Sketch Saturday Challenge #278

There is a new sketch today at Sketch Saturday.  We have a classic sketch layout this week.  I thought Mabelle's "Blessed Harvest"  would be perfect.  I paired the MRO image with Simple Stories "Harvest Lane".

Here is Sketch #278 (designed by Jen):

A close up of the colored image.

Supplies --
Image: MRO Blessed Harvest
Patterned Papers: Simple Stories Harvest Lane
Cardstock: PTI Dark Chocolate and Canyon Clay
Sewing machine with cream thread
Copic Colors: E30, E31, E33, E35, E37, YG91, YG93, YG95, YR12, YR15, YR18, YR23, YR24, BG10

The sponsor this week is Wings and Willows and the prize this week is a $10 gift certificate.  All images are welcome to enter the challenge, it is all about using the sketch.  Hope you will join us. 

See all the DT's creations HERE.

Challenges:
Loves Rubberstamps - Fall Colors 
Designed to color - Anything Goes
House of Gilli - Fall
Just For Fun - Colors of Autumn
Ladybug Crafts - Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by...
Blessings,
Deb 

Little Miss Muffet: Happy Mail

Hi All,

It is Thursday once again and there is a new Challenge at Little Miss Muffet - "We Wish You a Merry Christmas".  Are you ready to get out your Christmas images??  The challenge runs 2 weeks.

This is an image from Pollycraft called Happy Mail.  I love getting Christmas cards.  I've had this image for awhile, so it was nice to color her up and make a card.  The papers are from my stash - Basic Grey "Jovial".  I found this paper pad on clearance a few years ago.

The image was printed twice.  I colored the girl on one and cut her out.  On the other image I colored the mailbox and background, then add the girl image with pop dots.  The snow was painted with Copic opaque white.

Supplies --

Image: Pollycraft Happy Mail available at Little Miss Muffet

Patterned papers: Basic Grey Jovial

Cardstock: PTI Pure Poppy and Ripe Avocado

PTI twine

Copic Colors: E00, E11, E13, E21, E30, E33, E35, E37, E49, R02, R24, R27, R29, R59, YG93, YG95, YG97, BG10, BG53, BG70, BG72, N1, 0

Copic Opaque white

You can see all the design team inspiration HERE.  

This is my last post from my guest designer spot with Little Miss Muffet.  It has been a fun month. :D

Challenges:

Make it Monday - Anything Goes
LEJ Designs Challenge - Lots of Layers

Thanks for stopping by...

Blessings,

Deb

Guest Designer - Love to Create

Happy Monday!

Today, I'm a guest designer at Love to Create.  There is a color challenge this week and 2 sponsors QKR Stampede and Wing and Willows.

I chose a digital image from QKR Stampede called Pumpkin Vine.  Thought it would be perfect for this color challenge.  

Here is the color inspiration picture:

Here is my card:

I did add some green which is in the picture but not the color bars.  Hopefully that is OK.

Supplies ---

Image:  QKR Stampede Pumpkin Vine

Patterned papers: PTI Fall Prints and Patterns, Simple Stories 24/Seven

Cardstock: PTI Dark Chocolate
Die Cuts, Ovals and Lacey Scallops
PTI Twine
Button

Copic Colors: YR20, YR21, YR23, YR24, YR27, E33, E35, E37, E41, E42, E43,  E70, E74, E79, Y32, Y35, YG91, YG93, YG95, R24, R29, R59, 0

Challenges:

Make it Monday - Anything Goes

365 Cards - In the Garden

A Creative Romance - Dies/Punches

Chocolate, Coffee and cards - Anything Goes

Sister Act Card Challenge - Anything Goes

Inspired by Stamping - Fall/Autumn

Milk Coffee - Fabulous Fall Colors 

Thanks for stopping by...

Blessings,

Deb

Sketch Saturday Challenge #277

We have a new Challenge at Sketch Saturday.  I have a masculine card today, a birthday card for my brother-in-law this month.  The images are from a Tim Holtz set I found on clearance - Stampers Anonymous "Air Travel".

Or sponsor this week is Bunny Zoe Crafts

 The Prize

Here is Sketch #277 (designed by Jen):

I actually bought this stamp set to use with this sketch.  I rotated the sketch clockwise 90 degrees.  I even managed to find my distressing inks and edge distressing tool.  Haven't made a distressed card is quite some time.  

 

Added some twine across the corner and popped the airplane, which was stamped in Flintstone cardstock with Memento black ink.

Supplies --
Stamps: Stampers Anonymous "Air Travel"
Patterned papers: My Mind's Eye "Oliver"
Cardstock: PTI Kraft, Vintage Cream and Bazzill Flintstone
Inks: Mementos Black, PTI "Vintage Touch" Tea dye duo
Twine
Eyelet
Tonic edge distressing tool

All images are welcome at Sketch Saturday, so I hope you will join us this week.  You can see all the design teams creations HERE.

