Sketchy Sunday

Hello Crafty World!!

I had a productive/ creative morning and I wanted to share some of my creations. I seem to have followed alot of sketches this morning so that is what I am going to show you. First I will start with the sketch and then I will show you my interpretation.

** warning, this is a photo heavy post **

I hope you enjoy the eye candy as much as I enjoyed creating them.

Sketchbook Saturday Sketch :

and mine :

This little cutie was created with my Cricut.

I did some faux stitching and some real stitching.

I am also entering this card in the

Crazy 4 Challenges - Child's Birthday Challenge

The next sketch is from

The Sweet Stop

 (I didn't realize it was supposed to be Valentine's - OOPPS)

and my interpretation :

The Sweet Stop

Hello, hello.

I thought I would grab a quiet moment and post this little card I made yesterday.

It's snowing here today and has been on and off for a few days so my daughter is outside sledding with the neighborhood friends, the house is quiet so I wanted to show you a new little card.

Here it is :

Definitly not my usual colors but I am trying to branch out and be daring!! I usually like unique colors, so I thought, why not?? I let the patterned paper do the talking. It said browns and yellows so that's what I reached for with my Copics.

I used the sketch over at The Sweet Stop.

Hope you like it.

I am going to run and make my daughter some hot cocoa so she can warm up when she's ready to come in!!

Have a great day!!

Warm hugs (especially if you are in Vancouver today!!)

Alexis



Birthday Bear

Hello Blog-Land!!

In an effort to maintain one of my 2012 Goals

I have a boy birthday card to show you.

Today I used an image from the Stamp Fairy

and colored it in manly colors.

I decided to try a little something different with the dots?!!

I think I like the outcome?!! What about you?

I used the sketch from The Sweet Stop

This sketch is amazing but I have to admit it was a little taxing on my brain? I couldn't figure out how to cut the main strip on an angle and have enough patterned paper to go from egde to edge. I resolved to cutting it extra big and then just trimming all of the pieces once they were on the card.

I also managed to maintain one of my other 2012 goals - to use my cricut more!!

I used the cricut to cut the star. Yeah me!!

(Don't forget you have till the end of the month to enter in

 my New Cricut Creations Challenge)

I am also entering this card for the following challenges :

Paper Sundays - Saturated Colors

Mad 4 Markers - Unusual Color Combo

(I think lime green, orange and bright blue qualify as unusual for me!!)

Well, I'm off but I hope you have a great day!!

Big Hugs

~ Alexis

The Sweet Stop

Just a quick post, I'm trying to get reading to run out the door and get ome groceries but I wanted to post this before I forgot.

I made this card a few days ago and have forgotten to post it.
I used the sketch over at The Sweet Stop

Here it is :

I love Penny Black and this image is no exception!!

I am also entering this for the Friendship challenge at : 2 Sisters 1 Blog

Gotta run.

Thanks for popping by.

~ Alexis



LOVE

Hello Everyone,

Hope you are enjoying your Sunday. I just wanted to pop in and share a card that I made for a few challenges. I create it using the sketch from The Sweet Stop.

It's a sketch with a SPIN. The spin this time is "winged things". I went with this adorable winged fairy. This is the first time I've used her on a card. I think she's pretty cute. What do you think?

And I was trying to find a new blade for my paper trimmer and found the crochet flower in a random pocket in my scrapbook bag so I thought it would be perfect for this card.

Love it!!

I am also submitting it for the current challenge at Paper Sundaes : texture.

I decided to add texture with the crochet flower and the rain drop flowers.

Okay, well I'm off to finish my tea and then I'm off to step class. Aggg. But excersize is important and I always feel better once it's done.

Have a good day. Take some time for yourself!!

~Alexis

Tuesday Thankyou Twosome

Today I am going to show you two card that I created this weekend. I decided to keep these simple and clean. Pretty happy with the outcome. Take a look and then let me know what you think...

The first card was made using the sketch from The Sweet Stop.

(love this sketch - it reminds me of a scrapbook layout)

I love this soft look. This some of my all-time favorite paper. It's from the Linen Closet line of DCWV.

And this next card was created using the sketch from Sketchbook Saturday

Well, that's it - that's all for me today.

Hope everyone has a chance to get crafty today. It's good for the soul!!

~Alexis



Spring Joy

Good Evening Friends,

I had a little time to play at my crafting table.
(a.k.a. the dining room table)

and I am going to show you one of the cards that I created.

I created it using the sketch from The Sweet Stop

and the current challenge at Stamp Something : Spring

I just love the springy colors. It's so cheerful!!

Another detail that I love is the ribbn slider cupcake.

It is from the company : My Little Yellow Bicycle

Well, I hope you enjoy. I have to run and get dinner started.

Have a good night, I'll be back tomorrow with another!!

See you then...

~Alexis



Play Date w/ The Sweet Stop

Hey Everyone,

So my family took the day off yesterday to enjoy the sunshine and visit with family. It was a great day!! Had a blast, ate too much and laughed too hard. But enough about that...

I'm here tody to show you a card I made for the Play Date Cafe challenge. This is their photo inspiration this week :

I took the idea of the shelves and the colour inspiration to create this :

I used the sketch from : The Sweet Stop

I love how this turned out. I don't often do multiple stamps on one card but I really should more often. It's such and easy way to create a scene. Anyways, I gotta run and play catch up for my mid-week day off...

but I hope you enjoy the card.

~Alexis

The Sweet Stop Goes Fuzzy

This week the challenge over at The Sweet Stop was to use their current sketch

- but the twist was you had to make it fuzzy, wuzzy - 

I had a few ideas but I decided to go with this :

Sorry, the photo is horrible - but it was the best of the lot!! I had to adjust the colors because it was so dark but then the creme color would go so bright!! I-yie-yie!!

here is the closeup of the fuzzy and wuzzy

velvet ribbon and a felt flower

I will have a spring card to post but I keep forgetting to take a picture of it!!

Maybe I'll go and do that!!

Have a good day

~Alexis

Happy Hump Day!!

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Well, it's half way over... and that means we are on cruise control to the weekend!! Yeah!!

Yesterday I spent the day at home with my daughter because she has a bad cold and didn't go to school. I had time to do a few cards and here's how they turned out!!

This is for the :
 challenge over at the CARDS blog. (mix fabric and valentine's to make a card)
Stamping Royalty - valentine's
and
the Tuesday Trigger over at Moxie Fab

It's been awhile since I pulled out the 'ol sewing machine, so excuse the stitching!!

And here is a card I made using the sketch challenge over at The Sweet Stop :

Love the fresh paper for this circle card!!

(Come bakc and check out tomorrows post for what I did with the scraps!!)

And for the sketch over at Card Patterns

and

Bella Challenge - Lovely Dovey

(I just love this girl. She's so cute and smitten)

The copics I used :

I love how this turned out. Not a typical colour combo for me but I think I love purple and orange together. The paper was an incredible inspiration!! Love it!! (If I do say so myself??!!)

Have a good day and just remember - the worst half of the week is behind us!!

~Alexis

Big, Cuddly Penny Black Cat

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So, I'm home for about an hour while my daughter is off at at birthday party. Just thought I would post the other few cards I created this morning.

For the Sweet Stop sketch challenge :

I'm also going to submit it for the Saturday Spotlight Challenge

(to use a large image in your creations)

I love this little fella. He came on a sheet of stickers by Penny Black.

The color combo is WAY out of the box but I'm trying to let the images speak for the color scheme, and I think he looks adorable.