Some Springy Little Friends - My Time Made Easy Pretty Pattern Sketch #38

Hello everyone and welcome to December!!!  You officially have only 24 shopping days until Christmas, and even less to wrap, ship and hid those presents from inquiring eyes/minds. ;)  This week the My Time Made Easy Pretty Pattern Sketch Team is having a week in review.  Basically, pick one of the sketches between sketches #19-23 and sketches #25-26, then base your card or project on that sketch.  This week I chose to go with sketch #22 not only because of it's simplicity, but after the week I've had with migraines again and then just finding out my 19 year old son is a Type 1 diabetic like his dad, I needed to do something really simple.

I started out by printing out Wonderful Woodland Creatures and coloring the bear and fox to match the colors of the Color Infusion digital paper.  Then pulling out some matching Stampin Up! card stock and retired designer paper, I got work layering my card and Color Infusion designer paper.  Once the card was done, I dusted off two Marvy scallop circle punches, punched the matching colors, and then cut out my main images to layer over the scalloped ones.  For the final touches, I once again followed Kittie747's floral spray tutorial found on her blog here to make the remainder of my embellishments using Ranger Crystal Accents, paper crimper, Martha Stewart punches, and gold ice stickles. 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.  Don't forget when uploading this week to put BOTH of the correct keywords for your sketch.  For example: I chose MTMEPPS22 as my sample, so when I upload that one to my online gallery, I'll have that keyword plus this week's MTMEPPS38.

Stamps: MTME Wonderful Woodland Creatures

Card Stock: MTME Color Infusion Digital Paper, Stampin Up! Retired Designer Paper, Rich Razzelberry, Kiwi Kiss

Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, Marvy Punches, Martha Stewart Foliage, 3-way Hydrangea, and Pine Bough Punches, Ranger Crystal Accents, Gold Ice Stickles, Paper Crimper

A family Trip To Lancaster - Friends Of SpeedyTV Challenge #9

Hello and welcome to Cyber Monday for all of you (and me) holiday shoppers!! ;)  I absolutely refuse to shop in the stores during the holiday season between Thanksgiving and New Years Day; and after seeing what happened here in California at some stores during Black Friday sales, I only stand more firm in that opinion.  Between pepper spraying shoppers to get that extra advantage over the "competition" to running over kids and elderly people so someone can have and extra Wii instead of sharing....forget it...I'll pay the shipping for my own safety and the safety of my family.  But I digress...

Welcome to another addition of Mark's Finest Papers, a Heinrich Company Friends of SpeedyTV Monday challenge.  This week we are using our favorite sketch for the challenge and I went with my old standby when my mojo gets up and "takes a walk" on me.  So I pulled out my new favorite stamp set, Mark's Finest Papers, a Heinrich Company A Trip To Lancaster.  I first stamped my images in memento tuxedo black onto Corn Husk premium paper before coloring with koh-i-noor pencils and a prismacolor blender marker.  After deciding on what basic grey designer paper (Boxer) I wanted as a background, I matched up my layers to both the colors of my main image and the background paper using Mark's Finest Papers, a Heinrich Company Premium Papers.  Then digging through my stash of brads, I found some pewter flower brads that matched the basic grey paper perfectly!!  Now how many times is that going to happen??  Especially when I haven't pulled those brads out for at least two to three years.  My final embellishment is a couple of olive colored primas with a pewter "family" brad layered over them.

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day and a great day cyber shopping!!

Stamps: MFP A Trip To Lancaster

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Stampin Up! Bashful Blue, River Rock

Card Stock: MFP Corn Husk, Moss, Stampin Up! Old Olive, Basic Grey Boxer Designer Paper

Accessories: Koh-I-Noor Pencils, Prismacolor Blender Marker, Primas, Glue Dots, Stipple Brush, Brads, Family Brad

My Time Made Easy Pretty Pattern Sketch #37

Hello and HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!   It's Thursday and that means it's also time for another My Time Made Easy Pretty Pattern Sketch challenge.  This week with Thanksgiving and Black Friday shopping during the week, we are giving everyone an easy sketch to work with.  So pull out those Black Friday deals you just had to get early to avoid the crowds and let's get stamping!!

