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Saturday, August 13, 2011

The Sweet Stop Sketch 121/ Blog Candy Winners!!

I first want to apologize for missing last weeks sketch at The Sweet Stop. I was having a loss of mojo or creativity and no matter how hard I tried I couldn't complete a card that I was happy with. I took a couple days break and jumped back in and got my cards done for this week and am feeling a bit better. Actually I have to say I kind of love my card this week but more about that in just a minute.
Thank you to all that entered my Blog Candy. I am trying to make my way to all of my new followers blogs so please be patient with me my computer time has been so limited lately but I can't wait to meet new friends in blog land. Now for the winners the Blog Candy Goes to Edel and the $25.00 Gift Certificate to All That Scraps goes to sparklingblackrose (Elaine). Congrats, please email me your information so I can get those things out to you.
And now my card for this weeks The Sweet Stop Sketch SSS121.

Isn't this just the cutest stamp? I love it and it is brand new by Elisabeth Bell Called Secret Garden Peeker and it is available at Susana's Custom Art & Card Design. I had to splurge and get this entire collection. I colored her with Copics and added a few doodles of rocks and grass along with clouds that I sponged with my favorite sky color Twilight from CTMH....hummm I wonder if I like because of the name?:) I did a little bit of paper piecing on her shoes and belt and distressed all of the edges. The ribbon was actually all cream but I colored the center part with B95. The flower was created using the Mother's Day Bouquet cartridge on my Cricuit. I cut them out on cream paper and then sketched the flower centers and edges with B95/B93 and colored the pearl with YG63. The swirls are 2 different dies from Sizzix. The sentiment is from C.C. Designs HERE and I think that is about it.

Copics

Clothes-B95, B93, B91/YG67, G94 Hair-E35, E31, E50 Fence- E44, E43, E42 Grass/Ground-YG91, YG93, YG63, E40/GG13

Challenges

CMC Copic Challenge #24- Friendship and Color Your Embellishments( I colored my ribbon and flower)

Copic Creations-#55 Landscape Design ( I added the sky,grass and pebbles)

Creative Craft Challenges- It's Summertime

Everybody Art Challenge-#154 Summer

Paper Take Weekly-Grow Your Own Flower

Dream Valley Challenge-#13 Distressing

Craft Us Crazy #14- Anything Goes

As always The Sugar Babies have some fabulous cards to get you started on the sketch so please stop by and visit them.

The Sugar Babies

Kim

I hope you enjoy your week and I will be seeing you soon!!

Friday, August 12, 2011

Lunch Box Notes-Back to School Review at All That Scraps

Hello everyone!! It is the back to School countdown here at my house... only 9 more days to go "yikes" or is that "yippee"? I guess it depends on who you ask... LOL. I am so happy I got all of the school shopping done about 2 or 3 weeks ago. I am not usually that on top of things but it just seemed to easy to get it done and actually have a good selection. Riley isn't going to be happy wearing, as she calls them "boring clothes". It will be an adventure having her in school and I look forward to what the year holds.

Lunch Box Notes

I took several pictures of this set because there are several parts to it. I started by making a double pocket card and used Cosmo Cricket Boyfriend papers along with my EK Success edge punch. My stamps are all from C.C. Designs and you can find them Here at All That Scraps. I used the Apple and Crayon Digi, Emma With Pencil Digi and the Read Sentiment is from the Back to School Set by Itzie Inkies .

I enlarged the crayon and removed the apple so Emma would have a nice place to sit. I then decided to make some little cards to put inside my kids lunch boxes to brighten their day. It use to make me so happy when my mom would put notes in my lunch box. I added the sentiments in Word while I had my digis up so I could place them and get the size I wanted. The apples got a nice coat of Glossy Accents to finish it off.

Challenges

Little Darlings- Challenge #5 School Days

Celebrate the Occasion-#25 Back to School

Outlawz Monday Greetings School Theme w/Sentiment

I hope I have inspired you to make something special for Back To School. The rest of the ATS Digi Team has been hard at work so stop by the ATS Blog and take a peek.

Thursday, August 4, 2011

Halloween Digi Review With All That Scraps

Although it is suppose to be a 103 degrees here today with no sign of Fall, except for all the dead grass from the drought it is time to start thinking about getting ready for Halloween especially if you have a lot of treats to make for the kiddos. Today we are reviewing all of the cute Halloween Digis from All That Scraps. Today and tomorrow you can find some great inspiration from the Digi Team right HERE.

