Thankful and Happy

We've got our weekly sketch up over at the Sketches in Thyme Blog and today is my day to reveal my take on the sketch. I just love all the layers in this sketch!

Here's the sketch

All of the layered papers and the title sticker were leftover scraps from an old Lori Whitlock Echo Park collection called Reflections Fall. The doilies were originally white and I inked them up with some spiced marmalade Distress Oxide Ink. The flowers were from my large stash of flowers and the scarecrow was also from my stash. 

I hope you'll stop by the Sketches in Thyme Blog see the rest of the DT's reveal for this sketch. A new reveal will be posted daily.  Hope to see you there and please play along with us!

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So Proud

We've got a DT sketch reveal going on today over at Creative Inspiration. Please stop by and see all the different takes on our layout sketch and our card sketch.

Here's my take on the layout sketch

Here's the sketch

I love this sketch and really had fun putting it all together. I couldn't find any photos that I could cut into circles so I went with ovals instead. Once I got that figured out I used my Cricut to cut the oval frames and the title. Then just dug through my stash and found the flowers which were white so I spritzed them with some mist. Added the ribbons and used my Cuttlebug to cut the leaves and the base of the flower in the bottom right corner. I added some mist droplets and some Dew Drops to finish it off. 

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Thank you card

Happy World Cardmaking Day! We've got a mini crop going on at Creative Inspiration with all sorts of fun challenges and even a couple of games. Check it out and play along with us. My challenge for the crop is to make a card using some stamps.

Aren't these two little guys so cute! I fell in love with this stamp from Newton's Nook Puppy Pals set and thought the sentiment was perfect. I stamped everything using some Memento Tuxedo Black Ink and then colored it all in using my Spectrum Noir markers. Added some heart punches and some sequins and it was done. Clean and simple!

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Birthday Wishes Card

We've got a DT sketch reveal challenge going on today over at Creative Inspiration. I chose to do the card sketch.

And here's the sketch

I had to turn the sketch to fit the balloons with their tails. I die cut the balloons using some MFT dies and colored them in with Spectrum Noir markers. I thought the birthday candle paper was perfect with the balloons and just added the embossed sentiment. 

I hope you'll stop by Creative Inspiration and play along with us. We also have a layout sketch reveal going on today.  Hope to see you there!

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Harvest

I've got an inspiration challenge up at Creative Inspiration today. Fall is my favorite time of the year even though we don't have a fall here in Florida. I miss it so much! Anyway, here's my layout.

Here's the inspiration photo.

I hope you'll join us at Creative Inspiration and play along with us!

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1st Day of Kindergarten

We've got our weekly sketch up over at the Sketches in Thyme Blog and today is my day to reveal my take on the sketch.

Here's the sketch

This sketch has so many possibilities but I decided to stay pretty true to the sketch. I also got to use up a lot of scraps that I've had for quite a while. 

I hope you'll stop by Sketches in Thyme and play along with us!

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Anna and Elsa

I've got a stash challenge up at Creative Inspiration today. My challenge is to use some sequins, chipboard, diecuts and scraps on your project.

This is a pretty simple page but it felt good to use up some of my stash. I have a ton of chipboard

so I inked up the circles using white ink and then brushed some pink ink over them also. The snowflakes are leftover from a border punch. The title was cut from some scrap glitter paper and it's hard to see but there are white sequins all over the page.....I have sequins coming out my ears. lol

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Dies R Us Design Team

I am so excited to be trying out for the Dies R Us Design Team! I love working with dies and they have a huge amount of dies, from many different companies, on their website. You should check it out and see for yourself!

Here are my 3 cards I submitted for consideration. 

 My first one is a clean and simple card. I started by inking up a piece of cardstock with 3 different colors of Distress Oxides and then sprinkled some water on it to get a mottled effect. I then cut the leaves out of a white piece of cardstock using an MFT die and I also used a stitched die from Gina Marie for the edges. I then backed that with the inked piece and popped it up on a white card. I stamped and embossed the sentiment and then added a few flower sequins.

For the second card I got a little messy.  I again inked up a piece of cardstock with some Distress Oxide inks and then die cut the heart using the Sizzix Sizzlets Scribbles and Splat die. The sentiment was also cut from a set of dies. I used some watercolor paint on the background and then flicked some Tattered Angels and Dylusions mists around. Then I glued everything down using the Best Glue Ever from ScraPerfect and added some shiny sequins to give it a little sparkle. 

For my last card I decided to go masculine.  I started with a muted blue and green piece I found in my scraps and then stamped and die cut the motorcycle and flames using a Sizzix stamp and die set. The sentiment banner was cut using the Lawn Fawn Bannertastic stamp and die set.

So please keep you fingers crossed for me! I really hope I make this team. It'll give me a good excuse to buy more dies cause you can never have too many, as far as I'm concerned. lol

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Happy Birthday

We are celebrating our birthday over at Creative Inspiration this week with a Birthday Bash Mini-Crop. We have all sorts of birthday related challenges along with some fun games and of course some prizes.  My challenge is to make a birthday card. You can never have enough birthday cards on hand!

I just love this stamp and die set from My Favorite Things. All the candles were done with a die and the sentiment is the matching stamp set. I backed all the candles with scraps and the flames were backed with shiny gold paper. I stamped the sentiment and then embossed it with clear embossing powder to make it stand out.

I hope you'll join us at Creative Inspiration!

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Family

We've got a mini crop going on at Creative Inspiration and the theme for this month is Anything Goes. I chose Family Fun for my challenge. The only requirement is to use one or more fun family photos. This photo is my family on our trip to Myrtle Beach back in April. We only spent about 3 days together but it was so much fun to see each other again.

I started with a white background and added some blue watercolor paint in random spots. I then used a script stamp and randomly stamped where the photo was going and also used several heart stamps around the page. I cut down a doily and inked it to match and then added some washi tape. The title was cut with my Cricut. Simple, fast and easy!

I hope you'll come join us at Creative Inspiration and play along with the challenges in our mini crop.

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