MFTWSC100 Hot Chocolate please :-)

 

I had a bit of free time on Friday so I decided I needed to play along with this week's MFT Sketch challenge.  I was thinking making a card might help get rid of my 4 day headache (now on Day 5) but it didn't but at least it helped me get a card made. LOL!!. Sadly, this cutie pie a la Mode called "Hot Cocoa" has sat un-inked since last year when it was released... But it's finally gotten dirty... I've been trying to use up some of my DP so I pulled out a pad from Pebbles that I've barely used.  I swear I have an addiction to DP and it's only getting worse.  Eeks!!! The image has been stamped in Versafine Onyx Black, embossed with clear embossing powder and then watercolored with Tombow Markers. 

 

Thanks for popping by!!!

 

MFTWSC95 Powder Time

 

It's rare that I have "fun" stampy time where I am creating without a commitment lately.  So when I had a bit of free time this week, I knew I had to play with this week's MFT sketch Challenge.  If you can believe it, this is the first time that this a la Mode called "Ski Bunny". I love this line of stamps from MFT because they're always so sassy and cute.  I stamped the image in Versafine Onyx Black, embossed with clear embossing powder and then watercolored with Tombow Markers.  I also paper pieced the skis.  The DP is a mixture of Glitz Design and MME.  I'm loving the "snow" I created using Stampendous "Shaved Ice".  I think I may quickly become addicted to it for my upcoming holiday cards.

Thanks for popping by :-) 

 

MFTWSC90 You are so polished

 

I had a bit of free time a few days ago and had received an MFT order (weeks ago) and I just had to play.  I made this card for the current MFT Sketch Challenge. I've used one of the newer a la Modes called "Polished to Perfection" that I've colored with a combination of Tombow Markers and Distress Markers.  I'm thinking it's a slight learning curve with the Distress Markers so I need to play with them a little more. I didn't intend to leave the circle part of the sketch off but it just wasn't working with the image I chose to use so I added the ribbon loops in its' place.  

 

Thanks for dropping by today. 

 

ISSC31 You Inspire Me

WOWZA!! This month has flown by!! Where did summer go?  I've been adjusting to some changes in life lately so my posts have been a little sporadic.  I'm hoping I can figure out how to juggle it all. 

 

This week at iSPy, you are in for a treat!!! We are featuring Karen Dunbrook ( k dunbrook @ SCS) and is based on this card. Karen is the queen of CAS!!! If you check out her blog or SCS gallery, you'll need to grab a cup of coffee and a cloth because you'll be drooling over her fantastic work!!!

 

 

I love the simplicity of this sketch. 

 

 

And if I do say so myself, I really like how my card turned out.  I used some Carta Bella DP as my inspiration and used the MFT set called "My Favorite Sentiments" (this was part of their birthday releaes).  I stamped the sentiment in Versafine Onyx Black and then embossed it with clear embossing powder before sponging with Pink Pirouette ink. 

 

Here is how to play:

 

• Create a paper crafting project (card, scrap book page or 3D item), based on the sketch provided.Post your creation on your blog or an online gallery (using a code ISSC31), and link it here with the inlinkz widget below.
  
• Please provide a direct link to your post - not the generic link to your blog.
  
• A new challenge will be posted every Friday at 12:01 AM EST, and you have until noon on the following Friday EST to submit your entry.
  
• You may enter as many times as you like, but please provide a newly designed project with a new link for each additional project.
  
• We will choose the top 2 creations to be featured in our "Top 2 Winners" post every Sunday where we will announce who we have picked :) The winners will receive their very own iSpy Sketches blog badge!
  
• Don't forget that you may combine our challenges with others and use supplies from any company that you wish :)
  
• Have fun and we look forward to "spying" your creations!

 

DTGD12Jellybean74

This year,I am enjoying  the Dare to Get Dirty challenges in a different way, mainly because I'm doing it from the "other" side as current Dirty Dozen. It has been so much fun seeing everything happen behind the scenes. 

I have made this card for my challenge :-).  Eeks!!! I'm super excited to be hosting my own challenge.  It's a fun challenge (although one of my sample makers may have cursed me a little LOL).  Make sure you head on over to this thread to check out my challenge. 

For my card, I have used the MFT set called "Disco Queen" that I have had since shortly after it came out but sadly it hadn't seen ink yet. Sad I know.... The image was stamped in Versafine Onyx Black, embossed with clear embossing powder and then watercolored with Tombow Markers.  The DP is a combination of Basic Grey and MME. 