Challenges:
Everybody Art Challenge - Blue and Brown
Bunny Zoe's Crafts - Something Blue
The Crafty Bloggers Network - Things with wings
Crafty Cardmakers - Winged Things 
Created with Love - Anything Goes
Lady Anne's Challenge - Wings
OLLCB - Cards for Men
Whoopsi Daisy Challenge - Use 2 patterned papers

Thanks for stopping by...
Blessings,
Deb 

Little Miss Muffet - Super Saturday

It is Super Saturday at Little Miss Muffet, which means the design team is featuring an image and there is a freebie!  

This is the featured image "Jasmine".  The freebie is sleeping feline.

Supplies Card 1--

Images: LMM Jasmine

Patterned Paper: My Mind's Eye Unforgetable

Cardstock: PTI Pure Poppy and Smoky Shadow

Copic Colors: E00, E11, E13, E21, R02, N3, N5, N7, N9, YR21, YR23, YR24, R24, R29, R59

Die Cut: Taylored Expressions large Doily

Silver Pearls

My second card uses the Freebie Sleeping Feline.  I also used one of the newly released grafitti images from Thursday - Dream.

I used an embossing folder that I've had for awhile, the brick pattern.  I used a white Prismacolor pencil to add the mortar. 

After I colored the Dream graffiti, I embossed it and added it to my brick wall.

Supplies Card 2 --

Image: LMM Dream Graffiti

Patterned Paper: My Mind's Eye Sunny

Cardstock: PTI Pure Poppy and Bazzill Vibrant Blue

Embossing folder: Sizzix brick wall

Copic Colors: R24, R27, R29, YR20, YR12, YR15, Y32, Y35, Y38, B000, B00, B02, YG61, YG63, T1, T2, 0

You can see all the design team creations HERE.

Thanks for stopping by...

Blessings,

Deb

Sketch Saturday Challenge #276

Happy Saturday!

There is a new sketch challenge at Sketch Saturday.  I made 3 cards today all using stamp of the month kits from Taylored Expressions - June, July and August.  They were piling up I admit it. 

The sponsor this week is Simon Says Stamp and the prize is a $25 gift certificate to one lucky winner of the challenge.

Here is Sketch #276 (designed by Jen):

For my first card, I used Taylored Expressions: S'More Fun, which was the August stamp of the month.  Love this set.  The papers are We R Memory Keepers "Happy Campers".  The camper top is paper-pieced and I added some twine in-between the papers to hide the seam.  The birthday wishes sentiment was from a different TE set "Posh Posies".

My 2nd card uses Taylored Expressions: Cute Hoot, which was the July stamp of the month.  The papers are Basic Grey "Kneehighs".

For my 3rd card, I used a mirror image of the sketch.  The set is Taylored Expressions: "You make me Happy", which was the June stamp of the month.

The umbrella and boot are paper pieced with Simple Stories "Vintage Bliss" patterned papers.  I colored parts of the boot and the handle with R24 and R43 Copic marker.  I added some shadow to the umbrella with N1 marker. The pinking edges circle was done with a scalloped punch and I double punched it. 

All images are welcome at Sketch Saturday, so give our sketch a try and enter our challenge.  You can see more inspiration from the design team HERE.

Challenges:

Make it Monday - Anything Goes

Scrap-Creations - Polka Dots (camping card)

613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes

Inky Chicks - Stitching (showered with love card)

Loves Rubberstamps - Sentiment on the front

Top Tip Tuesday - Paperpiecing (camper)

Thanks for stopping by...
Blessings to you,
Deb

LMM - Pink and Grey Challenge

Happy Thursday!

This is week 2 of my Little Miss Muffet guest designer spot.  We have a color challenge today - Pink and Grey!  The image I used is available as a stamp set Tea Party Friends: Molly and Khloe.

I made it into a baby card and I used the sketch I created for Sketch Saturday Challenge #275.

You have 2 weeks to play along with this Little Miss Muffet Challenge.  The rules have changed a bit at LMM since I was on the DT.  To win the challenge prize, you do need to use a LMM image: Forgotten Scraps, Pollycraft, Simply Sophia or Bugaboo image.  There are freebies given away on Saturdays, if you would like to enter and don't have an image.

Check out all the DT inspiration HERE.  Hope you will join us!

Supplies --

Image: LMM Tea Party Friends: Molly and Khloe

Sentiment: The Crafter's Meow "Sending you Sunshine" by Nina B

Patterned Paper: Lily bee designs "Head or Heels"

Cardstock: Bazzill Flintstone, gray, PTI True Black

Sewing Machine with white thread

Copic Colors: N1, N5, N7, N9, R20, 0

Challenges:

Make it Monday - Anything Goes

Word Play Saturday - Childhood

613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes

Crafty Sentiment Designs - Anything Goes

Inky Chicks - Stitching

Loves Rubberstamps - Sentiment on the front

Papertake Weekly - Card for a child

Thanks for stopping by...

Blessings.

