A Masculine Blogger's Challenge

Happy Friday Friends! We have a masculine challenge today for this week's Blogger's Challenge, and with Father's Day just around the corner, it couldn't have come at a better time. I started off with Jen Del Muro's June Sketch For You To Try and I pulled out lots of older supplies for this one. First of all, the main image is from a 2001 Stampin' Up set called Wonderful Woodcuts! It's an old set, but a great one! I colored it up with Copic Markers (B0000, B00, B12, B14, C1, E000, E01, E11, E33, R29, R59, YG13, YG63, Y32, and Y35.) It is mounted onto a layer of Night of Navy and then I tore the edges of a Creamy Caramel layer and stamped the speckles from the Itty Bitty Backgrounds set (another SU oldie, but goodie). The polka dotted panel is from Memory box and YES, that is a square of MAGIC MESH!!! Do you remember Magic Mesh? I told you that I pulled out a lot older supplies...lol! I did some machine sewing around the main layer and then I added a button and some Blueberry Divine Twine from The Cat's Pajamas. Thanks so much for visiting with me today. If you'd like to play along with this week's Blogger's Challenge, just click here. I'll be back soon with some more stamping projects. Until then...Toodles! :D

My Favorite Things Meets The Cat's Pajama's

Happy Monday Friends! I hope that your start to the work week was a great one! I have two cards to share with you today. They are for two of my favorite weekly challenges. The first card up is for the sketch for the My Favorite Things Wednesday Stamp Club. You can find all of the details to play along here. I have had this little Pure Innocence cutie since her April release and decided that it was high time that she be introduced to some ink! She is from the MFT Crazy for Daisies set and she's colored up with Copic Markers (B00, B12, B14, BG000, C1, E000, E00, E01, E11, E25, E29, R20, Y32, Y35, YG13, YG63, and the Colorless Blender.) The patterned paper is from Sweetwater and I have had it FOREVER! I thought that it was time to finally put it to good use. It is accented with black card stock layers. I also did some machine stitching and I added some May Arts ribbon with a PTI button and some TCP Divine Twine. The bottom is finished off with the MFT Die-namics Double Scallop Border.

My next card is for the TCP Tuesday Challenge and this week, we need to use fabric. You can find all of the details right here. I used Jen Del Muro's June Sketch For You To Try for my layout. I stamped Big Bear on an old gingham shirt with Memento Rich Cocoa ink. Then I cut him out. I also stamped him onto a sheet of card stock. I colored up his ears, nose area, and feet pads with E40 and then cut those out and glued them to the shirt fabric. He is layered onto some Jillibean Soup papers and the MFT Die-namics Dainty Doily Die is made from Chocolate Chip card stock. The sentiment is from TCP's Like You A Latte set. I used some more of the shirt and a piece of Chocolate Chip card stock for the button accent that I made with the TCP Button CutUps. Some Baker's Twine and a touch of faux stitching finish this one off.

I'd like to leave you this evening with a special photograph. On Saturday, I had the pleasure of meeting some "Stamping Royalty". My delightful friend, Linda Monroe and I headed into Boston to become "Copic Certified". The class was taught by two very lovely and talented ladies...Lori Craig and Debbie Olson! I was lucky enough to be sitting next to the very sweet and talented Joanne Basile! What a FABULOUS day!! Just in case you were wondering...Linda is the one with the pretty purple glasses. Lori is the tall blonde. Debbie is the tall brunette. Joanne has the pretty green top, and I'm the short one in the middle...lol! Thank you for visiting with me...Toodles! :D

Blogger's Challenge Sketch!

Hello Friends! I have today's Blogger's Challenge ready for you. In fact, I've had it ready for you all day, but our computer is acting up. I'm going to keep this short and sweet for tonight because I need to get up bright and early tomorrow for my Copic Certification class with Lori Craig!!! Debbie Olson will be there too!!! I am so excited to go! I can't wait!

