Cat Missing You - TMS #603

Hello! It's been sad around our house for the last few days, our 16 year old cat crossed the rainbow bridge on Friday. Our house doesn't feel the same without her and we miss her very much. So, this week I used the Tuesday Morning Sketch to make something for a scrapbook. It's the size of an A2 card, but there is no card base. To take advantage of the rainbows in the patterned paper I swapped the triangle corner. The design team has created some wonderful inspiration and we would love for you to join us this week. Click HERE for all the challenge details. Thanks for stopping by!

"I love cats because I enjoy my home; and little by little, they become it's visible soul." ~Jean Cocteau

Sketch #603:

Miss You Card with Dog

Hello! The days keep flying by but my crafty mojo has been on the fritz lately. It's not because of the lack of supplies because I have plenty and still enjoy ordering new stuff (ha). When I sit down at my craft desk I look around online and then just walk away. I know I'm struggling with the passing of my brother and I'm sad. It's just going to take a lot more time!

This Miss You Card with Dog was made using the Stella Says Sketch challenge at Catch The Bug. The sketch is for a square card, but I rarely send a square card through the mail. So, I condensed it into a rectangle A2 card. The image is called Flower Puppy and it was colored with Copic markers. The floral paper is from the Memory Box Cottage Meadow paper pad and the Miss You die cut is by Impression Obsession. A little flower was added for detail and that's it. Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the rest of your day!

Challenges entered:

• Catch The Bug: Stella Says Sketch #810
• Crafty Animals: Anything with Animals
• Cute Card Thursday: Critters

Sketch:

Use Yellow at Crafty Catz

Hello and happy Friday! It's my last post as a guest designer at Crafty Catz and it's gone by super fast. The theme is always anything goes but we would love to see some yellow on your creations. The sponsor is Bugaboo Stamps and my card features the Mouse - Big Flower image (one of my favorites). For all the challenge details and design team inspiration click HERE. I hope to see your creation in the gallery!

A miss you sentiment seemed appropriate for this image and this one by Hampton Arts (Jillibean Soup Handwritten Sentiments) had never been used. All patterned papers are from the For The Record 2 paper pad by Echo Park (2012). To color the image Copic markers were used and then it was die cut with a stitched circle die by My Favorite Things. A little stamped and punched yellow butterfly was added along with three glimmer dots and that's it. Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful rest of your day.

Challenges entered:

• City Crafter: Butterflies
• Crafting By Designs: Anything Goes
• Southern Girls: Flower Power

Simple Miss You Card

Hello and happy Tuesday! It's time for a new challenge at Tuesday Throwdown and this week we want you to make something Clean and Simple. Our sponsor is Fred, She Said Designs and I'm using the adorable Rosey with Flower image. The coloured set comes with four different versions of Rosey. I printed them all out and because they are all so cute, I let my hubby decide which one I used. Keeping in mind this is a clean and simple challenge, I went with a scalloped frame die cut by Taylored Expressions and a die cut Miss You sentiment by Impression Obsession. The big debate was over the sequins, to use or not to use was the question... well, I went for it.

We would love for you to join us this week! Click here for all the challenge details and design team inspiration. You have until mid-day Monday, September 5th to play along. Hope to see your creation in the gallery.

Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the rest of your day!

Miss You Card

Hello! I've got a quick post to share this Miss You Card I made using this weeks sketch at The Paper Players. My creative motivation is still on the fritz, so I used supplies from the Oh Happy Day Card Kit by Stampin' Up!. I added a piece of Daffodil Delight cardstock behind the yellow striped paper and three gold sequins for detail, other than that everything was from the kit. Easy peasy!!!

Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the rest of your day!

Chevron Watercolor Card

Happy Tuesday! It's time for another challenge at Tuesday Throwdown and this week the challenge is to Watercolor. Our sponsor is Freckled Fawn and they generously provided the darling silver puffy heart sticker used on my Chevron Watercolor Card.

To create the watercolored panel I used a chevron stencil by Clear Scraps along with my Aqua Painters. Using watercolor paper, I first die cut the stitched panel with Lil' Inkers Stitched Rectangles. Then I added ink colors by Stampin' Up! which include: Blushing Bride, Rose Red and Cherry Cobbler. You can't really see it in the photo but I added clear Wink of Stella to the larger rows of chevron to give it a little sparkle. The sentiment is from TPC Studios and was heat embossed with Blushing Bride emboss powder. To add a little more interest a strip of Rose Red cardstock was embossed using the Decorative Dots embossing folder and the watercolor panel was adhered using stampin' dimensionals. That's it!

We would love for you to join us this week! You have until mid-day on Monday 10/19/2015 to play along. Click here to check out the wonderful inspiration from the design team. Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the rest of your day!

