Try Stamping on Tuesday!

My week to post for the challenge, and I have to admit that I was a bit stumped by the sketch.  After some thought I think I came up with an alright card though???!!!  Thought it would work for a little girl.  What do you think?

I had to use the computer for the sentiment but I think it works.  The butterflies are glued down on the bottoms and raised up at the tops so it looks like they are taking flight.  Here is the sketch....

We would love to see your take on it!  If you need more inspiration check out the rest of the teams samples HERE.  By the way, the twist was to use Orange, Black and Yellow.  Hence my color scheme.  Have a great day and thanks so much for stopping by.

Mary Jo

Monday Lunchtime Sketch Challenge 338 (TSSC338)

I am excited about the new sketch this week!  I can't wait to see your samples.  It is such a fun sketch and it is a square card, I don't do many of those for sketches.  Hope you find time to play along.  Here is the sketch for this week....

 

 Here is my sample it is my first time using the White Christmas Set. A pretty fun set with lots of fun little images that can be used together.  Funny, one of the Design Team members used the same set and same colors!  That has not happened in quite a while-you all know what they say--great minds think alike, lol, I forgot the ribbon though--go figure!  Anyway here is my sample....

I think this little bear is just adorable and it really looks like he is looking up so I had to use the old retired sentiment inside my card "Near and Far Follow His Star".  The Merry & Bright sentiment is also retired.

Stamps: White Christmas, retired sentiments

Paper: Soft Sky, Lost Lagoon, Pear Pizazz, Whisper White and All is Calm DP

Ink: Brown, Black

Other: rhinestones, markers, glitter on snowflakes, white gel pen

Now for the amazing Design Team samples.....

Tanya

 Mary Brown

Jonia Smith

 Nicole Tugrul

Carolyn Bennett

Sue Root

 

Robbie

Awesome job ladies--as always!

Now it is your turn.
Be sure to add your sample to Mr. Linky below.

Here are some basic rules for the challenge....

1. You have a full week to play along!
2. Create a new card using the sketch as your inspiration.
3. Use any products you choose.
4. Add your card to your blog or other on-line spot and link back to this challenge.
5. Come back here and add a direct link to your sample for the challenge and NOT you home page of your blog--people will not look for your challenge card--trust me.
6. And this one is not really a rule but a request--get rid of that word verification!  It makes it hard for us to comment on your samples.  It is easier for you to delete the spam then for us to jump through tons of hoops to comment.  If your put your comments on moderation you do not have to worry about spam--you will have the option to delete it BEFORE it ever goes on your blog so you will ALWAYS be safe!
7. Have fun and tell you friends to play too! 
   Add your sample below
   Thanks for playing along!

Mary Jo

Top Three for Sketch 337!

How about four this week--these were all fabulous and one is actually a design team sample (Jonia) some how her sample was erased from the others on the staging site.  So she is added here.

Beth	BK cards
Emily	Jonia

All fabulous designs.  Thanks so much for playing along with my sketch challenge this week! 

 Hope you have time to play along again this week!  

If you are a winner please feel free to add my winner button to your blog!

  

 You can grab the code for the button on the upper left hand side of my blog.
 I will be right back with the new sketch!
Mary Jo

Monday Lunchtime Sketch Challenge 337 (TSSC337)

Welcome and thanks for stopping by today!  It is Monday so I am sharing the new sketch for this week!  I can image there will be lots of sample for this one as it is really easy and versatile.  Here it is....

 

And here is my sample......

 

As you can see I am still working with these fun fall colors.  I love them.  And this new bird image I just got a few days ago.  I am not sure what it is about birds but I just love them.  

Stamps: An Open Heart

  Paper: Crushed Curry, Mossy Meadow, Cajun Craze, Whisper White and Color Me Autumn DP

Ink: Basic Black and Crushed Curry

Other: blendabilities, framelits

Here is the fabulous designs from the rest of the team!

Tanya

Mary Brown

Robbie

Nicole Tugrul

Sue Root

Are they not just the most talented group around! 
I love these ladies!
You turn now!
Be sure to add your sample to Mr. Linky below.

Here are some basic rules for the challenge....

1. You have a full week to play along!
2. Create a new card using the sketch as your inspiration.
3. Use any products you choose.
4. Add your card to your blog or other on-line spot and link back to this challenge.
5. Come back here and add a direct link to your sample for the challenge and NOT you home page of your blog--people will not look for your challenge card--trust me.
6. And this one is not really a rule but a request--get rid of that word verification!  It makes it hard for us to comment on your samples.  It is easier for you to delete the spam then for us to jump through tons of hoops to comment.  If your put your comments on moderation you do not have to worry about spam--you will have the option to delete it BEFORE it ever goes on your blog so you will ALWAYS be safe!
7. Have fun and tell you friends to play too! 
   Add your sample below
   Thanks for playing along!

Mary Jo

Top Three for Sketch 336!

What a great weekend I had away with a bunch of junior and senior high kids from our church!  We had a weekend retreat a bunch of other churches!  It was wonderful, it is so fun to see the kids share their love for Jesus and worship and grow in their faith.  Awesome time.

I had an awesome time checking out the samples form last week's sketch too.  So many great ones.  Here are my top three picks for this week in no particular order.

Emily

 

Myrna Sweet

 

Nance Salkeld

Wonderful samples ladies!  Thank so much for playing along!  

 Hope you have time to play along again this week!  

If you are a winner please feel free to add my winner button to your blog!

  

 You can grab the code for the button on the upper left hand side of my blog.
 I will be right back with the new sketch!
Mary Jo

  

Try Stamping on Tuesday!

