Sketch Saturday #749

Hello Friends, we have a new sketch for you at 
Sketch Saturday with an 
Optional Twist:  Use a Trio of Something.

I didn't use the twist on my card this time but knew where
I was going with this card once I saw that half circle.

I die cut a Lawn fawn rainbow 6 times to get the six colors I wanted,
that now leaves me with six more rainbows I can create for later.
I die cut a circle, cut it in half an adhered my rainbow to that.
The raindrops paper scrap was still sitting on my desk from
another project so I used that.  I embossed a Stampin Up cloud EB folder
added, a couple inked scrap strips at the bottom and my The Ton Easy Expressions
sentiment and called it done!

Come on over and join us at Sketch Saturday
and give this sketch a try!

Edited it to add:  This is my last DT project for Sketch Saturday
as I have stepped down.  It's time to ease up a bit!

Sketch Saturday #748

Hello friends and welcome to  new sketch at
Sketch Saturday!!
Our Optional Twist is  Food or Drink

I opted to not go with the twist this time and made a floral card.
The paper is a SU scrap piece leftover from another project
that I adhered to an embossed WeR Memory Keepers base.
I added three Sue Wilson die cut butterflies in place of the
circle on the sketch and added a stamped sentiment from Pretty Pink Posh.
That's it, an easy peasy sketch this time!!

Come and join us at Sketch Saturday and show us YOUR
version of our easy sketch!!

Sketch Saturday #747

Hello friends we are into our second Sketch Saturday already this month 
and have a pretty easy sketch this time around.
as always there is an Optional Twist and it is  Black & White

I 'kind of~sort of' went with the black and white option adding die cut
stitched banner strips from Pretty pink Posh.  I use these strips A LOT
but not normally these thin ones, so they worked perfectly for this sketch!
The sentiment piece is from Spellbinders and the sentiment itself is 
from The Greetery.  The colorful flowers are from my already made stash of flowers.

We would LOVE to see YOUR take on our sketch over at
Sketch Saturday!!

Sketch Saturday #746

Hello friends, we have a new sketch for you at Sketch Saturday 
and it is a doozy LOL!!
There is an  Optional Twist and it is to Feature An Animal

I have to admit I struggled with this sketch, I am not very good
at all those angles, but figured it out I guess.
I didn't use the optional twist this time either.
I used papers from my Doodlebug Designs 'lots of luck' paper pad
and a sentiment strip from scrapbookdotcom.
I'm not sure why but back in January I had an order that was totally green
and St Patrick's Day, I'm sure I'll  have plenty of it to last me a lifetime!! 

Come visit us at Sketch Saturday and show us your
interpretation of our sketch!!

Sketch Saturday #745

Hello friends, it time again for another sketch from 
Sketch Saturday 
and it is a pretty easy one at that!

We have an OPTIONAL twist of to feature GREEN!

For my card, I turned it to go up and down which suits my style better.
After all they say to make a sketch your own as long as the sketch can be seen!

I used a few just purchased Reminisce 'Irish Kiss' stickers from a 12x12 sheet of
St Patrick's fun!  The background paper is from the same packet.

Come on over and join us for our fun sketch at Sketch Saturday!!

Sketch Saturday #744

A new sketch today at Sketch Saturday and it has an Optional Twist: 
Something You Love.

This was a bit of a challenge/tricky sketch for me
but once I put my 'thinking' cap on I came up with using these corner dies from
Cheery Lynn Designs.  I had to die cut them FIVE times before I was able
to get them to work for me.  First I used my Big Shot but even with the metal shim
I could not get a good cut where I could remove the unwanted pieces.
So then I switched to a thicker (110#) card stock and ran it thru my Gemini.
All good and well but my removeable tape pulled off some of the paper
when removing it, no matter how careful I was.  After the 5th try I went with it
but you can still see in the upper right where the paper peeled.
I also used a Spellbinders scallop rectangle and a Tutti Designs Heart bunch die along
with a Waffle Flower Sentiment.
This card went to a granddaughter's 16th January birthday
(she won't notice the mistakes, lol).

We would love to see your card using this challenging sketch
at Sketch Saturday!!

