Tuesday Takes # 9

Happy Tuesday!!! Today things will seem more "normal" as the kids will be back in school and the hubby back to work...
I want to say thank you ever so much for such a positive response to the  Sassy Saturday Tips, tricks & Tutorials. I am delighted you found this to be a resourceful tidbit!
We have a great new sketch at Sketches In Thyme this week courtesy of  Card Patterns, remember the sketch is just a guideline. You can rotate it, switch shapes, or whatever just as long as we can "see" the underlying form underneath. I love the anything goes (Let's Ink it Up ), (Stamp Something) (Pile it On) ) ( Ai Factory) quality of this sketch and how open it is for interpretation.

I really need some Male (One Stop Craft) (Paper Romance) oriented Birthday (Totally Papercrafts) (Sisterhood of Crafters)cards, so I substituted the flowers for explosions and robots using two different stamp sets: one from Technique Tuesday called Rocket Man & Space Cadet by See D's:

I have some new (My Partner in Crafting Crime) (Crafty Pad)brads (Anything Goes)  and decided the reddish orange would be a great addition to this card. So there you have it.
Remember by participating you'll get a chance at this months fantastic prize.
The lucky winner will be receiving this Lucky Girl Crafts prize pack. 

 Thanks for stopping and I hope you day is a blast!

Happy Sunday!!!

Is it just me or was this weekend gone at the blink of an eye? Speaking of which I created this birthday card  (Totally Papercrafts) in a matter of minutes if you don't count the coloring of Warm & toasty colors (FabN' Funky) I did a while back. I got the sketch from Midnight Madness:

Here is my card using this fun digi Miss Music from the Jammin Out Collection:

I followed the sketch as close as possible, even went with the Tag (Paper Cutz) & (Pixie Dust Studio) allowing some of the elements to Hang off the edges (Stamp Insanity). I found this fun little Metal (Crafty Chicks)charm that I have had Forever (Sassy Studio). Well that about wraps it up for tonight!Thanks for stopping by!

Give that button a boost!

 Hello, br-t here for the Sketches In Thyme Sassy Saturday's Tips Tricks & Tutorials. Today I am going  to share a fun technique of embossing buttons!  I love buttons but sometime I need  textural boost so here is a gallery of how I go about creating it:

The supplies needed are pretty straight forward. If you don't own VersaMark, any pigment based ink should do.

 Firmly press desired side of button down onto ink pad.

 Place the button into the Embossing Powder...

making sure it's well coated. Heat with craft gun.

This is what it looks like after one coat of melted Embossing Powder. Repeat process 2-3 times until the EP sort of makes waves while heated up.

You can see here how it's pretty thick.  Have your desired stamp ready to go laying stamp face up and begin your final heating...

 ...immediately press onto the stamp and hold for a few seconds, the EP will cool rather quickly. Don't fret if you didn't heat the EP enough or press onto stamp hard enough just reheat and try again. You can also add another layer of EP.

Here is the result, but we're not done just yet!

I wanted to give my buttons a sort of "Shabby" look so I rubbed some white Acrylic paint onto the button and carefully wiped off the excess. You could get about a bazillion results just by changing the EP color, the stamp or paint!!!

What do you think?

Here is a card I created using buttons that underwent this fun little transformation. Well I hope you found this little tutorial useful and fun, have a super Saturday!  

 

Challenges:

 Everybody Art Challenge Sketch

 Frosted Designs  Use Paint

Totally Papercrafts  Birthday

Digi's With Attitude  Green &  Black

Moving Along With The Times  Make your Dreams Come True

Cute Card Thursday  Monochrome

Tuesday Throwdown  Back ground Stamping (on black Panel)

Stamp Fairy  Layers & Buttons

Color Chef  Monochrome

AI Factory  Anything Goes

Paper Craft Journey  Digital image

Happy Fiday!!!!

