It's a big day around here! Sweet Sketch Wednesday 193

 

Hello Friends! Today is a big day at our house. First, our daughter gets to attend her first friend Birthday Party. She is super excited! And I am so excited for her to have been invited. (there is a long back story there, I will spare you the details) The second reason today is a big day is that my Dear Husband is returning from a 9 month tour to Afghanistan TONIGHT!! Yes, Tonight! We are all super excited! I have missed his handsome face.

Anyway ...

Since my card making has slowed to the pace of molasses, my card stash has diminished, and I needed to make a card for today's party. I took my inspiration from my favorite challenge blog, Sweet Sketch Wednesday and ran with it. This one is sketch #193, which was super fun to work on! I found the hardest part, for me was to get that triangle right! I dont have a triangle die so I had to wing it...

Thank you so much for stopping by my blog! Your comments really do make my day and bring a smile to my face.

I thought I would share my daughter's cute little message to her friend that she wrote inside the card. She is 5, in Pre-K and is doing pretty great with her writing! I helped her with the spelling... 

Card Details:

Stamps: TE Delightful Day

Paper: Echo Park Hello Summer

TE June 2012 KI Kit coodinating papers

Ink: Momento Tuxedo Black, CDS Spring Leaf, CDS Fresh Papaya

SU Baja Breeze, SU Pumpkin Pie

Tools: Scallop circle & Circle dies

Accessories: TE coordinating ribbons & brads

Copics

Sweet Sketch Wednesday #166

Hello Friends! Welcome to Thursday, the gateway to the weekend ... my weekend promises to be exciting .. a trip to the commissary and trying out a new church. And hopefully, I will get to do some more crafting!

Today I am happy to share this card that I made for this week's Sweet Sketch Wednesday challenge. I absolutely LOVE the sweet sketch wednesday blog and all the ladies on their DT. If you havent checked them out, you definately need to!

I was inspired by this MME Dilly Dally DP and this stamp set, Well Read WTG from My Favorite Things. I would love a couch with this print in my home! Of course, my husband would rather a couch of this awesomeness be in a study or, well, anywhere not in the living room.. haha.. And relaxing with a good book (on my kindle) is exactly what I want to be doing this weekend.

Thank you so much for stopping by and thank you again for your lovely comments, they really do make my day!

Supplies:
Stamps: Well Read WTG - my favorite things stamps
Paper: MME Dilly Dally, TE coordinating cardstock
Ink: Momento Tuxedo Black
Tools/Accessories: TE coordinating ribbon, Rolled daily die (mft), TE coordinating brad, Copics
Technique: Paper Piecing, sentiment inside :o)

Sweet Sketch Wednesday # 163

Hello Friends! Happy Weekend! So this is my third card and third blog post on my crafting "come-back trail" and it feels pretty good! I, as all of you do, love papercrafting. I really missed it so much during those long months of absence. I am back looking for fun challenges to participate in trying to get my followers / commenters up.

Today, I made this card for one of my all-time favorite challenge blogs, Sweet Sketch Wednesday's sketch #163. The ladies over there are always so sweet in their comments and how they share a little about their part of the world. Also, the design team is always so inspirational!

I chose to ink up this adorable stamp set from Taylored Expressions, called Sky's The Limit, which just happens to come with a coordinating Taylored Die set.

Thank you so much for stopping by my blog! I hope you like what you see, and I hope you stop by again soon! I (hope) plan to have more to share very soon!

I have yet to figure out the new way everyone is sharing their supply list .. Inlinkz .. I need my BFF, Cassie to show me what to do! So, I will list my supplies the old fashioned way .. (sheeish I feel old)

Stamps: TE Sky's the Limit

Paper: TE March KI Kit, Echo Park This & That Graceful dp

Ink: Momento Tuxedo Black

Tools/Accessories: TE Sky's the Limit dies, Echo Park This & That brads

Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge #163

Hello Everyone! I am super THRILLED to get to share this card with you all today! Not because it is a great creation, or because my coloring is fantastic or because of my take on the sketch. I am thrilled to share this with you because I have not made a card or crafted in THREE MONTHS! It has been so long since I have used my copic markers that I definately need to study up on my technique. (not that it was great to start with!) It has been so long since I have posted on my sadly neglected blog, that all the updates to Blogger suprised me!

