Happy Day!

Good Morning Friends!  Hope that you are doing fine and dandy!  Today is the deadline to submit a card for the sketch challenge from the My Favorite Things Wednesday Stamp Club.   I am cutting things very close, but after the days that I've been having, I am just happy to be able to participate.   If you'd like to play along and squeeze a card in, the link is here.

I started off with this sweet a' la modes girl from My Favorite Things.  She and this particular sentiment are from the Time to Celebrate set.  I colored her up with Copic Markers (BG01, BG15, BG32, BG53, C3, E000, E00, E01, E23, E40, R00, R11, R22, R24, and YR12) and layered this piece onto a Papertrey Ink Kraft layer.  All of the patterened papers are from the So Happy Together collection from Echo Park Papers.  My other accents include the MFT File Tab Die-namics, the MFT Botanical Beauty Die-namics, a wooden button that I colored with my Light Prawn Copic Marker to match my papers, and a bit of Baker's Twine.

I'll be back soon with another card to share.  Thanks so much for stopping by!  Until next time...Toodles!  :D

Christmas in July!

Happy Friday Friends!  Here we are...just a few days left in July and then things really start to get busy in August with preparation for Back to School!  I love Autumn so I'm always ready for Back to School time.  I have a quick post to share with you.  I say quick because this Cinderella must finish cleaning the castle...lol!  I would LOVE someone to iron the clothes...Scratch that, I'd pay someone to iron all of the clothes!  If I am caught up on the laundry and ironing, then I'm behind on all of the dusting, vacuuming, floor washing, bathroom cleaning, etc. Ugh...It's a vicious cycle!! 

Anyway, I ended up combining this week's Blogger's Challenge (Christmas in July) with the sketch from the TCP Tuesday Challenge.  (Just click on the bold words for the links to play along.)  My sentiment and image are from the Your Gift set from The Cat's Pajamas.  The image is colored with Copic Markers (E11, E13, E15, G40, G82, G94, G99, and Y35) and then fussy cut out.  I love the sweet little pom-pom for his tail.  All of the papers are from the Season's Greetings collection from Echo Park.  The Pure Poppy buttons are from Papertrey Ink.  I added some twine from the Paper Source, a strip of machine stitching, and I used the TCP Icing CutUps for the scallops on the side. 

Thanks so much for taking a moment to visit with me.  Have a terrific start to the weekend!  Until next time...Toodles!  :D

Playing Catch Up!

Happy Monday Friends!  Did y'all have a wonderful weekend?  I was able to spend some time with my family and a few friends.  Nothing beats that!  I was also able to sneak in some much needed stamping time...Yippee!

My first card is for this past week's Tuesday Challenge from The Cat's Pajama's.  The challenge is to use one of the many bear stamp from TCP and either their Apron Border CutUps die or the Queen of Hearts CutUps die.  You can find all of the details to play along on Alma's Blog.  I didn't have either die, so I improvised and made my Icing CutUps die look similar to the Apron Border (hope that counts!!!)  My sweet bear and sentiment are from the TCP What a Blast set.  The bear is colored with Copic Markers (E11, E13, E15, YG13, YG25, YR30, and YR31) and the fussy cut out.  I used Jen Del Muro's July Sketch For You To Try for my layout.  (You can find all of the details about the sketch on her blog here.)  All of the patterned papers are from Echo Park.  My other details include a silver brad, the Seeing Spots embossing folder, and a little bit of paper piercing in two of the corners.

 

My other card for today is from a past sketch from the My Favorite Things Wednesday Stamp Club.  This was sketch MFTWSC65.  I am hoping to catch up on some of the sketches that I've missed while I'm home for the summer.  All of the papers for this one are from My Mind's Eye.  I used the MFT Die-namics Monarch Border and the small die from the Die-namics Open Scallop Doily Duo.  This sweet Pure Innocence girl is from the Jump for Joy set.  She is colored up with Copic Markers (BG000, E000, E00, E01, E23, E25, E31, G20, G21, R00, R29, R39, and YG67) and I paper pieced her dress.  I used some Baker's Twine for her jump rope and finished this one off with some machine stitching.

Thanks so much for stopping by for a visit.  Until next time...Toodles!  :D

Blogger's Challenge and a Sketch

Happy Friday Friends!  I have two cards to share with you today.  One from myself and one from my niece.  My card is for this week's Blogger's Challenge (use die cuts) and I followed the sketch from the My Favorite Things Wednesday Stamp Club.  (Just click on the bold words for the link to play along.)