The large photo of my card doesn't show the disco ball in as much detail as I wanted so here's a close up of the Diamond Stickles I put on it to add  a little bling.

Thanks for dropping by and make sure you head on over to SCS to check out all the DTGD details (if you're not a Fan Club member yet, you'll definitely want to be).

ISSC26 Talk nerdy to me

WOW!!! This has been one busy week especially with the Dare to Get Dirty Challenges at SCS just around the corner. Have you been enjoying the TSG sneak peeks as well this week? 

We all know the reason you're here... this week's iSpy sketch which is from Therese Calvird and is based on this card.

Easy sketch eh?  I love it!! Although I must admit, this one had me stumped for a LONG time.  I couldn't figure out what I wanted to do with it and then I had an aha moment.  Or should I say I slapped my own forehead moment?  LOL.

For my card, I was inspired by the new "Sunny Side" DP from Pebbles that I bought at my LSS recently. The image is an a la Mode image called "Talk Nerdy to Me" from MFT. The image was stamped in Versafine Onyx Black, embossed with clear embossing powder and then watercolored with my Tombow Markers.  I think this card would be perfect for a back to school gift.

Now head on over to the iSpy blog to check out what the DT has created!!!

Have a great day!!!

MFTWSC81 Let's get Wild

Eeks!!! Isn't she too cute?? I was away at a crafty get away with a few girlfriends recently and one of the girls had this fantastic MFT a la Mode girl called "On Safari" so of course I had to ink it up and watercolor it up.  I had a bit of free time today (aka I'm procrastinating... who wants to do laundry anyway right???) so when I saw this week's MFT sketch challenge, I knew I had to whip up a card.

Hope you like it!!!

Have a great day!

ISSC23 - Just add pink

Hey there!!! How was everyone's holiday weekend? I hope you all had the opportunity to spend it with friends and family!!!  I'm sure that's not why you're here. LOL!!!

Onto this week's iSpy Challenge. This week, we are featuring Gisèle Whittaker(gmw1612 @ SCS) and is based on this card.

Wanna see my card? LOL!! Of course you do!!

As you can see, I flipped the sketch... I wanted to use one of the MFT a la Modes so I chose to use "Fight Like a Girl".  I have watercolored the image with Tombow Markers (I'm sure you're surprised with that...). The DP is a mixture of Bella Blvd, Echo Park and MME. 

Here is how to play:

• Create a paper crafting project (card, scrap book page or 3D item), based on the sketch provided.Post your creation on your blog or an online gallery (using a code ISSC23, and link it here with the inlinkz widget below.
• Please provide a direct link to your post - not the generic link to your blog.
• A new challenge will be posted every Friday at 12:01 AM EST, and you have until noon on the following Friday EST to submit your entry.
• You may enter as many times as you like, but please provide a newly designed project with a new link for each additional project.
• We will choose the top 2 creations to be featured in our "Top 2 Winners" post every Sunday where we will announce who we have picked :) The winners will receive their very own iSpy Sketches blog badge!
• Don't forget that you may combine our challenges with others and use supplies from any company that you wish :)
• Have fun and we look forward to "spying" your creations!

ISSC19 - Into the future

I'm always blown away by how each week goes by so quickly. I'd say it has to do with the nice weather... but that would be a lie! It has rained here for the last week, not a little bit of rain, a LOT of rain.  But here's to hoping nice weather is just around the corner.  In the mean time, I'm here with this week's iSpy challenge. 

This week's sketch is from Diane Varrecchione (pinkberry @ SCS) and is based on this card. 

This is a great sketch and I have a feeling I'll be using it again in the future. 

Normally, I like to layer my cards all up and get fancy but this sketch made so much more sense going the clean and simple approach.  For my card, I've used the MFT set called "Own your story" that I recently purchased a LSS garage sale.  Wahoo!! I scored a fabulous deal on it.  The sentiment was stamped in Versafine Onyx Black and the floral image was stamped in Pink Pirouette and both were then embossed with clear embossing powder.

