Hello Time - My Time Made Easy Pretty Pattern Sketch #41

Hello and Happy Early New Year!!!  Has everyone recovered from all of the wonderful food and fellowship with friends and family over Christmas??  I know I missed out on some of the good food thanks to my migraines again, but that's another story for another time.  It's Thursday and that means it's time for another My Time Made Easy Pretty Pattern Sketch Challenge.  This week we're giving you another easy one since the new year is just around the corner.

Since the New Year is right around the corner, for my card I chose to go with a "time" theme and used My Time Made Easy's On Display's clock image paired with the Candy Shoppe Pretty Impressions digital paper.  I kept my card very simple and colored my clock with only Rose Art colored pencils, added a pre-made ribbon bow, and some silk flowers from Michael's with Prima plastic floral centers.

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.


Stamps: MTME On Display Digital Images
Card Stock: White, Stampin Up! Celery, Pink, MTME Candy Shoppe Pretty Impressions Digital Paper
Accessories: Rose Art Colored Pencils, Ribbon Bow, Glue Dots, Silk Flowers, Prima Plastic Flowers, Silver Brad

It's Always Time For Tea...

Even nap time!!!

Hi there and welcome.  Today I'm sharing a card I made with a stamp I received as a RAK (random act of kindness) from Beate.  The card has been done for a week now, I just haven't been able to upload thanks to another massive migraine over the Christmas holiday.

The image is from Kraftin Kimmie Stamps newest Moonlight Whispers release and is called Dormouse.  Isn't he the cutest??  Now I normally don't like mice, or rats for that matter, unless the mouse is in a stamp and is a cute one. 

Once I had him stamped in memento tuxedo black onto MFT white perfect panels, I pulled out some retired Prima Nursery Tales designer paper and matching flowers, then allowed the designer paper to dictate the colors I used.  After everything was colored and layered, I lightly stippled some Stampin Up! amethyst ink around the edges of the image and then pulled out a MFT Jumbo Scallop Die-Namic and cut three borders before running them through my dusty paper crimper then popping up my main image over the scallop borders.  For my final touches, I pulled out some white & lavender organdy ribbon I picked up at Dollar Tree, lavender brads from my stash, and some Prima bling for the centers of the flowers.

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

Stamps: Kraftin Kimmie Dormouse

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Stampin Up! Almost Amethyst

Card Stock: MFT White Perfect Panels, Stampin Up! Lavender Lace, Almost Amethyst, Mint Melody, Pretty In Pink, Prima Nursery Tales Designer Paper

Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, Pop Dots, Prima Flowers, Bling, Glue Dots, Ribbon, Brads, Stipple Brush, MFT Jumbo Scallop Die-Namic, Paper Crimper

Clearly Inspired Birthdays

Hello and happy Tuesday.  Today I'm sharing with you a couple of cards I made for the Clearly Inspired Birthday challenge. 

I was inspired for my first card by some Imanginese cloud designer paper and decided to do a card with a hot air balloon.  So I pulled out my Daisy Hot Air Balloon by Clear Dollar Stamps and stamped it twice onto white card stock using memento tuxedo black ink.  Once my images were colored with prismacolor markers, I cut one complete balloon out to pop up on pop dots and added a "make a wish" metal sticker to the center of the daisy.  Once that was done, I added some Recollections cloud brads I found on clearance at Michael's, a butterfly brad, and then added everything to the card.

My second card is a clean and simple style card using the retired Dairy Delights set from Clear Dollar Stamps.  I pulled out some scrap card stock from printing digital images, folded it to make a smaller card, and stamped my image with saying in memento tuxedo black ink then colored it with koh-i-noor pencils and a blender marker.

Both cards only took a few minutes to make, yet are totally different in style and format.  Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.


Stamps: CDS Daisy Hot Air Balloon, Dairy Delights
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Stampin Up! Baja Breeze
Card Stock: White, Stampin Up! Baja Breeze, Barely Banana, Imanginece Designer Paper
Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, Koh-I-Noor Pencils, Blender Marker, Pop Dots, Brads, Metal Sticker, Stipple Brush

A Winter Fox - Friends of SpeedyTV Challenge#13

Hello and welcome to Monday.  I hope everyone had an enjoyable Christmas with family and friends yesterday.  It's time for another Friends of SpeedyTV challenge by Mark's Finest Papers, a Heinrich Company.  This week our challenge is to use the color blue or make a winter scene.