This Chevron Watercolor Card is entered into the following challenges:

• Simon Says Stamp: Wonderful Watercolor
• Crafty Boots: Use Pink
• Ooh La La Creations: Pretty in Pink
• Where The HeART is: Anything Goes/Use Stencils

Miss You Card

Hello! A quick late night post to share my latest card. I combined two challenges to create this Miss You Card. The Paper Players sketch challenge and a color challenge from Just Us Girls. The photo inspiration provided at Just Us Girls made it easy to choose the flower as my side element for the sketch at The Paper Players. To add the circle detail from the sketch, I did some paper piercing. All cardstock and patterned papers are by Stampin' Up! The blue paper is from the retired Print Poetry paper stack and the tan is from the Color Me Autumn dsp. Using the Simple Stems stamp set, I stamped the flower using Blushing Bride ink and used the coordinating framelit to cut out the shape. For the leaves I used the retired Sizzix leaf die with some light gray cardstock. The TPC Studios Miss You sentiment was stamped using Midnight Muse ink. That's it! I hope you're staying warm wherever you are and thanks for stopping by! 

Beautiful Bloom Miss You Card

This morning a few of the local Stampin' Up! demonstrators got together for some stamping fun! For my project I made this Beautiful Bloom Miss You Card. I used the sketch from Create with Connie & Mary. All supplies are by Stampin' Up! and include: Whisper White and Lost Lagoon cardstock, All Abloom paper stack, Beautiful Bunch stamp set, Lacy & Lovely stamp set (sentiment), Daffodil Delight and Mossy Meadow stampin' pads, white emboss powder, heat tool, Fun Flower punch, paper piercing tools and stampin' dimensionals.

The main thing I wanted to try today was paper piercing. It's really sad that I've had the tools for months and this was the first time I've used them on a card. Every time I see it on other card creations I really like it but I always forget to incorporate it into one of my designs. So I'm happy I finally tried something new! Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the rest of your day!

My Beautiful Bloom Miss You Card is entered into the following challenges:

• Create with Connie & Mary: Sketch, CCMC313
• Crafty Catz: Anything Goes
• The Crafter's Cafe: Anything Goes 

See Ya Later Alligator Card

Hello! This afternoon I made this See Ya Later Alligator Card using some of my favorite freebies from the current Stampin' Up! Sale-A-Bration. The freebies used were:

• Sweet Sorbet DSP
• Deorative Dots Embossing Folder
• See Ya Later Stamp Set

The colors in the card are Pistachio Pudding, Sahara Sand and Whisper White. It's definitely not the most colorful card I've ever made but I had a lot of fun using my freebies. Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the rest of your day!

My See Ya Later Alligator Card is entered into the following challenges:

• Just Add Ink: Sale-A-Brations!
• The Sisterhood of Crafters: Sentimental Journey
• Simply Create Too: Animals
• Suzy Bee's: Emboss It!

Butterfly Miss You Card

Recently, I found a new challenge called The Pink Elephant and this week their challenge is to use the color orange.  It just so happens that I recently made this Butterfly Miss You Card that I needed to post on my blog.  I love it when things work out.  I'm also linking this to the Make It Monday blog.

Butterfly Miss You Card Supplies: Cream cardstock, white cardstock, patterned paper by Basic Grey Sweet Threads collection, windowpane monarch stamp by Hampton Art (PS0520), VersaMark watermark stamp pad, Stampendous! Pearlustre embossing powder in cornaline, sentiment stamp by TPC Studios (greetings set, ST93416), Stampendous! Pearlustre embossing powder in jade, heat tool by The Paper Studio, Cricut machine, Home Accents cartridge, orange glitter brads, and foam tape.

Miss You Card

With today being the Fourth of July, I had no plans to make a card.  However, my husband decided to do some yard work and that meant I had time by myself in the house.  Making a card won over doing house chores.  This Miss You Card is a combination of the Freshly Made Sketches challenge and the ColourQ challenge.  I really like how the colours worked with the sketch.

Miss You Card Supplies: Blue cardstock, navy cardstock, red cardstock, calypso coral cardstock and Everyday Enchantment dsp by Stampin' Up!, random scraps of blue patterned paper, fancy  fan embossing  folder  by  Stampin' Up!   (127751), Texture Boutique by Sizzix, butterfly trail stamp by Inkadinkado (99257), VersaMark watermark stamp pad, classic stampin' pad in calypso coral, clear sentiment stamp by TPC Studios (Greetings set, ST93416), Stampendous Pearlustre embossing powder in Lapis and Translucent, Zing! embossing powder in blue metallic finish, heat tool by The Paper Studio, rhinestones, and foam tape.