Deb

MRO - Pumpkin & Sunflower Teddy

Hi All,

Mabelle has a new release today at Whimsy and Stars Studios.  This is  Pumpkin & Sunflower Teddy.  It was a fun image to color.  You can see all the Fall images HERE.   

 

I created a box around the pumpkin part of the image by drawing a faint pencil line at 1.5", then cutting with a scissor along the line up to the image.  Then I continued cutting the upper half of the image out.

I'm using the Sketch Saturday sketch #275 again for this post.
Mabelle is the sponsor this week and there is still time to play along!
Hope you will join us!

Supplies -- 

Image: MRO Pumpkin & Sunflower Teddy

Pattern Paper: PaperTrey Ink Fall prints and patterns

Cardstock: PTI Ripe Avocado, Canyon Clay and Bazzill Java

Copic Colors: E50, E59, E81, E84, E87, YR12, YR15, YR16, YR18, YR21, YR23, YR24, YG91, YG93, YG95, YG97, R24, R29, R46, R81, 0

You can see all the design teams cards using this cute new image HERE.

Challenges:

Make it Monday - Anything Goes

Great Impressions - Fall Colors

The Corrosive Challenge - All about Fall

My Sherri Crafts - Fall Colors

Totally Gorguss - Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by...

Blessings,

Deb

Sketch Saturday Challenge #275

I'm so excited - I'm hosting Sketch Saturday this week!  The sponsor is Mabelle RO from Whimsy and Stars Studios and she is generously offering 4 MRO digis to one lucky participant in this week's challenge.

Also, our guest designer this month is my friend Laura - Yay!  I love her clean style and beautiful coloring.

Lastly, I designed the sketch this week!  Here it is SS275:

This is what I was thinking when I created the sketch.  Mainly the center panel being recessed and embossed - or maybe a patterned paper that is stitched around the perimeter.  I went the recessed and embossed route, to make the layered frame I used my Cricut mini. 

Mabelle generously offered the design team some Fall images to work with.  I was thrilled to see "It's Fall" back in her shop - one of my many favorites.

I thought adding a woodgrain to the letters would be a great detail.  I thought about paper-piecing the letters with woodgrain paper.  In the end, I opted to print the image twice, color the letters then stamp with a woodgrain background stamp from A|Muse Studios.  I cut the stamped letters out and paper-pieced them on the colored image.

Supplies --

Image: MRO "It's Fall"

Stamp: A|Muse woodgrain background
Patterned Papers: Simple Stories Harvest Lane
Cardstock: PTI Dark Chocolate and Canyon Clay

Ink: PTI Dark Chocolate

Copic Colors: E30, E31, E33, E35, E37, YR12, YR15, YR18, YR21, YR23, YR24, BG10, BG72, R37, R89, YG91, YG93, YG95
Ribbon: PTI Pure Poppy
Cuttlebug and pumpkin embossing folder

Cricut Mini

You can use any image to enter a Sketch Saturday Challenge, but be sure to use the sketch.  Mabelle is offering 4 MRO digis as the prize this week!  Hope you will join us. 

You can see all the great inspiration from the Sketch Saturday DT HERE. 

Challenges:

Addicted to Stamps and more - Anything Goes 
Simon Says Stamp - Animal
Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes 
Lady Anne's Challenges - Anything Goes
Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge - Spooled item

Thanks for stopping by...

Blessings,

Deb

Little Miss Muffet - New Release

Happy Thursday!

Today, I have a guest designer post for Little Miss Muffet.  There is a new release today and a sketch challenge going on at LMM too!

I don't know if you have seen Barbara's latest line of super cute kids - Polka Dot Pals. I just love them all! This is Neomie and she joins several other cuties in this line.  

She reminds my of my niece Jessica who starts high school this week.  I still see her at about this age, with her cute bob haircut and soccer ball.  Sigh. 

There are also 2 felines newly released today.  I used Stretching Feline.  You can see all the new releases HERE.  Notice the new shop too?  A lot has been going on at Little Miss Muffet over the summer. 

Here is the LMM Sketch I used today:

I cropped it a bit to make it a horizontal A2 size card rather than square.  We are mid-challenge so you have a few more days to enter!

Supplies --
Images: LMM Polka Dot Pals Neomie and Stretching Feline
Patterned Papers: My Mind's Eye Happy Day
Cardstock: PTI Pure Poppy and Lemon, Bazzill Whirlpool
Copic Colors: E00, E11, E13, E21, R02, E33, E35, E37, E47, R24, R27, R29, R53, R81, BG53, BG57, Y38, YR68, C1
Sewing machine with white thread

Little Miss Muffet is mid-challenge, sketch above, if you would like to join us.  The rules have changed a bit - to win you need to use a LMM image.  However, you can be chosen as a spotlight if you don't have a LMM image. 

You can see all the design teams awesome creations HERE.

Challenges:

Addicted to Stamps and more - Anything Goes
Pollycraft Challenges - For Kids
Simon Says Stamp - Animal
Stampin' Royalty - Patterned paper
Stampotique Designers Challenge - Lots of Layers SDC#115
Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by...

Blessings,

Deb