SKETCHY FRIDAYS NEWS

hello

and a huge happy mother's day to all!

 i have some sad news:

this week we are closing down 

"Sketchy Friday".

I am so sorry to see it go but it is a decision sonia made. She knows better and she knows the Y's.

i want to thank all of you who came to my blog from Sketchy Friday. i appreciate you taking the time to come over because you liked my project using sonia's digis. 

who knows what the future holds for sketchy friday, if any. :(

thank you sonia for giving me the opportunity to enjoy your super cute images and i wish you the best my friend.

here is a card i had made for my turn next friday but since there is no more sketchy friday i am sharing it with you today. :)

sonia has these gorgeous butterflies in her shop and i chose my favorite one for today's project BECAUSE, sonia will keep her SK DIGIS store open and sonia will continue designing, you can still enjoy her designs. that is a huge plus, lol. 

we won't loose it all :)

anyway, this is my card for you today

Fluttering by to Say Hi

3.5" x 5" tall

the butterflies were cut by hand and the jar was cut using my cricut expression.

i used vellum for the jar and my spectrum noirs for the coloring.

(since my butterflies were printed at 1 inch and 3/4 inch high, i chose to cut off the antennas to make it easier to cut by hand, but they do come with the antennas)

i also added some other butterflies inside the jar along with some glitter)

i also loved all the papers i chose for this card. 

and the stamped sentiment is adorable too and i loooove that font.

i hand cut that extra bottom piece in patterned paper. i think it added so much to the jar.

SUPPLIES USED 

IN THE MAKING OF MY CARD

digital image:     SK DIGIS

patterned papers:     fact from basic grey (red) and traditions from carta bella (blue/yellow)

yellow enamel dot:     my mind's eye

sentiment:     whimsical designs clear stamps (whimsical fun Vol. 1)

vellum

cotton twine

any questions? please contact me and always remember to

click and share

for others to see pretty projects :)

thanks for stopping by and have a super beautiful MOTHER'S DAY weekend!

SKETCHY FRIDAY IS BACK...with sketch #16

actually, we resumed our activities since last friday but today was my turn to post.

and we are back with a new release for the 

Cinco de Mayo

a mexican celebration

(a way to commemorate the cause of freedom and democracy during the first years of the american civil war)

so.....

Let's Celebrate

4' x 6"

card

we have sun on the top left and,

below we have a "sombrero" and a pair of "maracas" 

i colored them in using my alcohol markers.

here is the finished card. 

i added some glossy accents to the #5 on the pretty patterned paper

a pretty brad accentuates the pretty sun

here is the sketch you need to join us: after all we are
"Sketchy Fridays"

sketch #16

we hope you join us!

here are the list of 

supplies used 

in the making of my card

digital images:     sun, sombrero and maracas (sk digis)

patterned papers:     my mind's eye (lime twist)

yellow brad:     my mind's eye (the sweetest thing collection -honey)

alcohol markers:     spectrum noirs

sentiment:     whimsical designs clear stamps

sewing thread:     gutermann

black ink:     versafine onyx black

glossy accents:     ranger

and thank you again for stopping

 by

 flowerdiscos'scraphut!

FLOWER GANG

you all know we are taking a break at sketchy friday but we do have a sketch up and you can still play along and link your project to win some digi's from sk digis. if you do not have any digis, you can click here and find some you like in the freebie section.

here is what i made

Listen Closely

5" x 7" card

i think i am getting a bit better coloring but it takes me too long---

i have to take so many breaks in between because of my pain but oh well....it is not like i do it for a living, :)

these flowers are called: flower gang and again, they are from sk digis.

spectrum noirs were used for coloring.

 ---the clouds are also from sk dgis---

i tried to do something different on the grass, but i am not too pleased with the results. btw, i covered it on purpose not because the back one was uglier, lol...

the sentiment is a chipboard or  "thick board "as i call it and the green scalloped border is a sticker. the other two borders were paper punched. i also embossed the purple border.

