RI WIW-Sketch Challenge Time

Hey, hey it's Wednesday and that means that it is What If Wednesday on The House That Stamps Built blog and Wendy has a great sketch to inspire us this week.

I will be taking a little trip East in a few weeks and I have the beautiful sea on my mind and that was the inspiration for this card.  I started with a navy card base and added a layer of aqua solid and print papers.  Next, I added a navy embossed panel that I popped up using foam tape.  I stamped the Repeat Impressions Conch Shell #2410-I in Nautical Blue Memento ink and added a little gray marker for some shading.  I also added some Star Dust stickles just under the shell to give that shimmery beach sand feel.

Here is Wendy's awesome sketch. 

We would love it if you would play along this week and have a chance to win an awesome prize. You can find all of the details on The House That Stamps Built blog.

Be sure to stop by each of the Rock Star's blogs and check out their fabulous designs.

Cheri 
Deonna 
Joy 
Joyce  
Karen  
Geri
Brenda

Melissa (you are here)

whale done SFYTT and a Tombow giveaway

Well, it is Monday again and it looks like summer is making an early appearance.  It sure was a warm one this weekend.  

Today Tombow is hopping along with guest artist Laura Kelly and will be giving a prize pack (see graphic below) to one lucky commenter.  

This week my inspiration was taken from the Reverse Confetti SFYTT #1, you can see the sketch HERE.

I followed the sketch pretty well, but went with lots of layers on this one.  I stamped the adorable little whale from the Reverse Confetti Happy Harbor set in aqua ink and cut him out and popped him up with a Tombow Power Tab.  All of the flat layers were adhered together with Tombow Mono Adhesive Dots.  I used a combo of Tombow Power Tabs and Mono Adhesive Dots for the waves as the bottom wave is flat and the top one is popped up a bit.  The sentiment was stamped with Rich Cocoa ink and popped up with a Foam Tab.  You can click on the photo below see a close up of all of the layers.  

Be sure to stop by each of the blogs participating in the hop today.  Leave a comment, you could win a great prize package.

Debbie
Melissa
Jennie
Marie
Laura
Tombow

GRS Appetizer Time

Whoo hooo!  It is the 15th of the month and that means that it is time for the next Gourmet Rubber Stamps Appetizer release.

 I want to share a card I created with the Say it Big Appetizer set , this set has four large sentiments that will work well as the focal image on a card as I did below.

For this card I let the sentiment say it all! You could easily change up the colors/embossing on this one and make this card masculine.  

Want to make this card?  Here are the basics:

1.  Fold a 4 1/4" x 11" piece of white cardstock in half with the fold on the left edge.

2.  Trim 1/4" from top right edge.

3.  Emboss top of card with embossing folder of choice.

4.  Add coordinating print paper strips to bottom right edge of card.

5.  Stamp Happy Birthday on piece of print paper.

6.  Layer sentiment piece to two coordinating print layers. 

7.  Wrap twine around left edge of sentiment stack and tie with bow.

8.  Roll scraps of print cardstock to create the candles.  

9.  Insert twine into candles for the wick and adhere to sentiment panel.

Ta Da!  Quick and easy and ready to go the next time you need a birthday card.  

Be sure to visit each of the the DT blogs for loads more inspiration.

GRS Blog

Deb Felts

Jeni Allen

Jennifer Ingle

Kelli Palmer

Kendra Wietstock

Stephanie Lee

Taylor Usry
Melissa Cash (you are here)

Lori Barnett

Joy Stagg
Meridith Ethington

Happy Spring

Hey there!  It is ABC (anything but a card) week again at Tombow and this week we are having a fun hop with PRIZES!

If you arrived at my blog from Debbie's amazing blog, you are right on track.  If not, be sure to pop on over to Debbie's blog and leave her a comment for a chance to win an amazing prize pack from Tombow.

I created this adorable Watering Can from a Silhouette cut file by Snapdragon Snippets.  I used Tombow Mono Multi to adhere all of the print panels to the can and to create the can itself.  The pretty flowers are also a Silhouette cut file from Snapdragon Snippets. You can find it here.  The flower comes with two sets of petals, if you use one your flower will look like a tulip.  I put both together and I think my flowers look a bit more like a rose. :)

I added the Happy Spring cut out (also from the Silhouette store) with a bit more Tombow Mono Multi.  The panels for the sentiment are adhered together with Tombow Stamp Runner and then the whole panel is popped up with Tombow Foam Tabs.