My card this week focuses on being thankful so I pulled out my  My Time Made Easy Thankful acrylic stamp set and stamped my images in memento tuxedo black on white card stock before coloring with koh-i-noor pencils and a prismacolor blender marker.  Once everything was colored and cut out using some Spellbinders lacey circle dies, I added a small stamped border at the bottom before cutting out a couple of pumpkins and acorns to pop up using pop dots.

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a wonderful Thanksgiving day.  Enjoy your day with friends, family and lots of great food.  Please remember to take time to say a thank you to our troops for keeping us safe so we may enjoy this wonderful holiday and be careful shopping the next day.




Stamps: MTME Thankful
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Stampin Up! Pumpkin Pie
Card Stock: White, Stampin Up! Pumpkin Pie, Garden Green
Accessories: Koh-I-Noor Pencils, Prismacolor Blender Marker, Spellbinders Lacey Circles Dies, Pop Dots

What A Fox - Mark's Finest Papers November Release Day 3

Hello! Welcome to Mark's Finest Papers a Heinrich Company's November Blog Hop!

This month's New Stamp Set Releases are

Peaceful Nuthatch

A Trip to Lancaster

What a Fox

Please hop along with us! You have a chance to win one of the above stamp sets! Just comment on the following blogs (don't forget this one), each day! We will announce all three winners on Thanksgiving Day. You can go back and comment if you missed a day. The winners will be chosen at 11PM EST on Wednesday November 23, 2011.

Lois

Vicky

Anne

Connie

Linda

Karen H.

Patty P.

Geri

Dawn M.

Marilynn

Chrissy

Karen K.

Pam

Debbie

Brenda T

Bonnie

Harriet

Mark's Finest Papers

Today the Senior Design Team is showcasing Mark's Finest Papers, a Heinrich Company set called What A Fox.  I love this set for it's simplicity and the beautiful frozen winter creek with a fox's reflection.  There are so many different ways to showcase this set, however, I chose just to make a card this time. 

I started out by taking a snowflake Cuttlebug embossing folder and running a Stampin Up! pacific pointe card through my big shot.  Then taking a scrap of bashful blue card stock, I punched a snowflake border using a Martha Stewart border punch.  Finally, I was able to start on my images.  Taking my What A Fox set, I stamped the main image and the small fox in memento tuxedo black onto Mark's Finest Papers Grandma's Snow Covered Porch card stock and then colored with koh-i-noor pencils with a blender marker. 

Once my coloring was done, I lightly stippled Stampin Up! soft sky ink over the trees tops to fill in a foggy winter sky.  Then, I layered the reflection image before adding some faux pacific pointe brads and popping it up over the snowflake border; and then popped up the small fox in the bottom left corner of the image.  Then taking some diamond ice stickles, I highlighted the snow in the trees, ground, shoreline, and several places on the frozen creek.

Here's a close up of the finished product.

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.  Make sure to stop by all of the designers blogs and leave them some love letting them know how much you are enjoying all of the eye candy being created for you this week.

Stamps:  MFP What A Fox

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Stampin Up! Soft Sky

Card Stock: MFP Grandma's Snow Covered Porch, Stampin Up! Pacific Pointe, Bashful Blue

Accessories: Koh-I-Noor Pencils, Prismacolor Blender Marker, Pop Dots, Ice Stickles, Martha Stewart Snowflake Border Punch, Stipple Brush, Small Hole Punch, Martha Stewart 2-Way Glue Pen

A Trip To Lancaster - Mark's Finest Papers November Release Day 2

Hello! Welcome to Mark's Finest Papers a Heinrich Company's November Blog Hop!

This month's New Stamp Set Releases are

Peaceful Nuthatch

A Trip to Lancaster

What a Fox

Please hop along with us! You have a chance to win one of the above stamp sets! Just comment on the following blogs (don't forget this one), each day! We will announce all three winners on Thanksgiving Day. You can go back and comment if you missed a day. The winners will be chosen at 11PM EST on Wednesday November 23, 2011.

Lois

Vicky

Anne

Connie

Linda

Karen H.

Patty P.

Geri

Dawn M.

Marilynn

Chrissy

Karen K.

