Tuesday Morning Sketches #294

We have a new Tuesday Morning Sketches challenge for you today. Our sponsor this week is SVG Attic.

I used my Silhouette the Easter elements of my card, using the JGW Happy Easter from SVG Attic.  I used a little foam tape between layers and finished with some twine and a button.

Supplies: White and brown card stock, Designer Paper -MME, SVG Attic - JGW Happy Easter, inspired by Stamping - All Year Wishes, misc punch button, twine.

The design team has created some lovely cards, stop by the Tuesday Morning Sketches blog to take a look.

Thanks for visiting,

Nina

Merry Monday Christmas Card Challenge #152

We have new challenge for you today over at Merry Monday Christmas Card Challenge. It’s Kristie's Challenge this week – Use the colours Lime, Turquoise and white on your Christmas card.

I used lots of layers for my card, I sponged the colours then used die cuts for the rectangles. I added the sentiment in black and some snow with a white pen.

Supplies: White card stock, Papertrey Ink-Signature Christmas. Simon Says die cuts.

The Merry Monday Design team has some posted some beautiful cards over on the challenge blog for inspiration. Stop by, play along and don't forget to leave some comments.

Thanks for visiting,

Nina



Muse Challenge #110

Look at me playing along with a challenge just for the craftiness of it.  Don't get me wrong I love being on the teams as a DT member, heck in most case it is the only excuse to get my butt into the craft room these days. Sometime though it is all about playing along.

I am playing along with Muse today, I love Tenia's card it was fantastic inspiration for me... I have been missing that as of late.

I went with a masculine style card, using a hexagon stamp. I used similar patterned paper along the side. I used MS Word for the sentiment and a typewriter font, I used chunky cuts on the layers and staples hold them on. I finished with some twine.

Supplies: White and black card stock, Designer Papers – MME, Fiskars- Hexagon Sentiments, twine.

Thank you for playing along.

Nina

Tuesday Morning Sketches #293

We have a new Tuesday Morning Sketches challenge for you today. Our sponsor this week is Sweet Pea Stamps.

I used this fantastic sentiment stamp from the Circle Sentiments set as my center element then added a die cut butterfly in the center.  I love the layers this sketch had and I added a small frame to each layer. I finished by adding some polymer dots.

Supplies: White and brown card stock, Designer Paper -Teresa Collins , Sweet Pea Stamps - Circle Sentiments , misc die cuts, gems, dots.

The design team has created some wonderful cards, stop by the Tuesday Morning Sketches blog to take a look.

Thanks for visiting,

Nina

MerryMonday Christmas Card Challenge #151

We have new challenge for you today over at Merry Monday Christmas Card Challenge. It’s Kathy's Challenge this week – Use a tree on your Christmas Card. I think the inspiration phone is so cute.

I think I am still a little CAS mode have such a busy time earlier in the month. I used stitched die cuts for the layers, heat embossed the sentiment. I double die cut the tree first is silver then with the same DP as the background. I popped up the panel with the tree to give it a little dimension.

Supplies: White card stock, Designer Paper - Echo Park , Verve - Joyous Noel. Simon Says and Memory Box-die cuts.

The Merry Monday Design team has some posted some beautiful cards over on the challenge blog for inspiration. Stop by, play along and don't forget to leave some comments.

Thanks for visiting,

Nina

Tuesday Morning Sketches #292

We are so close to the first day of spring, everything is so green and pretty right now. With it being Tuesday we have a new Tuesday Morning Sketches for you this morning. Debbie has generously offered to be this week's sponsor.

I flipped and turned the sketch to accommodate this pretty image which I die cut from a corner of a 12 x 12 designer paper page, the panels turned out a bit larger then the sketch is designed for but I love how it turned out.

I added lots of layers created with a stitched rectangle die cut. I die cut the butterfly twice and popped it up with foam tape adding some gems for the body. I added some texture to the strip of card stock across the center of the card and I finished with the sentiment.

The blue card stock has some small silver specks in it that the camera would not pick up but I added a touch of Wink of Stella to the butterflies body to blend it in.

Supplies: Cream and blue card stock, Designer Paper - Pion, Simon Says Stamps- die cut and stamps, Memory Box die cut, embossing folder.

The design team has created some fabulous  cards, stop by the Tuesday Morning Sketches blog to take a look.

Thanks for visiting,

Nina

Merry Monday Christmas Card Challenge #150

We have new challenge for you today over at Merry Monday Christmas Card Challenge. It’s Karren's Challenge this week – Feature gifts on your Christmas Card.

