TMS #535

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Merry Christmas Eve Day! This week is our annual "Anything Goes" challenge on the Tuesday Morning Sketches Blog and I have a Birthday Card to share this week. Yesterday was my mom's Birthday so this was the Birthday Card I made for her.

Stamps: Cupcake Blueprints (and dies) from Tim Holtz
Patterned Paper: Basic Grey
Ribbon: Amuse

After this challenge the TMS Design Team is taking a break and we will be back after the first of the year with our favorite sketches from 2019!

Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas- LJ

TMS #534 - Vintage Christmas

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December is flying by and it's time for another Sketch Challenge with Tuesday Morning Sketches.I have been on a bit of a vintage kick lately, and I think this card represents a bit of vintage Christmas. 

The majority of supplies are from Tim Holtz (patterned paper, Christmas Tree Blue Prints Stamp w/coordinating die and some Christmas people. The green ribbon is from Stampin Up. 

Here is this week's sketch if you would like to play along: 

 

Next week will be our annual "Anything Goes' challenge and then we will be taking a little break until 2020! 

Thanks for stopping by! Hugs ~ LJ

TMS #533 - Christmas Wishes

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Welcome to this week's Tuesday Morning Sketch challenge! This week's sketch is kind of challenging with the multiple strip and circle elements! 

I got out my 2019 Tim Holtz Christmas collection (which I LOVE!). I used some of the patterned paper and also the Ephemera diecuts. The sentiment I used is from Gina K Designs "Christmas Magic"

Here is this week's sketch: 

Thanks for stopping by ~ Hugs ~ LJ

Cheers!

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I had a little extra time this morning so I decided to try the latest Monday Simon Says Stamp Challenge which is  "Cheers". I haven't played with my Tim Holtz Cocktails Blueprints set yet - so this was the perfect challenge for it. 

I colored the image with Stampin Blends then added a few layers of Clear Embossing Powder:

The sentiment is from a retired Stampin Up set. 

Thanks for stopping By! Hugs ~ LJ

TMS 496 - Puppy Love

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Welcome to another Tuesday Morning Sketch challenge! Our prize this week is a very special one - a chance to be a Guest DT Member for a future TMS Sketch Challenge!

For my card today I used a Tim Holtz Crazy Dog image that i had colored previously for "The Daily Marker 30 Day Challenge. I participate on that via my Instagram Account which you can find HERE
I post my crafty creations there more frequently actually just because of the convenience! I used some patterned paper from my stash.

Here is the inside of my card. The sentiment, bone, and paw print images are from Kraftin Kimmie Stamps.

Here is this week's sketch if you would like to join us!

Thanks for stopping by ~ Hugs ~ LJ

TMS #491 - Melissa's Favorite

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Time for another Tuesday Morning Sketch Challenge! This week Melissa is sharing her favorite - Sketch #441. I chose to use the mini Crazy-Birds from Tim Holtz this time around. The patterned paper is from my scrap stash. The buttons are also from my stash. I organize my buttons by color so I never really know where they came from (there are exceptions - I have a few plastic jars of PTI buttons) 

Here is the sketch. I hope you will find a little time to play with us this week. The sketch is a pretty easy one!

Use Your Wings!

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It's the 15th of the month which means it's time for another Duel between the Divas and Darlings. Darlene and I are hostesses this month! The theme we chose is National Aviation Month.

"National Aviation History Month is dedicated to exploring, recognizing and celebrating America’s great contributions and achievements in the development of aviation. Aviation history refers to the history of development of mechanical flight — from the earliest attempts in kites and gliders to powered heavier-than-air, supersonic and space flights"

I sent the below kit contents to the Divas and I can't wait to see what they made with this kit. I used both of the airplane images. I also only sent one tag, so to get two tags, I traced one out and cut it out. (yes I did have extras - but I was trying to use what was in the divas kit! :) Both tags are sponged & I also sponged the Tim Holtz Quote Clip with Peeled Paint.

Image: Air Travel By Tim Holtz (TH) - stamped in both Peeled Paint (TH) and Faded Jeans (TH) die-cut with the Scan-n-Cut 2

Paper: Tim Holtz Paper Stash 8X8 Collage.  I thought the paper had some cool travel elements to them. 