There has been alot of changes here at Casa Bryant, from going to a family of 3 to a family of 5 in a short 7 months to my husband deploying on his sixth combat tour back at the end of May, leaving me with said three children to manage on my own. This is my quick excuse of why my crafting and my blog have been neglected. BUT! My hope is, in making this card for my friend's daughter's birthday, my crafting mojo will return and I will find time, or make time to get back to my passion, paper crafting.

Onto the card... (dont look at it too closely hehe) I made this card for the Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge,#163. I turned the sketch on its side to accomodate my image, which is called "Sweet Party" from Taylored Expressions. All my ingredients are exclusively from Taylored Expressions June Key Ingredients kit.

Thank you so very much for stopping by my blog today! I hope to be posting regularly again now that I am getting used to things in our 'new normal'. School starts in a short two weeks so ... please stop by again soon! I would love to hear your comments!

Taylored Expressions February Key Ingredients Kit Challenge

Hello Friends! This past weekend I had a lofty goal to make three cards for a few challenges going on now. And believe it or not, I actually got it done! This card is not my favorite of the three from this weekend, and in fact, I went back and forth on whether or not to even post it. But, I wanted to put my name in the hat for the drawing over at Taylored Expressions blog, so here it is.

I took alot of liberty with the concept of casing a card and cased my BFF, Cassie's card.. I am not good at background stamping and I found her card super inspiring. I just hope my card isnt as much of a 'rip off' as I fear it might be...  As I type this, I am still hesitating on posting ... (sigh)

Ok, so the challenge is an awesome one, perfect for someone like me who can use some extra modivation. The challenge is to use our February KI Kit, which is lovely by the way, to create a project following this month's theme, which is "Take Note". I took advantage of the special sale and added the perfectly coordinated stamp set to my KI kit, which is exactly perfect for the challenge.

Card Details:

Stamps: TE Vintage Dreamer

Paper: TE Feb Ki Kit

Ink: CDS Cherry Go Round hybrid ink, Momento Rich Cocoa

Thank you so much for stopping by! If you like my card, please visit my BFF Cassie's blog to give her some love, since that is where I got the idea for my card! Thank you Cassie!  

Taylored Expressions #152 Loving Cuppies

Hello Friends! I hope everyone is having a great weeekend. I was thrilled to find time to make not one but TWO cards on Friday.. it had been since Christmas day since I had time to craft before. So, today, I finally get a chance to post this card I made for Taylored Expressions sketch challenge #152. I actually used supplies from TE's January Key Ingredients kit! One thing I really love about KI Kits is the ability to quickly grab a kit box and make something special. The other card I made on Friday, which is featured in my previous post, also used the January KI kit exclusively. (Other than the Momento ink, copics and die cuts of course.)

Card Details:

Stamps: TE Love is Sweet

Paper: January KI Kit, Cottonball white,

Crate Paper paper hearts dp

Ink: Momento Tuxedo Black, copics

Tools/Accessories: Oval Nestabilities, modern label punch

open scallop die, copic airbursh 

Thank you so much for stopping by my blog today! I hope to have more to share with you again soon! Your visit and your comments really mean the world to me!

It's a Happy Day with Sweet Sketch Wednesday & Echo Park!

Hello Friends! Happy Monday! Ok, so I am one of those that is happy when Monday arrives. With my DH deployed, weekends can be a bit of a depressing snooze-fest. Not that we are actually sleeping, but I am sure you get the picture. So, I am glad Monday has arrived, and I hope everyone who had to endure hurricane Irene over the weekend has come out fairly unscathed....

Anyway, on to today's card.... I am very happy with this one! It cheers me up just lookin' at it! My BFF, Cassie, sent me this adorable TE stamp set called Downtown Diva which coordinated so well with the retro Echo Park dp - Happy Days. It reminds me of the old soda fountain in the little town we lived in when I was in 4th & 5th grades. I loved riding my bike there in the summer for a treat.