Pam

Debbie

Brenda T

Bonnie

Harriet

Mark's Finest Papers

Have you ever wanted to visit the Amish countryside in Pennsylvania?  Well now you can without even leaving your stamping room!!  This month Mark's Finest Papers, a Heinrich Company is releasing the set A Trip To Lancaster.  It's all about the Amish including the traditional horse & buggy, barn, the traditional Pennsylvania Dutch barn hex sign (a Dutch barn decoration), pasture, and (6) six sayings.

For my project, I wanted to do a framed picture and try to make it look like I was looking out the window of a house or barn.  Since I've made Kittie's floral sprays more than once, I was pretty sure I could achieve this look.  Now doesn't that rose pine cone look great in the photo with the frame?? Gotta love a tree that produces those on it's own.

Taking a frame I had picked up at Walmart on clearance last year, I took the glass out and put some My Minds Eye Home designer paper into the open space.  Then taking the glass, I placed it behind the designer paper and then re-added the backing to seal up the frame.  Taking my A Trip To Lancaster images, I stamped them in memento tuxedo black ink onto Mark's Finest Papers corn husk card stock then colored using koh-i-noor pencils and a blender marker.  Once my coloring was done, I took a stipple brush and lightly stippled Stampin Up! bashful blue ink around the top for the sky and then wasabi ink on the bottom to help highlight the grassy area before layering onto Stampin Up! wild wasabi, and Mark's Finest Papers black linen and bang up blue linen card stocks.

Once everything was layered and stippled, I die cut some branch leaves to place on the "bottom" of the frame before adhering my layered images using pop up glue dots.  Following Kittie's floral spray tutorial, I finished die cutting and punching out the remaining elements I would need before running the leaves through my paper crimper.  Taking some mini orange roses I made two small sprays to place on the wooden frame corners and then twisted a couple of wire "stalks" to add as embellishments to the sprays.  Once my rose sprays were finished drying, I added them to the corners of the frame by using pop up glue dots and then began assembling the rest of my floral spray using Ranger Crystal Accents as glue.  For my finishing touches, I added some platinum ice stickles to the centers of the smaller flowers, gold ice stickles to the roses, and lightly stippled Ranger Adirondack caramel ink on some of the open spaces of the frame to "distress" it a bit more.

Here's a close up of the finished frame. 

I am really pleased with how it turned out especially since I assembled it while on meds for another whopper of a migraine thanks to the weather changes we had this weekend around here. 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.  Please make sure to visit all of the Senior Design Team blogs and leave them some love for the eye candy they're producing this week. 

Stamps: MFP A Trip To Lancaster

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Adirondack Caramel, Stampin Up! Bashful Blue, Wild Wasabi

Card Stock: MFP Corn Husk, Black Linen, Bang Up Blue, Stampin Up! Wild Wasabi, Scraps, My Minds Eye Home Designer Paper

Accessories: Koh-I-Noor Pencils, Prismacolor Blender Marker, Stipple Brush, Frame, Ranger Crystal Accents, Martha Stewart Pine/3-Hydrangea/Foliage Punches, Big Shot, Sizzix Branch Leaves, Pop Up Glue Dots, Black Marker, Brads, Mouse Pad, Making Memories Tool Kit, Platinum Ice Stickles, Gold Ice Stickles, Paper Crimper, Quilling Tool,

Peaceful Nuthatch - Mark's Finest Papers Blog Hop Day 1

Hello! Welcome to Mark's Finest Papers a Heinrich Company's November Blog Hop!

This month's New Stamp Set Releases are

Peaceful Nuthatch

A Trip to Lancaster

What a Fox

Please hop along with us! You have a chance to win one of the above stamp sets! Just comment on the following blogs (don't forget this one), each day! We will announce all three winners on Thanksgiving Day. You can go back and comment if you missed a day. The winners will be chosen at 11PM EST on Wednesday November 23, 2011.

Lois

Vicky

Anne

Connie

Linda

Karen H.

Patty P.

Geri

Dawn M.

Marilynn

Chrissy

Karen K.

Pam

Debbie

Brenda T

Bonnie (that's me!)

