Top Three for sktch 291!

Hard to believe I have not posted all week again--December is one crazy busy month!  I have so many things to share but never get the time to post--maybe this week.  Anyway on to my top three from last week's sketch.  Remember they are in no particular order and you can click on the links below each card to be taken to the creator's blog and see all the details! 

 

Ewa

 

scrapperita

 

Sandie L

                                                   Congratulations to all of you. 

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 291 (TSSC291)

Welcome to my weekly sketch challenge!  I am so happy you stopped by today and hope you find time to play along.  It is hard to believe we are already in December--seems like I just got used to writing 2013 on things and we are really close to 2014-- CRAZY!  Good thing some things stay the same--like my weekly sketch challenge and all the talented design team and players!  So thankful for all of you.  Here is this week's sketch....

A nice simple one--I chose to make mine a 4 1/4" square card. I love making this size and love to make matching envelopes from our regular envelopes--don't know how--see my tutorial here!

I so love this cute little snowman--actually I love any snowman but this one is particularly cute!  The base of the card is Island Indigo and is 4 1/4 by 4 1/4--on top of that I have attached a 4 by 4 card made with 8" by 4" Whisper White.  So only the white part opens and the base stays attached to the back of the white.  Just a bit different for a change of pace.  The snowman is from the Snow Day stamp set and the greeting is from the Greetings of the Season Stamp set.  Now lets take a look at what the fabulous design team has done with the sketch.....

Mary Brown

Tanya

Eileen LeFevre

Jonia Smith 

Robbie

Nicole Tugrul

Sue Root

So fun!  I am always amazed at their talent!  Awesome samples.  Now it is your turn to play along and here are some basic rules of play.....

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!
   
   Thanks, Mary Jo

Top Three for Sketch 290!

Well there were only four contributions last week and all of them were wonderful so they all are getting picked!  Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving (for my US friends).  Thanks so much for playing along week after week.  Here are this week's winners!

1. Indy

2. M. Letizia

3. Sandie L

4. Kay Marini

  

Please take a moment to click on the links below each sample -- you will not be sorry they are all wonderful.  Congratulations to all of you. 

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--Holiday Tags

Ok so I know it is Wednesday--I completely forgot about this yesterday.  Since we went to posting every other week I have a hard time remembering, lol.  Go figure, stinks to get old!  Anyway, we have a special surprise for you for the next two weeks.  The team has been asked to make holiday tags and provide tutorials on each and every blog.  Now I am not a huge tag fan so mine is really pretty simple but there are some AMAZING samples from the rest of the team!  You really need to take some time to check them out  HERE. 

For my tag I decided to make the actual tag by using the smallest die in the envelope liner dies.

  Envelope Liners Framelits Dies

Price: $26.95

 

The base of the tag is Whisper White and I used the Snow Day stamp set.  I began by stamping the snowflake randomly using versamark ink.  Then I used my aquapainter to paint the entire tag with Island Indigo Ink from the top of the pad and some alcohol.  You can not see the light resist that was created but it is pretty in real life.  Next I stamped the snowflake again in Island Indigo ink randomly over the top of that so that there is a feel of depth.  Finally I stamped the snow man on the tag then three more times on scrap Whisper White using Sahara Sand ink.  I only stamped the arms on the first one that was on the tag.  Then I cut out the body of the extra snowmen and used dimensionals to raise each layer up so that the snowman is really popped off the tag and dimensional--finish by adding the warm wishes sentiment in Cherry Cobbler and add some ribbon to the top.  Easy peezy~ don't forget to check out the rest of the team's samples--they are not as basic as mine!

 

Hope you have a fabulous  Thanksgiving (my American friends)

Mary Jo 

Monday Lunchtime Sketch Challenge 290

Monday already!?  Funny how fast the days go by--especially the weekend!  Hope yours was great.  I have a really cool sketch for you to try this week.  I am loving all the samples so far!  Here is the sketch....

And my sample--I am still playing with the Santa's List stamp set.  Although I generally send more Christian Christmas cards I have been having a lot of fun playing with this stamp set.  It is really easy to work with--don't forget about my tutorial that is on the top right hand side of my side bar--it has six cards made with this same set!  Check it out HERE.  But let's get back to this week's card...

 

One of the things I really like about this set is that it looks good both colored in and left plain.  The browns on this card make it have a kind of vintage feel.  As I have been doing on all my Christmas cards this year--there is no elements to cause extra postage! 

Stamps: Santa's List
Paper: Early Espresso, Crumb Cake, Cherry Cobbler, Very Vanilla and the Season of Style dsp
Ink: Cherry Cobbler, Early Espresso
Other: nestibilities, corner rounder


Now let's check out what the fabulous design team has done with the sketch...........

Robbie

Jonia Smith

Mary Brown

Tanya

Eileen

  Sue Root

Nicole Tugrul

Now it is your turn--here are a few rules of play....

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!
   
   Thanks, Mary Jo