Good good Tuesday morning!!
My week just FLEW! How about yours? I have to make this quick because I stayed up way past my bedtime last night. We went to a Handel's Messiah Sing Along (ha - but I didn't sing lol, wouldn't want to ruin anyone's night) It was so fun but got home so late & had to get up and work a 12 hour Cyber Monday starting at 6:00 a.m.
I did squeeze in just barely enough time to make a couple cards with our TMS sketch # 431. I do like them better in person but that's often the case. It was fun playing with the Beary Christmas stamps & dies set from CTMH.
Of course. . . .I hope you get to play along with us this week at Tuesday Morning Sketches!
Carol
Janice
Jenée
Melissa
Debbie
Hi there and happy Tuesday!
Are you counting your blessings this week? I think I count my blessings quite a bit but I can also have my little pity parties once in a while too. It's pretty much always in regards to the fact that I'm hours away from my kids & grands and during the holidays it's even harder than usual. Well anyway it's always a good distraction to play along with our TMS Design Team and you all!!
Ok, so for card #1 I used a Cuttlebug embossing border folder, a Martha Stewart Butterfly punch and my CTMH Cricut Artitst cartridge for the vellum heart. I also used the CTMH clear shimmer pen all over the butterfly and the heart.
I cut out three hearts of different sizes not knowing the size I would like best. After I finished up I realized that I really should have used the bigger one.
Which brings me to card #2. I was thinking I always tend to choose pretty pastels - I need to make something a little more bold. So I grabbed the two other hearts and a scrap of border paper plus cut out another red heart the next size up and threw it together. I used mini dots to attach the vellum and covered them up with the enamel hearts.
My third card was loosely inspired by the sketch. It was a piece that I embossed "Thanks" on just to practice for a card I did a few weeks back. I lazily used the piece from the other side to die cut a scallop thinking I was just going to toss it. But after making the other two cards and spotting it on my desk, I had a second thought. The nice oversize scalloped circle reminded me of the oversize heart from our sketch so I layered it on a piece of BGP and stuck a butterfly in the middle.
My thanks to Melissa our fearless leader over at TMS for her great sketch and inspiring me to rescue that scrap and turn it into something I can definitely use.
So is there a partially started "something" in your craft space you can rescue and use this week when you play along with us at Tuesday Morning Sketches?
Carol
Janice
Jenée
Melissa
Debbie
Hello and happy Tuesday once again :) it's time for another really fun sketch at Tuesday Morning Sketches #429. Our team is sponsoring this week, the prize is a really cute little Christmas tree stamp and die set.
I treated myself to a little extra me time so I was able to create 3 cards for this sketch. Doing them all so close to the same really saved some time. I got a little wrapped up in it and didn't realize that I should have made the middle section thicker but I was just so happy with my loopy punched (Martha Stewart punch) gold border that I didn't look at the sketch as often as I should have.
I used a retired CTMH stamp and die set then colored with various alcohol markers, I have a few Shin Han, Copic and Prisma and love them all. I wanted to stamp with Charcoal instead of black so I used my Misti tool to stamp so I could re stamp again to freshen up the lines after coloring - gotta love that Misti. I think I needed to let the pink and blue one dry a little more before re stamping but nevertheless I'm ok with how they all turned out.
I hope you get to play along with us this week at Tuesday Morning Sketches!
Carol
Janice
Jenée
Melissa
Debbie
Hello there,
So it's only 16 days till Thanksgiving can you believe it??? I have 3 major birthdays this month so that always makes me procrastinate a bit so far as thinking about Thanksgiving & Christmas.
I really got pinched for time on this card I feel like I could have done better but it was wam bam first try is getting posted!! I was so busy this weekend working on the tile for our guest shower remodel. I feel pretty accomplished even if I do say so myself. The red on the walls is waterproofing.
So here is my card I used digital supplies from one of our frequent sponsors We Are 3. Paper is called Storybook Christmas, and sentiment is Christmas Greetings. is actually a digital shop opened by Bonnie, a former TMS Design Team member! She is sponsoring our challenge this week, the prize is a $15 voucher to the shop (excludes handmade cards).
Thanks so much for stopping by, we would all love to have you play along with us this week at Tuesday Morning Sketches!
Carol
Janice
Jenée
Melissa
Debbie
