FTHS sketch challenge #162

Another Monday rolls around, and with it a new I {heart}sketches challenge for From The Heart Stamps :)
Here's sketch #162...

The twist is 'Snow Day', and there is also an option of using the colour palette shown above the sketch, if you wish to use them. So you can choose the sketch, the twist, the colours... or have a go at all 3 if you'd like to!
One lucky challenger will win 2 images of their choice from the store :)
Remember though, you must use an image by From The Heart Stamps to be eligible for the random draw, and please include a pic of the sketch in your blog post too. Thanks :)

Here's my card, made for my best friend's hubby, whose birthday is at the end of the month...

I rotated the sketch clockwise by 90 degrees, and used the colours option too. Yes, even the red, there's a teeny weeny bit on the beer bottles.
This fab image is from Hamlet PigWit Cold Suds. I used promarkers to colour him.
I got inky fingers with my distress inks to create the gradient background, then stamped the beer mug image over top, which is from the 'Cheers to You' stamp set by Stampin Up.  I used Faded Jeans, Weathered Wood, and Tumbled Glass distress inks.
The striped paper is from a Bazzill Basics pad called Dino-mite.
For the sentiment, I wanted to use a font with a more handwritten look to it for this card, so 'cheers' is actually from Birdbrain Brew.
However, you do get 7 sentiments to use with your choice of the 4 images also provided, which is an absolute bargain, and a 'must have' set for your male cards.
Just look at Hamlet's little face as he anticipates slurping on his favourite tipple! Maybe I should have drawn his tongue hanging out too lol ;)

I'm entering this card at:
Shopping our Stash - winter blues
I love Promarkers - CAS
Creative Inspirations - anything goes
Sweet Stampin - masculine

Thanks for stopping by today xx

RJ's 2nd birthday

Where have those last 2 years gone?!
Our darling little grandson, Richard, is 2 today :)
Here are his cards, the first one made for uncle Jake to give him...

This is Freddie, I absolutely LOVE this image, it reminded me of RJ the moment I saw it.
I coloured the image with promarkers, and teamed it up with Dino-mite papers by Bazzill Basics.
'nephew' was cut from this die...

I cut out the letters that I needed, and used the 'm' for the 'w'.
The number 2 was cut using a Die-namics die (By the numbers).

I'd like to enter 'Freddie' at:
I love Promarkers - anything goes
Crafting By Designs - add a sentiment
Cute Card Thursday - anything goes
Seize The Birthday - anything goes


UPDATE 20/10/16:
Thank you so much for choosing my card :)

And here is his card from us...

Can you tell what his favourite film is? My daughter has lost count of the times that she's sat and watched it with him. To infinity..and beyond! ;)
I paper pieced the card, adding the shirt pattern and the cow print with markers.
'Grandson' is a Crafts Too die, I used the same number die as before, and 'RJ' was cut using a free alphabet die from a craft magazine. I used one of the flowers from SU's Boho Blossoms punch for the stirrups on the boots. The star punch is also by Stampin Up. I finished the shirt with Tattered Lace buttons.

Looking forward to seeing the birthday boy later today for his tea party :)
My daughter has made his cake, her first ever make, I think she has done a superb job!

Thanks for looking.

Cold Suds

Hello! Happy Monday to you.
The FTHS team are back after their little break, and we have a new I {heart}sketches challenge for you.

Here's the sketch:

Join in the challenge, and everyone who plays will receive a $1 discount code for the store, and if you are the challenge winner, you will receive a $5 discount code to the store! :)
Remember though, you must use an image by From The Heart Stamps to be eligible, and please include a pic of the sketch in your blog post too, it's in the rules!


The twist this time is to use a gate fold technique, so...

I've used Cold Suds for this card, which is for my daughter's partner, who's birthday is at the end of the month. I coloured Hamlet with masculine colours and chose papers by Bazzill, Nordic Pines (music notes), and My Minds Eye, Complete Boy.
You can't see it, but I added some shimmer to the top of Hamlet's hat and the ice cubes with a Spectrum Noir clear sparkle brush pen.

I'm entering this card at:
Fab 'n' Funky - add a sentiment
Allsorts - frame it
ABC challenge - L for lots of layers

Thanks for stopping by, enjoy the rest of your day :)

I {heart} sketches & Birdbrains

Today is our final I {heart}sketches challenge for 2015 at From The Heart Stamps :)
This will run for TWO WEEKS throughout the Christmas holiday, with our next sketch challenge going live on January 4th.

Here's the sketch...

Join in the challenge, and EVERYONE who plays will receive a $1 discount code for the store, and if you are the challenge winner, you will receive a $5 discount code to the store! :)

Remember though, you must use an image by From The Heart Stamps to be eligible, and please include a pic of the sketch in your blog post too... It's in the rules! ;)

 and my card...

