Creeper Friday on Monday

I bet you thought I wasnt coming back and honestly... I wasnt sure if I was or not either! Life is just way too hectic lately and I was stressing so much over DT deadlines that I had to step down from all my DTs until this school year is over. We've got alot of changes going on this year in PreK and b/w work, 3 kids ages 10 and under, a husband in a band that is staying very busy I was stretched about as far as I could go!LOL! I really hated to leave the DTs but I just dont get the computer and stamping time anymore so until summer my posts will be sporadic.

I wanted to share a card with you today that I made..quite awhile back!LOL! I finally caved and bought some super cute creepers from TGF. When they first came out I thought they were cute but I didnt know if I would use them or not. Of course then I see all the fabulous cards everyone has made with them and I changed my mind. So I started with my fave Friday Creeper. Shes so cute with her wild curly hair! It was so fun to color! I paired her with some October Afternoon Daydream dp and of course colored her with my much loved Copics. I even jotted down the colors! Yayy! I went super simple with the layout but I just love how it turned out! Hope everyone has a great Valentines Day and btw I cant believe my daughter is 10 yrs old today!! I have a child with a double digit age...where did the time go?!

Copics used:
Hair: yr21, 12, 15, e99
Skin: e0000, e000, e00, e11, r11 for blush
pink: r000, r20, r21
backpack: yr12, 14
headphones: bg11, 72, 75
pants: e30, e42, e43

Sweet Anya sketch

Okay Im going ahead and warning you...I've been on a TGF kick...and MME. So you can expect to see more TGF images paired with MME dp!LOL!
I've been wanting to play along with the Club Anya Saturday sketch since Jen started doing them but havent had time and I finally got a chance today! Yayy for 3 day weekends!LOL!

I used Sweet Anya and colored her to match the Quite Contrary dp. I love that this sketch gave me a chance to use this Pebbles flower I've had for about 3 yrs now. I dont even know why I bought it other than I liked the color b/c I can never find a way to use these big flowers. I also did something different with the bling. I dont know I was just in the mood for something different. Im still not sure how I feel about this card but my daughter loves it and its for her to give to her bff for her bday so as long as she likes it....!LOL! OH and I used 4 different patterns of dp on this one! I dont think I've ever done that either!LOL! I love pretty dp but I have a hard time using more than 2 patterns on a card. Okay Im through babbling for today! Have a great one!

FS Oh Boy Ian

Im so thankful for this 3 day weekend and the sunshine!! My kids spent 3 hrs outside yesterday playing which means I got 3 hrs of guilt free stamp time! Woo hoo!LOL!!

I also got a chance to play along with todays featured stamper challenge and go figure the gallery has been down all day!LOL!

Todays SCS featured stamper is Tracy. I cased Tracy's card here. I need a Thank You card for one of my students and thought this Oh Boy Ian image was perfect. I loved the simple layout of Tracys card so I kept the layout but added some dp and used a library clip instead of a paper clip. I used MME dp again. I've been going through my stash since me and my Mom just placed another big order of dp!LOL! When I have new dp coming in then I dont have to hoard anymore!LOL! Enjoy your day!

A Cheeky Christmas with Stamp Something

Todays Stamp Something challenge is holidays colors. I used traditional Christmas colors on this card. I had this scrap of dp from last year and I paired it with my new Cheeky Christmas girl from The Greeting Farm. Of course Cheeky girl is colored with copics and I love playing around with new combos to get me out of my usual color combos like for reds I tend to always grab r24, 27, and 29. For this red combo I tried out r37, r46, r59, and a tad of c5 for the shadows. I really like how it turned out and it really matches the red in the dp better than this photo is showing!LOL! My e000 marker also ran out so I had to start using some other skin tones colors until my refill came in the mail so for this girl I tried more of a pink complexion using r000, r00, e11, and e13 and rv32 for blush. I used e40, e41, e42, and e43 for all the white areas using dots for a little texture. I also added some SU dazzling diamonds for a little sparkle. For her hair I used e31, 33, 35, 57, and 59. Now its time for you to pull out those holiday colors and

join us here on the SS blog. Of course while you're there check out the other fabulous holiday colors samples from the SS ladies. Have a great one!

