Saturday's Sketch Share!

Hello!  I am back with the Saturday share.  Do you know the best thing about the Saturday share?  Well, for sure, you can always count on it.  You know that even if I don't post anything throughout the week, you can get some inspiration from my blog on Saturday!  And, that is the case this week!  I had two cards ready to show you, but since it was my class prepping and teaching week, I never got the posts ready for you.  Now, I will have something for you next week!  Woo Hoo!  Let's do the share ... I will show you my card, Debbie's card and the sketch we both used.  Enjoy!

My Card

Debbie's Card

The Sketch






 


What do you think about this sketch?  I think it was a fun one to work with.  As you can see, I once again had to do the "out of the box" technique to get my daisy girl to fit!  But it works! 

Have a great weekend!
Happy Stamping!
Tina

Saturday's Sketch Share!

Hello!  I meant to get a card on here for you yesterday, but that didn't happen.  I will show you that one next week.  Now, it is time for the Saturday sketch share.  You know the drill ... I will show you my card first, then Debbie's and the sketch we both used!  Enjoy!

 

 

My Card

Debbie's Card

The Sketches

As you can see, it was another week of choices between the square and the round.  And as we have done in the last several months, I went with the small square of 4 1/4" and Debbie went with the round.  Mainly I picked the square so that my stamped image would fit, but as you see, it almost didn't fit and I had to do a little bit of the "out of the box" technique to make it work.  Debbie said that she used Distress paints in the background of her card.  I love how both came out!  Which one do you like best?

Have a great weekend.  See you next week.
Happy Stamping!
Tina

Birthday Wishes!

Hello!  There were a few items that were a must to look for at the scrapbook convention that I went to a few weeks ago.  One of the items was a set of Spellbinders flower dies, as I had seen a couple of cute cards made with them.  One of the cards I pinned, go here to see it.  I usually don't do flowers that add to much thickness to the card, but I couldn't resist trying this one out.  Here is my card ... enjoy!

 

 

 

I cut out three and put a glue dot to hold them together and really scrunched them up.  I then cut the die again in the green and cut a little stem part for the one flower.  I like how this came out.  Scrunched flowers and all!  What do you think?

Paper - My Minds Eye A Mother's Love 6 x6 pad (another scrapbook convention find!), Cardstock White, Dark Aqua
Stamps - Verve Birthday Bash set
Ink - Memento Black
Tools - Lifestyle Crafts Tab die, Spellbinders Asters & Poppies D-Lites
Other - Fancy Rhinestones by Queen & Co. (these were clear, made them match with a Copic marker!)

I made another card with the other die in the set.  I will be back tomorrow to show you that one. 
Happy Stamping!
Tina

For The Love Birds!

Hello!  I had this card ready for you yesterday, but I was thinking I wouldn't have time to get a post written before it was time for me to leave yesterday, and I was right.  I left early yesterday to drive to Fort Worth to have lunch and spend the day with two friends, one I have known since middle school and the other since high school.  Oh, just about 40 years!  One friend lives in Argyle, up by Denton and we get together every couple of months, but the big treat was my friend who lives in St. Louis, that I haven't seen in about 10 years!  It was a great day!  I loved every minute of it.  But, back to why you're here ... to see my creation for the day!  Donna, my other "bestie friend", son, who is my Godson, recently got married and so I made this card to send to him and his new wife.  In my last class, we made a wedding card.  See it here in this post.  My card is similar to that one, but instead of a cake, I added a birdcage and love birds ... let me show you ...enjoy!

 

And then after you flip it, instead of the wedding sentiment, I added a pocket for their gift card!

 

 

On the right side, I made the fold-over the same and added a "Congratulations" stamp and a place for me to sign it.

I think they will like it, how about you?