Other: Kraft Tags (JoAnns), Ribbon Seam Binding in Pear Pizzaz (SU), Cranberry Crisp Stitched Grossgrain (SU), Blue Dots, & 2 Quote Clips (Tim Holtz Idealology) 

The Divas and Darlings will be taking off the month of December, and January we will be starting with new partners and new kits. I have loved being partners with Darlene and I am looking forward to dueling with my 2019 partner! :)

Thanks for stopping by! Hugs ~ LJ


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Merry Christmas!

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Popping in quick to share a card I created for a SCS challenge - this month Barb challenged us to make a Fall (?) Fancy Fold Card. I didn't see the fall part (oops) until I had already made this card so this will have to do :-). 

Stamps: Tim Holtz Christmas

Paper: Graphic 45 (retired collection from my stash), Real Red, Garden Green, Kraft, White'

Ink: Barn Door Red (TH), Memento Cocoa Brown 

Accessories: Gold Bling, Score Pal, Copics, Prismacolor Gold Marker, SU! Gold Snowflake, Pop-Dots

Thanks for stopping by ~ Hugs ~ LJ

Christmas Sparkle

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I am a few days late with my Challenge Your Stash Challenge (we are supposed to create and post on the 28th). Our challenge this month was to use Washi Tape on our card. I made a card base out of washi tape.  I liked this challenge a lot and will probably use my washi tape more often now :) 

Supplies: 

Stamps: Ornament (Tim Holtz), Sentiment (MFT) 

Ink: Red Hot (GKD) 

Paper: Kraft (GKD), White (GKD), Red Hot (GKD) 

Other: A2 Layering Rectangle Dies (spellbinders), SU Gemstones, SU Dimensionals, Tim Holtz coordinating die for ornament, washi tape (Melissa Frances and October Afternoon) 

Crazy Doggy

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Today I am sharing a card I made with some new stamps I just purchased at a stamping/scrapbooking show in Rockford, IL. I met my girlfriend Barb down there and we had a fun time together looking at all the merchandise available and enabling each other ! My card uses the Crazy Dogs (with dies) from Tim Holtz. I have been wanting these doggies for awhile now - so glad I got them (honestly, I could have spent a lot more $ in the Stampers Anonymous booth. I love just about everything Tim Holtz designs! 

Anyhow - I also used this week's Freshly Made Sketch Challenge  for my card layout. This was a perfect layout for this image, as I wanted the focus to be on the doggy with not a lot else going on! 

Thanks for stopping by ~ Hugs ~ LJ

Day 2 - 25 Days of Christmas

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Happy Friday! And it's Day #2 of 25 Christmas Cards! 

My card today uses one of the Tim Holtz Blueprint Christmas Tree Stamp/Die combo sets. I picked this up earlier in the year with my 40% off coupon at Hobby Lobby! I love how the tree can be layered! All of the patterned paper is from Crate Paper (6x6 Peppermint Collection). 

I will have tomorrow's card posted a little earlier! :)

Thanks for stopping by - Hugs ~ LJ

Enjoy The Journey

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I hope you are having a fantastic Thursday ~ It's almost the weekend! 

My card today is for this week's Crazy For Challenges' Challenge ~ and it's a sketch this week (you know how I love sketch challenges!) I've created a more simpler card than I normally do. I do actually love simple cards, and I hope to get into making more of them. 

My images are from Tim Holtz // Stampers Anonymous. I absolutely love Tim Holtz products (I tend to collect more than use however ~ LOL). I found the "Playful Journey" cling set at Hobby Lobby recently and had to get it.  For my colors I used Chocolate Chip, Vanilla (PTI), and Baja Breeze. The image and sentiment are stamped in Rich Cocoa Memento Ink. I used a Vanilla Jumbo SU! Brad at the top for a little embellishment. I think the patterned paper is from Crate Paper. 

The sketch is below, thanks for stopping by ~ Hugs ~ LJ

More Unity

Having a hard time putting Simple Blessings set from Unity away. :) And I finally got Tim Holtz's Hanging Sign die from Sizzix. The card base is 5.5" square which is this week's challenge at Crazy 4 Challenges' Blog (make a square card).

Thanks for looking, more tomorrow (I hope) and I have two blog hops coming up this weekend (PTI on Sunday, and Dueling Darlings on Monday! Yay!

Hugs ~ LJ