Kaboodle Doodles #101-Fireworks + Sketch

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This is an exciting week for me as it was my turn to design a sketch for Sunday Sketch & Stamp, this is only the 2nd time I have created my own sketch. I hope you like it ans will come and play along with us and check out what the rest of the Sunday Sketch team has created HERE.

So I took this opportunity to kill 2 bids with one stone and combine my sketch with the challenge this week at Kaboodle Doodles. Our challenge this week is "Fireworks" and we have the wonderful Meljen's Designs as our sponsor this week. The prize this week is 4 images from Meljen's, so make sure to play along for a chance to win!  

I chose to use this adorable penguin image called "Party Penguin"- I love the sparklers in his hand and fun banner!  What a great image for a birthday or any occasion you are celebrating.  The papers are reversible and from TPC Studio "Party Hearty Candy Buttons" line. I have colored him using copics and then layered him up several times. I have framed him using my Nesties, then added a little bling and sentiment from CTMH.

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Meljen's- stars (star on pennant, hope it counts)

Happy Holidays

A little snow is being predicted here in Missouri tonight, so far no SNOW which I am happy about!  I am not ready for winter just yet, however I thought why not make a snow themed card tonight!  I just got this great set from Unity called "Winter Greetings" drawn by none other than my friend, Tracey Malnofski.

I decided to start with the sketch at Eat Sleep Stamp and grabbed papers from Bo Bunny Snowfall Collection 6x6 pad.  I have colored the image with copics and then added a little glitter to Mr. Snowman's hat/coat.  I also added a little sparkly fluff to the snow he is standing in, everything is inked in CTMH Cocoa ink.

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Eat Sleep Stamp-sketch

 Here is another simple card design using Inkadinkado Winter Trails stamp set (which I have never used).  I created this for the "pearls and swirls" challenge at Dutch Dare Card Challenges being sponsored by
The Stamping Boutique. I have used CTMH Indian Corn Blue ink and carsdstock and added lots of pearls to both my sentiment and flourish.

Marvelous Monday...Check out these 3 challenges!!!

 Hope you all had a wonderful weekend, we had a very relaxing weekend! We started things off with cheering on our St. Louis Cardinals in their World Series victory and I got lots of crafting done so I will have lots to share over next week!  Saturday was a beautiful day which Lucas spent whole day playing outside on his scooter and then to a friend's house for some board game fun! Today was all the last minute Halloween preparations, including creating several party goodies/games so stayed tune as I will share those later too!

Up first today is this fun challenge at The Crazy Challenge, which is sponsored this week by JLJ Designs and we have an inspiration challenge.  Check out this great photo, the possibilities are endless in your projects!

I chose to use some of the fantastic colors to inspire my project, so I grabbed some scraps on CTMH Creme Brulee, black, and this great patterned paper from Cosmo Cricket: Earth Love 6x6 deck. The image is called piggy, which I colored with copics and added a little black spica pen to eyelashes and flowers. I used the sketch at Clean & Simple and rotated it, finishing my card off is that wooden button I grabbed in $1 section at Michael's and a computer generated sentiment.  Come on over and check out rest of team's creations here!

I am entering this card in the following challenges:
Wee Memories- Buttons, Brads, or Bows

We are "feeling sassy" this week at Kaboodle Doodles and who better to have as a sponsor than  

Sassy Studios. I worked with the image called "Diamonds are a Girl's Best Friend" so of course I did a little research using google. I think I got pretty close to how Miss Marilyn looked in the movie, I added a little sparkle to her bling & shoes with some Ranger embossing powders. I found this perfect scrap of patterned paper to compliment this image and used a computer generated sentiment again!  

With it being the end of the month, that means another "Anything Goes" challenge at Lollipop Crafts.  Oh I love these challenges, because you really get to see the Lollipop girls creativity as they have free reign on their projects!  Also this means we have to bid farewell to out guest designer Linda, but you can still follow her on her blog here. You will not want to miss her project this week as it's another pretty one!