The sketch is from Sweet Sketch Wednesday .. how perfect for a "Sweet" card like this one! ( sweet shoppe.. sentiment- you're so sweet ... hehe ) I would love to hear what you think! Thank you so much for stopping by!! I hope you have a great week ahead. :o)

Details:

Stamps: TE Downtown Diva

Paper: Real Red, Choice Snowwhite, Echo Park - Happy Days dp,

 Tempting Turquoise

Ink: Momento Tuxedo Black

Tools/Accessories: Copics, teal & gold sew-happy thread,

sponge dauber, word window

Sweet Sketch Wednesday #115 & Friday Mashup #20

Happy Saturday friends! Today, I was able to spend some quality time crafting. (yay!) I was inspired by the sketch over at Sweet Sketch Wednesday (#115) , and the challenge over at Friday Mashup (#20). At Friday Mashup, we are challenged to create a project using buttons or a cupcake or Mash It Up and use a cupcake AND buttons! Hold the phone! My favorite cupcake, Cuppie was just itching to come out and play! I chose this set, Udderly Sweet from Taylored Expressions, because this card is intended for my friend, Erica K. who is from University of Nebraska. Coincidentally, so is my BFF, Cassie. humm interesting, right?



Card Details:

Stamps: TE Udderly Sweet

Paper: Echo Park Country Drive dp, Choice Snowwhite,

classic yellow green textured cs

Ink: Momento Tuxedo Black

Tools/Accessories: TE Cloud duo die, MFT white felt, Copics

Coordinating Ribbon (Aug TE KI Kit), misc buttons,

yellow sew-easy floss

Thank you so much for stopping by! I would love to hear what you think!

Happy Everything! Taylored Expressions Sketch #144

Hello friends! Today I decided to play along with Taylor Expression's sketch challenge because my BFF, Cassie is their newest sketch challenge DT member! Way to go Cassie!! 

This week's sketch is super cute, making it even more fun to play along. You can check out the details by visiting Taylor's blog.

Thank you so much for stopping by today! I would love to hear what you think! Comments really do make my day!

Card Details:

Stamps: TE Love is Sweet & Banner Day 2

Paper: MME Life of the Party Lime Twist dp, Choice Snowwhite

Ink: Momento Tuxedo Black, Baja Breeze, CDS Pucker Up

Copics: R81, R83, C1, C3, R46

Tools/Accessories: Banner Day 2 die, sponge dauber,

mft rolled flower die, felt, dimensionals

Taylored Expressions Sketch Challenge #136

Hello Friends!! Today I got the chance to play along with Taylored Expressions new sketch challenge, which is over HERE at Splitcoast! I had alot of fun with the sketch! I just love Cuppie, and I havent gotten to play with him in what feels like such a long time, so I was very happy to get the time today! It was so hard to choose which Cuppie would be the star of my card, but once I chose my dp, the choice became alot easier! ((grin))

Details:

Stamps: Cuppie in the Kitchen (TE)

Paper: TE November KI kit, Choice Buttercream

Ink: Momento Tuxedo Black

Tools/Accessories: Circle Nestabilities, Lacey Circle Nestabilities

Misc SU brads, TE kitchen chipboard

Thank you so much for stopping by! Your visit really means alot to me! 

Sweet Sketch Wednesday #91

Hello Friends! This weekend has already been a busy one, so I was so thrilled to get to spend some quality time in the craft room this morning. I made this card for the Sweet Sketch Wednesday challenge #91, this was a challenging sketch! I opted to use this cute a'la carte stamp from Taylored Expressions called Owls in Love. Sometimes I think the image speaks for itself and doesnt need a sentiment added to it.

Details:

Stamps: TE Owls in Love

Paper: Very Vanilla, Old Olive, OA Campfire dp

Ink: Chocolate Chip

Tools/Accessories: Pinking Circle & Circle Nestabilities,

Corner Rounder Ticket Corner Punch,

CDS Red Ribbon, Dimentionals, Misc paper flowers,

Swiss Dots embossing folder,

Prismacolor pencils, Gamsol, Vanilla brads

Thank you so much for stopping by! I appreciate your visit and cherish your comments! 

PaperTake Weekly Sketch #52

Hello and welcome to Friday! Today I have put off my daily chores, like bed making, dishes and laundry to finish up this card for this week's PaperTake Weekly sketch challenge. This adorable stamp set came in the mail last week and I have been dying to get it inked up! I have always been fond of Cuppie, but I especially love how BIG he is! So stinkin cute, right? Thanks for stopping by to check out my take on the sketch!

