Skipping Stones Design - SSD#70 - Guest Sketch Artist Week 5

**Edit** Sorry for the delay on the post!! I was gone all yesterday and had this scheduled to post but didn't realize it never posted!

Good morning! Today, is my fifth and final week as Guest Sketch Artist for Skipping Stones Design. I want to say a Huge Thank You!!! I have really enjoyed creating the sketches and the cards and being able to see how the other designers use the sketches to design their cards. I am very excited to share my card and sketch with you today!
Here is the card that I designed for the sketch. I used Birthday Purses stamp set from Skipping Stones Design and paper piecing with My Mind's Eye Paper. Here is the sketch for this week.
Supplies
Stamps: Skipping Stones Design Birthday Purses
Paper: Discount Cardstock Simply Smooth White; My Mind's Eye Hazel
Ink: Tsukineko Memento Tuxedo Black
Dies: Spellbinders™ Grand Calibur™, S5-034 Parisian Accents
Accessories: Want2Scrap White Baby Pearls, My Mind's Eye Brads

Thank you so much for all of the wonderful comments over the past few weeks!! I have really enjoyed being a Guest Sketch Artist for Skipping Stones Designs!!! Thank you so much for stopping by today!!

Hugs & Smiles,
Heidi

Skipping Stones Design - SSD#69 - Guest Sketch Artist Week 4

Good morning! Today, is my fourth week as Guest Sketch Artist for Skipping Stones Design and I am very excited to share my second card and sketch with you.
Here is the card I designed for this weeks sketch. I used the Heartsong stamp set from Skipping Stones Design to design my card. I used the music border to create a background and then I inked and distressed the edges.Here is this week's sketch for Skipping Stones Design. SSD#69

Here is a close up of the sentiment in the upper corner.Here is a close up of the sweet little bird image. I stamped the image of the bird three times, once onto the label, then the oval and also on another piece of paper. I colored the bird with Copic markers and then hand cut the image, added 3D Foam Squares and layered the images.To make the diecuts I used the Grand Calibur™ and S5-027 Labels Twenty-One, S4-110 Classic Ovals Large and S4-328 Foliage die templates from Spellbinders™ to cut/emboss the shapes.I added some Black and Baby Blue Rhinestones from Want2Scrap for corner accents around the label and a Prima Rose.

Supplies
Stamps: Skipping Stones Design Heartsong
Paper: Discount Cardstock Simply Smooth White, Posh Green Crepe 65#, Posh Sky Blue Crepe 65#
Ink: Tsukineko Memento Tuxedo Black; Ranger Vintage Photo, Antique Linen Distress Inks; Copic Marker E15, E25, E31, B000, B02, B21
Dies: Spellbinders™ Grand Calibur™, S5-027 Labels Twenty-One, S4-110 Classic Ovals Large, S4-328 Foliage
Accessories: Want2Scrap Black Rhinestones, Baby Blue Rhinestones; Prima Rose; Beacon Adhesives™ 3-in-1 Advanced Craft Glue™; SCRAPBOOK ADHESIVES By 3L™ 3D Foam Squares; Distress Tool

Thank you so much for stopping by today and I hope you have a Terrific Tuesday!!

Hugs & Smiles,
Heidi

Skipping Stones Design Blog Hop - Green Birthday - SSD68

Welcome to the Skipping Stones Design Blog Hop to celebrate the release of Green Birthday! If you've just happened upon my blog today, make sure to start from the beginning at Skipping Stones Design.

Combined with the blog hop today, it's also Skipping Stones Sketch Tuesday which means as a Guest Sketch Artist this month, I have another sketch to share with all of you. We'd love for you to play along with the sketch and link your card at the Skipping Stones Blog. Also, remember to use SSD68 if you post to any on line sites.

