I'm sponsor this week at Tuesday Morning Sketches!! TMS #204

Wahooo, I'm the sponsor this week at Tuesday Morning Sketches….I hope you play along and WIN!!

I've been so excited for my sponsor week to come and now I can hardly believe it's here! 

The winner gets $20 in free CTMH products.  If you win you can shop my site and email me your order of any of the products you choose.  I will enter your order and have it shipped direct to you.  

In addition if anyone shops the "Tuesday Morning Sketches" gathering and places an order of $25 or more I will send them a free current CTMH catalog/idea book. Plus ++  if there are at least $150 in orders placed I will draw a name from the shoppers to win the Hostess Rewards of $25 or more depending on what it qualifies for!! 

Of course I just had to play along too, so far I have made 12 cards! In this post I'm showing you all the baby cards I made.  I really enjoyed making this simple sketch and keeping it simple with just a few embellishments.  

I sent the TMS Design Team some of the CTMH Mini's  because at only $2.95 I could afford to provide them one.  Leave a comment if you're interested in purchasing a Mini Packet that includes some 4 x 6 papers and one of the Mini's along with some embellishments for only $10 including shipping. 

Ok now for the sketch and cards. . .

 

Only one more day….

Yes, once again here's a couple cards I made for a sketch challenge last month but never got around to posting them.  I was pretty darn happy with the fact that I used a bunch of stuff that had been laying on my desk for hmmmm dare I say maybe even years!! 

This first card features a pretty Jolee's bird sticker that I had been hoarding - I'm trying to stop that!

This second card features some background paper I made using the ghost stamping technique years ago, I think I tried to toss it out a couple times but just couldn't do it.  It feels good to have finally put it to use.

Color Challenge

I'll be real quick here, this is another card I made using a sketch and color combo challenge from a couple weeks ago, I think it was Color Throwdown.  I remember thinking I may not be able to pull it off but I actually really like the end result. 

Baby Girl Card

I'm really going to try and post something every day this month.  I think I can pull it off because that's what I was trying to do last month and I made lot's of things to share but between being busy and ISP frustrations it just wasn't happenin' - lets just say!

So in celebration that this month, this Tuesday Feb. 4 to be precise - I am sponsoring the weekly sketch at Tuesday Morning Sketches!!  I'm VERY excited.   I can't share what that sketch will be yet but this as well as the next couple of posts will be of challenges I participated in but never entered.  

I still LOVE this CTMH stamp, it's discontinued though but still thought I would share the card I made using Blush & Baby Pink ink and paper, as well as some DCWV paper and ribbon I had picked up at Melrose Vintage quite a long time ago.

CTMH Huntington Paper - Discontinued EOM

Here are a couple more cards that I made over the weekend.  They're a little dull after the crisp and bright cards that I posted the last couple days. I was originally only going to use the Washi tape on the first one to hold the little banners temporarily but decided to leave it, however it lifted up a bit after a couple hours so I needed to use additional adhesive.   

My daughter gave me the little thinking of you wood shapes last year for Christmas and I managed to hoard them for a year so figured it was time to use them.   The paper on this one is from a My Mind's Eye 6 x 6 pad. 

 This was a Thanksgiving card, but I swiped the embellishment off of it to use on a scrapbook page instead.  So, this nice little card base had some possibilities but I didn't do so well on it.  I had to be sure and cover up the spots that were damaged and I was running out of time so I was only grabbing things (you guessed it off my desk).  It clearly still needed something…..

So I resorted to garbage picking….and pulled out the packaging from the Jillibean Soup wood shapes then cut the little bracket out - I think it helps but not a card I would write home about.  By the time I took this photo it was later/darker so at least you can see the warmth of the colors better.  The paper is CTMH Huntington….yet another paper kit that will be discontinued at the end of this month. Can you tell it's time for the new catalog??

Artbooking Made Easy: Inspiration Mini Albums

Mama said there'd be days like this there'd be days like this my mama said..blah blah blah.  Yep, one of "those" days, but never fear - here is something Close to My Heart to enjoy!

CTMH Chantilly - Cloud Nine - Freshly Made Sketches

This Freshly Made Sketches #117 was an EXTREMELY fun sketch, I'm certain that I will be doing a lot more using this sketch.  I used a Cloud Nine stamp again; it's this month's special Close to My Heart kit.  Cloud Nine is only available this month with a qualifying purchase. This is also the last month to order Chantilly paper and coordinating supplies from the winter catalog. 

I don't know what the deal is with me lately but I keep rushing I guess and leaving out details from sketches.  I knew this card needed something, then I took a look at the sketch again and added the extra layer….much better don't you think?