Vniage

 Tuesday and time for a new sketch at Tuesday Morning Sketches This one by Melissa. I hope you have fun with it.

A fellow design team member Walter does vintage really well and has inspired me to try it.  I really like the look but kind of struggle with it. I found some wonderful vintage looking paper from 49 and Market. The paper and some rub-ons make vintage so much easier. This pack of paper is called Vintage Artistry Moonlit Garden. The colors are in the gray tones.

This paper had mostly blank space in the center. It was 8"x6" and I trimmed it down to 4x5 1/2. I die cut an oval frame from another of the papers in this pack. I used the inside cutout from the frame as a mask and used a line stencil from My Favorite Things to make the diagonal lines. I used SU's Basic Gray ink. Then stamped an SU sentiment and glued the frame on top. The butterfly is a fussy cut one from a sheet of the paper pack.

I love the look. I think I achieved vintage look.

I hope you will try our sketch and play along this week.

The current challenge at Cardz 4 Gals is showcase your patterned paper so I am entering there too.

Art Impressionism

 Can you believe this is the last Tuesday of October. Christmas is coming fast and I have been working furiously on Christmas and other cards for a Christmas Marketplace coming next weekend. 

Melissa has a fun new sketch for us at Tuesday Morning Sketches

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I have a 6x6 pack of paper from SU! that looks like impressionist art. I had 3 2" strips left over so trimmed them to use here.

For the focal point, I used SU Painted Poppies. I colored the stamp with markers and then stamped it on a piece of white. It gives a bit of a watercolor look. The sentiment is an old unlabeled one. 

Inside is a computer sentiment and I stamped a single flower from the same set.

I look forward to see how you will interpret the sketch. 

 

When you find a good sketch, you should just use it again.

Frosty the Snowman

 Tuesday Morning Sketches has a new sketch by Debbie. 

You know shapes are a suggestion. You can use any shape and orientation you like as long as the sketch is evident. I flipped my side to side and used a snowman for the oval.

I die cut 3 sizes of circles to make the snowman. I glued it just off the edge and then trimmed the excess, The hat is made with a trimmed down rectangle die with a black strip and red strip at the bottom of it. Die cut holly leaves and red sparkly dot accent the hat. I fussy cut a nose and scarf. A sharpie was used for the eyes, mouth and buttons. Red ink on a q-tip made the rosy cheeks. The black gingham is from SU backed by red and glued to a white card base. The sentiment is SU on a fish tail banner. I added 3 silver glitter paper die cut snowflakes. 

I look forward to seeing how you interpret our sketch.

JOY Tag

 New challenge this week at The Paper Players is "Tag Your It

When I was searching through Christmas stuff, I found a metal stencil I don't even remember having.  I pulled it out and made a bunch of Christmas tags with it. When this challenge came up, I decided to use one of the tags on a card.

I started with a Kraft card base. The red stripe background is retired Stampin" Up!, The red stripes are not as bright as Real Red and not as dark as Cherry Cobbler. The tagis vanilla from JoAnn's. I sponged red around the tag to make it stand out.  For the stencil, I used Real Red, Balmy Blue, and Mossy Meadow with a red glitter gel pen for the holly berries. A Cherry Cobbler ribbon ties it all up.  

Peace.

 For this week's sketch at Tuesday Morning Sketches, 

I have chosen a serene blue peaceful card.

The card base is Blueberry. The paper is retired from Stampin" Up!, The paper is 6x6. I cute the 4" x 5 1/4 and split it off center. The center rectangle is from the remaining 2" strip. The sentiment is from SU. The pine branch is also Blueberry swiped with some white ink. A punched snowflake anchors the corner. I used some clear glitter glue on the snowflake to make it sparkle.

I hope you have some time to create this week and share a creation with us.

Autumn

 Today is a new sketch from Tuesday Morning Sketches.  This is a fun one. I look forward to seeing how everyone  interprets it.

I have a parody on a Christmas song:

It's beginning to look a lot like autumn, everywhere you go, take a look at the reds and  yellows, clinging to the trees....

I used a Darice E/F for the leafy background and sponged lightly with yellow, orange, and red. I used Stampin" Up!'s curvy dies to cut the layers of orange, yellow, and red. I used alcohol markers and alcohol to color a piece of vellum and stamped leaves from Serendipity Stamp. The vellum alone did not show up well so I backed it with white. The sentiment is an old unlabeled one. This was all placed on Kraft card base.

Go on over to the blog and check out the design team makes. I hope you have some time this week to craft and share a creation with us. 

Nativity

 October 1st--time to get busy on those Christmas cards. A good opportunity is using this new sketch from Tuesday Morning Sketche

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You can always change the shape--just so the sketch is recognizable. I used a rectangle.

The back ground is a scrap from SU. This sweet image is from Stampendous. I colored it, then cut it with a deckled edge rectangle. I cut another frame from the same rectangle. Adding a silver and white ribbon anchors the image. 

I hope you get some time to create this week and will share with us at 

Grinch Christmas

 Playing along with the sketch from The Paper Players, I made a Grinch theme card.

I used a Lemon Lime card base. (Because the Grinch is green). I found this sentiment in clip art. I copied and resized it, then trimmed it to fit. It is backed with gold (for the glitter of Christmas). The red/white stripe  (for the candy canes)  happened to be already trimmed and at the top of my Christmas scraps. I trimmed a scrap of white and used a cuttlebug snowflake E/F. (for the snowfall of a white Christmas) The Santa hat (worn by the Grinch) is also a clip art, printed and fussy cut. I popped it up on a dimensional. I used a snow puffy pen on the brim and ball. Three red glitter hearts embellish the edge. (Because his heart grew three times that day)

This was so fun to make.  I usually make a few Grinch cards for families with small children.

Here is another design for one of them

Here is the sketch for The Paper Players

These both have embossing so am also entering at Cardz 4 Guyz

Non Traditional Christmas Colors

 Welcome to another Tuesday Morning Sketches with this new sketch by Melissa. She does a great job of coming up with new sketches for us to use.

I know it will surprise you but I totally CASed the sketch.

Both patterned papers are retired from SU. They both have the same subtle silver leaf pattern. Those pinks were cut from the same sheet but one looks pink and the other a bit of coral. Maybe just the light reflection. There is a silver piece behind the vertical strips. It is reflecting the light coming through the window. Doesn't that make you think of theAurora Borealis>? The sentiment is SU, embossed with silver. The die cut oval is popped up with foam squares. I used purple gems in the upper right corner. They kind of blend into the background but add just enough sparkle.

I hope you have fun trying this fun sketch and share with us. 

Boo

It is Tuesday again and time for another new sketch from Tuesday Morning Sketches. I like that tilted layer because I don't have to be so careful getting the layer lined up evenly.

 One last Halloween card. I send Halloween card to shut-ins at church. I know they are cheered by snail mail. 

The black gingham is from SU! The ghost die cut is from Die Versions. I die cut BOO from Tim Holtz alphabet dies. Two sparkly gems anchor the banner.

I hope you will join us this week with your own interpretation of the sketch.