You should know by now how much I love the Birdbrains. So I just had to use this new one, Jingle Bell Birdbrain Chick, for my final challenge card for this year.
The sentiment is from a different set, For Santa Birdbrain.
The patterned papers are both from the same pad by Bazzill Basics, called Nordic Pines.

 I shall be entering this card into the following challenges:
Sweet Stampin - Merry Christmas
Crafting From The Heart - anything goes

Thanks for looking :)

For Dad's birthday.

A few weeks ago, whilst browsing through Pinterest, I saw a card that made me giggle, but like a fool I didn't re-pin it, the design was simple enough to remember though.
I thought it would be funny for my Dad's birthday card this year...

I glued papers from Kanban's Male Backgrounds CD onto kraft cardstock, then tore the corner of the front of the card, then used yellow, brown and dark grey inks to sponge the torn edge so that it would look as though it had been burnt.
The candles are scraps of paper rolled up, then I glued the 'flames' to the top of each candle, which were die cut using the medium sized leaf from Die-namics 'Flower & Leaf trio' die.
'DAD' is also die cut, using Die-namics 'By the Letter' dies.
The sentiment is computer generated.

I'm entering this card at:
Sister Act - anything goes
Craft Your Passion - anything goes


And this is a card made for my Son to give his Grandad...

I've used Chap Snoozing from DigiStamp Boutique, and coloured with promarkers.
I actually embossed the background with a sweet/candy embossing folder, but it's lost with the patterned paper and image covering most of the card front. (The paper is by Bazzill Basics, from the Dino-mite pad). The bottom edge of the 'not quite navy' piece was made using my old SU spiral punch.
The sentiment is computer generated, and the stars are from my stash.

I'd like to enter this card at:
DigiStamp Boutique - March customer competition
Creative Inspirations - something old (my SU spiral punch)

Thanks for stopping by today :) xx

FTH July Blog Hop

Welcome to my stop on this month's From the Heart Stamps blog hop.

Our theme this month is "Christmas in July"

As you hop along, please leave a comment on each entry.
One random commenter will be selected on each blog to win an image of choice from the FTH store for yourself and an image of choice for a friend.
And additionally, one commenter on the From the Heart Stamps blog will be selected to win a $15 gift voucher to the store!

If you have arrived here from the lovely Imke, you are in the right place, if not, why don’t you start at the From the Heart Stamps blog, so you don’t miss anything. The full hop list is there too.

Here is my card using Birdbrain Winter Scarf...

What a great image, I can see this Birdbrain on a Dr Who/Tom Baker style card in my not too distant future :)
The patterned papers are all from the same set by Bazzill Basics, called Nordic Pines.
The gold vellum snowflake is actually cut from Marianne Designs 'Hearts' die set. Then I fixed it to the card with a silver snowflake brad in its centre.
I handcut the notched flags at the bottom.
The sentiment is one of FOUR that you get with this fab image.

Challenges entered:
Christmas Card Challenges - anything goes
Papertake Weekly - anything goes (option: Christmas)
The Pink Elephant - anything goes

Now, please head over to Kathy's blog to see what she has made to inspire you.

Thanks for hopping with us today.
The hop will end on Monday July 7th at 6am, EST.
Winners will be posted on the From the Heart Stamps Blog on Wednesday July 9th
Good luck, and happy hopping! x

Birthday Brew

This is this week's sketch over at I {heart} sketches on the From The Heart blog :)

Isn't it lovely? I had to have a play.
To me, this sketch looks feminine (must be the scallops), but I wanted to do something different and go masculine with it...

I've used Birthday Brew by From The Heart Stamps.
The zig-zag paper is by Bazzill Basics (Nordic Pines), and the woodgrain paper is by Basic Grey (Life of the Party). I popped up both the top zig-zag piece and the image with foam pads.
The sentiments came with the image, this is one of the great things about buying an image from FTH, you get great sentiments with them too! :)

I'd like to enter this card at:
From The Heart - sketch 55
Craft Your Passion - black, white, red & kraft
Creative Inspirations - it's a boy thing

Thanks for looking ;) xx

FTH sketch challenge

You may realise by now that I am a fan of the Birdbrains by From The Heart Stamps.
Well I coloured another up today :)
I wanted to join in with the I {heart} Sketches challenge, here's the sketch...

This time I've used an image from FTH's Football Fanatics collection.

This particular image has a blank sign option, so I added the text on my pc.
I wanted to make a card for my friend's husband who is a Baggies' fan (West Bromwich Albion).
WBA's colours are blue and white stripes, and is why I thought this sketch would work so well.
Now, here's where I made a bad decision. I decided to use blue and silver mirror card, but now I wish I hadn't. I should have used blue and white card stock for the stripes on the right instead of the mirror, because it just doesn't look right to me. I like the embossed blue piece on the left though (tiny bubbles folder).

