Faith Hope Courage Strength - MTME Pretty Patterns 05

Hello again!  It's time for another My Time Made Easy Pretty Patterns Sketch Challenge.  I'm hoping you're having a fabulous week so far and are ready for some stamping fun!  Here are a few deets regarding the challenge: Feel free to use our sketch on any project you want, we encourage you to get creative! And of course you can combine challenges. While participation with products from My Time Made Easy ™ LLC is appreciated, it is not required to participate. You can use products from ANY company.

This week the Pretty Pattern Sketch Team is using some digital images that are being released April 15th.  You sure don't want to miss the release on Friday because these new digital images are fantastic and so easy to use. 

Now, being the rebel that I am sometimes, I took this week's sketch and turned it sideways while re-arranging it...sort of.   After downloading the My Little Friend image, and printing it out twice, I pulled out my prismacolor markers and colored both images identically so one could be popped up later.  Once both were colored and one cut out, I decided to pull out my You've Got Mail set (which hasn't seen ink yet - yikes!) and stamped only the heart around the edges of the card with memento ladybug ink.  I then stamped the same heart on a white panel using memento rhubarb stalk ink.  I wanted the smaller sketch panel to match the A Loving Heart digital designer paper I had also downloaded.  Once that was done, using the omitting technique, I inked the saying from Bold Botanicals using memento tuxedo black.  By using the omitting technique, I could ink only parts of the saying at one time, clean the stamp, and ink the rest of the saying without having to cut the saying apart. 

After I was done inking and stamping everything, I outlined the red layers using a Stampin Up! ruby red marker so the layers would be separated somewhat.  Pulling out some under used Making Memories button brads, I added those to the center of my prima "circle" and to the corners of the digital image.  Once that was done, I added the cut out My Little Friend, popping it up on mini & micro pop dots before adding some Michael's gem stickers and a pre-tied ribbon bow to finish it off. 

If you haven't joined any of the My Time Made Easy Challenges, what are you waiting for?  They're a lot of fun, challenge you to try new layouts/color combinations and definitely stretches your imagination.  Hope to see you there.

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day!



Stamps: MTME My Little Friend Digital, You've Got Mail, Bold Botanicals
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Memento Rhubarb Stalk, Memento Ladybug
Card Stock: White, Stampin Up! Riding Hood Red, MTME A Loving Heart Digital Paper
Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, Dimensionals, Primas, Glue Dots, Gem Stickers, Ribbon Bow, Making Memories Button Brads

Thinking Of Tea - MTME Pretty Patterns Sketch 03

Hi all!!  It's Thursday, and that means another My Time Made Easy Pretty Patterns Sketch Challenge.  I've enjoyed participating in the challenges these last couple of weeks, and inking stamps that were starting to collect some dust.  I also have some exciting news to share with you.  I am now a part of the Pretty Patterns Sketch Challenge Team!!  Somebody pinch me!!  I am still doing the happy dance over here.

For this week's card, I pulled out a set that had not even seen ink yet, however is dear to my heart, called A Spot Of Tea.  Since I'm a heavy tea drinker, when this set was released I just had to have it!  I started off by printing one of the digital designer papers from the A Loving Heart collection.  I then allowed the colors of the digital paper to guide my color selection. 

After stamping my teacup images in memento tuxedo black ink onto white paper, I then used some PTI color spots for the roses and leaves before taking my prismacolor markers out and coloring the tags and steam.  After all of the coloring was done, I cut out one teacup, tag & steam to pop up with various sizes of dimensionals and pop dots. There is actually a lot of dimension on this card.  Here's a close up:

As each colored image was cut out, or layered, I sponged Stampin Up!'s Pretty In Pink dye ink around the edges before finally sponging the edge of the card itself.  For the final touches, I used some Stampin Up! bold bright brads and a Martha Stewart pre-made bow with some glue dots. 

Thanks for stopping by today.  If you haven't participated in any of the new My Time Made Easy challenges, you really should.  They're a lot of fun!

Stamps: My Time Made Easy A Spot Of Tea

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Stampin Up! Pretty In Pink, PTI New Leaf, Berry Sorbet

Card Stock: White, Stampin Up! Pretty In Pink, Green Galore, My Time Made Easy A Loving Heart Digital Designer Paper

Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, Sponge, Martha Stewart Bow, Glue Dots, Computer, Printer, Pop Dots, Dimensionals, Stampin Up! Brads

Friendship Flowers

Second post for me today.  If you're looking for my February Christmas Card Challenge, please scroll down one post.

