It's been a long time since I've played along with a CPS sketch... Too long considering I love sketches.. Anyway, this was the perfect sketch to use in conjunction with some new Nestabilities dies I purchased (Pennants and Lacey Pennants).

I bought this stamp because of my son. He loves anything with kitties. He calls our cat "his brother" despite our cat not having a particularly friendly disposition. I will say, though, that every night our kitty climbs up the ladder to my son's loft bed and cuddles with him right by his face. They wake up every morning intertwined and it's truely a touching sight!

I combined a couple of challenges, the Moxie Fab challenge, and this week's CPS sketch. The sketch has a few more layers than I usually like to do, but I wanted to colour this image and GET THE CARD DONE! So why not use a great sketch? Here's the card:

The red twill is actually recycled gift packaging. My mom gave me a bunch of holiday face cloths and they were bundled together with the twill. SCORE! The bottom paper is last years (or even 2 years ago) Cloud 9 Christmas, and the other two layers (brown and golden) are Basic Grey, also a few years old... The kitty is coloured with Copic markers and I used a little Liquid Applique on the Santa Hat! The stamp is from Penny Black!

Merry Christmas!!

and let me tell you, I'm exhausted. I've had a chance to sit down to make a couple of cards here and there, but I haven't had time to post them, so I'm playing catch-up today. Here's a card I make using this week's CPS sketch. I LOVE how this card turned out. The colours are just gorgeous.

1.  cut out the main panel with nestabilities.
   
2. stamped the main image(s) in versacolor ink then embossed with clear embossing powder. 
3. airbrushed the background with copic markers and airbrush system with two colors leaving the nestabilities die on the paper so it leaves the white border.
   
4. coloured the "flames" with Koh-I-Noor pencils and gamsol

The rest of the card was just trial and error, but really I just followed the sketch to a "T." Here's the inside:

• Paper: Bazzil, Papertrey Ink, Cosmo Cricket 
• Ink: Momento (London Fog), Versacolor (charcoal)
• Stamps: Crafty Secrets
• Copic markers, embossing powder, Koh-I-Noor pencils, EK punches, AMuse ribbon, Nestabilities dies, Cuttlebug
  

I feel like the gall bladder surgery has sucked the life out of me. Seriously, how long does it take for me to get my energy back?? I am tired all of the time. I managed to squeak a couple cards out today, though.

I am designing a class that's called "Inside Out" in which we will make cards that are ornately decorated on the outside AND the inside.I used this week's CPS sketch for the layout on the outside:



These adorable stamps are by Stampendous. SO fun to colour. Here's a shot of the outside and inside side-by-side. I made two. I'm so productive, I can hardly stand it..


The inside features this handsome fella:



I've mentioned this before, but don't you hate it when you show someone a card you made and they say WOW, that's SO nice, then look on the inside to see if there's anything else. Well, it's always a pleasant surprise when there is, right?


So there's my big accomplishment for today. Besides teaching since 7 this morning, getting home, teaching private lessons for 3 hours, but you get the idea!!

Supplies: Patterned paper: My Mind's Eye; Cardstock: Papertrey Ink and Bazzill; Stamps: Stampendous; Ink: Momento; Copic markers, Kaiser Jewels, Making Memories Slice (to make the little tag), Ribbon (American Crafts).

If you've ever struggled to make "Man Cards" then you will LOVE this release.. Check out this daddy bear:


This stamp is so awesome because THIS IS MY DAD!!! He has a chair. It's HIS chair. And every day after work he comes home and catches some "ZZzzz's" before dinner. To make the background I stamped on the orange patterned paper, then the blue (it's actually a double-sided piece of My Mind's Eye paper) and cut the image out of the paper leaving the background.. I overlapped the blue over the orange and coloured in some brown "trim."


I used this week's CPS sketch for the layout. Isn't it perfect??

Make sure you check out the rest of the design team's creations for the next 4 days because we all get different stamps and that means TONNES of inspiration. See you tomorrow for day 2 of the sneaks!

• Angel Rivera
• Charlene Austin
• Deborah Southard
• Frances Byrne
• Jeanne Streiff
• Kim Fee
• Maria Adams
• Michelle Short
• Paula Williamson
• Rachel Hope Baird
• Stephanie Mayne

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I was able to muster some energy to make a couple things between naps the last couple days, but only photographed them and uploaded them today..

This first project is a card I made for last week's CPS115 sketch:






















All stamps on the can from Cornish Heritage Farms.

While in Victoria, BC I visited a few scrapbook stores because EVERY store carries something different, and to my surprise, Scrappers Anonymous carried bunch of Pink Cat Studio stamps! I got to work on Kristina Werner's color inspiration along with this week's CPS sketch and here's what I came up with. I made two slightly different cards, one on kraft, one on white.



Supplies:
Paper: Basic Grey, Papertrey Ink (berry sorbet, white, black, kraft), SU! (riding hood red)
Ink: Momento Black, Papertrey ink (berry sorbet)
Stamps: Pink Cat Studio (Lily and Billy), SU! (scallop border), TCP (sentiment)
Other: Felt shapes (Fancy pants), Making Memories (paper clip), SU! punches, Copic markers

That's what we musicians call it anyway... Here's this week's CPS sketch:

I cut the hearts with scalloped and classic Nestabilities hearts with the Cuttlebug. All sentiments are Crate Paper rubons, and patterned paper is Basic Grey Sultry? (can't remember.. it's upstairs...)

It's here! All of Elizabeth's new stamps are now available in her online store. Run, don't walk over there right now!!!!

                                                                                          

Quick post. I wanted to share this cute little card that uses this week's CPS sketch 95:

and here's my take on it:


Paper: Basic Grey, PapertreyInk, Brown Felt Paper, Bazzill; Stamps: ElzybellsNA, Autumn Leaves; Ink: Ranger; Felt, Copic Markers, Marvy Punches, Tim Holtz Paper Piercing Ruler.