For my card, I've used a couple of sets: Winter Wonderland and What A Fox.  After stamping my main image on Mark's Finest Papers Snow Storm Smooth Premium paper in memento tuxedo black, I pulled out my koh-i-noor pencils and blender marker to color the images before adding diamond  and waterfall ice stickles to highlight the image after layering and adding brads.  My background is stamped in Adirondack Sailboat Blue ink onto Mark's Finest Papers Bang Up Blue Linen premium card stock.  For the final touch, I added a cut out fox in the bottom left corner popped up on dimensionals.  I plan to give this card to my husband for our anniversary later this week.

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.


Stamps: MFP What A Fox, Winter Wonderland
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Adirondack Sailboat Blue
Card Stock: MFP Snow Storm, Bang Up Blue Linen, Black
Accessories: Koh-I-Noor Pencils, Prismacolor Blender Marker, Silver Brads, Dimensionals, Ice Stickles

Elf Anya & Ho Ho Ho - The Greeting Farm Customer Blog Hop

Second post for me today.  If you're looking for my CAS SpeedyTV card, please scroll down one post.

Happy Monday and welcome to The Greeting Farm's Annual Customer Blog Hop.  Make sure you are starting at The Greeting Farm's blog Splendid Stamping for links to all of the hoppers and details on how you can win one of three, that's right, THREE huge prizes being given away during the hop.  Two participants and one random hopper will win the ENTIRE January release!!  Now doesn't that make you want to grab a cuppa, sit down to relax and hop along with us??

For my project, I chose to use the Elf Anya digi, for the holiday project contest, colored with prismacolor markers with Tim Holtz old paper distress ink stippled around it before layering it onto Stampin Up! handsome hunter and burgundy card stocks.  Once that was done, I pulled out some Michael's Recollections Christmas paper I had picked up a couple of months ago and layered it onto the card itself, then cut a small Recollections designer paper snowflake border layered on handsome hunter card stock.

For the final touches, I added some sheer hunter ribbon I picked up at the dollar store with a gold clip, gold brads, and a jingle bell brad in Anya's hat before pulling out some retired K&Company die cuts for my saying and inside decorations.  Here's a look at the inside of the card.

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day and week.  Make sure to stop by all of the hop participants for a chance to win the entire January release.  You can find the links to all of the hoppers at TGF blog.


Stamps:  TGF Elf Anya
Ink: Tim Holtz Old Paper Distress Ink
Card Stock: White, Stampin Up! Handsome Hunter, Bravo Burgundy, Michael's Recollections Christmas Designer Paper
Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, Stipple Brush, Gold Brads, Gold Jingle Bell Brad, K&Company Die Cuts, Ribbon, Gold Clip, Glue Dots

What A Fox Clean & Simple - Friends of SpeedyTV Challenge #12

Hello and welcome to another Mark's Finest Papers, a Heinrich Company Friends of SpeedyTV challenge.  This week we are challenged to come up with a CAS, or clean and simple, card. 

For my card, I chose to use Mark's Finest Papers What A Fox set stamped on to Corn Husk premium paper and colored with koh-i-noor pencils and a blender marker.  I then took a cuttlebug embossing border folder for the side of the card.  A nice, simple, clean design that took about 10 minutes to make.  Which was really cool considering it was made with another migraine.  Ugh!!

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day and hope to see you participating in the challenge this week.



Stamps: MFP What A Fox
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Card Stock: MFP Corn Husk
Accessories: Koh-I-Noor Pencils, Blender Marker, Cuttlebug Border Embossing Folder, Big Shot

New Pines

Second post for me tonight.  For my My Time Made Easy sketch, please scroll down one post.  Thanks.

