Jen's Sketch Challenge 07-10-10

Time for another amazing sketch challenge by the talented Jen Del Muro. I just recently started using Copic markers and this was my first card using an element that I colored with my new markers. I took a class a little over a month ago at my local scrap store and have been practicing coloring and trying to build up my collection and finally decided to use one of the images on a card. I made this card for my sweet little Punkin (my niece Chrissi) for her 11th birthday. Chrissi has beautiful strawberry blonde hair and blue eyes but since I don't have markers in the correct colors to make strawberry blonde hair, this little punk girl is a brunette with green eyes to match her stylish outfit.

I must admit, I'm proud of the way the image turned out. I know that when I look back on this image in a year or two, I will see many, many flaws as my skills develop, but I think she turned out pretty cute, considering how little experience I have.

I also used the new Oliver collection from Basic Grey (love it) and was happy to be able to make a feminine card with the collection, even though it was designed for little boys.

Patterned Paper - Basic Grey (Oliver Collection)

Digi Stamp - The Greeting Farm

Flowers - Prima Marketing (e-line) - didn't have any red glimmer mist, so I sponged Riding Hood Red ink from SU! on them and then spritzed with Pearl glimmer mist from Tattered Angels

Brads - Basic Grey

Sentiment Stamp - American Crafts

Cardstock - Neenah Solar White

Copic Markers - E0000, E02, E25, E33, E09, B39, G28, C3, Colorless Blender Pen

Jen's Sketch Challenge 04-17-10

I had a lot of fun doing this challenge by Jen Del Muro. I always have fun making cards for little ones an dI used this sketch to make a card for my nephew Samuel for his 7th birthday. He's such a wonderful little boy and I can't believe he's already 7 years old! He is extremely caring and sensitive and he loves baseball and laughter and having his family around him. It's hard to be away from him, but he's in my thoughts and in my heart at all times.

I love you Sam the man!

Supplies

Cardstock - Stampin' Up!

Patterned Paper - DCWV

Rub-On - DCWV

Stamps - Stampin' Up!, Unity

Ink - Stampin' Up!

Distress Ink - Stampendous

Mother's Day Mini Album - Mom

I made this mini album and coordinating card for my mom using Bo Bunny's Jazmine collection. I absolutely love this collection and it is so HER! Truth be told, after finishing this album and card, I am not going to be ready to use it again for a while, but I am going to hang onto all of the leftover papers and elements for future use because I know I will want to break it out again.

This was my very first mini album and I had so much fun making it that I made one for my step mom and one for my mother-in-law. I thoroughly enjoyed the process and most of all seeing the smiles on their faces. That is the beautiful thing about papercrafting....we get to bring smiles to people's faces doing what we love!

Jen's Sketch Challenge 04-10-10

Hi Everyone!

Sorry for the long pause between posts. I have been spending a lot of time creating and enjoying family time and spending less time updating my blog. Sometimes the pressure of having to post everything takes away the joy of the actual moment. First of all, I made 3 mini albums for Mother's Day (I will post the others here soon) and making lots of cards in between. Additionally, my Dad & Val were here for a fantastic one week visit where we were on the go constantly, but had a wonderful time and then Nicole was here for a month so we spent lots of family time.

At last, things have slowed down a bit and I feel like I can get caught up on everything else that got neglected.

So, to start off, here's a card from Jen's April 10 SKFYTT. I made this card back in April, just didn't get around to posting it until now.

I made this card for my sister-in-law for her birthday. She is absolutely amazing (love you Lisa!) and was fortunate enough to be able to give it to a mutual friend to be hand delivered. Not quite the same as delivering it myself, but I'll take what I can get ;).

Supplies

Cardstock - Stampin' Up!, Papertrey Ink

Patterned Paper - Papertrey Ink

Stamps - Unity, Verve Stamps

Ink - Stampin' Up!, Papertrey Ink

Embossing Folder - Cuttlebug

Ribbon - Papertrey Ink

Button - Papertrey Ink

Scrapper's Floss - Karen Foster

Mother's Day Mini Album

I made my second mini album as a gift for Valerie for Mother's Day. I think I am now hooked on mini albums! I made one for my mom also (will upload that one soon) and am having such a blast making them. Most of the supplies for this album were from the Ambrosia collection from Basic Grey. It's an older collection, but is still available at Two Peas. The album is a blackboard album from Cosmo Cricket that I won in a blog candy giveaway on Jennifer McGuire's blog. All photos are edited using Adobe Photoshop Elements 8.0.