Wow! I just spent 3 hours on eBay looking at children/youth books for our library, we have a tiny budget so I need a lot of bang for my buck! I love children books so much more than most adult fiction mostly for the simple fact they have illustrations!  Using this weeks sketch courtesy of  Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge,
 I created a card using Lori Boyds Butterfly image from her Lolllipops Series.  I just love the cute wings,  (Aly's Sunday Sketch) & (Sentimental Sundays)don't you? Lori ever so generously gifted these to me Thank you!!! I followed along with the color challenge at Lori Designs Challenges to celebrate her first challenge.

   Happily last week I got my mega dp supply in consisting of lots of yummy and new(Polly Craft Challenges)and Dotty (Incy Wincy) & Spotty (Basic Grey Challenges) BG and stupendous Cosmo Cricket life is amazing! This Olivia paper pad by BG works perfectly for this challenge!

 

Isn't that butterfly a real Cutie-Patootie?(Paper Play) (Pile It On) perfect for a child (One Stop Craft)? I think so! I Embossed (Some Odd Girl)my larger Die-Cut (Stampin' B's)circle and then sanded it for a touch of Distressing (Do You Stack Up). 

I have but a few of those Glittered (Stampavie & More)brads left ...you will be missed! 

I tried to create my challenge list with a bit more pizazz, does it work? Or, simply make you dizzy!

I would like to let you know I am doing a tutorial on a technique to give those buttons a face lift tomorrow so be sure to stop by here or over to Sketches In Thyme for the Sassy Saturday's Tips Tricks & Tutorials.

Pink Cat Studio Release!!!!

Hello there! Wasn't last weeks Pink Cat Studio Release sweeet? Well you are in for a real roar,oops... I mean treat with this weeks collection! We are bringing you a little Dino love:

Aren't these just terrific? And if you make a purchase today  to you'll get that Pterodactyl free! I created a card using Bronty Valentine because I love his fussy cutting! Here is my card:

Now if you want to see all these digi's in action hop over to Melissa's blog for her gallery of dt creations, you will swoon over these!!!! Do you want a chance to win some of these? Melissa is sponsoring
the Southern Girls Challenge blog this week. You could win some digis if you participate. Here's the link.

Thanks for stopping by!

 Challenges:

Southern Girls Totally Loved Up

 Scrap-Creations   Love is in the Air

 Tip Top Tuesday  Open theme

Cupcake Craft  Something New  Digi Bronty Valentine

Crazy Challenge  Animals

Bunny Zoe Crafts  Love is in the Air

Lexi's Creations  Say it with Love

Woodware USA  Hearts

Glitter everywhere!!!

Meyer Imports is promoting this fun glitter and one lucky winner will a fun sampling to play with!!! I just went to their sight and they have more glitter than one could ever dream of! Do you want to know more? Click here!

Cake People are awesome!!!!

I love theses digi's from The Greeting Farm this cute cake is Freaky Flutter and I have had her colored up forever just hanging out in limbo... until now. Here is my card:

 

I really like the way this image turned out, I am no way a shading master but this isn't too shabby if I do say so myself. I pulled out one of my new embossing folders for the the framed "flutter." and sanded it down a bit to draw out some white. Speaking of white it feels so good to use my white on black again you will be seeing it often...there is no doubt about it.

 

Challenges: 

Stampotique  Punches & Die Cuts

Pixie Dust Studio  2 or more ribbons (light blue layered over black rickrack)

 Woodware USA  Something New
Crafty Catz Challenge  Food & Drink(she is a cake, whether one would eat her or not is another story)

Phindy's Place  Distressing
Stamp Something  Use A Digi
Stamping For The Weekend  New & Blue
Delicious Doodle  New stash or technique
Really Reasonable Ribbon  New & Ribbon

I love New Release Blog Hops!!!

 Welcome to the Your Next Stamp January New Release Mega Post  BLOG HOP!  We've got some fabulous new YNS stamps to showcase today! These new stamps are available to buy right now from the Your Next Stamp store along with all your YNS favorites.  We also have a wonderful guest joining us for our hop - the amazing Angela Wood, who was our fabulous GDT here at YNS before Christmas!

If you would like to participate in the hop and you didn't arrive here from Wendy's blog, please CLICK HERE to return to the start of the hop .

