Tuesday Morning Sketch Challenge #132: Kiss Kiss

Hi Blog Friends! Happy Tuesday! Ready for a challenge? Well, Tuesday Morning Sketches has another good one for you. It's sponsored by Paper Pretties, and they have some seriously cute stamps--both clear and digital. Just wait until you see the digi stamp I used today--I guarantee it will make you smile!

Isn't this Q-Pig digi stamp sweet? Are you smiling yet? I colored this little fella with Copics, added Stickles to his wings and hearts, and a drop of Liquid Pearls to his arrowhead.


Now, here's the sketch that Theresa came up with for us this week:

And, my finished card:

The text on the two hearts was typed in Word and printed on transparencies to make rub-ons. The scalloped heart die cuts were white paper that I stamped with a beautiful Lacier Heart stamp by Inkadinkado. They look a little orange in the photo, but in real life they're red. Even so, now that the card is finished, I wish I'd stamped them in a pinker shade.

The "Kiss Kiss" sentiment is embossed duct tape (of course, I first stuck the tape to cs before embossing). I used the same embossing folder as I did on the bg paper. I used a Copic marker to color the letters. Boy, those markers come in handy.

I made the pleated ribbon by taping the pleats to the cardstock first, then I stitched a line right down the middle.

The bg is white cs that I dry embossed, then I sponged Spun Sugar Distress Ink lightly across the raised areas. I've been hearing that leaving the cs in the embossing folder while sponging helps to keep the ink on the raised parts and off the recessed parts. Guess what? It's true! If you haven't tried it that way, give it a go. I think you'll be please with the result.

The Q-Pig, hearts, and Kiss Kiss sentiment are all popped up with foam dots. You can see the layers in the photo above.

And, here's a peek at the inside:

So, there you have it. Now, be sure to click over to the Tuesday Morning Sketches site to see the rest of the Design Team's fabulous creations, then make your own project and direct link it up there with the Inlinkz Widget.  One name will be randomly chosen to win something fun from Paper Pretties! And, you know you want it to be you! :)

Thanks for stopping by my blog today, and have a glorious week!

~Hugs,

 

Stamps: Q-Pig (Paper Pretties); Lacier Heart (Inkadinkadoo); Scroll (Studio G); I Love You (Craftsmart)
Ink: Copic markers; Distress Ink; Colorbox
Dies: Big Scalloped Ovals Sm, Ironwork Accents, Classic Hearts, Classic Scalloped Hearts (Spellbinders)
Accessories: Love is in the Air embossing folder (Cuttlebug); ribbon (Berwick); Stickles; Liquid Pearls; Shimmer Spritz; silver duct tape; sewing thread
Size: A2 (4.25" x 5.5")

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Tuesday Morning Sketch Challenge #130: Teddy Bear Love

[If you are looking for my Timeless Tuesday #153 post, click here.]

Hi Friends! It's Tuesday Morning Sketch Challenge time! Jessica George has given us a fab sketch to follow this week, and our sponsor is Stamp Fairy. They have the most adorable digital stamps. You really should check them out. And, if you've never used digital stamps before, they have some great freebies that you could practice on to get an idea of how it works. :)

I've got a Valentine's card this week, and I'm using the sweetest little digi stamp--Donna & Donny Love. I colored them with Copics and used Distress Ink for the blue background.

The red hearts on their chests were what popped out of the Heart Circles die cut. I glued them on, then coated them with Glossy Accents. The two glittery hearts over Donna's head are part of the digi stamp. I colored them with Copics, then covered them with several thick layers of Stickles. Donna and Donny have Glossy Accents on their noses.

The Love stamp is a dollar bin stamp from Michaels. I stamped it with Aged Mahogany Distress Ink, and colored inside the letters and heart with a red Copic. Then, I used Glossy Accents on the letters and heart, and put Burgundy Stickles in the center of the heart.

There are Stickles dots on the Heart Circle die cut and Pearl Pen dots on the Scalloped Circle.

The inside is stamped with several stamps from the Hero Arts Valentine Sayings set.

So, that's my card for today. Be sure to go to the Tuesday Morning Sketches site and take a peek at what the rest of the Design Team has to inspire you for this week's challenge. Then, link your creation up for a chance to win something fun from Stamp Fairy!

I'm entering this card into the Paper Pretties Monday Challenge--make a Valentine card (PPMC23), and the Paper Pretties Wednesday Challenge--use glitter (PWC189).

Thanks for stopping by my blog, and have a crafty week!

~Hugs,
 

Stamps: Donna & Donny Love-digi stamp (Stampfairy.com); Valentine Sayings (Hero Arts); Love (Michaels)
Paper: Happily Lost (Lily Bee Design); Life's Journey (K&Co); Classic White cs (Flourishes)
Ink: Distress Ink; Copic markers
Dies: Std Circles Lg, Classic Scalloped Circles Lg, Heart Circles (Spellbinders)
Accessories: Seam binding (Hug Snug); lace (Fancy Pants Designs); eyelets; Glossy Accents; Stickles; Enamel Accents; Pearl Pen
Size: A2 (4.25" x 5.5")

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Flourishes Timeless Tuesday--FTTC153: Head Over Heels

[If you're looking for my Tuesday Morning Sketch post, click here.]