Recipe:
Paper - Little Yellow Bicycle, Swoon line: Paisley Smitten (on class card, I did just an oval of this, since I had to have so many for kits, but on this one, I did the whole center panel, on both sides out of this paper), Cardstock White, Gray, Red
Stamps - My Favorite Things Contempo Cage stamps & die set
Ink -Versafine Smokey Grey
Tools - Cuttlebug embossing folder: Musical Flourish, Sizzix Flip-It "Majestic" die
Other - Rhinestone hearts, Ribbon by Midori

I have another card made to show you tomorrow!  See you then!
Happy Stamping!
Tina

No Bones About It...!

Hello!  I was supposed to post the card I made for my hubby yesterday.  I am not used to doing posts on Sunday, so I totally forgot.  And then today, well, I almost forgot to do it again!  Good grief!  So, better late than never, here is the card I made ... enjoy!

 

 

Yes, CoCo and Red are our dogs.  For Mother's Day, Gary gave me one from the dogs too!  I know, silly, but fun!  Do you like my fingerprint?  I thought it was a fun addition!  The dog stamp I used on the front of the card is in a set with an ice cream cone, but I think I have already made a card like that for Gary before, so I decided to just stamp the dog and then create a little shadowbox full of tiny hearts.  The bone stamps were too large to cut out, so I stamped the back of the heart with them instead.  He liked his card.  I hope you do too!

Recipe:

Paper - Echo Park This & That 6 x 6 pad, Dot Cardstock from Bazzill, Cardstock White, Green
Stamps - Dog from Inky Antics Ice Cream Pup HoneyPop Set, Outside Sentiment and bones from Inky Antics Delightful Dogs #2 set, Inside Sentiment "doggone great day" from Inky Antics Delightful Dogs #1 set, Love You part from Inkadinkado, WE letters from Hero Arts
Ink - Memento Black, Versafine Vintage Sepia
Tools - Spellbinders Classic Circles, Pinking Circles, Classic Hearts, On The Edge (heart border and also where I got the tiny hearts for heart box)
Other -  Pearls from Queen & Co.

 

I finished a wedding card last night, so I will try to get that post done to show up either tomorrow or the next day. 

Happy Stamping!
Tina 

Saturday's Sketch Share!

Hello!  I am back with another share between Debbie and I.  I will show you my card first, then Debbie's and the sketch we both used!  Enjoy!

 

 

 

My Card

Debbie's Card

The Sketch

I think we both liked this sketch.  It works for a larger image like Debbie's and it also works for a smaller image, like mine, too!  Pretty versatile!  Like it?

I am in the middle of making a Father's Day card for the hubby so I will see you tomorrow for that.  And hopefully, I will get some other cards made to show you through next week.  One project that I have to do is to work on a set of holiday class cards for a private class I will be teaching in October, but the group wants me to have the samples to them by July 1st.  No, I don't really want to think about Halloween, Fall, and Christmas now, but ... I must.  Of course, there is no way I will have enough paper in my stash for card kits, so I will be re-working them in Sept. with more current papers.  It makes me appreciate that for my regular teaching gig, I don't have to make any samples any more than two to three weeks before!

Happy Stamping!
Tina

Sticking my Neck out to Say ...!

Hello!  I thought I would just pop in with a cute card I made for our granddaughter.  I do have to warn you that the cute papers I used for this card, you will see again on tomorrow's card.  It does show you how using different layouts or images, can give you totally different results.  Let me show you today's card ...enjoy!

 

 

I love this layout with the circles.  Don't you?

Recipe:
Paper - Echo Park A Perfect Summer 6 x 6 pad (I am gonna wish I had bought two pads!), Cardstock White, Turquoise
Stamps - Darcie's Oceans of Joy Clear set, Happy Birthday from Stampin' Up
Ink - Memento Black
Tools - Spellbinders Classic Circles
Other - Rhinestones

See you tomorrow for the sketch share!
Happy Stamping!
Tina

June Class Share!