Here is the sketch and if we have more than 20 links we will select the TOP 3 to win a spot as guest designer.  We will also have our weekly random winner as usual.

cool sketch, right?

one more view of my card

oh...i almost forgot the inside of the card---since i do not do that often any longer: i found the sentiment on the internet and i thought it match the melody rose one (chipboard on the front)

Supplies Used:

digital images:     sk digis (flower gang and clouds)

patterned papers:     blue polka dot and pink (border) are from mme, orange and yellow from dcwv.

green scalloped border and chipboard sentiment:     melody rose

color alcohol markers:     spectrum noirs

adhesive:     i used scotch's pink atg 

well, this is it for now....

thanks so much for stopping by my blog !

see you around...take care in the meantime :)

HANG IN THERE...

sketchy friday....
will be skipping this week's challenge and it will resume on april 19th due to a 
SPRING BREAK!
however we have a new sketch for you to play and link your projects while we do what we need to do.
more info here. the sketch will be at the end of this post.

thank you to all of you who are supporting us in this endeavor,  for your understanding!

--thank you, thank you--

 here is a project using moses the monkey, one of the SK DIGIS.

Hang in There
(until we come back)
4 inches

this shaped card is the doilies one from the cricut cart named wild card. 

i fuzzed cut the monkey, added some glossy accents and some stickles after coloring him with my spectrum noirs. i think he came out pretty handsome, lol.


these papers are almost vintage, hehe...nah! but they are a few years old. they are from k&co and dcwv. the sentiment is from a retired set of my pink stamper. her stamps are coolectibles now and rare to find but i found out you still can find some here.

well, and this is it for now.. i hope you do not forget
 the sketchy friday challenge team,
be sure we will continue bringing your our best. anyway, if you follow me, you will see our come back, :D

until later!

and another big thank you for the visit,
you know how much i appreciate you stopping by.
xoxo

WELCOME TO ANOTHER SKETCHY FRIDAY

i am not saying much today other that if you haven't check sketchy friday yet, what are you waiting for? :D

don't have any digital image???...please-please...get one here, even is not mandatory to use one of ours, but if you do....... the prize doubles.

anyhow, let me show you the big-big tag i made for today's challenge 

My Sweet One

4.50"

so cute!

this is the sketch for this friday

pretty close, right?

a few more pics...

used the spectrum noirs for the coloring, a bit of dry embossing and i stamped a subtle red background on beige zig zag circle. 

(all patterned papers i used on this project are from traditions: a carta bella collection)

 and this is the so adorable digital giraffe i used.

---pretty-pretty-pretty---

come on over and play with us....you have nothing to loose and a few awesome digis to win

if you take my invite, please click here for the few guidelines we all need to follow.

thanks so much for stopping by!

--take care--

SKETCHY FRIDAY CHALLENGE:...using flower bud

HELLO
an another friday has come and it is my turn to invite you to join in the fun.

we have sketch #11 for today. you should know you there is no need of using a SK Digi to participate. any other digi image you already have is ok to use. however, there is a freebie section in the shop that you can use. i would recommend you do the later. they are free, why not use them, right?

i love sonia's sketches so much and with this one i made a long and tall card. i told you i was going to make bigger cards, for a while at least. i have too much paper i need to use. :D

Wishing You a Beautiful Day
trifold card
3.75" x 8.5"

oh my! look how pretty and look who is getting better at coloring with the spectrums, :-P

i am learning how to shade since i was having trouble with it. i changed the cardstock i was using and tried coloring with a georgia pacific one and....much better.

---can click on the photos to zoom in---

this is our beautiful sketch for this week.

i love the papers i used too...so romantic  and  soft  and   yummy. 

a look from atop to see the tri-fold.

and this is my beautiful card in all its glory--- wink!

 the main element on my card and it is another new release from the sk digi shop. it is called flower bud, so cute!----- sonia is rocking these babies, yay!---and again, i fuzzy cut it all, including the flourishes. 

the sentiment is also from sk digis. aren't those fonts georgeous? i think they are.

the birdies and the banner are stickers and the banner where i stamped my sentiment, was hand cut. the left border was done with an older fiskars punch that it embosses as it borders. hard to see for you but it looks really nice...the yellow enamel dots and the patterned paper are both from my mind's eye.

i found the base for my card in my forgotten supplies. i bought a box of it at a local surplus store (a while-while ago) and it is what inspired my tall tri-fold card.----don't you love it when you find forgotten goodies?--oh, i do. :)

i hope you get on our sketchy friday wagon and have fun coloring, then go back to sketchy friday and link your project for a chance to win some nice candy. we would love to see what you make.

and here are

some "good to know" things about our challenges

(copied and pasted from the sketchy friday's site)

• these weekly challenges run from 6AM Friday until 8PM Thursday EST.
• You are welcome to play using images and supplies from any company.  But if you use SKdigis as the main image, the win is double.

