Sketch Saturday #481

Sketch Saturday is back again with another fun layout for you to play with!

This week we are sponsored by Sasayaki Glitter

 and I am using the winter-flamingos.  Aren't they so cute!

They crack me up big time!  I enjoyed coloring them with my Copics and adding a little flair about them with MME enamel dots and a little edge punch.  Isn't this a fun non-traditional holiday card?!  

I hope you'll come play with us at Sketch Saturday!

Breaking the seal

Hi!  Happy 103 days until Christmas!  I know, I know it is a long way away, but I have made a few  holiday cards and broken the seal, now I can't stop. So why not share a few holiday creations starting with some ornaments I made for the recent Crafter's Companion release on HSN. 

I made these fun ornaments using the Diesire Elongated Bauble Dies.  I cut 9 out for each using a variety of matching holiday designer Paper.  I folded them down the middle with the side I wanted out in the middle.  Next I adhered two of the sides together from 1 & 2 together.  I did this repeatedly until all the sides were together with the exception of the last two.  Then I added string (with a gem in one) in the middle before adhering the last two together.  Then you have a perfect ornament.  We can do this lot of fun varieties of paper.  

I hope you enjoyed this post and are getting in the mood for the holiday season!

THD Challenge 16

Happy September!   THD is back with some fun inspiration for you.  Check this bad boy out!

 Isn't it gorgeous!  It has some perfect fall and back to school flair.  Speaking of back to school I made this little treat bag for my kiddo to take in her lunch box.  I can't believe today is the first day of 4th grade for my little bug!  

The tag for this bag is made using the SugarPea Lantern Die as the base.  I used the SugarPea Nuts About You Stamp Set and colored it with my Copics.  I created he sentiments using a few Neat & Tangled sets, specifically Neat & Tangled Beach Day and Neat & Tangled My Favorite Nut.  It makes me happy and I hope it makes her happy to.  

Hope you will join us for this month's challenge! 

Thanks for your visit!

CC gorgeousness

I hope you were able to check out the most recent Crafter's Companion show on HSN.  It was so fabulous!  Admittedly my favorite products included all the watercolor products.  The Spectrum Noir Colorista Aqua bundle and stamps sets.  I mean WOW!  For example: 

This particular card features stamps from the Just Breathe stamp set.  The blooms are so lovely.  I stamped them on watercolor paper. and used watercolor pens to color them.  The die is a Neat and Tangled Die and the sentiment is perfectly easy using the SN Colorista Vellum Toppers.   Here is a close up. 

I mean I just can't get over how pretty these blooms are.  Isn't this a lovely sympathy card?

Head on over to CC's web page to check out all these fun products!

 Entering this into:

Muse Challenge 231

Thanks for the visit!

Swimming in the Ocean

Narwhal, Narwhal swimming in the ocean, causing a commotion!  Such a funny little song, I love it.  Here is my card for that silly Narwhal.  And it is an interactive card, lookie see:

I started with some Brushos.  Then, I cut the slider circle out using an MFT die.  Next, I stamped and colored this darling Narwhal from Poppystamps.  I used the Mama Elephant stitched wave dies and used my distress oxide inks to color the waves. 

Did you know that that Narwhal tusk is actually a tooth?  Typically the tusks are found on males and about 1 in 500 have TWO tusks!  Cool right?!  Yeah, my brilliant little 9 year old told me that. :)

Thanks for the visit and I hope you enjoyed this card and post. 

Entering this into:  Poppystamps Challenge

 

Sweet Gigi

This last weekend, my family and I were able to go meet the sweetest puppy!  Her name was Gigi and we tried to take her home...literally she was only 3 pounds and I tried to slip her in my pocket but my friend wasn't having it...sigh  Here is her sweet photo, don't you just love her!

What I can guarantee to you is that she was even cuter in person!  Seriously, I know it sounds impossible but it is true.  

I was on vacation the week prior and knew my friends were picking her up.  While I was gone I took some stamped images and watercolor pens with me so I could work on this sweet card. 

Squee!  Isn't she also super cute!  I so enjoyed using these SugarPea images and coloring them with my Zigs.  A few fire hydrants in the background and some pink paper (my friends fave color) and some hearts and wallah!  I love both the real puppy and this cute likeness of her.

Entering this into:

Color Throwdown

Thanks for swinging by! 

Three words say it all...

I know, you thought I was going for I love you!  Close, but not quite.  Today I want to share a card that has a similar message using some of the amazing new Crafter's Companion Products. 

I stamped the main images from the SN Aqua sets My Sunshine and Best Wishes sets on the CC watercolor paper.  i used my glitter pens to add the layers of color. I made duplicates of a few items and popped them out for more dimension.  The butterfly flight path was hand drawn.  The pearls are the perfect accents.

Now if you haven't checked out these Spectrum Noir Aqua stamp sets you are going to want to because they are huge sets filled with all kinds of goodies!

Thanks for visiting today, I hope you enjoyed this post!