PCP Clear Dollar Color Challenge and Limelight Sketch Challenge

Happy Saturday! I have a card to share with you that I made for both the PCP (Papercraft Planet) color challenge and the sketch and product challenge over at Limelight Papercrafts.

Shawne is hosting this weekend and she picked some great colors even if they are out of her comfort zone. They really came together well - thanks Shawne!

The sketch is a good one and I (as usual) didn't follow it quite to the letter, but the gist is there :) My texture is in the form of my embossing folder.

The good and the bad about CTMH cardstock is that it has a white core which is mostly good (lol) and so after I embossed it, I sanded a bit of the color off and then added some chocolate distressing ink just to tone down the true orange color I was using. I also went for a slightly muted purple and kept by green to my image.

The stamp I chose is the October Flower of the month and you can probably figure out why. I stamped with black versacolor and then used clear embossing powder on 140 lb watercolor paper. Then I used my aquapainter/waterbrush and my ink pads to color it in. Watercoloring is definitely not my most used technique and I definitely need more practice, but I do like the look.

The circles on the right are some buttons and then I decided to place some Basic Grey Rhinestones to the centers for a little glitz.

We are having a leisurely morning here at home an then heading down to Seattle to meet up with my mom. She has my new purse... I will definitely share pictures tomorrow. I'm super excited to get this purse (more later). And we will also be having dinner at my sister's and boyfriend's along with my Mom.

Thanks for visiting an have a great day. If you are doing stuff for World Card Making Day have fun.

Recipe:
Cardstock: White PTI, Orange, Smokey Plum (CTMH), watercolor paper
Ink: versacolor black
Stamps: October Flower of the Month (Clear Dollar Stamps)
Other: cuttlebug embossing folder, sanding block, ribbon, EK Sucess border punch, buttons, basic grey rhinestones

Limelight Sketch and PCP Color Challenge

Hi everyone! I can't believe I was able to combine 2 challenges in one card. I go around and see many of you combine 3,4, 5 challenges all in one card and I'm always wowed by that. Ok, I will be overly generous to my self and point out that the Limelight challenge really counts for two - product and sketch - which means that I'm really covering 3 challenges... ok... I know enough of that (lol).

I didn't follow the sketch to the detail, but the main large panels are in place, but I did manage to get the polka dot part of it. Who doesn't just love polka dots??? Go visit Limelight Papercrafts to see the sketch and the candy that is up for grabs.

Now the color challenge part of it can be found over at the Clear Dollar Stamps Papercraft Planet forum. Shawne is hostess this month and she picked some very nice colors - Kiwi Kiss, Rose Red, and So Saffron. Remember these are SU! colors but use what ever is closest.

I actually ended up using all colors and patterns from the new 6x6 pads from Cosmo Cricket (Early Bird). Lori has them available at Clear Dollar Stamps and I was sure to snatch up all of them (shhh). Oops I fibbed, the card base and some extra cardstock is Papertrey ink.

Now that I'm looking at the card it seems much busier here than it does IRL. And I can't forget to mention that I just the new Spellbinder's Fancy Tags. These are actually quite larger than I had thought, but they are still beautiful.

My stamp is from a set called Ageless Antiques and I thought this image fit so well with the paper I chose. All colored with Copics, but the background was sponged with some CTMH dye ink and then I took one of the Copic markers and just dotted it around the background for a speckled look.

So that's it for me! Thanks for coming to visit! Have a great weekend. Oh, and the big boys are coming home today. I must say I did miss them... just a little (hehe).



Recipe:

Cardstock: Enchanted Evening, Ripe Avocado
DP: Early Bird (Cosmo Cricket)
Stamps: Ageless Antiques
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Enchanted Evening (PTI), Bamboo (CTMH)
Copics: E35,E49,E37,C-1,Y28
Other: Spellbinders Fancy Tags and Label Trio, Bling It Rhinestones, Sponge

Stamp Something Challenge - its Sketch time

Hi friends... Happy Friday to you! With that said, Friday is the release of a new challenge opportunity for you at Stamp Something Challenge Blog. This next week's challenge is sponsored by a very cool guy name Dustin Pike. If you haven't seen his images, then you are in for a treat and the CHALLENGE for this week is a sketch provided by our very own Denise :)

Oh, one more thing too. Dustin has free digi images every single week. How cool is that... as I and friends that I know say "free is for me".