Hello!  I finished my class samples ...woo, hoo ...happy dance!  It is always a relief when I get them done!  It is only two weeks to my class, but I figure most of my group of ladies that come are happy with whatever we do, which is awesome.  If you have been keeping up with my classes, you know that the last two months, I have done two classes called Special Occasions, Part One and Part Two.  We made a birthday, a get well, Mother's Day, Father's Day, graduation and a wedding card.  I really wasn't planning on doing a part three, but I saw some really cute baby card ideas, so I took suggestions for the other two cards.  Among the ideas were patriotic, retirement, and sympathy.  I ended up doing all but the sympathy.  It got scooted out when I realized that the class participants would be making a baby girl and a baby boy card.  The sympathy card I was planning was going to be very simplistic anyway.  I went with the retirement even though this theme only works for some, but it has a masculine tone and we all can use more cards in our stash for men.  Right?  I always wanted to make what they call a "magic" card and that is what I did for the "man" card.  It was a bit of a challenge to get it to come all together, but I think I can pre-make some steps that will make it easier to understand in the class.  (At least  I hope so!)  So, let me show you my class cards.  First up is a tri-shutter patriotic card ... enjoy!
 

 

This is the front.

And this shows it open!

The tri-shutter card looks hard, but is so easy!  I love how it came out!  Next is my "magic" card.  Here is the front.  The image is stamped on acetate with no coloring ...

Front of Magic Card

Voila ... Pull a tab and it is in color ... MAGIC!

Don't look too close at my coloring ... it's terrible, but I was more concerned with making sure I understood how to make the card and then, teach the card!  Last but not least, here are the two shaped Pram cards for both boy and girl!  Enjoy!

Pram Girl

Pram Boy

Pram Inside (Boy's will be blue)

 

I love how all three came out!  Thanks for letting me share here.  I have quite a number of people that can't come to class, but do like to get a kit from me to do them later.  Always an option.  If you are interested in the actual class details, here that is ...

Special Occasions Part Three - Wed. June 26th 11:00 a.m. and Sat. June 29th at 2:30 p.m. $25
I decided I had to do a part three because no set of special occasion cards are complete without baby cards.  So, you will be making four creative and unique cards including two pram shaped cards, one for a boy and one for a girl.  Next, by special request, you will make a retirement card, but not too worry, this card would be just as good for any men's occasion, like birthday or just for fun.  The best part of this card is learning to make the magic card, which with a pull will reveal a colorful image.  And last but not least, there is a patriotic tri-shutter card, perfect for the 4th of July or an every day card for our troops.  Please bring adhesive to include pop-up dots, 1/8 inch scor-tape (if you can), an X by Xyron (if you have one), detailed scissors, a ruler, a scoring tool, and your preferred coloring medium.  All other supplies provided.  (copic colors I used: card 1: E00, E33, B39, card 2: E00, E33, E31, N1, R27, BG53, BG13, Y17, B95 ...these are listed only for the convenience of those you have asked me to share the colors I used).
I will be back tomorrow with a card I made to send to our granddaughter!
Happy Stamping!
Tina

Live Your Life in Color!

Hello!  My card for today was made on Sunday, but since then, I have been deep in creating my class samples!  I am on the down swing now and will have them ready to show you tomorrow.  Today's card was made for a sketch deadline, so I decided I had better sit down and write this post.  Remember, how I used to do Jen del Muro's monthly Sketch For You to Try challenges?  She stopped doing them at the end of last year, but this year, in fact, just about a month ago, she came up with a new challenge for herself.  She now has her very own stamp company called Reverse Confetti and has introduced the world to four new stamp sets, so far.  I think she is having a new release every other month.  And she has brought back the Sketch for You to Try challenges!  I knew I had to get in on that.  I haven't ordered her stamps yet, but my very good friend, Virginia, let me borrow hers so this is what I came up with.  I do want to note, that until the end of the year, she says the sketch challenges can be done using any stamps, not just the ones from Reverse Confetti, but, you see, it gave me a chance to play with her new ones!  Here is what I came up with using this set of stamps here.  Enjoy!

 

And here is the sketch ...