Here is our blog hop order:

Heidi

Tammie

Amy

Jingle

Vanessa

Kandi

Wendy

Ann

Lindsey

Barb

Brenda

Gladys

Michelle

Supplies
Stamps: Skipping Stones Design Green Birthday
Paper: Discount Cardstock Simply Smooth White; WorldWin Brown, Fairy Tale Pink, Pink
Ink: Tsukineko Memento Tuxedo Black; Ranger Antique Linen Distress Ink; Copic Markers E31, E15, E25, R81, RV17, B21, Y11
Dies: Spellbinders™ Grand Calibur™ , S4-295 Lacey Squares #3, S4-161 Labels One #3, S4-324 Ribbon Banners, S5-045 Banner Basics Two
Accessories: Prima Brown Flowers; Ranger Diamond Stickles; My Mind's Eye Tickled Pink Bling Fine and Dandy; Beacon Adhesives™ Zip-Dry™ ; SCRAPBOOK ADHESIVES By 3L™ 3D Foam Squares

Thank you so much for stopping by today!! I hope you have a Fabulous Day!!

Hugs & Smiles,
Heidi

Skipping Stones Design - SSD66 - Guest Sketch Artist week 1

Good morning! Today is the first day for my Guest Sketch Artist spot over at Skipping Stones Design!! I will be the Guest Sketch Artist for the month of March and I will be posting a new sketch every Tuesday during March.Here is the card I designed for week #1.Here is my first sketch for Skipping Stones Design--SSD66. I can't wait to see the cards that the Guest Designer and Design Team Members of Skipping Stones Design create!! Here is a close up of my card. I used the Always Here stamp set from Skipping Stones Design. I love the beautiful butterflies and dragonflies in this set and the font for the sentiments is so pretty too!! I used My Mind's Eye Stella and Rose Hattie Collection for the background paper and Decorative Brads from My Mind's Eye Stella and Rose Hattie "Happy". To create the diecuts I used the Grand Calibur™ and S4-112 Classic Oval Small #4, S4-314 Lacey Ovals #4, S5-041 Floral Doily Motifs (flower) die templates from Spellbinders™. I also added a trinket pin from Maya Road and Lace Trim from Prima.

Supplies
Stamps: Skipping Stones Design Always Here
Paper: My Mind's Eye Stella and Rose Hattie Collection; WorldWin Brown; Discount Cardstock Simply Smooth Ivory
Ink: Tsukineko Memento Rich Cocoa; Ranger Antique Linen, Broken China
Dies: Spellbinders™ Grand Calibur™, S4-112 Classic Oval Small #4, S4-314 Lacey Ovals #4, S5-041 Floral Doily Motifs (flower)
Accessories: My Mind's Eye Stella and Rose Hattie "Happy" Decorative Brads; Prima Lace Trim; Maya Road Trinket Leaf Pins; SCRAPBOOK ADHESIVES By 3L™ 3D Foam Squares, MyStik™Permanent Strips Dispenser; Hand Tinted Crinkle Seam Binding; Brown Twill

Thanks so much for stopping by today!! Please click HERE to visit the Skipping Stones Design Blog and check out all of the card designs created using sketch SSD66 and a Sneak Peek!

Hugs & Smiles,
Heidi

JustRite Friday Sketch Challenge - Sketch # 042

Hello and good morning! Today, is the JustRite Friday Challenge over on the JustRite Inspirations Blog. This week's JustRite Friday Challenge #042 is a sketch, sponsored by Inchie Arts! To see all of the details please click HERE.This is the sketch for this week's challenge.

Here are the details on Inchie Arts.

Inchie Arts offers three different sizes of the highest quality artist grade matteboard squares: 1” (Inchie), 1-1/2” (Inchie +) and 2” (Twinchie). All of their products are fade resistant, acid free, lignin free and solid core color through and through. The material is designed to receive whatever art medium (wet or dry) you use in your coloring and embellishments - from stamping to watercolors, chalks, inks, pens, markers, stains and more. They are available in black, dark gray, light gray, wheat, dark cream, ivory and white; as individual packages or assortment packs.

This is the card I created for the sketch challenge. This was my first time working with the Inchie Arts products and it was really fun. The surface is so nice and smooth and very easy to work with using Copic markers and ink. I can see how Inchie Arts could become very addictive to create with!! *wink*To start I stamped the center (rocking horse) and border from JB-09780 Hearts Come Home stamp set from JustRite Stampers using Rich Cocoa ink and the 2" Square Stamper. I used the 1-1/2” (Inchie +) and 2” (Twinchie) in white.Next I colored the rocking horse with Copic markers.I continued to add color to the image with Copic markers and a Gold Metallic Pen.For the last step I inked the entire piece using Antique Linen and then edged the piece using Brushed Corduroy ink and edged with a Gold Metallic Pen. I also repeated the same steps on the 2” (Twinchie). Here is a close up of the two pieces layers together. I added tiny pearls in the corners.Here is a close up of the poinsettia embellishment in the corner. The flowers are from Prima and the button is from My Mind's Eye.The designer paper is from the My Mind's Eye Holly Jolly Collection. I also added a piece of lace across the bottom half and tiny pearls in the corners.