For this week's My Time Made Easy Pretty Pattern challenge, I decided to go with a spring theme to match the Stamp Something Spring Challenge and pulled out my Bold Botanicals set and stamped the flowers in memento tuxedo black ink before coloring with prismacolor markers.  I had allowed my color design to be decided by some Basic Grey Infuse designer paper I had planned on using as a background.  Once everything was stamped and colored, I layered the flowers on Stampin Up! basic black card stock to help make the images pop a bit more and added some baby brads.  It was at this point I decided to be a bit of a rebel and omit one layer from the sketch because it wouldn't work with what I had planned.  Since I'm too lazy to tie a bow (yes, I admit it), I cut a piece of real red scrap card stock to act as a border under the images, stamping it in memento ladybug ink, before pulling out a pre-made rose ribbon and adding it with glue dots. 

Since the card still seemed a bit plain, I then added some red gem stickers to the flower centers and then a vintage brad saying to the left hand side of the card to fill in all of the empty space there since I changed my card around a couple of times while assembling it.  Here's a close up of the details.

If you haven't tried any of the My Time Made Easy challenges, you really should since they're a lot of fun.  Thanks for stopping by, have a great day.


Stamps: My Time Made Easy Bold Botanicals
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Memento Ladybug Red
Card Stock: Stampin Up! Real Red, Basic Black, White, Basic Grey Infuse Designer Paper
Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, Making Memories Baby Brads, Vintage Brad Sentiment, Silk Ribbon Rose Bow, Glue Dots

Good Fortune & A My Time Made Easy Sketch

Hello everyone!  Second post for me today.  To see my Teapot Tuesday card, please scroll down one post.

Have you heard the great news!?  My Time Made Easy has a new blog AND new challenges!!  Yahoo!  For the first Pretty Patterns (sketch) challenge, I decided to be a rebel and flipped the sketch.  Pulling out my So Fortunate set, I stamped my images in memento tuxedo black ink on white card stock; making sure to stamp the girl twice to pop up later.  After coloring everything with prismacolor markers, I stippled some Stampin Up! bashful blue ink around the edges of the main image panel before popping up on dimensionals as well as the saying.  Since I was not real sure about what to do with the bows in the sketch, I just decided to pull out a couple of pre-made ribbon bows from Michael's and added those to the top.

Here's a close up of all of the dimension. 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great week!



Stamps: My Time Made Easy So Fortunate
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Stampin Up! Bashful Blue, Certainly Celery, Pretty In Pink, Memento Versamark Tea Leaves, Memento Versamark Pink
Card Stock: White, Stampin Up! Pretty In Pink, Blush Blossom, Bashful Blue, Certainly Celery Scraps, My Time Made Easy Fun & Fortune Digital Paper
Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, Stipple Brushes, Dimensionals, Making Memories White Baby Brads, Ribbon Bows, Glue Dots

Puppy Love - My Time Sketch Challenge

Hello again. Isn't this image cute!? This stamp is from Stampavie called Fanny's Cuddle Clear Stamps. I had such a blast coloring this little girl and her puppy too.

I started out by stamping my image in memento tuxedo black on white paper and then coloring everything with prismacolor markers; allowing my background designer paper to determine the colors used, before stippling Stampin Up! bashful blue dye ink around my little girl & the edges. I then popped the image up using All Night Media pop dots to add some dimension to the card.


Once all of the elements of the sketch were in place, including the white grossgrain ribbon, I sponged Stampin Up! barely banana dye ink around the edges of the card before adding some K&Co dimensional daisies I found on clearance at Michaels for the final touch.


Here's the sketch from Lauren's blog:

Why don't you give it a try?

Stamps: Stampavie

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Stampin Up! Bashful Blue, Barely Banana

Accessories: Stipple Brush, Sponge, K&Co. Dimensional Daisies, Prismacolor Markers, All Night Media Pop Dots, Grossgrain Ribbon, Glue Dots

Cardstock: Making Memories English Garden Designer Paper, Stampin Up! Barely Banana, Pretty In Pink, White