Aye yi yi! I have been so busy. Life certainly throws things at you. Of course, you just take it as it comes right? I look at all the cards that so many of my favorite bloggers have created in the last month with a twinge of envy. Gone are the days that I spend every night in my craft room....
Today was a very fun crafty day. My friend Lori is the director of a humane society (she's also the head vet) and she called on me to summon my crafty friends to create as many cards as we could to sell at their fund raiser coming up in December. We manged to create about 100 cards! Now, many are the same, which she will package, but it is still quite a feat. I made the card above in the spirit of sketch number 9. I couldn't get the double strips to work (which is too bad because they are totally me, and on any other card I would have thrown some ribbon on, but it didn't work with this card). The little felt trees are from the dollar bin at Michael's.
Sunday, November 15, 2009
SG9 -I totally modified the sketch...
Posted by KatieTurtle at 12:30 AM 10 comments
Labels: Sketch Girl
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Sketch Girl 7
Posted by KatieTurtle at 1:00 AM 11 comments
Labels: Sketch Girl
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Sketch Girl #6- Hallotini anyone?
Cardstock: Stampin Up
Posted by KatieTurtle at 1:00 AM 13 comments
Labels: Sketch Girl
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
SG5- Mix it up!
When I saw this sketch I thought there was no way I could come up with something remotely interesting. Too many circles and what papers could I use and...well you get the picture. Then I calmed down and squelched the clean and simple card maker in me. This could not be a simple card. The thing about sketches is that you can mix them up. So the focal point became a frame with an alligator, and the two small circles became stars! Don't be afraid to mix up a sketch...you just may like what you come up with!
Posted by KatieTurtle at 1:00 AM 11 comments
Labels: Sketch Girl
Monday, August 31, 2009
SG4- Gray is the new Black
Now its your turn! Let's see what you can do! Don't forget to link to go to the Sketch Girl Blog and link to your project...YOU might be the guest designer for the month!
Ribbon: Target
Posted by KatieTurtle at 12:01 AM 15 comments
Labels: Sketch Girl
Saturday, August 15, 2009
Sketch Girl 3 Sketch
Woohoo! Time for another Sketch from the Sketch Girls! I am scheduling this post so I am really hoping that it posts in time. I promise to be a better blogger when I get back! :)
Cardstock: Stampin Up
Purse Sticker: K and Company
Posted by KatieTurtle at 6:00 AM 13 comments
Labels: Sketch Girl
Friday, August 14, 2009
SG3 Sneak Peek
Hey Everyone! I am on vacation, which explains the lack of posting. Hope everyone is having a good week. Here is a sneak peek of my Sketch Girl Card for tomorrow!
Posted by KatieTurtle at 6:00 AM 4 comments
Labels: Sketch Girl
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
August Card Exchange
Time for another card exchange. The theme this month is Birthday cards. I seriously thought about sitting this one out. I have like a million things to do (going on vacation again next week, plus work stuff)...but I figured if I could think of something acceptable in 10 minutes then I would participate. Sooo I came up with this. Everyone loves a scalloped card right? I cut some square on my Silhouette (love that thing!) found a sheet of patterned paper and viola! I still have to make the other 9 and get my hubby to drop them off (did I mention we work at the same company, and that he is very tolerant of playing delivery boy?
Hope you like it!
Supplies:
Cardstock: Stampin Up
Patterned Paper: American Crafts
Stamps: PTI
Ribbon: PTI
Posted by KatieTurtle at 9:11 PM 7 comments
Labels: Card Exchange
Sunday, August 2, 2009
Sweet Sunday #29
Cardstock: Stampin Up
Posted by KatieTurtle at 8:43 PM 9 comments
Labels: Sweet Sunday Sketch
Thursday, July 30, 2009
Sketch Girl Sketch #2
Posted by KatieTurtle at 3:00 AM 16 comments
Labels: Sketch Girl
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Sketch Girl Sneak Peek
Posted by KatieTurtle at 9:55 PM 1 comments
Labels: Sketch Girl
Monday, July 27, 2009
Teacher Thank Yous
This was the first card I made, I will show more of the others later this week. (and don't forget to check out this week's sketch on the 30th. There may be a sneak peek...if I can finish it before the 30th *grin*). I like using premade accents on my cards when I have to make a bunch. It simplifies things and the premade accents are so much better constructed these days.
