Stick It Down March Card Sketch

Hello again! I am back with my 5th post of the day - I told you it was going to be busy around here!

I am the featured designer this month at Stick It Down, so I get to share my take on the card sketch with you today! Here is a look at the March card sketch:

If you can't tell, I am really ready for spring! This winter has been so cold and we haven't even had a good snow - all we have gotten this year has been ice - yuck - so, I decided I to make a nice and bright, sunshiny card!

I just a scrap of this yellow dot paper out on my desk and put it to use on this card. I really like the bright yellow against the white background and I hope that this sunny little card will brighten someone's day!

Head on over to Stick It Down to see the single page and double page sketches as well as the card sketch. I would love to see your take on our sketch this month!

Thanks so much for stopping by! I will be back a little later with one more project to share with you!

Stick It Down February Card Team Reveal

Hello, everyone! Happy Monday to you! I hope that if you are lucky enough to have the day off for President's Day that you are enjoying it! We are having to use today as a make-up snow day, so no day off around here!

Today is the full card design team reveal at Stick It Down. Here is a look at the sketch for February:

I liked the idea of repeated stamping that was shown on the sketch, and since I was sent some coffee themed flair pieces from Cheeky Studio to work with, I decided to use this cute coffee cup stamp that I picked up a couple of months ago.

I stamped the coffee cup stamp several times and then die cut little hearts to go in between each cup. I matted the flair piece several times with foam tape in between each layer for more dimension.

Head on over to Stick It Down to see the beautiful cards from the rest of the card team. We would love to see your take on the sketch.

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I hope you have a great day!

January Card Design Team Reveal - You're Sweet

Hello, everyone! Happy Monday to you! I hope you had a great weekend and are ready for the new week!

Today is the full card design team reveal over at Stick It Down. We have a prize sponsor this month - Angie's Digital Stamp Shop - and one randomly selected winner from all of our challenges will receive 2 digital stamps from her shop!

Here is a reminder of the January card sketch:

Oh, what an adventure I had trying to make my card! I had originally planned on using my texture paste and a stencil for my background...but then my texture paste was hard...not sure what happened there because the lid was on nice and tight, but there was no spreading it around! Then I thought - maybe I'll use paint with my stencil...yeah, I am mixed media challenged I tell ya! After several attempts, I gave up on that idea! In the end, I went with an embossing folder in which the hearts look like they are falling - kind of like the stars on the sketch, and it worked for me!

I had the pleasure of working with the heart cupcake digi stamp. I colored it with my Prima watercolor pencils. There are varying shades of red on this card, which sometimes bothers me, but throwing in that little bit of pink on the scalloped circle helped to tie it all together.

Head on over to  Stick It Down to see the beautiful cards from the rest of the design team. We would love to see your take on this fun sketch!

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog! Have a great day!

Stick It Down December Card Reveal

Hello, everyone! Happy Monday to you! It's the week before Christmas and it looks like it's going to be a really busy one for me! So much to get done!

Today is the full card design team reveal at Stick It Down. Here is a reminder of what the card sketch looks like:

I have had this tree stamp in my stash for a couple of years now and do believe this is the first time I have actually used it. When I saw the sketch, this was the first thing I thought of to use. I added a wood veneer star to the top of the tree and I thought about stamping a sentiment in one of the upper corners, but decided against it - the inside will have to do!

Head on over to Stick It Down to see the beautiful cards from the rest of the design team. We hope to see you playing along with us!

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog today! I will be right back with another project to share with you!

Stick It Down November Card DT Reveal

Hello, hello! Happy Monday to you! I hope that you had a good weekend and are ready for the new week. 

Today is the full card design team reveal at Stick It Down. Here's a reminder of what the sketch looks like:

For my card, I decided to dust off my bow die and use it on this card. I don't know why I don't use it more often - I always love the end result!

I used my argyle embossing folder and since the bow was on the bigger side I decided to leave off the sentiment and just stamp something on the inside.

Head on over to Stick It Down to see the wonderful cards from the rest of the design team. You have until the end of the month to play along with us!

Thanks so much for stopping by! I will be back soon with another project to share with you!

Stick It Down October Card Reveal

Hello, hello! Good Monday morning to you! I hope that you are ready for a new week. This will be a short week since it's parent/teacher conference time. That day off on Friday will be nice!

