Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge - SSSC223

I was able to play this week in the Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge.   Yea!!    I discovered that she posts her sketches on Saturday evening on Facebook, so I got a head start with the sketch.    I started with MFT Birdie Brown You're Super.   I went thru Pintrest to look for color combos -- I ended up with some pinks, grays and black and loved how they turned out on the card.   The pink is Strawberry Slush from Stampin UP.  I tend to hoard this card stock cause I just love the color.  

When I started this card, I knew that I wanted a sunburst behind the Supergirl and used my MFT Sunray Stencil and my distress inks to make a vibrant sun burst.  

The stamped image was colored with Copic Markers and used the corrdinating die to cut out the image.   You cannot really see it in the photo but I covered her with some Wink of Stella Clear glitter to make her sparkle.    I just love her mask - it makes her look a little like Cat Women.   

All card stock and stamps were used to make the background for the sketch.    

Stamps:  MFT Birdie Brown You're Super, Linen Background, On the Diagonal Background

Ink: MFT Hybrid Black Licorice, Distress Mustard Seed and Spiced Marmalade, SU Strawberry Slush, SSS Fog Ink, Versamark

Paper: MFT Grout Grey, Steel Blue, Steel Grey, Smooth White, Copic Xpress it, SU Strawberry Slush, SU Basic Black

Tools:  MFT Pierced Circle Stax, Rectangle Frames, You're Super dies, MFT Skyline, Wink of Stella Clear, White Embossing Powder

I really loved how it turned out.   Love the color combo and will need to use this again!

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Thanks for stopping by for looking!

Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge 221

I was able to play with the sketch this week!   I love Karen's sketch's.   They are fabulous!   I just discovered that she posts the sketches on her Facebook page the Saturday before the Sunday Sketch!   Yea!    I normally do my crafting on Saturdays.   Sundays are always busy for me.   So I was super excited when I figured this out!  I may get to join more often.

I used MFT Pure Innocence Popping by!   In case you did not know, MFT is having a sale on retired stamps and dies.     I am a huge fan and jumped on that for some great bargins.   This cutie is one of them and she is 50% off.  

I colored her up with Copic Markers on Copic Xpress Blending card stock    I tried to make her shirt look like tie die and added some detail with a Sakura gel pen.   The paper pack is My Mind's Eye The Sweetest Thing Tangerine along with  MFT Steel Grey and Tangy Orange card stock.    I got to use my new Horizontal Stitched Strips.  

Stamps:  MFT PI Popping By

Ink: MFT Hybrid Black Licorice

Paper: MFT Tangy Orange, Steel Grey, PI Kraft, Copic Xpress, MME Sweetest Thing Tangerine

Tools: MFT Pierced Rectangle Stax, Horizontal Stitched Strips, MFT Blueprints 1, Sakura White gel pen, Glossy Accents, Clear Wink of Stella Glitter Brush

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Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge 217

This card has been a week in progress.   I don't have much stamp time during the week with work, kids, sports, etc…… I started this card on Monday, finished on Thursday and took the picture today but could not load it till now!  Whew!  

I love any sketch with a circle!    I used my MFT Pure Innocence Sunny Thoughts and colored with my Copic Markers.   I used my MFT Flat bottomed clouds for the flowers and covered them with my Wink of Stella Clear Glitter marker.   My go to MFT Fishtail flag stax to add my flag banners.  

Thanks for looking!

Stamps: MFT PI Sunny Thoughts

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

Papers:  PI Kraft, MFT Sweet Tooth, Razzle Berry, Lemon Drop, Lawn Fawn Hello Sunshine

Tools: MFT Pierced Circle Stax, Fishtail flag Stax, Flat bottomed Clouds, Sakura white Gel Pen, Wink of Stella Clear Glitter Brush

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Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge 216

It has been a while since I was able to play with this challenge.   Once the week starts, it is hard for me to find stamping time.    However, with Easter, I did a lot of chores yesterday and had some time to play this afternoon.