Hope you like it :-)

Here is how to play:

• Create a paper crafting project (card, scrap book page or 3D item), based on the sketch provided.Post your creation on your blog or an online gallery (using a code ISSC19, and link it here with the inlinkz widget below.
• Please provide a direct link to your post - not the generic link to your blog.
• A new challenge will be posted every Friday at 12:01 AM EST, and you have until noon on the following Friday EST to submit your entry.
• You may enter as many times as you like, but please provide a newly designed project with a new link for each additional project.
• We will choose the top 2 creations to be featured in our "Top 2 Winners" post every Sunday where we will announce who we have picked :) The winners will receive their very own iSpy Sketches blog badge!
• Don't forget that you may combine our challenges with others and use supplies from any company that you wish :)
• Have fun and we look forward to "spying" your creations!

ISSC14 You're appreciated

WOW! It feels like it's been a busy couple weeks on my old blogarooni here and it'll just keep on coming at ya!!! A new month means a new sketch for the girls and I at Ispy Sketches. This week's sketch is fromm Brenda Orso ( fuzzymaddy@ SCS) and is based on this card. I have to admit, I love Brenda's SCS name!! Brings a smile to my face.

Check out the fab sketch!!!

I had so many ideas when I saw this sketch but knew right away that I wanted to use one of the a la Modes from MFT. This one is called "An Apple for the Teacher". I stamped the image on watercolor paper with Versafine Onyx Black and then embossed with clear embossing powder. I then watercolored the image with Tombow Markers (are you surprised??). 

Here is how to play:

• Create a paper crafting project (card, scrap book page or 3D item), based on the sketch provided.Post your creation on your blog or an online gallery (using a code ISSC14), and link it here with the inlinkz widget below.
• Please provide a direct link to your post - not the generic link to your blog.
• A new challenge will be posted every Friday at 12:01 AM EST, and you have until noon on the following Friday EST to submit your entry.
• You may enter as many times as you like, but please provide a newly designed project with a new link for each additional project.
• We will choose the top 2 creations to be featured in our "Top 2 Winners" post every Sunday where we will announce who we have picked :) The winners will receive their very own iSpy Sketches blog badge!
• Don't forget that you may combine our challenges with others and use supplies from any company that you wish :)
• Have fun and we look forward to "spying" your creations!

RCC51 Loving my rainboots!!!

Yup, that's me!! It's my challenge this week at the Ribbon Carousel.  We've always had two blogs (one for the store and one for the challenge but as of this week, it's getting rolled all into one to make it easier for everyone to know everything about what's happening with the Ribbon Carousel. 

I had seen this pic on Pinterest awhile back and decided I had to pin it. Here is the original post where it originated from. Living on the West Coast in the Pacific Northwest, we get rain, a LOT of rain so rainboots are often a necessity and who doesn't love a pair that are fun right? 

LOL, isn't Rainfall Flopsey from My Favorite Things just too cute?  I stamped the image in Versafine Onyx Black and then watercolored with Tombow Markers.  The DP is a mish mash of DP's that I had some scraps of (I believe it's Echo Park and Pebbles).  I know what you're thinking... but yes, there's a little bit of twine on my card. In fact, I've used my all time fave Black Jute Twine from the Ribbon Carousel. 

Hope you like my card!! Make sure you pop on over to the Ribbon Carousel blog to see inspiration from Team A!!! I've seen the cards and I'm loving them!!!

It's also Ribbon Carousel's first birthday this week and we have a blog hop going on!!! Also check out the sale Corinna decided to have!!!

ISSC10 Heaven Sent

Can you believe it is April already?? WOW ! I must admit it's been nice to see a bit of sunshine (even though we haven't seen much of it here on the "Wet" Coast quite yet).  I plan on having a "crafty" Easter long weekend. How about you? 

This week's sketch at iSpy Sketches is from Debbie Olson ( debbiedesigns @ SCS) and is based on this card.

Those circles were calling my name...

For my card, I used a really old MFT set called "Baby First".  The images have been watercolored with my Tombow Markers (I know you're surprised, LOL!!!).  The DP is some of the newer Echo Park mini themes (I can't remember the name and I'm not by the DP right now). 

Now head on over to the iSpy blog to see what the girls have been up to.  As a refresher, the details for the challenge are listed below.

Here's how to play:

Create a paper crafting project (card, scrap book page or 3D item), based on the sketch provided.