Supplies
Stamps: JustRite Stampers Oringinal JB-09780 Hearts Come Home, JB-09508 2'' Square Stamper
Paper: Inchie Arts 1-1/2” (Inchie +) and 2” (Twinchie) in white; My Mind's Eye Holly Jolly "Ornamental", "Old St. Nick"; WorldWin Brown, White
Ink: Tsukineko Memento Rich Cocoa; Ranger Antique Linen, Brushed Corduroy Distress Inks; Copic Markers
Accessories: Prima Poinsettia and Holly; My Mind's Eye Decorative Button; Webster's Pages Lace; Sakura Metallic Gold Pen; Ranger Gold Stickles; SCRAPBOOK ADHESIVES By 3L™ My Stick™ , 3D Foam Squares; Joann's Pearls

Thank you so much for stopping by today and I hope you will play along with the JustRite Friday Sketch Challenge!

Hugs & Smiles,
Heidi

Vicki Chrisman's Sketch Challenge - Nature - JustRite Autumn Blessings

Good morning and Happy Friday! A few days back my dear sweet friend, Vicki Chrisman, asked if I would like to join her and some friends in a sketch challenge. I happily said, YES!! I have a link list at the bottom of this post for other ladies who joined in Vicki's Sketch Challenge so be sure to check them out! Vicki designed a Fantastic sketch and said we could create a LO, card, altered or whatever we would like. I decided to create a LO. I have a beautiful close up picture that I took of some leaves and it has just been screaming at me to be put on a LO! *wink*

Here is the sketch that Vicki Chrisman designed.Here is the LO that I designed using the sketch.I am so happy with how the LO turned out! I have been wanting to use this photo for a long time but I just wasn't sure exactly what to do with it and the sketch gave me a push in the right direction.

I started out by digging through my stash to see what I had that could be used on the LO and trying to match up colors. For the background I used designer paper from My Mind's Eye, the Bella Bella Collections--this is some of my favorite paper! Then I found a JustRite stamp set, some ribbon, a brad and chipboard so it was time to get started.
I first I started with the raw chipboard. I used three different colors of Glimmer Mist, Honey Dew Mist, Coffee Shop and Vintage Pink on the chipboard. Usually I spray the glimmer mist over a non-stick mat for easy clean up but I had an idea for some leaves and I didn't want any of the Glimmer Mist to go to waste so I put down a piece of white cardstock and then the chipboard letters. After I had the Glimmer Mist on the letters I heat set them. Then I used a Glimmer Screen and ran the screen and chipboard letters through the Wizard from Spellbinders™ to emboss them. After I had the embossing done then I applied Memento Rick Cocoa ink over top of the letters to pick up the embossed detail. Also to add a little more depth to the letters I went around the edges with a black Copic marker. Here is a close-up of the letters.I took that piece of cardstock that started out white and was covered with Glimmer Mist and set it aside to dry. Next I wanted to add a stamped sentiment and I thought the Enjoy the Days of Autumn stamp from the JustRite Stampers, Autumn Blessings stamp set would match with the LO perfectly. I started with a piece of ivory cardstock and lightly misted the same three colors of Glimmer Mist as mentioned above. I heat set it to dry and then I stamped the image/sentiment with Memento Rich Cocoa ink and used the Labels Nine S4-233 die template along with the Wizard from Spellbinders™ to cut out the die shape. After I had the diecut shape then I added some Memento Rich Cocoa ink to the edges and touches of gold using a Metallic Gold Gelly Roll pen from Sakura.