THE RULES:

• Follow the sketch. (You may flip it to your convenience)
• Link using the URL of your post, not to the blog itself.
• Make sure to add a link to Sketchy Friday on your post.
• Absolutely NO back linking. 
• One entry per person.
• Entry can be combined with other challenges.

THE PRIZE:

• A random winner will get 1 SKdigis image of your choice or 2 if you use SKdigis as the main image.

BECOME A FAN AND UPLOAD THE BUTTON IN YOUR BLOG:

Simply copy and paste the code below and post it on your side bar...

well, and this is it for now,

this post turned out a bit longer than normal :(---sorry!

and as always, i like to thank you so much for stopping by my humble blog where i  share my projects with you.  

and, since we are in the mood, why don't we keep on  sharing? just click on any of the social network buttons, for others to see. not just on my blog but on any other's blogger projects.

 this is my mission this year...

click and share

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LONG TIME NO SEE....using digital images

i have been playing around again with these cute digital images from SKD and i made this cute card. it took me all day figuring out if i wanted colored in with markers, colored in with microsoft paint or paper pieced. that is how my day went, lol,  up in a cloud thinking and thinking.

Long Time No See

3.5" x 5"

---these colors are too soft for my liking but i had them and i wanted to try something different---

i used some mme patterned papers i had in my stash, a clear stamp sentiment, paper punches, markers,

the cricut die cutter, and some stickles for this card.

 see how cute!..i ended up paper piecing them and just colored the bows at the tails.

despite that i love the skd clouds, i thought of them after the fact and i was too tired already to go and print some out so i used the fiskars clouds punch. i fuzzy cut the kites, yes...it took me another long time, hehe.

here is the bottom half. the wood panel is from a different  mme patterned paper. the banner i cut with my cricut, just a rectangle that i made into a banner. the branches are punched out too. the sentiment from my dear friend stephanie's stamps.

as i mentioned before, not my colors but even so, i think it turned out pretty.

Supplies Used:

digital image:     sk digis (kite)

patterned paper:     my minds eye (fine and dandy); miss caroline (dillly dally) both from mme

clouds:     paper punch

bracket and banner:     cricut expression

branches:     ek sucess paper punch

sentiment:     wd clear stamps (everyday sentiments) 

stickles:     (diamond)

and this is it for today...

thank you so much for stopping by

flowerdiscosscraphut

SKETCHY FRIDAY #9...USING GUS THE WORM LUCKY IRISH

Gus, is one of the new releases from SK Digis for St. Patrick's Day and he/she is so cute.

anyway, i did better following the sketch this time ( i normally do not).

let me introduce gus the worm lucky irish,

(i am calling her gussy-I made it a girl)

4.25" X 5.5"

since i have been trying different coloring mediums lately (to practice) i have to share i am using crayola watercolors here. i found an old one from my son's childhood years and decided to give it a try. what you see here are the results of it. not bad at all, if you ask me (wink)

(you can click on all the photos for a bigger view)

gussy favors her beauty in watercolors, yeah!

look at he nice blending of colors too, oh my!

hope you like it and give this week's SKD challenge a try. 

you do not need any sk digis to participate, and you might even win some if you join us. the winners are picked randomly, so we all have a chance to win.

come on, you do not even need markers, go and find a forgotten watercolor set and give it a go. :D

Supplies Used:

digital image:     SK DIGIS

patterned papers:     unknown (can not remember)

watercolors:     crayola

stickers:     carta bella: alphabet junction (banner, border and sentiment)

adhesive:     scotch's tape glider

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we have a new look at SKETCHY FRIDAY CHALLENGE

and this weeks sketch challenge is

please, come and join us!

thanks so much for stopping by the hut, it really means a lot to me.

see you next time!

TIP: i want to repeat that i do all my cutting by hand, taking my time and using my old pink (retired now) precision scissors from   the EK brand....regular scissors do not do me any good for fuzzy cutting. but, maybe they do work for you, you have to try it.