For my card today, I picked the Skate Dragon image to create my card with. This is a digital image, just so you know.

I have to admit that I didn't follow the sketch super well... but the premise is there. I hope you all will forgive me (hehe).


I printed out my image on my laser jet printer and then grabbed some Basic Grey Lime Rickey paper and some Copic markers to match. As soon as I saw this image, my first thought was that Basic Grey line. Its bold and bright, but I love it!

I kept the rest of them embellishments to a minimum and just used those bold eyelets.

I didn't have a good stamp to much so I just hand wrote the word Dude. Don't ask me if that is the right word to use with a skateboarding dinosaur, but I did so hopefully I haven't broken any skateboarding code. My boys aren't old enough to know (hehe).

Thanks so much for stopping by and be sure to stop by the other DT members for some fabulous eye candy. You've got an entire week to play along so make sure you do. You will the prize.

Have a great Friday!



Recipe:

Cardstock: Heavenly Blue (Close to my Heart)
Designer Paper: Basic Grey Lime Rickey
Ink: NONE
Stamps: Dustin Pike Skate Dragon
Other: Eyelets, Marker, Copics

Limelight Sketch and Product Challenge

Hey all... I've got another post for you. This card is for the Limelight Papercraft Sketch and Product Challenge. We all know its all about the bling baby! Mandy has carried Kaisercraft (LOVE IT, IN LOVE WITH IT) and she is now carrying the Basic Grey bling too.

For my card, I am using some fabulous paper sent to me from Brandi from her ebay store called My Little Ribbon Shop. This stuff is seriously too cute and is from October Afternoon. But for my bling, I had to use this shape from CTMH. I again, have to say that I love these bling shapes, but they are basically a hassle to get down because they are very flexible due to the fact that the whole piece is connected and is adhesive backed. But, I managed... my original plan was to use the circle shape with my rub on in the center, but it didn't turn out and I had to scrap it. No biggie, since in the end, I think I like this shape better.

For the most part, its a pretty simple card. Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have a great weekend.

Don't forget that the Papercraft Planet Clear Dollar Color Challenge is up now too. You've got all weekend to come and play.

Stamps and Smiles Sketch Challenge

Hi! I hope you are having a very nice Saturday. We had T-Ball in the AM so we've been lazy since then. The weather is completely different today. Just two days ago, we were all melting and today, I want to cozy up to a fireplace with a cup of coffee.

Anyway, I wanted to share a card that I made for the Stamps and Smiles Sketch Challenge. This flower is part of the Hello Spring set. The images is cute and easy to color. I also wanted to use up some things I had so that is where the background comes in. I stamped that background weeks and weeks ago, but saved it and figured I'd use it some day. Yay, some day finally arrived! Hey, that set is called Background Blocks and is retired, but you should head on over to Clear Dollar Stamps and check out the retiring section - AKA - CLEARANCE - CHEAP!

And the second thing I wanted to use of were these Flair buttons that are from American Crafts. I won a couple of packages as blog candy and they aren't normally something I would have, but I do and I wanted to use them, so here they are.

Overall, I ended up with a cute, fun, and springy card!

Thanks for coming to visit and I hope you continue to have a wonderful day.

I'll be back later tonight/tomorrow with a card I made for the Papercraft Planet Clear Dollar Color Challenge. If you have time, head on over and check out the colors and make a card. We'd love to see it!



Recipe:
Cardstock: Papertrey ink White, Blush, Sweet Leaf, Crystal Blue (Close to my Heart)
Ink: Close to my Heart
Stamps: Hello Spring (Stamps and Smiles), Background Blocks (Clear Dollar Stamps)
Other: Copics, Flair Badges

Mojo Monday and Stamp Out Alzheimers

Its me again, this time to share a card that I made for the Mojo Monday sketch challenge. I've been working on this post all day and just want to share my card, but I have one more plug to share. I donated a bit to Jen Tapler's Stamp out Alzheimers fund and as a thank you, you have access to a whole site with a variety of challenges and prizes. Lots of fun stuff if you are interested with just a nominal donation. Just $5 will give you entry.

