It's a Monday Sketch Challenge!

Hello all!! Happy Memorial Day!! It's Monday and that means that we're making another Christmas card to add to our stack of completed cards for Christmas this year!! Woo hoo!! You can get started on your cards today, play along with us!! You'll love this sketch!

Our fabulous leader, Maria has created another super sketch challenge #18 for us to use. This is a great sketch!! My image stamp is by Great Impressions and my sentiment stamp is by Inkadinkado. I used Making Memories papers and Martha Stewart snow glitter on my card. I used a glitter gel pen on the bells around the reindeer's neck. The glitter brads I used are from the $1 bin at Target!! The ribbon is from my stash. I colored the image with my Copics and that's about it!! Just a simple card, but one more closer to being done with my cards for the year!!

Here's the weird dark shot that shows my glitter and glitter pen a little better.

Be sure to visit the Christmas Stampin' All Year Long blog to see what our head diva, Maria and the other challenge divas have created. I also have them listed on my sidebar. We'd love for you to play along, just leave a comment and a link to your creation on the Christmas Stampin' All Year Long blog or if you upload to SCS or PCP, use the keyword CSAYL.

Thank you for stopping by my blog. I truly appreciate you and your comments! Be sure to come by tomorrow to see what I've created for you! You can sign up as a friend and I'll let you know as soon as I'm done!! See you then!

Spend the weekend InStyle!!

Happy Sunday everyone!! I hope your weekend is going well. If you have a 3 day weekend, even better!!

I told you I would share my daughter's award's day news with you. For those of you that don't know, my daughter is in the 3rd grade and we had awards day this week. I am proud of her whether she wins an award or not, but she actually brought home the Computer Award out of her class of 22 and she brought home an award for being on the Principal's Honor Roll for the ENTIRE year!!!! Yay, Brittany!! She also won an award on Field Day. She took home 3rd place in the egg carrying contest!! lol (the old egg on a spoon, remember) Out of 300 something students, that's pretty good!! So there you go.

Ok, onto business! I wanted to share a card I made using InStyle Stamps Anime image Mike and Jessie. Aren't they just the cutest ever? I know I say this every time but these images really are so versatile and fun to use. You could use this image for birthdays, get well, congrats, thinking of you, thanks, you get the picture! It's perfect for any occasion.



For my card I paper pieced Jessie's dress and boots with Die Cuts with a View Spring Stack paper. The rest of the image is colored with my copics. My sentiment stamp is by Stampendous. I used Bazzill cardstock and the glittery paper is from the DCWV Glitter Spring Stack. I highlighted with my white InkEssentials gel pen that I got from Susana's Custom Art and Card Design. My flowers are Primas and the brads are Making Memories. The ribbon is Bo Bunny. I used this week's Stamps and Smiles sketch challenge for my card layout. Yay I got a challenge done this week!! They have the greatest sketches and the cutest stamps. You should check them out.

Don't forget, we have our InStyle Stamps blog hop this Friday. Woo hoo!! I'll have more information for you soon. I hope you enjoy my card. I'm glad you stopped by to visit and I hope you'll leave me a comment. I truly do love reading your comments, they mean so much to me! I'll be back on Monday with something else to show you, so be sure you come back to visit!! Have a wonderful rest of the weekend!!

Hello Baby!!

Happy Tuesday to you!!!
Wow is there enough pollen in the air?? My car is green, I can't breathe my head has enough sinus pressure to feel like it's going to explode!! I love Spring, but geez it is tough!! The trees are blooming and the daffodils are in full bloom, I even heard a bird chirp yesterday!! Yayyyyy!!

Anywhoo, my card today is a baby congrats card featuring the adorable Jasmine from InStyle Stamps. I wish I looked this good after my daughter was born and I still don't look this good!!! LOL I stamped her on white cardstock using Memento ink and colored her with my copics. I used a corner punch to make the slotted corners and Bazzill flowers folded in half for extra fullness attached with a rhinestone brad. I used Making Memories papers and my sentiment is a Rubber Soul stamp. I used a baby shower party favor around my sentiment.

A very simple card but still cute. I have a short post today, have a dentist appt. Yuck!! I hope you like my card and if you are visiting, please leave me a comment. I love to read your comments and hear what you think! Make sure you come back tomorrow to see my Flutterby Wednesday card. Please, Please come back later to see the Twinkling Tuesday card. My daughter is the Temp Twinkie this week and I will have my card up later this afternoon.

Recipe:

Stamps: InStyle Stamps, Rubber Soul

Ink: Memento

Papers: Making Memories, Bazzill

Other: Copics, flowers, brad, baby shower favor, corner punch

Miss Anya Gets Framed!!

Happy Monday Everyone!!

I have to tell you that the 10 inches of snow that we got was so beautiful but was/is a travel nightmare!! I don't know how you guys handle all that heavy snow in areas that get a lot of snow each and every day during the winter months!! My hats off to you!! I've also had computer issues to deal with as well. Not a pretty weekend!

