Friday Sketchers - Enjoy the Moment

I absolutely LOVE this card. I used the sketch from Friday Sketchers # 147. I used some faux leather I found at Michaels. I love Tim Holtz metal gears.

Stamps: LOTV Zooming Along, PTI Sentiment

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Copic Markers, PTI Vintage Touch

Cardstock: SU Chocolate Chip, Real Red

Paper: Basic Grey Life of the Party

Accessories: Tim Holtz Metal Gears, Leather from Michaels, PTI Red Poppy Ribbon, Tim Holtz Gears Embossing Folder, Tim Holtz Gadget Gears Sizzix Die.

Thanks for Visiting!

Heidi

Friday Sketchers #146

I've got another one of my new Wild Rose Studio images to show you today! I used the sketch from Friday Sketchers Challenge #146.

Supplies Used:

Stamps: Wild Rose Studio: Toby and Butterfly, PTI Sentiment

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Copic Markers, PTI Vintage Touch

Cardstock: SU Always Artichoke, Purely Pomegranete

Paper: WR Memory Keepers
Accessories: Marianne D Creatables Doily, May Arts Crochet Ribbon, Wild Orchid Craft Flowers, SUWord window, modern label punches, SU Tags Sizzlit.

Thanks for looking! I love reading your comments!

Heidi

Friday Sketchers with Lili of the Valley

I made this adorable couple for two challenges:

Friday Sketchers #140

Lili of the Valley #83-Romance

Supplies Used:

Stamps: LOTV Love Grows

Stamp Paper: Copic X-Press It Blending Card

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Copic Markers, PTI Vintage Touch

Cardstock: SU Rose Red

Paper: Making Memories

Accessories: Wild Orchid Crafts, Hobby House UK brads

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Heidi

Friday Sketchers

This Bo Bunny paper has to be some of my favourite Winter Paper. I really should stock up on it!

Challenge: Friday Sketchers

Supplies Used:

Stamps: Whimsey Very Present Helpers, PTI Sentiment

Stamp Paper: Copic X-Press It Blending Card

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, SU Night of Navy, Copic Markers

Cardstock: SU Night of Navy, Whisper White

Paper: Bo Bunny

Accessories: SU Brads, May Arts Pleated Ribbon, Navy ribbon from my stash, SU Oval Punches, Silver Stickles.

Thanks for visiting! I love reading your comments.

Heidi

Penny Black Pink Birthday

I'm back with a second post for the day. There will be a third with the start of the Wags 'n Whiskers Pin Up Girls release!  

I'll spare you the rambling.(I dont have much to say) This card is for the following challenges:

Friday Sketchers #136

Saturday Challenge #116 - Tons of Texture (A new challenge for me). I used two different embossing folders

Charisma Cardz - Birthday (A new challenge for me)

Crazy for Challenges C4C69

Supplies Used:

Stamps: Penny Black, Whimsey Stamps

Stamp Paper: Copic X-Press it Blending Card

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Copic Markers, SU Blushing Bride

Card Stock: SU Blushing Bride, Basic Grey, Neenah Solar White

Paper: SU Blushing Bride DSP

Accessories: Nestabilities Petite and Scallop Ovals, Whimsey Ticket Die, Flower Spacers and brads from The Hobby House UK, Maya Arts Crochet Lace

Thanks for Visiting!

Heidi

Stampavie Challenge with Friday Sketchers

This is my card for Stampavie Challenge # 60 Hot/Summer. I combined it with the Sketch from Friday Sketchers Challenge # 113

Supplies Used:

Stamps: Stampavie Josephine in Watermelon Patch, Sentiment PTI Daily Designs Sentiments

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, SU Soft Sky, PTI Vinage Touch Inks

Cardstock: SU Old Olive, SU Regal Rose

Paper: Basic Grey Olivia

Accessories: SU Regal Rose Ribbon, Petite Oval Nestabilities, SU Oval, scallop Oval, Wide Oval Punches, Martha Stewart Flowr punch, Stickers by Jolee, Scor Pal Distressing tool, Bow Easy

Thanks for visiting, I love reading your comments!
Heidi

Blog Candy Winners and Christmas Cards

I am so excited to have reached and surpassed my goal to have 37 followers by my 37th birthday! Thank you all for becoming followers and leaving comments. I truly wish I had candy to give to everyone. The random.org winners of the candy are:

Popcorn the Bear Xmas Collection: Magical Christmas Set: Dora

Popcorn the Bear Floral Collection Set: Mary Lou

Please email me with your snail mail address so I can mail your stamps sets.