I used American Crafts designer paper and picked up the colors from that for the rest of the card. The stamped image is a $1 stamp I just got the other day from Michaels. I had actually been looking at it for along time, but I finally just picked it up, plus I got to use my 20% coupon (lol). The background was stamped using a CTMH set called Decorative Dainties (C1309) using both CTMH and PTI Palette ink. Ribbon is stuff from Michaels too.

Well, its short, but that's it for now. Sneak peeks start tomorrow, so make sure to come on back.

Thanks as always for coming to visit.

Papercraft Planet Clear Dollar Color Challenge and Stamp Somthing Sketch

Hi Everyone! It Sunday and yesterday was pretty fruitful. We rented a trailer and spend most of the day clearing out the garage (again), but its always nice to reorganize. I'm hoping that this will inspire me to use the treadmill that is out there. Now there is a clear and easy path to get to it.

Well, today's card serves two functions. I wanted to play along with the Clear Dollar Stamps Color Challenge over at Papercraft Planet this weekend. You still have most of today to play along if you have time. Cassie is our hostess this weekend and she picked some awesome colors for this one. They are essentially Red, Dark Blue, and Brown with a neutral as usual of course.

I decided to use a set called Horse Heritage and because I felt lazy and didn't want to color it in, I decided to emboss instead and sponge my colors basically using a color emerge technique. I just did a tutorial on it which you can find -->HERE<--. To be honest, I didn't know what it would look like, but I knew I wanted to incorporate my 3 colors on my main image. I was pretty pleased with the results. The sketch aspect of this card came from Stamp Something Blog. They are continuing to say their good-byes to some of their Design Team members. This week focused on Emily and she provided this great sketch. I turned the sketch and it worked out perfectly with the stamp set that I wanted to use.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you continue to enjoy your (hopefully) long weekend.

Gum in the dryer and a Card Sketch....

Happy Saturday! I hope you are having a nice holiday weekend. I guess its been a few days since I posted, but I've been busy cleaning out my dryer. I did a load of laundry the other day and (banging my head against the wall) I didn't check pockets and guess what?? An entire pack of gum was in Hunter's pocket and when I went to take the clothes out of the dryer the entire inside was covered. Take a look for yourself. This is just the back wall, but it looked like that throughout the whole dryer.

I had a couple of friends of mine suggest a site and on it there were several posts about using a wet dryer sheet to rub the gum off. It did work, but when you have to do an entire dryer it takes a while and some real hard elbow grease. Well thankfully, I now have a very clean dryer.

So now... on to the fun stuff. In between this and the rest of life, I did manage to pull off a card. I used a new stamp that I purchased from a little company called Stamps and Smiles. I just love these little cupcakes. The image I used for this card is called Carl and he completely reminds me of those 50's Campbell Soup people.

I colored him in with my Copics and tried to match up the colors to the paper (retired Stampin Up) I used. My goal was to create a boyish type of birthday card. My inspiration for the layout of this card was from week 2 of sketches from a site called Midnight Madness Sketch Challenges. Priscilla is a great hostess and has some great blog candy up for grabs for participating in the different challenges. Go check out all the fun details.

I also dusted off an old fiskars border punch to create the border. I wanted a border, just not too feminine :) I also had to tweak the bottom corner element from the sketch because I didn't want a standard bow, but I did want something so I created this pleated banner and then stamped my sentiment over that. I then took a glitter pen and went over the parts that didn't quite get stamped due to the folds. It worked out great and you can still read it!

Thanks for stopping by and enjoy your weekend.

Just made it...

Hi again. I just made it with this card. I was browsing on my fellow Clear Dollar Stamps DT member Shawne's blog and ran across a new blog called Priscilla Styles. She has started challenges called Midnight Madness and as part of the introduction, their is a huge blog prize along with a great sketch. I had been meaning to do this sketch and things got in the way last night (aka hubby) and I put it off until today and luckily you have until midnight eastern time tonight to get it in. Sooo... here it is and I have to say that I love how it turned out!

I turned the sketch on its side and used my petite ovals to cut out my ovals. I also used some gorgeous Basic Grey paper (12x12) called Eva for the background. I accented with some Close to my Heart cardstock and used an old Stamp of the Month from Clear Dollar Stamps for my main image. I then added my sentiment using a Close to my Heart font set.