This week, our challenge is a sketch from the lovely Lisa Somerville. (Just click on her name. It will take you to her blog. You'll see the original sketch and can play along with us, if you'd like!) The image is from Penny Black and it is colored with Copic Markers (BG000, E000, E00, R20, R81, R83, RV23, RV29, YG93, YG95, YR20, YR21, YR24, V15, V17, and the Colorless Blender.) The papers are from the Lime Twist collection from My Mind's Eye. They are accented with PTI Aqua Mist and Paper Source Beet card stock. I also used my Lacey Circle Nesties and the Small Open Scallop Die-namics from My Favorite Things. To finish off my card, I added an Aqua Mist button with some craft thread.

I'm off to dream land. Have a beautiful weekend and thank you for visiting with me...Toodles! :D

Right At Home Scrapbooking Store Creations!

Hello Friends! We are having a heat wave here in New England and many dangerous thunder storms. In fact, my town had a two hour delay from school today because of all of the storm damage! Mother Nature has been quite busy in my area! I have a few cards and a little project to share with you today. This month, Lisa (from Right at Home Scrapbooking store in North Attleboro, MA) gave me some fun products from her store to play with. All of the patterned papers that I used are from the Odds and Ends collection from Cosmo Cricket. The images and sentiments are from the Heart Times set from Unity Stamp Company. Ready for the first card? Here it is...

I stamped up this fun bandaid image a few times and then colored it up with Copic Markers (E31, E40, G0000, and G12.) I did a little bit of machine stitching around the main panel and I made a flag for the sentiment. A Basic Grey button with some Baker's Twine dress it right up.

In fact, I liked the image so much that I decided to use it again and alter a little bandaid tin that I had in my stash. This time I colored up the bandaid with E31, E40, YG25, and YG93.

My next card uses my favorite print from this paper collection. I simply love the flowers...so pretty! I used the My Favorite Things stamp sketch for this one. It was great way to highlight these papers and this image. I colored up the image with BG000, BG11, BG72, C3, E40, R27, R29, and R59.

My last card to share has my favorite image from this set. Isn't that a darling umbrella? I used my Copic Markers (BG000, BG11, BG72, C3, R27, R29, R59) for this one too. This time around, I used Jen Del Muro's June Sketch For You To Try, some more of these pretty Cosmo Cricket papers, and more machine stitching.

Thanks so much for visiting with me today! I'll be back tomorrow with this week's Blogger's Challenge...Toodles! :D

I Just Made It!!

I was just over at my friend Linda's blog where she posted her card for the My Favorite Things Wednesday Stamp Club. I ran out of time this weekend and never got around to doing the sketch. This is what I just made in the last hour...ugh! I started off with my favorite Pure Innocence girl from the Bunch of Blooms set from MFT. She is colored up with Copic Markers (BG000, BG11, BG72, E000, E00, E25, E27,R27, R29, R30, R59, YG93, and YG95.) All of these beautiful papers are from Cosmo Cricket. I sewed the main layer to a piece of Riding Hood Red card stock and I layered that onto a PTI Kraft card base. The other accents include the Lacey Circle and Classic Circle Nestabilities, the MFT Simply Scallops Die-namics, some aqua colored twill, a sweet little button and some cream colored craft thread. Thanks so much for stopping by tonight. I'll be back on Thursday with some more projects. Until then...Toodles! :D

So Nice!

Happy Friday Friends! How was your week? Things are busy here with school winding down, but that is a GREAT kind of busy! This week's Blogger's Challenge is a pet theme. I have always loved hedgehogs and would like one for a pet. One of the teachers at school has one and he's just delightful. So, I thought that this image would be perfect for today's challenge. This little guy is from the Penny Black "Paint the Town" set, and he is colored up with Copic Markers (BG000, BG11, BG13, E000, E33, E35, E50, R22, R24, R30, YG11, YG13, Y26, YR31, and the Colorless Blender). All of the patterned papers are from the Lime Twist collection from My Mind's Eye. I used SU's Chocolate Chip and Papertrey Ink's Aqua Mist card stock for my card stock layers. The scallop border was made with the My Favorite Things Die-namics Double Scallop Border die. I did some stitching around all of my layers before I glued everything down. Would you like to join in this week's Blogger's Challenge? Just add your link below! Thanks so much for visiting with me! Have a wonderful weekend...Toodles! :D

Three Penguins and a Bear!