Sassy Suzi

Am I the only one who gets on stamping kicks? Right now Im still on my CAS kick and I've been playing in some color challenges lately which I usually dont do b/c I usually just pull out some dp I want to pair with an image and use the colors from it. Most of my newer SU cs has been sitting b/c of that (since I only bought cs and not dp) so I decided to go in search of some color combos using them. For this card I used this weeks Color Q challenge. The challenge this week is to use cherry cobbler, cajun craze, more mustard, and taken w/teal or bermuda bay. So the first thing I have to do when doing a color challenge is pull out a sheet of every color and put them together. Then I try to decide where Im going to use the colors on my image so theres a balance of the colors and I use every colors at least once on the image. I used Sassy Suzi from TGF on this card. Shes just too cute and I love coloring her hair. I used this weeks Mojo sketch for my layout and I couldnt work the cajun craze cs in anywhere with this layout so its just in the image. I even pulled out some of my SU pallette of prints for this one (I have a ton of it!!)! Im so proud of me!LOL!! I do love these colors together!

Copics used: Hair: yr15, 18, e09(cajun craze)

Skin: yr000, e00, e21, e13

Bermuda bay (pants) bg15, 23, and 49

More Mustard (jacket) yr21, yr23, yr24

Cherry Cobbler (shirt) r29, 46, and 59 (lovin this color btw!)

Skeleton Boy

Im back again today with some GF digi images. I've also been on a CAS kick the past couple of days. I used Mercys Tuesday sketch for my layout on this one. I actually did plan to add some embellishment to this but just couldnt find a place to put it I liked!LOL!! I didnt want to cover up the skull dp b/c I just love it with this image!! Speaking of the dp...its super yummy!! Echo Park halloween dp I got at Die cuts r us. I love their 6x6 sampler packs!!

This is my little mans Halloween card since he has had a costume almost exactly like his for Halloween before. It was so cute! All the bones glowed in the dark!LOL! BTW my hubby is standing over me reading my post as Im typing it and ask if I know how to type a sentence w/out an !!!LOL! NOPE!LOL! Have a good night!

Eerie Hallo Bride

I colored up this image over the weekend while I was at my Moms house playing. She was perfect for todays sketch so I paired her with some Eerie dp and made a CAS card (for me!). I didnt use any nesties and didnt mat any of the dp. I added the spider and put some halloween pearls on him. I LOVE this image and HAD to have it!! I wanted to have a Halloween wedding and my Mom thought I was insane but I thought it would have been cute!! I mean the decorating would have been SO easy and fun. I love decorating for Halloween and Halloween cards are my fave to make! Anywho I was going to be dressed like Frankensteins bride and of course hubby would have been Frankenstein!LOL!

Stamps: Hallo bride-The Greeting Farm
Paper: eerie dp, Coredinations purple cs
Ink: copics
Accessories: MS spider punch, recollections halloween pearls

Fall Fairy

Guess what?! My Mom always hates when I do that!LOL! I get to add another badge to my sidebar!! The sweet ladies of the Stamp Something challenge have asked me to join them!

My first challenge with them is fall colors which worked great using this weeks curtain call colors! I also used Mercys sketch for my layout. I love how this fairy from The Greeting Farm turned out! Its my first time coloring her up and the colors just worked great with her and I love that the colors are in this BG Green at heart dp. I even jotted down the copic colors I used! Yay me!

So now its time to go check out the lovely creations from the ladies of Stamp Something and check out who's sponsoring this week!pssstt its Simon Says!LOL!! Be sure to join us this week. Hope you have a great one!!

Copics:
e50, 51, and 53 for skin
rv59, rv69 and then colored over all of it with v06 for razzleberry
r24, 27, and 29 for poppy parade
r02, yr04, r05 (make sure you color over all the r05 and yr04 with the r02 for the peach parfait look. I did use just a few places of the r02 especially in the hair but for the most I used yr04 basically as my lightest and then colored over it with r02. Hope that makes sense.) peach parfait
yg25, 63, and 67 for wild wasabi (love this green combo!!)