Finally, I finished it off with a Prima flower, PTI button, and some ribbon. My photo corners were created by cutting a square and then cutting on the diagonal and using an EK Success border punch on one end.

Thanks for taking a peek :) and if you are interested there is a new sketch for this next week too!

One more sketch.... "Thinking of You"

I've got one more sketch challenge to show you from the Stamps and Smiles. They are hosting a celebration of their new releases on their blog. Click HERE to see the sketch and DT samples.

I turned the sketch and used a new release stamp (May Flower of the Month) from this month from Clear Dollar Stamps. The sentiment is from a previous Clear Dollar Stamp of the Month.

And big surprise, I added some Ivory Flower Soft to it. The Flower Soft and that great ribbon came from Clear Dollar as well. I'm soo sorry if you are getting aweary of looking at this stuff (lol). The paper I used is from Kaisercraft and I got it from Mandy's store - Limelight Papercrafts.

Finally, I used Brilliance ink and clear embossing powder and used my Copics to color in the leaves. I left the petals colorless since I knew I was going to be adding the Flower Soft.

Thanks for visiting and enjoy the rest of your day!

Limelight Papercrafts Sketch

Hi again everyone! I made a card for Limelight Papercraft's Sketch and Product Challenge. The prize is some Kaisercraft bling and I just couldn't resist, plus the sketch is great and I love Mandy! She is the sweetest.

I used the new Close to my Heart May Stamp of the Month for this card and this stamp set definitely has "style". Plus, I love this sentiment! You know, sometimes its just fun and easy to stamp and go and that's one reason why I like these silhouette stamps.

The background paper is also from Close to my Heart and is called Emporium. I used all nestabilities to cut and frame my gal as well as the sentiment. The row of bling is from some blog candy I won over at Moxie Fab World. Talk about chances to win blog candy - Wowza! Cath always has something going on. The bling in the corners matches quite nicely and is from Kaisercraft. I get mine at Limelight!

Well, its Friday and it looks like its going to be a nice day. I'm sorry to say though that I just want to stay home and cocoon myself and the kids... I probably won't, we've got things to do and places to go, but you know what I mean.

Thanks for coming by and and continue to have a great day.



Recipe:
Cardstock: Crystal Blue, White, Buttercup (CTMH)
DP: Emporium Level 2 (CTMH)
Ink: Crystal Blue, Cocoa (CTMH)
Stamps: May Stamp of the Month ( Be Yourself)
Other: Blossom, Circel, Oval Nestabilities, American Crafts Bling, Kaisercraft Bling, Ticket Punch (SU!), Corner Rounder

A sketch challenge - Friend

Hi everyone... I have another card to share with you today or rather tonight (lol). I did this card for Lauren's Saturday Sketch. She offered up 3 choices and I picked the first one. Its definitely a classic and came together very nicely.

I picked one of my favorite Clear Dollar Stamps images from a set called Asian Plants. I just love the pot and plant image. I stamped it in Versacolor Black and used clear embossing powder and a heat gun. I then colored the branches or more like outlined them with a Copic Marker and did the same with my pot. I then stamped the pot again, colored, then used Crystal Lacquer from Sakura to create that shine to the pot. I then used pop dots to attach my pot. Then, I got my flower soft out and used the shamrock green for the "moss" and the baby blue for the blossoms. The designer paper I used is a Close to my Heart Level 2 pack called Emporium. I love the blues and greens in this set. I used my circle nesties to cut out my flower pot as well as the 1/2 circles behind the image. The sentiment was punched out using an oval punch and the buttons are from Stampin Up!

Thanks for coming by and I hope you have a great rest of your weekend.



Recipe: Card measurement 4 1/4" x 5 1/2"

Cardstock: Cocoa, Sweet Leaf, Crystal Blue (CTMH)
DP: Emporium (CTMH)
Ink: Versacolor black, cocoa)
Stamps: Asian Plants (Clear Dollar Stamps)
Other : Circle Nestabilities, oval punch, crystal lacquer, fltower soft, SU! buttons

Limelight Papercrafts Sketch and Product Challenge

Hmmm... how am I feeling at the moment? I guess I'm just tired :) But that's beside the point and I wanted to share a card that I finished up for the Limelight Papercraft's Thursday Sketch and Product Challenge. The sketch is one of those that you can use over and over again and the product are rub ons. I'm not a huge one to use rub ons, but I do have some - big surprise huh?