For a few finishing touches, I added some colored flat droplets to the spout using some Tombow Mono Multi, a tiny pink rose to the front with a 1/4 of a Tombow Power Tab to hold it in place and an assortment of May Arts ribbons to the handle.  

Be sure to stop by each of the blogs along the hop and check out the amazing projects  from the rest of my Tombow teamies and our Guest Designer, Michelle.  Don't forget to comment along the way for your chance to win the amazing prize package shown below.

Debbie

Melissa (you are here)

Jennie

Marie

Michelle (Guest Designer)

Tombow Blog

The winner will be announced on the Tombow Blog and FB page on Wednesday April 3^rd at 3:30 Eastern Time. 

BLD Tuesday-Lollipop Ella Valentine

Hello and happy Tuesday.  I have finally come down from all of the CHA trip hoopla and am getting back into the swing of things.

Today I am sharing a card I created using the Lollipop Ella Valentine image from By LORi Designs.

I have been trying to use up some of my scrap stash so I pulled out these pretty pink and green scraps and built my card around them.  I colored this sweet Ella Valentine with Copic markers.  The dots on her bow and the heart are pretty and sparkly with the help of some Diamond Stickles.  I finished off the card with some buttons and twine.

Be sure to head on over to By LORi Designs and check out the amazing creations by the rest of the team.  

There is still time to play with the latest BLD Challenge, you will find it HERE.

hello TPE164

Good Morning!  We have had a busy few weeks with a mini kitchen remodel going on.  We are winding down and just have a few finishing touches and a tweak or two and then we are good to go.  

The card I am sharing today uses an adorable Lollipop Watermelon Smile digi image from By LORi Designs.  This week on The Pink Elephant Challenge blog, they have asked that we use PRINT PAPER, easy peasy challenge for me as I love me some print paper!  These pretty prints are from My Mind's Eye.  The layout is a past sketch from The Deconstructed Sketch (Sketch 61), I turned it on its side and it worked perfectly for this card. A few tied buttons finish off this card and readies it for the mail.  

Wishing you all a beautiful day!

Seize the Cake

Hello and happy, happy Saturday!  Not much going on around here today.  With the kitchen in a shambles I am looking forward to little to no cooking for the next few weeks. Whoo hoooo!  

Today I am sharing a birthday card that I made for a special August birthday girl.  

My inspiration for this card came from the TPE159 sketch challenge on The Pink Elephant blog.  I started with some GKD PL Kraft cardstock and then added prints from the MME Lost and Found-Blush collection. The cake image is from By LORi Designs, isn't it adorable? As a finishing touch I added a few buttons that were tied with some embroidery floss.  I know the cake plate is a bit over the top, but who wouldn't love a beautiful glittery platter like that?  You know you would! :)

Bee-ing You

Wow, what a busy week.  I had a long list of things "to-do" this week and I am glad to say that I managed to get most of them done.  

Today I am sharing with you an adorable box that I created with my Silhouette Cameo.  Yep, I am having a ton of fun with that thing!

The pattern for the box is just that and I wanted to add some layers to the sides and it was easy peasy using the Cameo. The print papers are from the My Mind's Eye Fine and Dandy Collection.  I used Tombow Mono Dots Runner to hold the box closed and to add each of the paper layers to the front/sides of the box.  I used Tombow Glue Pen to adhere the sentiment to the front of the box.  The little bee charm was fun to make using the Epiphany Crafts Shape Studio Tool, Round 14, Shape Studio Clear Bubble Caps: Round 14 and Epiphany Craft Round 14 Metal Charms.  I cut up one of the Tombow Power Tabs to use to hold the bow to the box and also a small piece is on the back of the charm to hold it firmly in place.

I wanted the edges of the word thanks to have a finished look to them so I used Tombow Dual Brush Pen #879 to go around the inside and outside edges of the word and that was just what it needed!

Spring Rain

Hi there!  Wow, I can't believe it is Thursday already.  This week the challenge for the Outlawz Twisted Thursday group is to create a card/project with a "rainy" theme. 