The hop starts today (07 January 2011 at 03:00 EST) and ends on 10 January 2011 at midnight EST.

As always here at Your Next Stamp, we have a wonderful prize for you to win!  One lucky winner will be drawn at random from the links in the linky list to receive Heather's Chocolate Lover Collection! Yummy!!!!

 You will see that every stop along the hop has a linky list - this is the SAME linky list posted on every blog, so that you can enter the prize draw from any stop (although we hope you will visit all the blogs on today's hop!).  The linky will update itself on everyone's blog when a link is entered - how cool is that?  Please remember to only enter your name ONCE into the linky list during the hop -  you do NOT need to enter your name at every stop and multiple entries will be removed.  It's not a requirement for you to comment at every stop along the hop to be eligible to be entered into the prize draw, but the DT would sure love to hear what you think of their new release creations!

Karen is also running some special promotions, so be sure to hop on over to the YNS store once you've finished the hop.  There is a fab clearance section, where you can grab a bargain or two, and Karen has also put together some special-priced bundles!!

So onto my blog hop creation! I have used Happy Dance Stamp and a sketch from MFT:

Here is my card:

I am pretty pleased with how this turned out I got some new ribbon at my local scrap store and knew I was going to use it with this stamp. This ribbon treatment is something new to me I cut 6 pieces at 2 1/2 inches and secure the ends on each. I created two rows with the use of double sided tape and stacked the rows and then used a small strip of dp to cover the frayed edges. Is that about as clear as mud? 

So now it's time for you to hop on over to Jenny's blog as she is the next stop on our hop, but I'd love it if you left me a comment before you go!

Thanks so much for hopping with us today!  I hope you enjoy our new release!

 

Challenges:
Crafty Purple Frog  New Technique or Goodies
Stampin B's  Old favorite & New Stash
(favorite colored cs/ new stamps & ribbon
Moving Along With The Times  Old Stash/New Stash
Creative Cottage  Something New
Flutter by Wednesday  Open theme
Paper Sundaes  Something New
Speedy Cats Friend  Something New
Simon Says Stamp &  Show  Newest Stamp
Paper Cutz  Use metal(brad, butterflies)
StampFairy Challenge  Color Explosion recipe
Creative Inspirations  Use Something New

Mojo Monday?

I haven't created anything for Mojo Monday in a very long time, a very very long time! I saw this weeks sketch and it triggered some interest, not to mention my one-in a-million-chance to win a free set from Verve Stamps! Yeah baby!  So here is sketch # 172

Here is my card using Summer from The Greeting Farms Wild Sprouts Collection 1 "Roll Call" I love her low piggy tails and can almost hear her little giggle...

  

Looking at this card makes me realize how much I like this sketch! You have until Sunday to enter I perhaps you'll win those awesome stamps!

Challenges:

Aly's Sunday Sketch  Open

Koboodle Doodle  Anything Goes

Sentimental Sundays  Friendship

Crafty Sentiments  Anything Goes

Fab'n'Funky  Anything Goes

I Heart Pink Cat Studio!

Today is another exciting day because I get to share some terrifically sweet new images from The Pink Cat Studio! Melissa gave us last month off to get focus on friends & family. This was really appreciated, but let me tell you, I was going through some serious Lily withdraws! Big Time! When Melissa sent us these new images I fell in love with them how could I not!

See what I mean? I am sharing three cards today:

I adore Lily Love Bug and her many costumes they are so fun!

 Now this Squirrel Valentine 

 seems a bit more apt to share his acorn unlike that Scratch From Ice Age!

I know it's hard to see here 

but the sentiment says "I love hanging around with you"

wouldn't you agree that's perfect for this image Monkey Love?

Don't you just LOVE these new images? Stop by the Shop and share your love today and you'll receive the darling Bird Tower free!