 

It has been a crazy busy week for me a work and it has taken over weekend time as we have wrapped up the move of our corporate offices. The last part of the moves happened this weekend, I am looking forward to getting some of my craft time back.

 

With a shortage of time I used another of those vintage postcard from my stash and build some  layers around  it and popped it up with foam tape. I finished with some die cut buttons and twine.

 

 

Supplies: White and gray card stock, Designer Paper - Echo Park , Post card - October Afternoon. misc die cuts, twine.

 

The Merry Monday Design team has some wonderful cards over on the challenge blog for inspiration.

 

Thanks for visiting,

Nina

Fishy Birthday

Posting a card I made last week, we have another weekend of moves ahead of week for work ... I am tired already :).

I used stitched rectangles for the background panels. The center panel is stamped in black and I used Glossy Accents and black glitter for the cattails. I finished with some twine and a button.

Supplies:  White and black card stock, Designer Paper - Authentique, Woodware-What a Catch, Simon Says Stamps - Stitched Rectangles, twine, button.

Thanks for visiting,

Nina

Gone Fishing

Had a little time to craft this week, definitely not as much as I would like. This card has already winged its way through the mail.

 

I used stitched rectangles for the background elements then heat embossed both sentiment, I fussy cut the center panel and popped it up with foam tape. I finished with some twine and a button.

Supplies:  White and brown card stock, Designer Paper - Authentique, Close to my heart Catch you later, Simon Says Stamps - Stitched Rectangles, twine, button

Thanks for visiting,

Nina

Tuesday Morning Sketches #291

Good Morning , we have a new Tuesday Morning Sketches challenge for you today. Our sponsor is Deedee’s Digis.

I used one of the free images currently offered, Teddy Frame. I used stitched rectangle for the background and again for the DP panel. I printed and cut out the Teddy Frame then layered it adding the sentiment with MS Publisher, I finished with a die cut heart and a little twine.

 

Supplies: White and navy card stock, Designer Paper -My Mind's Eye , Deedee’s Digis-Teddy Frame, Simon Says Stamps- die cut, heart button die cut, twine

 

The design team has created some fabulous  cards, stop by the Tuesday Morning Sketches blog to take a look.

 

Thanks for visiting,

Nina

Merry Monday Christmas Card Challenge #149

We have new challenge for you today over at Merry Monday Christmas Card Challenge. It’s Debbie's Challenge this week – Use Monochromatic blues on your Christmas Card.

 

This card turned out much better than anticipated after 2 mis-starts. I added some snowy texture on the center panel then added some DP, the panel is popped up with foam tape. I stamped the sentiment and layered it with the same DP, I used stitched rectangles to cut them out these layers are also popped up.  I had some left over stitched snowflakes in my stash so I tucked them in with the sentiment and I finished with some clear frosted pearls.

 

Supplies: White card stock, Designer Paper - My Minds Eye , Verve - Peace on Earth. Simon Says-die cuts, pearls.

 

The Merry Monday Design team has some fabulous samples over on the challenge blog for inspiration. Stop by, play along and don't forget to leave some comments.

 

Thanks for visiting,

Nina

Tuesday Morning Sketches #290

Happy Tuesday, we have a new Tuesday Morning Sketches challenge for you today. Our sponsor is DRS Designs.

I used two image from DRS for my card, the first is the daisy the second is the sentiment. I used stitched frames for the main panel then again for the two layers of the sentiment, the top layer is popped up with foam tape. I printed the daisy off three times and coloured it with my water colour pencils and Wink of Stella to give them shimmer and shine. I finished with twine and Stickles for the flower centers.

I wanted to capture the shimmer on the flowers and the Stickles for the center.

Supplies: White and brown card stock, Designer Paper Teresa Collins, DRS - Medium Daisy and Enjoy Today, Stitched Frame die cuts, twine

The design team has created some lovely cards, stop by the Tuesday Morning Sketches blog to take a look.

Thank you for stopping by,

Nina



Merry Monday Christmas Card Challenge #148

We have new challenge for you today over at Merry Monday Christmas Card Challenge. It’s Deanne's Challenge this week - Use Red & Green on Christmas Card.

I went with a CAS card this week, I used co-ordinating papers from by Bazzill Basics, I added in some twine and a button then finished with a popped up sentiment.

Supplies: White and black card stock, Designer Paper-Bazzill Basics, KaiserCraft - Yuletide, twine, button.
The Merry Monday Design team has some great inspiration for you over on the challenge blog. Stop by, play along and don't forget to leave some comments.

Thanks for visiting,

Nina