The last part I worked on was making some leaves for embellishments. Remember the piece of white cardstock that I placed down to add the Glimmer Mist to the chipboard letters? Like I said I didn't want to waste a drop of it and the colors blend so beautifully together I thought it would be a great piece of paper for creating the leaves. To create the leaves I used Harvest Leaves Two S4-011 die templates from Spellbinders™. After I had the diecuts made I added a little Ranger Distress Ink, Peeled Paint (Green) and Worn Lipstick (Pink) to the leaves and then I also added Memento Rich Cocoa all over to pick up the embossed detail. I also added a strip of Chatter Box Artsylicious Fine Flocked Paper in Willow along the side. I distressed the edges and also added some ink. I added ribbon and lace trim, a trinket pin, a bird brad and some twig punch outs.

Supplies~
Stamps~JustRite Stampers-Autumn Blessings Stamp Set, 2-1/4'' x 3-1/16'' Wood Stamper
Paper~My Mind's Eye-Bella Bella Collection, Chatter Box-Artsylicious Fine Flocked Paper in Willow, WorldWin-DoubleMates Rich Chocolate Malt, The Paper Company-White, Ivory
Ink~Tsukineko-Memento Rich Cocoa, Ranger-Distress Ink Peeled Paint, Worn Lipstick
Other~Spellbinders™-Wizard, Labels Nine S4-233, Harvest Leaves Two S4-011 die templates, Tattered Angels-Glimmer Mist Honey Dew Mist, Coffee Shop, Vintage Pink, Glimmer Screens Garden Blossom, Sakrua-Metallic Gold Gelly Roll Pen, Martha Stweart-Twig Punch, Copic-Black 100, Oriental trading Company-Bird Brad, Advantus Corp.-Tim Holtz idea-ology Trinket Pins, Beacon-3-in-1 Advanced Craft Glue. Chipboard Letters, Ribbon and Lace Trim, Foam Tape and Cotton Balls

Here's a link list for the other ladies who played along for the Sketch Challenge.

Vicki Chrisman
Tera Fujan
Maggie Bade
Jan Hennings
Lee Brehon
Michele Kovak

I want to say a special Thanks to Vicki for inviting me to join in the fun!! Fabulous Sketch, Vicki!!

Thank you so much for stopping by today and I hope you have a wonderful weekend!!

Smiles!
Heidi

Another SCS Challenge

Wow! Two days in a row, can you believe it? And on top of that I did two challenges in one. I'm on a roll, I think the mojo is back!

The card that I made today is for two different challenges on SCS. The first challenge was in the Crafty Secrets forum and the challenge for this week is Bold Brights and White. The second challenge is the Wednesday Sketch challenge (Sc216). I had a lot of fun doing the challenge but I will say it was waaaaay out of my comfort zone!! Bold and Bright isn't really my style and I haven't ever done one of the sketch challenges so this was an interesting one--LOL! So if your going to take a look put your sunglasses on(just kidding it's not that bright!), here is what I came up with for both of these challenges.All of the stamped images are from the NEW Fairyland stamp set from Crafty Secrets. I think the little fairy on the moon is so adorable! I did all of the coloring with Copic markers and added some diamond stickles and a few rhinestones for a little bling. To do the sketch I used the Wizard and a few die templates from Spellbinders, including Classic Circles Lg S4-114, Petite Scallop Circles Lg S4-115, and the Deckled Rectangles Sm S4-201. I also used a combination of several different papers from several companies, which I have listed below in the supplies.Here is a close-up of the fairy on the moon. To achieve the bubble look on the smaller deckled diecut I airbrushed using the Copic markers and then using the brush tip of the Colorless Blender I lightly tapped the tip all over and it pulled some of the color out.Supplies~
Stamps~Crafty Secrets-Fairyland
Paper~Crafty Secrets-Radiant Paper Pad, Fancy Pants-Floral Chic (lavender), WorldWin-Purple Grape, Basic Grey-Euphoria (multi-colored floral), The Paper Company-Lime Green Glimmer, White CS
Ink~Tsukineko-Memento Tuxedo Black
Other~Spellbinders-Wizard, Classic Circles Lg S4-114, Petite Scallop Circles Lg S4-115, Deckled Rectangles Sm S4-201 die templates, Copic Markers (as shown in the picture), Airbrush System, Diamond Stickles, Rhinestones, Beacon-Gem Tac, Foam Tape

I want to tell you, Thanks so much for all of your wonderful comments on the card I posted yesterday for the color challenge!!! You sure know how to make a girl smile!! *wink* Thanks for stopping by and I hope you are having a wonderful day!!

Smiles!
Heidi