Sweet Stop Birthday!

Happy Saturday, friends!  Can you believe The Sweet Stop is celebrating three years of sketches!  We will be celebrating in a big way for the whole month of April!  Each week the DT will be revisiting some of their favorite sketches from the past.  To participate, you will choose the sketch you would like to play along with...AND...of course there will be PRIZES each week!  Get ready for some fabulous eye candy as you visit the blogs of each of the Sugar Babies...then choose one and play along!

Creative Nugget:  I decided to use one of the brand new sets just released Thursday at Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps, "Owl Be There"  What an adorable owl and seven owlish sentiments to use all through the year!  I made a monochromatic birthday card to also qualify for two of the release party challenges over at Splitcoaststampers...Taylor's birthday card challenge found HERE, and Giovana's monochromatic challenge found HERE!  You have until Monday evening to play along with these challenges as well and of course more PRIZES are up for grabs!  This sweet owl was colored with copics and his belly was paper pieced.  Glossy Accents was added to his eyes to give them some life and a little heart was added to the belly.  Some light sponging with distress inks were used to frame him a bit while the panel was still in the die.  The layers were made from some BasicGrey patterned paper and mounted on Early Espresso card stock. The Vintage Cream panel in the background was made by inking up the Tim Holtz embossing folder with Burlap Distress Ink before putting it through the Big Shot.  Everything was layered onto Early Espresso and a Vintage Cream card base.  A button and some button twine were added to give him a perch on which to sit and the scalloped heart border added to the horizontal panel finished off the card!

(The Christmas Version)

The sketch from the past I chose to use was SSS81, but when you play along, please use the keyword SSS153 on your sample when you upload it using the Linky tool at The Sweet Stop!  Be sure to let us know which sketch from the past you decided to use!

Sugar Babies

Monika Davis

Shelby Goolsby

Wendy Ramlakhan

Janice Melton

Shannon White

           Chrissy Dickinson 


I can't wait to see which sketch you choose to play with!  Thanks so much for stopping by.  Have a FABULOUS EASTER!!


Hugs,
Cathymac


Card Recipe
Stamps: Owl Be There (Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps)
Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento), Versafine Onyx Black (Tsukineko), Burlap and Broken China Distress Inks (Ranger)
Paper: Vintage Cream (PTI), Early Espresso (SU!), Basics Kraft Paper Pad (BasicGrey)
Accessories: Rectangle Nestie (Spellbinders), Circle Punches (SU!), Tim Holtz Wood Grain Embossing Folder (Sizzix),Hears and Stars Scallop Dies (Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps), Button and Button Twine (PTI), Glossy Accents (Ranger), Copic Markers E40, E41, E43, E44, E47, E49, Y17, YR24

A Victorian Get Well

Happy Saturday, friends...and happy fall!  Yes, it's officially fall now...beautiful warm colors, crunchy leaves, cool crisp weather...don't you just love it!  The bad news is...it's supposed to rain all weekend here in my part of PA!  The good news is...it's time for another Sweet Stop sketch!  Whether it's sunny or rainy where you are, take some time to play along with us at The Sweet Stop!

Creative Nugget:  I totally rebelled in two ways with my card sample this week.  First, I did not go with a fall theme.  Second,  (gasp)... no copics!  Even though it looks black in the photo, the card base is Smoky Shadow.  My new square lattice embossing folder was used to give texture to the white layer.  This was sponged with some tea dye distress ink.  The beautiful papers are from the Victoria Gardens paper pad by Echo Park.  The shelf was stamped on the DP with  black onyx Versafine ink.  The teapot, teacup, and shelf scarf were all paper pieced.  A small rose was cut from DP and popped up as an accent.  The sentiment was adhered to the Spellbinders ribbon slide tag and tied on with some dotted Swiss ribbon.  Three black pearls in the bottom right corner finish the card.  My Sweet Stop friends have totally different sketch samples, providing you with lots of inspiration.  So hop on over to their blogs, leave some love, and then join the fun!

                                                           Sugar Babies

Korin Sutherland 

Monika Davis 

Shelby Goolsby 

 Lorie Ames

Wendy Ramlakhan  

Janice Melton 

Shannon White 

Kim O' Connell

Thanks for stopping by...come back and visit again!

Hugs,

Cathymac

Card Recipe
Stamps: On the Shelf (Gina k. Designs), Tea for Two (PTI)
Ink: Black Onyx Versafine (Tsukineko), Tea Dye Distress Ink (ranger)
Paper: Smoky Shadow, Select White (PTI), Victoria Gardens DP (Echo Park)
Accessories: Square Lattice Embossing Folder (SU!), Ribbon Slide Tag Die (Spellbinders), Dotted Swiss Ribbon (PTI), Kaiser Pearls

Christmas in July

Happy Saturday to you!  Time for another Sweet Stop Sketch!  We've been having some glorious weather lately...not really reminiscent of Christmas, but that is what Korin has challenged us with this week.  This is a perfect opportunity to get a start on those Christmas cards!  The sketch with a spin is to create a Christmas card.  Here is SSS117:

Spiritual Nugget:  "For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish, but have eternal life."  (John 3:16)  When I think about Christmas, I am ever mindful of this often quoted scripture verse, the very essence of  all of God's word to us!  This most precious gift was sent not only for us to celebrate at Christmas time, not only for Christmas in July, but for every day of our lives.  Baby Jesus, the reason we celebrate Christmas in the first place, was born, grew  up, suffered and died on a cross to take away the sins of the world.  He rose again so that those who believe in Him can spend eternity with Him!  So...why not celebrate Christmas every day...Merry Christmas everyone!

Creative Nugget: For my card today I used this adorable Puddle Jumper Nativity by Lori Designs.  Some of their clothing is paper pieced, and the rest of the image is colored with Copic Markers.  The stitching around the border was made with my Janome Sew Mini.  I was almost finished with this card when my inky fingers left not one, but two smudges ....groan...don't you just hate when that happens?  I was not about to abandon this project after spending so much time on it.  Do you see the bow and the splatters of distress ink?  This is my attempt to cover up the blunder!  All in all, I think the card turned out okay and I'm sure the recipient will not even notice the smudges!  You will love what the other Sugar Babies have done with this sketch.

The Sugar Babies

Korin Southerland

Monika Davis

Shelby Goolsby

Jennipher Lowery

Wendy Ramlakhan

Janice Melton

Shannon White

Join us at The Sweet Stop and get a jump start on your Christmas cards!  Thanks for stopping by and Merry Christmas!

Hugs,

Cathymac

Card Recipe
Stamps: Puddle Jumper Digi (Lori Designs), Best Yet (SU!)
Ink: Tuxedo Black, Tea Dye Distress Ink (Ranger)
Paper:  Pure Luxury White (Gina K Designs), Smoky Shadow, Pure Poppy (PTI), Jovial DP (BasicGrey)
Accessories: Sew Mini (Janome), Piercing Tool, Fiskars Border Punch, Kaiser Pearls, Silk Ribbon (PTI), Rectangle Nestie (Spellbinders)