Now onto my card for today. I have a super cute Miss Anya card for you today. I colored Miss Anya from The Greeting Farm with my Copics. I used the really cute Making Memories Chloe's Closet paper line for this card. I think it suits Miss Anya really well don't you? I also used a Making Memories frame to perfectly frame our little cutie. I put some cute little flowers with pearl centers in the top of the frame. I love these color combinations too. Blue and yellow is one of my favorite color combinations. Anyway, I hope you enjoy looking at her as much as I enjoyed making her.





Have a great start to your week and be sure to come back tomorrow to see what I have for you. Be sure to leave me some love when you stop by so I know you were here. I love to read your comments!

Thanks for stopping by today.

Recipe
Papers: Making Memories, Bazzill
Stamp: Miss Anya by The Greeting Farm
Other: Frame-Making Memories, copics, flowers

It's Flutterby Wednesday!

Happy Wednesday everyone!

Today is Flutterby Wednesday again. Time to celebrate everything Flutterby!! Be sure that you enter your flutterby creation today for your chance to win Danni's blog candy. Be sure to check her blog for all the details. The drawing will be on Thursday. We'd love to see your creations so if you upload to PCP or SCS be sure to use FBW42.

First, I want to apologize for my photo. I was having technical difficulties! For my card this week I wanted to do something a little different. I did a baby card with Imaginisce paper (love that stuff). I used my paisley Cuttlebug folder for my cardstock to give that pretty texture. My flower and butterfly are Jolee's and my stamps are Imaginisce. I distressed the edges of my little tag and scalloped oval with chalk ink. My little button brads and safety pin are by Making Memories.

Thanks for looking at my blog. I really appreciate you stopping by. Have a great day!!

Recipe:
Paper: Imaginisce, Bazzill
Felt Embellies: Jolee's
Other: Memento ink, chalk ink, brads and safety pin-Making Memories

Another Flutterby Wednesday

Hello everyone, it's Wednesday and we all know that means ; it's Flutterby Wednesday!!

I'm here with my creation for the week but you can play along too. All you have to do is make a card that has a butterfly on it and if you upload it to a gallery at SCS or PCP be sure to use the keyword: FBW41. Don't forget, Danni has blog candy that she will be giving out at the end of the month. Check out the details at Danni's blog. Be sure to check out the fabulous creations the other members of our team have posted by clicking on their links on my sidebar.

My card for the week ended up having a lot of green and purple on it kind of like last week. I think I must be in a purple/green kind of mood or something!! I also managed to use the Mojo Monday Sketch #70. So I actually finished a challenge on time this week!!! Yea !! My card this week has Making Memories paper that I dug out of my scrap stash. My stamps are Great Impressions. I used my Copics a little bit and used my Quickie Glue Pen to apply the Making Memories glitter to my flowers. On the flourish itself, I used the pen and Prisma glitter by Hero Arts. I cut my scalloped pieces with my nestabilities dies. The one little pop of color is on the tiny ladybug at the bottom of the flourish! He's so cute! I used pop dots to pop the sentiment up off the card. It's really hard to capture the glitter in the pictures, but trust me it is very glittery and pretty.

This picture shows a little of the sparkle, but it just doesn't do it justice. I photographed it under light, took it outside in the snow for natural light and everything. It just didn't want to sparkle for you. I love plenty of sparkle and the green/purple color combination. I hope you enjoy it too.

Thanks for stopping by my blog. Be sure to leave a comment so I know you were here! Come back again tomorrow and see what I'm up to.

Recipe:

Stamps: Great Impressions

Paper: Making Memories, Bazzill cardstock

Dies: Spellbinder Nestabilities

Other: Copics, Making Memories glitter, Prisma glitter

My Happy Butterfly

Hi everyone. Today is Wednesday and that means that it is Flutterby Wednesday! My card today has a very happy butterfly on it! I decided to make a round card for a change. My daughter wanted me to use this stamp so I inked it up and colored it in with my copics. I used Making Memories paper and really made this cute little guy bling. I love Prisma glitter by Hero Arts. It really shines. It's hard to capture the glittery shine with the camera, but trust me, it is very sparkly. It is also very hard to see the dimension in the photo. I used big pop dots to pop up my butterfly and sentiment. I decided to use tulle at the top of my card instead of ribbon, just to change it up a bit (plus it's pretty)! I used my Scor-Pal to score the top of the card so it would open nicely.


Remember, you can play along too! If you make a butterfly card and upload it to a gallery at SCS or PCP be sure to use the keyword: FBW40. Don't forget, Danni has blog candy with no fat or extra calories!! Check out the details at Danni's blog. Be sure to check out the fabulous creations the other members of our team have posted by clicking on their links on my sidebar.

Finally, here it is! I hope you like it!






Thanks for stopping by my blog and be sure to come back soon and see what I am up to next.

See you soon, Cathy.

My Recipe:

Paper: Making Memories, Bazzill
Stamps: Stampendous, A Muse Artstamps
Die: Spellbinders Nestabilities ribbon tags
Other: Copics, Coluzzle, Quickie Glue Pen, Prisma glitter by Hero Arts, brads, Martha Stewart gems, tulle, Memento ink , pop dots