LUCKY GIRL... a digital image from our latest release

 hola muchachas,

i have been practicing the coloring and bits by bits i am getting there. this week acm has the spectrum noirs on sale 50% off and i went i got some :D

so far, i can see they blend well on my watercolor paper from strathmore but i definitely need to learn how to shade, lol. the hair on my lucky girl was not that lucky, lmbo.

 this lucky girl is from the newest release at SK DIGIS and i chose her to my practice with the spectrum noirs since the dress needed a bit more coloring than what i am used to.

Lucky Girl

( i might make a tag from it)

2.75" wide x 4" tall

---you do know how much i love bright, rich colors but i must use softer hues for my coloring until i learn this coloring business (if i ever do)---, i believe it simplifies the trauma, lol

lucky girl has glassy eyes (done with glossy accents) because she did not sleep well last night, she came back from the oscars really-really late. hehe

 another view  to see the stickles and, the snapshot (polaroid) frame with the stamped background and, a close view of the hair, lol....you can see i need lots of practice in the shadowing department, hehe.

and on this last pic (you can not see it because it is white) but i used washi tape, and i stamped on it the shamrocks and sentiment. i did not want to stamp right on the frame just in case i had trouble but i did not. i used a dye ink for it and it did not smear. actually, i like it a lot...it was not my intention to have it transparent, but it worked. i really like how my lucky girl turned out despite the blotchy hair :D

Supplies Used:

digital image:     sk digis (lucky girl)

patterned paper:     dear lizzy (neopolitan)

white cardstock:     georgia pacific

background stamp:     unity stamps (jars of love 3)

sentiment and shamrocks:     g-studio clear stamp

inks:     g-studio (yellow); versafine (black); clearsnap/ancient page (pine)

markers:     spectrum noir

cricut cartridge:      any cartridge with a rectangle will work. i used my gypsy to position one rectangle inside the other with the measurements i needed for my project. 

so happy you stopped by to see my project. 

we have our weekly challenge going on at sk digis and if you want to participate, you can click here for all the details.

see you on wednesday!

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SO HAPPY...POT OF GOLD

hello sweet followers and friends

sk digis is releasing a new set of images for the st. patrick's day 

i was very delightful with all the images but decided to use the pot of gold.

So Happy

4" x 6"

---no coloring here but paper pieced all of it---

i forgot to take a pic in an angle for you to see i wet embossed the shamrocks with glossy accents. the gold coins were half stickled in yellow and half wet embossed. i did some stitching trying to follow the sketch for this week's challenge. that cloth pin looks real but is not. it comes with the polaroid frame i used.
what do you think? do you like it as much as i do?
paper pieced or colored, these images are great to work with.


i never thought i was going to like working with digital images but i really do and i enjoy SK Digis designs so much. you should give it a try if you haven't. you will find a few freebies at the store for you to try and with the team projects, you will find tons of inspiration.

Supplies Used:
digital image:    SK DIGIS NEW RELEASE (pot of gold)
patterned papers:     dcwv: the snapshot stack (graph paper, polaroid frame);
crate paper: peppermint (green paper); mme: green solid paper and brown polka dots
sentiment:     my mind's eye clear stamps (lost & found two collection: breeze dream clear stamps) 
ink:     versafine (onyx black)
yellow glitter:     stickles
wet embossing liquid:     glossy accents
adhesive:     zig (glue pen); american crafts (foam tape and tape runner: this to that)

please, click here to see all the NEW RELEASE images from this set.


we also have a challenge on sketchy friday and if you would like to join us below is the sketch and the link.
sketch #6
(starts on feb 8 ends on feb 14)

i am always thankful  for you stopping by
 leaving me some love and letting me share some of my projects with you.
xoxo

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flowerdiscosscraphut

A PUMPKIN SPICE BLOG PROJECT...using digital images

hello my fellow bloggers,

i have made the cutest card for today's inspiration post. 

as you can see i am still squeezing out every single strip of paper possible of this carta bella "beautiful moments" paper pad ---(if you like it as much as i do you better hurry up because at these prices they are going out the door super fast).

i just received my monthly scrappy order and i ordered lots of stickers and i am using one of them on this card today. so cute! it is from echo park and you can find it here. one of my reasons for ordering stickers in this order is i have so much paper already and, all these new stickers are so adorable. i just couldn't resist. the second reason is...

Because it Makes me Happy

-hehe-

4" x 5"

i hope you agree with me about the carta bella papers and the the chevron border which is from one of my new 12 x12 sticker sheets.