Sketch Saturday #743

A new sketch is up at our challenge for Sketch Saturday and the
optional twist is to use your favorite stamp .

For my card I turned the sketch so go vertical using a few dies
and designer papers from Carta Bella's Flora 6 x 6  paper pad.
I did use a favorite sentiment stamp from The Ton Easy Expressions.
The circle die is Tutti Designs,  the background die is Spellbinders Label 17,
the flower/ribbon die is Memory Box Petal Ribbon, and the small leaves are Yvonne Designs.
A few gems were added to the flower centers.

We would love to see YOUR take on our sketch
so head on over to Sketch Saturday and join in with us!

At Sketch Saturday #741

This is our last sketch of the year for Sketch Saturday
and will be taking a break until January.
This challenge will remain open until January 12th 
along with another link opening on December 25th
with all the links to past challenges that you can pick one (or more)
and enter those as well!
The challenge also has a 'twist' if you want to include it and it is
to make it a birthday card, I did not use the twist!

I have to admit this challenge sketch threw me a bit
but in the end decided to make it my own and used a
Spellbinders Color Block Southwest die for my card
and papers from Simple Stories Mix & A Mingle 6x8 paper pad.

I have to say this die was the first time I have used it and is a very
interesting die.  I hope to have more time to play with it later!
I added a bit of bling for some sparkle.

If you want to have some fun and be challenged, then head on over to
Sketch Saturday, I for one would love to see YOUR take on the sketch!!

Sketch 740

 Hello all and welcome to another sketch challenge by
Sketch Saturday.  I think this one is a pretty easy one and
other then the added sentiment, I pretty much stuck to the sketch as is!
The 'optional' twist for this challenge is to
create a 2nd card with a mirror image of the sketch.

I used a pretty paper from the Simple Stories 6x8 paper pad Mix & A Mingle.
Getting in my scrap bags of papers I die cut 5 strips from the 
Pretty Pink Posh Stitched Strips dies.
I added a sentiment from The Ton's Easy Expressions stamps and dies.

Come have some 'sketchy' fun with us....
see ya' at Sketch Saturday!!!

Sketch 739

Hello and welcome to our second Sketch Saturday for November.
The optional twist is to add a stamp featuring a person.
I chose to not use the option! 

One great thing about sketches is that you can 'make them your own'
as long as the sketch can be recognized and that is what I did with my card!
After a sleepless night in bed for some crazy reason I thought about the cards I

had left to do for the year for design teams and this sketch was one of them!

I remembered I had some dies from Impression Obsession that I thought
would work perfect for this sketch and had never used.  Well, they did, sort of!

When cutting the dies they don't cut out completely but cut 'into' the paper
but I wanted them to cut out, so die cut each one with a circle die, I tried a
circle punch first but it was either too small or too big!

But had I lined them up as the sketch shows I would of had perfect circles
with designs cut into the paper, just wasn't thinking I guess!
I thought about starting over but had already put too much work into
this card and decided this one was perfectly fine!!
Like I said, a sketch is a starting point that you just make into your own!

Hope to see you at Sketch Saturday and see YOUR interpretation of our sketch!!

Sketch 738

 Time for a new fun sketch at Sketch Saturday!!

This was a very easy sketch and I didn't change it up much.
I uses a paper from Pebbles Woodland Forest (2016) which has a
very subtle leaf pattern on it, since it is November I waned to keep my
card in the 'fall' range,  I used a cheery lynn designs label for the sentiment
which is from Pretty Pink Posh. The leaves and flower are from my already
die cut stash!

Won't you join us at Sketch Saturday??

Sketch 737

A new sketch is starting today at Sketch Saturday and it is an easy one! 

I once again got into my papers I had pulled from my bags of scraps to try and use up!

I also used a laser die cut from Hot Off The Press that I have had forever and
trying to use up, I now have seven images left to use out of the 12 in the book, getting there!
The sentiment is Easy Expressions from The Ton.

Fun things about sketches is you can make them your own as I did by adding the sentiment,

as long as you can see the sketch in there somewhere you are good!
Won't 'you' join us at Sketch Saturday?

Sketch 736

Hello friends, time for a new sketch at Sketch Saturday.
You can follow as is or rotate as I did.   don't as me me why
but I prefer up and down cards, silly I know!!

