My apologies!

I'm so sorry for my late posting for TMS & SOS - I have been sick as a dog this week & only now managing to sit at the computer. Popping them both in the same post to save my bones a little :)

Tuesday Morning Sketches is being sponsored by Di's Digis this week - you don't want to miss out on a chance to win some cute images!

Supplies: Bunny from Paper Smooches; sentiment from TAWS; WRMK embossing folder; Memento Tuxedo Black ink; Spectrum Noir markers; dipped papers made with various distress inks

Here's the sketch: 

This challenge will be open until next Sunday, March 27 - hop on over & see what the rest of the team has made! 

Debbie

Jenee 

Kris

Lee

Melissa 

Patti

Wanda

And at Shopping our Stash this week, we're going cuckoo - cuckoo for you! We want to see clocks in your designs :)

Supplies: Unknown stamp set; Versamark; Pirate Gold EP; Antique Linen & Brushed Corduroy distress inks; Dreamweaver embossing paste; unknown stencil

I've had this stamp set a while and not used it, so bonus for NBUS! 

Check out what the rest of my awesome teammates made!

Alica

Deena

Lauren

Donna

Chris

Barb

Chana

And you have until Monday March 28 to come play!

xoxo,

Jessi

Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers - L is for...

Legend! Fairies, nymphs, dragons, all the creatures of myth & legend this fortnight at the Sisterhood! I decided to go with flower fairies:

Supplies: hmmmm.....everything is kinda from my stash. I think the embossing folder is from Sizzix :)

This card will be going to my dear friend (belatedly) for her birthday :)

So what magical creatures would you like to play with? 

Check out the amazing Sisterhood's creations: 

Barb

Chris

Donna 

Karen 

Lee

Lindsey

Lynne 

Michelle

And this week's guest designer, SHARON!

You have until April 1st to come play along! 

xoxo,

Shopping our Stash #243 - Oh Me Lucky Charms!

It's almost St. Patty's day, and at Shopping our Stash we want to see your projects inspired by all things green & lucky! I pulled out a never-been-used Stampendous set to play along:

Supplies: Stampendous sentiment; Mowed Lawn & Twisted Citron distress inks; classic oval Nesties; 1.5" circle punch; unknown shamrock die

I have enough shamrock confetti to last beyond my life expectancy, so any chance to include it in a shaker card :)

Check out what the rest of my awesome teammates made!

Alica

Deena

Lauren

Donna

Chris

Barb

Chana

And you have until Monday March 21 to come play!

I'm also popping in over at JUGs' Shaker Card challenge & Open-Minding Crafting Fun's Luck/St. Patrick's Day challenge :)

xoxo,

Jessi

Tuesday Morning Sketches #343 - Craftin' Desert Divas!

Good morning lovelies! We have a fun new sketch up at Tuesday Morning Sketches, and a fantastic sponsor, Craftin' Desert Divas. I got to play with the absolutely adorable Coffee Couple, and the random winner this week gets to pick two digis from the store!

Supplies: Coffee Couple digi from Craftin' Desert Divas; sentiment from Waltzingmouse Stamps; Picked Raspberry & Mermaid Lagoon distress inks; Memento Tuxedo Black ink; Lil Inkers stitched rectangle die; classic small circle Nesties; Sharpies; Googly eyes; button & papers from stash

Seriously adorable, right?? And what goes better with coffee than more coffee?

Melissa designed this great sketch for this week:

This challenge will be open until next Sunday, March 20 - hop on over & see what the rest of the team has made! And make sure to give a warm welcome to our two new team members, Patti & Wanda!

Debbie

Jenee 

Kris

Lee

Melissa 

Patti

Wanda

xoxo,

Jessi

Bright & Cheery Shaker!

Being up at oh dark thirty has its perks, I guess...it means I was quick on the draw to combine a few challenges and actually *gasp* link up in time!

Supplies: Image from Bugaboo; papers from Doodlebug; Sharpie & Copic markers; classic small circle Nesties

Bugaboo has a Bright & Cheery challenge this week, and Just Us Girls wants us  to make shaker cards - I'm currently addicted so you might see more from me this week :)

xoxo,

Jessi

Laugh!

To be fair, I'm not really sure what occasion this card would be suitable for...but while I was digging through stamps looking for Easter images, I spotted this guy and the sentiment popped into my head.

Supplies: Imaginisce puffer fish stamp; PSX letter stamps; Palette Noir ink; Distress inks for watercolouring; Paper Smooches cloud dies; googly eyes

Totally inspired by CASology's current prompt!

xoxo,

Jessi

Shopping our Stash #242 - In a Galaxy Far, Far Away....

Ohhhhh how I love this week's challenge at Shopping our Stash! Inspired by outer space - Star Wars, aliens, the night sky....you get the idea :)

Supplies: Space ship, alien, and stars from Jane's Doodles; sentiment from Stampendous; Spectrum Noir markers; Diamond stickles; Dreamweaver stencil paste & unknown stencil; home made pearl shimmer spray; Distress inks in Wilted Violet, Chipped Sapphire, and Mermaid Lagoon; Mod Podge Dimensional Magic; googly eye

I began with a dipped ink background, which I then sponged over with the same inks and added the stencil paste, and then stamped the stars once that had dried. Since the stencil was smaller than the card front you can see how it got a little messy - but that works for me :) Once everything was dry I spritzed with shimmer. 