Spooktacular Hallo Witch

Todays featured stamper is Kristen! I had alot of fun browsing her gallery and found this Spooktacular card to case. I kept the colors and used the new Hallo witch image from The Greeting Farm. I also changed the layout to this weeks Saturday sketch from Club Anya. The witch was so fun to color up and of course she is colored with copics! I used some recollections dp from last year that I got at Michaels. I also added some ribbon I won from Jacksonbelle embellishments. I used the EK Success bat border punch and SU scallop border punch. I cut the witch out the nestie and had a little boo boo so I used some bat punches to cover it!LOL! Have a good one!

Stamps: Hallo witch digi image-TGF
Paper: recollections dp, rich razzleberry, pti white
Ink: SU going gray for sponging
Accessories: sponge dauber, bat punch, bat border punch, ribbon from Jacksonbelle embellishments, SU scallop border punch, dimensionals

Lime Rickey Bomb

Its Sunday so you know what that means...another Kenny K challenge. This week is Team B (my team) and we are up with a bold and bright challenge for you. When I think of bold and bright this BG Lime Rickey dp always comes to mind. I love the fun and funky colors and patterns in it. I paired the dp with Kennys Da Bomb image. This is my first time coloring her up. I just love her shoes! I used this weeks SCS sketch challenge for my layout. A great layout and I finally used my EK Success spiral punch. The "right on" sentiment is from TGF's Anya says sentiment set. I even pulled out my library clips. Now head over to the blog and check out my other DT members fabulous creations!!

HG Classy Latte

Sorry I didnt have a chance to post yesterday. My son trying to be a monkey and a trip to the ER took over my stamping time. My children must have something against their mouths because they sure are rough on them. Madison busted her mouth open a little over a month ago jumping off the ladder in the pool and landed on Brayden as he was coming up. Not fun! Yesterday Brayden tried to swing from the counter to the kitchen island and landed face first. He knocked one of his teeth loose and his mouth looks sooo gross today!!

Okay so in all of that fun yesterday I really wanted to do the SCS color challenge. Regal rose is my fave pink so I had to play! As I was pulling out the cs I realized I only had a small strip of regal rose!GASP!! Oh no!! So I went through my pinks and found that PTI hibiscus burst is really close so I used that. Now I dont have the peach parfait cs yet but Betty was so sweet to send me a few suggestions on colors that would be close. She said if you use apricot appeal and sponge it with pumpkin pie it was a close match. She also sent me copics she used to color her flower I think she used yr01, r14, and r24. Well I dont have r14 or r24 so I had to start thinking....so what I did is use yr02, yr20 which is what I use for apricot appeal and yr16 which is what I use for pumpkin pie when coloring. I colored her dress using rv10, rv13, and rv14. For olive colors I used yg93, yg95, and yg97. I also added in some chocolate chip e44, e47, and e49. I wasnt in the mood to use any dp so I pulled out and dusted off some of my background stamps. On the hibiscus burst layer I stamped linen with regal rose ink and I stamped french script onto olive cs with choc chip ink. I used one of the dare to get dirty sketches for my layout. I know this little girl looks like shes ready for a tea party but I didnt have any tea sentiments so I pulled out an oldie stamp from Treehouse Friends and lattes. I think the font of the sentiment looks good with the french script background. That's it for me today! Hope you have a more uneventful day than I did yesterday!LOL!!

Summer Fairy

Hello! I hope you are having a better day than I am today!! These kids are driving me insane today! I can literally feel the gray hairs growing!LOL!! Okay you know I love me some hair color combos and this weekend I came across this post by Melyssa. OMG!! I LOVE me some red hair so of course I had to try out this combo. I colored her hair first just to see if I could pull it off..(LOL) then went looking through dp to find what other colors I wanted to use. I pulled out this BG bittersweet dp and finished coloring her up. I used Jens sfytt for my layout-awesome sketch I will be using again! Okay I know this is short and sweet but I will be back later after kids are sound asleep and the house is peaceful again!LOL!!! If you ever have any questions you can feel free to email me sadersk@yahoo.com . Have a great day!!