Harriet

Mark's Finest Papers

For my project, I had so much fun working with this beautiful set, I just had to make TWO projects for you to see - not to mention Christmas presents!!  *grin* 

My first project involves using an altered candle.  Last year my husband took a bunch of white candles we found at the dollar store and then drilled out the center to fit a votive using his drill press.  This way, I could put any color votive candle on the inside to match my card, color scheme, etc.  For today's project, I am using a pine scented votive I picked up at Michael's last year on clearance - and it still smells strong.

I started out by taking some vellum card stock and stamped Mark's Finest Papers, a Heinrich Company Peaceful Nuthatch in memento tuxedo black ink and allowed it to dry before coloring the backside with prismacolor markers.  Once my coloring was dry on the vellum, I wrapped it around the candle and adhered it by using some large glue dots before adding a strip of ribbon and bow.  The pine cone "rose" is from the fir tree in my front yard and looks beautiful as an embellishment for the picture and for the overall gift including the additional votives.  Here's a pic of the final gift package. 

For my second project, and gift, I took a notebook I picked up at Target on clearance last year and wrapped it in Stampin Up! pacific pointe.  Then taking my Mark's Finest Papers, a Heinrich Company Peaceful Nuthatch and stamped the bird twice in memento tuxedo black onto Grandma's Snow Covered Porch card stock before coloring with prismacolor markers. To keep the notebook closed, I cut a small "flap" and then used some velcro dots to hold the flap in place.  Taking one image and cutting it out, I popped it up over the layered main image using some Michael's Recollections square pop dots and then added a Sizzix die cut flourish with some gem stickers. 

Now ever since Kittie747 started making her own flowers, poinsettia's, pine cones, etc, I have been wanting to try them out and have done so from time to time.  Since the Peaceful Nuthatch's main image has pine cones in it, I decided to give Kittie's pine cone tutorial found here a try.  Following her directions, I made my pine cones and distressed them, then made my floral spray and ran it through my dusted off paper crimper.  ;)   Using Ranger's Crystal Accents as my glue, I carefully added each layer of the floral spray and the pine cones before adding some small punched "holly berry" flowers.  Here's a close up of the floral spray detail: 

For the final touch, I took a RSVP pen from Walmart and added some matching homemade "designer paper" to the inside to complete the gift ensemble before placing everything into a see through gift bag with some shredded paper filler. 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.  I'll see you back tommorrow for the second day of Mark's Finest Papers, a Heinrich Company November release blog hop.  Don't forget to stop by all of the participating designers to see the wonderful eye candy everyone has come up with.

Stamps: MFP Peaceful Nuthatch

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Stampin Up! Bashful Blue

Card Stock: MFP Grandma's Snow Covered Porch, Gold, Chipboard, Stampin Up! Pacific Pointe, Garden Green Scraps, Handsome Hunter Scraps, Real Red Scraps, Vellum, Copy Paper Scrap

Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, Stipple Brush, Spellbinders, Martha Stewart Punches, Mouse Pad, RSVP Pen, Velcro, Candle, Votive, Glue Dots, Ribbon, Ranger Crystal Accents

Autumn Greetings - Friends of SpeedyTV Challenge #8

Hello and welcome to another Monday.  Can you believe Christmas is in another month??  So with Thanksgiving this week, the Friends of SpeedyTV by Mark's Finest Papers, a Heinrich Company is challenging you this week to make something based on the Thanksgiving theme.  For my project, I pulled out two of my favorite Mark's Finest Papers, a Heinrich Company fall sets (although one is now retired) along with the re-vamped Autumn Glory set to make my card.

I started out by stamping the scarecrow from the Fall Mini twice onto Corn Husk card stock in memento tuxedo black and the turkey/pumpkin from the now retired Country Thanksgiving set also in memento tuxedo black onto Corn Husk card stock.   Once all of my images were colored with prismacolor markers, and one of the scarecrows cut out, I decided to stamp an additional sunflower from the scarecrow's hat and color that one more time. 

