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.

Ghost Greetings

 This is Tuesday Morning Sketch's new sketch for this week. Lots of creative possibilities with this one. 

Reminder--you can use any shape as long as the sketch is recognizable. This a square card but I adapted to an A2 size. I also changed up the hexagon shapes to circles.

The polka dot paper is from Simple Vintage 6x8 paper pad. I punched out circles from some Halloween paper scraps. The ghost stamp is from Stamping Bella. I just had to add googly eyes. For the lower left accent I stamped a mini pumpkin, colored, and fussy cut it.

Inside I stamped an old Happy Halloween sentiment and just for fun put some googly eyes in the space in the Ps. And, added another mini pumpkin.

I hope you will find some inspiration from the sketch and share a creation with us.

Happy Snowman

 I've been getting busy on Christmas cards. I want to share this one with a couple of challenges.

The snowman having fun skating is from retired SU Spirited Snowmen. I stamped it, colored with SU Blends and then die cut it with a circle. I sponged Pool Party ink around the edge so it would stand out against the white card base. The papers are from the Christmas scrap box which is overflowing.  Do you also have a separate scrap box with Christmas papers?

I've used the sketch from Freshly Made Sketches

Also entering at Let's Craft and Create where it is anything goes + use a sketch.

Monochromatic

I am excited to share my own sketch for this week's Tuesdy Morning Sketches. This is my go to sketch when I am stumped.

I made a monochromatic card using different patterns in Pool Party from SU!. 

On the background horizontal piece I slightly tamped some script. The vertical strip is from the scrap box. Behind the dragonfly is an oval of textured vellum.  For the dragonfly, I lightly sponged aqua, lavender, and green onto a white scrap and die cut it with a Die Versions die. Hard to tell, I winked the wings. Then accented with flat Pool Party gems. The sentiment is SU, stamped and then fussy cut.

I hope you will be inspired by this sketch. Feel free to change up the oval shape to your own interpretation. Share your creation with us at 

New Tuesday, New Sketch by Melissa for Tuesday Morning Sketches. This one has so many possibilities.

My card is for a bright and cheerful birthday. I don't use much orange on cards but this cheerful piece from the scrap box was calling pick me, pick me. 

I used ribbon for the two strips on the left. The center is embossed with a floral e/f from Cuttlebug. I swiped an orange ink pad across the surface to make the design stand out. The sentiment is an old one from SU. 6 iridescent gems accent the right side. I love these gems. They reflect whatever color you put them on.

Check out the design team and get inspired to make your own interpretation of this sketch. Looking forward to seeing what you create.

Pretty in Pink

For Cardz 4 Galz challenge 232.

The papers are from the scrap box. The flowers and leaf are Essentials by Ellen. The sentiment is SU.

I used the sketch from Sketch Saturday

Sunrise on the Beach

Cardz 4 Guyz new challenge is Sunrise or Sunset. 

I started with a pale orange paper and sponged on tan, blue, pink, and yellow masking with a die cut circle. I added a little yellow to the sun. I then stamped seaweed and sandpipers from SU retired Wetlands stamp set. The birds are from retired SU On The Horizon. The sentiment is an unlabled one, stamped, trimmed, and sponged with orange and pink.

This was all secured to an Espresso Brown card base.

Cute Witch

 Tuesday Morning Sketches has a really fun new sketch by Melissa. 

Large square cards require extra postage so I made a mini square today. It is 4 1/4" square and will fit an A2 envelope.

There is a lemon-lime base. Topped with a large SU orange and black check. The cute witch image is also SU, colored with SU blends. I used a circle punch to make the fancy corners. My corner embellishments are also from SU stamped and fussy cut. Just for a little fun, I added a green gem "wart" to the chin. 

I hope you will really like this design and find some inspiration to make a card to share with us.

Red Car

 I want to share the birthday card I made for my husband. 

That is an actual map page from an old atlas that was falling apart. I saved a few pages before tossing it. They make great cards for people who like to travel or retirement cards.

I used a deckle edge rectangle die to cute two pieces out of the center of the 4 x 5 1/2 have map piece. Then I layered them with green rectangles to make the layers.The car is a Bugaboo digital colored with markers. I found the stamped sentiment is my scrap box and can't remember where it is from. I think it might be a digi also.

Inside message I found on my home Hallmark program I had already written a message so covered the bottom with a sheet of paper.

I'm entering this in the challenge Double Trouble Challenge

1. Use 3+ layers.

2. Use these colors from this photo

Is it fall yet?

 Here we are midway through August, kids are back in school, beginning to see days getting shorter. Can fall theme cards be coming soon? Fall is my favorite season. I live in southern Indiana where we have all the hardwoods that turn a gorgeous variety of colors. 

I have a fall card to share for the new sketch from Tuesday Morning Sketches

This one is pretty simple. Remember you can change shapes and orientation, just so the concept is recognizable. I went with sketch as is, using pretty fall leaves for the heart.

I used a white card base then a layer of Kraft. The retired from SU DSP has a gold embossed design. I used a gold glitter paper behind the banner which had to go all the way across for the sentiment to look right.The leaves are die cuts from Dollar General Store and popped up on foam squares.

I hope you have some time to craft this week and will share your creation with us.