Tuesday Morning Sketches Challenge #612

 

Welcome to my blog, where I have
a new card to share with you each week for

Tuesday Morning Sketches 

 

Once again Melissa Craig has supplied a wonderful sketch to get our creativity started.  Thanks, Melissa.

 

And here's my take on the sketch.

 

I hope you'll have time to play along at

Tuesday Morning Sketches 

this week.

 

The Design Team would love it if you'd visit our blogs.

Andrea

Debbie 

Margreet

Melissa

 Patti

Tammy

You can be sure that one of us will be visiting yours!

Have a great and crafty day!

 

Happy 91st Birthday

 My mother celebrated her 91st birthday yesterday. 

Here's the special card I made for her.

  

It is an extended center step fold card. 

I found a great video and detailed measurements here.

 The pretty floral stamps on the front and birthday sentiment stamp are from CTMH.  The inside stamp is from MFT.

Challenges:

Creative Creases Challenge #10 - fancy fold card 

Allsorts Challenge Week 630 - Use Design Paper 

Sweet Stampin Challenge - Something beginning with a "B" (bow, blue 

Addicted to Stamps and More Challenge #408 - Birthdays

 

Outlawz June Progressive Challenge

 Time is running out for this month's  Outlawz June Progressive Freebie Challenge.

 

Last month's participants received the darling 

Sharing Is Caring digi from The Paper Shelter.

Thank you! 

I decided to use the colored version and some of the matching background paper on my card.

 I can't wait to see what freebie will be distributed for July!

Tuesday Morning Sketches Challenge #611

 

Welcome to my blog, where I have
a new card to share with you each week for

Tuesday Morning Sketches 

 

 

Here is the card I made this week,

following the sketch,

supplied by Patti.

 

 

 

 

I hope you'll have time to play along at

Tuesday Morning Sketches 

this week. 

The Design Team would love it if you'd visit our blogs.

Andrea

Debbie 

Margreet

Melissa

 Patti

Tammy

You can be sure that one of us will be visiting yours!

Have a great and crafty day!

 

Challenges:

Love to Scrap Challenge #146 - No Rulz 4

Love to Craft Challenge #59 - AG

Crafts Galore Encore Challenge #88 - AG

A Perfect Time to Craft June Challenge - AG

A Bit More Time to Craft Challenge #142 - AG

Crafting Happiness Challenge #101 - AG (beach option)

 

Double Trouble Challenge #87 - Guest Designer

Once again I have the pleasure of joining the group at Double Trouble Challenge as a Guest Designer for Challenge #87.  The theme for this challenge is "It's Hip to Be a Square".

This Challenge runs from 

Monday,  June21st thru Sunday, July 4th

 

Here are the fun details:

Thing 1:  Trouble Maker 

says, "Twisted Sister has often referred to me as being  square and I tell her 'It's Hip to Be a Square'.  She tells me it's better to be a circle because it's cool and groovy.  We are asking you to use squares or circles or combination of both and let us know whether you are square, groovy, or both. 

Talking about squares and circles, our partner for this challenge has a great sketch you may want to use for your squares, or modify by using a mix of squares and circles as long as the basic sketch is visible in your project.  You may also feel free to change the orientation of the sketch... rotate the sketch or use its mirror image. 

You can stop here... 

OR  

play along with Twisted Sister's optional twist below to earn another chance at our random draw.  

Thing 3:  Twisted Sister 

says, "Trouble Maker, since you're ummm, Boss, you need to know I have been spinning in circles looking for an optional twist.  Oh, wait, there it is! Ummm, Boss... Emboss.  Let's include ummm-bossing on our project.  

It's hot and dry here in Arizona... So if you want to Beat the Heat use Dry Embossing; or if you want to Beat the Cold use Heat Embossing; or use both... it's your choice.  

This is an OPTIONAL TWIST but you will be awarded an additional chance in Double Trouble's random draw if you include this twist in your project. 

Thing 2:  Double Dare 

says, "If you have used Try Stampin' on Tuesday's sketch #512 you are eligible to enter your project even if you have or have not used our optional twist to include embossing.  Click HERE to enter.  

Please note that Try Stampin' on Tuesday starts on Tuesday, June 21st... so, if you post your project at Double Trouble on Monday, June 20th, you are still eligible to enter your project.  They have permitted us to backlink for that Monday only... so be sure to visit us again on Tuesday so you can post your card to TSOT using the link provided above.

Well, are you square or groovy or both?

(Make sure you add which one you are to your post!)

 

I'm feeling a bit on the square side these days, although I do seem to be running in circles a good bit of the time.  So, I guess I'm both.

Here's my contribution for this challenge:

 

 

card front

inside

The dragonfly and sentiment stamps are from Stampin' Up, all heat embossed with SNS Limelight EP.  The inside flowers and leaves are Spellbinders dies.  The small one was the perfect size to emboss with the same ef to match the front.

Does anyone else have a Cuttlebug all-in-one embossing folder and die?  Mine has got to be 10 years old and I've never seen another anywhere. 

When I saw the Try Stamping on Tuesday sketch,

 I knew I'd be using it!

 

It certainly was fun joining the Double Trouble Challenge family this month!  Thanks for inviting this Crazy Cousin!

Challenges I am entering: 

Love to Scrap Challenge #146 - No Rulz 4

Love to Craft Challenge #59 - AG

Crafts Galore Encore Challenge #88 - AG

The Crafter's Cafe Challenge #268 - Insects/Butterflies

A Perfect Time to Craft June Challenge - AG

A Bit More Time to Craft Challenge #142 - AG

Crafting Happiness Challenge #101 - AG (beach option)

Try Stampin on Tuesday Challenge #512 - see sketch above

Father's Day

It seemed to me that today was the perfect day to post this card.

 The digi image and sentiment are from the Lawn Ranger set by Imagine That! for the June Progressive Challenge.   If you didn't get it free from participating in the May Progressive Challenge, it is available at a discount until the end of the month.  Use one of the digis in the set and join the June challenge and the July digi set will be sent to you for free.

Challenges:

Imagine That! June DOTM Challenge - use the Lawn Ranger set  (I hand colored the digi using colored pencils and markers.)

Stinkin' Inkers Challenge - You're the Man 

Crafty Gals Corner Challenge #220 - One for the Boys 

The Paper Shelter Challenge #474 - Use a Digi

The Male Challenge #151 - Dads and Granddads 

  

 

Tuesday Morning Sketches on Sunday

 

As a member of the Tuesday Morning Sketches Challenge Design Team, Sundays I always set aside some time to write comments to those who have entered the current week's challenge. 

There have been weeks when there were so many entries I thought I'd never finish.  But, that's not the case lately.  When I checked the challenge blog less than an hour ago, there were only 7 wonderful entries.  I'll be finished writing comments in no time.  This week's sketch was easy and fun.  And the challenge stays open for another 7 hours, plenty of time to enter a card in the challenge. 

Here's a birthday card I whipped up this morning in 15 minutes using the current sketch.

 

I'm so used to making kid oriented cards for SAS4K that I forgot I needed 5 adult cards this week.  The stamp is from Stampin Up; circle dies are from Sizzix, and pretty floral dies are from Impression Obsession. (I cut those out of glitter paper.  It was the first time I used the dies and they worked wonderfully, as IO dies usually do.)   I added the bling and a bow and it's ready to go.

Hope we'll see a few more entries.

Our next weekly sketch challenge starts on Tuesday.

Thanks, Debi B

Challenges:

Allsorts Challenge #629 -  AG with optional buttons/bows

Sweet Stampin' Challenge - I Spy Something Beginning with a "B" (Bow, Bling, Birthday)

Aud Sentiments Challenge #277 - AG with a sentiment

DL.ART Thankful Thursday Linky Challenge #279 - Birthday