Taking some Michael's Recollections Autumn designer paper, I layered it onto Stampin Up! pumpkin pie card stock that had been stamped with the maple leaf from the Autumn Glory set also in matching pumpkin pie ink.  Once I had added some silk maple leaves to the card, I took the layered turkey & pumpkin images, lightly stippled Stampin Up! pumpkin pie ink around the edges, and then added those over the leaves using pop up glue dots.  For the final touches, I took the cut out scarecrow face and popped that up using pop dots, then layered the additional sunflower using pop dots as well before adding some Ranger Crystal Accents to highlight the center of the sunflower. 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.  Don't forget to stop by the Mark's Finest Papers, a Heinrich Company blog to check out the new November releases being showcased this week by the Senior Design Team.  Make sure to stop by and leave some love on all of the Design Team's blogs this week letting them know how much you appreciate the eye candy they've made with these new stamps.


Stamps: MFP Country Thanksgiving (retired), Fall Mini, Autumn Glory
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Stampin Up! Pumpkin Pie
Card Stock: MFP Corn Husk, Stampin Up! Pumpkin Pie, Really Rust, Michael's Recollections Fall Designer Paper
Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, Silk Leaves, Making Memories Pumpkin Brads, Stipple Brush, Pop Up Glue Dots, Ranger Crystal Accents, Glue Dots

Veggie Tales Just A Note

Hello.  Today I'm sharing a card I made for a friend that's been going through a very hard time lately using Kim Hughes Paper Smooches Vegtastic. 

I started out by stamping the bell peppers as my background on the card itself in Stampin Up! garden green before stamping the images onto white card stock in memento tuxedo black to color with prismacolor markers and cut out later.  Once my images were colored, I die cut a ric rac border for the center of the card.  Once that was added, I popped up the layered images over the border and then popped up one additional pepper before adding some faux brads to finish everything off.  Nice, easy, clean and simple.

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.


Stamps: Paper Smooches Vegtastic
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Stampin Up! Garden Green
Card Stock: White, Stampin Up! Garden Green, Only Orange scrap, Real Red
Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, Pop Dots, Small Hole Punch, MFI Jumbo Ric Rac Die-Namic

Your Friendship Is A Blessing

Hello and Happy Hump Day!!!  The week is almost over and so is the month - so you know what that means??  NO  - no Christmas!!  Puh-lease!!  Christmas is coming quick enough on it's own.  It's time for another Taylored Expressions Blast From The Past Blog Hop!!  This month our hop is all about giving thanks. 

With Thanksgiving fast approaching, let's all take a moment to reflect on who, or whom, we are most thankful in our lives.  For me, besides my God, Lord and Savior, it would be my family,  stamping friends, and then my friends in the local community.  Many have seen me through some really tough times lately between my migraines and the resulting health issues I've been dealing with.  More than once I have found myself complaining to my Lord about my situation instead of THANKING Him for each and every day He has seen me through and for blessing me with another morning to wake up to.

For my hop project this month, I pulled out two of my favorite TE sets, Branching Out and Branching Out Coordinates.  I started out by stamping my images onto corn husk card stock in memento tuxedo black ink, and then stamped the tree using PTI dark chocolate ink before coloring my images with prismacolor markers and a white Recollections marker from Michael's.  After the coloring was finished, I lightly stippled some Stampin Up! bashful blue ink around the edges before layering and adding some maple leaf brads.  My final touches were adding some Recollections Autumn designer paper, felt sticker ribbon and some hand drawn "birds". 

Check out the rest of the designers participating today by checking the links below.


Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

Stamps: TE Branching Out, Branching Out Coordinates
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, PTI Dark Chocolate, Stampin Up! Bashful Blue
Card Stock: MFP Corn Husk, Stampin Up! Really Rust, Old Olive, Recollections Designer Paper
Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, Recollections White Marker, Stipple Brush, Maple Leaf Brads, Felt Sticker Ribbon, Black Journal Marker

A Lancaster Birthday

Happy Monday and welcome to another week of Friends of SpeedyTV challenges brought to you by Mark's Finest Papers, a Heinrich Company.  This week our challenge is to make a birthday card using our Mark's Finest Papers stamps.  For my card, I chose to use a soon to be released set called A Trip To Lancaster.  This set is just perfect for birthday cards for any gender, vintage type get well cards, or anything in general.

I started out by stamping my images in memento tuxedo black onto Mark's Finest Papers Snow Covered Porch White card stock and then colored everything with koh-i-noor pencils and a blender marker.  Once my coloring was finished, I started layering using Mark's Finest Papers Limeade card stock and Stampin Up! old olive card stock with Basic Gray Boxer designer paper.  For the final touches, I added some ribbon, primas, and brads before adding my layered images to the card.

