Tiny Miracles Card - TMS #490

Happy Tuesday! Are you ready to play along with another Tuesday Morning Sketches challenge? This week we are featuring Lori's favorite sketch from 2018 and she selected sketch #442 from last February. Click HERE to see the original post. You have until Sunday at 8 pm EST to link your creation. Click HERE for all the design team inspiration and challenge details. I hope to see your card in the gallery!

This Tiny Miracles Card features a butterfly and sentiment by Unity Stamps called New Fluttering Miracles. The stamp set was sitting out on my craft desk and I thought the size of the butterfly worked well with the focal area in the sketch. Copic markers were used to color the image and it was die cut with an Alterations square die by Tim Holtz. The floral patterned paper has gold foil leaves and nice pretty colors. It's from the Amy Tangerine Sunshine & Good Times 6x6 paper pad by American Crafts (2017). Highland Heather cardstock by Stampin' Up! was used to mat the floral paper and die cut scallop detail. The sentiment was stamped onto a piece of scrap blue paper and a small gold twine bow added to finish off the card. That's it! I'm hoping you have time to play along with this weeks sketch. Thanks for stopping by!

Challenges entered: Animal Friends (Butterflies), A Place To Start (Inspirational Die or Stamp) and Stamping Sensations (All Things Bright and BEAUtiful).

Sketch:

Snowflake Winter Birds Card

Oh my! I stayed up way too late last night trying to get some things accomplished. One item finished was making a card for the current Inky Paws challenge to use Silver and/or Gold. This Snowflake Winter Birds Card features the Winter Birds stamp set by Newton's Nook and the coordinating dies were used along with a Big Shot. Copic markers were used to color the little Chickadee and Red-Breasted Nuthatch. The gold foil patterned paper is from American Crafts (2016) and was matted to a piece of Basic Gray cardstock. The focal oval was created using distress inks and splattered with watered down acrylic paint, once dry it was die cut with a pierced oval by Avery Elle and the sentiment was heat embossed. That's it! So glad you stopped by!

Challenges entered:

• Crafty Gals: Anything Goes
• Double D: Let it Snow
• Inky Paws: Use Silver and/or Gold
• The Cutie Pie: Add a Little Sparkle
• Watercooler Wednesday: Anything Goes

Fall Card with Squirrel

Happy Tuesday! In a few more days Fall arrives and I'm definitely looking forward to cooler weather. There are so many things about Fall that I love, the crisp air, smells of pumpkin bread baking in the kitchen and the crunch of leaves beneath my feet. In my craft room I love using rich Fall colors! So today I made this Fall Card with Squirrel featuring the Autumn Squirrel image by Bugaboo Stamps. The look on the face of the squirrel is just so cute! To color the image Copic markers were used and it was a bit tricky with this being a digital stamp. There are several places where the black outline smeared, but I'm calling it shading. The background paper is from the Autumn Crisp paper pad by American Crafts (2013). A little twine was added for detail  along with three sequins for sparkle. The sentiment is from the Harvest Tails stamp set by Newton's Nook and it was matted to a scalloped circle. That's it! So glad you stopped by and I hope you enjoy the rest of your day.

Challenges entered:

• Always Fun: Fall Colors
• Cards in Envy: Feels Like Fall
• Catch The Bug: Bingo (bottom across)
• Crafty Cardmakers: Autumn Colours
• Make My Monday: Autumn/Fall Colours

Second card using patterned paper from the Woodland Forest paper pad by Pebbles (2016).

Kitty Coffee Card

Good day! Are you playing along with the Coffee Lovers Spring/Summer Blog Hop? If it weren't for a couple of my crafty friends posting their creations I would have completely forgot. It's going on until Friday, June 1st, so there is still plenty of time to join the fun. This Kitty Coffee Card features a stamp by Whipper Snapper Designs called Kealy. I ordered it a few months ago to use during the hop. The image was colored with Copic markers and then die cut with a stitched oval die by My Favorite Things. All patterned papers are from the True Stories paper pad by American Crafts (2014). The layout is from this weeks sketch challenge at The Paper Players and I'm also entering this card in the Creative Knockouts challenge to use Furry Friends. The sentiment stamp is by Hampton Arts and I used a black marker to mark through the word love and write the word coffee. For the final touch a bitty blue butterfly was added and that's it. Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the rest of your day!