Today is the full card design team reveal at Stick It Down. Here is a reminder of the card sketch that was posted on the first:

It's always a struggle to photograph gold glitter - or gold embossing - or gold anything really! For my card, I had this "Believe" wood veneer word in my stash and I decided to add gold glitter embossing powder to the bottom half. I taped off the top half with washi tape and went to work and it actually worked out really well. Since you can't see it all that well in the above photo, here is a better look at it:

I wanted just a little more color, so I added the red scalloped border for it to sit on.

I love the way this turned out and I may just have to keep this card and add it to my December Daily instead of giving it away!

Head on over to Stick It Down to see the beautiful cards from the rest of the design team.

Thanks so much for stopping by today! Have a great day!

Sending You....

Hello, hello scrappy friends! Good Monday morning to you! Are we ready for a brand new week to start? I hope so because it is here - ready or not!

Today is the full card design team reveal at Stick It Down. Here is the sketch that we had to work with, courtesy of Laura Rumble:

When I saw the sketch, I knew I wanted to use the clouds that were in the sketch. That led me to this Hero Arts sentiment from one of the stamp sets that I had, and I thought a great big sunshine was in order!

I die cut a pinked circle and a little bit smaller circle to make the sunshine. I die cut the clouds using a die from My Favorite Things. Once they were die cut I ran them through my Cuttlebug machine, using my swiss dot embossing folder. I added a few sequins to finish it off. I'm hoping it will bring a little bit of sunshine to someone's day!

Be sure to stop by the Stick It Down blog to see how the rest of the design team interpreted the sketch. I would love to see your take on it, too!

Thanks so much for stopping by! I will be back soon with another project to share with you!

Stick It Down July Card Sketch

Hello again! I am back with my third post of the day. I told you it was going to be a busy one!

Today is sketch reveal day over at Stick It Down, and I am the July Featured designer, so I get to share my card with you today!

Here is the July card sketch, courtesy of the talented Laura Rumble:

Seeing the different stitch lines reminded me of border type paper, and as much as I would have loved to have actually stitched on my card, I decided to go with the border paper. I also added in a die cut butterfly to the top of my card.

Head on over to Stick It Down to see the rest of the July sketch reveals. I can't wait to see how you interpret the sketch!

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I hope you have a great day!

Stick It Down June Card Team Reveal

Hello, everyone! Good Monday morning to you! I hope you had a good weekend and are ready for the new week.

Today is the full card design team reveal at Stick It Down. Here is a reminder of the sketch that was posted on the first:

I decided to play around with some watercolors on my card. Pretty basic, pretty simple, but I love the way that this card turned out! It's always fun to try something new and have it turn out the way that you want!

After I added the watercolor, I stamped the sentiment using a stamp set from Elle's Studio and added a silver glitter heart. 

Head on over to Stick It Down to see how the rest of the design team interpreted this sketch. I hope you play along with us this month, I would love to see what you do with this sketch!

I will be back soon with another project to share with you!

Stick It Down May Card Sketch Reveal

Hello, hello! Good Monday morning to you! I hope that you had a good weekend and are ready for the new week!

Today is the full card design team reveal at Stick It Down. Here is a reminder of May's sketch, created by Laura Rumble:

I'm using up a couple more of the papers in my 100 patterned paper challenge stack on this card. I don't know if I will ever get through all of that old (very first collections) of Doodlebug paper, I still have so much of every color, but it is basic enough that I think one day I will surely get it used!

I cannot even remember what company the birthday hat paper is from, but it's been hanging out in my stash for quite a while. The "birthday" is die cut using a die from Close To My Heart, and the "wishes" letter stickers are from October Afternoon. I had to punch a few tiny stars to add to it, too.

Be sure to stop by Stick It Down to to see the beautiful cards from the rest of the design team.

Thanks so much for stopping by today! Have a great day!

Stick It Down April Card Team Reveal

Hello everyone! Happy Monday! I hope that you all enjoyed the Easter holiday weekend. We had a great, busy day filled with coloring eggs, finding Easter baskets, a big dinner, and hunting eggs. It got a little exciting while hunting eggs - I wound up stepping on a snake! It was just a brown snake, and no, it was not in our yard, but down in our field, but let me tell you - it gave me a scare! Luckily, I stepped on it's head so it didn't have a chance to get me!