(if you click on their names you will see the collections)

so pretty! 

and the sentiment? it is also from carta bella...adorable!!!!

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Supplies Used

patterned papers/sentiment:     carta bella (beautiful moments)

chevron border:     echo park (everyday eclectic)

bow:     martha stewart punch

rhinestone:     say it in crystals 

adhesive:     glossy accents

foam tape:     scotch

umbrella:     SK Digis

i hope you are happy with my choice for today and that i enabled  inspired you to get yourself some new paper and stickers: 

 because they make me you happy!

lol 

thank you so much for taking the time to stop by!

i appreciate it!

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DROP ME A LINE....

and let me know how did you like the projects on the hops i was participating in this weekend?
i loved every single project the ladies from both teams made to inspire you: the pumpkin spice blog and the whimsical designs team. Ladies, you are so very super talented, yay!
i had a blast! and i hope you did too.
(next hop i will have some candy for a lucky one)

anyway,

i made this card and i think it is just adorable and it is so easy to make.

Drop me a Line

5in wide x 4in tall

(clicking on the pics will give you a bigger view)

---it took me longer to get the right light to photograph than the making this card. our days have been cloudy and cold and not much nice natural light coming in---.

i embossed the background, made a skinny banner of a strip of patterned paper to stamp my sentiment on, added a piece of jute fuzzing a bit with the ends, punched some clouds and some dots. the round circle was also punched to pop my colored fish. and lastly added some glossy accents to the fish eye and to the dots, some glitter to the fish body and clouds (and i did this using a small coloring brush so i did not get much on my fingers).

and i love the sentiment: drop me a line! super cute along the fish digi image, :D

Supplies Used:

white base cardstock and kraft cardstock:  carta bella (whisper white, midnight black/bone brown 

pink and blue patterned paper: basic grey (lucille)

 digital image: SK DIGIS (fish) 

clouds; circle: fiskars paper punches

dots: ek paper punches (swiss cheese)

clear medium: glossy accents

embossing folder: sizzix/tim holtz/woodgrain folder

water color paper: strathmore

embossing machine and die cutter: cuttlebug

thanks for stopping by!

 flowerdiscosscraphut

SKETCHY FRIDAY #5...using the "love birds" image

hello, 

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finally, my first official post with sketchy fridays and i am uploading a late one, tsk-tsk!  as you know i have two hops running this weekend: whimsical designs and pumpkin spice and on top of that, i had this post due on feb 1st too
 thanks sonia, you have a fabulous team and i am loving your digital images.

now,

welcome all

first, i want to start letting you know that this sketchy friday challenge will run from friday, february 1st and it will end on thursday, february 7th. mark it on your calendars so you do not forget to participate.

sketchy fridays have their challenges every starting every friday and they last a week so the end on thursday's. this is just some info to keep in mind. we follow a sketch. you will find all the info here.

this is my card for this week's challenge.

i kind of follow the sketch but not exactly because i forgot, lol.

(way to go agnes, hehe).

Love Birds

(remember, you can click on the pics for a bigger view)

4in. wide x 5in. tall
I AM ALSO SUBMITTING THIS CARD TO ANOTHER MOXIE FAB CHALLENGE

yes-yes...of course i did the coloring, and i do not even own any copics yet. (wink-wink)

the love birds image is just right down my alley, i mean backyard. i have so many different birds living around  us and i feed them year around.. not all come during winter but starting early spring, oh my!

i used three different color markers for the leaves.

and a few more colors for the birds. i tried my best to blend the colors and i am very satisfied with the results.

i even used my old decorative scissors to cut around the sentiment frame.

Supplies Used:

love birds digital image: sk digis

watercolor paper: strathmore mixed media

patterned paper: basic grey (lucille collection)

markers: marvy uchida brush markers

color pencil: eberhard faber

sentiment frame: mme (lost & found 2 (stella rose)

sentiment: whimsical designs (whimsical fun vol.1)

ink: versafine (black onyx)

adhesives: zig (glue pen); american crafts (this to that tape runner)

thanks so much for stopping by

flowerdiscosscraphut.

do not have a digi image for the challenge? no worries!!! plenty of freebies on the site to use.

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and,

tonight at 7pm est come back for the whimsical designs hop!

see u later!