I started with a Sizzix Mistletoe card base then added papers from
One Canoe Two (2017) die cut with a banner die from Cheery Lynn Designs.
The leaves are Impression Obsession placed on a Sizzix layered Label die.
The sentiment is of course my favorite The Ton Easy Expressions!

I invite you to join in with our fun sketch this week at
 Sketch Saturday!!

Entering the Following challenges:
Craft Rocket .... Autumn and/or Halloween
Alphabet Challenge .... 'N' Is For Nature
Crafty Catz .... ATG Optional Twist 'Colors of Autumn'
Crafty Gals Corner .... Signs of Fall

Sketch 735

Time for a new sketch at Sketch Saturday and once again we have
a fun and creative one to challenge you! 
There is always an added option and it is:
to make a square card  

I created my card entirely from die cuts and a stamped image that I pulled
from my craft stash.  
Even the paper came out of my 'green' bag of scraps.  I've been trying this year to use up 
as much of my things/scraps that are just waiting to be used!

The photo shows the designer paper darker on the bottom, but IRL it
is exactly the same as the top, sometimes photo editing can drive ya nuts!

Hope to see YOUR sketch over at Sketch Saturday.

Sketch 734

We have  anew sketch for you at Sketch Saturday
and I think you will find it to be a fun one.
Our 'optional' add on is: Primary Colors
I have never been great at doing sketches so that is why I joined 
the SS team, to take me out of my comfort zone 

My card was created entirely with all things from my stash, including the 
stamped and colored image (Love Bunny HMD11014),
even the red gingham paper was from my 'red'
snippets bag of papers!

I hope you will visit Sketch Saturday and have some fun and join in with us too!!

Entering the following challenges:
Simon Says Wednesday Challenge .... Stamp It
House Mouse & Friends ....Anything Goes

Sketch 733

 A new sketch at Sketch Saturday and it's a pretty simple one!!
The optional 'TWIST' is to add some sequins!

I went with a very simple design letting my designer paper do most of the work!
I added a handmade flower with leaves, a simple sentiment, and for the twist
added some sequins!

Won't YOU join us at Sketch Saturday?  Head on over and see
all the inspiration from the design team!!

Sketch 732

A new sketch challenge at Sketch Saturday with an
'OPTIONAL'  twist of adding some doodling.

For this card I mainly used some things that I already had pre-cut and pre-made in my stash
making it an easy card to put together!  That being said, I am not sure what the
names of the products I used are with the exception of the edge punch which

is an oldie from Stampin Up.  The sentiment is from Pink Fresh Studio, I love these
as it is a stamp and die that stamps and cuts all in one piece making it so fast and easy!!

To see more inspiration, visit Sketch Saturday and we would love
to have you join us!!

Sketch 731

We have a new sketch for you at Sketch Saturday
and it is a fun one.  The 'optional' theme is feature a food image. 

Obviously I didn't go with the optional theme but went with a floral theme.
I have to admit when I first saw the sketch it threw me a bit, then thought about using
some of my florals I already had made, these florals sure have come in handy!
The background was embossed with a Park Lane leafy EB folder which I thought would 
go well with the florals!!

Pop on over to Sketch Saturday and see more inspiration and we would love
to see YOUR take on the sketch!

Entering the following challenges:
Crafty Catz .... ATG/Hot Colors
Simon Says Wednesday .... ATG

Sketch 730

 Time for a new challenge at Sketch Saturday and we have a
fun sketch for you with the optional theme of
'Feature A Sentiment'.

I went with the option this time and made the sentiment the focus of my card,
The papers are from The paper Boutique Bumblebee's Dance a collection
of pretty yellow and lilac papers.  The EB folder is Spellbinders Tiled Motif.
The sentiment is from the stamp set Kaisercraft Whisper.

Hope to see you over at Sketch Saturday!!

Sketch 729

A new sketch at Sketch Saturday and it's a pretty easy one!! 
The optional theme is to use sponging on your card.

My card was pretty much created from things I already had die cut and just
sitting around waiting to be used.  I did use the option and sponged on
TH Distress Squeezed Lemon ink.

Hope to see you over at Sketch Saturday!!