Accent: The Paper Company Studio
Posted by KatieTurtle at 9:25 PM 6 comments
Labels: Papertrey Ink, Thank You Notes
Friday, July 24, 2009
With Appreciation
I have been on a little hiatus from blogland. I have been relaxing and reading and enjoying summer. Sometimes you just have to take a step back.
I got the new In Bloom paper pack with my new PTI order and I wanted to use these citrusy colors to make a fun thank you card. Of course I had to add a bit of Kraft cardstock :)
Hope you all are looking forward to a great weekend!
Supplies:
Cardstock: PTI, Archiver's
Patterned Paper: PTI
Ribbon: May Arts
Sentiment: PTI
Ink: Memento
Posted by KatieTurtle at 8:08 PM 6 comments
Labels: Papertrey Ink
Monday, July 20, 2009
New PTI- Just a little something
Whew! It has been quite the busy week for me. I know I haven't posted in awhile, but there was work, and there was a picnic to plan and go to, and then there was the recovery from said picnic...you get the idea! But I did get a chance to order some new PTI goodies last week, and look at the fun card I was able to make! I can tell the button set is going to be one of my favorites. It has a bunch of images and all you ahve to do is add the buttons!
Posted by KatieTurtle at 8:46 PM 12 comments
Labels: Papertrey Ink
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
What's the Buzz? -Sketch Girl DT!
Totally exciting news! I am a Sketch Girl Designer! I can super excited! Here's the skinny....
Today is the offical start of Sketch Girl! Sketch Girl is a bi-weekly sketch challenge created by Annie B (Leigh Ann). The Sketch Girl blog will be home to all the sketches in one place, so run on over and add yourself a follower so you can get an update as soon as a new sketch is added. In the future there will be a contest or two with prizes! If you make the sketch and upload to a forum, please use keyword SG1. Annie's Blog is where the details are right now. This is a very new thing for me and I am way beyong thrilled that I was selected. Now for my card:
Posted by KatieTurtle at 9:03 PM 13 comments
Labels: Sketch Girl
Monday, July 13, 2009
Christmas in July- Card Exchange
The theme for the card exchange this month was Christmas in July. I just finished my cards tonight and they are due tomorrow (whew, I always sweated a deadline). I went with what my friends may call a "Classic Katie" Card. Simple, yet elegant...not to mention easy to duplicate. The Basic Grey paper was great for the base and I decided to make a Thank you card instead of a Christmas card to send out (I have a few more months to work on that concept!).
Hope everyone's Monday was ok!
Supplies:
Cardstock: Stampin Up
Patterned Paper: Basic Grey
Ribbon: May Arts
Foil Stick ons: JoAnn's
Other: Thread
Posted by KatieTurtle at 9:29 PM 7 comments
Labels: Card Exchange
Saturday, July 11, 2009
Flocked Thanks
Posted by KatieTurtle at 8:22 PM 4 comments
Labels: Thank You Notes
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
Sweet Sunday Sketch
Apparently I am not the only one to have issues with automatic posts when I went on vacation. Karen over at the Sweetest Thing also had some problems,which is why the sketch was not posted until tonight.
I haven't posted in a couple days because the little guy was sick again (it's been a bad month). Thankfully my mother was able to come over and take care of him so that my husband and I could still go to work. And of course Jack loves his Grandma...
For this card I just wanted to put something together that was simple (and a Birthday card of course). The sketch lended itself to that beautifully. I love the paper line "offbeat" from Basic Grey.
Hope you all have a great week!
Supplies:
Patterned Paper: Basic Grey
Cardstock: Archiver's
Stamps: Stampin Up, Hero Arts
Posted by KatieTurtle at 9:49 PM 10 comments
Labels: Sweet Sunday Sketch
Saturday, July 4, 2009
New Color Challenge!
