TCP Sketch and Blogger's Challenge

Hello Friends! Sorry that I have been MIA lately. Basically, I have been sick since my last post...ugh! I started with laryngitis the Wednesday before Christmas and it has been downhill since then! I am feeling better now and it has been so nice to have this week off to get the chance to recuperate. It will be good to actually be able to talk to my kiddos when I get back to school on Tuesday! Because I have been sick, I have missed a few of my favorite challenges. Last week's Blogger's Challenges was called, "Ornamental". (Sorry folks, I have been trying to download this photograph for two and a half hours!!! I'm not sure what the problem is. When I can add it, I will.) My little one and I make this 3-D paper snowflake together. Our Christmas tree was filled with ornaments so this was the perfect addition to my dining room hutch. We used some October Afternoon papers with gingerbread men and coordinating polka dots. I love the way that it turned out!

This week's Blogger's Challenge theme is "Celebration". My parents' are celebrating their wedding anniversary today. That is a cause for celebration! So I used last week's sketch from The Cat's Pajamas to make them their anniversary card. My image is from the TCP Ewe Complete Me set. I used a few Copic Markers (C1, C3, RV17, and V05) to color up my sweet pair and then I fussy cut them out. All of the patterned papers are from My Mind's Eye. The main panel is from a note card that I picked up in the Christmas Clearance section at Michaels and the card stock is from Papertrey Ink. My other accents include a heart made with the TCP Heart Trio CutUps, some Baker's Twine from My Mind's Eye, and the flower button is from Stampin' Up.

Thanks so much for stopping by today. I hope that you have a very healthy and Happy New Year...Toodles! :D

What Do You Think?

Hello Friends! Here is my card for the sketch from the My Favorite Things Wednesday Sketch Club. What do you think it? I've tried changing things up a couple of times, but I can't seem to get this card to look the way that I'd like it to. I was hoping to use this sketch design to make a set of thank you cards for my principal at school, but I'm not too sure. I love the sketch, but perhaps I'll give it another try with a different mix of papers. Anyway, here are the details for this card. The papers are from last year's Christmas collection from The Girls' Paperie. I added stitching and I embossed the red panel with the Seeing Spots embossing folder. The sentiment is from the My Favorite Things Die-namics Polka Dots Greetings Die and Stamp Set. The sentiment is layered onto the MFT Die-namics Layered Label Die. That's about it for this one. Thanks so much for visiting with me...Toodles! :D

Sweet Holiday Wishes!

Hello Friends! I hope that you had a wonderful weekend. I spent my afternoon with two stamping friends. It was a great way to finish up some last minute Christmas cards. This is the design that I came up with for hubby's co-workers. I made a few extra cards for my co-workers too.

The last Blogger's Challenge was called "Tie It Up" and if you would like to play along, here is the link to Lisa Somerville's Blog. I tied a little bell to my floppy eared friend's candy cane and I also tied two different colors of Divine Twine to the button.

The star of my card is from The Cat's Pajama's Raising Cane set. He is colored up with Copic Markers (E40, E42, R11, R20, R29, R39, YG13, and YG17) and then I fussy cut him out. The sentiment is from the TCP Merry Christmas, Honey set. All of the patterned papers are from The Girl's Paperie. I added some stitching to the main panel and the sentiment piece and then I added a button made with TCP Button CutUps.

I also made this card for the TCP Tuesday challenge. This week's challenge is to make a Holiday card with any of The Cat's Pajamas stamps. You can find all of the details to play along in that challenge on Alma's Blog. Thanks so much for visiting with me this evening. I'll be back tomorrow with something crafty to share. See you then...Toodles! :D

A LONG Post!!

Hello Friends! I have a lot to share with you this evening. I hope that you will bear with me. I have a card for this month's Sketch For You To Try, and because it is December, it is the last sketch of the year. If you played along in each of the monthly sketches, you need to list all of your previous cards in order to be eligible for Jen's BIG prize. So, I thought that I'd share the cards again and the original posts. (This month's sketch is the next to the last card in this post. I combined it with the color challenge from The Cat's Pajamas. The last card in this post is the sketch from the My Favorite Things Wednesday Stamp Club.) Here goes. My January's card and the blog link.

Here is my February card and blog link.

Here is March's sketch card and blog link.

Here is April's card and blog link.

Here is the card for May's sketch and the blog link.

Up next, June's card and blog link.

Here is the card for July's sketch and the blog link.

Here is my card for the August sketch and my blog link.

Up next, my card for the September sketch and the blog link.

Are you still with me? I hope so! Here is my card for October's sketch and my blog link.

Here is my November card and the blog link.

Finally, here is my card for Jen's December Sketch For You To Try.

I combined Jen's sketch (which I printed out and never realized that I was looking at it upside down the whole time I was designing this card...lol!) with the color challenge from The Cat's Pajamas. The challenge is to use Pale Pink, Red, and Steel Gray. You can find all of the details on Alma's Blog. My sweet image is from the TCP Raising Cane set. He is colored up with Copic Markers (C0, C1, G21, G24, R29, R39, R81, and R83) and the sparkle is from Star Dust Stickles. The papers are from Echo Park and Memory Box. The gray buttons were made with The Cat's Pajama's Buttons CutUps. I also added some Oyster Divine Twine, some TCP Seam Binding, and a bit of machine stitching.

