I {Heart} Card Sketch 36: Cool Dino

Good Morning Crafties!  Today at From the Heart Stamps Sketch Challenge we have another fabulous Sketch created by the super talented Calypso.          

                                                                    <<<Here is Sketch 036!

I used the "Cool Dinosaur" stamp and he comes with some great sentiments too!

Here is the card I made for my nephew Rylen's birthday in October. 

Materials used:

From the Heart Stamps - Cool Dino Digi Stamp

Copics

Echo Park "Here & Now" Designer Paper

Red Cardstock

White Cryogen Cardstock for Dino & Sentiment

Sewing machine for red zig-zag

Stash button & twine

Hope you play along with us.  Remember, EVERYONE who enters will receive $1 to FromTheHeartStamps.com. Use it as a discount, or save them up to earn a free stamp. I’ll have a new sketch for you next week. Linky will close on Sunday at 10PM CST.

Challenges Entering:

Melonheadzfriends - Animal Challenge (Oct. 13)

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4 x 4 Snowman

Here is another cutie 4 x 4 card I made for FatTastic Tuesdays Use a Charm Challenge.   I handmade the bead charm.  The snowman I used very light Gray alcohol markers to try to get shadow on white.  Coloring white is hard, but I like the result! 

Image - 

Stamp is from Cosmo Cricket Jolly Days

paper is also from Cosmo Cricket Jolly Days

Neenah cardstock on snowman

Kraft Cardstock behind snowman

Stash ribbon & handmade charm with glass beads

Challenges entering:

Fat Tastic Tuesday - Challenge #2 "Use a Charm" (Sept. 31)

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{Charming} Owls...

Over at Fat Tastic Tuesday Challenge Blog, the Challenge this week is to use a charm on a 4 x 4 card. Sooooo I thought it would be a great opportunity to dust off the old beads (I used to make bead bracelets).  Wow! Am i out of practice.  It was super hard to loop the chain and attach these beads to the "mom" Charm.  I definitely need to make more charms!

The adorable owl digi is a new release at Handmade Harbour.  There are lots of great stamps there, check it out.  

Materials used:

Image - Handmade Harbour "owl" digi stamp

Paper - Recollections

Coloring - Copics

Charm & ribbon - Stash

Challenges entering:

Fat Tastic Tuesday - Challenge #2 "Use a Charm" (Sept. 31)

Self-Portrait....

"Captured Memories" is the sentiment and I am not sure how this turned out a self portrait, but this project had a life of it's own.  I love these Dilly bean images because they are a little quirky.  The Dilly Beans challenge was to use ribbon, and I wanted to try a different route so I punched holes in the card and did "Corset" kind of ribbon tie.  Hope you like it!

This is the layout I used from Sketch N Stash:

You can never have too many tiny clothes pins when you are a carmaker!

Materials used:

Image - Dilly Beans

Polaroid frame - Lawn Fawn

Sentiment - printed from computer

Camera paper - Echo Park "Here & Now" love love love this paper!

Cardstock - Neenah

Coloring - Copics

Challenges entering:

Dilly Beans  - Ribbons Challenge (Sept. 27)

Sketch and Stash Challenge -Challenge 122 Sketch (Oct. 7)
Creative Fingers  - Challenge 3 "Make it Shine" (I added a rhinestone for some sparkle!) (Sept. 26)
Pennys Papercrafty  - Challenge 149 2 types of paper (Sept. 24)
Card Making Mamas - Challenge 74 For the Kids (Sept. 31)
Handmade Harbour - Midweek paper craft party (DT, not eligible for prizes)
Whoopsie Daisy - Ribbons & bows (Sept. 29)

I {Heart} Card Sketches 035

Good Morning crafties!  Well this is my first "unofficial" post as a DT member at From the Heart Stamps.  I say unofficial, because I technically start on October 1 - so I jumped the gun a little.  Shhhhhh......

I had a couple ideas and wanted to use From the Heart Stamps Sketch 035 as the layout.  It's really a fun layout.

I wanted to make a card with a slider component.  I used my Craft Knife to cut the small slider line.  The curves where easier to make with a regular hole punch.  Then I attached 2 pennies with 3-D tape and put one side under the slider and the top side I glued the bunny image to it.  Now bunny can slide back and forth.

Also, I wanted to use a non-Autumn digi and make it look like an Autumn image.  I chose this super cute Spring digi from From The Heart Stamps called Bunny Hello.  As you can see it's kind of a Spring image.

See how Fall/Autumn it looks with different coloring and sentiment! That's what I love about digital images, you can really change it up.

This little bunny slides left and right.  My kids loved playing with it, so it's definitely kid approved.  Give Sketch 035 a try and play along in our challenge From the Heart Stamps Sketch Challenge.  