In My Thoughts Card

Hello crafty friends! I don't know what is going on, but I'm still having a hard time getting motivated to make anything. My energy levels are just drained! This afternoon I sat down and forced myself to make this In My Thoughts Card. Once I got started coloring the image I did okay. The layout is simple and features the darling Flower Teddy image by Bugaboo Digi Stamps. Copic markers were used to color the image and the patterned papers are from the Dear Lizzy Star Gazer paper pad by American Crafts. If my memory is correct, the sentiment stamp is from Impression Obsession and it was stamped using Memento tuxedo black ink. That's it!

Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the rest of your day.

This In My Thoughts Card is entered into the following challenges:

• Addicted to Stamps: Make Your Mark
• Catch The Bug: Say it with Flowers
• Craftaholics R Us: Anything Goes
• Crafty Animals: Anything Goes w/ Animal

Easter Blessings Card

Happy Friday! It's Spring Break here in Oklahoma and I'm having a girls weekend with my nieces and mother this weekend. It's been a really long time since we did this, so it's long overdue. Hopefully the weather will cooperate and we can enjoy our time together.

One of my favorite new stamps is this sweet bunny by Unity Stamps called Let's Be Happy. Copic markers were used to color the details on the bunny and then a square stitched die was used to die cut the image. When selecting the patterned papers I decided to go pastel and used Amy Tangerine Collection called Yes Please by American Crafts.  Most of my Easter cards have a butterfly, so I added a small butterfly and that's it. Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderful weekend!

Challenges entered:

• Brown Sugar: Spring or Easter
• Crafty Catz: Anything Goes/Easter
• Crafting With Friends: Anything Goes
• If You Give a Crafter a Cookie: Photo Inspiration
• Moving Along With the Times: Easter
• QKR Stampede: Anything Goes

Inspiration photo:

Using the same layout and changing the colors is one of my favorite things to do, so below is a brighter version of this Easter Blessings Card.

Plant Smiles Card

This summer I had the privilege and joy of watching a baby cottontail rabbit grow up right outside my back window. Although I worried about it everyday because we have several Red-tailed Hawks in our area, I'm happy to say it is still hanging out in our backyard. It brought many smiles to my face and it was the inspiration for this Plant Smiles Card.

The image is from the retiring Garden Whimsy stamp set by Newton's Nook. It's currently on sale and once it's gone... it's gone. Copic markers were used to color the image and then it was cut 3.25" square and matted to a piece of Audry Blue cardstock by Simon Says Stamp. The polka dot and red patterned paper is by American Crafts (2012) and the blue stripe is by Echo Park. Everything was adhered flat for easy mailing and the final touch was the die cut sun by Lil' Inkers. That's it! Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the rest of your day!

Challenges entered:

• Newton's Inky Paws: Polka Dots
• Alphabet: M for Make Your Mark
• Jo's Scrap Shack: Anything Goes

My backyard cottontail rabbit I named Bun Bun sleeping in the sun. It lived in the Sage Bush behind where it's laying. July 2017

Bun Bun peeking in my window after it checked out the freshly planted petunias I planted knowing this cottontail would eat them. June 2017

Coffee = Me Happy Card

Sometimes I buy a stamp set for a particular sentiment or image and this sentiment was the reason I purchased the Choose Happy set by Simon Says Stamp. Mainly because it's true, Coffee = Me Happy!!! The patterned paper on this card is by American Crafts from the True Stories paper pad (2014). Luckily the coffee cups were spaced perfectly to add the sentiment in the middle. From a paper scrap I cut out the cup and adhered it to the circle. I thought about adding flowers and then decided it would be too busy. This is my fourth card for the Summer Coffee Lovers Blog Hop. Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the rest of your day!

