Saturday's Sketch Share!

Hello!  I am back today with another sketch share between my friend Debbie, and I.  As you know, every week, Debbie and I each create a card from the same sketch and then we mail our cards to each other.  And then on Saturday, I post my card, her card and the sketch.  It is always so interesting to me to see how the same sketch is transformed into cards by two different creative people.  Let's get to it.  Enjoy!


My Card



Debbie's Card



The Sketch

(Remember you can always click on the cards, to get a closer view)

Recipe -my card:

Paper - Echo Park Sweet Summertime line, Cardstock White, Rose, Turquoise
Stamps - The Cat's Pajamas What A Blast stamp set
Ink - Versafine Black, Prismacolor Pencils, Gamsol
Tools - Cuttlebug Polka Dots embossing folder, MFT Grass Die, Lacey Circle (this smallest die doesn't have the open areas but it was the perfect size) & Classic Circle Nestbilities
Other - Twine by The Twinery, Button, Linen Thread by The Cat's Pajamas, Rhinestones

That's it for this week!  But, I already have a card made and set up to post for Monday, so I will see you then!

Happy Stamping!
Tina  

Triple Card Treat!

 Hello!  Great news ... I got all three cards for Viva laVerve April's sketches done yesterday.  And I got up early to finish this post so you can see them and I can get the cards entered in the challenge.  My hubby & I have Ranger game tickets today and because we now live a couple of hours away, it is more of an effort to get there.  But, it is a day game, which is my hubby's favorite.  Of course, I like the Friday night games because they have fireworks.  My hubby looks for good ticket deals on ebay and so this year, we have two day games and two Friday night games.  Woo Hoo!  O.k. gotta get back to today's post, because it is a long one! And, I guess we should get right to it.  I think I will show you my card, the sketch, give you the details, and the recipe and then move on to the next one.  Normally, I would have done three separate posts but there is no time for that.  Here is the first one.  Enjoy! 

My card



A close-up



The sketch

Wow ... that is a lot of layering, but it makes for one pretty card, don't you think?  When I have a sketch that needs a lot of coordinating papers to make it work, I always go right to the Stella & Rose pads!  They are so perfect for this.  I gave you a close-up of the butterfly.  This little guy was one of the stamps from the set of chickies that I used last week for Easter.  I love this butterfly - perfect for paper piecing.  I went with the very small pearls and a little lace for my embellishments.  I did not want to take away from all the pretty papers!

Recipe:

Paper - My Minds Eye Stella & Rose Hazel 6 x 6 pad, Cardstock Natural White
Stamps - Verve - Sentiment is a Plain Jane (this is one of my favorite verses), Butterfly from Chicks Rule set
Ink - Versafine Black
Tools - Lacey Circles, Classic Circles Nestibilities
Other - Lace across middle panel is from Hero Arts (called Hero Hues - set of 5 self adhesive laces ...too cool!), Pearls from Hero Arts

Let's get to the next one ... enjoy!



My Card

Do you like how this one came out?  I have stamped this cake before and have paper pieced the base like I did this time, but usually the rest of the cake I color instead of stamping it onto colored cardstock.  I wasn't sure if I liked it this way, but it was getting late, so I went with it!  I love the cardstock colors with the DP.   Thoughts?

Recipe:

Paper - My Minds Eye Tickled Pink 6 x 6 pad, Cardstock Pastel Green, Dark Rose
Stamps - Cake and Sentiment from Verve Birthday Bash set
Ink - Versafine Black
Tools - Tim Holtz Sizzix Ornate Die (new ... love it!), Classic Oval, Classic Circles Nestibilities, Cuttlebug Seeing Spots embossing folder
Other - Stickles Glitter, Art Institute Crystal Glitter, Prima Flower, Rhinestones by Hero Arts

On to the last one ... enjoy!

My Card

The Close-up of Rosette



The Sketch



The Rosette Die

The 2  Rosettes before adding Banner

This last sketch is one of the reasons why I knew I had to complete the challenge, as I love the colored rays of pattern paper.  I love how my card turned out.  And, I got to use my new Rosette die from The Cat's Pajamas.  They have a very simple youtube demo here.  Above, I have a pic of the actual die and a pic of my rosettes before I added the sentiment.  Remember, back in March how I made one on my own and I had trouble with getting it to lay flat?  Well, with this die, I did not have that problem!  But, of course, I am limited to these two rosette sizes.  But,  they are good sizes.  Not too big!  I also want to note here that I looked at a you tube video of the new Tim Holtz rosette die (which I considered buying) and when it is made you see the perforation lines on each fold.  With this one, you don't.  Now, I am so glad I got this one instead!  Love it!  There are many more rosettes in my future!  Do you like how my card came out?

