• Create a paper crafting project (card, scrap book page or 3D item), based on the sketch provided.Post your creation on your blog or an online gallery (using a code ISSC21, and link it here with the inlinkz widget below.)
• Please provide a direct link to your post - not the generic link to your blog.
• A new challenge will be posted every Friday at 12:01 AM EST, and you have until noon on the following Friday EST to submit your entry.
• You may enter as many times as you like, but please provide a newly designed project with a new link for each additional project.
• We will choose the top 2 creations to be featured in our "Top 2 Winners" post every Sunday where we will announce who we have picked :) The winners will receive their very own iSpy Sketches blog badge!
• Don't forget that you may combine our challenges with others and use supplies from any company that you wish :)
• Have fun and we look forward to "spying" your creations!

Hi there! I’m here with my peeps from Technique Tuesday sharing some projects featuring one of their new stamp lines called Signed, Sealed, Delivered! This was a great kick in the butt for me to get my grad cards done and I LOVE them! Every year I have a year-end party with my Chamber Choir (my top auditioned choir with whom I spend A LOT of time!) and I give all of grads a little farewell/thank you speech and one of my “Tobi cards.” Actually… making the cards is the easy part, it’s what goes inside that’s hard!

 

So.. with the help of my little Cap and Gown seal stamp (only $2.99!!!) the cards are ready for me to write inside. (yikes…) Wish me luck! I don’t want to, but I think I may shed a tear or two as I write them – and more than that – say what I wrote to them IN PERSON… Head over to the TT Blog to check out our projects!!

Hi there! I had to work this weekend but I managed to squeeze in a few challenges the past couple of nights. If you don’t know, VSN is a couple of nights of challenges hosted at SCS. You are to complete the cards in 45 minutes or less and upload them when you’re done! I always work on Saturdays so I usually check out the challenges and play at my own pace.. Here are a few I’ve completed. I will play a couple more today!

 

1) this challenge was to pick a song by the band, Journey. I picked “Don’t Stop Believing.” I thought FOR SURE I would have a bunch of stamps with the believe theme – yah no! This was the only one! (from TSG Spread Your Wings) The flower is an Anna Wight design by Whipper Snapper and it was stamped and watercolored with Distress Markers and a waterbrush.

This challenge was to use a past trip or destination as inspiration for a card. (I thought of my family’s trip to Vancouver Island when we visited the butterfly gardens… Gorgeous!!) I had this stamp on my table already, (when you only have 45 minutes to make a card you use what you have!!) it’s also from Spread Your Wings, but this time I coloured it with Copics. The sentiment is an SRM Sticker.

This was a funny challenge… Take an old card – one of your first – and re-do it. I can’t believe I’m doing this, but here’s my old card (incidentally it was from a VSN in November of 2006!):

So I did the same technique (emboss resist for the background) but I think I am just able to compose cards a little better than I did (I hope so anyway… that was 6 years ago!!) and improve on the colour scheme, and the ribbon treatment, and the focal point.. Yah.. everything!

 

The focal point is a BasicGrey chipboard piece that I sprayed with adhesive and doused with clitter. The sentiment is from a little set of Birthday Sentiments that are letterpressed.. Very handy!

Thanks for looking!

Take a look at this week’s iSpy guest: it's none other than Lori Boyd (3Bugs&Me @ SCS) and is based on this card.  A few of us have on the DT have had the opportunity to work with Lori on design teams and she's an absolute sweetheart with a heart of gold. This sketch was so easy once I had the image picked out, and that was easy too! How many rectangle images do YOU own? I have a bunch, so I just went with an oldie but a goodie.. Here’s today’s card:

 

So a cute MFT stamp, some great Pink Paislee papers and I’ve got a pretty cute card!!

