{YNS/SFYTT} Sticky Fingers

Hi- a quick post for this months SFYTT...thankfully it's a leap year, cuz apparantly I *needed* this extra day in February!! lol
I am combining Jen's sketch with the sponsor this month, Your Next Stamp...which I happen to design for:) No shortage of cute YNS rubber to choose from here!
Here is the sketch:

I used this sweetheart from the Yummy Jam set.....I coloured her with copics, making her sweater look like a strawberry and added glaze pen to the details. Black Tiny Twinkles (TE) were added to the hair flower. The felt flowers were made using an MFT rolled rose die, and 2 colours of felt for each flower. Simply layer the felt together and roll as normal.

This really sticks out, so it's definitely not one for the postal system;)

Here is a close-up of one of the felt 2-tone flowers.....it's kind of a fun technique, as no two flowers are alike!

And here is the inside....I really love this sentiment! It's so true:)

See you back here on Friday with another YNS/ iSpy Sketch Challenge:)

{TSG145/ CTD181} Flying By....

Ah, my last week as part of the There She Goes DT;( Kinda sad, but excited for all the new talent that is stepping up for another term:) Thanks so much Jessica, for the opportunity to design for such a great company and work with an amazing group of talented and supportive ladies! I have truly enjoyed my time with TSG and all of the stamps....oh my! And did I mention the wonderful friends I've made?? Truly the best part:) I'll be playing along with challenges just to keep my cute collection of TSG stamps inky! So thanks again!!! It has been a great ride:)

So now that I am half teared-up, lets get on with my card for this weeks sketch challenge. I combined the sketch with the Color Throwdown Challenge, which coincidentally, is my last  challenge as the February Guest Designer! Thanks for a great month CTD girls! And thanks to my friend Lori, for everything:)
This week is another gorgeous colour combo! Check out this inspiration photo:

And our TSG sketch:

Here is my card, using the sweet TSG mini-set Flying By.

Link your card up to the TSG blog, for your chance to be our weekly winner....and don't forget to play along with CTD...heck, make it a two-fer like I did!

{TCPTUES199} Hey Buckaroo!

Hi there! Time for another challenge from The Cat's Pajamas! This week Susan is our hostess and she has a stamp/cutup assignment for us. With spring on the horizon, Susan has challenged us to use any stamp featuring the 'The Great Outdoors' and the Cloud Cutup die!
Fun, right?!

I created a fun scene with everyone's favorite lil buckaroo Ride 'em Ronnie and some cacti (is that the plural form of cactus??:).....airbrushed a cloudy sky background with the cloud border die as my mask and stamped the sentiment on two clouds that I cut apart from the cloud strip.
The denim dp border was cut using the Circus border cutup and the western theme was continued adding metal 'studs' using brown brads.
The little handmade star button was purchased at a quilting shop....I covered up the button holes with the twine lasso glued to the front.

 
I couldn't throw the DP scraps away, so I finished the inside, adding a birthday wish for the special boy. Another Ronnie was stamped next to the sentiment, using distress ink.

I had so much fun making this card! I can't wait to give it to the special boy that I made it for:):) I have a feeling he's gonna think I hung the moon with this one!

Supplies: Stamps- TCP; ink- versamark, memento, distress ink; DP- October Afternoon: Sasperilla; CS- SU!; Dies- TCP; button- unknown; twine- walmart; brads- Recollections; Copics and airbrushing system
Sketch- MOJO230

Want to play along for your chance to win this months Swanky Stamper? Check out Alma's blog for details!

Finally, a winner.

Hi there! How was your weekend? I went on a roadie down south, to help my cousin make her wedding invites! Thank God she is the furthest thing from a Bridezilla you can get.....I couldn't handle it! I watched 'Say Yes to the Dress: Bridesmaids' the other day...well, actually I could only watch about 10 mins before I'd had enough with all the psychos. It truly shocks me that someone even would want to marry those nutbars.....anyway, when Sue and I went dress shopping, we went to ONE store and she tried on FIVE dresses and bought the 4th....I picked a dress off the rack, ordered it (yes, I'll admit that I would have ripped the size 4 sample to ribbon shreads if I had tried it on) and she picked the colour. We were like a pair of dudes in there!!! LOL! That's how we roll!
So anyhow, with the excitement of my Dominican trip and then being gone and coming back to life, I completely forgot to draw my blog candy from the beginning of end of January! So here it is:

The winner is marose6@comcast.net
Congrats!
I'll email you straightaway so you can get your TSG Puppy Love stamp set:)

{ISSC04/TCP} Hoppy Easter Basket

Hi there! Time for another week with a new iSpy Sketch Challenge! You can see which artist inspired us this week, their card and Kim's sketch, as well as more inspiration from the DT on the iSSC blog:)

I combined the sketch with this weeks The Cat's Pajamas colour challenge from Lori:

 
Loads of diecutting on this card, with very little stamping! I used the following TCP Cutups dies: Eggs In A Basket, Grass, Cloud Border, and Apron. The sentiment is from the set Sugar, Sugar.
Both the sheer pink ribbon and the pink rustic twine are from the Ribbon Carousel. I machine stiched around the border and 'hills' with white thread. The eggs were cut from all of the paper I used, and the grass in the basket was cut from felt. The sentiment circles were punched using SU circle punches.

Play along with us this week for your chance to win TCP Catcash, as well as a chance at the title of Swanky Stamper of the Month! Just upload your colour creation to Alma's blog or SCS using the keyword TCPTUES198!

{TSG Release} Egg-stra Special

A-tisket a-tasket a green and yellow basket…Melyssa has created the most darling Easter stamp set! This mini-set will be sure to please that egg-stra special person. The sentiment fonts are so whimsically fun and you’ll enjoy coloring these Easter eggs. This is a must have set.

Egg-stra Special is a 3x4 set that includes a total of 9 stamps and will sell for $7.00.

Supplies: stamps- TSG; DP- Authentique; CS- Xpress It blending card, SU; button- October Afternoon; twine/ ribbon- Ribbon Carousel; dies- MFT (lacey oval), Spellbinders (oval), The Cat's Pajamas (butterfly); Copics; sewing machine/thread; dimensionals;

Would you like to win the new Egg-stra Special stamp sets? Here is what you need to do- visit the Trendsetter’s blogs that are participating in each of the blog hop challenges below and comment on their creations as you go. One of the Trendsetter’s blogs (from each hop day) will be randomly chosen as the ‘it’ blog and a winner will be picked using a random number generator from the comments left on that Trendsetter’s Blog Hop Challenge post. You will not know which blog has been chosen so the more you comment on the better your chances are of winning new stamps!

The Blog Hop Challenges will be open until 5 PM Eastern Time Saturday February 25th with the winner being announced during the release party chat.

{TSG Release} Every Child

 

Crayons, paint, canvass, and paint brushes are the tools of every great artist and Torico has created a set that will release our inner child. This set promises to bring out the artist in you. The darling line art in this set will having you pulling out all your favorite mediums and reconnecting to the ‚grown-up‛ artist that you are.

Every Child is a 4x6 set that includes a total of 14 stamps and will sell for $15.00.

I have combined todays preview with a fun, but challenging (hehe) colour combo from The Color Throwdown (play along using the below keyword and upload your card to the CTD blog):

 

I absolutely LOVE this sentiment (all the verses in the set are great)...this is sooooo TRUE! I just know this is going to be a go-to set for me, both for cardmaking and scrapbooking! This is one you are going to NEED people!

Supplies: Stamp (TSG); DP- Authentique; CS (SU); buttons (SU); cream rustic thread (Ribbon Carousel; Border Die (MFT); copics; sewing machine and thread; swirly EF

     Sketch: Papertrey Ink (anniversary sketches from this month)
Would you like to win the new Every Child stamp set? Here is what you need to do- visit the Trendsetter’s blogs that are participating in each of the blog hop challenges below and comment on their creations as you go. One of the Trendsetter’s blogs (from each hop day) will be randomly chosen as the ‘it’ blog and a winner will be picked using a random number generator from the comments left on that Trendsetter’s Blog Hop Challenge post. You will not know which blog has been chosen so the more you comment on the better your chances are of winning new stamps!

The Blog Hop Challenges will be open until 5 PM Eastern Time Saturday February 25th with the winner being announced during the release party chat.