Supplies
Patterned Paper, Sticker Border, Button - Basic Grey
Alphabet Stickers - American Crafts
Cardstock - Stampin' Up!
Scrapper's Floss - Karen Foster
Key - K&Co.
Fibers - Unknown
Supplies
Patterned Paper, Button - Basic Grey
Cardstock, Ink - Stampin' Up!
Stamps - Unity
Flower - Kaiser Crafts
Supplies
Patterned Paper, Stickers, Buttons - Basic Grey
Stamp - Stampin' Up!
Ink - Papertrey Ink.
Ribbon - Bo Bunny
Supplies
Patterned Paper, Stickers, Button - Basic Grey
Cardstock, Ink - Stampin' Up!
Stamp - Unity
Flower - Kaiser Crafts
Epoxy Stick - Cloud 9
Scrapper's Floss - Karen Foster
Supplies
Patterned Paper, Sticker Border - Basic Grey
Cardstock, Ink - Stampin' Up!
Stamp - Fancy Pants Designs. Stampin' Up! (Sentiment)
Gemstones - Mark Richards
Butterfly Punch - Martha Stewart
Patterned Paper, Stickers - Basic Grey
Cardstock, Stamp, Embossing Powder - Stampin' Up!
Chipboard Frame - Maya Road
Black Paint - Claudine Hellmuth

Patterned Paper, Sticker, Button - Basic Grey
Cardstock, Ink, Eyelet, Ribbon - Stampin' Up!
Stamps - Unity, Fancy Pants Designs
Epoxy Sticker - Cloud 9
Tag - Paper Reflections
Gelpen - Uniball Signo

Supplies
Patterned Paper, Stickers, Button - Basic Grey

Stamp - Hero Arts

Cardstock, Ink - Stampin' Up!

Flower - Kaiser Crafts

Scrapper's Floss - Karen Foster

Supplies

Patterned Paper, Sticker Border, Stickers, Button - Basic Grey

Stamp - Unity

Cardstock, Ink - Stampin' Up!

Supplies

Patterned Paper, Stickers, Letter Stickers - Basic Grey

Cardstock - Stampin' Up!

Large Scalloped Die - Sizzix

Gemstones - Mark Richards

Supplies - Patterned Paper, Stickers - Basic Grey

Cardstock - Stampin' Up!

Epoxy Sticker - Cloud 9

Supplies

Patterned Paper, Journaling Block, Buttons - Basic Grey

Flowers - Kaiser Crafts

Black Pen - Zig

Jen's Sketch Challenge 05-01-10

Hi Everyone,

Sorry I've been so silent lately. I've been spending lots of time papercrafting and less time blogging. I know I am very far behind (as usual) so I'm not even going to attempt to get caught up, but I do intend to resume posting again.

For this post, I am sharing a card that I made for Jen's Sketch Challenge last Saturday. I also made the card to coordinate with a mini album that I made for my step mom for Mother's Day. She's actually on a plane on her way here right now, so I know she won't see this post before the "big" day!

I'll share the card first, then I'll share the mini album in the next post.

Enjoy! And, go and give Jen some love on her blog. She provides the most wonderful sketches and I just love playing along with everyone!

Supplies

Patterned Paper - Basic Grey, Ambrosia Collection

Stamps - Unity, Stampin' Up!

Ink - Stampin' Up!

Fibers - Creative Imaginations (Trim), Karen Foster (Scrapper's Floss)

Flower - Kaiser Craft

Button - Basic Grey

Sticker - Basic Grey

Jen's Sketch Challenge 03-20-10

As usual, I'm a little late on Jen's sketch challenges. We just finished The Thorn (www.thethorn.net) and will have a lot more free time. Free time means doing laundry before midnight, cooking dinner for my family, and creating, yea!!!!

I will upload photos and provide some details from The Thorn. It was an amazing experience!

Anyway, here's my take on the sketch. I made a card for Jay's birthday from Kendall. I wanted to do a masculine card (which is never easy for me) and had some fun using stamps I'd never inked before. I love going through my existing stash to find stamps to use. Don't get me wrong, I love getting new supplies, but I think I tend to be even more creative when I go through "old" supplies and either re-use them, or use them for the first time. This is especially true with stamp sets. I'll buy a set because I love one or two stamps in it and the others don't get any love. I often think about hosting a challenge on this blog (and include some blog candy) where everyone takes a pledge to not buy any new supplies for a set period of time and only use what you have. It would be fun to see what we can all come up with out of our existing stashes.....sounds intriguing.

Anyway, enjoy!

Supplies

Cardstock - SU!, Bazzil Basics

Patterned Paper - Unknown (purchased at Costco over a year ago)

Stamps - Unity (Large frame), American Crafts (Small frame, sentiment)

Ink - SU!
Ribbon - Basic Grey

Clip - Ranger