I am using stamps from several Popcorn the Bear Christmas sets for my Holiday cards this year. I am still in the process of colouring, but I did take a break to make some cards for two card challenges.

This first card is for Friday Sketchers #110

Supplies Used:

Stamps: Popcorn the Bear, Sentiments Papertrey Ink
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Copic Markers
Cardstock: SU Choc. Chip, Gina K Pure Luxury White
Paper: Kaisercraft
Accessories: i-rock Rhinestones, MFT Felt, SU Choc Chip Satin Ribbon, SU Oval Punches

This second one is for Sketch Saturday #11. 

Supplies Used:

Stamps:  Popcorn the Bear, Sentiment Papertrey Ink

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Copic Markers

Cardstock: SU Choc. Chip, Gina K Pure Luxury White

Paper: Kaisercraft

Accessories: SU Choc Chip Grosgrain Ribbon, SU Build a Brads, SU Oval Punches, Martha Stewart Border Punch

Thanks for visiting! Congratulaions again to the Blog Candy Winners!

Heidi

Friday Sketchers

Here is a card I made for this week's Friday Sketchers Challenge #108.

Supplies Used: 

Stamps: Stampavie Ruffles Birdwatching by Helz Cuppleditch, Sentiment from Papertrey Ink Mixed Messages

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, SU Bashful Blue, Copic Markers

Cardstock: SU Night of Navy, More Mustard

Paper: Basic Grey Max and Whiskers

Accessories: Felt from Thimble Creek, Papertrey Ink Buttons and Ribbon, Prima Mini Roses, Martha Stewart Self Adhesive Pearls, charm from BeadsandCharms.com, Papertrey Ink Flower Dies, SU punches: Designer Label, Circle and Small Oval.

Have you checked out my Blog Candy? You can read all about it here.

Thanks for visiting. I love reading your comments!

Heidi

Friday Sketchers #107

I made this cute dream inducer card for the Friday Sketchers Challenge #107. The image is Stampavie Mouse in Hammock by Tina Wenke.  I love this stamp because it reminds me of my own hammock sleeper. One of my cats Jar Jar, loves sleeping in my hammock. It's really cute seeing him softly step into it so it doesn't swing too much. I printed the sentiment from my computer and sponged the edge with Papertrey Chai ink from their Vintage touch set. I also sponged Chai ink on the the edge of the main image. I thought the Webster Pages would be a nice back drop with the tree braches. I titled the book that Mr. Mouse is reading Cheese, I Love You!

Supplies Used:
Stamps: Stampavie Mouse in Hammock by Tina Wenke, Inside Card Sentiment: Wordsmith Stamps
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Papertrey Chai Vintage Ink, Copic Markers
Cardstock: SU Soft Suede, Kiwi Kiss, Gina K Pure Luxury White
Paper: Webster Pages
Accessories: K&Company Brad, Papertrey Ink Simply Chartreuse Felt

Thanks for visiting! I love reading your comments.
Heidi

Don't over do the Smooch Illuminate Pearlized Top Coat!

I made this card for two challenges, Friday Sketchers #106 and Crazy for Challenges 41. I really love how it turned out except for one thing. I used too much Smooch Illuminate Pearlized Top Coat on the flowers. The flowers look sort of muddy now. Oh Well, lesson learned!

Supplies Used:
Stamps: Popcorn the Bear, Papertrey ink Sentiment
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Copic Markers, SU Early Expresso (Sentiment)
Cardstock: SU Almost Amythyst, Pretty in Pink, Certainly Celery, Gina K Pure Luxury
Paper: SU Almost Amythyst DSP, Certainly Celery DSP, SU Sending Love Specialty Designer Paper
Accessories: Recollections Rhinestone Stickers(Michaels), Prima White Symphony Blend, The Art of Life Shop mini roses, May Arts Champagne Net Ribbon

Thanks for visiting! I love reading your comments.
Heidi

EXCITING NEWS!

