My Time to Create Inspiration Challenge 03

Hello everyone! It's time for another challenge! :)

I only wished that I had the right PTI colors! Have to save up some money or sell something! :)

So, I really like how this turned out! I borrowed the sketch from this card at SCS. I left the sentiment of "Get Well Wishes" off the front because I couldn't decide where to put it - so it's on the inside of the card! This card is two-fold. I'm planning a card class for an old teaching friend. I want the cards clean and simple and easy to reproduce! :)

The team would love for you to play along! Be sure to add your creations to SCS or the Mister Linky on Lauren's blog. Check out what the other girls have made. Click right over there ---->

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Sketch For You To Try and an attempt to recreate another.

I stayed up last night creating!

This card was actually the second one that I made, because I was inspired by the decorative paper and I had already been using Orchid Opulence! It is for Jen del Muro's Sketch for You to Try. I love Jen's sketches and haven't played in a while, so I thought I would.

I really like the way it came out. I don't think it hurts that I used SU's Butterfly die. Gosh I love that thing! :) This isn't normally something I would make, but that's exactly what I like about sketch challenges - and Jen's especially. For some reason I gather some divine mojo when I use her sketches! Ha ha!

I always love receiving updates for cards of the week and challenges in my email inbox. It always gets me excited and wanting to stamp! Some of my favorites come from Hero Arts. I love their stamps, but don't have many of them. However, I adore the sketches they come up with. I have saved many of them, but haven't forced myself to try to replicate them. Well, I finally did!

Isn't this so cute? Well, I didn't quite achieve the cuteness level of this card, but I tried really hard! (And trying is what counts, right? :) )

I had seen a card on SCS with Razzleberry and Orchid Opulence that looked really pretty. As I went along, I added the teal piece. I like the clean look of this, lots of texture...

Well... after a morning of dealing with some things that I've been avoiding, I decided I need to have a fun afternoon. I'm not sure what I'm going to do, but hopefully it includes some stamping!

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featured stamper: U R purrrfect!

Again, I can't believe summer has gone so quickly and I have so little to show for it! I mean, hardly any cards... I have read a couple of books.... watched some movies...but otherwise, I've really nothing to show for myself!

So, I decided that I would try the featured stamper challenge last night. (Actually, I was trying to make myself tired so I would go to bed at a decent hour. Nope... didn't happen.)

I found this card of schrimcat's. I really liked the layout of the owl.

I watercolored the cat with Curry and Dusty Durango. He looks just like an el tigre! :) I wasn't sure what else to do for the sentiment - I wanted to use the "purrfect" but didn't know how to get it in there. So, this is how it turned out. Not my favoritest card ever, but it'll do!

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UPDATED: My Time to Color Challenge 4

I really do have the best of intentions to post.... I really really do. But then again, I have the best of intentions to get up in my stampin' room and actually stamp, rather than just looking at cards or blog surfing. However, I'm going to get a move on with stamping and creating because my summer is going too quickly! Time flies when you are having fun (doing nothing!).



I do have a sneaky peeky for you. It's a peek of the My Time to Design teams creations for the color challenge tomorrow! It is a fabulous color combo and so much fun to play with! Be sure to stop back by tomorrow to see the challenge!

Kind of a lame photo of my card, but the colors are just as bright as in the sneek peak! :) I really liked the simple layout and thought the colors really highlighted those delicious cupcakes! I colored the images with blender pens and stamped the sentiment in white craft ink (although you can't see it very well!)

Pretty simple, but I love the way it turned out! Thanks for dropping by again!

Merry Little Birdie Friends

Yea!!! My new stampin' toys came today. I had to place an order before the new catty came out, but I purchased some stuff that would carry over. And of course, I had to have the new "in-colors," although Mango Mambo is backordered! I was so sad!

But, I came up with a way that I could use the missing colors without a stamp pad!


I had this card by stampinjos saved in my favorites at SCS. I thought it would work well with the new hostess set, The More the Merrier.


I did just a little paper piecing for the hearts and two of the birdie wings! The bow kicked me in the rear and took me forever to get "just right!" All in all, I'm liking the way this card turned out! Clean, simple, but fun!

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My Time to Color Challenge 03

I'm back with another challenge - this time a color challenge using the "Weiman Wranglers" set from Pink Cat Studios. (Be sure to scroll down just a bit to see my link to these cute digi images!)

Here's Cowboy Ethan again! I really like using simple layouts. Here, I used paper piercing to highlight the sentiment and add details. I printed the images out on watercolor paper and used reinkers to watercolor. I've decided that even if I'm not a super-talented-uber-wonderful watercolorer, that this coloring technique is my favorite. Yeah, copics are nice but not that great if you don't know how to use them well, and watercoloring works for me because I can just keep coloring until it looks good to me. And that's my schpeel on that!

I hope that you will play along with us. Be sure to check out the other gals on the team. Their blogs are linked right over there --------------------->

Hopefully I'll get inspired for more creating tomorrow. I'd love to play in some challenges. Send me a link to some of your favorites, okay?! :)

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Introducing Weiman Wranglers!

Howdy!

I'm here to share with you a wonderful way to help honor the life of Ethan Weiman, Alicia Weiman's little boy, who passed away recently. You can read his story here:

Alicia's Blog http://www.happystamp.blogspot.com/

Ethan Weiman Caring Bridge Site http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/ethanweiman

Lauren and Melissa of Pink Cat Studios have created these wonderful digi images to help celebrate Ethan's life and gather money for the Illinois chapter of Make a Wish.

You will receive all of these great images for only $6! (If you are like me and hadn't used digi images before these, you will find them super easy to use! All I did was feed my watercolor paper through my printer and color away! SO EASY!) Visit this site to get more info and purchase these great images: http://www.pinkcatstudio.com/Stamps/WeimanWranglers/WeimanWranglers.htm

Here is my card that I created!

I sincerely hope that you will purchase these images to honor Ethan! Be sure to check out what the other MyTime designers have done!

Thanks,