Sketch Saturday

Hi! I'm back with another card based on a sketch. (I just love sketches!) This one is based on the current sketch on the Sketch Saturday challenge blog.

Supplies: Anya (The Greeting Farm), dp (MME), black dp (The Paper Studio), 

Copic markers, ribbon (Hobby Lobby), scallop border punch (Fiskars), 

corner rounder (Creative Memories) and antiqued metal brads.

Here's the sketch:

I'll be back Friday with another card and a new challenge from Totally Papercrafts!
Lisa

Welcome back!

After a holiday break, I'm back with the new challenge from Totally Papercrafts. This week's challenge is a sketch challenge:

My take on the sketch:

I'll admit I'm not usually a big fan of the criss-cross in the middle type of sketch but I did have fun with this one. I bought this Miss Anya Lounge set ages ago and haven't used it, but I thought one of the Anyas would be just perfect for this card. This week's Totally Papercrafts sponsor is the awesome Simon Says Stamp, which carries this and other stamps by The Greeting Farm as well as the Bo Bunny Snowfall paper that I used.

I am entering the beautiful Miss Anya in the following challenges:
TGF Farm Fresh Challenge blog - blue + white + one other color (brown)
Pile It On - Anything Goes
Crafts And Me - Anything Goes
iCopic - Smooth, shiny hair

Head on over to Totally Papercrafts and check out the other great DT cards. And be sure to play along for a chance at a great prize from Simon Says Stamp!

Lisa

Cool Mojo!

I managed to get two more challenge cards done this weekend - Yay me! :)

The first card is a combination of TGF's FFF color challenge and this Mojo Monday's Sketch 177.

Supplies: Anya (The Greeting Farm), Raspberry Fizz cs (PTI), Mediterranean Summer dp (TCP Studio), scalloped square die (Nestabilities), ribbon (Michaels), sentiment (TAC), brown dp (CM), Copics, pearls (Recollections) and flower (Prima).

Next up, this card combines the sketch from CPS205 and the Cool Color challenge (#43) from Copic Creations:

Supplies: Teddy with Flowers (LOTV), ribbon (Michaels), Copics, digital sentiment stamp (DSB), scallop punch (CM) and papers from my stash.

Wow, two cards and four challenges - not bad for a Sunday. :)
Lisa

More Christmas Crafting

These are another popular craft show item. I use reclaimed thin cardboard for my covers (from paper packs, etc.) so they are fairly inexpensive to make. I really have a lot of fun making these. (Well, maybe not so much fun punching all the paper for the insides pages...)

Here are some holiday ones:

At one point, I was apparently madly in love with this paper and must've bought every sheet HL or Michaels had. I have quite a thick stack of it, so most of my Christmas notepads will have this paper. Good thing it works with a variety of images! The snowman on the left is a retired SU! set and the bird is from a current TAC Christmas set.

And here are some "everyday" notepads:


The little girl with the bird is "Fly Free" is a Leanne Ellis image from Funkykits. It's just too cute and is one of my favorite stamps. The girl on the right is an Anya stamp from The Greeting Farm that my friend, Diana, let me borrow a while ago.

If, like me, you always have trouble remembering what order to put your covers in before you bind them, check out this great tutorial: Bind-It-All Basics Part 2. Great for newbies or those of us who haven't used our Bind It All quite so recently...

I'm back!

Yay! DH has our computer back up and running. I still don't have everything reloaded (I miss my Photo Shop Elements!) but I can at least crop photos and post them on my blog, and read my emails, so I'm happy. :)

This card is actually for several challenges. 1) The Copic Color Challenge - I used BV00 Mauve Shadow on Anya's shirt. 2) The Roses on Paper Challenge blog - I used flowers and an Anya stamp from The Greeting Farm, and I combined at least one other challenge with this one. 3) The sketch from the Friday Sketchers blog.

It feels good to be back. :-)

Springtime Anya

There was a sketch challenge over on the Club Anya blog. The half circle in the sketch made me think of a hill, so I thought Anya would look cute standing in a field of flowers on a hill. She's as ready for spring as I am!


I made the sky background by cutting a cloud shape out of cardstock and sponging around it with Tim Holtz Distress Ink in Faded Jeans (love that color!). Here's a closeup of the label style tag:

I made this tag with my Marvy Uchida tag punch. After punching the tag, I turned it around and placed it back into the punch (notched end aligned with the bottom of the punch) to make the notched design on the other end. I'll have to put up a short tutorial soon. The butterfly is just a plain punch embellished with glitter. (I used a black scrapbooking pen to color in his body.)

Supplies: Dorothy Anya digi stamp (The Greeting Farm), Tim Holtz Distress Ink in Faded Jeans, Prima and Making Memories flowers, Martha Stewart butterfly punch, Sakura glue pen, glitter, brads, COPIC markers., Hello stamp (retired - TAC).

The Case of the Curious Card

In this case (no pun intended), it's the CASE of the curious card. CASE as in "Copy And Steal Everything". It's not as sinister as it sounds - it's actually a complimentary term stampers and scrappers use when they get inspiration from another crafter's work. :)

The Greeting Farm hosted a challenge asking people to CASE this card. Here's my version:


I used my digital stamp, Dorothy Anya. I used the layout and the fall colors as my inspiration. Spring is my favorite season, but I love making cards with fall colors!