CAS-ual Fridays #29

After my long absence I decided to browse the web for some challenge blogs and came across Cas-ual Fridays so I thought I’d play along. I am all about white and aqua these days and my obsession for these colors is definitely spilling over into my card making. Here is the sketch challenge……….

And here is my take…………..

I had so much fun with this card! I die cut the tree from papertrey inks In the meadow silhouette dies and then added glitter to make it stand out a bit more. The little die cut birds I kept plain so they would stand out a bit. I used a negative image from PTI’s mat stack 1 die that I had from another project and slipped some Basic Grey Sweet Threads paper (one of my favorite collections EVER!!) The seniment is stamped in smokey shadow ink and the rhinestones are the blue from My Minds Eye Lush collection. If you can’t find any of these it is because I bought them all!! They are the perfect aqua rhinestone and unfortunately are discontinued.

I am off to wait for the UPS man My Amuse.studio kit is coming today and I am soooooo excited

Have a great day and thanks for looking!

Lisa

Clean & Simple sketch 167

SInce I have been a card makin’ machine lately thought I would play with a few challenges to get my blogger “legs” back. Today I decided to play with the clean & simple sketch for the week. I have noticed my style has changed a bit over the past year and clean & simple is very appealing to me right now.

Here is the sketch……..

And here is my take…….

My picture taking skills are definitely lacking but you get the jist of the card. This card took all of 10 minutes to make. Love that about clean and simple.

Thanks so much for looking and have a great day

Lisa

I’m here!

Hi! Long time no blog
i can't hardly believe it has been over a year since I posted.
Life just totally got in the way. My husband was in a car accident, I had two more granddaughters born not to mention a SMALL remodel
I went a whole year without making one card! Can you believe it? This last month though I have been busy making piles so will be sharing soon.

Stay tuned and thanks so much!!

Lisa

Cardabilities #12

It's time for another Cardabilities Design team reveal. We are on sketch #12 and this is my last sketch with the team. I am so grateful for the chance to be on this team. Here is sketch #12..........................

And here is my take.............................................

I used Pink Paisley's Queen bee line for this card along with along with my Papertrey ink stamps. I also used one of the new spellbinders dies that recently came out. On the edge I used one of the cuttlebug embossing edge folders. Love the detail those give. The button is from Jenny Bowlin and the butterfly punches are from Martha Stewart Crafts.

Have a great day and Thanks for looking!!

Lisa

Get Sketchy #57

My pre-scheduled post disappeared somewhere in blog-land so I am redoing it here to show you my Get Sketchy card for last week. Here is the sketch................................

And here is my take.............................................

This card didn't turn out exactly as I had in mind but it will do. The chip butterfly circle is from prima.I just punched out circles and added different punched out butterflies.I used the "Victoria" cuttlebug folder for my background.Love that folder!!

Take care, have a great day & thanks for looking!

Lisa

Get Sketchy #56

Well it's Friday and that means it's time for Get Sketchy!! My design team term is officially over but I can still play along as Alumni. I really wanted to stay on the design team but I have a few things coming up and was afraid I couldn't keep the commitment. Anyway on to the sketch.......................................

I absolutely LOVED the sketch this week. It has soooo many possibilities I had a hard time trying to decide what I wanted to do. Make sure you get on over to the Get Sketchy Blog and see what the design team came up with. Here is my card.........................................

I ordered some new Prima stuff a couple of weeks ago and decided to use them on this card. The little girl stamp is from Prima also. I was so happy that they came out with 6x6 pads of paper I was jumpin' for joy!!! I ran the card base thru my cuttlebug with Papertrey ink's guidelines impression plate. the sentiment is from pti's embellishments stamp set. Get on over to Get Sketchy and play along!!

Thanks for looking and have a great day!!

Lisa

Cardabilities #11

I can't hardly believe it is the 15th of the month already!!! What happened to summer????  Ours certainly was waayyy too short. So on to the Cardabilities sketch#11 reveal. Here is the sketch..................................

And here is my take.................................................