Materials Used:

Image -From The Heart Stamps Bunny Hello digital image

Coloring - Copics

Slider - 2 pennies; 3-d "dot" tape; Craft knife

Sentiment - I made it on the computer and printed it

Embellishments and paper - Michael's Recollections

Die - Fiskar's grass die

Challenges entering:

Card Makin Mamas - Challenge 74 For Kids (Sept. 30)
Creative Fingers - Make it Shine Challenge 3 (Sept. 27)
Marker Pop - Challenge 31 Fall (Oct. 1)

Created With Love - Challenge 59 Fall Colors (Sept. 28)
Crazy Challenge Blog - Challenge 154 - Colour Challenge (Sept. 29)
Paper Nest Dolls  - Challenge 13 Happy Fall (Sept. 27)
Dis Digi Designs - Fabulous Fall Colors (Sept. 27)
Get Inky Challenge - Challenge 13 Birds, Bees Flowers & Trees (flowers & trees & leaves (Sept. 28)

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Double Embossing...

Love, love, love this double embossed CAS card.  The retro camera is another goodie from Handmade Harbour.

Materials used:

Image - Handmade Harbour camera

Sentiment - Darice embossing folder

Dots - Sizzix embossing folder

Coloring - copics

Challenges entering:

Incy Wincy  - Color challenge (Sept. 23)

Handmade Harbour - Midweek Paper Craft Party (not eligible for prize, DT)

Merci

This sweet little image made the perfect quick thank you note card!

Materials used:

Image - Penny Black

Copics

Recollections paper

Neenah cardstock

Challenges entering:

Incy Wincy  - Color challenge (Sept. 23)
Card Makin Mamas - Challenge 74 For Kids (Sept. 30)
Creative Fingers - Make it Shine Challenge 3 (Sept. 27)

Boys "Gamer" Card...

Sentiment says "Wishing You An Epic YEAR. Happy Birthday to an Amazing Kid!"  I don't have enough birthday cards and I certainly don't have enough boy cards, so this fits both bills.  The Color palette is from Incy Wincy's color challenge:

Materials used:

Image - Papertrey Ink Gamer stamps

ink - Stampin up Rich Razzleberry (thanks Mom!) and Memento black

Paper - Coredinations & Recollections

Embellies - Candi "silver metal" dots

Challenges entering:

Incy Wincy  - Color challenge (Sept. 23):

Totally Papercrafts - Challenge 185, Birthday Baby (Sept. 27)

Stampotique Designers Challenge - Challenge SDC 117 Birthdays (Sept. 31)

Clear It Out Challenge - Challenge Boys/Stash Punches; Dies (Sept. 30)  --Used stash circle punch

Card Makin Mamas - Challenge 74 For Kids (Sept. 30)

Pearl and the Rice Paper....

Good Morning Crafties! This beautiful image is from Lacy Sunshine and her name is Pearl.  I can tell you first hand she is FUN to color and if you haven't tried any of the Lacy Sunshine digis yet, don't wait any longer.  

I decided to use some of my treasured rice paper my mother gave me from Japan, which I blogged about here paper love.  Its such beautiful paper I think this pretty mermaid was a good match! Hope you enjoy this little card.  

The sentiment says "Floating by to Say Hi!".  I think it's hilarious that I glued the "to say Hi" part on first and didn't notice it until I had already taken the photos.  Oh well, I kind of like it this way, a little quirky.

Materials used:

image - Lacy Sunshine Pearl digi (I flipped her to make her a mirror image)

Coloring - Copics

Paper - Japanese rice paper & Bazzil card stock

Dies - Nestabilities rectangles

Sentiment, fish, star - Tiddlyinks

Challenges entering:

Lacy Sunshine - Challenge 17, Under the Sea (Sept. 28)
Challenges 4 Everybody - Challenge #29 Anything Goes (Sept. 26)
Colour Me Creative - Challenge 77 Anything Goes (Sept. 27)
Designed 2 Color - Anything Goes (Sept. 28)
Chocolate Coffee Cards - Anything Goes (Sept. 30)
7 Kids Challenge - Anything Goes (Sept. 24)
Just Inspirational Challenges - Die Cuts Challenge (Sept. 24) I used rectangle dies :-):
Marker Pop -Challenge 30 Anything Goes with Copics (Sept. 22)

Sew Wonderful....

The Handmade Harbour Challenge this week is "Happy Days".  This made me think of sewing since a day involved in a sewing project is indeed Happy.  The card pattern is called Sunburst and if you google there are lots of tutorials.  I made up my own measurements, but didn't write it down or I would have shared them here.  I added stitching over the patterned paper.