I am so excited about today's post. I am pleased to announce that I joined my first ever design team! I am a very proud member of the Critter Sketch Blog Design Team. My first ever creation for a design team will be debuting next Monday June 7th. So please check back next Monday to see my card and meet our June Sponsor. It will be a real treat! In the mean time, please visit the Critter Sketch Blog and the blogs of all the other design team members by clicking on the links on the right side bar.

Since we are stepping out of spring and into summer, the challenge (#16) this week on the critter sketch Blog they want to see some beautiful flowers and to use the color purple somewhere on your creation. Since my responsibilties dont officially start until next week, I figured I could combine this card challenge with the Friday's Sketchers Blog challenge.



Supplies Used:
Stamps: Popcorn the Bear
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Copic Markers
Cardstock: SU Elegant Eggplant, SU YoYo Yellow
Paper: Little Yellow Bicycle
Accessories: Prima Roses, Felt-Thimble Creek Quilt Shop, Denami Designs Buttons, Taylored Expressions Ribbon, Papertrey Ink Blossoms 1,2,3 Dies, white DMC floss, 3M mounting foam

Thanks for visiting! I love reading your comments. And be sure to come back next week to get learn about the new challenge, the June Sponsor and see my creation!

Heidi

Life is a Dream

There is a great new paper company out there called Echo Park. My local Brick and Mortar Scrapbook shop is carrying Echo Park's first new release called Sweet Summertime. I have seen it popping up in lots of on-line stores too! Here is my first card using this line. I made this card for the Friday Sketchers challenge #103.

Supplies Used:
Stamps: Unity Birdie Inspiration
Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa, Tangerine Tango
Cardstock: Stampin Up Tangerine Tango, Baja Breeze
Paper: Echo Park Sweet Summertime
Accessories: Felt -My Favorite Things, Papertrey Ink Scallop, Butterfly, and Flower Dies, Nestabilities Labels 11. Basic Grey Buttons

Cute Card Thursday & Friday Sketchers

I love the Masculine Motif stamp set from Papertrey ink. I think it will become my go to stamp set for ANY masculine card. The sketch for the card comes from the Friday Sketcher's blog and the masculine theme is from the Cute Card Thursday Blog.



Supplies Used:
Stamps: Papertrey Ink Masculine Motifs
Ink: SU Tangerine Tango
Cardstock: Gina K Pure Luxury White
Paper: Papertrey Ink-Dotti Biscotti

Thanks for visiting! I love reading your comments!

Heidi

Friday Sketchers

I am so excited about my card for this week's Friday Sketchers card. I coloured this High Hopes Roasting Marshmallows image a while ago. I was finally able to finish it when I got my Copics Airbrushing System. I finished the image by airbrushing the sky with W8.

This is the sketch from Friday Sketchers Blog.

After brainstorming this sketch for a while, the light bulbs went off. I took the Cute campfire image, cut it out with one of my nestabilities and paired it with some paper from the Bo Bunny Roughin It Line. I then went hunting for some roasting marshmallow sticks out in my back garden. I found some small old twigs from our Camphor Tree. Not exactly great for roasting marshmallows, but perfect for my card.




I tied the pieces to wood together with some SU linen thread. I attached them to the card by piercing some holes and sewing it to the card with the linen thread. I punched some brown circles to represent chocolate the added some white circles for marshmallows. Then, to make my white circles look like REAL marshmallows, I added white liquid applique and then heat set it.



Stamps: High Hopes
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, copic Markers
Cardstock: SU Green, Yoyo Yellow
Paper: Bo Bunny
Accessories: Twigs from my garden! Nestabilities, Twine Ribbon, White Liquid Applique, Linen Thread.

Thanks for visiting!
Heidi

Friday Sketchers #99

This week's Friday Sketchers Challenge is being sponsored by Simon Say Stamp. The sketch Host Carole provided a cute sketch. I decided to make a card for my cousin who is expecting her first baby. I used paper from Basic Grey's new Capella line. I punched two edges with a Stampin up edge punch andthen sponged all of the edges with Stampin Up Soft Suede. The base is Soft Suede and Blush Blossom. Stampin' Up's Blush Blossom will be retiring this year, along with several other colours. The image is from Papertrey Ink Enjoy the Ride set. It is a cute versitile set that has a companion die. The flowers were created using papertrey ink's Blossom dies and white tissue paper. I used Blush Blossom reinker and watered it down and misted it onto the flowers. I then sponged some of the reinker onto the edges to givve them more dimension. The center of the flowers are American Craft Pearl brads. The sentiment from Papertry Ink Delightful Dahlia is stamped in Soft Suede on Blush Blossom. I punched it out with the curvy label punch from Stampin Up.

