Tuesday Morning Sketch Challenge #146: Sunny Days

Hello Friends! I'm back with another Tuesday Morning Sketch Challenge! DRS Designs is our sponsor this week, and they generously sent me a couple of really cute, high-quality stamps to work with. I'm excited to show you what I did with them.

Melissa's sketch, this week, was a serious challenge for me. I'm more comfortable making cards with lots of layers, and all that blank space was a little bit scary. But, I persevered, and I really like the end result. It certainly helped that I had such a great stamp to use. ;)

The first thing you may notice is that my card is missing those two little squares in the corner. Well, I flipped the sketch upside down and used two circles instead of squares. I also used my Prismacolor pencils and Gamsol, rather than Copics. I've been wanting to color on kraft with pencils for awhile, and these stamps were perfect for it. And, what fun! I'll definitely be coloring on kraft again soon!

The light blue butterfly is part of the main image stamp, but the other butterflies were another single stamp. Rather than stamp them all together, I inked them one at a time so I could spread them across the scene, then I colored them and added Stickles to their wings. The sentiment is a Verve stamp.

I loved making the fence white because it's so striking against kraft cs. I used Sparkly Fluff for the centers of the flowers. It's always fun making a card that begs to be touched. :) After I finished coloring the main image, and before adding Stickles and Sparkly Fluff, I used my Stamp-a-m-a-jig to re-stamp the image over the coloring to give it a crisper look.

For the sun, I embossed a piece of pale yellow cs with a swirly design, inked up the raised areas with Scattered Straw Distress Ink, punched two circles from it, then sponged Walnut Stain lightly around the edges of the circles. I used a Bird Flourish Spellbinders die for the dark yellow flourish and added a few rhinestones and streaks of Stickles to it for sparkle.

See the butterflies in the upper right corner of the inside? That's the stamp that I used on the front of the card for the butterflies. It's nice that they are arranged so that you can stamp them as a group or split them up. Both the butterflies and the flowers in the lower corner were stamped in Versamark ink.

Alrighty, folks, it's your turn, now! Head on over to the Tuesday Morning Sketch Challenge blog and check out the fab inspiration by the rest of the DT, then show us your interpretation of the sketch. I can't wait to see what you create!

I'll be entering this card in the following challenges:
Crafty Friends Challenges #3: Inspiration
Crazy 4 Challenges C4C136: Photo inspiration
Do You Stack Up DYSU#71: Use a Flower
Flourishes Bring Back Beautiful BBB22: Beauty of the Garden

Thanks for stopping by and have a great week!

~Hugs!

 

Stamps: Flower Fence with Butterflies, Four Corner Butterfly (DR Designs); Sunny Days (Verve)
Ink: Staz-On; Memento; Distress Ink; Versamark
Dies: Bird Flourishes, Labels One (Spellbinders)
Accessories: Daisy Edge Punch (Martha Stewart); 1-1/4" circle punch (EK Success); Regal Flourishes embossing folder (Sizzix); colored pencils (Prismacolor); rhinestones; Sparkly Fluff; Stickles; Shimmer Spritz; sewing thread
Size: A2 (4.25" x 5.5")

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You're a Peach!

Hi Friends! My DD wanted to give her teacher a gift for teacher appreciation week, so, of course, I just had to make a card for the occasion, also. 

I love mixing dp's, and the Viva la Verve May 2012 Week 2 sketch is a good one for that.

And, this pretty color palette is perfect for peaches!

I found a peach-scented candle that smells heavenly, so I used a Flourishes peach stamp set to make a coordinating card. I meant to add three staples above the image, but forgot to do it before I glued everything together, darn it!

My DD had a really good 2nd grade year, so I left plenty of room for her to thank her teacher and sign her name. :)

Thanks for stopping by, and have a wonderful week!

I'll be entering this card in the following challenges:

Viva la Verve May 2012 Week 2 Sketch Challenge
ColourQ Challenge #136
Flourishes Bring Back Beautiful Challenge 22: The Beauty of the Garden
Crafty Friends Challenge #3: Inspiration Challenge
Crazy 4 Challenges #135: Gardening or the Great Outdoors
Do You Stack Up Challenge #70: Circles
Moving Along With the Times: Summer Sunshine
Great Impressions Rubber Stamps Challenge #3: Anything Goes
The Emerald Fairies Challenge #23: Anything Goes

~Hugs!

 

Stamps: Cherries & Peaches (Flourishes)
Paper: Farmhouse (Crate Paper); Sweetness (Pink Paislee); Best of K&Co
Ink: Distress Ink; Memento; Copic markers
Dies: Std Circles Sm, Classic Scalloped Circles Sm (Spellbinders)
Accessories: Postage Stamp edge punch, Binding Edge edge punch (EK Success); lace (Joann); grosgrain ribbon (Taylored Expressions); rhinestones; Stickles; foam dots; sewing thread
Size: A2 (4.25" x 5.5")

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Tuesday Morning Sketch Challenge #145: Unlock Your Future

Happy Tuesday, Friends! It's Tuesday Morning Sketch Challenge time, again! This week is our judged challenge with a twist: use die cut(s).  Stamping Scrapping is our generous sponsor, and our own Kathy Curry has come up with a fantastic sketch for this challenge.