We are having a great time celebrating October on the Try Stamping on Tuesday blog.  We have contests and challenges for you with prizes too!  First for the challenge, this week's sketch is accompanied by the extra optional theme of Autumn Splendor.  Here is my card for the challenge....

And the sketch....

Supplies used on my card:

Stamps:  The Newborn King, For All Things, Fall Fest

Paper: Color Me Autumn DP, Crushed Curry, Whisper White and Blackberry Bliss, Cajun Craze

Ink: Basic Brown, Mossy Meadow, Crushed Curry

Other: blendabilities, circle die, Fun Fall Framelits, Mossy Meadow ribbon, candy dots

Now for the contest--you can get more details by visiting the Try Stamping on Tuesday blog.

October is such a fun month with lots of beautiful colors, Halloween, pumpkins, leaves, ghouls and more--so we are having some fun this month and would love to have you join us. 

We are having a fun blog hop/word scramble game.

All you have to do is visit all the blogs that are listed on the home site and unscramble the words.  Then head on back to leave a comment with the answers!  All correct answers will get put into a drawing!  Sounds fun right?! 

Here are my scrambled words:

HTWCI

PNKMUPI 

Write down your unscrambled answers.

Now hop on over to the Try Stamping on Tuesday Blog for more details.

 Hope you will play along.

Good Luck!

Monday Lunchtime Sketch Challenge 336 (TSSC336)

Happy Columbus Day to you!  If you are lucky you may even have this day off.  Then again, you may not even celebrate it--in that case--Happy Monday!  Hope you are ready for a new challenge, this week's sketch is a pretty easy one.  My card took me about 7 minutes total!  Here is the sketch....

I took a simple clean route for a fun Christmas card.....

I adore this paper from the All is Calm Specialty Designer Series Paper Pack so thought I would make it the focal point of my card.  The colors are Lost Lagoon and Soft Sky.  The sentiment is from the Good Greetings Set.  Other supplies used are rhinestones and Frosted Sequins.

Now check out the rest of the Design Teams samples to get your creative thoughts rolling....

Tanya

 Nicole Tugrul

Mary Brown

Robbie

Jonia Smith

Carolyn Bennett

Sue Root

Yep, just like I said--lots of different occasions and they all look wonderful!
You turn now!
Be sure to add your sample to Mr. Linky below.

Here are some basic rules for the challenge....

1. You have a full week to play along!
2. Create a new card using the sketch as your inspiration.
3. Use any products you choose.
4. Add your card to your blog or other on-line spot and link back to this challenge.
5. Come back here and add a direct link to your sample for the challenge and NOT you home page of your blog--people will not look for your challenge card--trust me.
6. And this one is not really a rule but a request--get rid of that word verification!  It makes it hard for us to comment on your samples.  It is easier for you to delete the spam then for us to jump through tons of hoops to comment.  If your put your comments on moderation you do not have to worry about spam--you will have the option to delete it BEFORE it ever goes on your blog so you will ALWAYS be safe!
7. Have fun and tell you friends to play too! 
   Add your sample below
   Thanks for playing along!

Mary Jo

Top Three for sketch 335!

This is one of my favorite times of the year for challenges and surfing different blogs to see the beautiful fall and Christmas cards mixed with the regular all occasion cards.  There is always such a great mix--same for this week's challenge samples.  My top three picks are below--in no particular order.

~Tammy~

 

LeAnne

 

EMA-gination 

 

 Hope you have time to play along again this week!  

If you are a winner please feel free to add my winner button to your blog!

  

 You can grab the code for the button on the upper left hand side of my blog.
 I will be right back with the new sketch!
Mary Jo

 

Monday Lunchtime Sketch Challenge 335 (TSSC335)

Good Monday morning to you!  Are you ready for a brand new sketch challenge?!  I hope you are--the weather is wet and chilly around here so it is perfect weather to just stay inside and create!  The design team has some incredibly inspiring samples to share with you this week (they do every week really)!  But first let me show you the sketch for the week.....

And then my sample--the first Christmas Card of the year!  I used the Newborn King stamp set in the traditional way this time.  If you missed my post using this card for a fall theme click HERE to see it.  I really love the Glory to the newborn King sentiment in this set!  Such a fun an whimsical set.  

Stamps: The Newborn King

Paper: All Is Calm Specialty Designer Series Paper, Pear Pizazz, Soft Sky, Whisper White

Ink: black

Other: markers, blendabilities, circle framelits, black ribbon.  

And now you can finally see the Design Team's samples....

Mary Brown

Jonia Smith

Nicole Tugrul

Tanya

Robbie

Carolyn Bennett

Sue Root

 I think they really really ROCKED it this week!  Don't you agree?
Now it is your turn to play along, be sure to hop back to this post and add your sample to the linky tool below.

Here are some basic rules for the challenge....

1. You have a full week to play along!
2. Create a new card using the sketch as your inspiration.
3. Use any products you choose.
4. Add your card to your blog or other on-line spot and link back to this challenge.
5. Come back here and add a direct link to your sample for the challenge and NOT you home page of your blog--people will not look for your challenge card--trust me.
6. And this one is not really a rule but a request--get rid of that word verification!  It makes it hard for us to comment on your samples.  It is easier for you to delete the spam then for us to jump through tons of hoops to comment.  If your put your comments on moderation you do not have to worry about spam--you will have the option to delete it BEFORE it ever goes on your blog so you will ALWAYS be safe!
7. Have fun and tell you friends to play too! 
   Add your sample below
   Thanks for playing along!

Mary Jo