There you have it. A whole year's worth of Jen's FABULOUS sketches!! I do have one more card to share with you tonight. My aunt passed away yesterday. Aunt Rita was a wonderful and loving lady and I will miss her. She loved crafts and sewing and I find myself thinking of her all of the time when I am stamping. This is the sympathy card that will go out to my uncle and cousins. Aunt Rita always appreciated something handmade and I know that she would love this card.

I used the past sketch from the My Favorite Things Wednesday Stamp Club. You can find the sketch and all of the details to play along here. The papers are from My Mind's Eye. The sentiment is from the My Favorite Things More Essential Sentiments set. It is stamped onto a die cut that I made with the MFT Die-namics Framed Greetings die. Some machine stitching and a trio of pearls complete my card.

Thank you so much for visiting with me tonight. I had a ball looking back at all of my SFYTT cards, and I hope that you enjoyed them too. Enjoy the rest of your evening...Toodles! :D

Right At Home Meets Blogger's Challenge!

Good Morning Friends! I have a few crafty things for you today. Right at Home Scrapbooking store is celebrating the twelve days of Christmas and today is my turn to share. My creations are made with Echo Park papers and Hero Arts stamps. First up is this fun tag.


The ornament images were stamped, fussy cut, and then popped up. Then I added some buttons and craft twine. The sentiment was stamped in Colorbox white ink. A little bit of polka dotted ribbon and some machine stitiching finish off my creation.


Here is a Happy Holidays card using some more of these fun Echo Park papers. I used Memento ink to stamp the house image. It is colored up with Copic Markers (C1, C3, R37, R39, G94, and G99) and I added some Star Dust Stickles to make the snow drifts a bit sparkly. A sweet little button and some craft twine complete my card.


My last card for today is for this week's Blogger's Challenge (Frosty and Friends). Just click here to go to Lisa's Blog to play along. I started off with Jen Del Muro's December Sketch for You To Try. My adorable image is from the latest release from The Cat's Pajamas. This set is called Freezin' Season. Mr. Bunny and his frosty friend are colored up with Copic Markers (B00, B95, B97, C1, C3, R20, and R22.) All of these patterned papers are from Echo Park. To keep with the sketch, I added three buttons, but I also sprinkled a few snowflakes made with the TCP Snowflake Paper Lace CutUps die around my card.

Thanks so much for stopping by today! Have a happy day...Toodles! :D

My Favorite Things Sketch!

Hello Friends! I have a quick post for you this evening. I've been a little beneath the weather. In fact, I missed school today, and I'm trying to rest up tonight because I am going to the New England Kindergarten Teachers Conference tomorrow. Here is my card for the sketch from the My Favorite Things Wednesday Stamp Club.


I used some papers from Simple Stories. I just love the plaid and the polka dots together! The sentiment and the die cut are from the My Favorite Things Die-namics Framed Greetings Die and Stamp Set. The buttons were made with The Cat's Pajamas Buttons CutUps. Some burgandy craft thread and a bit of machine stitching finish off my card. Thanks so much for stopping by for a visit. Enjoy the rest of your evening...Toodles! :D

Right At Home Scrapbooking Store Creations!

Good Morning Friends! I have a card and a tag to share with you today. The Right at Home Scrapbooking Store Design Team is celebrating the Twelve Days of Christmas. To see all of their fun projects for the Holidays, just stop by the store's blog. This month, Lisa asked me to work with some Hero Arts stamps and these fun papers from Echo Park. Here is a peek at my tag.

I started off with a die cut made with the My Favorite Things Die-namics Tag, You're It die. I added some machine stitching, a sweet little button, and some pretty ribbon. The festive tree is colored up with Copic Markers (E23, E25, G82, G94, G99, YR24, YR30, and YR31) and then I fussy cut it out and popped it up on the tag.

My card design is simple, but I love the way it turned out. The image is colored with Copic Markers (G82, G94, G99, R46, R59) and then I added some Star Dust Stickles. A button, some craft thread, and a bit of machine stitching complete my card.

Thanks so much for visiting with me this morning. Enjoy the beautiful day...Toodles! :D

Making Blogger's Challenge Shiny!

Happy Friday Friends! I am trying something new today. I have always wanted to make a calendar with some rubber stamps and other crafty things. This week's Blogger's Challenge is to make anything but a card, so I thought that this would be a great time to try one. Just head over to Lisa's blog to play along with this week's Blogger's Challenge.

I started off by inking up this sweet image from The Cat's Pajamas. He is from the Deep Breath set. I used Copic Markers (B41, B45, C1, C3, E01, E11, E13, E15, R20, R22) to color up my skating friend and then I fussy cut him out. This week's TCP Tuesday Challenge is to create shiny embellishments, so I added a skating pond and some snowflakes made with some mirror paper. To make the snowflakes, I simply used the new Snowflakes Lace Paper CutUps die. I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this new CutUps die!! I also added the sentiment from the TCP Skating Bunny set. The patterned paper is from Memory Box. Here is a close up of the crafty part.

So there you have it...my first calendar page. I'll be ready for 2012! Hopefully, I'll be able to make a new page each month. Thanks so much for stopping by to visit with me. I really appreciate it! Have a wonderful weekend...Toodles! :D