Skunk Thinking of You Card

Spring is a busy time at Wild Heart Ranch, they are a wildlife rescue and rehabilitation group in NE Oklahoma. I've probably "liked" all their posts on their Facebook page and I enjoy following the work they do. Every animal has a story and most end up in their care because of an injury or weather event that separates them from their mother's care. Most animals are treated and released when they can make it on their own. Recently, I read about their blind skunk who had lived with them for several years passing away. He was allowed to roam free in their clinic and his passing has left many of their staff heartbroken. Well, shortly after I read their post I came across this cute skunk stamp by Unity Stamps called That Stinks and I knew I needed to make them a card. So, here it is a Skunk Thinking of You Card.

All patterned papers are from American Crafts (Spring collection 2013), Copic markers were used to color the image and then it was die cut with a stitched circle die by My Favorite Things. The sentiment stamp and little butterfly are both from stampin' Up! and that pretty much sums it up. Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the rest of your day!

This Skunk Thinking of You Card is entered into the following challenges:

• Crafty Gals Corner: Polka Dots and/or Stripes
• Addicted to Stamps: Make Your Mark
• C.R.A.F.T.: Easter/Spring

RIP- Skunk from Wild Heart Ranch

Simple Hi Card

The last week my creativity has been pretty low. It seems I just can't get motivated! I'll look up challenges and check out my blog feed for inspiration but... nothing. I'm blaming the summer heat and maybe I just need a creative break.

This afternoon I was able to follow the sketch at Tuesday Morning Sketches. Everything on this card was already printed or punched and on my craft desk. All I had to do was cut some paper, adhere everything together and stamp a sentiment. Pretty simple! The patterned paper is from the May Berry paper pad by American Crafts and the Polka Dot Bella digital image from Paper Creator came pre-colored. This image reminds me of one of my baby pictures. My mom had tied a "do rag" on my head and handed me a couple of toothbrushes while I was sitting on a green washing machine (see below). The photo was taken when I was 14 months old in 1975.

Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the rest of your day!

This card is entered into the following challenges:

• Tuesday Morning Sketches: Sketch #361
• A Gem of A Challenge: Animals
• Let's Craft and Create: Four Legged Friends

Bunny Smile Card

Hello! I hope you're having a lovely day. Yesterday the temperature here in Oklahoma reached 81 degrees! It was pretty warm for February and felt like Spring. So, last night I decided to make a Spring inspired card. It was nice to spend some time in my craft room to make this Bunny Smile Card. I used the image for this months progressive challenge at Gerda Steiner Designs. The cute little bunny is jumping rope and it just makes me smile.

To create this card I used patterned paper from the Welcome Spring paper pad by American Crafts. The image was printed and then die cut with an Avery Elle oval die which was matted to a coordinating scallop oval using Baja Breeze cardstock. Using Copic markers the bunny was colored with Warm Gray tones along with a little Flesh Pink. The flowers were stamped using the Sprinkles of Life stamp set by Stampin' Up!. Two Bitty Butterflies were punched using yellow glitter cardstock by DCWV and accented with small adhesive pearls. The sentiment is by Momenta and was stamped using black ink. That's it!

This Bunny Smile Card is entered into the following challenges:

• Gerda Steiner Designs: Monthly Challenge
• Jo's Scrap Shack: Anything Goes
• Crafting When We Can: Use Digital Stamps
• Chocolate, Coffe & Cards: Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the rest of your day!

Blossom Hello Card

Hello! I hope you are having a wonderful week. I haven't had a lot of crafting time over the last couple of days. This Blossom Hello Card has been a work in progress since Monday. Finally, tonight I was able to sit down and finish my card. This card started with the idea of using woodgrain for the challenge at Just Us Girls. The woodgrain and black patterned paper are from the Spring 6 x 6 collection by American Crafts. The Hello sentiment is from TPC Studios and it was stamped using StazOn Jet Black ink. All other supplies for this card are by Stampin' Up! and they include: Natural, Crushed Curry and Whisper White cardstock. Square Lattice embossing folder, Banner framelit, Secret Garden leaf framelit, Blossom punch, Mixed Bunch stamp set, Classic Stampin' pads in Strawberry Slush, Crushed Curry and Wild Wasabi. There is one lonely Crushed Curry Candy Dot and Stampin' dimensionals. It may have taken me awhile to complete but I really like the contrast of the black background with the Strawberry Slush flower. Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the rest of your day!

