I am thrilled to share that the talented designers over at the Crafter's Companion Challenge Blog have asked ME to be their Guest Designer for the month of August!! I'm so excited!! Crafter's Companion offers so many great products, and I am totally crazy about their line of S.W.A.L.K. stamps... they are so fun to color, and you know how I LOVE to color!

  

So, I thought I should whip up a quick card to share along with my announcement! I picked up this cute S.W.A.L.K. set called My Sister. Adorable, right?? Having 4 sisters myself, and twin daughters, I know I will get plenty of use out of it! The layout is the current Sketch Saturday.

  

  

Hair on Left - E34, E31, E30

Haor on Right - E37, E35, E33, E31

Skin - E21, E00, E000

Ground, Vest, Shawl - E43, E42, E41

Shading on Clothes - W5, W3

Outline - BG10

Eyes - E34

  

I hope you enjoy these cuties as much as I do, because you haven't seen the last of them! :)

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

 

   

Are you ready to be inspired this Tuesday morning? Melissa has come up with another fabulous sketch for you to work with this week! Take a look...

     

   

Not only is there a great sketch this week, we also have a fantastic sponsor...

Clear Dollar Stamps!

    

My card for this week's sketch is very clean and simple. My sister found this cute Sandylion stamp set at a local stamping store, and left it for me to play with! (Thanks Julie!!!) I used the adorable stuffed bunny from the set, and paper pieced it with blue polka dot paper. I added a stitched border around the Kraft panel to mimic the stitching on the image, and threaded a few tiny buttons on as well.

  

    

I would also like to enter my card in the Card Crafter's Circle Challenge #33 - CAS (Thanks Bonnie!!)

  

I hope you are inspired to play along with this week's sketch! Be sure to link up your creation on the Tuesday Morning Sketches Blog before Sunday night to be entered to win the prize from our sponsor! I can't wait to see what you create!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

     
  

  

This card took me ALL day to make... it's just been one of those days! And now, I'm not even sure I like it... it feels like it has too much going on... I dunno!

Anyway, I used this cutie from the Crafter's Companion S.W.A.L.K. line, called Hugs. I colored her with my copics, and paper pieced the dress and bows with some scraps I had lying around. I did a little zig-zag sitching between the two patterned papers, and used foam adhesive under the image and sentiment to pop them up.

So what do you think? Too much? Not enough? I still can't decide!

  

  

Skin - E21, E00, E000

Hair - E37, E35, E33, E31

Cat - W5, W3, W1, W0

Grass - YG67, YG63, YG61

Shadows - W5, W3, 0

  

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Crafter's Companion Challenge - Anything Goes

Crazy 4 Challenges - Stitching

Your Next Stamp - Anything Goes

Loves Rubberstamps - Paper Piecing

    

Thanks so much for visiting today! I hope your card making time went better than mine!

  

  

Happy Tuesday everyone! It's time for another great sketch from Melissa at Tuesday Morning Sketches! Check it out...

  

  

Our generous sponsor this week is Doodle Pantry! They have so many fun images, some of them even include coordinating digital papers and sentiments, like the one I used for my sample, Quirky Crab. And this is a first for me... I used the pre-colored version! I just couldn't resist how well it matched the included digital paper, and it made the card come together so quickly!

  

  

The image and digital paper are printed on Hammermill Color Copy 80# Cardstock (this is my new favorite for Copic coloring, and it works great with digital prints). I inked the edges of some of my cardstock layers... Tumbled Glass Distress Ink on the light blue cardstock, and Versamagic Sahara Sand on the digital paper. Overall, this was a very quick and simple card!

 

My card is also being entered into the following challenges:

Doodle Pantry #25 - Use a Doodle Pantry Image

Oozak Challenge #4 - Bright Colors

Make It Monday #99 - Anything Goes

    

Now head over to the Tuesday Morning Sketches Blog to see the incredible eye candy the Design Team created for you this week! And I hope you will be joining the fun!

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

       

 

I have been dying to share my excitement with you, and today is FINALLY the day!!

I am so thrilled to announce that I am now a member the new Lil' Inker Designs Color Team!

  

 

This is a special assignment team created to COLOR! We get to focus on Lil' Inker's super cute illustrated images, and color to our heart's content!!

All week long, Laura has been introducing the new Color Team Designers on the Lil' Inker Designs Blog, and OH MY GOSH, are they talented! I am so honored to be working with this great group of ladies! Be sure to hop over there, because you will definitely want to meet them all! (And I heard there's a little give-away going on as well!!)

    

So how about a look at my very first card for Lil' Inker??  I used 2 Cute Ink Cutie Cat, and colored her with Copics. I love the little blades of grass included in this set! I inked them up with Memento Pear Tart Ink and stamped them on top of the "ground" I created with Copics. The layout is this week's Sweet Stop Sketch.

  

  

Cat - W5, W3, W1, W0

Ears, Nose - R01, R00, R000

Ground, Leaves - YG25, YG03, YG01, YG00

Red Flower - R05, R02, R01

Yellow Flower - Y17, Y15, Y13, Y11

Outline - BG000

   

There is a lot going on behind the scenes at Lil' Inker, so stay tuned! There is a new release of 2 Cute Ink stamp sets coming VERY soon, and a NEW illustrator will be introduced too! You don't want to miss it!

Thanks so much for stopping by today!