M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E

For this week at Tuesday Morning Sketches, our sponsor is Saturated Canary and i've colored my image to have her look like an updated "Minnie Mouse".  Wonder why?  By the time this post goes live, i will have returned from Disney World...i will have gone for a week with my grandkids, and my two daughters...(also my husband and a son-in-law)...  I tried to color this image thinking it was my granddaughter...


 Here is my card, please come and join us at Tuesday Morning Sketches for this challenge:

I have also used my cricut and cut out shiny Mickey Mouse shapes for my "hexagon" designs.  I've also used a Nellie Snellen Multi Oval die MFD047.


Don't forget to ask to see if we still have the above die(s) in stock at Dutch Paper Crafts! 



Tuesday Morning Sketches sketch this week:

Copics used:
skin- YR000, 00, R20
hair- E41, 42, 43, 44
hat/shirt- C3, 5, 7
bow/leggings- R35, 37
patch/boots- Y11, 15, C5, 3
skirt- C0, 01, CB
eyes- B95



The sponsor this week at Tuesday Morning Sketches is Saturated Canary:

For more inspiration don't forget to visit the rest of team's creations:

Angela

Bonnie

Debbie

Jenee

Jessi

Melissa

Incy Wincy Designs- Red and White 

Totally Paper Crafts- No Squares allowed

Scrap It Girl- Kitchen Colors 

Saturated Canary- Alter It (i altered the image..to be Minnie Mouse..or was that the intention?)

Just a bit of Rain- Jane Austen style

Jane Austen is one of my daughter's favorite authors, and she said there aren't any images out there and i saw this one at Saturated Canary and thought it could be a modern day Jane Austen..don't you think?

Well i thought so and decided to give it a try with the challenge at Saturated Canary.  The theme is "April Showers", so i looked for a rain quote from Jane Austen and this is what i found:

"The wind roared down the chimney, the rain beat in torrents against the windows, and everything seemed to speak the awfulness of her situation." from Northanger Abbey

I added this quote to my card using the font, "Before the Rain"...didn't realize that was the name of the font until i had selected it from my font book. :)

Here is my card:

Here is the sketch i used for this card from Tuesday Morning Sketches:
On the right is what my card looked like before the image..i think it's fun to show the construction of the sketch. :)

Challenges:
Saturated Canary- April Showers
Tuesday Morning Sketches- Sketch

Thinking of you today

I don't know, but i feel like in the end this card reminds me of the 80's...i didn't grow up in the 80's...but it just feels like it and it wasn't my intention...it's funny how i begin working on a card and it transforms into something different.

I based this card on the sketch i used...the hint for the sketch was to use my scraps...and i thought, "Good idea" and that's how this card began with the largest scrap for the background and then other colors to make the strips.  I learned from another card maker that the layers look better matted and black seems to make the paper pop.  If you take a close look you can see there are a LOT of layers..so the card feels heavy. :)

Here is my card:

 The image i used is from Saturated Canary and it is called Canary Love..it had a bird w/a heart and lines through the image that i "erased".












The sketch i used is from Mojo Monday:

                                           The sketch even without
                                            an image is pretty i think.










Challenges:
Saturated Canary- Thinking of you theme
Mojo Monday- Sketch #236

Alice eats Cake

Who knew??..i found the perfect "sentiment" from a book i found at a charity shop...it has come in handy for many projects so far...of course i had to spend a bit of time re-reading the book to find the sentiment i wanted and that would fit. LOL

Sooo, i made this card for the Saturated Canary Challenge Blog challenge #13 and the theme is..."twine".  Of course, i can't just put twine wrapped around this time...like i normally do...no, i have to make it a bit more complicated and i crocheted the twine and put it on the watch as it's "chain".   You can't see it too much but the key is also tied on w/twine. (oh and the image isn't called..Alice...i am using her as such)

So here is my card:

The sketch i used is from I (heart) 2 stamp:

Challenges:
Saturated Canary- Twine- challenge #13
I (heart) 2 stamp- sketch

May the force be with you

I am grinning...this card just encompasses all that i like to create.  It's different..not what might be expected from a challenge at Saturated Canary that wants a "doily" as the challenge element.  Then the dry embossing to make the circle look like a moon..i am happy that it might look how i envisioned it to look...that is so hard for me to have an idea and then for it to "look" like what i had hoped. 

So just because it actually turned out like i planned doesn't make it good.  I watch "Project Runaway" and listen to the designers think their creations are fabulous only to be shot down by the judges...and have to leave the show.

The instant i saw this image at Saturated Canary's blog, i knew i wanted to create with it.
Here is my card:

The dry embossing folder is from Sizzix.  The background doily is from Mariannes Creatables.












The sketch i used is from Sketch Saturday:

Challenges:
Saturated Canary- Doilies
Sketch Saturday-Sketch

Saturated in Oz or There's No Place like Home...

I am a push-over for theme related digis...and Wizard of Oz is one of them...i've done several Alice theme cards.  This digi is adorable and is from Saturated Canary...all the details are delicious!  I was so super excited to get my last card in the top three on the Saturated Canary..yippee!!

This week at the Saturated Canary...the challenge is to make anything but a square or rectangle card/project.  ooooh, right up my alley...love these challenges!

