Graphicat's Sketch - Dream

Over at Graphicat Creations they've relaunched their Sketch Blog - yipeee! I so like the sketches Cheri and her team come up with and this week's launch sketch is wonderful . . . the hard part is I couldn't figure out which sentiment/stamp combo to put together.  Here's the first sketch:

I rotated the layout counter-clockwise and this is my take on it:

This card was sooooo out of my comfort zone!  All those pastel colors, but it is a fairy and I tried my best to make it all magical. 

Here's what makes up this card:

BandT Papers:  Webster Pages "Lullably Lane & Life's Portrait"

Cardstock is all CTMH:  Taffy, Topiary, and Colonial White

Stamps:  CTMH Card Comentary (C1281) and Whimsy Stamps Silver FairyEmbelishments:  CTMH Riff Raff Ribbon, Lost & Found Yellow Pearls & Swirls, Flowers, Gelly Pen Roll Clear Star, Copic Markers, CTMH Art Philosophy Cartridge, CTMH Liquid glass and Basic Grey Ribbon. 

Extended B-Day Celebration. . .Giveaway!!!

This is a card I made for a good friend for her B-day, which I knew I wasn't going to see her on the special day, so the sentiment was the inspiration for this card!   I've had the photo images stored on my memory card for a while, but held off posting until I actually gave the card to her!  So now I get to share it with everyone else. . .  =)

The layout is an older one from Sketch Saturday Layouts. . . it's always good to have a good stash of layouts laying around!  It's actually one I've wanted to play with for awhile.   Upon closer inspection. . the B-day Girls couldn't get over the "layers" on this card!   

Can you guess how many?  Leave a comment and the lucky person who guesses correctly will get a free CTMH B-Day Celebration Stamp Set!   Winner will be randomly selected from all correct guesses and MUST reside in Canada! 

. . . and here's the inside of the card.  It's this a great sentiment for those that "miss" that special date?   

Here's what makes up this Celebration:

BandT Papers:  Authentique 6x6 pad "Gathering"
Cardstock is CTMH: Sunrise, Chocolate, Juniper and Daisy White
Stamps: Simply Betty 'Baking Betty' and CTMH Birthday Sentiments
Ink:  CTMH Cocoa and CTMH Juniper
Embelishments:  CTMH Cricut Art Philosophy Cartridge, CTMH Cocoa Collection Pearls, and Copic Markers

MOJO 227 - Key to My Heart

  It's the start of a new month and that means it's time for another MOJO Madness Contest! {For those that have never done a Mojo layout, most weeks it's for fun . . . HOWEVER . . . the first sketch of every month is their Mojo Madness contest with prizes for the top picks.} For full details/rules of the contest, please go to the Mojo Monday 227 to be eligible to win a free Verve Stamp Set!

This week's fun sketch was designed by Debbie Carrier:

. . . and here's my take on it:

and here's all the goodies which made up this card:

BandT Papers:  Bo Bunny Timeless 12x12 Collection
Cardstock is all CTMH:  Vineyard Berry, Cocoa and White Daisy
Stamps:  CTMH 'Month of February' & CTMH 'Hope'
Ink: Tim Holtz Walnut Stain Distressing Ink and CTMH Vineyard Berry
Embelishments:  CTMH Cricut Art Philosophy Cartridge, Pearls, Rustic Embosing Powder mixed with Psychiadelic Embosing Powder, Copic Markers and CTMH Cocoa Ribbon
 
Thanks for lookin'!! :)
 



SS-192 You're Amazing

I've been so caught up in making Valentines Day cards, I figured it was time to get into another color other than Red, Pink, White and Black! Today I paired up some non-traditional colors: Blue, Brown, Colonial White, and GreyWool - with a splash of Yellow thrown in for some variety!   