I haven't bought much patterned paper lately but when I saw the new Crate Paper restoration line I HAD to have it. The colors are be-ute! My favorite line this fall so far. I just cute a couple of strips and die cut the mat for the main image with Papertrey ink's Mat Stack die #4, layered a vintage cream square with corners rounded on top and added one of the flower chip board accents. The sentiment is from the all about you set from Papertrey ink. The kraft card base is embossed with a Sizzix embossing folder that I picked up at Craft Warehouse. 

Thanks for looking and have a great day!!

Lisa

Get Sketchy #55

It's Friday and time for Get Sketchy!! Our sponsor this week is the greeting farm and we were given a couple of digital images to work with.  Here is this weeks sketch.............................

And here is my take................................................

I flipped the sketch and used the cute little duck image that was given to us. I colored it with colored pencils as copics will smear on printer ink. I used cosmo cricket delovely paper along with a scrap of paper that I stamped polka dots on. The letters are some I had in my stash and the ribbon is from Papertrey ink. There you have it.... come on over to Get Sketchy and play along.....

Thanks for looking and have a great day!!

Lisa

Get Sketchy #54

It's Friday and time for Get Sketchy! this week sponsor is Janlynn and the winner will receive a $25.00 gift certificate. Here is this weeks sketch..............................

And here is my take....................................

I know at first glance it doesn't look like the sketch but let me 'splain. I wanted to use this swingin' baby stamp that I received from Janlynn so I knew I had to flip the sketch and instead of using rectangles I used two clouds and the baby. Pretty clever I thought. Even my man was impressed. SO what I am saying is you can get very creative with the sketches. Come on over to Get Sketchy and play along!!

Thanks for looking and have a great day!!!

Lisa

cardabilities#10

It's time for another cardabilities design team reveal. We are on sketch #10 and I had so much fun with this sketch!

Here is the sketch..................................

And here is my take....................................................

I used Papertrey ink's all booked up and just the ticket stamp sets along with basic grey and october afternoon pattern paper. I also used the jumbo rick rac die with some chartreuse felt. Hope you come on over to cardabilities and play along!!

Lisa

Get Sketchy #52

It's Friday and that means it's time for Get Sketchy. On to the sketch.............

And here is my take.............................................

I used some old crate paper from my stash I think it was called "blue hill" or something like that. I also used some srm stickers for the sentiment. Get on over to Get Sketchy and play along.

Lisa

cardabilities#9

Hi all! It's the 15th of the month so it's time for another cardabilities design team reveal. Here is sketch #9.......................

And here is my take..............................................

I used a lot of different products on this one. the patterned paper is from the basic grey "olivia" line, I used a martha stewart punch for the white strip, the flowers were die cut from crepe paper with papertrey ink dies, the butterflies are from creative charms and the foam letters are some older american crafts from my stash that I never got around to using. Come on over to cardabilities and see what the rest of the design team created and play along!

Thanks for looking and have a great day!!

Lisa

Get Sketchy #51

It's Friday and that means it's time for Get Sketchy! Here is this weeks sketch...........

And here is my take................................................

I used my new papertrey ink cha set to mimic three of the circles and used an oval instead of a circle for the fourth one. The patterned papers are digital downloaded papers from the color couture line from papertrey ink. Need new paper in an instant??? This is the way to go for sure.

I'm off to enjoy my Friday. Have a good one and thanks for looking!!

Lisa

Get Sketchy Design Team Announcement

We're at it again....Do you want to be a GETSKETCHY DESIGNER?

We are Looking for 6 DESIGNERS to take part in our weekly card challenges.

The Responsibilities:

*Create 1 card for each challenge. ( 4 cards per month) The sketches will be provided to you in advance.

*Meet deadlines for submitting projects

*Spread the word about our fabulous challenges and sponsors by promoting GET SKETCHY on your own blogs and online galleries.

*We will provide you with a fabulous design team blinkie to add to your blog & your signature.

* Free Products from our amazing sponsors!

* There will also be opportunity to create your own sketch for the blog, if you desire.