I inked up the My Favorite Things Pure Innocence Make a Wish image and colored her with Copics.

I love this image, so sweet and makes me wish for SUMMER!   Won't be long now.  It was a beautiful Easter day today.   Hope you enjoyed this beautiful day! 

Stamps:  MFT PI Make a Wish

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

Paper:  Echo Park For the Record 2, MFT Sour Apple, Whip Cream, PI Kraft

Tools:  MFT Blueprints 2, Fishtail Flag Stax, Pierced Square Stax, Sakura White Gel and Stardust pen, Glossy Accents 

Hope you have a wonderful week!   Thanks for stopping by! 

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Two Cards to Share today!

I have been traveling this past couple of weeks and have not had a lot of stamping time.    I had a few moments this past weekend and did a card for the MFT Wednesday Stamp Club and the Color Palette Challenge.  

My first card is for the My Favorite Things Wednesday Stamp Club.  I received my order this week and the Lily die-namic was this months free item.   I loved the card examples shared during the release.  They look so springy!!    This is using this week's sketch MFTWSC167.

Stamps:   MFT LDJ Cheerful Blessings

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

Papers:   MFT Pink Lemonade, Sweet Tooth, Banana Split, PI Kraft

Tools:  MFT Lily dienamic, MFT Blueprints 13, MFT Pierced Rectangle Stax, Pink Pirouette Satin Ribbon

My next card is for the MFT Color Palette Challenge.   The colors for this month were Kraft, Grapesicle, Berrylicious, and Sour Apple.   I used this past weeks Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge for my layout.    I was too late to add it to the challenge site.    For my image, I colored with Copic markers.   I took a Copic Class recently and learned how to color black hair.   This is a really cute image for Easter that I had.   It went perfectly with the color challenge.  Spring is right around the corner!!  The flowers on our trees are starting to bloom.   I am ready to say good bye to Winter!   

Stamps:   MFT One Sweet Chick, Darling Dots, Plaid Background Builder

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Grapesicle, Sweet Tooth Pigment White

Paper: Kraft, Grapesicle, Berrylicious, Grape Jelly, Sour Apple, Sweet Tooth

Tools:  MFT Pierced Circle Stax and Circle Stax 2, SU Brads, Wink of Stella Clear 

Thanks for stopping by!!    I hope to have another card to post on Monday!  

Have a great week!

Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge 209 - Stylish Friends

Hope you are having an awesome week!   Loved this week's sketch from Karen Giron at the Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge.    I saw a really cute card by Karen Motz that used some of my favorite Uptown Girls from Stamping Bella, it made me think of my MFT WBD Stylish Friends.      

The images were colored with Copics and then I added some Wink of Stella Clear Glitter here and there.  It is hard to see in the photo.   The paper is from Basic Grey, True Love.   Love this pack, love all the colors in it.   I used the colors in the pack to pick out colors for the girls.   

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Stamps:  MFT WBD Stylish Friends

Paper: SU Soft Suede, SU Early Espresso, Basic Grey True Love, SU Baja Breeze

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

Tools: MFT Mini Tabs Foursome, Copics

Thanks for looking!

Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge 208

Hope you are having a great week so far.    This is my card for the Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge 208.  I used some new products that I had gotten recently from My Favorite Things.    I started with the new Striped Background stamp and used some SU Pink Pirouette ink on Sweet Tooth card stock from MFT.   This was layered on some MFT Steel Grey card stock and placed on Kraft base.     I looked thru my stamps and dies to find some inspiration for the two rectangle panels on the sketch.    I used my new never before used MFT Dies called Precious Polaroids.   The MFT Pure Innocence stamp was a Valentine stamp but just inking up part and now it is an image for a Saying Hi card. 

She was colored with Copics on Xpress it card stock.  I used the MFT Happy Hellos to die cut my "hi" and used the negative and layered it using the MFT Pierced Square Stax using  SU Pink Pirouette and MFT Steel Blue card stock. 

