MFT Getting Sketchy #58

Good morning! This morning I wanted to share my card for My Favorite Things Getting Sketchy #58. I keep saying I will get this done and turned in before the last minute, but I guess it is better late than never! Anyway, here is my take on the sketch:

And here is the sketch:

I have been SO enjoying these sketches! They are so different and interesting each time! I love that it keeps me on my toes! So this time again, I used another one of the Pure Innocence line - love them!I paper pieced her dress, shoes, and the lollipop (can we say small pieces on that?!?!?!) and used Copics for her hair and skin. 

All of the papers are from an Echo Park 6x6 paper pad - don't remember which one right now, but it is an older one. 

I used some Tim Holtz distress ink in Antique Linen around the white panel that the girl is stamped on. Here is a close up of the paper-pieced image: 

The banner at the bottom I hand trimmed, then stamped the sentiment in three parts, masking out all but one word each time, so the sentiment would fit the banner. 

Finished off with a button from my stash, and some Papertrey Ink button twine. 

All right! Hope you are having a wonderful day today! Happy Valentines Day!!!

Market Street Stamps Paint the Town Color Challenge

Good afternoon! I'm quickly popping in to share my card for the Market Street Stamps Paint the Town Color Challenge. Here is my card:

And here is the color Combo:

I was amazed to find out that these colors were really fun to use together! I was a little curious if I would have trouble with it, but it came together pretty easily! I used some of my favorite 6x6 paper pads: Basic Grey's Picadilly, and Crate Paper's Paper Heart. 

I am especially pleased with how the sentiment came out - LOVE the dimension! 

I hand-cut a strip of pattern paper, stamped the sentiment, then tucked one end behind a heart I cut with my Cricut and Create a Critter cartridge. The other side, I stuck foam dots under, then kind of scrunched it over before sticking it down. 

I did the same thing with the top peaks of the heart, putting  a foam dot under each of them, then sticking the bottom directly on the card. Added a Papertrey Ink button with some button twine tied through the center. 

I stamped the compass on pattern paper, and did a little coloring with Copic markers. Matted it with some more pattern paper, and used a Fiskar's embossing edge punch along the bottom edge.  

Wrapped a little more button twine around it, then used pop-dots to attach it to the card. 

Oh yes - almost forgot! I also inked the edges of everything with Tim Holtz distress ink in Tea Dye. 

There it is! I'm off to see if I can get a couple more card entries done!

PTI 5th Anniversary Day 6 - Sketch Challenge

Good evening! I want to get this posted before I am too late - but I am getting ready to leave the house for a Valentine's Banquet - so...I will fill in all the details later! Sorry! Took me a little longer than I expected, but I'm ready to get it done now! Here is what I came up with:

And here is the sketch I chose:

I used the Mendhi Medallions stamp set from PTI, as well as the other stamp from the free Thank You set I got in my last order. Inked them up with my PTI ink cube in Perfect Poppy, and Versamark Gray ink.

All the cardstock is from PTI, except the white - that was from my stash.

I hand cut the banners, then machine stitched them on, and hand cut the banner behind the circle as well.

Finished off with some PTI buttons and jute button twine. Oh yes - also used the Linen texture plate on the banners, and the reverse side of it for the green cardstock.

That's it! Sorry it took me so long to add the details!

Unity Friends with Flair!

Good morning! Jumping in to the game a bit later than usual, but wanted to join in with Unity Stamps Friends with Flair! I was actually waiting a bit, because I submitted this card for Paper Crafts Stamping Issue Publication Call...now that I know it wasn't selected, I can share it here! :-)

I used one of the Ippity stamps that I got recently - isn't it darling? 

I stamped it, colored with Copics, then applied some Glossy Accents and Martha Stewart coarse glitter over the hearts.

The sentiment was stamped twice to give it a shadow effect. 

All the pattern papers are from Echo Park's Victoria's Garden 6x6 paper pad. I distressed them with my Tim Holtz distress tool, and some Versamark ink. The white cardstock also is sponged over with a bit of Tim Holtz distress ink in Antique Linen.

Here is a closer look that shows how the hearts shine with their glitter! 

Rounded the corners on the first layer, then wrapped a bit of Baker's Twine from the Twinery around and added a Papertrey Ink button. 

The final touch was a bit of Tim Holtz sheer ruffled trim that I trimmed in half, and glued behind the second layer. Love that soft ruffle!!! 