Be sure to come back Sunday!!That is whn Clear Dollar Stamps' Sneak Peeks begin!! Believe me, You will love the February new releases!

oooh! I am so excited!!

Details:

Stamps: Love is Sweet (TE)

Paper: Neenah Solar White, Chocolate chip

January KI kit cs, Little Yellow Bicycle dp

Ink: Fresh Papaya hybrid ink (CDS)

 Momento Tuxedo Black, Copics

Tools/Accessories: Word Window, Modern Label Punch

Circle Nestabilities, Sponge dauber, dimentionals,

su brads, Seeing spots embossing folder

Crafters Anonymous ** Mojo Monday 173

Hello again, Friends! I went back and forth whether or not to post this one, (shrug) not exactly sure why, maybe its because there are so many mojo mondays entries... Anyway, here is my stab at this week's Mojo Monday sketch:

Details:

Stamps: Crafter's Anonymous (Taylored Expressions)

Paper: Ruby Red, Cosmo Cricket Material Girl dp,

 Neenah Solar White

Ink: Momento Tuxedo Black

Tools/Accessories: Labels 14 Nestabilities, Oval Nestabilities

Whisper White organza ribbon, misc buttons

Copics

Thanks for stopping by!

A Sweet Sketch Wednesday Thank You to my BFF

I made this card using the birthday present and the Christmas presents my BFF, Cassie,  gave me this month. I figured what a perfect way to adorn her Thank You card, but by using the things I am thanking her for.

I followed the sketch at Sweet Sketch Wednesday, they always have such fun sketches! This month has been so hectic and stressful not only with the business of the holidays but with some news, adding that with wanting to spend time with family, I just havent been able to post as much as I would like. BUT, do come back in a couple days to check out the January new releases at Clear Dollar Stamps! And we have an exciting blog hop coming up to kick off the new year! Hope to see you all then!

Details:

Stamps: What's Cookin' (TE)

Paper: Echo Park dp, TE Dec KI Kit cardstock

Ink: Momento Tuxedo black

Tools/Accessories: Apron & Pocket dies (TE), Kitchen Accessories dies (TE)

Oval Nestabilities, Lacey circles Nestabilities, Moroccan Screen Embossing Folder, 1/2" circle punch, Word Window



OCC Sketch Challenge

Hello blogland friends! Today has been "one of those days" for so many reasons .. but, despite that, I need to 'soldier on'. So, here I am posting a card I made as a 'Thank You' to my Mom. She gave me the Lacey Circles Nestabilities and the red chunky glitter I used on this card for my birthday!

The sketch challenge at OCC and this dp was my inspiration.

Details:

Stamps: Cuppie in the Kitchen (TE)

Paper: Choice Buttercream, November KI Kit from TE,

October Afternoon Modern Homemaker dp

Ink: Momento Tuxedo Black, Cherry Go Round (CDS)

Copics: C1, C5, RV13, R46, BG01, E57

Tools/Accessories: Corner Rounder, Lacey Circles Nestabilities,

unknown ribbon, uk red chunky glitter, chipboard spatula (TE KI Kit)

Teal blue jewels (CDS)

What's Cookin'? Mojo Monday #168!

OhMyLanta it has been a long time since I have been able to spend some good quality time with my stamps, copics and designer paper! Too long! So, I set aside some time today to do just that. And since this IS my second post of the day, you can see I took full advanage of my crafting time!

I decided to try my hand at this week's Mojo Monday sketch.

I was very excited to use my new stamp set! My BFF Cassie gave me this fabulous TE stamp set What's Cookin' for my birthday last week. And wouldn't you know, this dp goes with it perfectly! My husband gave me my kitchenaid mixer goodness maybe 15 years ago .. and I love it. I think the kitchenaid is the ultimate kitchen icon. So, of course it is the stamp I chose for this card.

Details:

Stamps: What's Cookin' (TE)

Paper: October Afternoon Modern Homemaker, Buttercream,

Cardstock from TE November KI kit

Ink: Momento Tuxedo Black, CDS Tropical Mist

Copics: C1,C5, R22

Accessories: CDS Tropical Mist ribbon, chipboard spatula (TE KI kit),

CDS Tropical Mist jewels, Modern Lable punch

A Birthday Card for an Old Friend....

