SSD05 - Needs coffee and blog candy winner!

This is so me first thing in the morning before I get to my cuppa joe right down to the scraggly hair! lol

I'm back for my last week as the Guest Sketch Artist for Skipping Stones Design and I chose to use the Coffee Volume 1 set particularly for the snarky comment - heheheh! So are you all ready to see the sketch? Yah? Right on! Here we go....




Ta Dah! Now I know that you are all thinking that this looks nothing like my card, but it really does, I assure you! All it takes to see this is a little imagination...and maybe some spiked coffee! lol

A couple of nights ago I was tossing and turning in bed trying so hard to fall asleep when this kitchenette epiphany came to me - I actually thought about jumping out of bed at 4 am and starting this card and then my sanity kicked me ;)



So come and sit down with me and let's visualize this together. Let's just say that the tower o' cabinet is the two paper pieces on the left of the sketch. Then lets say that then lower cabinets are the bottom layer on the sketch. Now what if I were to tell you that the bed head is my oval? Yeah, your seeing it now aren't you (nod your head vigorously with me). Bet your kind of wondering about that picture frame...well I couldn't leave poor bed head by herself - that girl had some s'plaining to do! I thing the frame sums it up nicely don't you? Oh, and those tiny circles that are on the sketch...let's just pretend that bed head's hair accidentally covered them up, 'kay? ;P



Now that I have explained so eloquently and made you understand that I didn't actually deviate from my very own sketch, we can move on to the good stuff! How about picking a winner from last week's blog candy?


Congratulations Shelly Schmidt!!! She left me this sweet comment:

Shelly Schmidt said...

Wow- love the Outstanding color you achieve when coloring! Great card. What a fun set- Thanks for the chance to win! Shellymc2@comcast dot net

December 23, 2009 8:23 PM

Shelly I will contact you asap and send the Margarita Birthday set your way! Thanks to all of the ladies for playing along and a heads up on what's in store for next week...more blog candy!!! Yay! Stay tuned for more details on January 5th ;)

Card Recipe:

Stamps: Skipping Stones Design - Coffee Volume 1
Paper: Artichoke, Red, White, Cocoa, Watercolour, Unknown DP
Ink: Sand, Black, Burgundy, Artichoke, Chocolate
Accessories: Sponges, Mini Brads, Linen Thread, Tombow Markers, Aqua Painter, Pop Dots, Clear Embossing Powder

SSD04 - Hang in there!

Tis another week of the Skipping Stones Sketch Tuesdays and tis also the season for giving :) Yes Virgina, there will be blog candy ;) I'm just going to hold you in suspense until I get to through the nitty gritty *giggle*



This week for SSD Tuesday we are working with a square card for SSD04 and I have chosen to work with the Bra's Volume 1 set which has a lot of quirky and fun sentiments about friendship and dare I say....bosoms ;)




This fun polka dot bra comes hanging on a hanger and I snipped off the loop and replaced part of the image with a real wire loop and paper toled the bra to make it dimensional. I sponged the background with blues to really make the bra pop and to show the brightness in the coral colours. I coloured the "lace" on the bra with my white gel pen and added some highlights with my sparkly stardust pen :)




Now that you have "hung in there" for all of the blather above I have some blog candy to offer! Thanks to Heather (the very generous owner of Skipping Stones Design) I have this wonderful set to share with you:



Hooray! Isn't this the perfect set for seasonal celebrations? There is many a toast to be made over the holidays and to get this set, all you have to do is leave me a comment and I will post the winner next Tuesday (Dec 29th). And if you don't win but would like to one some of these fabulous sets then Heather has a save the shipping event on where you get free shipping on orders over $30 and that includes International shipping!

Good luck everyone and if I don't get a chance to post again before Christmas (knowing me, I won't) I would like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas! May Santa bring you oodles of goodies and may you get a chance to share your holidays with your loved ones :)



Card Recipe:

Stamps: Skipping Stones Designs - Bras Volume 1
Paper: Gina K, Watercolour, Cocoa, K&Co, Basic Grey and My Mind's Eye Dp
Ink: Versafine Onyx Black, Baja, Sky, Chocolate, Olive, Coral
Accessories: Sewing Machine, Cuttlebug and Embossing Folders, Nestabilities, Sponges, Pop Dots, Wire, Rhinestones, Ribbon, SU Label Punch, Clear Embossing Powder, Scallop Edge Punch, Circle Hole Punch, Tombow Markers, Aqua Painter, White Gel Pen, Stardust Gelly Roll Pen, Silver Gel Pen

Aging is like fine wine...

For the month of December I get to be the Guest Sketch Artist for a fairly new company called Skipping Stones Design and today is the big day....drum roll please.....




Yes, there it is...the first sketch of the month for Skipping Stones Sketch Tuesday's and the very first time that I drew a sketch up on the computer! I'm so impressed that I managed to get it to work! lol - Just think...I get to do this 4 more times this month ;)

Ahem, now back to the card design ;) I made this cheeky card using the Margarita Birthday set and designed it specifically for my Gram. It's her 80th birthday coming up this weekend and not only does she love wine, but a good joke as well! Gram at the ripe old age of almost 80 still loves to have a good time and these sentiments couldn't be more perfect! I plan on saving some of the other sassy sentiments in this set for another birthday that is coming up soon...shhhhh...don't tell my best friend! *wink*




I water coloured and paper toled the wine glass and then added some crystal effects for the glossy texture and shine. I opted to play with the shapes on the sketch a little so that it fit what I had in mind for the card, and I think that it work out well. Almost all of the designer paper layers were run through my cuttlebug and I'm pretty sure that everything on this card was touched by a sponge. Yep...I got a little carried away with both the sponging and the sewing on this one!





I would love it if you got a chance to play along with this sketch! If you do and decide to upload your creation to SCS, then please use the keyword's: SSD01, skippingstonesdesign, skipping_stones_design. I can't wait to see what you all make! Oh and don't for get to leave some lovin' over on the Skipping Stones Blog. They will be doing a new sketch every Tuesday for your enjoyment and there will be prizes :)


Card Recipe:

Stamps: Skipping Stones Design - Margarita Birthday
Paper: Gina K, Watercolour, Jenni Bowlin DP, Basic Grey Dp, Inique Boutique DP, Chocolate
Ink: Versafine Onyx Black, Burgundy, Chocolate, Cocoa, Caramel
Accessories: Sewing Machine, Cuttlebug, Embossing Folders, Nestabilities, Clear Embossing Powder, Crystal Effects, Corner Rounder Punch, Sponges, Pop Dots, Brads, Tombow Markers, Aqua Painter