Thank Ewe-Sketch Saturday#53

So I finally "stole" some time this weekend to stamp, and was able to get several cards done. I scheduled a few cards to be posted since Saturday...yippee-I'm actually ahead! I was even able to participate in the Sketch Saturday this week. It seems like forever since the last time I did a Sketch Saturday or a Friday Sketchers challenge. Okay so I'll admit my house is a mess and I have several loads of laundry WAITING for me! lol ...but it was worth it!

Anyways, here is this weeks sketch #53:

What a fun sketch!

Here are the complete details for my card:

The patterned paper is Doodlebug designs.....don't they just make the CUTEST paper??

I also used some CTMH-Chocolate CS

The sentiment plate is from my LSS-I've had it for a couple of years now and have since lost the original packaging so I'm not sure of the company. 

The stamp is High Hopes

The sentiment is CTMH

The paper flower is bazzill

Brads are also from my LSS

By the way, I was going to do the whole...."Thank Ewe" but I decided last minute not too....it's so predictable. :o)

Have an awesome MONday. 

-Nicole M Bailey

Sketch Saturday #45-Bloom where you are planted!

I really like how this card turned out. :O)

I used this week's Sketch Saturday #45. Here is the sketch:

I just love this sketch....it's just such an awesome, well balanced sketch. :O)

I got the cute High Hopes image and coordinating sentiment from my bloggin' sista Kelly...thanks Kelly. I colored it in with my copics of course.

The ricrac & brads are CTMH

The rhinestone swirls are from my LSS

The peachy flower is prima and the white flower is bazzil, and the button is My Mind's Eye

The paper is from my DCWV Nana's Nursery and I also used some CTMH hollyhock and sweet leaf cardstock. 

Thanks for looking and have a great Thursday!

-Nicole M Bailey

 

 

High Hopes Challenge #25

I made this cute card for the High Hopes Challenge #25...which is a sketch challenge. Isn't this a fabby sketch?

Here are the rest of the details for today's card:

Paper is DCWV-Nana's Nursery and card stock is Tulip from CTMH

I used my new nestibilities-Dahlia, combined with circles.  I just love that look!

Ribbon and brads are CTMH

Sentiment is also CTMH

The image is High Hopes and is colored in with copics

Thanks for looking and have a great Monday!

-Nicole M Bailey 

Motherhood-Friday Sketcher's #46

I made today's card for Friday Sketcher's #46. 

Below is the fabby sketch, I rotated it. 

I used some paper from my Nana's Nursery stack...LOVE that paper, and I also used some CTMH Sweet Leaf cradstock.

The  buttons are Making Memories

The ribbon and brads are CTMH

The image is High Hopes and so is the sentiment

I used my copics to color in the image

Thanks for looking!

 

I also wanted to show you two fabby cards I received in the mail last week....the one on the left is from my long time stampin' buddy Shelly; who is also a SU! consultant; the one on the right is from my other long time stampin' buddy's mom-Jean. Aren't they just beautiful? They were both sent in support of my mom's surgery.  Thanks! 

Oh I also wanted to add that my friend Shelly had filled the card with beautiful, inspiring and supportive bible verses. :o)

  

-Nicole M Bailey

Happy Birthday James!

I made this card for my oldest son's 7th Birthday. He turns 7 on Sunday. :O)

He's such a sweet little boy....amazing, generous, and thoughtful.  I love him and appreciate him so much. *tear; tear* :O)

The adorable image is from High Hopes Stamps, and the paper is CTMH. 

Buttons are CTMH and Making Memories

Brads are CTMH

I colored the image with my copics. :O)

Thanks for looking, 

Have A Great TGIF!

-Nicole

Spring & High Hopes Challenge #23

Well, here in Calgary,Canada it really doesn't feel much like Spring. The 2 feet of snow we got on Sunday really makes it feel like January....you get the picture! 

Anyways, I made this card for The High Hopes challenge #23-"use buttons!" 

Not a problem for me....I add buttons to almost every card I make. ;O) 

Kelly sent me a few of her new High Hopes images and I gotta tell you...I LOVE this bunny!

My first instinct was to color him in white...like most easter bunnies... but I started shading and went a bit over board and so he became a brown bunny! :O) I still love him. 

The paper is from my Nana's Nursery stack from Michael's. 

Flowers are prima

Buttons are My Mind's Eye

Ric Rac ribbon is CTMH 

The Spring sentiment is CTMH

Thanks for looking~Have a Great Day!

I'm off to clean my house....my cleaning lady is coming today! 

Yummy-Friday Sketcher's #44 & Spoon Full Of Sugar

I just love this week's friday sketcher's #44, it's such a great sketch!

I also made this card for this week's Spoon Full Of Sugar #43-use gems....no problem! I use gems all the time!

I made this yummy card with one of my brand new High Hopes stamps...yes they finally arrived on friday! I waited a long time for them...but they were SO worth the wait. Now if my LSS could just stock another sheet of ez mount I'd actually get to ink them all up!

