Flowers and Birds

I received my Simon November Card Kit, and dove right in - what gorgeous components!!

Here are my first 2 cards, concentrating this time on the patterned papers and coordinating stickers.

supplies: Fog card stock, papers and stickers from Pebbles Heart of Home Collection, Darice gold leaves, my own white string, adhesive foam squares

I used a sketch and the heart paper, a bird sticker, and my sentiment is also from another of the design papers.  I popped up the beautiful bird sticker - easy to do because it's made from heavy cardstock, added the leaves and string, and done!

Here's another - I love to mix gingham and florals!

supplies: white and Slate card stock, papers and stickers from Pebbles Heart of Home Collection, sentiment made using Simon's Kind Flowers stamps and coordinating Kind Bold Outline die, Pretty Pink Posh Stitched Scallop Border die, adhesive foam squares

And I have hardly touched the gorgeous oversized stamp set - there'll be more where these came from!  Here's the Card Kit.  Be sure to visit Simon's Gallery for more samples using this kit!

Trick or Treat!

When I saw the inspiration for this week's Mix it Up challenge, I knew just what I'd use!

supplies: white cardstock, discontinued Halloween dps, retired The Craft's Meow stamp set, markers to color, Simon's Stitched Circle dies, Blueprints 20 banner dies, adhesive foam squares

I am not a cat person, but who could resist that sweet face?

Sunshine

Here's a card using the sketch from Sugar Pea Designs Mix it Up challenge #15.

supplies: white, brown, 2 golds, and green cardstock, dp from Bo Bunny Believe pad, PTI  Bloom Builders #3, DieNamics Layered Leaves, sentiment from (retired) Technique Tuesday Bring on the Sun by Ali Edwards, brown button, various sequins

I love this sunshine sentiment and will never tire of getting it out and using it every year.  This time I added a sunflower to it.

Hope your week is full of sunshine - given and received!

Grateful

And yet ANOTHER wreath card, this time for the Taylored Expressions Share Joy challenge.   I loved both the sketch and the photo inspiration - here's my entry.

supplies: dps from Pebbles fall paper pads,  Lil' Inker Perky Posies flower and leaves dies, Taylored Expressions grateful die, Freckled Fawn enamel dots

Here's our inspiration:

Sugar Pea Mix it Up Challenge #16

I thought the sketch for this week's challenge at Sugar Pea Designs was fun.  Here's my take on it:

supplies: recycled white and various fall tones of cardstock, dp from Echo Park Fall is in the Air pad, My Monthly Hero September leaf dies and twine, Darice pearls, sentiment from The Craft's Meow Fall with Fibi and Lilly

Here's the challenge graphics:

Fall and its delightful temperatures and sunny skies has finally arrived here - enjoy your day!!

Mix It Up challenge

When I saw the sketch part of the current Mix It Up challenge at the Sugar Pea Designs blog, I thought it was a sweet way to show off some patterned papers.  And still having the Harvest Mouse set out on my work surface, I married the 2 for my entry:

supplies:  most dps from Pebbles Woodland Forest paper pad, MFT Harvest Mouse stamps, colored pencils, Simon's Stitched Circle and Spellbinder's Circle dies

Sugar Pea's Fall Fox set would be perfect here, but I haven't been able to snag it so far - it's at the top of my wishlist. 

I'd like to throw my hat into the My Favorite Things Superstar contest.

Share Joy Challenge #50

I have a card today that I'd like to enter into the Taylored Expressions Share Joy challenge.  I used the sketch along with some fall colors, pulling them from the floral paper:

supplies: ivory cardstock, dps in autumn tones, Taylored Expressions Bloomers 3 (flowers), Bloom Where You're Planted (leaves) and grateful dies, TE felts in butter, carrot, and tiffany, and PTI Hawaiian Shores, Simon Stitched Rectangle and Circle dies, sequins to match

I love these kinds of sketches, because it means I can use some of my collection of design papers!