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

This month's New Stamp Set Releases are

Pucker Up Featured December 13

Pussy Willows Featured December 14
Ice and Snow Featured December 14

New Pines Featured December 15

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 for more chances to win! We will announce all four winners on December 16, 2011 on the Mark's Finest Papers blog. You can go back and comment if you missed a day. The winners will be chosen at 11PM EST on Thursday December 15, 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

Tammylee

Silvia

Mark's Finest Papers

Today Mark's Finest Papers, a Heinrich Company is featuring the set New Pines.  For my project, I chose to make an altered frame I picked up at the dollar store.  I wanted my frame to look as if someone was "looking out a window to the outside" with a Christmas swag over the window.  After I stamped my images in memento tuxedo black onto Mark's Finest Papers Grandma's Snow Covered Porch card stock, I pulled out a couple of different shades of green prismacolor markers and colored my pine trees before stamping the saying over two of them.  Once I had stippled some clouds above and around the saying, I took the two remaining pines, cut them out and popped them up on dimensionals and pop dots to get varying levels of dimension.  Then came adding the swag.

Following Kittie's flower spray and pine cone tutorials, I punched several different colors of Martha Stewart pine branches and added those over a couple of ferns to use as a base.  Once that was done, I punched out some poinsettia's using a Martha Stewart punch I had found online, some small hydrangea flowers, and two cardinals to add to the swag and scene.  Once all of that was added, I put some Tim Holtz distress stickles in the centers of the poinsettia's and used a black marker for the centers of the smaller flowers.  Here's a close-up:

Thanks for stopping by today.  Don't forget to continue hopping along to the rest of the designers blogs and leave a comment for a chance to win today's stamp set. Have a great day.

Stamps: MFP New Pines
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Stampin Up! Bashful Blue
Card Stock: MFP Grandma's Snow Covered Porch, Olive, Card Stock Scraps
Accessories: Prismacolor Markers,  Martha Stewart Punches, Black Marker, Ranger Crystal Accents, Stipple Brush, Dollar Store Frame, Tim Holtz Distress Ice Stickles, Pop Up Glue Dots, Pop Dots, Dimensionals

Dr. Seuss' Brains In Your Head - My Time Made Easy Pretty Pattern Sketch #40

Welcome to another My Time Made Easy Pretty Pattern Sketch challenge.  This week's card I chose to dedicate to my 19 year old son who was just diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes.  For those who don't know, Type 1 diabetes is also known as juvenile diabetes.  His dad was diagnosed at age 2 and has grown up with it, so to dad it's no big deal.  However, to a 19going on 20 year old, life is a whole new ball of wax.  So many bad habits to suddenly have to change.  Someone who was considered healthy up to this point, suddenly has so many things to watch and keep track of on top of college, finals, a wonderful girlfriend who's having a hard time adjusting to the diagnosis too, and trying to find a job in a very rough economy and in an area of 20% unemployment.  So I decided to bend the sketch a bit, and go out of my normal creating comfort zone by making a paper bag card with a school theme.

I started out by printing out My Time Made Easy's Back To School digital stamps and Academic Hodgepodge grade book digital paper.  Once my images were colored with prismacolor markers and cut out, I layered the grade book paper onto the paper lunch bag, added the three cut out images, ribbon, and the ABC cork stickers from Targets $1 spot from a few years back. 

I then layered Dr. Seuss' saying on some teal scrap card stock before placing over my cut out images.  I chose this particular sentiment from the Back To School set because I've heard my son, and my daughter, put himself down for not doing good on exams during this last month of school.  I've especially heard more of it right after his diagnosis after Thanksgiving.  I wanted him to know, he has God given brains and he is a smart young man and not to listen or believe anything otherwise. 

Once the front was done, I taped down the inside flap and added some digital binder paper before adding the rest of the grade book paper to the inside of the card and my one remaining image from My Time Made Easy's Lunch Box Love Notes digital stamp set.  I also taped down the lunch bag opening to seal it enough, but still allow an opening for a gift card to stick out from the inside.

For my first lunch bag card, I'm pretty please with how it turned out.  They're really easy to make too.

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

Stamps:  MTME Lunch Box Love Notes, Back To School Digital Stamps

Card Stock: White, Teal Scrap, MTME Academic Hodgepodge Digital Paper

Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, Computer, Printer, Fiber, Lunch Bag, Cork Stickers