I used a quickutz football die for my embellishment. The little scraps of patterned paper are Bazzill Basics, from the Dino-mite pad.

As well as the I {heart} sketches challenge, i'd also like to enter this card at:

Crafting By Designs - just for boys
Crafty Little Fairies - one for the boys
Crafty Cardmakers - come fly with me (use a bird)

Another Birdbrain...

...I'm loving colouring up these Birdbrain images by From The Heart Stamps.

This one is Birthday Candle Birdbrain, I bought it so that I could join in with this months Stamp of the Month challenge.

I've coloured Birdbrain with promarkers as is usual for me.
I shall be adding the name of the recipient of this card at the top before sending it out.
I've teamed him up with that lovely starry paper again from the Dino-mite pad by Bazzill Basics.
The sentiment came with the image, along with lots of others to choose from. I decided on this on the inside...

I'm entering this card at:
From The Heart Stamps - February stamp of the month challenge.

Dudley's balloon.

Little Miss Muffet Stamps is celebrating its 3rd birthday this month, with the party lasting all month long, there'll be new images, prizes, special offers and deals to be had by all. You can find more information on the LMM Blog, or grab a daily deal now over at the LMM store, oooh and pop in to see us on our Facebook group too.

Today is Birthday Release day, and let me tell you that you're gonna love these new images! ;)
I'd like to introduce you to Dudley...

This adorable fella has his balloon, ready to join the party, which is handy because this image is called Dudley's Balloon lol
It's normally hard to choose which image to use for my card, and although I was spoilt for choice this time too, as I live in a town called Dudley, I immediately knew which one was going to be coloured up first this time :)
I've paired Dudley with 2 papers from a Bazzill Basics pad called Dino-mite.
The leafy swirls were cut from green shimmer paper using a Marianne Die.
The sentiment is by From The Heart Stamps, I thought it was perfect for a dinosaur image lol :D

I'd like to enter Dudley at:
Papertake Weekly - anything goes
Paper Makeup Digi Makeover - anything goes
Catch The Bug Challenge - anything goes
I Love Promarkers - birthdays

Thanks for looking, and don't forget to check out what the Little Misses have made with this fun new release too!

William

This card could not have been made without Barbara.
I was asked to make a card for a little boy who loves to play with his building blocks, "Modern and cute please", so I asked Barbara if she could help me out by drawing another PDP cutie that suited my needs, and let me tell you, she rocked it and drew him exactly how i'd imagined him to be, despite her busy schedule. Thank you Barbara, you're the best! xx....

This is William, he's been released today along with Lottie over at Little Miss Muffet Stamps.

I teamed William up with this lovely starry paper from Bazzill Basics called Dino-mite, it's such an excellent quality paper that it's almost like card stock.
'William' has been cut using Die-namics By the Letter dies, and did you notice? That's an uppercase 'W' you see there, yes, I finally got my uppercase alphabet, happy girl here :)

As you're here, let me tell you about our month long Lucky Dip Daily Deal too...
$10 for a surprise selection of Digis, or $15 for a surprise selection of rubber stamps.
There's a new deal every day with each day's package being different.
How fabulous is that eh?

Thanks for looking, and I hope you love William as much as I do :)

I'm entering this card at:
Papertake Weekly - anything goes
Paper Makeup Digi Makeover - anything goes
Catch The Bug Challenge - anything goes
Crafty Catz - anything goes

Romeo

I love all of the Polka Dot Pals from Little Miss Muffet Stamps, they are such a joy to colour up.
Romeo was released last week, as soon as I saw him I knew that I wanted to use him for my card for the new 'love' challenge starting today over on the LMM Blog...

awww he's all loved up for Valentines day :)
I coloured Romeo with my promarkers, then used my new Marianne heart dies to frame around him, but noticed after cutting that the die had left a crease across his trousers, so I grabbed my pencils and watercolour brush and went over them again, the result being darker trousers than I originally wanted, but they look better now that the crease is less noticeable.
The patterned paper is by Bazzill Basics from a pad called Nordic Pines. Once layered onto the red mirror card, I paper pierced all around the edge and dragged a brown marker through the holes for some faux stitching.
The wide brown ribbon was off a box of chocolates, knew it would come in handy.
The extra embellishments are all from my stash.
No sentiment has been added, I don't think it needs one, so this card could also be used for an anniversary as well as Valentines.

Need some inspiration for your own valentines/love themed card? check out what the other Little Misses have made this week.

I'm entering Romeo in the following challenges:
My Mums Craft Shop - love
Sweet Stampin - in stitches
The Pink Elephant - love
Passion for Promarkers - anything goes
I Love Promarkers - love is in the air

Thanks for looking, have a lovely day x