Here is how to play:

• Create a paper crafting project (card, scrap book page or 3D item), based on the sketch provided.Post your creation on your blog or an online gallery (using a code ISSC20, and link it here with the inlinkz widget below.
• Please provide a direct link to your post - not the generic link to your blog.
• A new challenge will be posted every Friday at 12:01 AM EST, and you have until noon on the following Friday EST to submit your entry.
• You may enter as many times as you like, but please provide a newly designed project with a new link for each additional project.
• We will choose the top 2 creations to be featured in our "Top 2 Winners" post every Sunday where we will announce who we have picked :) The winners will receive their very own iSpy Sketches blog badge!
• Don't forget that you may combine our challenges with others and use supplies from any company that you wish :)
• Have fun and we look forward to "spying" your creations!

I played along with this week’s Case Study Challenge #95. That’s two weeks in a row for me and there’s two reasons for it, 1) their design team and “muses” always have exceptionally beautiful cards for inspiration and 2) this week’s card uses a Memory Box die that I own and have had a hard time coming up with ways to use it! So here’s my creation:




I had a heck of time photographing this one.. All of those little cuts cast shadows onto the cardbase and it was a nightmare to get it too come out clearly! Anyway… My design came out mostly monochromatic except for that BasicGrey fabric brad.. I like the pop of colour! Thanks for looking!



Supplies not mentioned: SRM Sticker sentiment; Prima rhinestones; BoBunny fabric flower; Bazzill cardstock.

Well happy hump-day to you! As I get closer to the end of the school-year the days seem to drag on!!! Anyone else feeling that too?? It's always nice to have some challenges to inspire you when you're feeling a little blah so I'm playing along with another challenge this week (my third one! ) and this time I'm playing with Embellish Magazine's Happy Colour challenge. here she is:




Here is the inspiration photo where we were supposed to get the colours from:





I got out my new Amy Tangerine 6x6 pad and found the heart paper that was a really close match.... SCORE! I hand-cut some banners and adhered them to the top of the paper by sewing them on... Then I didn't really like the sewing so I wrapped some twine around!





I stamped the second part of the sentiment on one of the banners vertically because that was really the only place to put it! :) (sentiment from the TSG set called Numbered Days) After everything was done I misted the whole card with "'Marshmallow" tattered angels mist..

So... Here's hoping the week picks up a little! I need it to be summer.... Soon!!
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Hi there! This week's challenge at the TSG Blog is circles! Use a circle or circles anyway you like and you're done!






I started off by punching a bunch of circles from various patterned papers... They sat on my table for a bit while I stared at them... Then I got the idea to assemble them on the card front in this 3x3 pattern. I got a new Memory Box die and decided to break it in! Isn't it gorgeous? The sentiment (Everyday Greetings) was stamped on vellum and adhere with Helmar Scrap Dots (a dimensional liquid glue).

To be eligible for the giveaway, create a card or project using circles in any way you like, and then come back to the TSG Blog to add your name and a link to your project in the InLinkz that is located at the bottom of this challenge post. This challenge is open until the winner has been announced on the following Monday (June 18th). The winner will get a $5 gift certificate to use in the TSG Web store!


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I had a glorious day off today and amongst sleeping in, I did a little organizing in my craft studio and eventually got to making something!






I played along with this week's Case Study challenge because it's been too long and I love Chupa's challenges! I pulled out some old Cosmo Cricket paper because my paper rack looks like this:







Do you have one of these? The sad thing is this is full of older paper that I don't use anymore! I got this rack because I thought it would be a good way to store my papers, but it ended up working against me. I am a really visual person and if my stash is out of sight - it really is out of mind... So I grabbed a line of Cosmo from the rack and I am going to make a bunch of projects with it!

Back to the card...








I used this beautiful Memory Box butterfly (I need to get a new die.. I know...) on top of a Tim Holtz rosette die on top of a My Favorite Things Fishtail banner die. I used some nummy new Bazzill Cardshoppe cardstock and because the paper was so substantial, when I rolled the wings around my finger it kept its shape!








I love that die!!!! Then I finished the card off with a few words for the Technique Tuesday stamp set called Perspectives by Ali Edwards. I stamped it in white then sprinkled some white embossing powder on top to make it pop.