• Post your creation on your blog or an online gallery (using a code ISSC10), and link it here with the inlinkz widget below. Please provide a direct link to your post - not the generic link to your blog.
• A new challenge will be posted every Friday at 12:01 AM EST, and you have until noon on Wednesday EST to submit your entry.
• You may enter as many times as you like, but please provide a newly designed project with a new link for each additional project.
• We will choose the top 2 creations to be featured in our "Top 2 Thursday" post where we will announce who we have picked :) The winners will receive their very own iSpy Sketches blog badge!
• Don't forget that you may combine our challenges with others and use supplies from any company that you wish :)
• Have fun and we look forward to "spying" your creations!

ISSC06 You're the cat's Meow!!

This week at ISpy Sketches we are featuring this geometric card by Patter Cross (identicaltriplets at SCS) that was posted in her SCS Gallery on January 20th, 2012.

We love that you can switch up the hexagon shapes to any other and that this sketch lends itself to being more on the clean and simple side of the spectrum :D I don't have anything hexagon shape, so I took the easy way out (Surprise...) and used circles instead.  Yeah!!!

Isn't Marble the Mouse from Your Next Stamp just way too cute?  I heart him!!  I saw a card a few months ago (can't remember whose blog it was on) but I loved it so I had to order this cute little guy.  I've stamped the image with Versafine Onyx Black and then embossed with clear embossing powder.  I then watercolored the image with my Tombow Markers.  Marble's eyes were coated with Glossy Accents.  The DP mainly comes from the Echo Park "A Boy's Life" collection and the Black Jute Twine is from the Ribbon Carousel.  The sentiment I paired it with is from MFT and is one of their Flapper Doodles (discontinued).  I'm also entering my card into Jeanie Whitmer's "That's Krafty Thursday" challenge.  Have I ever mentioned I heart Jeanie Whitmer? 

We'd love for you to participate with us at Ispy Sketches this week!!

Here's how to play:

• Create a paper crafting project (card, scrap book page or 3D item), based on the sketch provided.
• Post your creation on your blog or an online gallery (using a code ISSC06). Please provide a direct link to your post - not the generic link to your blog.
• A new challenge will be posted every Friday at 12.01 AM EST, and you have until noon on Wednesday EST to submit your entry.
• You may enter as many times as you like, but please provide a newly designed project with a new link for each additional project.
• We will choose the top 2 creations to be featured in our "Top 2 Thursday" post where we will announce who we have picked :) The winners will receive their very own iSpy Sketches blog badge!
• Don't forget that you may combine our challenges with others and use supplies from any company that you wish :)
• Have fun and we look forward to "spying" your creations!



ISSC03 Life is what you Make

As you read this post, I'm on my way to Washington state with Kim Teasdale, Tobi Crawford and Laurel Seabrook!!! I'm sure we're having a fun time in the car (the wheels on the bus go round and round...). We'll be spending a few days at Jessica Knutsen's house with a bunch of the TSG Trendsetters, quite a few members of the Ribbon Carousel Crew and a few members of the iSpy team. I'm looking forward to a weekend of crafty time, a lot of giggles and just a weekend of fun!!!

But that's not why you're here right?  LOL!!! This week at iSPY Sketches, we have been inspired by  by this card by Sean Fetterman aka sfetterman on SCS.

Another sketch that had me stumped.. although I did have an idea as to what image I wanted to use.

I've used the Stamping Bella image called "Twinkletoes Huggabugg" which has been watercolored with my Tombow markers and then Diamond Stickles was added to the Huggabugg's wings. I rarely use orange and pink together but the DP was calling to me and I knew it had to be used!! Love it!!! I've also used some Dark Pink Seam Binding from the Ribbon Carousel. It's hard to see in the pic but I've used a sentiment from the MFT set called "Pearls of Wisdom" that says "Life is what you make it".

Pop on over to the iSpy blog to see what the girls have been up to!!!

ISSC01 I've met my match

I can't believe the time has finally arrived!!! It's the inaugural sketch for iSPY Sketches. We've teased you a little throughout the week and we're so excited about unveiling our first sketch based upon this amazing card from Loretta Lock. 

Now if you know me at all.... I'm a rebel and I rarely leave a sketch in its' original state.  This time, I've flipped it on its' side so that I could use the fabby a la Mode image called "I've met my Match" from My Favorite Things. 

