Tuesday Morning Sketches #20

Good Morning! Thank you for joining us for another challenge. This week I'm not giving you a sketch, nope, this week we're doing a little cooking. It's a recipe challenge. The requirements are:

3 decorative papers (does not include your base)
2 embellishments
1 flourish

Before I show you what the DT made to share this week, I want to just take a moment to thank Mo for being so generous and sharing images with me and my team.


This beautiful snow globe card was created by Tammy - my goodness it's gorgeous! The colors are so bright and lovely.


What a sweet, sweet card from Theresa. Can there ever be a more adorable scene than a big brother reading to his little brother. Reminds me of the special bond my boys have with each other. The paper and the buttons really warms the card, too. Wonderful!


A super adorable suspension card featuring Mo's Island Girl created by our very own Island Girl! This is Joni's card and do visit her blog so you can see all the detail - this card is fabulous.


This is happy Kai playing in the snow for the first time. He is having a ball! This beautiful card was created by our guest designer, Gabby. Absolutely wonderful!!


Here is my card and made 2 attempts to get this picture right. I'm going to try one more time to get the proper lighting. I want to be able to do this image justice. But this is Christmas Fairy Holly and she is just lovely!

Now it's your turn! And do your very best because this week is the judged challenge. The winner will not only receive a fabulous prize from Mo, but will be our featured designer on December 1st. The team and I can't wait to see what you do with this challenge.

And the winner is...

Good Morning! I hope you all enjoyed a gorgeous weekend. I know Denver got hit with some snow yesterday, but in my neck of the woods in WV - yesterday was BEAUTIFUL!

Before we move on to the winner and sponsor announcements I want to take a little detour. Because of calendar timing we didn't get to throw a virtual party for our Design Team member Joni, but yesterday was her birthday. So will you please join me in wishing Joni a very happy birthday.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JONI!!

Now for the winner of the super adorable stamps from The Pixie Cottage.



The winner is...

#4 Jessica G.
** woot-woot ** whistles ** applause **

Yay for Jessica! You can see her adorable card here. And thank you so much to Michelle from The Pixie Cottage for being such a generous sponsor! Jessica, please email me at tuesdaymorningsketches@gmail.com with your address so I can forward to Michelle.

And this week I won't forget to actually make the sponsor announcement.

You know, I get excited every week when I get to announce the sponsor because they are all so awesome. I can't say that they keep getting better and better because they are all so WONDERFUL, but I do get chills every week. I'm not kidding! And this week's sponsor gives me goosebumps! Her images are amazing! It is the amazing Mo Manning of Mo's Digital Pencil Too. Whooo-hoooo!

So we'll see you here tomorrow for another challenge with a great sponsor. Have a super day!

Tuesday Morning Sketches #19

Good Morning!

Thank you for joining us for another sketch challenge - and this one is a challenge!! But first, I just realized that I forgot to announce the sponsor yesterday for this week's challenge. I think I was so wrapped up in trying to post a picture of the random generator thingy that I forgot. (Maxine - thank you for the tip. I'll give it a try next week.)

So this week's sponsor is The Pixie Cottage! Talk about adorable images! And do you get a lot of bang for your buck - their stamps are big which is nice for a quick card but are really nice for scrapbook pages which yields a bigger canvas. And here's what Michelle has offered for a prize:


and...



Here's the sketch we'll be working with today - and as I said, it is a challenge but I know you can do it!! Afterall, this is why we do them, to think outside the box and push ourselves in creativity and passion.


You may flip this, you may even see this sketch as just part of a card and go even further with it! It's up to you, just keep the basic elements of the sketch.


First up is Theresa and this is such a fabulous interpretation of the sketch - the color combo is great and her coloring is awesome! So darn cute!! He looks so sad, like he's separated from his bestest friend. He's telling her how he feels...


... And here she is returning the sentiment of how much she misses him. Here is Fabby Gabby's card and she did fabby for sure! You know what I think of when I look at this? I see this as the wonderful country art that is done on an embroidery hoop!

This is Joni's card and it's awesome. You'll have to visit her blog to see some other details to this card - it flips to reveal it's message! It's cool!! She colored this image perfectly!

Tammy used the sketch to create an adorable door hanger to add to her Fall decor. So very cute! I love the pumpkin behind the Scarecrow and how HOME is the horizontal element featured in the sketch.


And here's my card and I have to say I was really proud of this until I put in the line up with my team. I think my card pales in comparison! My team is fabulous and I am very blessed to have them. Like my card says, this is the season of blessing - the season of thanksgiving. I want to take a moment to thank my team for helping me every week and working so hard for my little blog. I appreciate each lady - they are amazing! I also want to thank Michelle for sharing her wonderful images with us. If you'd like, you can visit my blog to get the details on how I made this card.

Now it's your turn! I can't wait to see what you do with this sketch. Be sure to come back here and link it in Mr. Linky directly to your project. Leave comments, too, we love to hear from you.

And the winner is...

Good Morning! I trust you had a great weekend. Mine went by rather quickly. But don't they all?

I didn't have my children do the drawing this time. My sister and team member suggested that I use a site called Math Goodies for a random number generator. So I did and I can't figure out how to take a picture of it to show you the results. I don't have Snag-It which is the only program I know of that is used for screenshots. But we're all friends here, so I'm sure you believe the results without a picture. If you miss seeing my kids, please let me know.

The winner is, by random number generation is...

#3 Nancy - mulberrystation
** woot-woot ** whistles ** cheers **

Congratulations Nancy! You can see her card here. Please email me at tuesdaymorningsketches@gmail.com so I can forward to Jenny for your prize. Have fun!! They now have their Snopals available and I see a couple of images I'm going to have to get. Way cute!!

