Beary Sweet Sketch

I am having so much fun making baby cards, so guess what I am sharing today?!?!  Card Pattern's sketch this week is all about the circles.  I took the circle theme and ran with it!

Here is the sketch so you can play along...how could I not use a few buttons with all those circles?

By the way, be sure to check out the Little Paper Shop blog today.  Projects showcasing the stamp set {Friends} are on display and let me tell you there is some FABULOUS eye candy!

Have a wonderful Friday!  Big plans for the weekend?  Mine include Sesame Street Live and an all day CPR/First Aid class :>)  Plus, we will be celebrating Easter with family (yes, a week late, but it just means you get to have twice the fun!).
Smiles,
Julie
Details:  Stamp - PTI Everyday Baby Bits, CS - PTI Aqua Mist and SU Kraft, CB Embossing folders, Ribbon - PTI Ocean Tides, and PTI Buttons and Twine.

A Lovely Lily

Do you belong to the Little Paper Shop forum?  Why not?  Besides a great gallery and chit chat, each month, Julia, the owner of LPS, shares a free digi with all forum members.  If you join now you can still get all the digis released in previous months.  Some of my favorite digis are from the forum, so be sure to bop over there and join!!!
Here is the free image for April, it is a beauty.  All you fab copic gals should grab this one :>)

Smiles,
Julie

Flying on By

Here I am again with bright colors - not sure what is going on, but I am going to roll with it!  The Going Places images from Inktegrity are some of my faves.  I took the plane and sentiment from "High There" and pulled in the clouds from "Backgrounds I". 

This card is based on Inktegrity's Hump Day Sketch challenge.

Be sure to play along and link up your own creation for a chance to win 3 digi images from Inktegrity.

The bright colors were inspired by the color challenge at Friends Having Fun - China Blue, Sunshine Yellow and White.  This is a new challenge blog which will have a color challenge the first Monday of each month.  My oh so talented friend Alyssa is part of the DT, so be sure to bop over to her blog and see what she did with the colors too!
Have a wonderful Wednesday!
Smiles,
Julie
Details:  Images - Inktegrity High There and Backgrounds I, CS - SU, PP - K&Co.

Little Paper Shop Weekly Challenge Excitement

A couple months ago I received an e-mail from Little Paper Shop asking if I would like to be a guest designer for April, May and June.  My response, YES, I love LPS's clear stamps and digi images!!!  I am so honored that Julia (the owner) and her fab DT asked me.  I am beyond excited, to the point where I am giddy, goofy and someone really needs to pinch me (or smack me over the head) :>)!!!  So thank you Julia and all the DT, I am looking forward to working with you the next 3 months.  I got a peek at some of the upcoming releases and I know that all of you will be just as excited as I am right now.

Okay, enough about me and my excitement, now on to the important stuff...

Each Monday the LPS blog has a weekly challenge, this week it is a sketch challenge (you know how much I like sketches!).  I went with a new digi from LPS, appropriately named "Dino". 

He is just the cutest!  And he is perfect for baby cards or little boy cards.  I have 3 cousins and 2 friends who are pregnant and 4 of the 5 are having boys (the fifth did not find out the sex), so I will not have trouble finding a home for this little blue plaid sweetie.   

Here is the sketch so that you can play along: 

Create your own card or project based on this sketch and link it up to the LPS blog HERE, by Sunday April 11th at 10 pm EST.  One random participant will win the Mermaid Jena digi.  If you upload to a gallery use the keyword LPSC62.

Be sure to check out what the rest of the Little Paper Shop design team did with the sketch.  In addition to the regular DT, there are 2 other Guest Designers joining in for the next 3 months.  

Julia - Addicted to Paper

Pam - The Stamping Addict

Bonnie - The Lucky Clucker

Ann - Stamp with Me 

Allison - Stampin' When I Can

Julie - Stamps & Taxes

Heather - The Best In Life

Jen - Glitter in My Hair

Silvia - Mabie Stampin' 

GD - Kelly - Lovin' the Life I Color

GD - Tasha - Millie's Magical Moments

Have a wonderful Monday!

Smiles,
Julie

Details:  Stamp - LPS Digi Dino, CS - SU, PP - DCWV, CB Embossing folder, and PTI Buttons, plus some embroidery floss.

You're a Star!

The latest release is from Inktegrity is "Ticket Please".  There are tons of fun ticket sentiments and several movie images including popcorn!

I went more of a pop art route, which is so not the normal style for me.  I am typically afraid of bright colors!  

Check out what rest of the Inktegrity Design Team did with these fun new images:

Ashley Scheffler

Kelly Santi

Jacquie Pfeifer

Rhonda Miller

Diane Ulitsch

Lelia Pierce

Jackie Randolph

Joni Wilson

Smiles,

Julie

Details:  Stamp - Inktegrity Ticket Please, and CS - SU.

Sketch Girl #15

Hi there!

The latest sketch from Sketch Girl, Leigh Ann, is perfect for cards and layouts.  I was in need of a quick LO, so I went the scrapbook route this time around.  I have so much fun making cards that I put scrapbooking to the side.  Sometimes it just takes so much more work since I either have to print out photos or search thru photos to use (I guess if I have to search thru tons of photos I am a little behind on scrapbooking, LOL!).  So anyway, here it is... 

That cute little bunny tossing eggs is "Easter Joy" from Phindy's Place!, the sponsor for this sketch over at SG!  Phindy was sweet enough to give all the designers a chance to work with him!