I've stamped the a la Mode in Versafine Onyx Black and have coloured it with Tombow Markers.  (surprise, surprise right?) LOL!!! The DP for my card comes from a few different of my fave DP companies including Pink Paislee, My Mind's Eye and We R Memory Keepers.  The fabulous Scarab vintage seam binding and Blossom Twinery Twine are both available at The Ribbon Carousel.  I had so much fun adding the rhinestones to the Wonky Scallop Border Dienamic from My Favorite Things (I've had it since shortly after it came out and this was the first time it has seen daylight - LOL).

Cheers to a New Year!!!

Happy New Years everyone!!! With 2011 coming to a close, I'm realizing how ready I am for a new year.  I'm hoping 2012 is full of many possibilities and opportunities.  I figured what better way to ring  in a new year than with a card celebrating it!!! For my card, I've used one of the Flapper Doodles sets called Cheers to a New Year from MFT.  I've stamped the image in Versafine Onyx Black and then embossed with clear embossing powder.  I've watercolored the image with my Tombow Markers (no surprise on that one right?). I'm loving this Scarub Vintage seam binding from the Ribbon Carousel. The sketch is the most recent Card Patterns sketch (which I know I'll be using again). 

Thank you for popping by my blog!!!!

Happy New Year!!! See you in 2012. 

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!

RCC31 Color Your World

I've been a little quiet the last few days with work and just trying to get some down time before the busy part of the holiday season hits me.  But I'm back with this week's Ribbon Carousel Challenge  and Stephanie is challenging us to use Red, Kraft (used as my card base) and Brown on a card (you can also add a neutral - thank goodness!!!) LOL!!!

Can you believe it?  Another clean and simple card for this girlie!  Happy mail was on my door step when I got home so I had to play.  I've used the Christmas Ornaments Die-namic from MFT with some Crate Paper DP.  The DP was then sponged with Chocolate Chip ink.  I've added some Maraschino Red Baker's Twine from the Ribbon Carousel for the ornaments to "hang" on.  The sentiment comes from the new TSG  release "Wishing You"  (unfortunately it's already sold out) that I've stamped in Chocolate Chip ink.  This will definitely be my go to set for my Christmas cards this year (chances are you'll be seeing it pop up on my blog a lot this next few weeks).

The Greeting Farm is our sponsor at the Ribbon Carousel Challenge this week and one lucky random winner a choice of 4x6 rubber stamp set or one of their fabulous new clear acrylic stamp sets!

 We'd love for you to partcipate with us this week!!!

Your creation can be anything from cards, quilts, sewn items, paper crafts, paintings! *** Be sure to have ribbon, bakers twine, jute twine, lace, thread (basically anything that comes on a spool). ***

Thanks for popping by!!!

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MFTWSC45 Presents anyone?

My mojo is back!! Thank goodness, it made a comeback.  I'm a TOC (Teacher on Call) so my schedule can often be all over the place and I haven't worked much this week so I had the opportunity to get a little crafty.  You'll be seeing cards from me over the next few days, yeah!!!  I've always loved my MFT stamps (if you can believe it, I'm currently waiting on two separate orders...) and try to play in their weekly sketches at SCS when I can.  And the bonus is that I can get going on my Christmas cards.  I've used the cutie pie Pure Innocence image called "Presents for you"  that I have watercolored with my Tombow Markers.  For the "scalloped" layers in the sketch, I decided to use my MS Icicle punch that I ran through my Xyron (oh how I love my Xyron) and then added some MS Chunky glitter to it to make it look like snow.  The DP I've used comes from Jillibean Soup, Echo Park, and I can't remember the other company (it was a scrap).  Now I know what you're thinking... why do I have that snowflake?  Yup, it's to cover up a boo-boo that made for a great embellishment opportunity.  LOL!!!

Here's to You

Isn't she just so fine?  I'm loving that glass of champagne, I tell ya!!! I had a bit of free time on Friday so I decided to play a little.  I haven't had much time to play any of the challenges at SCS, so I decided to take a peek at what was going on.  I've always loved the a la Mode line from MFT but haven't had the opportunity to ink any up in quite some time. As soon as I saw this week's MFT sketch, I knew it lent itself to using an a la Mode and I chose to use "Cheers".  It's also been quite some time since I've been able to enter the MFT Guest Designer Contest and this month it's all about the BLING!!! And you know how much I love my bling!!! So of course I decided to combine the two.   I've watercolored parts of the image with my Tombow Markers and then paper pieced the rest using DP from My Mind's Eye Blush line.  I'm loving the simplicity of the card yet it still is striking (well I think so anyway...). LOL.  Hope you like it!!!