Recipe:

Paper - Sei Jocelyn 6 x 6 pad, Cardstock Wine, Dark Brown, Pastel Green
Stamps - Verve from One Person set
Ink - Versafine Vintage Brown
Tools - The Cat's Pajamas Easy Rosettes die (die includes banner that I used under my sentiment), Stampin' Up scalloped border punch, Cuttlebug polka dots embossing folder
Other - Grosgrain Ribbon, Button, Linen Thread by The Cat's Pajamas, Rhinestones by Hero Arts

That is it until Saturday.  Make sure you come back by because I am using my other purchase from The Cat's Pajamas.  And it is sooo cute.  You are gonna love it! 

Happy Stamping!
Tina

You're So Tweet!

Hello!  I bet you have been wondering about me.  The last two days, bad thunderstorms have been rolling through our area.  Which has put a damper in my creating time, because I didn't want to be outside in my "shack", which is a metal building, if a tornado was coming.  I had a vision of an "Antie Em, Wizard of Oz" moment!  It seems the tornado sightings ended up being a little north of here and mostly we just got alot of very hard rain.  But, today we have sun and I have a card to show you!  Woo Hoo!  I knew I had not done Jen's sketch challenge for the month and that I had better get to it!  You only get entered into the drawing if you do all 12 months sketches and I would be very mad at myself if I skipped month 4!  Her sketch this month is a square card, but I decided to change it into an A-2 card which is much easier for me to work with.  I love my card.  Let's get to it.  I will show you my card and then the sketch.  Enjoy!

As you can see, other than changing the size of the card, it follows the sketch very closely.  I did go with one of the Spellbinders label dies for the square panel to add some interest.  I absolutely love how it turned out, don't you?

Recipe:

Paper - My Minds Eye Stella & Rose - Gertie 6 x 6 pad, Cardstock Yellow, Teal, White
Stamps - My Favorite Things You're So Tweet
Ink - Versafine Black, Prismacolor Pencils, Gamsol
Tools - Labels 16 Nestibilities (Tina Tip: To get second layer of same shape, I traced around the die onto the teal and cut it out with my scissors)
Other - Round Teal Dots by Unknown (a find in Jo Ann's bargain bin, I think)

I made another card in the last couple of days, but you will have to wait until Saturday for the card share to see that one.  I used some stamps I just got from The Cat's Pajamas ... yes, that is a teaser!  I also want to complete April's VivalaVerve challenge but that would mean I would have to get all three cards made today, as their deadline is tomorrow!  We'll see!  I'll be back tomorrow with one or three.  Tune in then!

Happy Stamping!
Tina

Saturday's Sketch Share!

Hello!  You know for the last four weeks my friend and I have made cards from February's Viva laVerve's sketches, a set of 4.   Don't you fret thinking we have no more sketches to work from!  You know that wouldn't be true as there are thousand of sketches out there.  We are taking the Mojo Monday sketches and starting at the first week of January 2010 and working one sketch a week forward.  (With the exception of the ones I did last year, as we want it to be a new sketch for the both of us).   So, as always, I will show you my card I created, the card my friend, Debbie created and the sketch we both used.  Love this week's cards ... I know you will too!  Let's get to it!  Enjoy!

My Card



Debbie's Card





This Week'a Sketch

I have something to share about my card.  Well, really it is about all the "chick" stamps I have been using the last couple of weeks.  On today's card, I finally used the third chick from Verve's Chicks Rule set. All three are adorable and I know you will see them often throughout the year.  They are just too cute not to be used other times than just Easter.  I wanted to share with you the description of all the chicks from Julee the owner of Verve.  On her blog, she writes ...  "Meet Chloe, Charley and Chaz.  I like to call them the Chicklets.  Chloe's ALL girl, and refused to be seen in public without a flower in her hair. Her big sister, Charley, prefers to rule the roost with a crown and sceptor and thinks flowers are for little peeps.  Speaking of little peeps, Chaz is the baby of the bunch.  He's all fluff and feathers and chicks totally dig him.  Together, they're the Chicklets and they're here to tell you that Chicks RULE!"   I loved her description and I just had to share it with you!  So, today we welcome Chaz ... I, for one, dig him, especially since he agreed to sit in my pink basket!  LOL!

That's it for this week.  I hope you have a wonderful and blessed Easter! 

Happy Stamping!
Tina   

To One of My Favorite Peeps!

Hello!  Today, I have the last of the three cards I made to send.  I almost always make A-2 size cards and very rarely make shaped cards, but ... when I saw this idea, I just had to go with a egg shaped card!  You can go here to see the card that I cased!  And here are the pics for my creation ... enjoy!

Is this not too cute?  I used the largest size I have in the Petite Oval Large Spellbinders set for the shape.  My friend, Eileen, helped me pick out the paper.  It so reminded us of a Faberge egg.  This card got sent to a few of my stamping friends, as they would "get" how it opens on the front panel and then how the whole card opens too!  Such an adorable idea!  Thoughts?  Love to hear from you!

