Sweet Sketch Wednesday and A Day for Daisies

Hey there friends!!  Time for a new Sketch over at Sweet Sketch Wednesday!!  This week we have a favorite Sponsor, A Day for Daisies!!  Love, love, love the Sweet images they have!!  I always have such a tough time choosing an image to use for the many, many images to choose from.  Head on over to their Shop by clicking HERE.  Play along with the DT this week and you could Win a $12 shopping spree =)

I finally did choose this sweet image "Turning Six".  I just love the sweet little boy with his birthday balloons =)  Before I share my card, here is this week's Sketch...  A new one by Arlana...

And here is my card featuring "Turning Six"

I colored the image with my Copics.  The flowers are cute from my Art Philosophy Cricut cartridge and mounted with brass brads from Close to My Heart.  The papers and ribbon are from my stash.

Hope you are having a great week and finding time to Craft!!

Blessings to you!!

Sweet Sketch Wednesday #223

Hello friends!!  Time for a new Challenge over at Sweet Sketch Wednesday!!  This week we are Sponsored by A Day for Daisies - so many wonderful images!!  I used the image "Best Friends".  Love the sweetness of this image, two friends sitting in a big old easy chair sharing a favorite book!!





Here is this week's Sketch...

And here is my card...

I used papers from Lili of the Valley and lace trim from my Stash...  Gotta love the Stash!!

Head on over to the Sweet Sketch Wednesday Blog and check out the rest of the Design Team cards - they are truly AwEsOmE!!!  I do hope you will join us, I can't wait to see what's behind your curtain...

This week's Winner will receive a $12 Gift Certificate to use at ADFD!!

Blessings to you!!

Sweet Sketch Wednesday #214

Happy, Happy Wednesday friends!!  Time for a new Sketch Challenge over at Sweet Sketch Wednesday.  This week our Sponsor is A DAY FOR DAISIES!!  I just love their images.  Check them out - definitely an image for every occasion.  The are all so very sweet!!  This week, I chose to use "Warm Breeze".  I spent so many breezy days on Cape Cod as a child flying kites - such sweet memories...

I kept it simple and used a sheet of buttery yellow card stock and a soft green DP from my stash.  The button brads, twine and ribbons are also from my stash.  The sentiment is Lili of the Valley.  My two favorite colors are green and yellow - this card just makes me smile.

Head on over to Sweet Sketch Wednesday and check out the wonderful cards by the Design Team this week and get your crafting on!!  Can't wait to see your creations.  This week's Winner will receive a $12 Gift Certificate to the ADFD Shop!!

Have a great week!!

Blessings to you!!

Tuesday Throwdown and A Day for Daisies!!

Happy Tuesday Friends!!  Team B is supplying your inspiration over at Tuesday Throwdown with images from our awesome Sponsor this week - A Day for Daisies!!  I adore their images and this week I chose to use this beautiful Castle image "Where Dreams Come True".

Our Challenge this week is to make a project using the Spotlight Technique. I had never used this technique before and actually had to head over to Youtube and view a couple of Tutorials.  I found them very easy to follow and LOVE the effect!!  I will definitely be using this technique again and again!!

 This will be for a sweet little girl's 7th birthday...  May All Your Dreams Come True!!

I'm posting this card in the Make it Monday Challenge - Always Anything Goes.

I hope you will head on over to Tuesday Throwdown, check out the rest of the DT creations and play along with us...  Can not wait to see your projects!!

Blessings to you!!

Sketch Saturday

I made a quick card yesterday morning for a friend who did me a HUGE favor installing a ceiling fan!!  Definitely something I can not do myself!!  So, I made her this Thank You card using an adorable image from adfd of hatching ducklings...  only, for the purposes of this card I am pretending they are Swans.  On the way to my church there has been a nest with a Momma Swan sitting atop 5 eggs...  I have been checking for her whenever I drive by.  It's been well over a month and a half and she still sits...
Last night both the Momma and Papa Swan were on the nest.  Lo and behold my friend called me this morning to say the eggs were hatching!!!  I Can Not Wait to see these babies!!

The card is made from the Sketch over at Sketch Saturday.  The image colored with my Copics and I added the sentiment from Paper Smooches.  These baby Swans (and my friend) have been a BLESSING to me these last several weeks.  I LOVE to see God's hand at work in Nature and this has been so Special this Spring.  Hopefully I will get some pics of the little family to share soon.



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Blessings to you!!

Welcome Wednesday!!

I'm a little late with my Post this morning - totally forgot it was Tuesday yesterday...  how does that happen??  The weeks are passing so quickly...  So, here we are, time for a new Sketch over at Sweet Sketch Wednesday - YaY!!  This week our Sponsor is one of my personal favorites, A Day for Daisies.  I love all of the images - so very sweet and true to life's experiences.  They just melt my heart!

A DAY FOR DAISIES provides themed categories of over 1000 fun and whimsical digital images, including fairy tales and magical mermaids, cutie kids, vintage illustrations, sentiments and lovely designs for all occasions!

Prize:  $12 Gift Certificate to ADFD Shop

On to our Sketch...

And here is my card using Ladybug Hello...

I hope you will join us this week!!

Thanks so much for visiting - Blessings to you!!

Sweet Sketch Wednesday #197

Tammy of A Day for Daisies is our Sponsor this week over at Sweet Sketch Wednesday - YAY!!  We are revisiting a favorite Sketch of Arlana's!!

A DAY FOR DAISIES provides themed categories of over 1000 fun and whimsical digital images, including fairy tales and magical mermaids, cutie kids, vintage illustrations, sentiments and lovely designs for all occasions!

