MFTWSC49 Winter Wishes

Hey there!!! This little chicky had a bit of time on Wednesday morning to get my craft on so I just had to play with this week's MFT sketch challenge.  Loving it!!! I've had this cutie pie Holiday Hugs Snowman for a few weeks but no time to ink him up.  Yikes!! The horrors of un-inked stampy goodness. If you only knew how many stamps I have that have never seen ink you'd be horrified too!! LOL....

But you didn't come to hear me complain about un-inked stamps so let's get to my card.  Here are the deets....  I've stamped the image in Versafine Onyx Black and embossed it with clear embossing powder.  This just makes watercoloring so much easier as you're creating a bit of a dam that the colour is hard to pass through.  The image was then watercolored with my Tombow Markers and a white gel pen was used in a few places to add some highlights.  The DP is from this year's My Mind's Eye 12 Days of Christmas (I am loving the colors!!! I'm definitely a non-traditional Christmas girl). The DP works perfectly for this week's Moxie Fab World Tuesday Trigger challenge that I just had to play along in.  Rather than using the three small circles at the top of the sketch, I decided to add a rhinestone swirl.  I'm such  a rebel!!! LOL!!! And of course I had to add a sentiment, hence the fun sentiment embellishments.  As part of my embellishment, I've made a bow on the back side of the button using Black Jute Twine from The Ribbon Carousel. Loving that stuff!!!

Thanks for popping by today!!! Hope it's a good one!

Stella's Triple Play

I'm not sure what's happened this week but my mojo has been flowing...  I guess I shouldn't complain should I?  I need to keep it for those times when I'm not in a card making mood (yes... I sometimes don't feel like making a thing).  I was toodling around in blog land the last few days and as soon as I saw this week's Tuesday Trigger at the Moxie Fab World Blog (I've included a pic of the inspiration pic below) I knew I wanted to play.  I've stamped this cute "Peekaboo Stella" from Stamping Bella in Versafine Onyx Black and then watercolored each of them in Tombow Markers.  I then added Yellow Stickles to the crowns and Fruit Punch Stickles to Stella's gorgeous lips.  I think of all the Stamping Bella Lines that Stella is my fave (although those cute pixies will be coming home with me at some point in time).  My layout for this card is this week's sketch at Card Positioning Systems and I've used twine on my card to add a bit of extra dimension (it was looking a little bare on the left hand side of my card) which is also for this week's Wee Memories Challenge to use twine on your card (it could be Baker's Twine or Jute Twine).  I've been a long time fan of Jessie Rone and when I saw that she had started "Forgotten Stamp Friday" I knew I had to participate at some point as we all have so many stamps that never see the light of day.  I swear I could open up my own store with all the stamps, ribbon and Designer paper I have.... 

I love the sassy face Stella has....seems kinda like she's hiding something. 

Have a great day everyone!!!

MTSC101 Friendship warms the heart

How much do I love snow... I love it!!!  Over at SCS, the MFT challenge this week is about what you are thankful for.  I am lucky to be thankful for so many things in life but mostly I am thankful for my great family and friends.  So I made this card in honor of that - friendship.  I've used the MFT set called "Merry Kissmas" - one of my faves.  I know I mentioned yesterday about my coloring meltdown the other night so when I sat down on Wednesday night I decided I need to pull out my neglected Tombow Markers and took them for a ride.  I forgot how much I like them so I think I'll go back and forth between the Watercolor pencils and my beloved Tombows.  I have to be honest in saying that this card is one of the most fun I've had making a card recently.  I love the sketch - Thanks Mercy!!! Your sketches always rock!!! So you've guessed it... My card is for Mercy's Sketch Challenge this week.   As I was making this card, I kept thinking about the lighter DP panel and wondered what it reminded me of... and then I realized... "It's Snowing Gingerbreads" which is this week's Tuesday Trigger at the Moxie Fab World blog.

See... it's snowing gingerbreads... now if only that were true.  (it would make my Christmas baking so much easier). 

MOJO165 Feeling Sick?

Feeling a little under the weather?  Well if you are... then this cute set called "Get Well Critters" illustrated by Laurie Wilson from Clear Dollar Stamps is the best.  I have had so much making cards with this set and know I'll be pulling it out again and again.  The layout I've used is this week's Mojo Monday challenge and LOVING it.  I am loving sketches lately - it takes part of the hard work out of it.  Hehehe... Each week, Moxie Fab World has a Tuesday Trigger picture to inspire cards and wow this week's is fantastic and was the inspiration behind the colors for my card.