Actually the entire image is a rub on from Close to my Heart. It came from one of the customer appreciation sheets that are available periodically. It thought it went well with the white flourishes on the designer paper that I used. Which by the way is from TaDa Creative Studios. Mandy has a nice collection of other TaDa papers and stamps. Go check it out. The colors are great and I was so jazzed that I could bring in all cardstock that I had. The green is CTMH and the pink is from Papertrey ink.

And check out that crochet flower... yes, I made it all by myself... finally. I just needed to buckle down and do it. Over the weekend I bought some small crochet hooks and some crochet yarn. All I have is white, so that's all you are going to see for a while and trust me you'll see more in the next couple of days (hehe).

Well, that is it for me and I'm off to pick up the house. Its in need of some attention :(

Thanks for stopping by and have a great rest of your day.



Recipe: Card is 5 1/4" x 5 1/4" (oops just changed dimensions)

Cardstock: White, Berry Sorbet (Papertrey ink), New England Ivy (Close to my Heart)
Designer Paper: TaDa Creative Studios
Other: Papertrey ink and button, Crochet flower

Bunny Love

Good morning friends! Today, we are off to Idaho :) The funny thing is that the condo we are going to be staying in is bigger than our house. Can you imagine that? Its kind of bizarre, but don't worry, our house is little.

I was going to take some stuff to do, but I decided that I wouldn't'. I've actually been fairly busy and was able to make quite a few cards so I'm planning on taking the lap top with me and posting from there, but we'll see.

Anyway today's card I did for 2 (edited to add that this works for 3 challenges). It meets Limelight Papercrafts sketch and product challenge as well as the Easter theme for Stamp Something Challenge Blog, and Our Creative Corner Blog. How cool is that!

The stamp set that I used is called Bunny Love and is from Close to my Heart. I borrowed it from my dear friend Becky and to let you know how good a friend she is, she not only bought this set from me, but let me borrow it brand new. Imagine, I got to ink it up first. I definitely {heart} her. This set is super cute though, I must admit. There are 4 main bunny images to the set and I stamped out all 4 and made cards with all of them already! I felt like I had to use every single stamp and you know what? I did!

I tried my best to follow the sketch and I did a pretty good job. I just couldn't get my stamped panel any smaller or didn't get my circle any bigger. The product challenge part was to include some sort of metallic so I ended up using my Kaisercraft Rhinestones. You know how much I love my Kaisercraft pearls and rhinestones. I got mine right at Limelight Papercrafts and Mandy has a super huge collection! Mandy is always some sort of little special or promotion, so make sure to go visit and see what's up!

Plus, I did sneak some Flower Soft onto my card. I'm in LOVE with this stuff. I have a bunch of colors I'm waiting to arrive at my house from Clear Dollar Stamps, but I used the Sweet Pea on my card.

Well, gotta run! I need to do a bit of packing and cleaning before we get going. We are going to take it nice and leisurely.

Thanks for coming by and have a great Sunday!



Recipe: (everything Close to my Heart unless noted)

Cardstock: Baby Pink, Sweet Leaf
Designer paper: Level 1 Sugar and Spice (Retired)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo black, Grey Wool
Stamps: Bunny Love, March Word Puzzle, Essential Ovals (amuse)
Other: CTMH Rhinestones, Kaisercraft Rhinestones, SU! Photo Corner Punch, Copics, Flower Soft, Circle Nesties

Clear Dollar Paper Craft Planet Color Challenge and Stamp Something Challenge

Happy Afternoon/Evening! I've got another card to share with you today. Its another double duty card. Its one I did for the Clear Dollar Stamps Color Challenge over at Papercraft Planet and it follows the sketch over at Stamp Something Challenge Blog.

The color challenge was a fun one this weekend. Pick a color and keep it monochromatic. Nice huh? Click --->HERE<--- for all the details for the color challenge. I used Close to my Heart colors - Tulip and Sorbet and the designer paper was part of a special promotion that we had not too long ago.