For my card today I used C.C. Designs Honey Witch Digi along with Bo Bunny Whoo-Ligans paper collection. The spider web is also from the same Bo Bunny collection, the swirls and spider brads are from Recollections. I used The Deconstructed Sketch DS12 for the layout.

Copics

Hair-E19, E18, E17, E13 Skin- E11,E00, E000, E20 Cat- E99, E97 Clothes- V09, V17, V15/BG78,BG75, BG72/C9, C5, C7,C9

Challenges

ABC Challenges- A is for Auburn

Kelley Kid's Challenges- #1 Anything Goes (can't wait to use their stamps)

Die Cut Dreams #95 Holiday Fun

And Riley deided to make a card too so here is my Little Guest Designer's card.

Spooky Spooky Haunted House Card

Riley used CC Designs Digis Honey Witch, Halloween Accessories, Beaker and Eyeballs and you can find them HERE. She is going to enter her card into the Kona Kid's Challenge #22 Anything Goes.

Have a wonderful day!!

Saturday, July 30, 2011

The Sweet Stop Sketch 119- Ticket to Life

Hello!! I have a super fast post today but a fun one from The Sweet Stop Sketch. This is such a fun sketch and I really hope you will play along. These cute little kids are from Tiddly Inks called Ticket to My Life Girl and Boy. This paper from K and Company Urban was perfect for the life theme and I loved the funky colors and pattern.

Challenges

Tiddly Inks-59 Tag or Ticket Me

Party Time Tuesdays 26 Anything Goes

Digistamps4Joy- 24 International Children's Day

Please visit the rest of The Sweet Stop Sugar Babies and see their beautiful creations.

The Sugar Babies

Friday, July 29, 2011

A Flower a Day

Happy Friday!! I am so sad to say that today is going to be my last post as a Sweet 'n Sassy Design Diva. I had to make the hard decision to cut back a little until school gets back into full swing...summer is hard with the little ones as many of you may know. I am looking forward to early bedtimes and more crafting time but I cherish the time I spend with them because they grow up so fast. I have loved every minute of being on this wonderful team of ladies, Korin is truly an angel and I am so thankful to her. The good news is I will still be able to share my SNS creations at The Sweet Stop and The Sweet 'n Sassy Connection.

I have been dying to use this cute digi stamp called Peek-a-boo Sophie, I paired it with the Flower Sentiments Digi . I am a huge fan of Anne Geddes and those cute flower babies and this reminds me of them.

As always I used my Copics to color her and I used two of my new favorite things in my stash...Basic Grey Sweet Threads paper and MFT Die-namics Upsy Daisy to make the flowers (love these die cuts!!).
Challenges
Digistamps4Joy- #24 International Children's day - Use an Image with a Child
Little Darlings- #4 Girly
Anything Goes Challenge-46 Pick of the bunch Flowers
Everybody Art Challenge-152 Garden
Craft Us Crazy- Anything Goes
I hope my card brightened your day a little and I hope you have a wonderful weekend!!

Friday, July 22, 2011

The Sweet Stop Sketch 118

Hello!! You can always count on my Sweet Stop Saturday post all though everything else has gotten a little in consistent this summer. I am trying to spend as much time as I can playing, swimming and having fun with the kids. When they get back to school there will be more time for crafting. I can't believe I will have 2 in elementary school already.

Ink Spot News

*I still have Blog Candy Here. I think I may have made it too confusing with the two candies...lesson learned. If you were already a Follower of mine you can leave a Comment for the chance to win the Gift Certificate to ATS. That is all you have to do just comment at the end of the post.
Hopefully you are still with me because here is this weeks card for The Sweet Stop SSS118.

I love this new stamp I got from Tickled Pink Stamps Lil Pinkett Tom Boyz Faith. I used the Digi version but it is also available in rubber so many cute ones to choose from. This so reminds me of my girls, so girly sometimes but love to play in the mud. I also love this paper from Echo Park called A Walk In the Park. The image was colored with Copics and I sponged the sky using my hand cut cloud templates. I used some Glossy Accents on the mud and shovel but as usual I can't get it to show up in the pics.