Brentwood goes Trick or Treating!

Brentwood loves to wear silly costumes, so Halloween is a fun time of year for him. I happen to have this Brentwood in digital form, so I was able to play around with size and positioning. I was able to combine two different digital images into one picture.

How did I do it? By watching this video on Card Universe. I took me a bit of time to find where my version of Word is hiding everything, but I figured it out! I inserted my Spookville Lane image first, then added, resized, and moved Brentwood into position.

It does not show up real well, but I used stickles along the bottom border of the roof. Paper is Basic Grey Mellow, spider ribbon from Target Dollar Spot.

The card also uses the sketch challenge from Jessica Lynn Original. There is still time for you to enter!!

Oh my, couldn't forget this bit of information...remember all the Birthday Bash creations I made? I won one of the November Guest Designer spots at i {heart} papers!! I have a box of goodies heading my way! Looking forward to finding out what's in there!

Happy crafting!

Sharon

MSB Digi Day

Hi there! This little cat from Modern Sugar Blvd is the freebie for Digi Day at SNR Cardiverse. You still have several hours left to make a Halloween something using this cat. You can also get 40% off today if you're a member of the group. MSB has some fantastic new releases for the fall season up in the store. I already bought some for myself!!

Happy crafting!

Sharon

MSB Work From Home

Feet up, laptop busy, and a cup of tea beside me is how I start my "don't go away to work" days. I first take my daughter to school, and once I arrive home my routine is to check emails, blogs, and do some surfing around for at least half an hour (many times more!) before getting busy with the day.

I really thought this paper from Basic Grey: Recess worked well with a "typing" sort of activity. The numbers & letters inside the circles remind me of the keys on an old-time typewriter. Sentiment from Papertrey Ink reads, "You're in my thoughts today".

Work From Home will be released on Sunday from Modern Sugar Blvd. Be sure to check out other sugar's on my sidebar to see what they have created for this mini release!

Happy crafting!

Sharon

Stamp Sale!!

Whooooo has a new release and sale going on? Whoooo could it be? It's Jessica Lynn Original Stamps! New sets are filled with Brentwood the Owl & Friends...they are football & cheerleading stars, they are dressing up for Halloween and looking for treats. Six new sets of dogs, plus one special breast cancer ribbon stamp. All other stamps are on sale for 40% off!! (I'm pretty sure it's all) Wow! Stock up! The sale continues this weekend through Monday 11:59pm JLO time (central time zone...clock on-site).

My card this evening uses a digi image that will soon be available. I inked the edges black and roughed it up. DP is Basic Grey: Offbeat and also has inked up edges. The felt ric-rac I just picked up this morning at Hobby Lobby...on sale of course! The "Boo!" was printed on the computer.

Have a great weekend!

Sharon

MSB Saturday Challenge

It's a sweet polka dot challenge on the Modern Sugar Blvd. blog!! Garden Girl looks fresh and cool as she waters her container gardens. (Why do I always look pink & hot after doing that chore??) Use polka dots on your card, and enter over on the MSB blog to win a free digi image! All papers are from Papertrey Ink.

I am one tired person, and my staying up late to read or play on the computer has come to an end (at least until I adjust). Students started back this week, and me the week before that. My group of preschoolers is going great, but I don't like getting up sooooo early.

Happy crafting!
Sharon

More MSB release images

Hi all! A hot, steamy day here in Indiana! My daughter started third grade this morning, and the preschoolers I teach begin tomorrow. With all my back to school meetings, open house, and getting the classroom ready, I goofed up on the date of new releases. I truly thought it was Saturday the 15th, but it's today!! They will be up in the store by 6pm Mountain time.

Today's cards show two more new images that you can get over at Modern Sugar Blvd. How "sweet" they are! And now I'm ready for dessert before supper! Tummy's rumbling, so it's off to make some food!

Happy crafting!

Sharon

Modern Sugar Blvd Release

Ahh....the wonderful scent of a Chai Latte (or coffee if you like that) in the morning! A gift card to a local coffee house is a great little "thank you" to those helpers in our lives. This image is "Precious Coffee" from Modern Sugar Blvd. and will be released on Saturday.

Now, can you image opening up this card and getting a wonderful whiff of a coffee shop? MSB has fantastic new scents available in the store...I'm so looking forward to the arrival of mine! Mmmmmm.....