I am entering this card in the following challenges:
Crafty Purple Frog-Sparkle
For Your Inspiration-photo (I picked out that pink color)
Wags 'n Whiskers- black + pearl or ribbon
Our Craft Lounge- pink for BCA
Fairy Fun Fridays- wet embossing (hard to tell but jewelry and shoes are heat embossed)
Mark's Finest Papers- use your scraps
Just Us Girls- wild card 
Sassy Studios- Sassy Girls (fave movie)

The 3 R's- Red, Ribbon, & Row

Are you ready for another great recipe from our Master chef, Katie Tate over at Cooking It Up With Katie? Well she has come up with another great one, our recipe this week is as follows:

 

"Create a row, add some red, and finish with some ribbon."

I used sketch #162 again over at Clean & Simple Stamping for my card design, I just love this sketch!!! My paper is from Cosmo Cricket Mitten Weather 6 x6 Mini Deck. The stocking is a wood stamp from CTMH, which I stamped in tulip ink.  Now I combined my row with my ribbon, creating a row of ribbons-LOL!!! The sentiment is from our spectacular sponsor, Digital Delights and you won't want to miss the chance to win a prize from them!!!  Come on over and check out what rest of team has created and show us your projects here.

I am entering this in the following challenges:

Simon Says Stamp- anything goes

Thrilling Thursday - Anything Goes
Squiggles and Giggles - Christmas Cheer
Sparkles Christmas Card Challenges - Christmas Card (optional recipe)
Alota Rubber Stamps - Christmas

4 Crafty Chicks- Color Challenge

It's week 2 of my guest designer month at 4 Crafty Chicks and this week is a color challenge.  Our challenge colors are "Old Olive, Rose Road, Baja Breeze, and Early Espresso."  Well I don't have these colors from Stampin' Up, so I had to try to match my CTMH papers with a little help from a color comparison chart I found online.  I have used Olive, Cranberry, Crystal Blue, Chocolate, and Colonial White- when I first saw this combo I didn't think I could make it work, but love the final result! The patterned papers are from CTMH also except the green (blue is from Miracle and red is from Mistletoe).  I found this great sketch on Feline Playful site and the sentiment is a freebie I got at Sentimental Sundays. A few little pearls and ribbon to complete this card, oh and I layered up the inside too!

Lollipop Spotlight: Meljen's Designs- Cute Lil' Vampire

It's time to spotlight our fabulous sponsor Meljen's Designs this week at Lollipop Crafts! I have created this fun Halloween card using the adorable "Lil Vampire" image, which I have colored with copics and paired with papers from Fancy Pants Designs Oct 31st stack and CTMH papers. This card is perfect for this week's challenge #51 at Lollipop Crafts, which is to create a Halloween project.  Up for grabs is a prize of 4 digis from their store. Come join us this week and share those spooky & spectacular projects!

Here's a little about Meljen's Designs:

Meljen's Designs is a lovely stamp company owned and illustrated by Melissa Jenkins. She illustrates whimsical digital images inspired by her kids and family. The Meljen's Designs store officially launched on April 1 and is steadily growing! Meljen's Designs has new releases along with a new challenge every Thursday, freebies every Monday and a Guest Designer each month at the Meljen's Designs Blog. Please visit the Meljen's Designs line of stamps at the WHIMSY STAMPS STORE to browse and enjoy Melissa's wonderful images!

Card recipe:

Image: Meljen's Designs Lil Vampire

Sketch: Sketch and Stash

Paper: Fancy Pants Designs Oct 31st & CTMH Mistletoe

Sentiment: Stampendous Costume Kids 

Medium: Copics

Challenges:

Sketch & Stash- sketch+ option of 3 pp or 3 embellies (did both- new/papers & image, neglected-buttons)
Meljen's Designs- halloween
Crafty Ribbons-halloween projects
Delightful Challenges- make it dimensional (sentiment is popped up)

4 Crafty Chicks- Monochromatic

I am so excited to share that I was selected as a guest designer for October at 4 Crafty Chicks, so for the next four weeks I hope to inspire you with my projects.  This week's challenge is "monochromatic" and I found this great sketch at Clean & Simple Stamping.  I have used the CTMH stamp set called "happiness" for the flowers, which I have stamped in black ink using second generation for bottom layers of flowers.  the sentiment is also from CTMH and is from the "for every occasion set."I have added a little bling also!

