Thursday, December 30, 2010

Love is in the air with Karen's doodles.

Yeah..Finally I have been able to do another Karen's Doodle's challenge. It has been quite a few weeks since I have been able to get myself entered into one. It was fun to use this super cute stamp called "va va voom". This girl is just super happy and in love. Too cute..I couldn't resist! If you would like one of your own, pick it up here in the Karen's Doodles online store.
I decided to change it up again and make it a tall card. I think it fit the image just perfect!
I hope you love my card and if you want to give any of the Karens Doodles challenges, click here for the challenge blog.
Card Recipe:
Stamps: Karens Doodles Va Va Voom
Paper: Pear Pizzazz
Pattern Paper: Me and My Big Ideas
Copic Markers: E29,25,35,33,44,43,42,00,11 B37,34,32 G24,21,20 R20,27 RV14,13,11
Misc: Thickers and dazzling diamonds

Sweet Sketch Wednesday challenge #82


Good morning everyone. I am enjoying our little thaw here with temps in the 30's again! Tomorrow I think it's even getting to 50!!!! I know, it won't last long.
This is my first try with the sweet sketch Wednesday challenges. You know how much I like sketches and blog hopping one day, I found this fabulous site with lots of sketches. I figured I would try with one of the challenges.
Bugaboo stamps is hosting this week, so of course I had to use one of my bugaboo stamps! This is a darling couple that knows the true meaning of being in love and married :) If you love it, you too can pick it up at the bugaboo online store here. There were a lot of layers in this sketch, so it was fun to build them all up. My paper is from basic grey and stampin up.
Enjoy and if you want to try any of the sketches, click here and head on over to their fabulous blog!
Card Recipe:
Stamps: Bugaboo stamps one person to annoy
Paper: Stampin Up Pear Pizzazz and Peach Parfait
Pattern Paper: Basic Grey Sugar rush
Copic Markers: BV02,01,00 T1 N5,3,0 W1 B26,24,21 E00,11,57,55,35,53 Y15 R27
Misc: Dazzling Diamonds glitter, American Crafts ribbon

Wednesday, December 29, 2010

Birthdays and Babies





Hi everyone..From old to young, I think I took care of both categories :)
I just was playing with all of my leftover scraps from yesterdays sketch and I think I came up with some pretty good cards. My baby card is using some K&Co embellies I had and my birthday card is a digi stamp from Bugaboo stamps. If you haven't tried any bugaboo stamps, check them out..They have lots of funny designs. They even have a freebie every Friday for you to pick up. I did get an extra set on facebook too. I became a follower last week and now they reached 500 she gave away an adorable set. Take a peek on facebook and get your set too! Well, I hope you enjoy my leftover cards today..One of my resolutions this year is to try and use more of those scraps..Boy do they pile up fast!!!!!
Have a good day everyone.

Tuesday, December 28, 2010

Super Saturday Sketch #52




Good morning everyone. I hope everyone had a great holiday this past weekend. I had a wonderful time with my family and really had a nice break. Now back to business! I have missed all of my craft toys sooo much it sure felt good to finally sit down and craft again.

Being sketch # 52 I can't believe it has been a whole year since I started these sketches. It amazes me how time just flies by without even a blink of an eye. I sure have enjoyed them. I am not sure yet if I will continue them on a weekly basis in the new year, or just post them time to time. I like doing them weekly because they really stretch my imagination, but I don't think they have been Saturday sketches for the last few weeks due to the hustle and bustle of the holidays. If I do make them each Saturday, I think my number one goal will be to get them posted Saturday morning!!!

Today's card is a new digi image I picked up at Pink Cat Studio. I thought with all this darn cold and snow around I wanted to jump start spring just a little and I found this adorable stamp called "lily in her rain gear". You can pick her up here if you would like in this great store!!! My paper is from a great paper stack from The Paper Studio called Filosophia. I was looking for some great bright colors and came across it and it was perfect. The base is SU's regal rose. I never get tired of it!
Well, I hope you get a chance to try my sketch, as always, Feel free to leave a comment with a link to your card if you try it.

Thanks for looking!!

Sunday, December 19, 2010

Teacher gifts









Good morning everyone. I just wanted to share some of the teacher gifts I made this year. I love how the journals turned out. The candy the girls had fun making with me. They are chocolate and white peppermint bars. They were yummy too!!!
Have a wonderful Sunday!

Saturday, December 18, 2010

Super Saturday Sketches #50 and #51








Welcome to another week of sketches. I have been at father time's mercy for the last few weeks with the hustle and bustle of the holidays and haven't had time to get my blog posts up. I wanted to make sure I finished out the year with all of the sketches so you get TWO sketches today. I hope you will get a chance to try them.
My cards are embellished with some gorgeous paper from TPC Studio. It's double sided and called Holly Jolly Christmas Flurries. It is hard to see, but it all foil and just darling. My embellishments are from a pack of soft spoken embellies. I think they are just the cutest running around in all of the snow. The difference is..They are use to it..Enough cold for me already!!
I hope you enjoy the sketches this week. Next week will already be an entire year of sketches and my blog for me..How time really goes by!
Enjoy your weekend and take some time to enjoy the holidays.

Sunday, December 5, 2010











If you noticed I didn't get a chance to post too much last week..I wanted to share some of the projects I was working on. Enjoy...Have a great Sunday!

Saturday, December 4, 2010

Karen's doodles Sketch Challenge

Well..I hope you know by now I LOVE sketches..It takes most of the work out of thinking for me. When the Karen's doodle challenge was a fabulous sketch challenge this week, I was excited. I am using my new FREE image from the last challenge (I was picked at random as third place :P ) The image is called "I love you grandpa and you can pick it up here in the Karen's doodle online store!
If you want to try your hand at winning free stamps for yourself..Click here for the Karen's doodles Challenge blog.
One more bonus this week..They are having a blog hop and you can win a gift certificate to the store and some free stuff along the way..I learned so much just from the blog hop..Amazing team she has and I am sure you will find something you love on the hop!

Enjoy!!

Super Saturday Sketch #49




Hi everyone..Welcome to another Super Saturday Sketch! I just can't get enough of this image!!I love it sooo much. It's one of Karen's doodles images. It's called first snowfall and you can grab it here at the Karen's Doodles online shop! There are a lot of fun winter images if you are looking for some new designs for your collection. Take a look..you won't be disappointed.
For my sketch, I cut apart my image at even intervals and matted and mounted them on some great paper studio paper I picked up on sale last week. I went very non traditional colors on this one. I really like them. I am such a pink and girly girl kinda person, I wasn't sure how it would turn out. I am glad I stepped out of my box to try something new!
I am also adding this card to the doodle diva challenge..You just email them a copy of your project and you have a chance to win FREE images. I have been lucky enough to win the diva challenge once and I hope I can do it again..I love playing with diva doodles!!! If you want to try a doodle diva challenge.Click here for all the details!
Have fun with my sketch and feel free to leave a comment..I love feedback :)