Sketch Girl 13

It's the end of the month - tomorrow will be March 1st!! I dream of green grass, budding trees, flowers and butterflies . . . as we sit under a blanket of snow :0( I must say, however, that I did see a small patch of grass today from where the snow had melted - come on spring!!

The end of the month also means it's time for another Sketch Girl challenge. This challenge is being sponsored by Wild Flower Kids and they gave us some digi images to play with from their newly released set, Royal Court. This is fairy princess. Her wings remind me of a butterfly ;0) There are some really cute sentiments, other princesses, a prince and even a frog!! Be sure to head on over to the Sketch Girl blog to check out all the details on this challenge. You can even win 5 free images from the Wild Flower Patch Kids store!

Have a Happy Sunday! We'll be watching and rooting for the mens USA hockey team to win GOLD!!

You're So Sweet

Woke up to MORE snow again today - this is really getting old!!
I need spring and I need it fast. I keep making cards with lots of springy colors to keep motivated and inspired that it is just around the corner (and down the road, and over the hill and through the woods . . .) !!! I'd love to be taking pictures in natural sunlight, but there's little of it these days! Just a quick post to show you a couple of cards I made for/with some "sweet" friends :0)

I LOVED this paper by my Minds Eye called Graceful Circles. Sweet springy colors. The Recollections - Light Pink Dots is paper I bought with Vday in mind. Buttons and stamps are from Papertrey ink - finally got a chance to play with that set! Dark ribbon is my favorite from Stampin' Up! I just wish they offered it in roll form! The other ribbon is Ofray from your friendly neighborhood Wal-mart!!

Have a Happy Wednesday! Hope it's warm and bright and sunny, even if it's only in your dreams :0)

My Secret Admirer

Good thing come to those who wait . . .And I've got proof!

Some of the PMS design team members decided to do a little secret admirer exchange for V-day. We were asked to answer a few questions about ourselves (favorite colors, candies, hobbies, etc. ) Then each person received a secret admirer and their "rap" sheet. The week of V-day we were to send our secret admirer a package that included 2 cards, 2 handmade items, and some other small goodies.

Lucky me! Look what I received in the mail from my secret admirer - the super sweet and amazingly talented - Christi Thorsen;

Aren't these cards gorgeous? I've always admired Christi's work. Everything she posts on her blog is beautiful, but to see it IRL is truly awesome. See that "Love you" card? The dress, her collar and even that itsy bitsy heart she's blowing is paper pieced!! Gorgeous!! And the Penelope card opens in the most clever way to reveal a super sweet birthday message. NOPE, these cards aren't going anywhere!

If you think those are amazing, check out what was also in the box;

Isn't this matching card and mini milk carton just the cutest? And that carton is (I mean WAS) filled with yummy chocolate hearts in the same color combo! This little combo is soo awesome it was even selected as the Verve project parade winner. You can read more about that on Christi's blog. I loved it when she posted it on her blog, but when I opened my package and saw it in there my jaw dropped and I did a little happy dance!! It made me feel so special to know that she made this with me in mind :0)

But wait, there's more!!

Look at all these fun goodies that were also included!!

• We're talking REAL big glittery chipboard letters
• Butterfly bling
• Sticky half pearls (LOVE these)
• 2 pkgs of Rhinestones (in my fav colors)
• Stamping Bella buttons (these look so fun)
• A little pink pot of shimmerz (can't wait to play with this)
• Pretty pink binder clips (to stay stylishly organized)
• Very pretty "love" sentiment stickers

And finally (as if that wasn't enough already), She gifted me 3 COPIC markers of my choice!! I just need to pick out the colors and they'll be sent along :0)

HOW FUN IS THAT!! I love surprises, and this was just soo much fun both giving and receiving. My secret admiree was Dawn Barrett. You can read about my gift to her HERE.

Thanks again Christi- you definitely are the sweetest - with a cherry on top!

I hope the rest of your day is filled with sweet surprises too!