This is going to be a great go to card for me and perfect for using up all those scraps!  Check out the other monochromatic designs I have created.  I think I am going to make these into some sets of these to give as gifts!

Blessed Beyond Measure

Kaboodle Doodles this week has a great color challenge and we are sponsored this week by Stamp Insanity, the prize up for grabs is 3 images from their store.  Are you ready for your challenge colors? Our challenge was to use the following colors:

"Colors - pinks, reds/maroons, purples plus neutral (grey or brown)."

 Now when I first saw this I thought, how am I going to pull this off until I found this GORGEOUS piece of patterned paper in my stash from an SEI kit. I have paired it with cardstocks from CTMH in chocolate and vineyard berry, edges are inked with chocolate ink also. I used the wonderful sketch at Card Patterns this week. My created my strip down left side using my new EK Success punch and flowers are created with my ribbon rose die. Sentiment came from one of those $1 section stamps.

I am entering this card in following challenges:

Card Patterns- sketch
365 Cards-triple it sentiment (stamped it, cut it out, and inked it)

Rah Rah Rhonda

It's Homecoming this week here in our town, so everyone is gearing up for the "Big Game" as well as parade and dance.GO TIGERS!!! When I saw this image I thought it would make the perfect card for the challenge this week at The Crazy Challenge, which is to pick 3 colors to work with so I chose our school colors black/yellow or gold/white.  We are sponsored this week by Sassy Studio Designs and I have used Rah Rah Rhonda image from their store.

I am very excited to share with you that the overall layout of this card is my first sketch that I designed for the challenge this week at Sunday Sketch & Stamp. We are honored to be sponsored by Kut 4 You and

one lucky winner will receive 2 chipboard albums and 5 sets of chipboard shapes. How cool is that!!!

My card is also for the challenge this week at Lollipop Crafts, where it's all about "anything goes" this week! Come check out what the entire team of Lollipop gals have created to inspire you this week!

Lots of Layers-Kaboodle Doodles #85

Hope you all had a fantastic weekend!  I ran another 5K race on Saturday morning followed by a b-day party in afternoon and a fun night of cards/board games with some AMAZING friends.  It rained most of weekend cancelling all 4 baseball games on Sunday, so we go to just relax all day!

Are you ready for another challenge this week at Kaboodle Doodles?  This week is all about layers and we are sponsored by my fave store The Stamping Boutique! One lucky person will receive 3 digis of the their choice from the TSB store.  I chose to work with this wonderful image called "ribbon and rose", as some may know I love to create cards for soldiers to send back home to their loved ones so this image was perfect for that however is very versatile and can be used for all the the other awareness ribbons.  

I followed the sketch over at Cardabilities, my card stocks are all CTMH and are inked in chocolate. The sentiment is from a Stampin' Up set that I have never used before. Come on over and join the fun and see the rest of the team's wonderful projects!

Thanks Book Worm-Sunday Sketch & Stamp #73

With school back in session I have decided to build my stash of cards to be ready for when one is needed for a teacher. I grabbed this adorable image from Robyn's Fetish called "book worm" which is our sponsor this week at Sunday Sketch & Stamp.

We have a a wonderful sketch from Gry with lots of layers, which is exactly what I LOVE!  I raided my scrap stash and found these fun school papers from DCWV.  As you can see I has a little boo-boo with my red copic, but I decided it wasn't that bad.  Add a little embossing with my Swiss dots folder and sentiment is from CTMH.

