The Deconstructed Sketch & Anything Goes at SugarPea Designs {Blow Me Away}

Tonight I am excited to play along with a couple of challenges! Yeah! It felt good to get inky and to play along with the current challenge over at the SugarPea Designs blog! The theme is ANYTHING GOES! I also used the fun sketch over at the Deconstructed Sketch Challenge! Love it!

 

I used the Blow Me Away stamp set from SugarPea Designs!!!

Come and play along with us at the SugarPea Designs blog! You do not need to use a SugarPea image to play but remember that each project you link up and share below is an entry to WIN a Gift Certificate to the SugarPea Designs Online Boutique worth up to $15!  One randomly selected winner will receive a $10 Gift Certificate to the SugarPea Designs Online Shoppe.  However, if the winning entry features a SugarPea Designs stamp we will increase the prize to $15!

Paper Sweeties February Stamp Release {Happy Birthday Sweetie}

Hello friends! Welcome to Release Week at Paper Sweeties! Yippee!!! You will LOVE this month's offerings! I squealed when I found the teapot die in my design team stash from Debbie! I have ALWAYS wanted a teapot die!!! Love it!

  

I wanted to play along with a few challenges out in blogland and was immediately inspired by the lovely sketch at Deconstructed Sketches and I wanted to play along with the Card Concept, creating a Monochromatic "pink" card in the Classy & Elegant style! Also, I see at Paper Issues that the theme is "Fill "er Up" which is perfect for my teapot themed card! Hooray! I miss my Paper Issues peeps.

Come and join our hop to see what the 

Paper Sweeties design team has put together for you! 

Amber Kroening
Annette Allen

Annette Witherspoon

Debbie Marcinkiewicz – Paper Sweeties

Kerin Sylvester

Kristi Schurr

Lesley Croghan<<<You are here.

Lisa Elton

Maria Patrick

Michelle Bala

Nancy Penir

Tammy Hobbs

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Paper Issues, Simon Says & Deconstructing Sketch {Wishing You Sunnier Days}

I wanted to play along with a couple of challenges today! The first was the "Up in the Clouds" theme challenge over at Paper Issues. I have a cute cloud embossing folder from Darius that I picked up in San Diego this Christmas. I thought this umbrella would look fun paper pieced and popped up on top of the embossed clouds.

The Deconstructed Sketch #94 was the main inspiration behind my layout. I decided to elongated the side panels and added the oval shape to the bottom of the layout as the sentiment.

I also wanted to play along with Simon Says Stamp Anything Goes Challenge, it is their Umbrella stamp set called "Sunnier Days" that I used. I was drawn to the Snap "Colour Vibe" Paper from Simple Stories. 

      

Deconstructed Sketch #85 {All You Need Is Love and lots of Pebbles Paper!}

Playing with new goodies is always fun especially when you HAVE to have them, because a fellow blogger has used them and has made you NEED them! Let me share the blogger's photo...

"The Enabler"

I happen to live close by to a stamper who I admire! She is also a teacher and we met for the first time in the Fall quite by chance! We were both at the same professional development day and I happened to win a door prize. The announcer called my name in a gym full of 300 people. So up I went to get my prize and when I got back to my seat, there was this smiling gal, looking at me as if she knew me! Well it took me not even a minute when she said "Hi Lesley, I am Laurel"! I couldn't believe it!!! Laurel Seabrook! There she was! Ha! We had a good chat and again, I thought how wonderful the blogging and the card making community can be!

Fast forward to Jen's fun sketch and immediately I KNEW I needed to use some Paper I had seen on Laurel's blog right before Christmas...it is from Pebbles and I LOVED it! I bought the 6 x 6 paper pad of Seen and Noted because of Laurel and I am so excited to use it today on my graphic Valentine card! 

Stamps: Hero Arts

Inks: Memento Tuxedo Black, Copics

Papers: Pebbles {Seen and Noted}, Flourishes White CS, Basic Black {SU!}

Extras: Butterfly Punch {SU!}, Pearls

Laurel is coming to see the show I directed! I have been working on the musical Oklahoma since October. I am looking forward to connecting with her again! Thank you for sharing your love of Pebbles paper Laurel...I can see how wonderful it is to work with!! 

Other challenges:

Hero Arts-January Challenge: Create a NEW stamped project based on any of the following…Try Something New — A new year is the perfect time to try something new! A new technique, new color combination, new stamp, new inkpad, new embellishment…anything new to YOU!

There She Goes-Love is in the Air Theme

Deconstructing Darnell!

I had a chance to get inky today and I just had to play along with a couple of challenges. I bought a Lawn Fawn Stamp Set on my travels at Christmas. I also had some lovely new My Mind's Eye papers, and used the neutral tones in it for my background. The sketch comes from Jen's Deconstructed Sketch! I love playing with askew panels in sketches!!! I added some twine for my ribbon.

But my MAIN reason for getting inky today was to celebrate the 42 year anniversary Darnell and her hubby "Mister" are celebrating! The amazing thing is my parents are also celebrating 42 blissful years of marriage this year!! Yes Darnell, I could be your daughter! Ardyth is hosting a linky party to celebrate the happy couple and I just had to link up! Congratulations Darnell, thank you for your sweet comments and friendship here in blogland!!

Here we are...hubby and I on our wedding day with friends and family {March 17, 2007}!

Deconstructed Sketch #83, Paper Smooches GD Search & Simon Says {You're an All Star}

Happy Saturday!! I have been crafting up a storm with my new goodies and I am not ashamed to say I spent the day in my jammies! Ah bliss! I went to check out a new to me challenge that I found a couple of weeks before Christmas. It is called the "Deconstructed Sketch" and this week's sketch got my mind racing! Literally! 

I bought the Paper Smooches set called "My Guy"! So cute and lots of fun to colour! I inked up the race car from the set and went to work! Flipping the sketch on it's side, I used the two half circle elements on the sketch for my sentiment...those half circles are what got my mind thinking "cars". They looked like wheel wells to me! Jen is also looking for some new Design Team members! How exciting! I am going for it!

I am also entering this into the current  Paper Smooches Guest Designer Search using the "My Guy" stamp set and the current Simon Says Stamp Challenge to use Black and White with a Splash of colour! I knew that card needed to be RED and I used Kraft as a neutral.

 

Getting my Craft On {Merry and Bright}

Tonight I was in a crafty mood! I went in search of a few fun challenges and decided to get inky! I love the sweet stamps at Totally Stampalicious, they are a Canadian Company which is cool! I am a Canadian too! So there I was looking through some different challenges and I knew I really wanted to challenge myself to make something with lots of layers and embellishments! So I tried my best! Totally Stampalicious has a "Let it Snow" Theme Challenge on this week, so I got out their WINTER BIRD SNOWMAN set and went to work!

{Supplies Used}

Stamps: WINTER BIRD SNOWMAN, Poinsettia and Pine from Flourishes

Inks: Copics, Basic Gray, Memento Tuxedo Black Ink

Papers: My Mind's Eye, Flourishes Vanilla CS, October Afternoon

Extras: Pearls, Striped Ribbon, Scallop Punch, Sponge, Nestabilities, Stickles

One sketch challenge I always want to try but have not had the chance to play along with yet is the Deconstructed Sketch. I flipped the sketch and used my ribbon as a flag on the side, not down the side of the front panel. I also added pearls right along the bottom of the card. I really loved this sketch and found that it gave me great inspiration! 

I am also playing along with the following challenges

Creative Card Crew - 2W - #24 Anything Goes

Tuesday Throwdown - #125 Lots Of Layers

Crafty Ann's - 2W, SIO - Week 1, Birds & or Animals (no people or insects)