Website: www.adayfordaisies.com

Direct Store Link:http://adayfordaisies.com/stamps 

Tammy is offering a $12 gift certificate to this week's Winner!!

Here is my creation...

I do hope you will head on over to the Sweet Sketch Wednesday site and check out the rest of the Design Teams creations!!

Other Challenges for this week's card:

Make it Monday - Anything Goes

A Day for Daisies - Anything Goes

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Blessings to you all!!

It's Wednesday!!

And that means time for another wonderful sketch from Arlana at Sweet Sketch Wednesday!!  This week our sponsor is A Day for Daisies!!  They have some of the sweetest images!!   I couldn't wait to get started!!

A DAY FOR DAISIES provides themed categories of over 1000 fun and whimsical digital images, including fairy tales and magical mermaids, cutie kids, vintage illustrations, sentiments and lovely designs for all occasions!

This week's Winner will receive a $12 Gift Certificate to ADFD!!!

                                       

I chose this sweet image of a child coloring on a blank canvas - the wall =) I just love this image - the pure innocence of a child making art - gotta love it!!  I colored the image with Copics.  The papers are from Prima - Doodle Deux.  The flower is also from Prima and the ribbon, from my stash.


I hope you will check out the shop at A Day for Daisies!!  I also can't wait to see your creations!!  I love to visit your Blogs and hear your stories {heart}...

Wishing you all a Blessed week - Happy Crafting!!

Retro Sketch #27

Whenever I make a card I always think when I'm done "Why didn't I make two?"...  So today I did just that.  I wanted to make Birthday cards for two friends at my church whose birthdays are coming up in these next two weeks. 

It's been a beautiful day here in New England.  Breezy, in the 70's...  it would have been a very peaceful day BUT I had three Boxers to tend to today.  Boston and Summer are ours, and we have been taking care of our daughter's Boxer Tyson.  They have really been good, just busy..!  Two needed baths before they could come back into the house - that is how hard they play!!  All in all it's been a great day! 

Sketch - Retro Sketches #27
Image - Pink card - A Day for Daisies
Image - Orange card - Sassy Cheryl's
Paper - My Mind's Eyeand Dandy - Girl Fine
Ink - Copics
Ribbon - stash
Pink Card - CtMH Distressing Tool

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Happy Crafting!!

You're the Sweetest Thing!

I found time for a quick card last night - amidst the amazing Olympic coverage!!  Loved the Beach Volleyball - USA-China...  WOW!!!  I have had this image from A Day for Daisies for awhile and chose to use it last night.  It so reminds me of my Great Nephew Axel.  He loves to color!!  The Challenge there is to use fabric or fibers...

I used the Sketch from The Sweet Stop Challenge.  The papers are Authentique - Genuine.  The image is colored with Copics.  I chose a soft creamy polka dot ribbon from my stash and paired it with some shear ribbon for the bow.  The sentiment is from the Stamp set Piece of Cake - CtMH stamped with Outdoor Denim.

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a day for daisies...

Sweet Sketch Wednesday's sponsor this week is a day for daisies!!  I love their stamps and am combining the two Challenges with this card.  ADFD's challenge was to go Vintage and add polka dots, which I have to admit, in my rush to make the entry deadline, I forgot about the polka dots...  can we call the flowered background DP polka dots???  Probably not, but I do like the way the card turned out so it's all good!!  I can always use birthday cards, so I chose this "Vintage" girl with her "bouquet" of balloons.  She looks as though she just came from a Country Fair.  I colored her in with my Copic Markers and Fussy cut her out.  She is mounted with Pop Dots and the sentiment "enjoy" from Verve is stamped beside her.  The papers are from Authentique 6x6 Bundle - Genuine.  The ribbon and daisies are from my stash. 

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feel better soon

Tonight's card is inspired by a day for daisies.  Their Challenge is Crazy for Calico!!  I chose this cute little image of this sweet little girl with a pile of kittens - I love her.  Her Night Shirt is paper pieced, and the rest of the image is colored with Copic Markers.  I used the sketch and am entering this card in the Deconstructed Sketch Challenge. 

The papers are from Crate Paper Pretty Party 6x6 Pad.  The sentiment is from Verve and I also used Pearl Opaques from Close to My Heart.






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Friendship

One card tonight after an awesome afternoon of Face Painting and a wonderful dinner and Silent Auction at my church LifeSong New England to raise money for Short Term Missions!!  Tired but blessed.  A Challenge that I have been thinking about is over at The City Crafter Challenge Blog -  "Just a Hint of Pink".  I'm using the sketch from the Challenge at the {Freshly Made} Sketch Blog. 

The DP are from Lily Bee Design Double Dutch 6x6 Tiny Tablet (the checked paper) and Close to My Heart (the "Sand" paper).  The stamps (which I LOVE) are from Lili of the Valley Set 1, Oh so Girlie, stamped with CtMH Black and colored in with Copics.  I then cut the image out and mounted it with pop dots.  The tiny flower buttons tied with waxy flax, both CtMH, finish off the card.

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You're in my prayers...

I recently purchased a few Digi's from A Day for Daisies and then realized they also had a Challenge Blog.  The current Challenge is to use "Shades of Blue".  So, I chose one of the images, decided to use the sketch No. 43 over at  The Deconstructed Sketch. 
I'm not exactly thrilled with how it came out...  I think I should have used water color pencils instead of the markers...  I'll have to give that a try with my next one.  I do love the image though, so very sweet!!

Most of the papers are CtMH and I used sheer blue ribbon and a blue button from my stash drawer.  I believe I ended up with 8 shades of blue =)

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