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:

I had made a Father's Day card with this beehive and I thought it would translate perfectly for this sketch...what do you think? The hive is colored with my Copics (the poor things have been sorely neglected lately), and I love the yummy felt ribbon from Making Memories. So come on, let's see what you do with the sketch!

Supplies:

Cardstock: Stampin Up

Patterned Paper: Basic Grey

Stamps: Saltbox Studio (the set was on sale for $3.90 on the Amuse website a month ago)

Button: Basic Grey

Ink: Memento

Markers: Copics

Twine: Walmart

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

Flocked Thanks

First, I love this paper. Second, I love the rhinestone bling- its from the vintage button score that I got at a garage sale a few months ago. I finally found a card to use it on. The paper is the flocked Doodlebug designs. This card was a 5 minute card and I love it!

Sorry I have been a few days away. I rediscovered how much I love to read. I went to the library for the first time in ages and got some books, so that has taken some time as has some stuff at work. My little guy is feeling much better! We had a great day today he was very playful and fun and we even had out second swimming lesson. Hope you all are having a great night!

Supplies:

Patterned Paper: Doodlebug

Ribbon: from the stash

Rhinestone bling: Vintage

Stickers: Making Memories

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

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....

I used a felt flower from K and Company and added some gable green and raspberry fizz cardstock. Then used the patented Tiffany punching technique to add some visual interest and added a PTI birthday sentiment (still building the birthday stash).

Hope it inspires you!

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.

I need to increase my stash of birthday cards....so that was my self imposed challenge as well. Hope you liked it!

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

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?

Supplies:
Cardstock: Archiver's

Stamps: Paper Makeup Stamps, PTI

Ink: Stampin Up

Stickers: K and Company

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....

I had to make a card for my MIL's bday that is coming up this weekend, so I employed some assistance from my little guy...the rest was easy, just some cardstock and ribbon! Off to see what I have missed in the blog world this week!

Supplies:
Cardstock: PTI, Stampin Up

Paint: Making Memories

Ribbon: Dots and dashes

Twine: PTI

Stamps: PTI

Ink: Memento

Kick Back and Relax

I love these bunny slippers from My Favorite Things! I had lamented to my friend Tiffany that I didn't have any pink flocking (I have since remedied that situation, but didn't remake the card). I did add some sparkle to the card with a Veramark Glitter Pad. The ribbon is something that I picked up at Michaels and I thought it coordinated perfectly!

Supplies:
Cardstock: Wausau Paper, Bazzil

Stamps: My Favorite Things

Ink: Memento, Versamark Glitter Pad

Ribbon: Dots and Dashes

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

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

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

Congrats Grad

I am going on vacation, so I won't be posting as often. Hopefully I scheduled the posts correctly. I won't have internet either (gotta love the Northwoods), so don't think I haven't forgotten about everyone!

This card is another that I made for a graduation. Very quick and simple. I just a patterned paper from my stash and added some hibiscus burst ribbon, the star stamp is from PTI and the swirls are something I picked up at the $1.99 bin.

Supplies:
Carstock: Papertrey Ink

Patterned Paper: Anna Griffin

Stamps: Hero Arts, Papertrey Ink

Ink: Memento

Ribbon: Papertrey Ink

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?

I just got this pom pom ribbon at Archiver's this weekend. It was one of those "it's green" (my favorite color) purchases. Plus I have been seeing the pom poms everywhere and I was determined to make a card using it. The chipboard letters were a $1.99 spot purchase at Archiver's as well. It just didn't look right with just the pom pom and the letters, so I put a Heidi Swapp flower under the letters and added some stamping with Retro Basics. I could have added more, but the clean and simple cardmaker in me called shot clock and I determined that I was done.

Hope you like it! Off to see what you created!

Supplies:
Cardstock: Stampin Up

Stamp: Retro Basics (Papertrey Ink)

Chipboard Letters: Pressed Petals

Flower: Heidi Swapp

Ink: Memento

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!

Supplies:

Patterned Paper: Fancy Pants, The Paper Wardrobe, random scraps (green)

Stamp: Coud 9

Sticker: K and Company

Ink: Memento, Ranger Distress

Ribbon: Making Memories

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.

Supplies

Cardstock: Stampin Up, Papertrey Ink

Stamps: Paper Makeup Stamps

Ink: Memento

Ribbon: Stampin Up

Quick Graduation Card

This is my fall back card template. I needed a couple quick graduation cards for this week, and this became one of them. I really love the contrast of black and white with red and to be a bit different I used my other favorite - Kraft! Nothing fancy here folks, of course the bow looks terrific because nothing ties like the PTI ribbon.

Supplies:

Cardstock: Papertrey Ink

Patterned Paper: American Crafts

Stamp: Hero Arts

Ribbon: Papertrey Ink

Sweet Sunday Sketch

Sometimes I see a sketch and the card makes itself! This card was one of those times. I had all my Amy Butler papers spread out from yesterday, and I still had some of the purses from a sticker set I had gotten 50% off at Archiver's. It took maybe 10 minutes to put together...love that! It was very fun to punch out a bunch of squares and arrange them on the front of this card; I'll have to keep this sketch in mind to use up scraps in the future!

Supplies:
Cardstock: Stampin Up

Patterned Paper: Amy Butler (K and Company)

Purse: K and Company

Ink: Stampin Up

Stamp: PTI

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