Anyway...today is the full card design team reveal at Stick It Down. Here is a reminder of what the sketch looks like:

This is one of my favorite sketches lately, and I am sure I will find a chance to use it again! I used some 6x6 papers from an older Echo Park paper pad - Everyday Ecclectic - I think. I fussy cut the doily pieces from one of the papers. The blue doily and the blue banner piece and enamel dot really do match - I guess it lost something in the editing process!

Head on over to Stick It Down to see the beautiful cards from the rest of the design team. We have a prize up for grabs, so be sure to play along!

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I will be back soon with another project to share with you today!

Stick It Down March Card Reveal

Hello again! I am back with my second post of the day. If you are looking for my Sketch N Scrap reveal, please scroll down or go here.

Today is the full design team reveal  for the card sketch team at Stick It Down. Here is the fun sketch that was posted on the first of the month.

For my card I did the "smooshing" technique with my Tim Holtz Distress Inks - Peacock Feathers. I die cut the word "happy" four times using a die from Memory Box, and the "Birthday" is from a Jillibean Soup stamp set "Birthday Bisque".

I had some metal photo corners out on my desk for our 100 Pattern Paper Facebook group challenge which is to use some metal in March, and I thought these corners with the stars were perfect for this birthday card!

The tiny black stars were punched using my old Fiskars punch. I am so happy to be getting more use out of my older tools again!

Head on over to Stick It Down to see the cards from the rest of the design team. We hope you have some time to play along with us!

Thanks so much for stopping by! Have a great day!

Stick It Down February Card Reveal

Hello again! I am back with my second post of the day. If you are looking for my Sketch N Scrap reveal, please scroll down or go here.

Today is the full design team reveal for the card sketch team at Stick It Down. Here's a reminder of the fabulous sketch that was posted on the first:

For my card I started out with a pink ombre paper. It's hard to tell that it is ombre in the photo, but it is! I then used a heart stencil from Momenta and some texture paste to add the hearts all over the background. I outlined the edges of the card with a white gel pen. The heart is die cut using a Lawn Fawn heart die, and I stamped and embossed the sentiment and popped it up with some foam tape.

I love the way this card turned out - I acutally had a hard time giving it away as a Valentine!

Stop by the Stick It Down blog to see how the rest of the design team interpreted this sketch. We hope to see you playing along with us! You have until the end of the month to play along.

Thanks so much for stopping by today! Have a great day!

Stick It Down January Reveal

Hello everyone! This is my third post of the day! If you are looking for my Sketch N Scrap reveal, please go here. If you are looking for my Love To Craft reveal, please go here.

The first of the month means a new set of sketches is up at Stick It Down today. I am the featured card designer for January, so my card is up on the blog today!

Here's a look at the card sketch, courtesy of the talented Laura Rumble:

For my card I have used Studio Calico's Seven Paper - "Amelia" 6x6 paper pad. I picked this paper pad up at Tuesday Morning a few months ago, and I fell in love with the colors in this collection.

I die cut five circles for my scalloped edge and then decided to let them hang over the edge of the card. The heart is from a Lawn Fawn die that I cut out of two different papers. I cut one of the hearts in half and layered it on top, along with a strip of the black and white pattern. The "I Adore You" sentiment is from Jen Hadfield's "Homemade" stamps set. I finished it off by placing a piece of black and white fabric tape that I found at Target's $1 spot down the edge. I wanted to bring in just a bit more black and white, and this tape was perfect for that. I also added in a bit of silver metallic thread behind the heart embellishment.

Be sure to stop by Stick It Down and check out all of the sketches for January. We have a great set of sketches for this month, and I hope you get a chance to play along with us.

Thanks so much for stopping by! I will be back soon with another project to share with you!

Stick It Down December Card Sketch

It is a busy day here on my blog! This is my third post of the day. For my reveal for The Memory Nest, please go here. For my Sketches In Thyme Project Life Style reveal, please go here.

Today is the full design team reveal for the card team over at Stick It Down. Laura has created another great sketch for us this month. Once again it is a sketch with lots of possibilities.

This is one of my most favorite cards that I have made this year! There's just something about it that I love. The tree stamp is from a Paper Smooches stamp set that I have had for ages. I stamped it on a piece of green dot paper and cut them out. I added on a cardstock heart with a little bit of bling. I also had a silver glitter star on my desk from another project, so I added that onto one of the trees.