This Blossom Hello Card is entered into the following challenges:

• Just Us Girls: Woodgrain
• Crafting From The Heart: Anything Goes
• Creative Moments: Anything Goes/Use One Flower

You're Wonderful Card

This afternoon I was looking around my craft desk trying to find ideas for another "possible" Mother's Day card. When I spied the Vivid Vases stamp by Stampin' Up! (133818) that I buried under some patterned paper. Since I had never used it, I figured now was as good as any. So, I hunted for the right patterned paper to use and picked a floral print and coordinating polka dots by American Crafts. I stamped the image using StazOn Timber Brown ink and colored it with my Copic markers. Then I added lucky limeade twine, a butterfly charm and four candy dots. A simple design but I think it turned out nice. Thanks for stopping by!

My You're Wonderful Card is entered into the following challenges:

• Cards in Envy: May Flowers
• Artistic Inspirations: All for Mom/Anything Goes
• Love to Create: Say it with Flowers
• Little Red Wagon: Seeing Spots

Hop Along Bunny Easter Card

This afternoon I realized there is only 17 days until Easter and I have made zero cards for this holiday. Then I realized I only have 12 days to put them in the mail. That means I need to make a card every day to have enough for my family. No pressure! To get started, I made this Hop Along Bunny Easter Card using a digital image and sentiment by Meljen's Designs. I colored the image using my Copic markers. The patterned paper is from the Spring 6 x 6 collection by American Crafts. I love the green in this collection!!! (Is it crazy to go buy another paper stack to hoard away)??? There were several punches used on this card: bitty butterfly punch, scallop edge punch, scallop oval punch and the boho blossoms punch all by Stampin' Up!. I now have one Easter card with 11 more to go. Thanks for stopping by and I hope you will stop by again soon!!!

My Hop Along Bunny Easter Card is entered into the following challenges:

• Digi Haven: Easter with Twist
• Crafty Boots: Easter
• City Crafter: Easter/Spring
• Handmade Harbour: Spring or Easter
• 4 Crafty Chicks: Color a Stamped Image
• Animal Friends: Spring/Easter
• Delightful Challenges: Hip to be Square

Robot Valentine's Card

Hello! I hope you had a marvelous Monday. This evening I made this Robot Valentine's Card for the Cards from the Heart card drive. You still have a few days left to make some cards and get them in the mail, just click the link for the rules and mailing address. The robot image is a sticker that I found at Target in their seasonal Valentine's area. The patterned papers are by American Crafts and the sentiment is from the Little Lovin' stamp set by TPC Studios. Thanks for stopping by and have a great night and pleasant tomorrow!







My Robot Valentine's Card is entered into the following challenges:

• Make It Monday: Anything Goes
• Simply Create Too: Valentine's Day or Hearts
• My Time to Craft: All About Love
• Dream Valley Challenge: Boys/Men
• A Gem of a Challenge: For the Boys

Pumpkin Panda Halloween Card

Good evening! Today I was in the mood to make something cute! On my list of cute animals is the Panda and this Doodle Pantry image is definitely a cutie. The layout for this Pumpkin Panda Halloween Card comes from this weeks sketch at The Sweet Stop. The patterned papers are by American Crafts and the Happy Halloween sentiment is from the Teeny Tiny Wishes stamp set (128748 wood, 127802 clear) by Stampin' Up!. The final touches were some black and white twine and three gemstones. Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderful week.

My Pumpkin Panda Halloween Card is entered into the following challenges:

• The Sweet Stop: Sketch
• Pumpkin Spice: Pumpkins
• 2 Sisters: Anything Goes
• Digi Haven: Halloween
• Crafty Catz: Halloween
• Doodle Pantry: Any Digi Goes

Halloween Photo Inspiration Challenge

Halloween is only twenty days away! If you're needing some different inspiration to inspire your creative juices, I may have just what your looking for. This week I went searching for something unique and I found this fun hand painted Jack-O-Lantern at a local garden center called Under the Sun. Immediately I knew it would make for an interesting challenge. There are so many different ways to get inspired from this photo and I can't wait to see what you come up with!!!