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.


Stamps:  MFP A Trip To Lancaster
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Stampin Up! Bashful Blue
Card Stock: MFP Covered Porch White, Limeade, Stampin Up! Old Olive, Basic Gray Boxer Designer Paper
Accessories: Koh-I-Noor Pencils, Blender Marker, Brads, Glue Dots, Primas, Ribbon, Rain Dot, Stipple Brush

All Aboard!!

Hello again.  Today I'm sharing a card I had submitted to Paper Crafts for their World Cardmaking Day contest.  Unfortunately, no prizes on this one.  Oh well. 

I started out by stamping Mark's Finest Papers All Aboard (now retired) Speedy train 3/three times (and railroad crossing once) onto Mark's Finest Papers Corn Husk card stock; which is one of my favorites in PTI dark chocolate ink so I could cut two of the images out later.  Once all of my images were stamped, I started layering by alternating Stampin Up! close to cocoa, basic black and a Costco map designer paper I bought over a year ago. 

After I finished the layering, I stippled Stampin Up! creamy caramel ink around the edges of the card, layered images and then also over a couple of buttons I had planned on adding later.  After my images were cut out, I then added the train image by popping each layer up using Michael's pop dots and adding vintage brads to the final layer.

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.


Stamps:  MFP All Aboard (retired)
Ink: Stampin Up! Creamy Caramel, PTI Dark Chocolate
Card Stock: MFP Corn Husk, Stampin Up! Close To Cocoa, Black, Costco Designer Paper
Accessories: Stipple Brush, Pop Dots, Twine, Brads, Buttons, Glue Dots, Thread

Sparkle Birds - MTME Pretty Pattern Sketch #35

Hello and happy Thursday.  It's time for another My Time Made Easy Pretty Pattern Sketch challenge.

This week's challenge incorporates two half circles with the sketch.  For my card this week, I chose to pull out my acrylic Singing Silhouette stamp set along with the Cheerful Chirps digital paper.

I started out by stamping the birdcage twice in memento tuxedo black ink onto white card stock and then stamping two of the birds using PTI enchanted evening and scarlet inks sitting them on the swing in the cage.  Once that was done, I cut out one birdcage for popping up on pop dots later and started layering before lightly stippling Stampin Up! not quite navy ink around the edges of the main image panel.  Now it was time for my half circles.  Since I wanted two different colors, I hand cut them out (as if you couldn't tell) instead of using a die or coluzzel and then added some Joann metal dot sticklers.  My final touch was adding platinum ice stickles to the top of the birdcage and along the edges for highlighting.

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

Stamps: MTME Singing Silhouettes

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, PTI Enchanted Evening, Scarlet, Stampin Up! Not Quite Navy

Card Stock: White, Stampin Up! Rose Red, Not Quite Navy, MTME Cheerful Chirps Digital Paper

Accessories: Pop Dots, Ice Stickles, Stipple Brush, Metal Dot Stickles, Computer, Printer

Swinging Kitty - MMTPT171

Hello and happy Tuesday.  This week's Mothermark Teapot Tuesday challenge is to make a card with cats on it.  This week's we are sending our cards to a couple in Pt. Pleasant, West Virginia who are battling some serious health problems. 

For my card, I pulled out a Penny Black stamp that is just one of my favorites.  This little kitty is just having too much fun playing in the laundry hanging outside especially with all of the sparkle on the "unmentionables".  After stamping my image in memento tuxedo black, I pulled out my Koh-I-Noor pencils and blender marker to color everything before stippling Stampin Up! bashful blue ink around the image to fill in the sky and layering.   For my finishing touches, I added some Stampin Up! bling brads, Daisy D's ribbon and ice stickles.

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.


Stamps: Penny Black
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Stampin Up! Bashful Blue
Card Stock: White, Stampin Up! Pretty In Pink, So Saffron, Baja Breeze, Prima Sasha Designer Paper
Accessories:  Koh-I-Noor Pencils, Blender Marker, Stipple Brush, Pop Dots, MFT Jumbo Ric Rac Die-Namic, Brads, Ribbon

A Happy Scarecrow

Morning and happy Monday!!  It's time for another Friends of SpeedyTV challenge.  This week our challenge is to use ribbon on our card.  I chose to finally ink up Mark's Finest Papers, A Heinrich Company new Fall Mini set I had received in the fall Speedy the Cat swap. 