I did some extra stitching and in all honesty I did this to offset the fact that some of my layers were a tad off (shhh... don't tell). I used a newly released CDstamps set from this month that I hadn't had a chance to ink yet. Its a beautiful set called Beautiful Butterflies. I embossed it using Versamark Black and clear embossing folder and then used matching ink and a waterbrush to color it in. I used my Octagonal Nesties to frame my butterfly - love that too. I guess there is just too much love here for the tools of the trade.

Thanks for visiting and make sure to come back tomorrow when I will have some sneak peeks :)

Have a great night! PS... sorry the format and font are all wonky. All I have to say is sheesh and whatever!



Recipe:
Cardstock: Tulip, Sorbet, White (CTMH)
Ink: Versamark Black, Black (CTMH)
Stamps: Beautiful Butterflies (CDstamps)
Other: Embossing Powder, ribbon, hexagon nesties, waterbrush, Kaisercraft pearls, SU! Photo Corner punch, sewing

Hello - a sketch and challenge

Hi all! I have to say I just adore this card. This one fits the bill for Amy Rysavy's sketch and blog candy as well as Stamp Something's Challenge which was green for this week.

I decided to use this cute little dragon image from Stampavie that I ordered from Embellish-it Scrapbooking. I had never ordered from there but was super pleased with their delivery speed and prices. I just happened to catch it at the right time for some extra savings and a special they had going on.

Anyway, I started this whole card based on the designer paper from TaDa Creative Studios. I focused on the green, but used the blue and aqua accents to add on to my dragon. He is colored with Copics and is just plain sweet to look at.

I also have to say that the ribbon is really cool too. I got that at Clear Dollar Stamps and it just fit in with the rest of the card. It has a two tone blue/green shimmer to it. And of course those green flowers are the ones from Michael's bridal section colored with Copics too. These particular ones are actually the cream colored ones instead of the white ones. I originally wanted to add some green rhinestones to the center of the flowers, but alas I didn't have any so I had to settle for my Lime Green Stickles.

I hope you have fun plans for today... not sure what we are going to be up to.

Thanks for visiting and have a great day.



Recipe:

Cardstock: Olive, Breeze, Kiwi (CTMH), GP White as the card base
Designer Paper: Honolulu (TaDa Creative Studios)
Stamps: LeLe Designs (Stampavie), Mixed Messages (Papertrey ink)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Close to my Heart Black
Other: Oval Nesties, Octagon Nesties, Copics, Ribbon, Michaels Flowers, Bazzill Flower, Lime Green Stickles, EK Success Border Punch

CPS + Papertrey ink Challenge and Sketch

Wow! I told you I am all sketchy and challengy recently! If I have time (which I probably really don't) I try to do them because I enjoy them, but if there is the chance of a great prize, I'm definitely in (hehe)

So, this card meets the sketch challenge for CPS (Card Positioning Systems) Blog and they have teamed up with Papertrey ink to celebrate their anniversaries. It also is my card for the Papertrey ink challenge on Nichole's Blog, which was to make a "friend" card. Go to either/or both sites to get all the details.

Its almost time to get the oldest from school, so I am scedadling asap.

Thanks for visiting again or for the first time if that is the case :)




I used all Papertrey ink products except the Bazzill flower and tools.

Recipe:

Cardstock: Ocean Tides, Aqua Mist
DP: Everyday Blessings
Ink: Ocean Tides, Aqua Mist
Stamps: Floral Frenzy, Shapes by Design
Other: MS lace punch, circle punches, Bazzill flower, sewing machine

Papertrey ink Sketch card

Hi all! Here's another submission for Papertrey ink's anniversary celebration contest (random drawing). This time it was for a sketch card and they are always fun!

It was supposed to be Ocean Tides, but I grabbed Aqua Mist instead and by the time I clued in, the card was done. It all worked though, just not how I had intended it. Isn't that the way it always seems to go anyway?? I did end up using the right ink and ribbon though. Oh, I used Fresh Snow for the white ink.

I used last month's release set called With Sympathy for the floral and the sympathy sentiment and then used most everyone's favorite Polka Dot Basics to create my background.

Not much else going on here. I'm solo this week, but otherwise I really don't have much else to share. Sorry, not feeling the animation here.