I used a few sheets of Nana's Nursery paper by DCWV. They finally went on sale at Michael's. I just love this stack....I know it's been around since last summer but I still love all the papers, they are just so ME....plaids/flowers/dots and stripes!

The stamp I used is of course High Hopes. I colored her in with my copics and added some stickles to her bows. I made the yummy sentiment with my cricut. 

The flowers are prima with little punched out smaller flowers and CTMH gems.

That's it!

Thanks for looking and have a great weekend!

-Nicole

  

Best Friends

I had a lot of fun making this card. I just love this image...it's so super cute. :O) (Thanks Kelly)

I made this card for the High Hopes Guest Designer Call. I would just LOVE to design cards for High Hopes, they are such a super awesome company. 

Anyways, here are the details for today's card:

Paper is brand new from my LSS. It's by Pebbles and it's from the Skipping Along Collection. It's it just ADORABLE? I just love the colors and the patterns...so springy....just what we all need right now. 

The image of course is High Hopes. I colored it in with my copic markers. I used some doodlebug sugar coating on the dragons wings. The sentiment is Close To My Heart.

The rhinestone flower brads are Making Memories.

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Be sure to head over to the Truly Scrumptious Blog and do our first challenge.....ALOTA stamps has a couple of super cute stamps to give away! 

 

What's Up?

Hello. :O)

Okay this post is going to be super quick...the kids are off school today and tomorrow so my scrappin' time is kinda limited. 

Here are the details for today's card:

Paper is Making Memories (left over from a crop camp I went to last year...glad I saved it-it's super cute!)

Buttons and Flowers are also Making Memories-Chloe's Closet

The sparkles are CTMH

I made the tag with my cricut

Colored in the adorable High Hopes stamp with my copic markers

The ric rac ribbon is CTMH

The hemp on the buttons is CTMH

Thanks for looking...I'm off to make supper for the crew, have great day!

Birthday Wishes & HHC17 & KKBC4

So my hubby took the three middle kids skating this afternoon.  I'm here with Matty, playing just outside my scraproom with his fischer price people & cars...and my oldest, Molly is upstairs listening to music and most likely singing into a hair brush! :O)

I was going to try and get three cards done today and posted but it took me an hour to make this one card...and I had already colored the image in a few days ago!  

Sometimes the creativity takes time to flow. 

Okay so I made this card for two challenges. Kimmie's Birthday Challenge #4 (use an animal stamp and ribbon) and The High Hopes Challenge #17 (a sketch challenge)

Here are the complete details:

Patterned paper:  Imaginisce Twitter Patter

Brads: CTMH

Monkey Image: High Hopes

Sentiment Stamp: MFT

I colored in the monkey with my copics

I made the tag with my cricut and used some CTMH waxy flax to attach it.

Thanks for looking. :O)

Very Very Very Exciting News!!...and KKC2

Hello

I have some super exciting news! 

I just found out that I was chosen to join the brand new challenge blog  Truly Scrumptious Challenges. I'm so excited to be a Design Team Member for this great new challenge blog...and the other design team members are so very talented...it's going to be so much fun! 

Check out our blog and all of the other talented design team members:

Dawn

Michele

Debbie

Mina

Danita

Heather

Beth

Sharon

We are having our first challenge on February 18th, 2009...mark your calendar!

Okay so now back to today's card. :O)

This card is for Kimmie's Kraftin Korner....Birthday celebration challenge #2. 

Kimmie's day two challenge was to make a card using dry embossing and the sketch that she used on her card. 

So this is what I came up with. 

Here are the complete details:

Paper is CTMH

Ribbon is CTMH

Sentiment is MFT

The stamped image is High Hopes and colored in using copics. 

I used my nesties to make the scallop rectangle....my dry embossing. ;O)

The gingham ribbon is from walmart. 

Thanks for looking. 

Happy Birthday Kimmie! KKK Challenge Day One

So this whole week Kimmie is celebrating her birthday, and she knows how to celebrate...by having challenges and giving away bog candy! :O)

So of course I'm a day behind....the challenges started yesterday but I'm still jumping aboard!

Monday's challenge: Day One-was to use the color purple on a Birthday card. hmhmhmhmh not very easy when you don't have any purple...oh wait I do have some it's just hidden because I never use it. :O)

I know this sounds terrible but purple is probably my least favorite color. I guess you can call me a pink girlie girl.

So here is my Birthday Card using purple and the complete details are:

Patterned paper is CTMH-retired

I also used CTMH-sweet leaf/amethyst cardstock

The Elephant image is High Hopes and the sentiment stamp is MFT

I colored in the elephant with my copics and then cut it out and pop dotted it. 

The flowers are prima

The buttons and ribbon are CTMH

I made the heart border with my MS border punch

And made the ovals with my nesties.  