Hello Friends! I made this card a few days ago following the sketch challenge at Truly Scrumptious .. but I missed the deadline to post it on their blog. It does, however fit into the PaperTake Weekly challenge which is "Cut it Out" (use punched shapes / die cuts) and it also fits with the "anything goes" challenge  at For Fun Challenges that I will post it on.
I really enjoy making cards for a specific person. This one is for my friend, Elli who I met when we were both in 8th grade, our birthdays are only 8 days apart, so of course she will be getting a special card from me. She teaches English in Paris, so I am afraid it will be a little late, but I think she will appreciate it all the same.
Thanks so much for stopping by my blog! I would love to hear what you think!

Details:

Stamps: Lovin From the Oven (MFT)

Paper: October Afternoon Modern Homemaker,

 TE November KI Kit, Very Vanilla 

Ink: Momento Tuxedo Black, CDS Cherry Go-Round, prismacolor pencils

Tools/Accessories: MFT Die-Namics large scallop die,

CDS designer dies, CDS jewels

Taylored Expressions Sketch Challenge #133

Monday Monday it is here again. I actually planned on giving my son's room a top to bottom cleaning, but, then I remembered I have a meeting in the middle of the day to attend. I guess I will have to reschedule the scrubbing and organizing for tomorrow. BUT, thankfully, I do have time to share this card with you this morning! I made this card for the Taylored Expressions Sketch challenge #133. I chose a MFT Who's that Girl stamp set, WTG Goes Green and tweeked it into a Christmas card using only Jovial dp and lots of paper piecing.

Details:

Stamps: WTG Goes Green, WTG Winter in the City (sentiments)

Inks: Momento Tuxedo Black, Fresh Papaya (Clear Dollar Stamps), Tropical Mist (CDS), Red Velvet Cake (CDS)

Paper: Very Vanilla, Basic Black, Basic Grey Jovial dp

Tools/Accessories: Lattice Edge Punch, Word Window, Sponge Dauber, CDS Neurtals Black Ribbon, CDS Pucker Up Jewels, Prismacolor Pencils

Here is a peek at the inside:

PaperTake Weekly sketch #49

Welcome to Friday and the upcoming weekend everyone! The other day I decided to get some more practice / play time with my copics. I stamped this great image from Taylored Expressions and got to work.

Happy with my image, I needed to showcase it! I found this great sketch at PaperTake Weekly, and it worked perfectly for my image. Now, keep in mind that I am learning about copics on my own thru tutorials, dvd's and practice. I do love coloring and have been having so much fun with my copics. I would love to hear your copic tips, ideas and what you think! 

Details:

Stamps: Cuppie in Seattle

Paper: Deep Sea (CDS), Lagoon (unknown),Pomagranate (unknown),

Basic Grey Wander dp, Neenah Solar White

Ink: Momento Tuxedo Black, Deep Sea Hybrid Ink (CDS)

Copics: W1, C1, C5, E33, E43, RV13, BV23, YR68,YR04,

G05,G17, Y11, R29, R37

Tools: Ticket Corner Punch, Word Window, Sponge Dauber, Pumpkin Pie Brads 



Taylored Expressions #131 and TPE 85

Hi and welcome to a new week! I have been practicing with my copic markers lately, which means I am pretty much making myself reach for them when I go to color my images, and so far, the jury is out on this one. Thankfully, it was fun! I made this card for two challenges, the Taylored Expressions Sketch and the Pink Elephant Theme challenge which is "Childhood". What came to my mind for the childhood theme was school and school crafts, therefore, Crafty Cuppie from Taylored Expressions came into the mix! I also used this cute dp from October Afternoon called Report Card to tie in with my school/childhood theme.

Details:

Stamps: Crafty Cuppie (TE)

Paper: Neenah Solar White, Billowing Clouds (clear dollar),OA Report Card dp

Ink: Momento Tuxedo Black, Fresh Papaya hybrid ink (clear dollar)

Copics: C1, C5, E43,E08,RV37,RV13, R29, R46, BV29,

E08, BG01, Y15, YG06, YR04, W1

Tools/Accessories: Notebook edge punch, Sponge dauber, Pumpkin pie brads