Thanks for stopping by! Make sure and check out the Unity blog for all the new releases, and to join in on Friends with Flair!

I am also submitting this to this weeks Chick Challenge #17 based on this sketch:

Ribbon Carousel and Market Street Stamps

Okay...tried to do this once, and my oldest daughter (age 8) shut the computer off before I finished. She decided to play some games when I walked away, and when I got back and asked her if she turned the computer off, she said, "No! All I clicked was shut down!" Had to tell her that was the same thing!!! Grrr...oh well...

Anyway, this is my card for the challenge over at Really Reasonable Ribbon - anything goes, with ribbon or twine included on your project. They are sponsored this week by Market Street Stamps, so I had to pull some of my Market Street Stamps out and ink them up for this! 

I used two Market Street sets on this card, "Pawprints on our Hearts" and "Vintage Notepad." 

The papers are all from a My Minds Eye 6x6 paper pad called Away We Go - love the colors on it!

I stamped and cut out the dog, stamped the collar with a PTI cube ink pad in Perfect Poppy. Used my white gel pens to color the bone on the color, as well as the nose and eye accents. 

The center strips are cut, stamped with Vintage Notepad, and layered together. I then attached the dog to just the center blue portion - so the feet and head are unattached. This picture might show it a little better - but it is hard to see!

Stamped the sentiment and the pawprints, and colored the star with some Copic markers. Finished off with a bit of PTI button twine. Oh yes, inked all the edges with Tim Holtz distress ink in Tea Dye.

Well, that is probably it from me today - I need to go start working on dinner and dishes...all those important things! Have a great evening!!!

Papertrey Ink 5th Anniversary Day 5

Hello! I am joining in on Papertrey Ink's Day 5 Anniversary challenge today! The challenge today is to create a project inspired by an image from Pinterest - so here is what I came up with:

And here is my photo from Pinterest:

 I still don't own very many Papertrey Ink stamps, so I was super excited when I saw this cut picture on Pinterest - because I had the PERFECT stamp!!!

I started off by trimming some PTI cardstock in Vintage Cream and Oceans Tide and embossing them with the Linen Texture Plate - this is the item that first introduced me to Papertrey Ink - and it still is probably my favorite item from them of all time! 

I layered them together, then stamped the whale with gray Versamark ink. Wish I could have found a way to eliminate the line in between, but oh well! I stamped the sentiment with their white Palette ink - truly the BEST white ink ever! First one I haven't felt like throwing across the room because it doesn't work! The hearts were stamped with my Pure Poppy cube dye ink. 

Finished off by mounting it on a card base made with Smokey Shadow Cardstock. 

Thanks for stopping by! Blessings on your day!

I love you more than CHOCOLATE!!!! (And that MUST be a LOT!!!)

I did it! Managed to get another few challenges together - and dusted off my Cricut for the first time in quite a while! I've been doing a lot of stamping lately, and just hadn't been using the Cricut that much - but I definitely need to pull it out a little more often again! I think it is getting lonely! 

Anyway, this card is for the Throwback Thursday Challenge over at My Creative Time, Tuesday Trigger over at Moxie Fab World, The Pumpkin Spice February "My Style" Contest, My Craft Spot's Valentine's Challenge, More Than Favors Wacky Wednesday "Love is in the Air" Challenge, and the Fantabulous Cricut "Love is in the Air" challenge to include a heart. Whew! That is a lot of challenges! Here is what I made:

Here is the inspiration photo from Moxie Fab World:

And the challenge over at My Creative Time was to make a Valentine's card using any cartridge. So, I used my Everyday Pop-up Cards cartridge, and some of Emma's stamps! 

All the paper's are from Crate Paper's Paper Heart 6x6 paper pad - I think this is my favorite Valentine's line of papers right now! They are so pretty!

I cut out the box of chocolates, inked the edges of everything with Tim Holtz distress ink in Tea Dye, and assembled all the layers, adding a doily behind for fun, and pop-dotting the chocolate box above that. 

The tag for the sentiment was cut from Sophisticated cartridge, and I glued some Baker's Twine in the new Cantaloupe color around the edge.

This picture shows the dimension a little bit better: 

The card is 5x5 - don't know why, but I've been loving the square cards lately! 

Oh yes, I also used some crinkle ribbon to tie the sentiment on, after attaching it with pop-dots! 

And the final touch was a bit of doodling around the edges.  

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Well...off to see what else I can create today! See you again soon!