Come on over and check out rest of girl's creations and join in the fun!

Lollipop Crafts Spotlight

It's time to spotlight our wonderful sponsor this week at Lollipop Crafts! 

 

Here's a little bit about Di's Digi Downloads:

 

I have been drawing since a child and studied graphics at College many years ago, I know work as a medical photographer part time but my love was always drawing.  I started cardmaking about 4 years ago when I bought my daughter a cardmaking kit which we did together, but I'm afraid I got the bug!  My daughter preferred scrapbooking.  I then started looking online at other blogs and this then became my passion and I loved sharing my cards with like-minded people.  I love stamping and loved finding images, but sometimes I could not find what I wanted so i started to draw myself.

 

This then has become my second addiction and I have never looked back, I love thinking of new images and it's just fabulous to see others take them and make them into beautiful work of art.  Long may it continue!

 

I have followed the sketch from Sweet Sketch Wednesday for my card and used papers/ribbon/brads from my stash! Don't forget our challenge #48, it's an easy one, all you have to do is use "eyelets or brads" like I did in corners of my card.  Link up your projects here, there is a great prize up for grabs:  

5 digi images OR 3 clear stamp images.

 

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Sweet Sketch Wednesday- sketch

Cooking It Up With Katie/Exciting News!!!

I know I shared this card yesterday (you can see all details here), but it's pulling double duty for the challenge this week at Cooking It Up With Katie.  Our sponsor this week is Sassy Studios so you know a sweet prize will be up for grabs!

Our recipe for this week is as follows:

"Something girly, add some green, and finish with a group of 3."

I get to add this fun little badge to my blog as one of my cards from last week was selected as a spotlight-WOO HOO!  You can check out my card here!

 

Ric Rac, fabric, or lace- Oh my!!!

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It's challenge day again at Kaboodle Doodles and for this week if you are like me you will need to dig deep into your stash for this challenge! Our challenge this week is all about using "ric-rac, fabric, or lace" on your projects and we are excited to be sponsored by Robyn's Fetish. One lucky person will win 5 images from the Robyn's Fetish Designs & More Store.

We got the pleasure of working with Christmas/Winter images and I decided to work with this cute little guy called "Christmas Twee." Paper piecing was in order, so I printed my image twice (once on white, once on olive green) and started the fussy cutting!  I added a little color around tree using my G99 copic, the star is colored with Smooch, and a little bling to make this tree sparkle. I chose to work with the sketch from 

365 Cards (rotated is on it's side). A little ric-rac, added a little embossing, and inking my edges with CTMH olive ink to make complete!

I am entering this card in following challenges:

365 Cards- sketch

Think Pink

Isn't Princess Jennifer Latte looking GORGEOUS and ready for a evening our to celebrate?  She is a brand new image from The Stamping Boutique who happens to be sponsoring the challenge this week at

Sunday Sketch and Stamp. Our sketch this week comes from Maggie and I have rotated the sketch and been a little liberal as had to change shape to get my image to fit!

I just love this image, I have colored her pink using sparkly fluff and copics for Breast Cancer Awareness but she would work for any of the awareness ribbons! It's hard to see in pic, but I have used my special edition Sizzix  plates for embossing of "encouraging phrases" on white and "ribbons" on pink!  My cardstocks are from CTMH as well as that blingy brad!

Don't forget The Stamping Boutique is having a DT call and celebrating their 2nd birthday this month with lots of fun & prizes on their challenge blog. Check it out here and took pick up this image click here. They are also having a Labor Day sale where images are 35% off, but hurry it's only for this weekend!

I am entering this in following challenges:
One Stitch at a Time- use a digi
Stamptacular Sunday- anything goes
I Did It Creations- Girly Girl
Crafting When We Can-anything goes

Sunday Sketch & Stamp #58

Hope everyone has had a relaxing weekend so far, it has been extremely hot here so we have been soaking up as much a/c as possible. My kiddos took off for a small fishing trip with my parents so we were enjoying the piece and quiet, we are only a week into summer vacation and they are already on my last nerve with all the bickering and fighting- It's gonna be a long summer, lol!!!  Tonight we have Micah's HS Baseball banquet and then get ready for another busy week!