I'm using the CR84FN53 color palette of pink, aqua, and neutral:

My niece is graduating from high school this month, and I wanted to make her a card, but I wanted it to be something soft and feminine, rather than academically-themed. 

I turned the sketch sideways, and made it rectangular rather than square. Then, I layered several different die cuts, sponging Distress Ink on the edges for a vintage look, and topped it off with a lock stamp from Our Craft Lounge. I used a deckle ruler to tear the edges of the stamped layer, cut the lock openings with a craft knife, then further distressed it with ink. I used a brick design embossing folder for the bg paper, which I sewed along the edges before adhering to the card base.

Here's a peek at the inside:

The "unlock" sentiment is one I created in Word, printed onto a transparency, then rubbed onto the cs. I used three different Our Craft Lounge stamp sets for the key, flourish, and congrats sentiment (they're listed below). 

Okay! Ready to play? Well, head on over to the Tuesday Morning Sketches blog, where you'll find all the rules, the linking tool, and lots of fab inspiration by the rest of the DT! Then get all creative with your own project--remember this is our judged challenge! I can't wait to see what you create!

I'll be entering this card in these challenges:
CR84FN Color Challenge 53: Pink, Aqua, Neutral
Great Impressions Rubber Stamps Challenge #3: Anything Goes
The Emerald Fairies Challenge #23: Anything Goes


~Hugs,

 

Stamps: Under Lock & Key, Say It Big, In Flight (Our Craft Lounge)
Paper: Cafe Mediterranean (DCWV); Love Next (My Mind's Eye); Just Chillin' (Making Memories); kraft cs
Ink: Distress Ink; Memento
Dies: Fair Isle Pendant, Ironwork Accents, Bird Flourishes (Spellbinders)
Accessories: Scallop Dot Edge Punch (Martha Stewart); Bricked embossing folder (Sizzix); ribbon (Michaels); Stickles; Enamel Accents; sewing thread; foam dots
Size: A2 (4.25" x 5.5")

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So Happy Bouquet

Hi Friends! I hope you are all having a great weekend. It's ballet recital weekend here, and we're having a weekend guest, so we're staying busy; therefore, I'll be brief.

This is a congratulatory card, suitable for a wedding, anniversary, graduation, even a birthday--any kind of celebration. 

I colored the image with Sharpie markers, and shaded the bg inside the die with chalk.

The navy layer was embossed with a Textile Texture embossing folder, and I used a text background stamp for the lavender layer.

I used a Garden Trellis border punch on the inside of the card, to match the front, and left plenty of room for personalization.

I'll be entering this card in the following challenges:

Crazy 4 Challenges 135 C4C135: Gardening or the Great Outdoors
Creative Craft Challenges2: Anything Goes
Moving Along With the Times: Summer Sunshine

Thanks for stopping by today, and enjoy the rest of your weekend!

~Hugs,

 

Stamps: Bouquet (Studio 112); Playful Expressions (TPC Studio); Text Distressing (Glitz)
Ink: Sharpie markers; Colorbox
Dies: Labels Large, Labels Four (Spellbinders)
Accessories: Garden Trellis border punch (Martha Stewart); Textile Texture embossing folder (Cuttlebug); Word Tags punch (McGill); chalk; rhinestones; ribbon (Michaels); foam dots
Size: A6 (4.5" x 6.25")

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Tuesday Morning Sketch Challenge #144: Friendship

Hi Friends! Ready for another fun Tuesday Morning Sketch? Here you go...

Marie always creates fun sketches, and our fantastic sponsor this week is Ribbon Carousel. Now, who couldn't use a little more ribbon, right?

Hope all the bright colors aren't too blinding. :)

Here's are a few close ups. I used my paper crimper on the little purple rectangles behind the three small images, and I colored the flowers and butterflies with Copic markers.

I treated the inside panel exactly like the image panel on the front of the card, with a background stamp and sponging on the edges--just making it large enough to fill the inside. I decided not to use a sentiment inside, to give more room for personalization. 

I hope you'll play along with us this week. For lots more inspiration, you can find links to the DT's blogs at Tuesday Morning Sketches, and that's also where you can link up your creation. Can't wait to see what you come up with!

I'll be entering this card in the following challenges:

Emergency Crafters: Bold & Bright

Simon Says Stamp: Anything Goes

Creative Craft Challenges2: Anything Goes

Thanks so much for stopping by! Have a great week!!!

~Hugs,

 

Stamps: Sweet Days of Summer (Flourishes); Dots & Flowers Background Stamp (Hero Arts)
Paper: Summer Song (My Mind's Eye)
Ink: Distress Ink; Colorbox; Stampabilities; Copics
Dies: Classic Rectangles Sm & Lg, Classic Scalloped Rectangles Sm, Parisian Accents (Spellbinders)
Accessories: Ribbon (Michaels); rhinestones; Corner Chomper; Paper Crimper
Size: A2 (4.25" x 5.5")

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