On this card I cut the cup wrapper from a local coffee stop. The bottom reads: Serving one of life's simple pleasures! A simple card or gift card holder for a great taste!

Enjoy your day!

Sharon

Gate Fold

Hi all, my posts will be few this week. School starts back up, and I'll have some early mornings/late work days for bit, then things will settle into a routine!

I made this card for a challenge to make a gate fold. First time for trying one, and it was easy! I think next time I'll do a regular long card rather than a square. I used the tutorial over on SCS to figure out what to do. The image tucks behind the sentiment to keep the card closed.

My image is from Victoria Case, and colored with Copics and Bic Mark-it's. I used distress ink around the image, because it was just too much bright white for the old fashioned feel of the designer paper (Basic Grey-Wassail). The top picture looks as if there is yellow...but there isn't. Gold stickels were used on the star, and Papertrey Ink sentiment.

Happy crafting!

Sharon

MSB Saturday Challenge #13

Good morning all! I was very excited to see that I was the featured stamper this week for From Courtney's Closet! Since Libby was running late, she excepted "late" cards, too. The card I made for it is here.

Today's challenge for the Modern Sugar Blvd blog is "Simplicity". This week use a single image on a note card and add a word.. We want to show that even the simple cards are cute. I picked out my image first, decided she looked "fall like" with the hat, scarf, and long sleeves; then went looking at my ribbons and found this one with little leaves that I picked up last year from Target $ Spot. (long winded sentence there!) An embossing Cuttlebug border was use along the bottom.

Happy crafting!

Sharon

From Courtney's Closet #51

Day late, and many dollars short (haha), but I wanted to complete the challenge for this week! Libby's son Carter is the model for this week...Libby takes pictures of her adorable kids in cute outfits for card making inspiration!

I do not have any dinosaurs, but figured a dragon would be a close go at it! He's available over at The Digi Shack. Happy Birthday is from Studio G, and the paper is last years "Summer Stack" from DCWV.

Happy crafting!!

Sharon

MSB Saturday Challenge #12

A beautiful Saturday morning here in Indiana! Not too hot or humid. I might even pull some weeds in my flower area in a bit!

This gate opens to a garden full of relaxing flowers! Our challenge this week was to use 2 of the 3 items... flourishes, flowers and bling with any MSB image! I water colored the Welcome to my Garden from the Life's Simple Pleasures line. I then stamped a flourish image in the corners of my design paper. The winner has a choice of a free digital image, so be sure to play along!

Tomorrow I'll be checking out some real life beautiful gardens. My daughter and I are going on a tour of six gardens presented by Master Gardeners. I'll be taking my camera so I can remember ideas for my yard!

Happy crafting!

Sharon

MSB Saturday Challenge #11

The challenge for this week on the MSB blog is to make a shape card. I tried out a onesie card, with instructions here from Lauren Meader. Now, it took me more than ten minutes to make, but I also don't have some of the punches she has, but was able find some other things to work. I also did a "trial" with just the cardstock to figure out how it all worked.

I used a popsicle image from the Fresh Picked Whimsy line and paired it with the Papertrey Ink phrase "Sweet Baby" found in Mixed Messages.

For this weekend, you can use this link to receive 30% off over at Modern Sugar Blvd. http://passemoncardcompany.com?code=30%off

Happy crafting!

Sharon

Release Day cards

Today a group of new images will be released over at Modern Sugar Blvd. Look for them later this afternoon or evening.

Hoodie Mama is dressed for comfort and a busy day. It might be running the kids to practice, grocery shopping, or doing some yard work. I distressed the sentiment tag, roughing up the edges, wetting and crinkling up, and distress ink all over. It was just too bright of a white all by itself.

My daughter did dance for four years, with a break from it this past year. She's decided to take it up again this fall. I made a name tag for her bag (of which is somewhere in her room...couldn't find it in time for picture purposes). Her name is on the backside of the tag.

Visit the other Sugars to see what they've created!

Happy crafting,

Sharon

New image release

Pucker up, because Thursday will be a release day for Modern Sugar Blvd. The lipstick tube is a single image, and I just copied it a couple of times. The sentiment is up on foam dots and reads, "Every girl deserves to feel beautiful!"

Here is how I made the bow look decent. One strip across the top, trim edges. Tied a bow by itself and used a glue dot to attach. White inkssentials pen to "make some shine" on the lipstick tubes. Copics & Bic-Mark its.

