Okay - DS42

I just adore Verve's new Plain Jane, Be Okay, and have combined it here with some lovely Kaisercraft papers and Jen Shults's new Deconstructed Sketch.

Such a pretty sketch! I especially love the layering suggestion for the horizontal strip. Hope you'll join us this week (or whenever you have time -- there's no time limit to play with this week's sketch).

For more sketch interpretation, visit the Deconstructed Sketch girls:

Amber Hight

Amy Sheffer, Guest Designer (you're here)

Arielle Gordon

Donna Wardle

Jen Shults

Jessica Diedrich

Kadie Ensley

Lori Boyd

Pam Varnell

Sheri Gilson

Hope you're having a great week!




Stamps: Be Okay Plain Jane (Verve Stamps)
Paper: Kaisercraft These Days collection, Papetrey Vintage Cream, Rustic Ivory, and Kraft card stock
Ink: Ranger Antique Linen, Brushed Corduroy, and Walnut Stain Distress Inks
Accessories: Verve Loopy Blooms Die Set, MemrieMare seam binding, My Favorite Things doily and border dies, Maya Road white mini flowers, Papertrey button, foam adhesive, sewing machine, Pizzazz Aplenty pearl stick pins, distressing tool
Size: 4 1/4" x 5 1/2"

March SFYTT - The Craft's Meow

Are you ready for a new Sketch For You To Try? Here's the new sketch, sponsored by The Craft's Meow.

One of the recent releases by The Craft's Meow is the adorable Tweet of You, illustrated by Nina Brackett of Nina B Designs. I always love her stylish designs! Here's what I came up with:

For more sketch inspiration and more of The Craft's Meow, check out what the SFYTT Sisters have been up to:

Jen del Muro with guest designer Rosemary Dennis
Amber Hight 

Becky Carafa 

Carole Burrage 

Iwona Palamountain 

Jen Tapler 

Jodi Collins 

Kerry Johnson 

Megan Lock 

Susan Liles

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Thanks so much for stopping by! Enjoy your weekend!

Stamps: Tweet of You, (The Craft's Meow)
Paper: Crate Paper Random collection; Papertrey Rustic White card stock, Prism green card stock
Ink: Versamagic Aqua Splash, Versafine Onyx Black, Ranger Antique Linen and Vintage Photo card stock
Accessories: Spellbinders Labels Eighteen Nestabilities and Foliage Shapeabilities, My Favorite Things scallop border die, Kaisercraft black pearls, Pizzazz Aplenty Jade Ice pearls and 4mm clear rhinestones, distressing tool, sewing machine, sanding block, foam adhesive, Stampin' Up striped ribbon, Mary Arts crochet trim and burlap string, glittered flower (from stash -- Prima probably)
Size:  4 1/4" x 5 1/2"

I Wheelie Love You

If you're not already anticipating Spring, you will be after you see this week's TCP Tuesday challenge. Here it is, brought to you by the crazy talented Susan Liles:

This week at The Cat's Pajamas, we are celebrating the anticipation of spring, by hopefully by enjoying THE GREAT OUTDOORS!--Use any stamp(s) from The Cat's Pajamas that are "out getting a breath of fresh air" (aka, doing something outside) ALONG WITH your Cloud Border CutUps Die.

What to choose .... sitting in a field of pinwheels? Splashing in the spring rain? Flying a kite? Camping? Hunting easter eggs? The list goes on  -- so many awesome outdoor images! In the end, it was Wheel Love that called my name. I just adore that sweet bicycle. I'm also harboring some serious love for the Clouds Border CutUps Die. If dies wore out with use, that one would be a prime candidate for me.

Several other CutUps dies got a workout today as well. What can I say ... I do love my dies! At the top, along with the Clouds border, I added some yellow gingham hearts die-cut with the Heart Trio. And then at the bottom, I've used the Big Scallop border, Flower Buttons, the Grass Border, and the oval from Circus Panels for the sentiment. Papers are from  My Mind's Eye's Be Amazing and On the Bright Side - One collections.

Okay, ladies, here are the "rules" -- please play along!

1. Each Tuesday we will give you a challenge. 2. You will have until the end of the month to complete the challenge. 3. Add your entry to the guestbook on Alma's Blog and/or upload to the SCS Gallery, using the keywordTCPTUES199 for this week's challenge. 4. TCP stamps/dies are not required, but of course, highly encouraged. {Unless it is a challenge calling for a specific stamp/die, like this week) 5. There will be one randomly chosen weekly winner, announced on Tuesdays. 6. There will also be one winner, The Swanky Stamper, announced the 1st of each month. The Swanky Stamper will win several sets from an upcoming release and get to play along with us at our Pajama Party and Blog Hop.

Thanks so much for visiting!

Stamps: Wheel Love (The Cat's Pajamas)
Paper: Neenah Classic Crest Solar White, Papertrey Rustic White and Smokey Shadow card stock, My Mind's Eye Be Amazing and On the Bright Side - One
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Versafine Onyx Black
Accessories: TCP Clouds, Heart Trio, Big Scallop, Flower Buttons, Grass, and Circus Panels CutUps Dies, sewing machine, distressing tool, Papertrey buttons, TCP ivory linen thread, Pizzazz Aplenty clear rhinestones, Copic markers

Deconstructed Sketch 41

Thursday -- one of my new favorite days of the week! That's because it's Deconstructed Sketch day! This week's sketch is generously sponsored by Bugaboo Stamps. Oh my word, total cuteness! IThank you, Bugaboo Stamps! They are generously offering SEVEN digital images to the winner of this week's sketch challenge!

