Happy Tuesday stampers! For the month of July, Tuesday Morning Sketches is revisiting some of it's older sketches... so, if you've been playing along for a while, you might recognize the next few sketches.

    

I was excited to see this week's sketch make a come back... it was originally sketch #149 and was the first time I played along at Tuesday Morning Sketches... I was also the lucky winner of the prize that week! So, this sketch brings back fond memories for me! :)

       

       

Our sponsor this week is My Creative Classrom, and it's also our Judged Challenge week, so we have a little twist for you... use an ANIMAL on your creation.

         

I have been eyeing these cute Wee Stamps from Whimsy Stamps for a while, and my sweet sister bought me a few to play around with... this is the first chance I've had to ink one of them up! I actually forgot about the twist this week, but I think it still counts, because she is holding an animal!

     

    

This is Suzi with Bunny... how cute is she?! I love her sweet little face, and she sure is fun to color! I've paired her with some paper from My Mind's Eye, and colored her with Copics. The sentiment is from AmyR Spring Sentiments and is stamped onto the smallest of my Labels 1 Nestabilities (cut in half).

       

 Here is a close up of Suzi... I'm pretty happy with how the coloring turned out, and I even added a little glitter to the flowers in her basket.

     

    

Skin - E11, E00, E000, YR0000, R00

Hair - E57, E55, E31, E30, E50

Basket - E44, E43, E42, E41, E40

Bunny - W5, W3, W1, W0, W00

Bunny Ear, Nose - R30, R000

Apron, Shoes - W3, W1, W00

Pants - BG18, BG72, BG70

Shirt, Bow - YR24, YR23, YR21, YR20, E50

Grass, Leaves = YG67, YG17, YG25, YG03

Flower Centers - Y17

      

Now head over to the Tuesday Morning Sketches Blog to see the line up from the team!

Have fun with this easy sketch this week!

    

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Cute Card Thursday - Good Luck Charm (rabbit's foot!)

         

       

You are in for a treat today!! C.C. Designs is having a *SPECIAL* release to introduce a new line of stamps... Roberto's Rascals. These little tots are so cute and playful, and I can't wait to see more from this new artist! There are three new images being released - Twila, Henry, and Funny Faces. 

     

I've used Funny Faces today... aren't they adorable?! They are just like my kiddos when I am trying to take their picture!! The layout is the current Sweet Sunday Sketch, with a couple of tweaks to work with the image. I've also used a sentiment from the Brothers and Sisters Sentiments set.

      

    

Skin - E11, E00, E000, YR0000, R00

Hair (boy) - E55, E31, E30, E50

(girl) - E29, E27, E25, E23

Toungues - R22, R20, R000

Eyes - B26, B23

Shirt (boy) - B99, B97, B95, B93 and T2, T1, T0

(girl) - Y23, Y21, E50 and T2, T1, T0

Skirt - B95, B93, B91

   

Are you ready to see more of Roberto's Rascals?? Head over to the C.C. Designs Blog to check out what the rest of the Desgn Team has cooked up for you!

Enjoy the eye candy, and thanks so much for stopping by today!

       

        

It's time for some Fun Friday inspiration!

    

If you haven't played along at the new Your Next Stamp Challenge Blog, you need to check it out! Every month we have a new challenge (a combination inspiration photo and sketch), and each Friday of the month, the Design Team will be bringing you some AMAZING inspiration for the challenge! And of course, there are PRIZES! One random lucky winner will receive a $10 Gift Certificate to the YNS Store, and one shining star will be chosen to join the team as Guest Designer! Plus... you can use any company stamps you want!

   

Sounds like FUN, right?! Are you ready to play??

   

Here are the sketch and inspiration photo we are challenging you with this month... choose one, or combine the two!

       

 

       

            

I actually chose the photo for my inspiration this week, NOT the sketch... can you believe it?! I'm such a sketch junkie, I actually surprised myself! But, those bright colors just screamed summer, and I had this fun, colorful fishy paper I've been wanting to use...

       

I colored Ellie and her crab from Ellie Loves the Beach using my Copics, and fussy cut them out. Ellie's swimuit is paper-pieced, but I did a little masking on it first (the original image has a flower on her suit). All patterned papers are from the Fancy Pants Beach Babe 6x6 pad. I used a scrap of blue to cut waves using the YNS Wave Border Die. I made the sand by tearing the edge of another scrap, and used the YNS Puffy Cloud Dies to create the sponged cloud background. The sun was from one of the pages in the paper pad, and I cut it out with my Circle Nestabilities. Finished it off with a sentiment from the new Austin set.

       

       

Skin - E11, E00, E000, YR0000, R00

Hair - YR24, Y26, Y21, Y13, Y000

Lips - R30, R000

Crab - YR18, YR15, YR12

Shading on Swimsuit - C3, C1, C0

          

I got a little carried away with this card... I just kept adding more stuff! Not my typical simple style! I was also playing around with hair colors, and tried out a new color combo... what do you think???

I'm pretty happy with how this one came out! :)

    

Now it's your turn! You have until the end of the month to link up your creation at the Your Next Stamp Challenge Blog.

Can't wait to see what you come up with!

        

       

Hi everyone! Just popping in to show you another cute panda. I love these new pandas from Digistamp Boutique... they are totally adorable, and make for a pretty quick card!

        

    

Panda - W3, W1, W0

Hearts - R37, R35, R32, R43 / R22, R20, R30 / R30, R00, R000, R0000

         

That's it for today! Thanks for stopping by!
    

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Hi everyone! It's my turn to post on the Your Next Stamp Blog, so I put together a little tutorial on how to make a Gathered Ribbon Flower.