I am still working on getting my mojo back after surgery and have lots of projects in the works.  Today bring another sketch challenge over at Sunday Sketch and Stamp, which I am a design team member. I had this fabulous paper from last month's scrapbook club, it's from CTMH and called Fanfare.  The image is courtesy of The Stamping Boutique and colored with copics.  Head on over here and join us and check out the rest of DT's wonderful creations!

Charisma Cardz Challenge #2/Critter Sketch Challenge #47

Hope everyone is having a wonderful week so far, here in Kansas City, MO we were blasted with snow! Yes we got between 5-8 inches, so the kids have had 3 snow days but are back in today! With the frigid temperatures in the low teens or below (actually was -3 this morning), I hunkered down inside and was able to get a little crafting done this week. Oh my copics were so happy as they have been feeling neglected as I haven't been able to craft much in last couple months.

Today I would like to share a card with you that I made for the challenge over at Charisma Cardz
which is "Good Luck" that is being sponsored by The Stamping Boutique.

I pulled out this super sweet image called AJ with a sign which I colored with my copics.  I added the sentiment to the sign using rub-ons from my stash. The embossing is from a Sizzix folder that I ran through my Cuttlebug, then a few pearls courtesy of CTMH to finish it off.  Everything is inked with Chestnut Roan.

Now this card is also for sketch #47 over at Critter Sketch Challenge that is also being sponsored by The Stamping Boutique this week.  I chose to turn the sketch though.

Make sure you enter your cards in both challenges as there are FREE digis up for grabs from TSB.  While you are at it, don't forget it you use a TSB image you can also enter it into monthly contest for a chance to win more FREE images. Check out all the details on monthly contest here.

Crafts 4 Eternity Recipe Challenge #33

It's Friday and that bring another fun recipe challenge from Crafts 4 Eternity. For today's challenge we were to use the sketch, shades of blue, and some beads. I used this adorable new digi elephant from C4E, I printed it first on a scrap of blue paper and then colored it with my copics. I then colored his toes with my white gel pen. All papers are from my scrap stash, I used my QuicKutz die to cut the top note and inked edges with CTMH Outdoor Denim. Sentiment is from one of my $1 Studio G sets and of course punches with my fave Stampin' Up punches. Now I didn't have any beads specifically, so I used these little adhesive pearls from CTMH.

Make sure to join the challenge and check out rest of DT projects over at Crafts 4 Eternity.

Sketchbook Wednesday

It's Sketchbook Wednesday atThe Shack and Toni challenged us this week with the sketch. The DT did an awesome job, so go check out their creations and join the fun!

Did you get your Manic Monday image this week? Well if you haven't HURRY over to get it before it's gone. Check it out here. I used to make this cute keychain tag for a friend.

Crafts 4 Eternity Recipe Challenge #24

Are you ready for another fabulous challenge? Head on over to Crafts 4 Eternity blog to check out rest of DT's projects this week. There is also a fantastic prize this week, this brand new digi set pictured below:
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The Recipe this week is:
RECIPE
1. Use the sketch
2. Use the colours green & yellow
3. Add some string or wool


Now for my card I used this wonderful new image from Chicken Girl Design called Eggstra-Special Bunny. For his tail, I used the Sparkly Fluff in sugar white that you can find at the i (heart) papers store here. I did not have any string or wool, so I used ribbon instead.

Supplies:
Paper: Archiver's free pack
Innk: CTMH garden green
Image: Chicken Girl Design, sentiment- CTMH March Word Puzzle
Copics: R81/R85/Y17/Y21/E31/E33/E37/BG93/C1/blender
Miscellaneous: multi-liner, CTMH ribbon, Sprakly fluff