Check out what the rest of my awesome teammates made!

Alica

Deena

Lauren

Donna

Chris

Barb

Chana

And you have until Monday March 14 to come play!

xoxo,

Jessi

Tuesday Morning Sketches #342 - DRS Designs!

Good morning! I'm the sketcher this week at Tuesday Morning Sketches, and as happens whenever that's the case I'm so impressed by how a simple layout can result in such a great variety of unique cards. Wait until you see what the DT came up with! DRS Designs is our sponsor this week, and we all got to work with our choice of images:

Supplies: Josephine the Bold image from DRS Designs;  Sharpie & Spectrum Noir markers; various scraps & bits of designer papers (MME mostly); Paper Smooches sentiment; Memento Tuxedo Black ink; black Wink of Stella pen; Tim Holtz design ruler & embroidery supplies

Just a wee bit of sparkle on the sentiment :) 

Here's the sketch:

And here's my card that inspired it:

Supplies: all papers from AC; Tim Holtz design ruler & embroidery supplies

This challenge will be open until next Sunday, March 13 - hop on over & see what the rest of the team has made! 

Debbie

Jenee 

Kris

Lee

Melissa 

xoxo,

Jessi

Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers #54 - G is for...

Gears! It's our annual Steampunk challenge at  the Sisterhood, and we can't wait to see all your funky punky creations. 

Supplies: Steampunk girl from The Stamping Chef; all other stamps from Tim Holtz; Versamark & copper EP; kraft cardstock and kraft ink from PTI; Gears dies from Spellbinders; wooden clock from Prima; Mod Podge Dimensional Accents; Spectrum Noir & Copic markers; Brilliance Galaxy Gold ink & clear EP

Of course her goggles had  to be glossy ;) This was the first outing for all the Tim Holtz stamps and for the gears dies, and I had a grand play!

So you know you wanna play! Check out the amazing Sisterhood's creations: 

Barb

Chris

Donna 

Karen 

Lee

Lindsey

Lynne 

Michelle

And this week's guest designer, CYNDI!

You have until March 18th to come play along! 

xoxo,

Jessi

Catch the Bug Colour Challenge

As soon as I saw the colour palette for this week's Catch the Bug challenge I knew I wanted to colour this Chibi with Balloons!

Supplies: Digi image from Bugaboo; Spectrum Noir & Sharpie markers; Cuttlebug embossing folder; unknown sentiment stamp; Wplus9 banner die; Distress inks in Squeezed Lemonade, Picked Raspberry, Broken China, Spiced Marmalade; 4 colours of embroidery floss; Tim Holtz design ruler 

I randomly mixed up the colours of floss while cross-stitching - which I love how it looks, but do not advise unless you are well absorbed in a show on Netflix and not paying attention to how much longer it takes, lol. (Season 3 of Wentworth.....whoa!!!)

Here's the colour palette:



xoxo,
Jessi

Shopping our Stash #241 - WHITE OUT!

Ahhhh that sounds like a wintry challenge doesn't it? Most of us in the Northern Hemisphere have had enough of the white stuff though, so the challenge at Shopping our Stash this week is to use NO white cardstock. This seemed easy peasy....until I got going and kept adding white panels to every.dang.card. Really, brain? *sigh*

I made it work, though, and love how it turned out:

Supplies: Prima chipboard; Dylusions & Tim Holtz stencils; Dreamweaver crackle paste; Broken China and Tattered Rose distress inks; banner die from Wplus9; sentiment from Paper Smooches; button & fabric from stash 

The fabric began about 4x that size, and I treated it with my heat fun until it had the look I wanted. The background was one of those 'oh shoot, I wrecked it' projects - the blue felt like a mistake at first, but adding the rose worked. Tis true, mixed media isn't finished until you're happy with it, just keep going :)

Check out what the rest of my awesome teammates made!

Alica

Deena

Lauren

Donna

Chris

Barb

Chana

And you have until Monday March 7 to come play!

xoxo,

Jessi

Tuesday Morning Sketches #341 - Bugaboo Stamps!

We have a really fun sketch this week at Tuesday Morning Sketches - lots of fun details to play with. Bugaboo Stamps is returning as a spectacular sponsor, and the team chose some really fun images to play with.

Supplies: Girlz Coffee digi from Bugaboo Stamps; 'blah blah' stamp from Rubber Dance; 'coffee' and coffee cups from Waltzingmouse Stamps; Memento Tuxedo Black ink; Picked Raspberry Distress ink; Kraft ink from PTI; Spectrum Noir & Sharpie markers; 1" circle punch; paper from MME

The 'tabs' on the triple background panels were a challenge for me - although I adhered them out of order (gah) I did it by taping the three panels together with washi tape, and then punching with a small circle punch. 

Here's the sketch - Debbie's the sketch artist this week!

This challenge will be open until next Sunday, March 6 - hop on over & see what the rest of the team has made! 

Debbie

Jenee 

Kris

Lee

Melissa 

xoxo,

Jessi