I chose to use this adorable Puddle Jumper digi called Ella's Umbrella from By Lori Designs.

 My color inspiration was taken from the beautiful new My Mind's Eye Saffron paper collection. I printed the image on 80# Neenah Classic Crest Solar White cardstock and colored her in with Copic markers.  The pink panel and image panel are popped up with Tombow Foam Tabs.  The crochet trim and button are also from the Saffron collection.

 We would love to have you play along with the Outlawz Twisted Thursday challenge this week.  Remember, there are prizes to win each and every week.

Tea Time

Hello, I think things are finally slowing down a bit and I had a chance to get in the studio and get inky.   Today I am sharing a fun little Tea Bag Book that I made.  

Isn't it adorable?  I was lucky enough to recently win a fab supply of goodies from My Mind's Eye's new Indie Chic Saffron line.  I love, love the colors in this line.  At first, I wondered if the colors would be a bit to fallish, but nope, they are perfect for right now.  

I started with a piece of brown cardstock that measures 4 1/4" x 8 1/2" and scored it at 4" and 4 1/2" to create the little book.  Next, I stamped this sweeeeeet teapot from the Our Craft Lounge Tea Time set in brown ink onto a print piece of the MME/Saffron paper and colored it in with my Tombow Dual Brush pens and blended out the color a bit with the Tombow Dual Brush Blender pen.  Trimmed it out and popped it up with some Foam Tabs onto the front of the book that had been layered with some of the Saffron prints and some pink cardstock from American Crafts. The pink crochet trim is also from the Saffron collection.

For the inside of the book, I stamped a sentiment from the OCL Tea Time set and layered it to more of the Saffron and solid carstocks.  For the little tea bag pocket, I cut a piece of cardstock 2" x 3 1/2" and scored it at 1/4"  and 1/2" and then removed the corner pieces (cutting on the score lines) and folding on the score lines to create the pocket.  I added some Tombow Mono Multi to the back of the pocket to hold it nice and snug to the right side of the book.  I stamped the tea cup and decorated the same as the teapot.  

I hope you have a wonderful weekend and take time to share a cup of tea with a friend.

Pick a Posy

Hi there!  Today I am sharing some of my favorite floral stamps from Our Craft Lounge.  I think flowers are wonderful because you can use them for any occasion.  

I used Thankful Flourishes for this card.  I saw this layout while surfing the web a week or so ago and I just love it.  The flower was colored with Copic markers and the leaves were  watercolored with Tombow markers.  See our pens can play nice together.  :)

For this card I used the cute little flower border and birthday sentiment from Tweet Thang.  The flowers were colored with Copics.

This card is a recent favorite of mine.   I used stamps from the Pretty Petals and Big Birthday Wishes sets. I colored this card with my Tombow Irojiten Colored Pencils and a wee bit of Gamsol.  

For this last card, I didn't use a floral set, but I wanted to show you how nicely the Big Birthday Wishes set works when paired with a pretty flower.  Funny thing about this card is that I made it for our very own Debbie Corbari's birthday and it is still riding around in my car waiting to be mailed.  I am the worst when it comes to mailing things.  Heck, she may get it in time for her birthday next year.  :)

Thanks for visiting us today, I really appreciate each and every visit.

My Mind's Eye Trifecta

TGIF!  

This week my fellow Tombow teamies and I have been sharing projects that we created using products from My Mind's Eye.  

I received a wonderful selection of goodies from the Follow Your Heart-Be Amazing collection.

For my first card, I used some of the papers from the 6 x 6 pad to create 

little hills and then stamped the bicycle and sentiment in Adirondack Espresso ink and added some stitching with Tombow Dual Brush Pen #879 (Brown) and sun rays with #991 (Light Ochre).  I also added a bit of #991 to the edges of the chipboard button in the center of the sun rays. I used Tombow Mono Dots Roller to adhere the paper layers and a Power Tab to attach the chipboard button for the sun.

For my next card, I used some of the paper from the 6 x 6 pad to create a backdrop for the Tilda die from Poppystamps.  I tied some My Mind's Eye twine around the card and to the center of the button.  Remember, no naked buttons..:) It just takes a second to finish them off with twine, floss or even a narrow ribbon.  Mono Dots Roller was used to adhere all paper layers and a Power Tab was used to attach the button.