As soon as I saw the Tuesday Trigger, I knew that the Thrift Shop DP from October Afternoon had just the right look to bring out the elegance with such a fun image. The image has been watercolored with my watercolor pencils.   I kept it pretty simple as I needed to get a few cards made quickly.  My mom hasn't been feeling well this week so I think this card and some soup will be making it's way over to her house.

Hope you have a wonderful day.

Many Thanks Moxie Fab Style

I'm pretty lucky to live where I do with so many great stampers close by!!! Kim Teasdale and I recently went to a Norwex Party at Alli Miles house and guess what.... Kim and I both left with one of Alli's amazing sets from Papertrey Ink!!!  I came home with the set called Take Three: Summer.  I had been longing to have this set since I saw Alli's previews with them awhile back but hadn't had the chance to buy it yet.  So this was an amazing surprise!!

One of the things I love about Alli's style is that it is clean and simple and so crisp.  I find CAS hard to do but I've been trying to make some cards in this style and I'm loving it!  I love how things seem to just pop off the paper.  I noticed this week's Moxie Fab Trigger Tuesday and knew that I had to create a card using Alli's set so I got out some of my inks (Memento Rosebud and Canteloupe) and Versamagic Tea Leaves and Aquatic Splash. The colors came out differently in the photo than in real life but I still love the card regardless.

Many thanks to you Alli!!! You're such a sweetheart!!!

Simple Pleasures

I've had so much fun this week just playing with stamps that haven't seen ink in quite some time and playing in new challenges that I haven't had the opportunity to participate in until now. It's so much fun stamping just for stamping sake. I find I'm inspired again and having so much fun. Yeah!!! My mojo is back and I'm loving it!!! I'd made this card for two challenges - CPS 170 (a great place for awesome sketches) and Moxie Fab World - Time to Chillax. I really need to pay more attention and copy down the sketch!!! I realized the scalloped portion should have been facing up rather than down... OOPS!!! I really shouldn't be trying to stamp after a long day at work.

Have you checked out the Moxie Fab Trigger Tuesdays? Each Tuesday they provide an inspiration photo and then you let your creativity flow. MMMM... Check out those popsicles!!! YUMMO!!!

So are you wondering why I chose to use my Cosmobella from Stamping Bella?? Well here's the story... I thought about the name of this week's challenge - Time to Chillax and I got to thinking about what I like to do with friends on a girls night out... and of course we end up having a couple of martinis at a local restaurant. Such a simple pleasure! I've pulled the colors from the inspiration photo and had to use this October Afternoon and Bo Bunny DP in similar tones. I've watercolored the image with my Tombow Markers and kept the card relatively simple.

Hope you like and and remember to take the Time to Chillax!!

Field of Flowers - Moxie Fab Style

Can you believe it?? Me?? I made a one layer card!!! It's not something I do very often at all but when I saw this stamp called Ranunculas Field from Stampendous, I had to have it!!! It wasn't a want... I NEEDED this stamp!! Ranunculas are some of my favorite flowers, they are gorgeous and always come in such wonderful colors. I made a card earlier in the week for the Moxie Fab Trigger Tuesday so I decided to make a second card using the same colors as inspiration. I've watercolored the image with my Tombow markers and then keeping it simple, I added some black sheer ribbon to finish it off.

And that's all there is to it...

MTSC76 Blooming Happiness

I'm dreaming of Spring!! It's been so wet and rainy here on the West Coast that I needed a bit of sunshine and happiness in my card. I've made my card for Mercy's Sketch Challenge this week (which I ended up turning). Can you believe I'm participating 3 weeks in a row? I'm extremely pleased with myself on that one! I'm patting myself on the back - can you tell? I've also made it for this weeks' Moxie Fab Tuesday Trigger. Have you seen it??? Love the colors!!! Can I just say the Hot Pink and Green were also my wedding colors?? Oh how I loved that day. I wanted to keep the card fun and fresh just like the inspiration photo. I'm trying to figure out how to load the inspiration photo into this post as well but haven't got it to work yet.

I had this DP from WeR Memory Keepers sitting out on my coffee table (I was searching for something else and found this one instead) and to me it just screamed Spring and cheer. I've used the Hero Arts sets called Big and Small Flowers for the stem of the flower which I watercolored with my Tombow Markers. I then made a Scalloped Circle Flower which I am still addicted to. I've been seeing the rolled flowers popping up in blog land and will be trying that soon too. These make for such easy quick embellishments. I haven't stamped any sentiment on this card so that I can use it for any occasion. It's always nice to have a spare card on hand for those emergencies when you need a last minute card.

Hope you like it! I'll be back on Friday with a fun card.