Sketch Saturday Challenge #315

Happy Saturday!

Today, Whimsy and Stars Studio is our sponsor at Sketch Saturday. The prize is 4 digital images of the winners choice.

 
Here is Sketch #315:

 My Interpretation:

 

I used the image God Bless America this week.  The printed papers are from Doodle Panty - Stars and Stripes Paper Pack.  The star eyelets are from my stash and one of my first purchases from SU! many many years ago.

Supplies --

Digital Image: Whimsy & Stars God Bless America

Digital papers: Doodle Panty - Stars and Stripes Paper Pack

Cardstock: PTI Pure Poppy and Blueberry Sky

Eyelets

Sewing machine with cream thread

You can see all the DT inspiration and enter our challenge HERE.  Hope you will join us this week.

Challenges:

Brown Sugar: Spots and/or stripes

Papercrafting Journey - Anything Goes

Crafty Catz - stitching

Thanks for stopping by...

Blessings,

Deb 

2013: A Year in Review

Hi All,

With 2013 coming to a close, I thought I would take a look back at the many cards I made this past year.  Here is a count down of my favorite cards and shops.  

January

 

Clover Dancing with Dragonflies by Pollycraft

Image available at Little Miss Muffet 

February

The Angel Company - Music Washes

 Image available at RRD

April

  Taylored Expressions - Tick Tock

PaperTrey Ink - The Sweet Life

May

Our Daily Bread - Apron & Tools

June

Milk Coffee - Michelle in Hot Air Balloon

 July

Sassy Cheryl's Stamps - Quiet Inspiration

August

Mabelle RO - Garden Joy

September

Little Miss Muffet - Molly and Khloe

October

The Crafts Meow - Birthday Pun

Stamp set no longer available :(

November

Simon Says Stamp! - Give Thanks

December

Sparkle Creations - Cowgirl Chloe

This past year, I discovered some new and fabulous artists, illustrators and shops.  Some are new, opened in 2013, but others have been around for some time. 

  

A Random Fan

 

Big Head Stamps

Bugaboo

Doodle Pantry

Oak Pond Creations

 Sassy Studio

 

 

Stamp Fairy

Stampers Anonymous

Verve

So happy that many of the shops I'm featuring today will be sponsoring Sketch Saturday in 2014. :D

Thanks so much for stopping by and looking at some of my favorites of 2013.

Hope you have a fun and safe New Year holiday!

Blessings,

Deb

Mabelle RO Release - Shine

Happy Monday!

Mabelle has a new release today!  This is MRO Shine.  She turned out so cute....just LOVE her.  We are having a Christmas card challenge over at Whimsy and Stars.  The prize is $12 gift certificate and if you use an MRO digi you get your name entered twice in the drawing.  All participants receive a snowflake freebie just for entering.  Hope you will join us!

I used a sketch today from the Sketch Saturday archive - #256.

 Close Up

 

The papers are from Simple Stories "December Documented".  The stars are a Die-namics die from My Favorite Things.

Supplies --
Image: Mabelle RO Shine
Patterned Papers: Simple Stories "December Documented"
Cardstock: PTI Scarlet Jewel, Vintage Cream and Aqua Mist
Copics: BG10, BG11, BG13, BG72, R02, R56, R59, R89, G40, G43, G46, G28, E00, E11, E13, E21, E30, E31, E33, E35, E37, E47, 0

You can see all the design teams creations and enter the Christmas card challenge HERE.  The challenge ends Monday, Dec 30th at 7 pm ET.

Challenges: 
Make it Monday - Anything Goes 
Brown Sugar - Christmas 
Card Makin Mamas - Christmas 
Crafty Catz - Anything Goes 
Cut it Up - Christmas and dies cuts

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

Mabelle RO: Christmas Snowman

Hi All,

Mabelle has a new release today at Whimsy & Stars Studios!  There are 2 new digi stamps now available - Christmas Snowman and Christmas Wishes (2 sentiments).

During November Mabelle is having a Holiday Sale 25% off an order $6 or more at her etsy shop.  Enter Sales Code: WSSTHANKS2013.  This offer ends November 31st. 

Close Up

Supplies --
Images: MRO Christmas Snowman and Wishes
Patterned Papers: Crate Paper Snowy Day
Cardstock: PaperTrey Ink Canyon Clay and Scarlet Jewel 
Copic Colors: YR12, YR15, YR18, Y32, Y35, R56, R59, RV91, RV93, RV95, BG11, BG23, BG34, E70, E74, Y79, W1, W3
Sewing Machine with cream thread

You can see the DT inspiration at Whimsy & Stars.

Challenges:

Great Impressions - Holiday card or tag

CMC Copic Challenge -  Winter, Frosty & Cold

Crafty Calendar Challenge - All things Christmas
Taggeria - Christmas 

Thanks for stopping by...

Blessings,

Deb 

Mabelle RO Release - Snowy

Hi All,

Mabelle has a second release this month at Whimsy & Stars.  This is Snowy available in her etsy shop today.  A fun one for sure.

I created a snowy scene by cutting out the images separately and using the white scraps a snow.  Added some fluff to the snowbanks and flock to the image where there is furry trim.

I used the current Sketch Saturday sketch for the layout.

Supplies --
Image: MRO Snowy
Patterned Papers: My Mind's Eye Mabel
Cardstock: PTI Canyon Clay and Ripe Avocado
Copic Colors: E33, E35, E37, E50, E51, E57, E59, R46, R59, YR12, YR16, YR18, YR21, YR23, YR27, BG000, BG01, BG45, BG49, YG91, YG93, YG95, W0, 0
Nestabilities Circles
White Fun Flock
Sparkly fluff sugar
Sewing machine with cream thread

You can see all the design teams creations HERE. 

Challenges: 
Make it Monday - Anything Goes
Challenges 4 Everybody - Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by...
Blessings,
Deb

Mabelle RO Release - Holly

Happy Tuesday!

Mabelle has a new release today.  This is Holly.  Isn't she cute!  I paired this sweet image with Lilybee Jingle papers.  Turned out to be a great Christmas card.  

 

I used this week's Sketch Saturday Sketch.  It is a good one and there is still time to enter the challenge. :)

Here is a close up

 I used Copic Opaque white for the white trim. 

Supplies:
Image: Whimsy & Stars Holly by Mabelle RO
Patterned Paper: Lilybee Jingle (4 papers)
Cardstock: Bazzill Crimson, PTI Ripe Avocado 
Copic Colors: E00, E11, E13, E21, R02, E33, E35, E37, E57, E59, YG91, YG93, YG95, YG97, R37, R46, R59, YG61, N1
Copic White Opaque
Sewing Machine with cream thread

Giveaway!

ONE random winner will win ONE DIGI STAMP design of their choice.  You can see all the design teams fabulous creations using Holly and details on the giveaway HERE.

Challenges:
Make it Monday - Anything Goes
A Creative Romance - Fairytale or Winged Creation
Crafty Catz - Anything Goes
Sister Act Card Challenge - Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by...
Blessings,
Deb

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 

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