 

Challenges:

Card 1:

 Aud Sentiment  Two words

Fun At Fairy Knoll  open

Card 2:

Cute Card Thursday  Out with the old(the dp is over a year old)

Card 3:

Shabby Tea Room 11 elements card stock, dp, image,glitter, ribbon, paper flowers,buttons, sent,diecuts, & bling

CCEE  Checkered

Cooking It Up With Kate  1-2 buttons ,ribbon, animal image

YNS Sketch Challenge

Wow, I cannot believe it has been three weeks passing since out last challenge! Welcome back I hope all your holidays were wonderful. Today at Your Next Stamp Challenges (YNSC33) we have a fun Sketch designed by are amazing dt member Kerri:

 

Now I just love the ornate framing, it looks like one of the very popular Spellbinder dies, sadly I don't own any square dies but I was able to use my Cricut to cut out the scalloped square.

 Here is my card:

The black metal frame was a part of a kit from making memories and it used to be cream.I decided to paint it and sand it down to make the dots pop. I love Day Dream Fhiona she sitting on that flower without a care in the world...She's 50% off!!!! Think on that! I love this paper pack Girl Friday by Cosmo Cricket I found  a 12x12 48 sheet combo pack on sale and it will be here tomorrow I can't wait!

Challenges:

Crafty Emma  Anything Goes

Whoopsi Daisy  Free And Easy

Flourish Timeless Tuesday  Use Flowers

Crafty Sentiments  Anything Goes

Tip Top Tuesday  Metal Mickey

Southern Girls  Anything Goes

Take 7 for Tuesday Takes!

Welcome back to Tuesday Takes! This week we have a sketch by Card Patterns. I haven't personally done too many of their sketches so I was excited to take this one on!
 

Want to know who is sponsoring this month?

It's the fabby Lucky Girl Craft kit....Forever 

 (Click on Lucky Girl Craft Kit to see this one it's fabulous!!! )

I pulled out a previously colored digi image from Tiddly Inks Pinky .

I  used another embossing Folder that I received for Christmas to create the sentiment, I am loving all my new stuff! Of course what isn't old is that rickrack ribbon which is my all time  favorite. I am seriously considering purchasing every color when it goes on sale again. Today is a bittersweet day as it's the last day of my kiddos Christmas break...It flew by that's for sure though at moments it was not fast enough! 

Have a great day!

 Challenge List:

Kaboodle Doodle  Anything Goes

Papertake Weekly  Anything Goes

Tuesday Throwdown  Embossing

Sundays with Chrissy  Ribbon

Fresh Brewed  Celebrate

Stamp Something  Glitter (brads)

Stamp Insanity  Sparkle brads)

Stampin B's  Celebration

Simon Says  Celebrate
Crazy4Challenges  Celebrate something

Happy New Year Year!!!!

I have been M.I.A. getting ready for a few upcoming releases and making time for my kiddos. I have been sneaking onto your blogs just rather incognito leaving little to no words...once again sorry!
I created this card last night while watching Despicable Me I love Steve Carell even though he causes me so much anxiety on The Office! I have vowed once again to use more of my collection in rubber so what do I do? Grab another often used  Ketto, resolution already up in smoke poof just like that...

I followed a sketch from Sweet Sketch Wednesday because I was wanting lots of layers.

Here is what I created for the multitude of "Thank You" challenges from last week:

This Ketto is Ivy and even though she's a bit tricky to color I think she's a darling fairy at least I think she's a fairy! I got a mega supply of American Crafts Black card stock ( Now I can stamp white on black again!!!) and ATG glue and several embossing folders for Christmas from my amazing in laws and my super awesome mom & Dad  gave me some money which is huge plus because now I have more foam tape on the way and a huge supply of dt papers. Life is good! THANK YOU!!!

 

Challenge List:

Magical Monday  Thank You

Incy Wincy Designs  Distressing

The Crazy Challenge  Punch it

Bunny Zoe's Crafts  Sparkle & Shine

City Crafter Challenge  Stamp It Out

Papertake Weekly  Thank You

My Time To Craft  Brand New (Embossing Folder)

Cute Card Thursday  Thank You

C.R.A.F.T  Thank You

All Sorts  Thank You

I Did It Creations  My Favorite Technique  Stamping White on Black Card Stock of course!!!!