May Ride the ole skates

Well hello! It has been awhile since my last post, I know. Life has been pretty busy with the boys sports and events. Then we took a much needed little trip to relax and get ready for the next big swing of events. I am back, relaxed and SO ready to create. This card is for the Dirty Dozen May Christmas challenge that I did post over on SCS. I need to get into the stamping groove again.  :-)  

The sketch is from Freshly Made Sketches from a few back which fit this guy called Snowman Down. I am not sure if it is retired, it is not showing up in the store now? Sorry if he is cuz hes adorable! Anyways... he is colored with Copic markers and then added to the base with designer paper. I stamped the sentiment on the vellum strips and added some enamel dots and sparkles. Voila! 

Thanks for stopping by. 

April basket of goodness

Welcome to the April Dirty Dozen Christmas challenge. Hope you an join us and play along. I used the sketch from Freshly Made Sketches this week for my card and stamp set Simple Joys.

This was a quick card and I like how it turned out. Colored the basket of greenry with Copic markers and then added some sparkles. Used a strip of scrap paper and a strip of red for the top since I had flipped the sketch on the side. A few jewels and voila!

FMS374 Just Because

FMS374 Just because for the sketch today. Good morning, yes another sketch card done this weekend. This one is for Freshly Made Sketches 374. I used all retired items on this card now that I look at it. Wow didn't plan that but I like it. 

The stamp set is from Flourishes called Inside and Out Just Because and the heart dies are from Whiff Of Joy die lights collections. Sorry all these are retired but I still enjoy using them. 

I did add some faux stitching around the edge of the card base. A few sparkles to the hearts and a few jewels as well. Here is a look at the sketch. 

We have more snow and possible more snow days for school and work. Gotta love February. hee hee  An update on the games this weekend... We lost Friday night so we are officially out. They placed 6th place in the league. This was a very rough season on several levels but they pushed through, learned a lot and did better than last year. I am so proud of my boys! The team did great and they all deserve to rest now. With all this snow that shouldn't be a problem, at least until baseball practices start. Oh wait... that is next week. GASP!!! Never ends... :-)  Hope you have a wonderful start to your week. Thanks for stopping by. 

Birthday Pilot

Good Morning. Played in another Freshly Made Sketches FMS373 this weekend. Used a retired stamp from Whiff Of Joy for the card. I will say this sketch is a great way to use up paper from the scrap bin, at least that is what I did for the diagonal pieces. 

He is so cute isn't he. Colored him with various Copic markers and then cut around him so that I could pop him up on dimensionals. I seem to be doing a lot of the faux stitching again on cards. Once one is done I feel the need to continue for several I guess. ha ha!

Here is a look at the sketch. I am thinking I should of added some sparkles to the birthday sentiment. Might have to do that before I put it in the birthday stash. Another one complete though. YES!

In case you were wondering how the boys did this weekend they won game 1 and lost game 2. We are now in single elimination this coming weekend. I am proud of them and their season! The girls had the same outcome with there games, although they seeded higher than the boys over all from season record. Talk about excitement though in the stands. Woot woot!!! Go Liberty!
Hope you have a wonderful day.

FMS372 Birthday mouse

Morning. How about a birthday House Mouse card to start your day. This guy was perfect for the sketch over on the Freshly Made Sketch blog  FMS372. This was my first time playing in their sketches and it was fun. 

Very easy with this one. The mouse was called Eat Your Cake and Nap Too but not sure if its available anymore. He is colored with Copic markers and then a little piercing along the top and bottom edges. The cake is suppose to be a yellow cake with pink cream cheese frosting, but not sure in real life if this would be tasty looking. Sure does look cute with this guy though. ha! 

My sentiment is stamped on vellum for that layer of the sketch and some pearls to hide the glue dots holding it in place. Voila!