My image and sentiment are from the MFT You Anchor Me set.  I colored her up with Copic Markers (C1, C3, E000, E00, E01, E23, E25, E27, E33, E37, G07, G12, R00, R11) and then I fussy cut her out and used some foam squares to give her some added dimension.  All of the patterned papers are from Crate Paper.  I used the MFT Small Open Scallop Die-namics, the flag from the MFT Die-namics Sentiment Strips, and the anchor from the MFT Die-namics Sea Charms.  My other accents include a button from my stash with some Baker's Twine, some pearls, and some machine stitching (please excuse the wonky stitching on the bottom left...I thought that my sewing machine was fixed...ugh!!!) 

Now onto my niece's card.  She also used the sketch from the My Favorite Things Wednesday Stamp Club (she is hoping to win their weekly challenge.)  She used the MFT Pure Innocence Blowing Bubbles set for her image and the sentiments.  All of the papers are from My Mind's Eye (she has great taste!) and she used watercolor pencils to color up this cutie.  I think that she did a great job for her first try on her own.  She even did the chocolate brown fussy cutting!  Now I really know what to get her for her birthday next month!

Thanks so much for stopping by for a visit.  Have a beautiful weekend!  Until next time...Toodles!  :D



My Favorite Things Sketches

Hello Friends!  As I said in my last post, things have been quite busy here this week.  In fact, things have been so busy that I had my card finished for last week’s sketch from the My Favorite Things Wednesday Stamp Club, and I didn’t have a chance to post it…ugh!  I had a little time today to work on this week’s sketch, so I thought that I’d post both cards together.  Here is the card for last week’s sketch.

I used the My Favorite Things Pure Innocence Freckles set.  She is colored up with Copic Markers (B0000, B21, B34, E000, E00, E01, E23, E25, E40, R11, R29, and R39) and paper pieced with some prints from the Summer Fresh collection from Simple Stories.  In fact, all of the patterned papers are from that collection.  The blossom was made with the MFT Botanical Beauty Die-namics and for the leaves, I used the MFT Vintage Flourish Die-namics.  I dressed up the center of the flower and the sentiment flag with some Papertrey Ink Buttons and Baker’s Twine.  A little bit of sewing finishes off the main panel.  Now for this week’s sketch. 

This card is for my dear husband.  I used my friend, Fred Bear on this one.  He is colored up with Copic Markers (E31, E33, E35, G07, R11, and Y21) and fussy cut out.  The sentiment and this Fred image are from the Fred Bear and the Pinwheel set from My Favorite Things.  I made the pinwheel with the Pinwheels CutUps from The Cat’s Pajamas.  All of the patterned papers are from My Little Shoebox.  My accents include Papertrey Ink Buttons and Baker's Twine, May Arts Polka Dotted Ribbon, and the Little Open Scallop Strip Die-namics from My Favorite Things.  If you would like to play along with this sketch, you can find all of the details to do so on the My Favorite Things blog.  Here is the link. 

Thanks so much for visiting with me this evening!  I hope that you had a terrific weekend.  I'll be back soon.  Until next time...Toodles!  :D

Blogger's Challenge Colors

Hello Friends and Happy Friday!  Things have been crazy, crazy, crazy here so I am going to make today's post short and sweet!!!  This week's Blogger's Challenge (click here to head over to Lisa's Blog to play along) is to use black, white, and a splash of another color.  I needed another birthday card and this is what I came up with.  The flowers are from the Elements of Style set from Stampin' Up and the sentiment is from the Vintage Cameo Frame set from My Favorite Things.  I heat embossed them with white embossing powder.  My splash of color is from this lovely, celery, gingham ribbon from May Arts.  I also added a celery button from Stampin' Up to finish is off.  Like I said, short and sweet!  Thanks so much for stopping by.  I'll be back tomorrow with some more cards to share.  Until then...Toodles!  :D

Say It With Words

Happy Friday Friends!  How are you?  Summer is moving right along here.  The weather has been beautiful!  We are getting lots of things done around the house and just enjoying every moment that we can.

My card is for today's Blogger's Challenge (create a card with words as the focal point).  You can play along by heading over to Lisa's Blog.  I made this one for one of the teachers at school to go along with her end of the year gift and I've been waiting until now to share it.  The sentiment and die cut are from the My Favorite Things Vertical Greetings Die and Stamp set.  I also used the MFT Circle STAX Die-namics and the Die-namics Monarch Border.  All of the patterned papers are from My Mind's Eye.  My accents include pearls, a pearl flourish, some May Arts Ribbon and some machine stitching to dress up the horizontal panel.  This is an older sketch from the My Favorite Things Wednesday Stamp Club (MFTWSC74).  

Thanks so much for taking a moment to visit with me.  Cinderella is off to finish cleaning the castle!  (Thank goodness the bathrooms are done and the dusting is started.  Vacuuming and washing the floor is next on the list, and then some more stamping!!)  Have a terrific weekend...Toodles!   :D