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

My Favorite Things Sketch!

Hello Friends! I hope that you had a wonderful weekend. Ours was on the quiet side, which was just fine with me. I made this card tonight for the weekly sketch from the My Favorite Things Wednesday Stamp Club. You can find all of the details to play along on the MFT Blog.

I started off with this sweet a' la modes girl from the MFT Miss You a Latte set. She is colored up with Copic Markers (E000, E00 E23, E31, E33, E40, E55, R11, R29, YG13, YG63, and the Colorless Blender.) All of the patterned papers are from The Girls' Paperie and the Pure Poppy and Kraft card stock are from Papertrey Ink. My other accents include the Die-namics Let it Snowflake die and the Die-namics Simply Scallops die. I also added a Papertrey Ink button, some Baker's Twine, a length of red grosgrain ribbon, and some A*Muse Twinkles.

Thank you so much for visiting with me this evening. Enjoy your week...Toodles! :D

Challenges! Challenges! Challenges!

Happy Friday Friends! We have one more week before school starts here and I feel like the summer is slipping away! We are trying to squeeze in everything that we can before we head back. Today, we went to the SEE Science Center in Manchester, New Hampshire. They have a LEGO display of the Millyard in Manchester from the early 1900's. It was wonderful! The science center is perfect for children around seven years old and younger. It's well worth the trip if you are in the area.

My card for today combines a few challenges. The sketch is for this week's Blogger's Challenge. You can find all of the details to play along on Lisa's Blog. Then, last week, I wanted to play along in the TCP Tuesday Challenge, but I ran out of time. The challenge was an inspiration challenge. You can find the photograph on Alma's blog. It was filled with reds and greens and Christmas items (trees, ornaments, holiday place settings), and made for the perfect opportunity to pull out my TCP Deep Breath set. I colored up this sweet bunny with Prismacolor Pencils and fussy cut him out. I used some papers from Memory Box and The Girls' Paperie. This week's TCP Tuesday Challenge is to use felt. (You can find all of the details to play along here.) I grabbed my MFT Let It Snow Die-namics to make some felt snowflakes and then I added some little buttons (made with the TCP Buttons CutUps) and Divine Twine to each snowflake. I dressed up the bottom of my card with the MFT Little Open Scallop Strip Die-namics. I used a rhinestone flourish from Michaels and the Seeing Spots embossing folder on the main panel.

Now, you may be wondering why I pulled out my Prismas. I'm usually a Copic Girl, but I had the pleasure of taking a Dave Brethauer (owner of Memory Box Stamps) coloring class last Monday night with my friend Linda. It was fabulous !! I was thrilled to learn how to use my pencils again and I thought that it was time to give them a little love too!

Thanks so much for visiting with me! I hope that you have a fantastic weekend...Toodles! :D

My Favorite Things Monday!

Happy Monday Friends! Did you have a wonderful weekend? We had a quiet one and I love it that way! I have a couple of MFT cards to share with you today. The first one is perfect for the rainy Monday that we are having here in New England.

For this week's MFT sketch, I used the My Favorite Things Pure Innocence Umbrella Girl. She is colored up with Copic Markers (BG000, E000, E00, E01, E23, E27, E42, R11, R83, R85, YG11, YG13, and the Colorless Blender) and I paper pieced her umbrella and boots. If you would like to see the original sketch and play along with the My Favorite Things Wednesday Stamp Club, just head over to the MFT blog here. The patterned papers are from The Girls' Paperie and I used Stampin' Up Rose Red card stock and Papertrey Ink Kraft card stock for the accents. The sentiment was made with the MFT Notched Tag Die-namics set. I also used the Die-namics Open Scallop Edge die. The main panel was embossed with the Cuttlebug Seeing Spots Embossing Folder. I added some Seam Binding, Baker's Twine, and some machine stitching to finish this card up.

For this card, I used an older sketch from the My Favorite Things Wednesday Stamp Club. I've had this stamp for awhile now and it was time for this little cutie to meet some ink! She is from the Pure Innocence Rose set and I used Copic Markers to color her up (B00, B12, BG000, E000, E00, E01, E23, E27, R11, R32, R35, RV14, YG13, YG61, YG63, and the Colorless Blender). I've been using lots of patterned papers from The Girls' Paperie lately, and I included them on this card too. The card base and die cuts were made with Papertrey Ink Kraft card stock. I included the Dizzy Doily Die-namics and the Die-namics Double Scallop Border die (it seems to be out of stock at the moment). Some taffeta ribbon and a strip of faux stitching completes this card. Thanks so much for stopping by today...Toodles! :D

Miss You a Latte!

Good Morning Friends! Hope that you are all well. I missed the sketch last week from My Favorite Things because I was still sick with a crazy summer cold. It was a great sketch, so I wanted to give it a try. You can find the original here on the MFT blog. I heard from an old friend last week. It was so wonderful to catch up with her and I want to make sure that we stay in touch so I made a card to send to her. I started off with this delightful girl and sentiment from the MFT a la modes - Miss You a Latte set. She is colored up with Copic Markers (B41, B45, BG000, E000, E00, E31, E33, R11, R81, R83, Y26, YG13, YG63, and Colorless Blender.) The patterned papers are from The Girls' Paperie and the card stock is Pink Pirouette. My other accents include the MFT Simply Scallops Die-namics, some Papertrey Ink buttons with some Honeydew Baker's Twine, and I used Classic and Scallop Nesties for the ovals. Thank you for visiting with me. Have a beautiful day...Toodles! :D

Let's Eat Cake!

Good Evening Friends! I hope that you had a happy Monday. We're having a heat wave here in New England, so I made sure to sit by the air conditioner and get some coloring done. Here is my card for the sketch from the My Favorite Things Wednesday Stamp Club. You can find all of the details here. I used the a' la modes - Time to Celebrate set for the birthday girl and sentiment. She is colored up with Copic Markers (C1, E000, E00, E23, E40, R11, R81, R83, Y35, YR30, YR31, and the Colorless Blender.) The sentiment is stamped on the MFT Die-namics Framed Greetings Die and then tucked behind the middle layer. I also added a blossom made with the My Favorite Things Pretty Posies Die-namics, a Papertrey Ink button, and some Baker's Twine. All of the patterned papers are from The Girls' Paperie and they are layered onto Stampin' Up's Pretty in Pink card stock. Some machine stitching finishes off this one. Thanks so much for stopping by this evening. I'll be back tomorrow. Until then...Toodles! :D

Blogger's Challenge Sketch!

Happy Friday Friends! I'm sorry that my posts have been so sporatic lately. My summer cold kicked me to the curb!! I have a lot of commenting to catch up on, but I'm feeling so much better. I can't wait to see what everyone has been up to lately!

Today's card is for this week's Blogger's Challenge. Lisa gave us this fantastic sketch to work with. Of course, I had to change the panels around...lol! When I stamped my sentiment the first time, it turned out terribly, so I flipped things around to hide my mistake. If you'd like to play along with the sketch, you can find all of the details here.

I picked up this new Inky Antics set at Right at Home Scrapbooking store last night. I was there for Joanne Basile's My Favorite Things class and I treated myself to a couple of the new TCP CutUps, this new IA set, and a few new Copic Markers. This sweet little bird is colored up with BG10, BG53, E23, R27, R29, R59, YR16, YR30, and the Colorless Blender. The blue background paper is from The Girls' Paperie and the red polka dotted paper is from Memory Box. I used Papertrey Ink Kraft as well. The circles were made with the Classic Circle and Lacey Circle Nesties. I finished things off with a pearl flourish and some machine stitching.

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