I wanted to convey how life in color is so much better than black & white!  I found in my stash, this black and white paper and decided I could just color the little flowers in with my copics.  I liked it, but I felt it could use more, so I went with the die cut flowers ... perfect!  What do you think?    

Recipe:
Paper - American Crafts Sketchbook line: "Gaby's Gallery", Cardstock White, Black
Stamps - Reverse Confetti Dream in Color
Ink - Memento Black, Copics
Tools - Memory Box Prim Poppy, Spellbinders Classic Scallop Squares
Other - Ribbon, Rhinestones

I will see you tomorrow with my class samples.
Happy Stamping!
Tina

Saturday's Sketch Share!

Hello!  I am back today with another sketch share!  I will show you my card, Debbie's card and the sketch we both used!  Enjoy!



 

My Card

Debbie's Card

The Sketch

What do you think of the sketch this week?  Debbie said she had kinda of a hard time with it.  I like it but I quickly found out that the image I was going to use was not going to fit, and so I had to go with plan b.  I like my end result.  So, I am thinking this sketch now should be in to "go-to's".  I will have to use it again soon, and see what I think!

My plan this weekend is to work on my class cards, so hopefully, I will have those to show you early next week.  Of course, I have some new stamps to play with too, but class cards must come first!  Have a great weekend!

Happy Stamping!
Tina

You're the Sweetest! (And an craft room organization share)!

Hello!  I have a couple of things to share with you today!  First up, is a card that I made for a friend who was kind enough to make homemade chicken and egg salads for our group that went to the scrapbook convention yesterday.  Eileen is the best cook and the food was fabulous!  Even having to get soaking wet, did not damper our wonderful lunch!  Let me show you my card.  Enjoy!

 

Pretty darn cute, don't you think?  The cupcake paper was the cutest "food" paper I could find.  Love the sketch I used.  Oh, one more thing about it.  I did the out of the box technique even though I wasn't using a die.  Pretty cool!

Recipe:

Paper - Basic Grey Shine On 6 x 6 pad, Cardstock White, Yellow
Stamps - Inky Antics Berry Sweet HoneyPop
Ink - Memento Black, Copics
Tools - Spellbinders Classic Scallop Circle, Classic Circle
Other - Twine by The Twinery, Pearls by Queen & Co.

Now, on to part 2 of this post.  A while back, when I was reorganizing my room, I changed how I store my "bling" ...You know that every card I make, I add some kind of pearls, rhinestones, or bling, somewhere on the card.  I have been asked why.  I guess it is kinda like my signature for a card.  The truth is, a card just doesn't look complete to me until they are added.  Where I put them, is dependent upon where I think the card needs some balance.  So, let me show you how they were stored before ...



They were all mixed up in a basket, and so I spent lots of time looking through this basket trying to find the right color and then trying to find additional ones of the same color.  And a while back, I accidentally didn't get this basket firmly on the shelf, and it FELL and it all went EVERYWHERE!  It was horrible!  It took an hour to get it all back in the basket.  That is when I decided that I need a new system!  So, thanks to Pinterest, I saw an idea where they put their bling in a photo album.  Gary had given me this set of three that were just sitting with nothing in them, and I thought I will put them to good use ... here is the pic ...


In one I put all rhinestones, the second one has all pearls, and the third has more decorative ones.  Here is a pic of an open page ....


There is always a Queen & Co. booth at the scrapbook convention, and I always buy a bunch from them, as their pricing at the show is usually buy 10 for $1 each and get 2 free, which works out to be $.83 each.  Well ... yesterday before we went in, we picked up a scrapbook show book and in it there was a coupon for $.50 on all bling before 11 a.m.   Needless to say, I could NOT turn this down!  I went a little crazy, but I know I will eventually use them all.  I really go through them on class kits because if one card had 3 rhinestones and I make 18 kits ... it does add up.  This morning, I put all the new packages in the books .....

There is a big problem ... the books are way too fat.  So, I went back and took all the bling out of the packaging, which pretty much fixed the problem.  It is still tight, but at least I got them into the box! Last pic ...