Hi Friends, and Happy Tuesday to you! Don't you just love a good challenge? I know I do, and this week's Flourishes Timeless Tuesday Challenge, FTTC153, is a great one.

Cindy has asked us to create a center stair step card, and like the tri-fold card a few weeks ago, this was something I'd never done before. I've always been a little intimidated by all those complicated looking folds and cuts. I even skipped a challenge once just because I would have had to make a center step card. Well, being the Guest Designer for FTTC this month, I didn't have the luxury to skip the challenge this time, and I'm so glad, because it's a fantastic card base to work with, and way easier than I ever imagined. If you've never made one, just visit the SCS center step card tutorial. I promise you, it's easy peasy, and really impressive to your non-cardmaking friends. :D And, if you enter it in the Timeless Tuesday Challenge (FTTC153) this week, you even have a chance to boost your stamp inventory with a Flourishes gift certificate!

Here's mine all decked out:

Isn't that just the coolest card? I love all the angles and openings. I used the TCP Tuesday 193 color challenge palette of pale pink, melon, and brown and the Lace Heart stamp from Flourishes to turn it into a Valentine card, which fits the Paper Pretties Monday Challenge PPMC23, also.

I started with a melon card base, then covered the side panels with pale pink cs, then brown cs, then a striped dp that matched the TCP Tuesday 193 colors. The edges of the striped paper are sponged with Aged Mahogany Distress Ink. For a little interest, I put three clear gems on each side, also.

The bottom panel is just a strip of pink and white glitter cs, sponged along the edges with Walnut Stain Distress Ink that is trimmed with a length of brown cotton lace. It didn't seem sturdy enough to me when opening the card, so there is a matching strip of the pink and white cs mounted on brown cs on the reverse side. 

For the main, center panel of the card, I zigzagged the brown dp to a pale pink cs, then glued a glittered chipboard flourish to the lower left corner. (Whoo Hoo! Paper Pretties Wednesday Challenge 189 is to use glitter on your card-I'm in!) I heat embossed the Lace Heart design with chocolate embossing powder onto pale pink cs, cut it out with a Spellbinders Classic Heart die, sponged Victorian Velvet Distress Ink on the edges while it was still in the die, sponged Walnut Stain Distress Ink just on the edges of the heart, then filled the little center heart with Glossy Accents. After that dried, I covered it with a thin coat of Glam Pink Stickles.

The Lace Heart is lifted up with two layers of crimped scrap cs (rather than pop dots) onto a brown scalloped heart that I edged with a gold opaque marker. That was then popped up with foam dots over the chipboard flourish.

I tied a bow through the jump ring of a metal charm, placing the charm slightly over the edge of the heart and used pop dots under the corner of the charm to hold it in place. I've never seen anyone hot glue the knots of bows in tutorials, but I usually try to put a little bit on the back of mine to keep it from untying and to hold it in place on the card, then I secured the ends of the twine on the back of the cs with more hot glue. Finally, I attached the entire panel to the card base.

For the inside, I cut a Fleur de Lis Rectangle out of brown cs and put Liquid Pearl dots along the edges, then cut a rectangle of pale pink cs, which I stamped with the Elizabeth Barrett Browning verse from the same Lace Heart stamp set. There is a teeny little heart on the "H" and I filled that with Crystal Stickles.

When I started this card, I thought it might work as a masculine card with the striped side panels and heavy brown lace, but I guess with all that pink...not so much. :) I do like that it's feminine without being frilly, though. 

Okay. Now it's time for you to "step up" with your own center step card. You can find all the details and link your card to the challenge at the Flourishes Timeless Tuesday 153 blog post. And, be sure to feast your eyes on the beautiful, inspiring creations by the rest of the Timeless Tuesday Design Team. This is a seriously talented team of ladies:

Beate

Cindy

Heather

Makiko

Mona

Silke

Tammy

I can't wait to see what you create!

Thanks for stopping by my blog today. Hope you have a marvy week!

~Hugs,

 

Stamps: Lace Heart (Flourishes)
Paper: Garden Party (DCWV); Love Nest (My Mind's Eye)
Ink: Distress Ink; Memento
Dies: Classic Hearts, Classic Scalloped Hearts, Fleur de Lis Rectangles, Classic Rectangles (Spellbinders)
Accessories: Embossing Powder (Zing); lace (Fancy Pants Design); Glitter Flourish chipboard (Making Memories); Embossed Charm-Love (Making Memories); gold opaque marker; mini round gems (Recollections); Glossy Accents; Stickles; Liquid Pearls; sewing thread; twine; foam dots
Size: 5.5" square

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