The sentiment is printed on a piece of vellum and stapled onto the card front. I also embossed the background with my swiss dot embossing folder. 

Nothing fancy about this card, but I really like it.

Head on over to Stick It Down to see the beautiful cards from the rest of the design team. I hope to see you playing along with us!

Thanks so much for stopping by! I will be back soon with one more project to share with you!

Stick It Down October Card Reveal

Hello everyone! Happy Monday to you! I am running a bit behind this morning, so let's get started. Today is the full reveal for the card team at Stick It Down. Here's a reminder of what the sketch - courtesy of Laura Rumble- looks like:

For my card I embossed the background with a snowflake embossing folder, matted it on a piece of silver glitter paper, and then matted that onto the card base. I created the "Let it snow" circle on my computer and added in the silver glitter snowflake.  

This is such a fun sketch and has lots of possibilities! I am sure I will use it again!

Be sure to stop by Stick It Down to see what the rest of the design team did with this sketch!

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I hope you have a great day!

Celebrate - Stick It Down Card Sketch

This is my third post of the day. If you are looking for my PDE Linky Party reveal, please scroll down or go here. If you are looking for my Sketches In Thyme Project Life Style reveal, please scroll down or go here.

Hello again! Today is reveal day for the rest of card team at Stick It Down. Here is a reminder of the August card sketch:

I found this package of Crate Paper Acorn Ave. vellum garland in my stash. I'm pretty sure I got them either in a RAK or a secret Santa exchange a few years ago. They are the only thing from that collection that I have! I had forgotten that I even had them, but when I happened to come across them I knew I would be using them on this card. The colors in the flags are very similar to the colors in Basic Grey's Capture collection, so I dug out a sheet from that collection for my card base.

I stamped the sentiment and the tiny stars from an older CTMH stamp set (C1478). It doesn't have a name on it, but I am sure it came from an old Workshop on the Go kit.

Stop by the Stick It Down blog to see the cards from the rest of the card team. I do hope you play along with this fun sketch.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Let Freedom Ring with Stick It Down

Hello everyone!

Today is your lucky day! The July sketches at Stick It Down are being posted a little early! I am the featured card designer for July, so I get to share my card with you today as well!

July's sketch is courtesy of the talented Laura Rumble. I absolutely love this sketch and can see myself using it again!

Since it is so close to the 4th of July I had to go with a patriotic card! I splattered the background with some red paint, got a little crazy with the navy, red, and silver messy thread, and I had to add in some sparkle with the red, silver, and blue sequins. 

Be sure to stop by Stick It Down to see the reveal of the single and double page sketches as well. I hope that you join in our challenges for July!

Thanks so much for stopping by! I will be back soon with another reveal!

Happy Mother's Day with Stick It Down

Hello everyone! I am back with my second post of the day. If you are looking for my Sketches In Thyme Project Life Style reveal, please scroll down or go here.

Today is reveal day for the rest of the card team at Stick It Down! Here's a reminder of what the card sketch looks like:

For this month's card I have made a Mother's Day card for my daughter. This is her second year of being a mother, and I wanted to let her know what a great job she is doing with Miss Ada.

This was my first attempt at a center step card. I always love them when I see them, but I have just never taken the time to try my hand at one. I am so happy to finally give it a shot. I can't believe how incredibly easy it was to make! There are a few things I know now that will make it even easier the next time I make one. It's always fun to learn new things and like them enough to try again!

Check out the Stick It Down blog today to see the rest of the beautiful cards from the rest of the card team. I hope you find some time to play along with us! Remember - in celebration of National Scrapbook Day last weekend, we have an awesome prize up for grabs! Play along with any or all of our sketches for a chance to win!

Thanks so much for stopping by! Have a fantastic day!

National Scrapbook Day with Stick It Down

Hello everyone! Happy Friday to you! I'm just popping in for a quick post to let you know of a great give away that Stick It Down is going to have in celebration of National Scrapbook Day next week. 

If you play along with any of our May sketches - they will be posted this Sunday, May 1st - in the month of May, you will have a chance to win this fantastic prize! 

I know there will be a lot of challenges out there on National Scrapbook Day, so why not pair one of those challenges up with one of our sketches! If you play along with all three of our sketches, you will be entered to win three times. So stay tuned! You'll have all month long to play along!