Hello Friends! I hope that you enjoyed your weekend. We went to Cape Cod for the long weekend and it was simply wonderful. Then I came home and realized that if I was going to participate in my favorite weekly challenges, then I was going to need to get stampin!. This week's TCP challenge is a sketch. You can find the sketch and all of the details to play along too over on Alma's blog. I paired my image and sentiment from the TCP Good Friends set with some Stella and Rose papers. This fun little trio is colored up with Copic Markers (BG000, C3, E13, E15, E17, R29, Y32, YR16, YR18 and the Colorless Blender) and I paper pieced the rug with some more My Mind's Eye papers. I also used Pumpkin Pie and Basic Black card stock. The Pumpkin Pie layer is embossed with the Seeing Spots Embossing Folder. Some black twill and a Papertrey Ink button with a touch of Baker's Twine complete my card.

One challenge down and two more to go! This week's Blogger's Challenge is called, "Make it Shimmer" and I always LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the sketches that the Ladies over at MFT come up with each week for the My Favorite Things Wednesday Stamp Club. So, I decided to combine the two challenges and this is what I came up with.

I used some more Stella and Rose papers from My Mind's Eye. This time around, I used Papertrey Ink Kraft for my card stock layers. My friend, Fred Bear, is also colored up with Copic Markers (E30, E31, E33, YG13, YG17, YR16 and YR18) and I used Star Dust Stickles on the button, the butterflies, and the blossom for my shimmer. Fred is from the Fred Bear and the Butterfly set from My Favorite Things. I also used the Simply Scallops Die-namics from MFT. Then, I added lots of sewing and finished this one off with some sparkly twill from Taylored Expressions. Happily, I was able to fit all of the stamping in that I wanted to today. I hope that you enjoyed your day too. Thanks so much for stopping by to visit with me. Until next time...Toodles! :D

Swinging By To Say...

Happy Birthday! At least that's what the inside of my card says! This one is for my nephew. He's celebrating his birthday at the end of the week, so I wanted to get his card ready ahead of time. I used Sketch #20 from the My Favorite Things Wednesday Stamp Club. You can find all of the details and the sketch here. My layers are little bit different, but for the most part, I stayed pretty close to the sketch layout. I started off with this sweet little guy and his furry friend from the MFT Pure Innocence - Tree Swing set. The sentiment is from the same set too. I just left off the "Hi" part. The images are colored up with Copic Markers (BG72, BG75, E000, E00, E01, E15, E17, E25, E29, E40, E44, YG63, YG67, YR14, YR15, and the Colorless Blender). All of my patterned papers are from the True Blue collection from My Mind's Eye. I used lots of stitching and Chocolate Chip card stock layers. I also used the MFT Die-namics Cloud Trio Die and their Simply Scallops Die-namics. Thanks so much for stopping by for a visit! I hope that it is Spring-like in your neck of the woods! We are still waiting for the sunshine here in New England! See you soon! Until then...Toodles! :D

Together IS the Nicest Place!

Good Morning Friends! How is your weekend going? It has been quiet around here for the most part. Yesterday, we went to one of the local nurseries to get some more flowers and plants for our yard. Then I had the chance to go shopping with my Mom. It was a fun day! I had some extra time in the evening so I decided to give this week's TCP Challenge a try! This time around, we are to use stamps from The Cat's Pajamas with flowers! I can't believe that this is the only TCP stamp that I own with a flower...one itty, bitty, flower!! All of the patterned papers are from the Lime Twist collection from My Mind's Eye. The card stock is from The Paper Source. This color is Beet and I thought that it was a great match. I ran the layer through my 'bug with the Seeing Spots Embossing Folder. My main image and sentiment are from the Ewe Complete Me set from The Cat's Pajamas. I used my Copic Markers to color up the image (C1, C3, RV17, V05, and YG13) and Rich Razzleberry ink for the sentiment. I also used Jen Del Muro's May Sketch For You To Try for my layout. I love how it all came together! Enjoy the rest of your weekend! I'll be back tomorrow! Until then...Toodles! :D