We'll see you here tomorrow for another sketch and another sponsor!

Tuesday Morning Sketches #18

Good Morning! Are you ready for a fun sketch and some really great cards from the design team? We have a very sweet sponsor this week. Ildi Co is here bringing her cuddly bears, sweet little clowns, robots and more that will steal your heart.

So here's the sketch we have to work with:

Interpret this how you wish, keep the dots in rows or go a little random. Have fun with this, just keep the basic elements in what you create.

First up, we have our Featured Stamper, Renata's card. Isn't this lovely? She used a really cute witch from Pixie Cottage. I really love how she added her sentiment directly to the ribbon.

And now for our November Guest Designer, my friend Gabby. This card features one of the Clownkins images and is colored perfectly in Gabby-style. Gorgeous color combo and I love the "spotlights."


Our school teacher, Theresa could not pass up using these little cuties. Again, from the Clownkins collection, school boy and school girl are featured here and again, perfect coloring! She was also so very excited when she and a friend, on a recent excursion to Archivers (despite all the snow), found this paper that fits this sketch to a T!

Here is Joni's card and this Emotibot is adorable! Oh my goodness he is so happy!! More perfect coloring and the screws couldn't be a more perfect touch to this boy card. Her paper is wonderful, too!


When Tammy emailed me this photo of her tag, she said that she strayed a bit. What an adorable stray she made! This is Kuma and I am pretty sure this was the company's first line when they launched a few months ago. This gift tag is just so cute!

And here is my card. I didn't do the straight line dots because after I started pulling this card together, I couldn't fit the same size dots. So I went random and I am really pleased with how it all turned out. I chose a Clownkins image as well. I colored him with Copics and did my own recessed embossing to create the card's center. Then I punched out 5/8" circles in a variety of bright colors. My sentiment says "Always in my thoughts, forever in my heart" - I made that up and placed in a text box so that I can print it directly under the clown and cut as one piece. I added one final touch that is making my friend Joni so proud of me....

I flocked a couple of brads. I am very intimidated by flocking, I don't know how to use it well or really where best to use it. The image has two pom-poms on his suit but I wanted lift, so I dipped two brads into some tacky glue and then stuck them into the flocking and let dry. I am so happy with the way this worked out.

OK now it's your turn. Go make your card or layout, post it and then come back here to link up in Mr. Linky. Also please leave a comment for the team - they work so hard for you each week, they deserve a little love. I can't wait to see what you make!

And the winner is...

Good Morning!

I hope you all had a wonderful weekend. My children had a blast at the Trunk or Treat event that we participated in with our church. My oldest son played football the entire time. The other two had a blast going from car to car. We can put the costumes away now.

And speaking of costumes, the Costume Party was a blast! Not many guests, but what we saw was super fantabulous!! And now for a the drawing...


Here's Levi happy to do the drawing. Levi, give me a winner!

Oh my goodness, this is the first time that I've had a winner drawn that made the Top 5 the previous week! The winner is...

#6 Laurie Marmon
** whoot-whoot ** whistles ** applause **

Congratulations Laurie, you can see Laurie's project here. I trust your hubby loved his goodie bag? Thank you to everyone that joined us at the party - you all did a fantastic job.

So we'll see you back here tomorrow for a new sketch and a new sponsor. This week's challenge will be sponsored by a new digi-company - Ildi Co. Talk about some really cute images. I personally fell in love with the Clownkins line despite my fear of clowns. I don't see how I could possibly be afraid of these guys though. And let me tell you, I've already seen a couple cards that the DT made and OH MY STARS are you in for a treat! See you tomorrow!!

Tuesday Morning Sketches #17

Good Morning! Happy Halloween Week! I know my kids are looking forward to this weekend. I'm just happy we gain an hour.

Let's just get into the challenge because it is going to be a fun one. Welcome to my Masquerade Halloween Party! In order to attend this party, you need to take an item and dress it up in costume. It can be Halloween theme, but if you're not into Halloween, you are more than welcome to use an Autumn theme or whatever you choose. And for your inspiration and viewing pleasure, let's see what the design team did to share with you.

Up first we have Joni's band-aid tin dressed up in Inktegrity's very adorable Frankenstein costume. As Joni said, she knows band-aid tins very well - with 6 children in the house, I'm sure she can take stock in Johnson & Johnson.


Here's Theresa's coffee tin all decked out in a pretty dress of alcohol inks that's been accessorized with fun ribbon and witchy pendant. Fill this happy little box with tricks or treats and yummy sweets. The adorable witch image is from CTMH.



Tammy brought another tin to the party. Is this super cute or what!? She created a memory match game and dressed up a card tin to match. Her images are from The Greeting Farm.


Shelly brought two guests the party. First up her mini clip board is ready to add decor to anyplace it sits. It's full of texture, oooey-goooey touches and lots of sentiments. Her other friend is a really cute Frankie goodie box. This is also Shelly's last week for her Guest Designer spot - I want to say THANK YOU for being so wonderful and I look forward to having you still play along!


And my guest is a mosaic tile tray ($1.99 at Michaels) that is all dressed up for a fun Halloween themed picture frame. This is for my mom that I'll give her after Halloween when I have pictures of the kids in their costumes. The images are from Lindsay's Stamp Stuff.

So go pull out your treasures that have been waiting for you to alter! Post them and then come right back here to link them up directly in Mr. Linky. Again, you do not have to use a Halloween theme to enter. It must be an altered item though. Have fun doing this - we can't wait to see what you do with this challenge.

Also, the call is still open for a Guest Designer for December. If you're interested, put DGD behind your name when you link up in Mr. Linky. I'll be making a decision very soon.