Recipe:

Paper - Best Creation Inc. Jubilee line, Cardstock White, Light Blue
Stamps - Verve set Chicks Rule
Ink - Versafine Black, Prismacolor Pencils, Gamsol
Tools - Petite Oval, Classic Scalloped Oval, Classic Oval Nestibilities, Cuttlebug Dots embossing folder
Other - Prima Flower, Rhinestones by Hero Arts

Tomorrow, I will have my weekly sketch challenge cards my friend and I exchanged.  My card is one more Easter card and her card is a very pretty spring card.  Be sure to stop by.

Happy Stamping!
Tina

Chickadee, Chickadoo!

Hello!  I am back today to show you the second of the three Easter cards I made to send.  Today's card is a fun one.  I just can't keep my hands off of the Verve set of chickies and sayings I recently got.  So cute.  Let's get right to it.  Here is my card ... enjoy!

The inside verse is from the Our Craft Lounge set I got that had the cute bunny that I used on this card.  I love this sentiment!  So perfect with any little Easter chick!  The layout for the front of the card is one of the sketch challenges from Viva laVerve for April.  This particular challenge is one where to get in on any of the prizes, you have to do all four weeks of sketches, so normally if I didn't think I could do all the sketches in a month, I wouldn't do any of them.  But, I decided this sketch was just too perfect not to use.  So, next week ... I might be trying to complete the other three!  Plus, I still have Jen's sketch I have to do.  But, back to this week ... here is the sketch I used.


One of the reasons why I went with this sketch was I wanted to use that cute chick paper which I had already used for a previous card here, but I only had one 12 x 12 and now not a whole sheet.  I thought there was enough left to made seven cards ... not!  I could only make the chick paper go as far as five cards.  So, I had to go with another design for the last two.  Here is that one ...  I don't like this one layout as much. But, what's a girl to do? I already had the chick and basket colored and cut out ready to use, so this is what I came up with.


Recipe:

Paper - American Crafts Spring Line, Cardstock White, Pale Yellow, Coral Pink
Stamps - Verve set Chicks Rule
Ink - Versafine Black, Prismacolor Pencils, Gamsol
Tools - Classic Ovals Nestibilities, Marvy Corner Rounder, Cuttlebug Seeing Spots embossing folder
Other - Rhinestones, Button, Twine by The Twinery, Linen Thread by The Cat's Pajamas (When adding buttons, I still like using the linen thread instead of  the twine.  Easier to thread thru the holes!)

I will have one more chickie card for you tomorrow.  So be sure to come back by!  And I have one quote to leave you with today ... " Easter is the only time when it's a good idea to put all your eggs in one basket!"

Happy Stamping!
Tina

Easter is the Gift!

Hello!  For the next three days, I will be showing you the three cards I made to send.  They are going in the mail today, as that should be enough time for them to receive them by Saturday.  Last night when I sat down with my list, I started regretting that I didn't make more cards to send to everyone I know.  But, that just isn't possible.  At Christmas time, I try to make more so I can send more.  But then again, by having the blog, I am actually getting to share the cards with so many more.  I love that!  And, that is exactly how I need to think of it!  Now, let's get to today's card.  I love the Easter images ... bunnies, eggs, chicks, etc.  But, I know that Easter is really about the resurrection and I always try to make one card to reflect that.  My card today does just that.  I love the simplicity of the Morningstar stamp of the three crosses on the hill.   I think I used this same stamp last year, but so what?  It is a wonderful stamp. Here is my card ... enjoy!

I recently purchased a scrapbook paper that had butterflies all over it, but when I got home, I looked on the reverse side and thought about how the simple lilac, white, with a touch of green pattern would be perfect for my inspirational Easter card.  So, off I went to my little local scrapbook store to find some coordinating papers to help my card come together.  I also found this beautiful ribbon which is a combination of satin and sheer.  So pretty!  Now, the sketch I was using, had a bow under the round panel.  But it just made the card too busy, so instead I added three small rhinestones down the ribbon.  Perfect!  I am also showing you the inside of the card so you can see the verse.  This is also a stamp from Morningstar.  So beautiful!  What do you think?  Do you like my inspirational Easter card for this year?

Recipe:

Paper - Purple Pattern by 3 Bugs in a Rug April Showers Line - reverse side of springtime butterfly, Green pattern is by Cosmo Cricket Pixie Dust line, Purple Plaid is a text-weight by unknown, Cardstock White, Lilac, Med. Purple
Stamps - Morningstar Stamps
Ink - Sentiments -Versafine Spanish Moss, Crosses - Versamark and Stampendous Pearlescent embossing powder (this was from my stash, not sure if they still make it. it came in a set of about 10 different pearlescent colors)
Tools - Classic Circle, Lacey Circle, Labels 4 Nestibilities
Other - Ribbon, Rhinestones

I will be back tomorrow with some Easter "chicks"!  See you then!
Happy Stamping!
Tina