Materials used:

Image - Handmade Harbour sewing machine digi

Paper - Raspberry Road Designs

Coloring - Copics

Sentiment - Some Odd Girl

Sewing machine

Challenges entering:

Chocolate Coffee Cards - Anything Goes (Sept. 30)
7 Kids Challenge - Anything Goes (Sept. 24)

Washi Tape Fan...

Good Morning Crafties! I ordered this digi stamp from Dilly Beans last month, but never had a chance to use her until I saw the current challenge at Dilly Beans is "Washi Tape" and I was inspired to create.

I have to admit, I get different levels of satisfaction out of different projects when they are done. This project is one of those I am in love with!

Maybe it's the red (note to self: use more red).

Maybe it's the butterfly.

Or maybe it's the Tracy Porter ceramic coffee mug I got to use in the photo shoot.  I love this mug and don't use it enough!  Whatever it is, this card makes me happy.

Washi Tape:

I folded my washi tape on itself so there were no sticky sides, then I made the fan (remember those we used to make when we were little girls out of notepaper) and added it to the sentiment.

Materials used:

Image - Dilly Bean Digi

Coloring - Copics

Washi Tape (fan)

Butterfly - Recollections

Green paper - Cosmo Cricket Jolly Day
Rose - white Walmart rose colored with Copics

Challenges entering:

Dilly Beans Challenges - Washi Tape Challenge (Sept. 19):
Challenges 4 Everybody - Challenge #29 Anything Goes (Sept. 26)
Colour Me Creative - Challenge 77 Anything Goes (Sept. 27)
Creative Fingers - Challenge 2 Add a Sentiment (Sept. 19):
Flutter By Wednesday - Autumn colors Challenge 252 (Sept. 17):
Designed 2 Color - Anything Goes (Sept. 28)
7 Kids Challenge - Anything Goes (Sept. 24)
Marker Pop - Challenge 30 Anything Goes with Copics (Sept. 22)

Fall Girl

The sentiment is hard to read, but it says "Such a Happy Day" which is how I view Thanksgiving, which is kind of what this card is for.  She is dressed up ready for her Thanksgiving dinner.  My love affair with Flat Friends images continues...I think they are such unusual, cool images.  Hope you like this design.

Copics Used to Color This Image

Sketch is from YNS Sketch #4:

Materials used:

Image - Flat Friends digi

Coloring - Copics (See photo above for exact colors)

Dies - nestabilities rectangles and scallop rectangles & grass from Fiskars punch

Paper - Recollections

Stash flowers & Bo Bunny bling

Challenges entering:

Your Next Stamp - Challenge #4 Sketch (Sept. 30)
Pollycraft - Challenge 7 Harvest Colors (Sept. 24)
Milk Coffee - Fabulous Fall colors Challenge (Sept. 25)
JW Scrapshack - Fun Friday Challenge 17 Autumn (Sept. 20):
613 Avenue Creates - Challenge #37 Fall Colors (Sept. 20):
Challenges 4 Everybody - Challenge #29 Anything Goes (Sept. 26)
Great Impressions Stamps - Monthly Challenge Fall (Sept. 30)
Lacy Sunshine - Challenge 17 Anything Goes (Sept. 28)
Colour Me Creative - Challenge 77 Anything Goes (Sept. 27)
Designed To Color - Challenge 20 Anything Goes (Sept. 28)

Elfish Greetings

Is Elfish a word? Or should I used Elven?  Either way, this little guy is a sweet retro Christmas color from Cosmo Cricket the line is Jolly Days that I think is from last year as I picked it up at Tuesday Morning for a great price!

The sketch I used is from YNS Sketch #4!

I had fun with the embellishments and bling!  Let me know if I'm overdoing the exclamation points!!

Challenges entering:

Your Next Stamp - Challenge #4 Sketch (Sept. 30)

Happy Day in Fall

This was my first attempt at an easel card, and I can see a lot more in my future.  It was fun to make and I like the different look.  There are tons of easel card tutorials out there, but the one I recommend and used is by Beate Johns Easel Card Tutorial.  

I also tried a new technique for the background sky using masking & sponging & a homemade cloud template (made by my Mom!).  I like the effect and can see using it again!

Materials Used:

Image - From The Heart Stamps

Paper - Recollections Harvest pack from Michaels

Die - Scallop border from Sweet &Sassy Stamps

         Martha Stewart border punch

Coloring - Copics

Ink - Ranger peacock distress ink (clouds)

sponge & misc. stash ribbon & sentiment

Challenges entering:

From the Heart Stamps Challenge -  Progressive Challenge September (Sept. 30)

Pollycraft - Challenge 7 Harvest Colors (Sept. 24)
Milk Coffee - Fabulous Fall colors Challenge (Sept. 25)
JW Scrapshack - Fun Friday Challenge 17 Autumn (Sept. 20):
Whoopsidaisy Challenge - Fall colors (Sept. 15):
Creative Fingers - Challenge 2 Add a Sentiment (Sept. 19):
7 Kids Challenge - Anything Goes (Sept. 24)

Fairy Gift Tag

I love this little Pollycraft fairy and it is the second project I am making with this image! The first project was a card.  For this quick project I colored her Fall colors and made a gift tag for my daughter.  I like that it is non-traditional Christmas colors and I'm hoping my daughter will love it. 