*We will also be looking for Guest Designers once in awhile, so if you can't commit to the term,

send in your application anyways, with "Guest Designer" in the email header.

How to Apply:

Send your completed application to getsketchyinfo@gmail.com no later than AUGUST 25th, 2010.

Please put "Design Team Call" in your subject line.

Design Team members will be notified by SEPT 1st, 2010,

and announced SEPTEMBER 3rd on the blog.

Term will run from Sept 5th 2010 – MARCH 2011, and may be extended.

Opened to international applicants anyone is very welcome to apply.
Please include in your application the following items:
* Name
* Address
* Email Address
* Link to your blog and/or online gallery
* List of DTs you are currently on

* 3 samples of your best cards

Get Sketchy #50

Edited to add: I had this post scheduled but it didn't go up.... so here it is....

Hi all! It's Friday and that means it's time for Get Sketchy!! Here is this weeks sketch...............

And here is my take.............................

This week sponsor is E.A.D. stickers and can I say I love these stickers!! Wow the quality is really amazing.  Sorry my picture didn't turn out so good. I flipped the sketch this time and used this cutie bird, branch and hello from my sticker sheet. the friend part I stamped from papertrey ink's ":friend's,til the end" set. I used basic grey's "olivia" paper again!! I love this line! The velvet ribbon is from an old making memories line. So there you have it. Get on over to Get Sketchy and play along this week.

Thanks for looking and have a great day!!

Lisa

cardabilities #8

**Second post for the day**

It's the 30th so it's time for the design team reveal for sketch #8 over at cardabilities. Here is the sketch..........

And here is my take.......................

Can you believe this is my first circle card ever!! It was actually fun to do and I used the basic grey "Olivia" papers and a flower woolie from the same collection. The sentiment is from papertrey ink's delightful dahlia set.

Thanks again for looking and have a great day!!

Lisa

Get Sketchy #49

It's Friday and you know what that means..... it's Get Sketchy time! Here is this weeks sketch..........

And here is my take............................

I used a few scraps for the bottom and the flower image is from papertrey ink's floral fusion which was last years cha set. The sentiment is from pti's violet set. Go on over to Get Sketchy and play along.

Thanks for looking and have a great day.

Lisa

randomness

Hi all! I know I have been a very BAD blogger this summer but it just seems like it has been one thing or another I have to get done that the ole' blog just gets neglected. Besides new floors I have decided to paint our kitchen since it has been awhile and I have been trying to pick out the colors I want to do it in. I found three of those old blue ball jars at a yard sale for 5 bucks for all of them so I am thinking of doing my kitchen in a white and add color with dishes and such. So since you put up with my rambling I will leave you a card I did for one of the card patterns sketches a couple of weeks ago and never got it posted.

Isn't this just the cutest baby card ever??? I had a special someone in mind when I created this and she just had a baby boy.

I am off so have a great day and thanks for looking.

Lisa

get sketchy #48

hi all!! Just need to pop in here and post my Get Sketchy card for this week. Here is this weeks sketch.....................

And here is my take...........................................

I used my new basic grey 'olivia" stuff I received the other day. Love this line! For the sentiment I used papertrey ink's "all about you".

Hope you all are having a great summer so far. Mine has been BUSY!! We are still in the process of doing some remodel work and it will not be done for a few more weeks. Can't wait to get it done so I can create more!!

Thanks for looking and have a great day!!

Lisa

get sketchy #47

Hello again!!! It's Friday and you know what that means....... it's Get Sketchy time!!! Here is this weeks sketch...................

And here is my take...........................................

I loved this weeks sketch!!! Well I love all of the sketches but I really really liked this one and had a lot of fun playing around with it. I used some scraps in my stash for the triangles along with another one of Martha Stewart's doily tags. I stamped one of the images from the Papertrey ink anniversary set along with one of the sentiments and punched out to layer over the doily. I stamped and cut out two butterflies (also from the set), added a couple of pearls and adhered them to the focal point. So get on over to Get Sketchy and play along....

Thanks for looking and have a great day!!

Lisa