Here is my quick review on the scrapbook convention ... they changed the name from the Great American Scrapbook convention to Stitch, Craft, Create, Live because they added an area of sewing, which I can't tell you anything about, because that is not something I am interested in and so I never went to that area.  They did go up on the admission price to $15 which sucked!  Thank goodness, a friend sent me a $3 off coupon.  There were probably a few less vendors than in the past.  But, on a good note, it really wasn't very crowded.  I even saw the people watching Tim Holtz could see him well.  I, of course, spent more than I should have, but love everything I got.  Besides all the bling, I also got some new Spellbinders (why can't I resist these?), new copics (filled in some color combinations), some new cutesy stamps from Darcies (which I am sure you will be seeing very soon), and some other miscellaneous stuff.  I even saw a number of ex-customers who I always enjoy seeing.  All around, a fun day with great friends!

See you tomorrow for the sketch share!
Happy Stamping!
Tina

You Always Pop Into My Thoughts!

Hello!  I snuck in a post last night so if you missed that one, you might scroll down to see it.  For today's card, I inked up one of those adorable Pure Innocence girls.  This one, the Popcorn girl, is one I used in a class, but I don't think I had used it just for fun, so now I have!  And it is a really fun card, let me show you!  Enjoy!
 

I love how this one came out.  I even got to use the film strip die!  Plus, I got to paper piece!  As you know, my favorite thing to do!  What do  you think? 

Recipe:
Paper - Echo Park Happy Days 6 x 6 pad, Cardstock White, Red, Black
Stamps - My Favorite Things Pure Innocence Popping By, Miss You sentiment by Stamping Bella
Ink - Memento Black, Copics
Tools - My Favorite Things Mini Filmstrip border, & Tab Die-namics, Scallop Die by The Stamps of Life
Other - Rhinestones, Twine by The Twinery

See you tomorrow!
Happy Stamping!
Tina

Some People Make The World Special!

Hello!  Last weekend, I told you I had at least two cards ready to show you and all I had to do was write two posts this week.  Well, it seems it is Wed. night and I am just getting around to doing it.  The card for you today is so simple that I debated about whether it would even warrant a post by itself.  But, everything I make goes on this blog.  So, I decided to just sneak this post in tonight with this very simple card.  Let me show you.  Enjoy!

I told you it's simple ... can we say, let the pretty papers guide our way?!  It is from one of those My Minds Eye 6 x 6 pads, and the sentiment and small flower is from Verve. 

I do have one other thing to share with you.  Last week, as you know was my teaching week.  I had a surprise for my class takers.  The month before, Sara, one of my "regulars" suggested that I make some name tags to help with everyone knowing every one's names.  So, I got some plastic holder type tags (made by Avery) at Office Depot.  And I went to decorating.  I printed every one's name on the computer and die cut it out with an Spellbinders Oval.  Then inside each holder, I added a pattern paper with coordinating cardstock.  I did all the embellishing on the outside of the holder.  I made 20 of them and my idea is that at each class they can pick the one they want to wear and add their name to it with some removable tape.  I had so much fun making them and they loved them.  Here is the pic of them attached to a bulletin board ... enjoy!

That is it for my tonight.  I am going to write tomorrow's post right now, as tomorrow morning I am off to meet friend for the scrapbook convention in Arlington.  I'll give you a report of my good finds and stuff on Friday. 

Happy Stamping!
Tina

Saturday Sketch Share!

Hello!  I am back today with the Saturday sketch share.  Let's get right to it.  I will show you my card, Debbie's card, and the sketch we both used!  Enjoy!


 

 

My Card

Debbie's Card

The Sketch

I think this one is a keeper.  It is good sketch when you want to make a card with a nice sentiment and some pretty papers!  What do you think?

I am still ahead of the game, as I have a couple of cards completed that I haven't shown you yet, so for sure, I will be back with those early next week.  Have a great weekend!

Happy Stamping!
Tina