For my card I chose to use patterned paper for my Jack-O-Lanterns. I used paper from American Crafts and Stampin' Up!. The outline of the pumpkins were heat embossed and then I stamped the faces using Jet Black StazOn ink. The stamp set is by Hampton Art and the Happy Halloween borders are by My Mind's Eye. It was a lot of fun to create this card and I hope it inspires you to play along.

Challenge Guidelines:

1. Create a New card using the challenge theme, no linking to old posts. 
2. Only one entry per blog address.
3. This is a card only challenge.
4. You must use a stamp, either rubber or digital.
5. You can combine this challenge with other challenges.
6. Upload your creation to your blog with a link back to this challenge. Please provide a direct link to the post featuring your challenge submission.
7. All brands of stamping products are welcome.
8. HAVE FUN!!!



Challenge Prize

The challenge will run for 12 days, 10/11/2013 - 10/22/2013.

Cupcake Fluffles Birthday Card

Good morning! Last night I was playing in my craft room and I combined several challenges to come up with this Cupcake Fluffles Birthday Card. The challenges are:

• Tuesday Morning Sketches: Sketch
• Get Inky!: Cakes, Cakes, and Cupcakes
• Oldie but A Goodie: Spots and Stripes (stamps & paper)
• Just Inspirational: Ribbons
• Everybody-Art: Happy Birthday

It's a little sad that I've had this Fluffles stamp by Stampendous! for over a year and I had never inked it up. So, I decided it was time to put it to use. The cupcake liner part of the image was paper pieced with a striped paper. I used white Tulip puffy paint and topped it with fine glitter by Martha Stewart Crafts and then used my heat gun to puff it up. Fluffles was colored with Copic markers and I added some Cherry Cobbler Dazzling Details to the brim of his party hat. The patterned papers are from the Color Crush 6 x 6 paper pad by American Crafts. The card stock colors are Whisper White, Primrose Petals, Lucky Limeade, and Blushing Bride all by Stampin' Up!. I decided to use a gray ribbon to match Fluffles and the finishing touch was the Happy Birthday sentiment by Hero Arts. Thanks for stopping by and have a terrific day!

Crafting buddy update: My crafting buddy is continuing to get better and he should be able to come home from the vet today. I will definitely have to get a part-time job to pay for the bill but as long as he is healthy it's worth every dollar spent. Our furry felines are our children. My hubby and I weren't able to have children so our fur babies mean the world to us. It's wonderful the special place animals have in our lives. They just make us smile.

Koala You're So Sweet Card

Good evening! We had a wonderful weekend and I hope you did too. Yesterday I found a fun sketch from The Sweet Stop and I created this Koala You're So Sweet Card to play along. The image is a colored digi called Kiwi Koala's Watermelon by Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps. I sponged on the clouds using two different sizes of scallop circle punches and bashful blue (retired) ink by Stampin' Up!. The patterned paper is from American Crafts and the ribbon is from Offray. I heat embossed the sentiment with white embossing powder. The sentiment is from the Thankful Accents stamp set by Verve Stamps.  The final touch was three soft sky colored Candy Dots by Stampin' Up!. Thanks for stopping by and have a great week!

My Koala You're So Sweet Card is entered into the following challenges:

• The Sweet Stop: Sketch
• Crazy 4 Challenges: Picnic
• Chocolate, Coffee & Cards: Animals
• Dream Valley: Summer Days
• Make It Monday: Anything Goes 

Sweet Bunny Easter Card

Hello! I hope you had a fantastic day. Mine was fine, I can't complain. When I arrived home this afternoon I started working on this Sweet Bunny Easter Card. The design for the card comes from the sketch from Flutter by Wednesday's challenge. Again, I have used patterned papers from American Crafts accented with Baja Breeze card stock by Stampin' Up! The sweet bunny stamp has been in my collection for a very long time, it's dated 2004 and made by Delta. I coloured the image with my Copic markers and cut the oval details with my Cricut machine. I followed Danni's idea for the three butterflies placed on the paper strip and added a rhinestone to each for some sparkle. Thanks for stopping by and enjoy your evening!

My Sweet Bunny Easter Card is entered into the following challenges:

• Flutter by Wednesday's: Sketch
• Cute Card Thursday: Easter Parade
• Little Miss Muffet: Happy Easter
• Rudy's Rainbow: Easter
• Cards und More: Spring