The Craft's Meow: April 2012

Friday, April 27, 2012

Taylored Expressions Sketch Challenge #157

Yay, it's Friday!!! To start the weekend out right we welcome you to the Taylored Expressions Sketch Challenge! You can get all the deets for the challenge at Splitcoaststampers in the Taylored Expressions Forum (this is Sketch #157) and on the Taylored Expressions Blog, which is where you'll link your cards.

What's the prize, you might wonder? One person will be randomly selected from all of the challenge uploads to receive a $10 gift certificate to the TE Store! If you used predominantly TE Stamps on your project you’ll receive an extra $10 bonus for a total $20 gift certificate to the TE Store!!!

Not only that, but one featured stamper will be selected who will be awarded "Top Chef" honors. Your design and blog will be featured on Taylor's blog during the following week's sketch challenge!!!

Jen Shults created this fun sketch for us to play with!

My card features the butterfly image and one of the greetings from TE's Garden Party Critters. Prima flowers take center stage paired with patterned paper from the Miss Caroline Howdy Doody collection by My Mind's Eye. I added twill ribbon, a few buttons and a bit of stitching around the edges, and voila!

I hope you'll join us this round! The sketch challenge runs until Thursday, May 10th, so you have plenty of time! In the meantime, take a look at what the rest of the Sketch Crew has created for your viewing pleasure and inspiration:

Cassie Trask
Jami Sibley
Monika Davis
Rachel Sztonyk
Tracy Clemente
Taylor VanBruggen <---- get all the details here
Colleen Begley, Featured Top Chef

Thanks for stopping by! Have a great day!

Friday, April 13, 2012

Taylored Expressions Sketch Challenge #156

TGIF!!! Are you planning a little crafting time this weekend? Yes? Then you've come to the right place! We've got lots of inspiration for you with a new Taylored Expressions Sketch Challenge! You can get all the deets for the challenge at Splitcoaststampers in the Taylored Expressions Forum (this is Sketch #156) and on the Taylored Expressions Blog, which is where you'll link your cards.

What's the prize, you might wonder? One person will be randomly selected from all of the challenge uploads to receive a $10 gift certificate to the TE Store! If you used predominantly TE Stamps on your project you’ll receive an extra $10 bonus for a total $20 gift certificate to the TE Store!!!

Not only that, but one featured stamper will be selected who will be awarded "Top Chef" honors. Your design and blog will be featured on Taylor's blog during the following week's sketch challenge!!!

The beautiful Sankari Wegman has created this fun sketch for us to play with!

My card features image and greeting from Love Grows Here. I stamped one of the trees three times in Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored them using my Copic markers. I cut them out and mounted them with foam tape on patterned paper from the On the Bright Side One collection by My Mind's Eye. I created the fence with the TE Picket Fence Border die, and finished things off with some green Candy Dots.

I hope you'll play with us! The sketch challenge runs until Thursday, April 26th, so you have plenty of time! In the meantime, take a look at what the rest of the Sketch Crew has created for your viewing pleasure and inspiration:

- Cassie Trask
- Jami Sibley
- Lori Craig
- Monika Davis
- Tracy Clemente
- Taylor VanBruggen <---- get all the details here
- Lynnette Kauffman, Featured Top Chef

Thanks for stopping by! I hope you have a fabulous day! ;)

Wednesday, April 4, 2012

Happy Birthday Korin!!!

I'm a day early with a very special birthday surprise....tomorrow is my dear friend Korin Sutherland's birthday! A group of her friends are getting together today for a fun early birthday party since tomorrow is the fantastic April Release Blog Hop for Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps and we didn't want to take the spotlight from that. After all, our sweet girl deserves her OWN day in the spotlight! So please join us as we celebrate Korin's birthday a little early! After all - you can never have too much celebration, can you?!?!