Here's our inspiration - you can use either the sketch or the photo inspiration, or both.  

A Harvest of Blessings

When I finally was able to get this Harvest Mouse set last year, it was way beyond the season, and though I adapted it for some Valentines for my Grands, it has been waiting until now to get used again.  The current My Favorite Things sketch challenge gave me just the start I needed!

supplies: cream card stock, MFT Harvest Mouse clear stamps, Spectrum Aqua markers to color, DieNamics Stitched Tag, Pebbles Harvest papers, Martha Stewart fence punch, adhesive foam squares

Here's our sketch:

I had a fun afternoon yesterday playing with these adorable little guys......you'll be seeing a few more cards using them soon!

CASE this Sketch #179

As soon as I saw this week's sketch at CASE this Sketch challenge, I thought of my Fancy Banner stamps and die.  Here's my entry:

supplies: white and Hero Arts kraft cardstock, Taylored Expressions Fancy Banner 2 stamps and die, markers to color, Simon Chisolm Wreath die, Simon Stitched Rectangle die, Scrapbook Adhesives foam squares 

This was really hard for me to leave this alone......I fought not to add a small colored frame around the inner rectangle, or add splatters or sequins.  For me, this is CAS to the max......lots of white space!

Here's the sketch - isn't it cute?

MFT Sketch Challenge

Sneaking in at the last hour with an entry for the current My Favorite Things Sketch Challenge:

supplies: white and black cardstock, MFT Flashy Florals stamps and dies, MFT fabulous die, Simon's Stitched Rectangles die, Hero Arts Wallpaper Background woodblock from 1999, various sequins, adhesive foam squares

I was so enthralled with Karolyn's velveteen stamping here, that I went the same route, using a very old Hero Arts ditzy floral stamp for my pattern.  This is a technique invented by Shari Carroll when she was a Hero Arts artist; basically you stamp a pattern in white pigment ink on white cardstock, and when it's dry, overstamp your designs.....the white pattern will float upwards and be subtly visible through the overstamped colors. 

Here's the sketch:

Thanks

I got some new goodies to play with and I'm combining a couple of them to enter the current Share Joy challenge.

supplies: white cardstock, Taylored Expressions Rosy Posey embossing folder, My Favorite Things Flashy Florals stamps and dies, MFT thanks die, MFT Dots & Stripes Sorbet striped dp, Pretty Pink Posh Sparkling Clear sequins

I think Taylored Expressions makes some of the nicest embossing folders, and this Rosy Posey one has been on my list for awhile, but always sold out.  So last week when I saw it was back in stock, I scooped it up!

Here's our sketch for this week:

After a dreary day yesterday of showers, it's a beautiful spring Sunday here!  I hope you're getting some of the same!

Spring Wishes

Here's a card for another of this month's sketches at Sugar Pea Designs.

supplies: white, bright yellow, and Audrey Blue cardstock, Sugar Pea Designs, Funky Wreath - Spring, various inks to match Lawn Fawn's Perfectly Plaid paper, Lawn Fawn Stitched Scallop die, Simon Stitched Circle die, Spellbinder's Circle die, Die-Namics banner die from Blueprints 20, Pretty Pink Posh Sparkling Clear sequins, Scrapbook Adhesives foam squares

I love all the little stitched details here and there on my card!  My flower colors were pulled from the plaid panel.

Here's the sketch:

Be sure to visit Sugar Pea Designs to see all the creative takes on this sketch!

Sugar Sketch challenge #53

I recently won an adorable set of stamps from Sugar Pea Designs, and now I can play in their sketch challenges!  Here's my card for sketch #53:

supplies: white and Green Apple cardstock, design papers from My Favorite Things Farm Fresh Gingham and Tranquil Textures pads, flowers, leaves, and sentiment from Sugar Pea Designs Funky Wreaths - Spring, various pastel inks, Die-Namics Spring Wreath die, Doodlebug white glitter sprinkles in centers of flowers

Here's the sketch:

Hope you're having a great Sunday - it snowed here for a second this morning!!