A little about Phindy's Place:

Phindy's Place digital stamps is a new venture for children's book illustrator Philomena O'Neill (aka Phindy).  For someone who has always drawn a lot of young children and animals, drawing digi stamps has felt like a natural fit for her.  As a professional illustrator, Phindy draws her stamps as detailed and fully realized images.  She sees her digital images as a collaboration between two artists - her own imaginative line work art and the crafter's talent and vision in coloring and embellishing that art to create a finished card!

Check out these links to the store and blog.  

You could pick up this cute bunny just by playing along with Sketch Girl!  This time around one random person will win a $10 gift certificate to Phindy's Place!   To win, all you need to do is play along with sketch #15 from Leigh Ann!  You have until April 14th at 9 pm EST to link up your creation over at the Sketch Girl blog!

Here is the sketch to play along:

 Feel free to flip

and substitute any shapes you would like.  We are hoping to inspire you and give you a little bit of a challenge at the same time.  

Check out these links to all the other Sketch Girls:

Our guest designer for March - Deanne Kuntz

Annie

Alyssa

Amber

Bonnie

Harriet

Jennie

Jessica

Katie

Randee

Sara

Tiffany

Smiles and have a great day!

Julie

A Fairy Sweet Hump Day

Here it is, my project for Inktegrity's Hump Day sketch challenge :>). Yes, I know I am a little late!

This sweet little Ladybug Fairy from Inktegrity is sitting on the top of a photo holder block.  I pulled the wire out of the block and then created a nest of leaves.  The leaves were cut freehand out of old olive CS, I drew on some veins, punched a hole in each and then curled the leaves by wrapping each around a pen.  The fairy is paper pieced and I cut out an extra image from vanilla CS, I then layered the fairy on the CS with the photo holder wire in between.  The matching card is based on this week's Inktegrity challenge sketch.

I may be a little late for hump day, but it is not too late for you to join in the fun and make a project based on this sketch!

The Inktegrity weekly sketch challenge has moved to it's own blog.  Be sure to check it out HERE.  This week's sketch is a goodie so be sure to play along for the chance to win images from Inktegrity.  Plus, just for playing along you will get a free image.

My Ladybug set also qualifies for the following challenges :>)
Allsorts - Spring
Frosted Designs - Flower
Crazy 4 Challenges - Spring
Quirky Crafts Challenges - Flower with cute theme
Lots to Do - Spring
Craft Calendar Challenge - Flower
Paper Sundaes - Paper Piecing
Wow!  There are so many great challenge blogs out there!!!


Smiles,
Julie
Details:  Stamp - Ladybug Fairy (Inktegrity), PP - Early Bird (Cosmo Cricket), CS - Old Olive and  Very Vanilla (SU), Embossing Folder - Swirls (CB), Button (PTI), and embroidery floss.

Looking for a Challenge?

The Inktegrity weekly sketch challenge has moved to it's own blog.  Be sure to check it out HERE.  This week's sketch is a goodie so be sure to play along for the chance to win images from Inktegrity.  Plus, just for playing along you will get a free image.

Now you may be asking where is my card, LOL!  I promise, I will have something to share tomorrow :>)
Smiles,
Julie

LPS Double Challenge

The sketch this week on the Card Patterns blog is sponsored by Little Paper Shop - double the reason to play along!  I always enjoy the Card Patterns sketches and I love LPS stamps. 
This little chick is a digi from LPS.  I went sweet again!  I am in an Easter kind of mood, but I also think this image is perfect for a new baby card too!

This is a double LPS challenge because it also qualifies for the challenge this week on the LPS blog is to "Make Something Old New Again".   I am sure that is one challenge that we should all do more often!  I have a ton of stuff that I never use, including my crimper!  It was such a hot item years ago, but now embossing folders have taken over.  My crimper was hidden away in a drawer so I pulled it out and added a few simple strips. 
Plus, my card meets the challenge on Paper Cutz is to use 1 ribbon and 3 buttons!

I created an envelope to go with my card too...

I got the idea for this envelope from my LSS, from a project my 6 year old daughter did :>).  This envelope is perfect for those times that you do not have an envelope the right size.  Steps:  Seal the envelope.  Cut the envelope the length of your card plus 1/4".  Run this part of the envelope thru a crimper. Take the trimmed off part of the envelope and trim it to the desired size to make a "cap" that will go over the crimped portion.  The crimper makes the envelope shrink up enough so that it is easy to get the "cap" on. 

Happy Happy Weekend - we have been blessed with wonderful weather the past few days and it will be continuing into the weekend - yay!!!!
Smiles,
Julie
Details - Stamp - LPS Digi Chick Egg, CS - SU Whisper White and PTI, Buttons - PTI, stash ribbon and my crimper :>)!

Would You Like to Win?

Fairy Week continues at Inktegrity and there are lots of ways to win a fairy!  Be sure to read through to the end...


Today I am sharing with you "Ladybug Fairy".  She is the sweetest of all the fairies (according to me!).

I layered her wings and added dimensionals to give more of a 3-D effect.  
The layout is based on Diane's sketch challenge this week on the Inktegrity Blog.  Play along with the sketch and link up your creation here - you may just win 3 images of your choice!

My card uses a fun fold, the "flap fold", which is the technique challenge this week on the JUGS blog.  I added floral paper inside, along with one of the sentiments that comes with the Ladybug Fairy.  This sentiment is perfect for a Birthday or Congrats card.

Want another chance to win a fairy image?  Go on over to the Inktegrity blog today and take a guess at what type of fairy is being released on Friday for a chance to win!

Smiles, Julie
Details:  Stamp - Inktegrity Ladybug Fairy, CS - SU, PP - K&Co., Ribbon - stash and CB embossing folder.