Krafty Sweet Messages

I have a double challenge card for you today! I used some of the Kioshi dp Kim sent me and colored this Sweet Messages image by TGF using copics. The look on her face is just so cute to me. My daughter and I are always giving funny kisses so we go down the line..fish kisses, Eskimo kisses, butterfly kisses, etc. and this image kinda looks like birdie kisses to me!LOL! I think I will give this to her on her first day of 3rd grade which is coming up sooner than I'd like!LOL!

I used Mercys Tuesday sketch for my layout and I love it-very clean and simple which is what I needed today! I also used Kraft cs for Jeanies krafty Thursday challenge. BTW did you see my new badge!?! Im a top 3 krafty chick! yayyy me!LOL!! Thanks Jeanie! Since I was using kraft cs I decided to pull out my neglected kraft brads I got a Pink Hedgehog Papercrafts. Love these! Well looks like we are in for a storm here so gotta run! Have a great night!

Oliver and his dinos

Well I survived the night will all 5 kids and the one that was sick is doing much better today-Thank Goodness! Guess I better get used to since they will probably be staying with me for the rest of the summer now.

Onto the card now...I was at Michaels Monday and found this cute dino dp and had to get it to pair with Oliver. I've said before I just love any image with a boy and dinos b/c my son LOVES dinos! So of course Oliver was a must have for me!LOL! I colored Oliver and went a little crazy with my copics Im actually a little scared to list them!LOL!! But hey if you got em why not use em right?!!LOL!

hair (a combo I found on Amys blog)-e50, y11, y21, y17, e33

skin-e50, e51, e00, e53 (e93 and 95 for cheeks)

shirt-yg21, 23, 25, 63, and 95, y21, 26, 28

pants-b93, 95, 97, 99

shoes-e44, 47, 49

dinos-r24, 27, and 29, yr15, 16, and 18, b41, b45, and c3... I warned you!LOL!! The colors in the dp were perfect for this weeks Color Q challenge. Love when that happens! I also used Karen's Sweet Sunday sketch for my layout. Have a great day!

Feelin a little Cheeky

I love TGF's cheeky line. Such cute and sassy girls! I finally got a chance to ink up this Rockabilly. I cant wait to get my inky hands on the new Cheeky girls!

For my Rockabilly cheeky I colored her without any dp in mind I just wanted to sit down and color! So I gave her black hair using the neutral copics and colored her dress blue. I drew a line and added some shading using cool grey copics so it didnt look like she was just hanging in mid air!LOL! So as I was going through my dps to decide what to pair her with I came across some BG dp and used it. Its hard to see in the pic but the large square layer, ribbon, and her rhinestone earrings are actually a navy blue. I kept the layout super simple for this one and even used a white card base. Have a great day!

Sugar Rush Tomboy

I adore this TGF image! Shes so cute with her little tongue stuck out!LOL! I thought she would be cute paired with the fun designs in the BG sugar rush dp. Of course I had to color her clothes mismatched since she probably doesnt care if she matches or not!LOL!! Kinda like my girls! This totally looks like something my 7 year old would get up on and put on to wear to school!LOL! I think the sketch I used was last weeks Sweet Sunday sketch. I wanted to keep this card pretty simple and this sketch was perfect for a simple layout. I even jotted down my copic colors I used on this one. I think I'll slip this card in my little girls bookbag the last day of school. Have a great one!