 My final card used some of the softer feminine elements from the Follow Your Heart-Be Amazing collection.  I added a little distressing to the edges of the print and solid panels and added a bit of Scattered Straw Distress ink to create a shabby chic look.  The image was stamped with Adirondack Espresso ink and shading was added with the Scattered Straw ink and a sponge dauber.  I used Tombow Mono Dots Roller to adhere all of the flat cardstock panels.  Tombow Mono Multi was used to adhere the ribbon to the card base.  Tombow Foam Tabs were used to pop up the image panel and finally a Power Tab was used to adhere the button and ribbon to the card.  

Thank you My Mind's Eye for your generosity!

Up in the Air with OCL

Did you see the OCL challenge #103 for this week?  

The theme is Up in the Air

I chose to use the adorabe Our Craft Lounge Crafty Clear Bees Knees set to create my card.  I had fallen in LOVE with this card by Torico and used her wonderful layout as a starting point for my card.  I changed the shape of the opening from a circle to an oval and added embossed dots to my base card.  The background paper is one of my all time favorites from My Mind's Eye.  I hated to cut into my last sheet, but knew it would be perfect to act as a sky for my branch/hive. I cut out the branch/hive and adhered it flat to the print cardstock and then  I stamped the hive a second time on a scrap of honey colored print paper, added some shading with Copic markers and popped it up with a couple of small Tombow Foam Tabs.    The cute little bee has taken flight on the end of some gold floral wire that I curled around a small paintbrush for added dimension.  I stamped the sentiment from the same Our Craft Lounge Bees Knees set in black ink and added some Diamond Stickles for the wings on the bee and called it good.

Here is our inspiration photo for the week and a little info about the challenge.

Play along with us this week and be entered to WIN!  That’s right!  More important than bragging rights, (although who doesn’t love bragging rights?!)  you are entered to WIN any one stamp set of your choice made by Our Craft Lounge. You have until 11:59pm Thursday, February 9th to enter.   Participate as many times as you like!   A random winner will be selected and posted on the OCL blog at the beginning of next month. For the nitty gritty details, click HERE.

My Heart is Yours

Hello!  This week on the Tombow blog we are continuing our journey through some of the past Pantone colors.  Today I am sharing the 2010 color which was Turquoise.  Tombow's Dual Brush Pen #373 (Sea Blue) was a great match so I decided to use it along with some of the Irojiten Colored Pencils for today's card.  

I stamped this adorable Benton Heart Bear from Inky Antics and then colored the heart with Dual Brush Pen #373.  I then added some Tombow Glue pen and sprinkled glitter over it to make the heart really pop.  

I colored Benton with Irojiten Chestnut Brown and Autumn Leaf colored pencils and blended them out with some odorless mineral spirits.  I used Tombow Mono Adhesive Dots to adhere all of the layers together.  The buttons were attached with the the small Tombow Foam Tabs.

Let's Party!

Whew wee it's been party time on the Tombow blog this week.  Today is my turn to share in the party fun!  So let's get started!

 I have created this little party ensemble of a card, gift box and of course a little sweet treat as a thank you for coming to my party :)

For each of the projects I used stamps from Printworks. I created the card starting with a Seaglass notecard     from Memory Box and layering with a scrap of glittery striped paper from my stash using Tombow Permanent Stamp Runner.  The balloons were colored with Tombow Dual Brush Markers and then added a layer of Tombow Mono Aqua to each of the balloon tops and sprinkled them with glitter. I  dabbed the gifts with the Mono Glue Pen  and used a scrap of My Mind's Eye paper to paper piece the gifts.  A few rhinestones and a little ribbon and our card is done and we are ready to party!

For the gift, I used another Seaglass notecard to create this little slider gift box.  I used the same method as above to adhere all of the layers, create the balloons and paper piece the gift.  The image panel was added to the box using Tombow Foam Tabs.

Here is the box opened just a bit........hmm I wonder what kind of beautiful bauble is hidden inside?

So now our party is coming  to an end and why not send our guests home with something sweet.  I wrapped two candies with a bit of the striped glitter paper and  then cut a piece of  Seaglass notecard big enough to wrap around them and come together at the top.  A little ribbon holds this sweet treat closed.  

Hoping your next party is as fun as this one was! 

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