My sketch comes from Sketch Saturday and I rotated the image clockwise once.  Here's their sketch

     and here's what I came up with:

This is another Simply Betty Stamp which I got from Graphicats Stamps from this past weekend Copic and Crop classes.  I thought I was going to have a hard time making up the "elongated diamond" for this sketch but I was able to utilize my CTMH Art Philosophy Cartridge and used the "Card" setting for the triangle and nested it quite nicely to create the frame from Ariel as well as the "tickets"! 

All the goods which made up this card:

Stamps: Simply Betty Sunflower Ariel and CTMH C1464 Blue Ribbon
B and T Papers: Authentique 6X6 Journey

All Cardstock is CTMH: Cocoa, Grey Wool, Sky and Colonial White
Ink:  Momentos Tuxedo Black, CTMH Cocoa and CTMH SkyEmbelishments: Flowers, Prima Crystals, CTMH Art Philosophy Cartridge, Copics, Liquid Glass and CTMH Licorice Gems.



TFL!  

SC369 - Young Love

Last weekend, Amber and I attended Graphic Cats Designs Copic Club and Crop.  It was great fun. . . and there was a great group of ladies there throughout the weekend!  

I've discovered my limited supply of Copic Markers is definately NOT enough to sustain me. . . the world is a rainbow and for every color there is a copic marker - and I pretty much have to have it!   Yes I am addicted and Cheri over at Graphic Cats Design is somewhat responsible!  LOL 

Anyways. . . my therapy is definately retail and along with many Copic Markers, I also was able to pick up some really. . .really cute stamp sets and put all of the information from my Copic Class to good work.  

Here's the sketch I used for my Young Love card: 

and here's what I was able to make on the weekend (I know I'm a little slow in uploading my stuff - life kinda gets going and you run out of time):

Aren't they just the cutest!  I REALLY LOVE this image set. . . so much so I had to buy several stamps by the same artist! I did mention retail therapy didn't I. . . and Graphic Cats Design was definately able to supply!  Thanks Cheri ;-)

Here's all the det's on this card:

BandT Papers:  Basic Grey 6X6 pad Enchanted and EP Success 6x6 pad

Cardstock is all CTMH:  Black, Grey Wool and Tulip

Stamps:  Simply Betty "Valentine Pals Christian and Betty"

Embelishments:  Grey Pearl Swirls, Red Gems, Flowers, CTMH Liquid Glass, and Copic Markers

Until tomorrow. . . thanks for lookin' 



Catch of the Day!

This week over at Sketch Saturday they have a real fun layout and This weeks challenge winner will win a generous £10.00 shopping spree at Bunny Zoe's Crafts and they ship worldwide and have some great digi images too! Here's this weeks sketch:    

. . . and here's my take on it:

All the goodies which made up this card:

BandT Papers:  My Minds Eye - Stella & Rose "Buddies" front and back.

Cardstock is all CTMH:  Outdoor Denim, Twilight and Honey

Ink:  Momentos Tuxedo Black and CTMH Outdoor Denim

Stamps:  Mel Jen's Digi Image "Great Day to Fish", CTMH C1277 Catch of the Day, C1257 Happy Birthday and CTMH C1236 Hook, Line and Sinker

Embelishments:  CTMH Outdoor Denim Twill, Basic Grey Ribbon, Gelly Roll Clear Star, Quickutz Die, CTMH Art Philosophy Cartridge, and Copic Markers.  

TFL!  Have a great Thursday! 

Happy V-Day!

For this weeks Verve Challenge I decided to keep with my Valentine's Day theme.  Here's the original sketch:

and here's my take on it:

Is she just adorable!  This is another digi image featuring Cupid Marci from La-La Land Crafts.  Here's the rest of the dets for this card:
 
BandT Papers:  EP Yours Truly "Honeymoon" & "Cherished" and BO Bunny 6X6 Enchanted Collection
Cardstock is all CTMH:  Daisy White and Tulip
Embelishments:  Quickutz Scallop Hearts, Lace Hearts & Eyelet Hearts, Black Pearl Swirls, Copic Markers, Jelly Roll Star Glitter Pen
Ink:  Tuxedo Black and CTMH Tulip