Season's Tweeting - a sketch

Well, we had our first snow yesterday and it was bitter cold. The snow was the really dry stuff so it wasn't much fun to play with along with gusty winds made it downright miserable to be out. But... we did go out mid morning and chop down our little Christmas tree. Nate had a good ole' time, but poor Will just looked miserable the entire time. I'll try to post pictures later on my family blog.

Today, I wanted to quickly share a card that I did for Lauren Meader's Saturday Sketch. Its been awhile since I was able to play along, but this sketch was so easy to put together :)

I dug out some old paper that I had that I just hadn't gotten around to using. I have a bunch of card stacks from DCWV and the one that I used was a winter one that I got a while back. I enhanced the circle paper by adding some snowflake stamps from Amuse called Peace and Cheer.

There is a story behind this set though. I purchased it a bit ago (not that long ago either) from my local scrapbooking store (Treasury of Memories) and I was just in there the other night with my friend Becky and I'm standing there at the checkout when I notice that they have a basket of some really cute Christmas stamps. I look down and the price is only $6. I am thinking to myself "Oh wow, what a deal. These are so cute". Then it dawns on my... "hey, don't I have this set?". Anyway, after some questioning, it does turn out yes, I do have this set and I had purchased it when it was their stamp of the month. DUH!!!

So that made me rush home and use it. I colored my birdie with my copics and to make it look like he's wearing a little coat. This is really a cute little set. I also used my Fiskars Threading Water punch and some CTMH ribbon.

Well, I am off and running... Hope you have a great day and are keeping warm.

Limelight 6 Chicks Thursday Sketch and Product Challenge

Wowza, lots of stuff going on at Limelight Papercrafts! I will start off with our Thursday Sketch and Product Challenge. Here's a blurb straight from the Horse's mouth - which happens to be our lovely Brandi Parshley (hehe)

There's something magical about falling flakes of snow that has the ability to captivate both those young and old. Whether it's your first snowfall or your 50th, you can't help but be mesmerized by the beauty of falling snow. Today we celebrate snow and say "Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!" Let's see those snowflakes and snowmen stamps! Mesmerize us with snowy fun flock hills and glistening trees covered in snow. Anything with snow goes in this sketch and product challenge!

Here are the dirty details:

• Sketch and Product Challenge theme - Let it snow, snowflakes, snowmen, anything with snow.
  
• If you happen to have Limelight goods - Awesome! But IT IS NOT A REQUIREMENT. Geesh we all have a lot, so just use what ya got, join the fun, and play along.
  
• The winning participant will receive their choice of any type of glitter that is offered at Limelight.
  
• Entries are submitted by posting a comment and a link to the card or online gallery on Mandy's blog.
  
• All entries must be submitted by Sunday, December 14th by midnight.
  
• Uploads to SCS should have the keyword: LLPC0010

Here is my take on the sketch:

I think this card turned out very cute and Brandi, I do like the sketch - it worked out great for me. I cut my strips of cardstock and then ran them through my cuttlebug using the Swiss Dots Folder and the Snowflakes Folder. Then I took the Angel Wings Shimmerz and with a sponge brush covered the entire strip (just the darker blue cardstock). I love how it turned out. I then used my Martha Stewart Snowflake punch and then covered them with the Shimmerz too and finally added a little bit of extra bling with the tiny rhinestones in the center.

For the image, I got out my Stampedous penguin, stamped him with my Memento Black Tuxedo ink and then colored him with my Copics. Not a lot to color so it was super fast. I also added a little more Shimmerz to his scarf. Thanks to my friend Becky who happened to stop by while I was working on this card. She's the one that suggested the Shimmerz.

And finally, I stamped "happy holidays" (Unity's Bitty Christmas Tags) and punched it out with my Word Window punch.

Make sure to visit the other Limelight Ladies for even more inspiration:

Brandi
JenMarie
Becky
Ryann
Lisa
Mandy
Tiffany (7th Chick)

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you will be able to play along this weekend!!

{Recipe}

Cardstock: White, Dutch Blue, Heavenly Blue, Outdoor Denim (CTMH)
Ink: Dutch Blue, Memento Tuxedo Black
Stamps: Tiny Penguin (Stampendous), Bitty Christmas Tags (Unity Co.)
Other: Shimmerz, Cuttlebug embossing Folders, Nesties, Copics,