Thanks for stopping by!

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Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge 207 -- Smile

I have a quick post to share for the Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge.   I made this card with my MFT Cute Camera's 2 dies and Blueprints 11 die for the "smile".   Thanks for looking!

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:-) All products are MFT with the exception of the Soft Sky paper from Stampin Up.  

Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge 206 and a Snow Day!

Hey there!  Hope you had a great day!  We had about 3 inches of snow and sleet today in my neck of the woods!   They are predicting that we will have more tonight!   I live north of Atlanta and we are not used to this type of weather.  It is super cold!  


I have a bright and sunny card to share with you today using the Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge 206.  

I was craving sunshine and warm days when I created this card.    I used a newer My Favorite Things Pure Innocence Wish you were here image.    I cut it out and paper pieced her outfit with some Basic Grey True Love paper.    I created the scene using a Pierced Circle Stax from MFT out of SU Baja Breeze card stock.    I used some MFT Jelly Bean Green paper to create the grass and used my Mama Elephant Landscape Trio die for the grass border die.   I added MFT Flat Bottomed Clouds to the sky.   The card was layered up with some Lily Bee Design Sweet Shop 6x6 patterned paper.   

I made a little boo boo on my bench when I was coloring the edges with a black marker.  I accidentally made a black mark across the colored bench and had to cover it up.   So I dug in my stash and found this  MFT mini wavy pennant to cover it up so you would never know!  (Our little secret!)   The Hello sentiment is from another MFT PI image, Owl Costume.   

Doesn't she look so springy!  Perfect for this snowy day!

I used a ton of dimension dots to pop up the image and the circle from the card base.   To finish off the card, I added a small MFT Fishtail Flag Stax at the top with a Berrylicious button to top it off.  

Thanks for looking!  Here is a look at the snow that we got today!  This is my hubby and son having a snow ball fight.   Hope you can stay warm!   Thanks for stopping by!

A Sweet Sunday Sketch and Curtain Call Challenge

Hey everyone!   I have one card to share in two challenges today.   My cards is for both the Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge and the Curtain Call Challenge.    I have not done the Curtain Call challenge before but my favorite MFT is sponsoring the challenge this week, so I had to join along.    I started off with the sweet MFT A la Mode You're My Cup of Tea.   I looked thru my stamps for an image with a cup or cocoa in it.  I spotted my A la Mode image and it was perfect.   The  Curtain Call Challenge is an inspirational challenge.  

I was inspired by the blues, chocolates, cocoa and marshmallows in this photo.   Although the sentiments in the set are for tea, I am pretending it is a cup of cocoa.   She was stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored with Copics.    I used Copic Xpress it card stock.   I find this is the best card stock for me to blend colors together.  

The sketch is from the Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge.  I turned the sketch on the side and added the sentiment strip.   The card was aged with Distress Inks in Tea Dye and Vintage Photo.    The papers are from an older paper pad from My Mind's Eye Indie Chic collection, it is called Nutmeg.   Perfect for this challenge!  

I added some pearls to mimic the steam coming up from the hot cup of cocoa (tea).      

Skin: E00, E11, R20 

Hair: YR21, YR23

Dress/Headband:  B95, B93, B91, E41

Cup: E34, E33, E31, E29, E59

Shoes/Tag/Shading: W5, W3, W1, W00

Other items used: 

Stamps:  MFT A la Mode You're My Cup of Tea

Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Distress ink Tea Dye and Vintage Photo

Papers:  SU Baja Breeze, MFT Nightshift Blue, MME Indie Chic Nutmeg

Cool tools:  MFT: Pierced Rectangle Stax, Rectangle Stax 1, Blueprints 1, 2 & 4,  SU Pearls, Blending tool, White Uniball Signo Broad Gel Pen, Silver Wink of Stella pen

On the inside, I layered an additional layer of Baja Breeze card stock along with a light paper from MME pack.   I stamped the A la mode image again in SU Baja Breeze and added a greeting of Thank You from the MFT LJD Pretty Poppies set.    (Sorry I did not take a photo of the inside.   I will have to remember in the future! :-) 

Thanks for stopping by!   Hope you have a warm and fantastic week! 

Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge - 204 with Mama Elephant Stamps

I just fell in love with this stamp set when I saw this sweet little cupid images over on the Mama Elephant Blog in the December Release.  Really, I loved all the sets for December.   But I was trying to be good……it is so hard to be good sometimes when they are really cute sets!      The stamp set is called Love from Above.   I really loved all the Design teams inspiration but loved the coloring on this card by Emily Leiphart.   I used the sketch from Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge this week to start my card.   The image was stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink and then colored in with Copics.   I added some Diamond Stickles to the wings to give them some sparkle.    Luckily this was captured in the photo.    I used my Wink of Stella Clear to add sparkle to the rest of the image.    The pattern paper is from Basic Grey True Love pad.   

I cut the image out with my MFT Pierced Rectangle Stax and framed with the MFT Rectangle Stax 1.    Some banners from the MFT Blueprints 2 were cut from some SU Soft Sky.   I aged all the pieces with Distress Ink Antique Linen and added some SU Candy Dots to finish off the sketch.  I finished the inside off with another greeting from the stamp set and added a little piece of the pattern paper to the inside with two more of the banners cut into smaller pieces, no photo to share.    I added some Glossy Accents after the photo was taken to the red heart on the main image panel.    I was losing my light to take a photo and knew that it would not be dry so I added it later.  The whole panel was mounted on some MFT Whip Cream card stock that was cut out with MFT Blueprints 2.    In the photo below, you can see a little bit more sparkle from the Wink of Stella and Stickles.    This card came together super quick.   Thanks for looking!

Stamps:  Mama Elephant Love from Above 

Inks: Memento Tuxedo Black, Distress Ink Antique Linen

Papers:  PI Kraft, SU Soft Sky, MFT Whip Cream, MFT Steel Grey, Basic Grey True Love 6x6

Tools:  MFT Blueprints 2, MFT Pierced Rectangle Stax, MFT Rectangle Stax 1, SU Candy Dots Subtle, Copics, Wink of Stella Clear, Distress Diamond Stickles, Glossy Accents

Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge 203

Happy Monday to you!!   I had some time yesterday evening to play along with the Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge.   This was a great sketch.   I kept it pretty clean and simple, not a lot of layers and bling.    

Stamps:  MFT Celebrate Big

Paper: MFT Whip Cream, MME Blush

Ink:  SU Pretty in Pink, SU Chocolate Chip, SU Crumb Cake

Tools:  MFT Pierced Circle Stax, MFT Fishtail Flag Stax, Sequins, Multi Medium Matte

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Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge 202

I missed the deadline for last week's challenge.    So I am sharing my card for last week's sketch and this weeks as well.  

For this week's sketch, I used My Favorite Things Pure Innocence Pretty Pumpkin.   Such an easy image to color.    I colored her with Copics -- for the skin I used E000, E00, E21, E11 and R20.    The hair is colored with Y21, YR21, YR24.     The hair bow was colored with R24, R27 and R59.   Shoes were colored with E33, E31 and E30.   The shading is done with W3 and W1, I used a blender pen to smooth it out.     The paper pack is from Fancy Pants - Happy go lucky.        

The sketch was one of those that is so easy to work with.  I flipped it on the side and used my MFT Pierced Rectangle stax for my main image.    I used the MFT Fishtail Flag Stax and a Hot Fudge Button with twine to finish it off.    

The sentiment is from MFT LJD Pretty Poppies.    

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Here is my Card from last week's SSSC201 - 

This card I used Paper Smooches Chubby Chums.   The paper used is MME Dilly Dally.  

Thanks for looking!