Thanks for visiting!
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Hey there! I am the featured trendsetter this week over at the TSG blog and today I'm sharing the process it took to make this tag:

I was nursing a migraine all day and finally had some clarity this evening, so I sat down to create!! I haven’t played along with a SCS challenge for a little while, so I did the colour challenge… Here’s my card:




I used two of my treasured Mint Motif sets: Beyond Borders, Too (the background on the marigold CS) and Sweethearts. I love this little gumball machine – filling it with hearts is so fun, and colouring is really easy! I coloured the machine with Copics, then I coloured direct-to-stamp with distress markers for the little hearts.

Here’s my card… I was immediately drawn to the colours of the inspiration photo, so that was my jumping-off point!






The sentiment is from a set called Spread Your Wings. Butterflies always say “inspiration” to me, so this sentiment (and all of the sentiments in the set) were a perfect fit with this Memory Box die.
supplies: Spread Your Wings (TSG); Bazzill cardstock; MME Patterned Papers “Howdy Doody”; May Arts ribbon; Memory Box die cut.



I have challenged the trendsetters AND YOU to make a card or project using this photo as inspiration.


To be eligible for the giveaway, create a card or project using the inspiration photo, and then come back to the TSG Blog to add your name and a link to your project in the InLinkz that is located at the bottom of this challenge post. This challenge is open until the winner has been announced on the following Monday (June 11th). The winner will get a $5 gift certificate to use in the TSG Web store!
By participating in this challenge, you may also find yourself in the Trendsetting Spotlight that shines on the TSG Blog every Thursday. We will be on the lookout to find challenge cards that stand out and show Trendsetting qualities. TSG stamps are not required to participate in the challenges but are appreciated :)
You do not need to have a blog to be able to participate in the TSG Challenges! You can simply add the URL link from your project after it has been uploaded to your online craft gallery. If you upload your card to an online craft gallery, please use the keyword TSG159 so we can check out your beautiful work!

Can you believe it’s June already!!??? I have finished off almost all of my music concerts and classes are gearing down.. It’s kind of sad. Bitter-sweet.. The summer is almost here, but I’m gonna miss my students – especially the grads. Ah well, I just have to try and have as many good times as possible with them while they’re here, right??!!

This week the iSpy Sketches team are highlighting LeAnne Pugliese (LeAnne Pugliese @ SCS) and is based on this card.  LeAnne has such a recognizable style that is second to none!! Here’s my card:

 

Interesting colour combo for a girl’s card, but I wanted to use my new October Afternoon 9-5 papers! The paper piercing was done with my sewing machine purely because it didn’t want to sew – the thread kept snapping!!! So holes it was and I ended up loving it! The stamps are from There She Goes and they’re called Once Upon a Time and Beautiful Day.

Here’s the sketch:

 

Here is how to play:

Create a paper crafting project (card, scrap book page or 3D item), based on the sketch provided.Post your creation on your blog or an online gallery (using a code ISSC18), and link it here with the inlinkz widget below.

• Please provide a direct link to your post - not the generic link to your blog.
• A new challenge will be posted every Friday at 12:01 AM EST, and you have until noon on the following Friday EST to submit your entry.
• You may enter as many times as you like, but please provide a newly designed project with a new link for each additional project.
• We will choose the top 2 creations to be featured in our "Top 2 Winners" post every Sunday where we will announce who we have picked :) The winners will receive their very own iSpy Sketches blog badge!
• Don't forget that you may combine our challenges with others and use supplies from any company that you wish :)
• Have fun and we look forward to "spying" your creations!

Hi again! I’m here to share with you another class I’ve designed for Clipper Street, and this time the focus is on My Mind’s Eye “Nostalgia” papers, my favourite Hero Arts stamp set (Posies) and Ranger Distress Markers. All of the colouring was done with one marker/section (ie. the yellow flower was coloured with ONE yellow marker, the leaves/stems were coloured with ONE green marker etc…) to show the students how easy and QUICK it is to get a beautiful coloured image in a snap!
Here they are: