I hope you are enjoying the holiday with your family! We're doing things a little different this week at Tuesday Morning Sketches... there is NO SKETCH! This is an open challenge, but with a little bit of a twist... we want you to challenge yourself! Maybe there is a technique you've been wanting to try out, or a fancy fold you've never done. Or maybe (like me) you came across an awesome crafty project on Pinterest that you've been wanting to re-create... well this is your chance to give it a try!

     

As soon as I saw these hair clips made by the talented Alicia Thelin, I knew I had to make some form of these for my girls! They love to wear pretty flowers and bows in their hair, and I thought it would be a perfect stocking stuffer!

      

     

    

I found some really fun sparkly felt at Michael's, and repurposed some old plastic barrettes that had some not-so-cute Christmas ribbons on them. The bows were cut using the Lil' Inker Designs Mini Bow Die. I assembled the bows, and hot glued them to the barrette. For extra reinforcement, I threaded the button on around the felt bow and barrette... I don't think it's going anywhere!

   

The Tuesday Morning Sketches team will be judging this weeks entries, and choosing which one we feel really went above and beyond. So be sure to challenge yourself this week!

Thanks for stopping by!

     

      

It's time for another Tuesday Morning Sketch! This week's awesome sketch was designed by my talented team-mate, Angela...

    

    

Don't you LOVE it!? I do, and I can see myself using this one again and again! I also love this weeks fabulous sponsor - Bugaboo Digi Stamps! Bugaboo generously provided the Design Team with images for this weeks sketch... however, since I already own DOZENS of their images, I thought I would give one of my severely neglected digis some love! :) The image I used is called Candy Cane Bear - Hang On.

     

     

Red Stripes, Heart - R59, R29, R24, R22

White Stripes - C3, C1, C0, C00

Bear - E43, E42, E41

Nose, Feet - E47, E44, E43, E42

Rhinestones - R29

     

FYI - If you are a big fan of Bugaboo like me, now is a great time to stock up on these fun digis! The whole store is 50% off until December 26th! And of course, you can join us this week for a chance to win a prize package from Bugaboo, too!

   

Now be sure to check out the line up from the rest of my team-mates over at Tuesday Morning Sketches! Loads of inspiration as always!

   

Thanks for stopping by!

    

Entering this in a few challengs:

    

   

      

It's time for a review of some of the cute new CC Designs stamps from All That Scraps. There is lots of inspiration from the Design Team at the All That Scraps Blog, so be sure to head over there to take a look!

   

This cute cupid is from the *NEW* Meoples Love is in the Air. I used the current sketch from Sketch Saturday to make this mini 4x4 card. I think I will make a couple more of these for my kiddos for Valentine's Day... it was pretty quick to pull together, and turned out really cute!

      

    

Skin - E01, E00, E000, E0000

Hair - Y26, YR21, Y21

Wings - BG000, BG0000

Heart, Sash - R59, R29, R24, R22

Diaper - C3, C1, C0

Outline - BG000

    

Entering this into the following challenges:

    

That's all for today! Thanks for stopping by again!

     

      

It's the last day of Lil' Inker's December Mini Release, and the WHOLE team is participating in today's hop! If you have arrived from Judith's Blog, then you are in the right place. If not, please start over at the Lil' Inker Designs Blog, so you can visit every stop along the hop. And be sure to leave comments at each blog - one lucky winner will be chosen from all the comments to receive a $10 store credit to Lil' Inker Designs!

         

        Here is a look at the  *NEW* Snowflake Dies I'm featuring today...

     

        

This time, I used the dies to make some clean and simple gift tags. These were very quick to put together, so I made a few dozen of them! I cut the snowflake out of the center of the tag, then backed the negative space with some patterned paper from the Recollections Sugar Plums 6x6 pad. The sentiments are from the Sugar Kissed Cottage sets No Peeking, and Dear Santa. 

     

       

Here is a close up of one of the tags... the edges are inked with Versamagic Jumbo Java, and the top is finished off with some braided jute twine. Please excuse the flecks of glitter in the photos... I went crazy with the glitter on my snowflake card the other day, and the stuff is EVERYWHERE now!

      

       

I'm sure you are ready to continue the hop, so I will send you on our way to Mary's Blog.

Enjoy the rest of today's eye candy, and thanks for stopping by!

      

Entering the following challenges:

CASology #23 - Gift (it's a tag for a gift, hope that counts!)

       

     

We have a really great sketch designed by Cheryl this week, along with a fun twist! Here's a look at the sketch...

       

     

...and the twist - create a non-traditional Christmas card using the sketch. This week is also our judged challenge... the design team will be voting on our favorite entries this week, so bring your A-game! You have a chance at winning a prize from our fabulous sponsor - Close To My Heart Consultant, Debi.

     

Theresa generously provided the team with some great CTMH stamps to work with this week. I got to ink up a fun, whimsical set called Christmas Cheer. I originally thought I would use the Santa image that comes with the set, but as soon as the stamps were in my hands, I knew this tree would be perfect for the sketch! I went with a non-traditional color combo... I found some scraps of Bo Bunny Double Dot in Kiwi and Passion Fruit, and I think they worked perfectly together for my girly Christmas card!

     

    

Tree - YG25, YG03, YG01

Pot - 100, T7, T6, T5, T5

Trunk - E59, E57, E55

Stars - Y15, Y13, Y11

Hearts - RV25, RV23, RV21

Blue Bulbs - B06, B04, B01

Purple Bulbs - V15, V12, V000

          

Now head over to the Tuesday Morning Sketches Blog to see the fabulous inspiration from the Design Team. And don't forget the twist when you play along this week!

     

I'm also entering this in a few challenges:

    

Thanks for stopping by!!