Materials used:

image - Pollycraft digi image

Sentiment - Stampin up

Coloring = Copics

paper - Kraft cardstock and Neenah white

Laminator machine (but you can also get your projects laminated for a great price at Office supply stores)

Challenges entering:

Pollycraft Challenges - Challenge 7 Fall Colors (ends Sept.24)
Whoopsidaisy Challenge - Fall colors (Sept. 15):
Milk Coffee - Fabulous Fall colors Challenge (Sept. 25)
JW Scrapshack - Fun Friday Challenge 17 Autumn (Sept. 20):
Flutter By Wednesday - Autumn colors Challenge 252 (Sept. 17)


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Fall Fairy

Happy Sunday! I was very nervous about taking my 2 year old to church this morning because it was the first time I was leaving him at the nursery.  I should have had more faith, because God took care of it all and the baby was fine (which is a miracle because he is a Momma's Boy!).  

To celebrate I finished up this fairy card I had started last night.  The sketch I used is from Chocolate Coffee Cards Challenge Blog.

I used Fall Colors instead of pink or red to try something different.

Ingredients:

image - Pollycraft free fairy digi

Sentiment - stash sticker and ribbons

paper - Michael's recollections; and Neenah white

Challenges Entering:

Chocolate Coffee Cards - Challenge 47 Layout (ends Sept. 12)

Pollycraft Challenge Blog - Challenge 6 For the Kids (ends Sept. 11)
Crafting for all Seasons - Challenge 60 Back to school/For Kids (ends Sept;. 13)
Southern Girls Challenge Blog - Make Believe Challenge (ends ?)

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Yummy Quilt Blocks

My first craft love is sewing and quilting! I always mention it.... but I realized I have never posted one of my sewn creations.  Time to remedy that!  

Here are 3 pretty quilt blocks I made for my Flickr quilting bee July partner Eustella.  

Here they are opened up.  Yes, its the Union Jack quilt block. Such a gorgeous quilt block.  Eustella requested pinks/reds/yellows/turquoise and dots with flowers.  

Here I am sewing the block together.  I had to make two of the turquoise/pink one because the first came out a little too small which really bothered me! In a quilt, you kind of have to have the measurements right and I didn't want to throw off her whole quilt...so I remade that block.  Im sending her both, maybe the smaller one can be a pillowcase?

Hope you enjoyed peeking at these blocks, as much as I enjoyed sewing them!

Sick chick.....Get Well Soon

Ive been enjoying the Copic coloring lately.  This little digi is from From The Heart Stamps and the sentiments read "Sorry to Hear your Tails Been dragging".    I added some pink wire for some fun!

Ingredients:

Image - From the Heart Stamps "Sick Chick"

Sentiment - Darcie stamps

Dies - Nestsabilities circles & scallop circles

Stash flowers and bling

Copic - pink bag R81 R83 R85 (a great pink combo)

Here is the sketch 32 I used also From The Heart Stamps :

Challenges entering:

Designed To Delight - Sketch 32 (Sept.9)
Digitally Sweet Challenges - Challenge 52 Anything Goes (Sept. 11)
Crafting for all Seasons - Challenge 60 Back to School orFor A Child (Sept. 15)
Simon Says Stamp - Animal Antics (Sept. 10)

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Back to School Cheerleader

For this back to school card I wanted to do something a little different and use this adorable Cheerleader image from Flat Friends.  She really made me want to color her...maybe its the pom poms and her sassy pose.

The sketch used is from Mojo Monday.

Materials used:

Image - Flat Friends Cheerleader digi

Die - Nestabilities circles

Chipboard - Life's Little Occasions from Walmart

Coloring - Copics  pinks used were R81 R83 R85 a SUPER pink combo

paper - Recollections Michaels

Cardstock  - Cryogen

Embossing for dots on the back - Sizzix beach embossing folder

Challenges entering:

Mojo Monday  - Challenge 309 sketch (Sept. 8)

Yumi Fumi - Challenge 23 Back to School (Sept. 13)

Loves Rubber Stamps - Challenge 68  Anything Goes (Sept. 9)
In the Pink - Challenge 27 (Sept. 18)
Milk Coffee Challenge - Back to School (Sept. 11)

Crafting By Design - Back to School (Sept.10)
Crafting for all Seasons - Challenge 60 Back to School (sept. 15)