Everything That You Ever Wanted to Know
About Bugaboo Stamps: A Short Essay

As if raising five children in the frozen land of the North was not enough of a challenge, Jodie Mackrell decided to dip her cold little Canadian toes into the world of papercrafting by opening an online store full of her illustrations. That was two years ago. Today Bugaboo Stamps is one of the leading companies in digital images, and we’re still growing!  From seriously snarky to sugary sweet to sublimely soulful all the way over to the other side of the super sexy spectrum, you’re bound to find all that you need and more to create your paper projects.  Jodie works very hard to provide New Releases and Freebies every week!  If your taste runs to rubber (and you know who you are), you can find Bugaboo Stamps   at Totally Stampalicious.

Here's what we're playing with this week:

Great sketch, huh? And here's my non-square take on it, using the cute Kidz - Girl and Flowers:

I printed the image, colored with Copics (a little ink smudging around the eyes and one of the hair squiggles - sorry, must not have let the printer ink dry!), and trimmed her out. The papers are all from My Mind's Eye's Dolled Up collection.  The sentiment is from Verve's Sunny Days set, the clouds are a Li'l Inker Designs die, the scallop border was done with a My Favorite Things die, and the crochet trim is by May Arts.

For more sketch inspiration, visit the talented Deconstructed Sketch girls:

Amber Hight

Amy Sheffer, Guest Designer

Arielle Gordon

Donna Wardle

Jen Shults

Jessica Diedrich

Kadie Ensley

Lori Boyd (sitting out this week)

Pam Varnell

Sheri Gilson

And when you're ready to play, just link up your creation HERE. The deadline for the Bugaboo prize drawing is March 7, 2012 at 8 pm CST. There are no specific image requirements for The Deconstructed Sketch.

Have a fantastic day!

 

Kraftin Kimmie Stamps Challenge #117

It's challenge day at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps, and this week it's an awesome sketch:

Visit the Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps blog for links to all the designers who have samples to share, and to link up your creation when you're ready to play along!

For my card, I've used a GORGEOUS peacock image from the new Tweets & Twitters 2. I colored in a blue and green palette with Copic markers, then inked and distressed the edges. The sentiment is die-cut into a tab using one of The Cat's Pajamas Circus Label  dies (trimmed down). I flipped and rotated the sketch to best work with my image.

I want to thank Kimmie and the whole Krafty Girls crew for the incredible opportunity to guest design with them this month. I've had an absolute blast! Thank you, KKS!

And thank you for visiting! Have a fantastic weekend. I'm headed out to an all-day crop and hope to make some substantial progress on my Project Life album. I'm not much of a "public" crafter, so when I filled out the registration form portion that asked who I wanted to sit with, I wanted to write an electrical outlet and leave it at that! LOL! It's not that I'm anti-social -- it's that I can't seem to mix social and productive! Wish me luck :)

Happy St. Patrick's Day - DS40

It feels like I blinked and Valentine's Day had passed right on by! For that matter, all of January and the better part of February. Is it just me, or is the year flying by? I thought I'd whip up a little something for St. Patrick's Day before that, too, passes by. I've used Verve's new Lucky You stamp set and coordinating Shamrock Die Set. The papers are Echo Park A Walk in the Park, and the layout is the awesome Deconstructed Sketch #40. Love this sketch!

Check out all the fantastic samples from the Deconstructed Sketch Girls:

Amber Hight

Amy Sheffer, Guest Designer

Arielle Gordon

Donna Wardle

Jen Shults

Jessica Diedrich

Kadie Ensley

Lori Boyd

Pam Varnell

Sheri Gilson

And when you're ready to play, just link up your creation HERE.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

TCPTues198: Bestest Friend Ever

Bring on the pastels and join The Cat's Pajamas for its weekly TCP Tuesday challenge! Here's the soft, sweet color challenge Lori has provided this week:

I pulled out the adorable Kick Some Grass set and some lovely My Mind's Eye Dolled Up papers. The bunny is nestled in some grass that I die-cut with TCP's Grass Border CutUps die. I added some teeny clear rhinestones to the flower centers for a bit of sparkle.

TCP Tuesday Challenge Details:

1. Each Tuesday we will give you a challenge.
2. You will have until the end of the month to complete the challenge.
3. Add your entry to the Inlinkz Gallery or upload to the SCS Gallery, using the keyword TCPTUES198 for this week's challenge.
4. TCP stamps are not required for this challenge, but highly recommended.
5. There will be one randomly chosen weekly winner, announced on Tuesdays who will win a Gift Voucher for use on The Cat's Pajamas website.
6. There will be one winner, The Swanky Stamper, announced the 1st of each month. They will win several sets from an upcoming release and get to play along with us at our Pajama Party and Blog Hop.
7. The winner has one week from the day the winner is posted to contact me for his/her voucher code.

Here's the February SFYTT:

The February SFYTT is sponsored by Your Next Stamp, which has generously provided a discount code for SFYTT participants. Enjoy!

Thanks for visiting!