TFL>

Tea Time-High Hopes Challenge #16 (HHC16)

I made today's card for the High Hopes Challenge (HHC16).....this week was Ila's challenge and she wanted us to use lace. This was tough because I don't have any lace in my craft stash...and then I remembered I had bought these little heart shaped doilies for the kids to make Valentine cards. (something I remember doing with my mom)

So here are the complete details:

Patterned paper is Basic Grey-Urban Prairie

I also used some CTMH-Black cardstock

The ribbon is CTMH

The buttons are Basic Grey

I also used my nestibilities to make the rectangles

The image is High Hopes and I colored her in with my copic markers. (went a tad heavy on the right pant leg...but I couldn't fix it cause it dried.....lol)

The "Tea Time" sentiment is MFT

And I made the little tag with my cricut. 

Thanks for looking and have a great Monday. :O)   

Friends-Saturday Sketch #35

Here is a card I made for a friend. :O)

I used sketch #35 from Sketch Saturday. 

I used a High Hopes Image that I got from Kelly-thanks Kelly. 

Here are the details:

I colored the image in using my copic markers and then cut her out and pop dotted her onto the background. She was kinda hard to cut out...

I used my nifty nesties to make the scalloped rectangle. 

 The paper is CTMH

Colors are CTMH-sorbet/creme bruele/juniper and tulip

The brads and rub on are CTMH

The flowers are Prima

Thanks for looking. :O)

Friends

This is going to be a fast post..I'm on my way out to run some errands. :O)

I made this super cute card with paper from The Imaginisce Line-Twitterpated....I can't tell you how muc I LOVE this paper set...it's just so darn cute!

The image is High Hopes and I colored it in with my copics and then went over it with some watercolor pencils to add some more depth. I'm really loving this technique. :O)

I also added stickles to the dragon's wing 

I made the chipboard "f" with a CTMH-dimensional element alphabet and some patterned paper.

The sentiment stamp is from a retired CTMH set called "girly girl"

The buttons are My Mind's Eye. Brads are CTMH.

The flower is CTMH

TFL>

Owl Greetings

I just love High Hopes...they make the cutest stamps. :O)

Here is Mr.Owl sitting on a branch. I got this image from Kelly-thank you again. 

I'm semi- happy with the end result of this card....It kinda seems to me like the owl is floating in  mid-air....I may try to draw in some leaves next time to make it look like the branch is attached to a tree...but for now I am posting as is. :O) 

The paper is from the newest line by Imaginisce-Twitterpated. It is such a cute line...I just love it!

I used CTMH cranberry and chocolate CS for matting and copics to color in the image. I went back after the copics dried and added some more shading with watercolor pencils. I love my copics but I miss the depth I was able to achieve with watercolors.  I was on the blog: "I Like Markers" and she was saying that you can watercolor over top of copics....so I tried it and it worked so I might start doing a bit more of that now. 

I also used my nesties-oval and rectangle. 

The flowers are from my LSS.

Ribbon and brads are CTMH. 

 TFL>

High Hopes Challenge #13

Happy Birthday!

I made this card for the High Hopes Challenge #13-"include some dry embossing"

I jut love this super cute boy image from High Hopes. 

I colored the image in with my copics and used a bit of stickles on the frog.

I used my rectangle nesties to make the scallop rectangle

The buttons and Adventure charm are from my LSS.

The flowers are prima

The paper is retired CTMH

The eyelets/brads & waxy flax are CTMH

Colors are CTMH-Cranberry/Desert Sand/Garden Green

Ribbon is from walmart

The sentiment is CTMH-Say It In Style

I used my Cuttlebug-swiss dots to make the dry embossing. 

TFL> 

Have A Great Trip!

I made this card for a friend who is going on a tropical trip this weekend for a week. 

I finally inked these super cute stamps from High Hopes that I've had since the summer. I just love her she is so cute with her little inner tube and snorkel mask. 

I actually didn't use ANY patterned paper on this card! That is a first for me. I am a huge patterned paper junkie!

Here are the details:

Colors: CTMH Bamboo & Desert Sand

Flowers and Ribbon are from my LSS.

The clear charm/Brads & Buttons are CTMH

I added stickles to the buttons and the sand

I stamped the sentiment with CTMH My Tiny Typewriter alpha set.

I colored in the images with my copics.   

I pop dotted the girl image for interest

TFL>

HH Challenge #3-Octopus Wishes

I made this card for the High Hopes Blog Challenge #3-use stitching on a card.

Gotta love High Hopes they have the cutest stamps!

Here are the details:

Paper: My Mind's eye 

Stamps: High Hopes

Technique: Sansodor & Prisma Pencils and machine stitching

Brads: CTMH

Cardstock: CTMH-Autumn Terracotta/Tulip

Mermaid Wishes for High Hopes Challenge #1

So High Hopes  just introduced 50 new stamps yesterday and they also introduced their new blog...which also includes the first challenge...brads & birthday wishes! Yeah! I need an easy challenge. :O) I just love High Hopes, they are a great canadian company and they make the cutest, most adorable stamps!

So here is my card for HHC1. 

I hope my "Hugs & Fishes" counts as a birthday wish....

The details are:

Paper: My Minds Eye and K&Company

Stamps: High Hopes

Technique: Watercolor

Brads and Ribbon: CTMH