel tip is colored with a gold opaque pen and the bows have a little bit of gold Pearl Pen on them for added shine. The pearl dots around the shoe image is a Pearl Pen, too.

I made the flower with a Carnation Dimensional Punch. The flowers from those kinds of punches always sit up too high for my taste, so after it was finished, I just cut most of the base off and re-glued it with hot glue and it held together fine.

For the inside of the card, I used Flourishes stamps. The soul mates stamp from the Feminine Charms set was perfect for this card. I stamped the decorative flourish on the brown cardstock with Versamark ink, and used a brown pen to doodle on the edges of the red cardstock. This was my first time to try freehand doodling. I was a little nervous about messing up the whole thing, but I think I like it.

In this close up, you can see the red Pearl Pen dots. For the ones on the Beaded Circle die cut, I sponged red ink on the circles before removing the die, then added the Pearl Pen dots. It makes it look like the Pearl Pen dots soaked into the paper, but they didn't. I didn't intend to have that look, but once I saw it I liked it immediately. It adds just a little more vintage-ness to the card.

So, now that you've had a look at my card, you can click on over to the Tuesday Morning Sketches blog and see what the other ladies on the design team have to inspire you. Then, create something fab and link it up. I can't wait to see what you come up with!

Thanks for stopping by today!

 

Stamps: Heels-Cheetah (Bugaboo Digital Stamps); Feminine Charm, Tag Lines, Moments in Time (Flourishes)
Paper: Lille (7Gypsies)
Ink: Tim Holtz Distress Ink; Colorbox; Versamark; Copic Markers
Dies: Labels Sixteen, Labels Fourteen, Curved Rectangles, Std Circles Lg, Beaded Circles (Spellbinders)
Accessories: Carnation Dimensional Punch (EK Success); Velvet Ribbon, Lace (Fancy Pants Design); Jeweled brad (Art Minds); black rhinestone brad (Recollections); Pearl Pen; twine
Size: A2 (4.25" x 5.5")

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