Not much going on here. DD has been sorting through the books in her room. Some to keep, and some to give to the library book sale, and some for a new teacher in my building.

Happy crafting!

Sharon

Modern Sugar Blvd Release

We took a mini trip to Cincinnati for a couple of days, and all of us slept in late this morning! We visited Newport Aquarium on the Kentucky side of the river, and then the Cincinnati Zoo the next day. Lots of walking but much to see. We didn't make it through the whole zoo...it is huge!

Here are several new images available over at Modern Sugar Blvd.

You can color up this Momma's hair in so many fun colors! I cut out and used Glossy Accents to make a shiny guitar.

This Momma is relaxing after a busy day at work or chasing the little ones around!

As I was coloring this image, the song, Peanut, peanutbutter...jelly...jelly was running through my head! Cute for an anniversary!

Happy crafting!

Sharon

July 4th Blog Hop

Welcome!!! I'm so glad you stopped by today for the SNR Card Universe Blog Hop! If you came from http://craftycamille.blogspot.com you are on the right track! If you didn't you may want to hop to SNR Card Universe and start at the beginning. You don't want to miss any of the fabulous blogs on the hop!

My card uses the Doodler USA image from Modern Sugar Blvd and is colored with Copics. The sentiment that says, "Thank you!" is from Sweet n' Sassy. As the U.S. celebrates many freedoms today, I thought this would be a nice card to send to a service man or woman. I also used the sketch from this weeks Mojo Monday!

Here is a closer up view of the card. My background papers were made with digital papers from Gina K. I've been trying out some of these, and am learning a tad more on how to layer using an old version of Photoshop.

We are hoping to do some sparklers this evening, but there is a 90% chance of rain! As you're busy hopping all over today, you might want to come back later to visit this post: Mini Blog Candy. I'm offering a few goodies and explain how to win in that post.

Thank you for visiting today! Isn't so fun to see what everyone is creating with a red, white, and blue theme! Next on the hop is Jamie Pope . Be sure to stop by visit.

Happy crafting!
Sharon

Modern Sugar Blvd Challenge

It's Saturday again and time for a MSB sketch challenge. You can use any image you have for a chance to win, but of course we'd love it if you did play with a Modern Sugar Blvd. image! These popsicles look so cool and refreshing for this hot weather!! Yum! Wish there were some hiding in my freezer right now.

Stay cool!

Sharon

Fun in the Sun

It sure is warm in my neck of the woods! It has been right around 90 degrees the past several days, and looks to be that way the rest of the week!

Well, this new gal from Modern Sugar Blvd. is visiting the beach to cool down. She (and some accessories) will be released Thursday evening. I thought a stair step card was the perfect thing to make a beach scene. The sand and water paper are some I just picked up at Hobby Lobby yesterday!

ETA: Whoops...forgot to put in that this is also for the DU2DS challenge of "make a scene". Told you blogger was acting wonky, and I'm forgetful! :-)

(home stuff)

I wanted to share some delicious stuff that is taking place at my house...raspberries are almost ready to pick! Well, a few are and were popped in the mouth right then & there! We never get enough to bake anything with, but a nice amount for eating "as is" or for adding to some ice cream. These were "planted" by the birds when we moved here.

We also have peas that are ready to be picked, and my little helper was out with me this morning.

As always, you can click an image to view it larger (don't the berries look wonderful in a large view?!)

Sharon

P.S. As I'm working on this post...my font option has disappeared...sorry!

MSB Saturday Challenge

Yeah!! It's a Saturday again!! Today's Modern Sugar Blvd. challenge is a sketch (love 'em). Be sure to enter, as you could win your pick of free digital images!

I used the Ice Cream Shop from the Around the Town line from MSB. Check out what the other Sugars have made...located on my sidebar. The awning of the ice cream shop is up on foam dots, and has some nice dimension. Most of the coloring was done with pencil, with a bit of Copics thrown in on the store.

Happy crafting!

Sharon

Tara

This little fairy with some attitude is one of the newest digital images from Victoria Case Designs. Oh...did I mention she is free?! I used Tara for the VC Stamp challenge this week, which is a sketch challenge--love those!

After I had the image matted, I realized I had grabbed the wrong shade of cardstock...I wanted Berry Sorbet, and grabbed Melon Berry. I also had wanted to do some piercing, and remembered once it was all together. I'm good at that, thinking of things "after the fact"!

There's always next time!

Happy crafting,

Sharon