I wasn't looking for a color challenge tonight. Honest. I was just going to play a bit in my craft room and then go to bed. I blurfed a bit and saw that Randee, Sarah-Jane , and Kelley all had the same color challenge submissions on their blog (Seriously, I started to think I had missed the memo ladies). It was a new challenge Travellingmama had started. So fun! Then I started sorting and putting stuff away in my room. I sat down and made a card (wasn't really planning on doing a challenge tonight) and when I was done I looked at it and thought, well I could use this for the Traveller's challenge! So here it is:
Nothing really fancy here. I am a pro at nothing really fancy. My copics are crying in their little boxes right now....
Posted by KatieTurtle at 9:15 PM 10 comments
Labels: Traveller's Challenge
Friday, July 3, 2009
Raspberry Suite #11
I was a little nervous when I saw the colors for this week. Five colors?!!! Seriously? So last night I made some just to create (which was fun) and tonight I tackled the colors challenge. Out came all the paper and embellies that had these colors.
What resulted was a card that has a little bit of this and a little bit of that. I love mixing manfacturers. All of the flowers are from Prima and I layered them myself. I capped them with a fabric brad from K and Company (I am addicted to the fabric covered brads). The paper is from PTI and Stampin Up, the ribbon is from Michaels and the stickers are Making Memories.
Posted by KatieTurtle at 9:01 PM 13 comments
Labels: Raspberry Suite Color Challenges
Thursday, July 2, 2009
Pink Paisley Thanks
Hey everyone! I was unsure what I was going to make tonight. One of those nights where I had just cleaned the kitchen, picked up the toys and moved a couple piles from one place to another. I saw Dawn McVey's Color challenge, but the colors are a little scary...5 colors! Oi!
So I just grabbed a bit of this and a bit of that and did a typical Katie card. So fun and relaxing. Helps that my Cubbies are majorly kicking butt tonight as well...and its a Holiday from work tomorow! Have a great 4th of July!
Supplies:
Patterned Paper: Basic Grey
Cardstock: PTI
Sticker: K and Company
Letter Stickers: Making Memories
Posted by KatieTurtle at 9:14 PM 4 comments
Labels: Thank You Notes
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Everybody's doing it...
Have you tried drawing a box around a focal image yet? I have seen this again and again in recent days. I like to think that my friend Tiffany helped to make it popular...no one does it better :) I couldn't find an actual card that she made using this technique, so I linked to her blog. Snoop around a bit.
These cards were super easy. Have you seen the new line from K and Company? Actopus to Zelephant? Love it. Found these grand adhesions stickers and paired them with some stamps in my vast collection. Very sendable don't you think?
Posted by KatieTurtle at 9:32 PM 7 comments
Labels: Simple Cards
Monday, June 29, 2009
Where have I been?
So although I have posted several times I have been on vacation! My parents own these two cottages just over the Wisconsin border in the Upper Pennisula. We have had them for almost twenty years, so I have lots of memories of this place and the area surrounding it. The weather was great, the bugs were terrible (my little guy got so bitten up at night when he was sleeping it looks like he got chicken pox). Now I am back to reality and back to blogging....
Cardstock: PTI, Stampin Up
Posted by KatieTurtle at 9:40 PM 3 comments
Labels: Birthday
Friday, June 26, 2009
Kick Back and Relax
Cardstock: Wausau Paper, Bazzil
Posted by KatieTurtle at 8:30 PM 5 comments
Labels: My Favorite Things
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Believe in You
Ok, the blog seems to not be scheduling like I want it to, my Father's day post went up and said it was Saturday when I posted it on Thursday night. Sigh
This is another quick card with the Fancy Pants journaling cards. Nothing fancy here. Just some cardstock and a Fab button (using up scraps!)
Supplies:
Cardstock: PTI
Patterned Paper: Fancy Pants, Basic Grey,
Button: Foof a loof
Twine: Walmart
Posted by KatieTurtle at 9:17 PM 5 comments
Labels: Paper Scraps
Monday, June 22, 2009
You are in my Thoughts
I still had all of the scraps on m table from the card exchange last month, so when my mother said she needed a sympathy card I just grabbed a bunch of scraps and this is what I came up with! I think I would just keep making stuff with Amy Butler papers if I didn't stop myself. I also love that I cut some extra butterflies with my silhouette- they come in so handy!
Supplies:
Patterned Paper: Amy Butler
Stamp: Amuse
Button: Fancy pants
Twine: Walmart
Posted by KatieTurtle at 8:27 PM 5 comments
Labels: Sympathy
Saturday, June 20, 2009
I Love Dad
edited: I don't know why this posted. Notice that it says it is posted on Saturday, yet today is Thursday. This irritates me. I have another post I want to schedule, but I don't want to bombard the blog. Sigh....
Happy Father's Day! I hope that all the Dad's out there will have a great day! Since I am on vacation, i am sure fishing will be on the agenda!
This card is a layout I have used before (truth time, I frantically made this card when I remembered I needed a Father's day card for my husband and that I needed to go and pack for my trip...like immediately.) Colored Bronto with copics, added some buttons....Perfect!
Supplies:
Carstock: Bazzil, PTI
Patterned Paper: Basic Grey
Stamps: Studio G, Paper Makeup Stamps
Markers: Copics
Buttons: Basic Grey
Twine:PTI
Posted by KatieTurtle at 9:05 PM 0 comments
Labels: Holiday
Thursday, June 18, 2009
Congrats Grad
Carstock: Papertrey Ink
Posted by KatieTurtle at 2:30 PM 4 comments
Labels: Holiday
Monday, June 15, 2009
Raspberry Suite Color Challenge #9
Another color challenge from Dawn McVey! I love these colors, but of course when I went to sit down with them I was itching to throw some Kraft cardstock in. I resisted that urge, but my craft table is piled high with green, black, and cream ribbons, papers and accents - does that happen to anyone else?
Cardstock: Stampin Up
Posted by KatieTurtle at 8:34 PM 13 comments
Labels: Raspberry Suite Color Challenges
Sunday, June 14, 2009
Sweet Sunday
Another Sunday coming to a close. I am really enjoying playing along with Karen's Sweet Sunday Sketch. I put the baby to bed, and then come down and relax in my fab scrap room with some tunes or the t.v. on. This week's sketch was a little difficult at first, since there were two circles. But then I had to remind myself that the sketch is only a guide. So this is what I came up with.
I love the series of boy quotes from Cloud 9. I use them all the time it seems! The cards with those sentiments always tend to be a little shabby chic, which isn't my typical style, but I just go with the flow. Hope everyone has a great week!
Posted by KatieTurtle at 9:02 PM 7 comments
Labels: Sweet Sunday Sketch
Saturday, June 13, 2009
Color Inspiration Challenge #54
YAY! I was able to make a card for the color inspiration challenge this week. Last week was bad with my family being sick. Of course I am terribly behind on everything else, so this card had to be quick.
I decided to use one of my stamps from Paper Makeup Stamps. They have the best dinosaurs! I paired it with my favorite dinosaur-like embossed background and added a senitment. The dino was colored with Copics.
Posted by KatieTurtle at 8:30 PM 8 comments
Labels: KWerner Challenge
Thursday, June 11, 2009
Quick Graduation Card
Posted by KatieTurtle at 9:21 PM 5 comments
Labels: Holiday
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Sweet Sunday Sketch
Cardstock: Stampin Up
Posted by KatieTurtle at 8:04 PM 8 comments
Labels: Sweet Sunday Sketch
Monday, June 8, 2009
My card for the June Card Exchange
I think I am finally coming out of the fog that was the last week. It is amazing how illness can bring things into perspective. I am a little bummed because there were a ton of challenges and sketches that I missed out on participating in. My mojo took a big hit too. That happens when I go through the blogs and see what wonderul things you are all creating.
This is my card for this months card exchange. Its a sketch based challenge, but of course, I don't have the sketch handy....This was a tough month for a lot of us in the exchange, many had to opt out due to family stuff.
This card is full of Amy Butler goodness....plus a butterfly cut using my Silhouette.
Have a great Tuesday!
Supplies:
Patterened Paper: Amy Butler
Cardstock: Stampin Up
Stamp: Amuse
Ink: Stampin Up
Button: Making Memories
Twine: Walmart
Posted by KatieTurtle at 8:50 PM 4 comments
Labels: Card Exchange