Share Joy #32

Here's my card for this week's Share Joy challenge.  We had a choice of a sketch and/or  a CAS card - I used both.

supplies: black, white, and yellow cardstock, Tim Holtz Detailed Butterflies dies, Anna Griffin Rosa embossing strip, Lawn Fawn Stitched Scalloped Borders die, dps from Simple Stories and Authentique, Paper Sweeties flower sequins

Here's the inspiration:

A Little Birdie.....

Here's a last-minute entry to the current Share Joy challenge. I used the sketch only.  One of my favorite things about springtime is the pretty greens of the newly emerging leaves, so I started with that and everything followed.

supplies: kraft, red, 2 blues and Hero Arts Grass cardstock, and MFT Farm Fresh Gingham, Taylored Expressions woodgrain cardstock, sponged with ground espresso distress ink to bring out the woodgrain,  and their Leafy Vines embossing folder, Paper Smooches Birdhouse dies, Lil Inker Stitched Tag, May Arts natural twine

Thanks for stopping by!

Grateful

This week's Share Joy Challenge wants a CAS card using a sketch.  Here's my entry:

supplies: white and black cardstock, Mama Elephant Water Blooms, Altenew Warm Sunshine, Hero Arts Grass, and VersaFine onyx black inks, Taylored Expressions grateful die (included in a recent order)

I've been enamored lately with yellow and black with a touch of green - evidently I've been starved for sunshine!

Here's the sketch:

Thanks for stopping by - I hope you have a great week!

You're So Tweet

The sketch challenge at My Favorite Things for this week is an interesting one, so I pulled out an old Pure Innocence stamp and had a play with it.  The  bird chatter has definitely increased lately outside my window, and this will make a cute card to send to our granddaughter!

supplies: white cardstock, various dps from My Mind's Eye paper pads, My Favorite Things You're So Tweet stamp set, some stitched dies

Here's the sketch:

Thanks for coming by today!

Two MFT Challenges

It's about time I made a card using My Favorite Things  Beautiful Blooms.  When I saw this week's MFT Sketch challenge, it gave me a place to start.

supplies: Beautiful Blooms stamps and dies, dps from MFT's Farm Fresh Gingham  and Tranquil Textures paper pads

Here's the sketch:

And while I was at it, I checked the colors at MFT's Color Challenge, and decided to make a Christmas card using them!

Supplies: red, grey, and white cardstock, dps from Lawn Fawn and BoBunny, My Favorite Things Santa's Elves stamp set, Spectrum Noir markers to color, Winnie & Walter In a Word: Merry cutaway, Lawn Fawn Stitched Snowflakes die, circle die, Pretty Pink Posh Sweet Pea sequins

These are our colors:

Thanks for coming by!

Share Joy challenge

I recently acquired some Taylored Expressions felt, and love that it works so well with all of my dies! The price point is great and there's a beautiful array of colors!  So when I saw the sketch at the latest Share Joy challenge, I couldn't wait to use them on my entry!

supplies: white cardstock, green and blue dotted papers from BoBunny's Soft Shades pad, Taylored Expressions Cherry Blossom, Orchid, and Avodaco felt, yellow felt, Lil Inker Perky Posies flower dies, Simon Crystal and Moonshine sequins, Simon's Big Scripty Greetings

MFT Sketch challenge

I have a long wishlist of My Favorite Things products, so I will be entering their challenges more often.   Here's my card for their current sketch challenge:

supplies: white, black, pink, and green cardstock, vellum, DieNamics Scribble Roses Overlay and Layered Leaves dies, Wplus9 Hand Lettered Hello stamps, pink pearls

Miriam's sample card for this challenge reminded me that I had these Scribble Roses, so I cut enough to fill a square panel and then followed the sketch.  The added pearls help secure the vellum to the rest of the card.