So this is what i came up with:

Special thanks to my friend, Jenee, who gave me the little bottle of sparkle glitter that i used on the shoes.
Sentiment freebie found here.

Challenges:
Saturated Canary- Anything but a square/rectangle card.

Thank You very kindly...

This is a brand new digi i am using...she is just darling and is a Saturated Canary Stamp.  The challenge theme at Saturated Canary is to use Pink, Red and White.  So i thought i'd use my neglected scraps of white paper...that file of scraps is bulging!

Here is my card:




















I also used my new heart die from Cheery Lynn designs.  The heart border is from Memory box and the eyelet is from Marianne Designs.  The embossed folder is from Craft Concepts.

this is the sketch i used and it's from, "Sketch N Stash".

Challenges:
Saturated Canary- Red, Pink and white
Sketch N Stash- sketch new stash/digi, heart die- neglected stash- white scraps/pearls

Happy Valentine's Day for a pregnant mommy.

I've made this Valentine in honor of my friend, Aga.  She is currently pregnant and was talking about eating and being pregnant and said this quote in connection with that. 

I thought it was so cute that instantly the image at Saturated Canary came to mind.  For their challenge i need to add die cuts/punches.  The two gray borders are from the cartridge Elegant Edges. The heart is a punch and the heart doily is a MS punch.

I wasn't really sure about the Valentine sentiment but wanted to meet the "non-traditional Valentine" challenge at "The Sweet Stop".  Then i thought about it and thought, that if someone bought a box of candy and this card it would be perfect. :)

As always, pretty much all of my cards go to my Etsy shop here.

here is the sketch from "The Sweet Stop"

Challenges:
Saturated Canary- Diecuts/Punches
The Sweet Stop- Sketch/Non-traditional Valentine

Winter Warmth with a cup of Cocoa

I remade a project i made in December.  Took it apart and started over and i think i like it better.  The theme for this challenge is "Winter" and i think it works great with hot cocoa and the snowman...it's cold and a bit snowy here and some hot chocolate sounds good.

Here is my card:

What i did:
For this image i combined two different images to give the "hot cocoa" image some legs.  I love these stamps from Saturated Canary.  I also diecut two ovals and hand punched the borders.

The sketch i used is from Paper Make up and is below:

Challenges:
Saturated Canary- Christmas/Winter
Paper Makeup Stamps- Sketch #17
Crazy Amigo Challenge- Winter
Creative Card Crew - Snow Day #1

Want a Cup of Cocoa?

This is the last day of the month and i have spent most of it making "container" gifts and when i saw the example on Saturated Canary i decided to give it a try.  This is my version of the "Mug gift" that was shown on the blog.

 

What i did:
You can't really see it, but i made a band around the cup..now mind you the cup is tapered so the band had to reflect that...not so fun.  I also morphed two images...i wanted my girl to have some feet.  I used the images "hot cocoa" and "snowman".  I wished i had made the oval a bit smaller, but i am happy with this.

 Challenges:
Saturated Canary- Anything Goes
Stampin' Royalty- Anything but a card
Whimsy Stamps challenge- Anything but a card

So Sweet Container

As i said at the beginning of the month, i am trying to make containers and such for this month.  I made this container using Saturated Canary's image called "Norma Jean"...she is just so precious.  She came with a plane, but i just cut her out to use.  She is about 6" tall.

My thought was to fill the container with candy, which is why i used "So Sweet" for the title, but i thought the container could have yarn and needles and the person i am giving it to would  be "So Sweet" or the container is for wine...i don't drink, so maybe it can be considered sweet?  Don't know. lol.

The frame around the image is from the Heritage cartridge.
Challenge #4 at Saturated Canary is to use fall colors, and i went with red, yellow, brown and gold.

Challenges:
Saturated Canary- Fall Colors

Stitching Thanksgiving card

I am really excited to use the Saturated Canary's Indian digital image called Cornelia...she's adorable.  I am also combining this challenge with a sketch from Cardabilities blog.
Here is the sketch:

 

And this is what i did:

How i did it?
I used a diecut charm from the Heritage cartridge and welded the "thankful" word on the side.  I added some straight and zig-zag stitching to the card.  I colored and cut out the image and used foam dots on the image to have her pop up.

Challenges:
Saturated Canary- #2 stitching
Cardabilities- sketch

Saturated Canary Challenge #1

The faces the details, i love it all...i am talking about the new digi images that Krista makes for her store called Saturated Canary.  oooh i love 'em.  So i get to make a card and share it too...awesome.  (I also love Carisa who is the co-ordianator i "met" at TGF...she does the coolest things ever)

Here is the sketch for for challenge #1:

 

The challenge is to make the card sketch with photos shown on the blog here.
Here is my take on the sketch/photo inspirations:

What i did:
I matted the front 3 times and with the last layer (green glossy paper) i embossed it using my Sizzix star embossing folder.  Then i sanded it and added tiny bats to the centers of the stars.  I made the bats using the Batman cartridge.  I even added a bat to the top Ivy's glasses...  She is so cool...  I added a MS spider web punch, twine and a sentiment.  The inside of the card reads, "But don't think for one minute that i could ever forget you"...and then it could say Happy Halloween or Happy Birthday.

Challenges:
Saturated Canary- Challenge #1