Copics: yg13, yg25, g21, g40, c3, c5, c7, b60, b63, b66, y32, y35, y38, r24, r27, r29, rv10, rv11, rv32, e21, e25, e29, e27, e00, r000, r20, r22

Sweet Messages

Im going to make this quick since I've already tried 3xs to post this! Is anyone else having trouble with Blogger?! Somehow in our busy weekend I found the time to color this TGF Sweet Messages image. I knew I wanted to use some SU dp so I pulled out this afternoon tea dp. I just love the colors in this and even though Im not a SU demo anymore Im glad to see they are changing some of the colors and bringing back alot of the good in colors from the past. For my layout I used Jens sfytt. This layout was a bit different for me so I struggled with it for a bit but Im happy with the end result and look 3 different dp designs!! Im getting better!LOL! Oh and did you check out the ribbon treatment?!! I found this tutorial on Toris blog and had to give it a try. I love ribbon and love using it on my card but seriously I come up blank when trying to think of different bows, etc to use on my cards. Okay thats it for me today! Im super tired today we had a fishing field trip and thankfully no one fell in the pond and no child or adult got "hooked"!LOL! If you seen our class you would know that meant it was a good day!LOL!!

Bang! Bang!

Boo!Hoo!! Today is the last day of my spring break. We have had sooo much fun this week I hate to see it come to an end. Sadly today will be spent getting back to reality and getting ready to go back to school/work tommorrow! I did have some coloring and stamping time this week just lack of time for posting. I made this card earlier in the week for Mercys Tuesday sketch. Since my cheeky shooter was too big for a circle I used an oval instead. I also pulled out some SU dp again and again I cant think of the name of the dp! Gotta find that catty!LOL!! I colored the Cheeky girl using copics to match the dp and added some stickles to her boots and skirt. I also added some pearl earrings and used sakura clear glaze pen over her eyes so they are shiny. I even finally used a courdoury button on this card! I just HAD to have them when they came out and I think I've used one before this card. Why do we do that!?!LOL! Hope you all have had a great week! Im off to catch up on everyones blogs that Im so behind on. Hugs!

Cheeky Glamour

Sweet Sunday sketch is quickly becoming one of my fave sketch challenges. I made this card for this weeks sketch. I knew I wanted to give this Cheeky girl some ink and thought she would look best with a vintage look. I went through my dp and came across this piece of dp in the BG Marrakech collection. She is colored with copics and sponged with PTI aqua mist ink. I actually couldnt see her as anything other than blonde so I went with it. I get stuck on brunettes for some reason. I guess there are just more combos to use and play around with for brunettes or maybe its b/c Im a brunette. I used another new to me border punch and actually pulled out my scallop nesties. I havent used those in awhile. I used 3 primas on this card! Im getting better!LOL! I even gave the Cheeky girl some rhinestone earrings. I didnt have a chance to take a pic of the copics so I thought I'd break them down for you here b/c I did leave them layed out.
Skin- e50. e51, e53
Hair- yr30. e31, e33, e35
dress and shoes- bg11, bg72, bg75 (bg10 for under her dress and eyes)
stockings and boa-e40, e41, e42, e43
mirror-c3, c5, c7
colourless blender

Recollections Happy Day

FINALLY!! I actually made a card I liked!LOL! Im telling yall...Ive been struggling! The worst part about it is I cant put my finger on my prob!LOL! So my plan is just to stamp through it! On my last trip to Micheals I picked up this cute Friends Forever Recollections dp. If I havent said it before I'll say it again I LOVE Recollections dp! I love the little tab at the bottom of the dp with the Bazzill dp that coordinates with it but I didnt use Bazzill with this card I used SU Bermuda Bay and Old Olive. I colored up this adorable Oh Happy Day Anya to match the dp then added some cinnamon and stardust stickles to her belt, ponytail holders, and stars. I just love her pigtails!!LOL!! I left my nesties alone for this one and just used a rectangle and sponged the edges with Antique Linen. I had to pull out the skinny ribbon on this one since I didnt have any wider ribbon to match and Im out of wide white! When everyone first started using wide ribbon I didnt like it! I stuck with my skinny ribbon and somehow started using the the wider ribbon and when I used the skinny ribbon on this card I had found I do prefer the wider ribbon!LOL! Im sure thats something you just HAD to hear but oh well Im in a chatty mood! Im just so excited I actually got a card made!LOL!! I punched a star out of the notebook looking dp and put a rhinestone in the center of it for a little bling. I used Tracy's ESS sketch for my layout. It was a fun sketch to work with.