I started out by stamping my scarecrow image twice in memento tuxedo black in onto Corn Husk card stock and coloring with prismacolor markers before cutting one of the images out for popping up later.  Once that was done, I pulled out my jumbo ric rac die and die cut three pieces of card stock to act as an overlapping border underneath my scarecrow panel. 

Once that was done, I pulled out some cream toffee and Florida orange satin luxury ribbons to tie across the top along with some paper mums to place across the bottom with confetti flower "leaves" held in place by Ranger's Crystal Accents.  Some vintage brads finished off my image panel before popping it up over the border and then popping up the additional scarecrow image.

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.  Come join us at SpeedyTV for this week's challenge and join the fun!!!


Stamps:  MFP Fall Mini
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Card Stock: MFP Corn Husk, Stampin Up! Really Rust, Summer Sun, More Mustard, Debbie Mumm Fall Designer Paper
Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, Pop Dots, Vintage Brads, MFP Paper Mums, Ribbon, Ranger Crystal Accents, Michael's Confetti Flowers, Jumbo Ric Rac Die-Namic, Maple Leaf Brads

Play A Happy Birthday Game!!

Hi there!  Today I'm sharing another card I submitted to Paper Crafts for their World Cardmaking Day contest.  Again, no winner here either. 

I decided to for this entry to go with a birthday card for a boy since I don't have many of those and used the Game On card template and matching Got Game digital stamp set from My Time Made Easy.

I started out by downloading and printing out my card template onto Stampin Up! pacific pointe card stock, cutting it out, and sponging pacific pointe ink around the edges of the card.  Next, I took the remaining pieces of the template and matched them up with scrap card stock to create the arrows and buttons on the game controller.  Once that was done, I got to work on the main image itself.

After the image was downloaded and printed out onto white card stock, I pulled out my prismacolor markers and colored it before cutting it out and popping it up with pop dots.  For an added touch, I added some Stampin Up! buttons with thread through them to finish off the front of the card.

For the inside, I just kept it simple by coloring the saying and layering before adding some faux brads then lightly stippling Stampin Up! bashful blue ink around the edges.

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.



Stamps: MTME Got Game Digital Stamps
Ink: Stampin Up! Pacific Pointe, Bashful Blue
Card Stock: White, Stampin Up! Pacific Pointe, Scraps
Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, Buttons, Glue Dots, Thread, Sponge, Pop Dots, Small Handheld Hole Punch, 2-Way Glue Pen, MTME Game On Template

Regal Ornament - My Time Made Easy Pretty Pattern Sketch #34

Hello and happy Thursday!!  The week is almost over!!  It's time for another My Time Made Easy Pretty Pattern Sketch challenge.  This week our sketch is another keep it simple one and is great for mass producing those upcoming Christmas cards.

For my card, I chose to work with the Beautiful Baubles digital set and matching Mrs. Candy Claus digital designer paper. 

After downloading the paper and images, I printed out one of the ornaments three times to color and cut out for added dimension by popping up on pop dots.  Once my images were colored and two were cut out, I punched one image out with a Marvy mega scalloped oval punch before layering onto a Spellbinders die cut oval and popping up over an dry embossed border strip.  The remaining two images were then popped up using pop dots over each other before adding a pre-made gold ribbon bow and some jingle bell brads I had found at Hobby Lobby's grand opening here locally several weeks ago.  I just knew those would come in handy some day.  ;)

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

Stamps: MTME Beautiful Baubles Digital Set

Ink: Stampin Up! Regal Rose

Card Stock: White, Stampin Up! Regal Rose, Rose Red, Wild Wasabi, MTME Mrs. Candy Claus Digital Paper

Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, Computer, Printer, Pop Dots, Marvy Scallop Oval Punch, Spellbinders Oval Die, Jingle Bell Brads, Ribbon Bow, Glue Dots, Sponge, Big Shot, Cuttlebug Embossing Folder