Supplies Used:
Stamps: Papertrey Ink; Enjoy the Ride, Delightful Dahlia
Ink: Soft Suede, Blush Blossom
Cardstock: Soft Suede, Blush Blossom
Paper: Basic Grey Capella
Accessories: Stampin Up Organza and Satin Ribbon, American Crafts Pearl Brads,White Tissue Paper, Stampin Up Edge Punch, Stampin Up Curvy Label punch

Thanks for visitng. I love reading your comments!
Heidi

Critter Challenge #10

In honour of the 10th Critter Challenge, the challenge is to use 10 elements on your creation. So here is my card with:
4 different papers (all from October Afternoon)
4 Brads
1 Ribbon
1 Flower
The sketch is from the Friday Sketchers Blog Challenge #98

Supplies Used:
Stamps: Stampavie
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Copic Markers, Tim Holtz Distress Ink Old Paper
Cardstock: Stampin Up Taken with Teal, Gina K Pure Luxury Vanilla
Paper: October Afternoon Go Fly a Kite
Accessories: SU Build A Brad, Ribbon Unknown Brand, Paper Trey Ink Blossom Flower Dies, I,II, III

Thanks for visiting. I'd love to read your comments.

Daffodils

I am so excited, I finally have a complete collection of copic sketch markers...except for the eight fluorescent colours, of which I am not partial. I have them all in a big basket that I keep by my seat on the couch. I like to colour while watching tv at night with my family. I am 36 and I love to colour! I even stay in the lines...most of the time :-) I am also giddy because I finally broke down and ordered a copic air brushing system. I want to improve the backgrounds on my images, grass, sky, ocean....I cant wait to make some hopefully fabulous creations.

I had fun using my copics for this card. The current challenge (#25) on the copic creations blog is flowers. The sketch for this challenge is from Friday Sketchers challenge #97, Over on the crazy for challenges blog, challenge #32 is to use 1 ribbon, 2 brads or buttons, and 3 punches. The Cute Card Thursday challenge #107 is Mono Mania. Any guesses on my colour?!?



Supplies Used:
Stamps: PaperTrey Ink Year of Flowers: Daffodils, Birthday Basics
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Copic Markers
Cardstock: SU Barely Banana, SU Yoyo Yellow, Gina K Pure Luxury White
Paper: Little Yellow Bicycle Clothsline Canary Damask
Accessories: SU Oval Punch, SU Large Oval Punch, SU Scallop Oval Punch, SU Fire Brads, Taylored Expressions Lemonade Twill Ribbon

Thanks for visiting! I'd love to hear your comments.

Heidi

Time to meet Jar Jar Binks

This is Jar Jar Binks, aka Jars, Binks, Bonk, one of the four felines that run the house I call home. Jar Jar and his brother, Qui Gon Gin aka Quiggles, Quiggs, pest, hefalump came to us around the time Star Wars The Phantom Menace came out. We are fans of the Star Wars movies and are on the "we like Jar Jar" side of the argument. I got one of the new Stampavie stamps, Coco the cat by Helz Cuppelditch because he reminds me of a tabby cat. Jar Jar and Quiggles are tabbies; Jar Jar is light orange and Quiggs is tortise shell. The inspiration for this card is Jar Jar. Except in real life, he would be sitting on top of the flowers instead of next to them! The sketch comes from the current Friday Sketchers challenge.

Supplies Used:
Stamps: Stampavie Coco Cat Flowers
Cardstock: Stampin Up Rich Razzleberry, Whisper White, Gina K Pure Luxury
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Copic Markers, Bashful blue
Paper: Basic Grey Green at Heart
Accessories: Basic Grey Buttons, SU Ribbon Rich Razzleberry, Nestabilities

Thanks for visiting
Heidi

Friday Sketchers

This week's Friday Sketchers Challenge #95 is Sponsored by Sweet ‘n Sassy Stamps.

Supplies Used:
Stamps: The Greeting Farm
Cardstock and Paper: SU Choc Chip, Tangerine Tango, Lovely Lilac
Accessories: Taylored Expressions Candy Dots, Buttons Denami Designs, Maya Arts Netting Ribbon. White DMC Floss