PMS Birthday Bash Remake

Hey there everyone hope you're enjoying your weekend :0) I got to get some stamp time in, so that always makes for a good weekend. And today I get to take a little trip to IKEA for some much needed organizational supplies. Can't wait!!

As part of the Paper Makeup Stamps month long birthday celebration, we were given a fun challenge. To post your very first PMS card and then remake it!! Well, as I've stated before. It was PMS love at first sight when I saw Argus. So of course he was my first card, and here it is;

Pretty simple and pretty cute don't you think? I was having a hard time trying to remake this. Why mess with something that's perfectly fine :0) I decided to just change the colors up a little and use Copics to color him in (I didn't have ANY when I made this first card).

I kept the layout the same, but just added a different ribbon treatment, a different sentiment (I didn't have ANY PMS words back then), and a little sewing around the edges (I didn't have a sewing machine back then either!!) and finally a scalloped edge for just a little more visual interest :0)

You can head over the the Paper Makeup Stamps Blog and see Tangii's and Christi's remake as well as read up on all of the other month long birthday fun that's going on :0)

Enjoy the rest of your weekend!

PMS MFTW17

Happy Friday!! Time for a little challenge to get the weekend started :0) This time, PMS DT'er Gabby has a sketch for us to work with. I must admit I was a little intimidated. You might have to open your mind a little to see how I interpreted it, but I think I got most of the elements in there :0)





The cute little cottage and sentiment are from Paper Makeup Stamps. I colored it in with Copics and then popped up the windows and door to give it some dimension. I bought lots of these puffy heart stickers around Vday and never used them, but I AM finding ways to use them lately :0)

Hop on over to the PMS blog to view some other interpretations of the sketch as well as link up your own!

Recipe:
Stamps: Paper Makeup Stamps
Paper: Crafty Secrets, Stampin UP!
Ink: Black Stazon, Copics
Accessories: Puffy heart stickers (Michaels), sewing

Love Monkey

Here's a card I made for a swap with some of my stampin' buds. The challenge was to use a stamp set we haven't inked yet :0) I bought this Love Monkey set from Verve with the best intentions of making Valentines with it, but never got them done in time. So, I decided to break it in using this week's 2 Sketches 4 You challenge. Lots of layers on the circle, but other than that pretty simple!

Hope you have a happy Thursday! Only one more day left and boy am I ready for the weekend. We've got a whole lot of nothin' planned which is fine by me :0) Maybe I can get some craft spring cleaning done! My stamp cave is in desperate need!

Recipe
Stamps: Verve
Paper: SU!, Basic Grey Scalloped Border
Ink: Black Staz ON, Copics
Accessories: Ribbon, puffy heart sticker (Michaels), Nestabilities
Technique: Sewing

Sketch Girl 12 Meets Caardvarks

It's the 15th of the month which means time for another Sketch Girl challenge, and lookie what we've got for you . . .



Pretty fun eh? Our Sponsor for this sketch is Sassy Studio Designs . They have lots of super cute digi images for you to use. I had to go check them out myself and when I saw this adorable pair of frogs, I HAD to have them - and they were only $1.00!!! I'm not a big user of digi images, but these were super easy to download, resize and print out. Sassy Studio will be providing the randomly drawn winner of SG12 - 4 images of their choice :0) So check out which ones you think are your favorites and come play!!

I was originally going to try and make a Valentines day card. But I decided that since we will be attending a wedding in March, I would make an off the wall wedding card instead :0) And it fits in with the Caardvarks challenge currently going on too :0)


I colored the image in with Copics and then used the colorless blender to create some "spots" on my frogs, I think it turned out pretty cute. I also used a spica glitter pen on the crowns.


And I thought this sentiment from PTI's Button Bits set fit nicely!!

Make sure to head on over to the Sketch Girl Blog and check out our Guest Designer Amy Tsuruta and ALL of the other DT members cards, I'm headed over there now too -I'm sure they're just fabulous.

Have a great day!