Twistin' #105

 This week's Twisted Sketch was flower!  I love flowers, they make me so very happy.  I created this baby card using a button from the Sassafras line by October Afternoon.  As you can see, the button has a flower center.  Check out this week's Twisted Sketch and try your own take on this fun challenge!

Twistin' #97

I can't believe it has been one month since my last post!  I am slacckkkinnngggg!  Anywho, here is my take on Twisted Sketches #97 with the twist of "yellow".  I really loved this sketch for its clean & simple layout.  I used a star border that I got for free at my LSS and just added some stickles to it.  Who doesn't love stickles?
You should head over to Twisted Sketches and try it for yourself!

Twistin' #94

Here is my card for this week's challenge over at Twisted Sketches.  This week the twist was 'Red' and I made a card for a friend of mine that just got engaged.  I just love aqua and red together so I couldn't resist using these 2 paper.  Head over to the Twisted site and try it out for yourself!

Twistin' #90

I'm baccccckkkkkk with my first new Twisted Sketches card of 2012!  I made this card using all new paper & and a new Spellbinders set that I won from my Play Date Cafe's challenge win! The ice cream is heat embossed and I used Papertrey Ink's Love Songs set again, I love that song and I love that sentiment!
Head over to Twisted Sketches this weekend for a new sketch with the "New" twist.  Can't wait to see what everyone submits!

Twistin' for 6 more months!

So I have been asked to stay on the Design Team over at Twisted Sketches for the next 6 months! I'm excited to be part of the Twisted team and can't want for the new sketches starting in January!  Here is my take on the DT card sketch with the "number" twist.  I made this card for my niece who just turned 9 years old.  Head over to Twisted to check out the sketch and the rest of the DT's cards.

Twistin' #87

Here is my take on this week's Twisted Sketches challenge, where the twist this week was Glitter!  Glitter is so fun and I had a great time making this fun Holiday card.  Head over to Twisted to try the sketch out for yourself!

Twistin' #83

Here is my take on Twisted Sketch #83 - this week's twist was "Black" any how, any way!  Go over to the Twisted Sketches website and try out the sketch for yourself!

Twistin' #81

Here is my take on Twisted Sketch #81, the twist for this sketch was "Love".  I have been wanting to make a Christmas-y kind of card lately, especially since I need to get some Christmas stock over to re:Discover since Santa is going to be there next weekend! So I decided to use a "Peace, Love, Joy" stamp in the background of the snowman as my twist.  I just picked this Tim Holtz Snowman die up from Michael's last week, I was super excited to put it to use!  Check out the other designer's work over at Twisted Sketches and try it for yourself!

Twistin' #79

Here is my take on Sketch #79 over at Twisted Sketches!  The twist for this sketch was "felt".  I used my PTI Cupcake die to cut out the felt for the top of the cupcake.  I made this birthday card for my friend, Ashley.  She is a fellow crafter so it felt special to create something a little different for her.  I used some liquid pearls & rhinestones on top of the felt to make it look like fancy sprinkles.  Check out the rest of the Design Team's work over at Twisted Sketches and try it out for yourself!

Twistin' #77

I can't believe it has been over a month since my last blog update; the last 2 months have flown by!  Mark and I have been traveling every weekend for what feels like forever and now that the weather is cooling down so are our schedules which leaves me with more time to craft on the weekends.  I put in a PTI order last weekend for some holiday stamps & dies and I can't wait until it shows up this week so I can get to work on some Christmas stock for re:Discover.  In the meantime, I am going to post the Twisted Sketches that I have done for the last few weeks.  Head over to Twisted Sketches to check everyone's work out and submit your own take on the sketch!

This is my take on Sketch #77 - the twist was "plain".  The twist worked out perfectly for this card since this was made for my father-in-law and I don't have a lot of masculine stamps.  Keeping it simple ended up keeping me from making it look girly.

Twistin' #75

I know I'm a little late posting this card, but I've been away for the long weekend and forgot to schedule my post!  Anywho, I made this card for my dear friends, Lora & Dan, who just bought their first home together.  I used this week's Twisted Sketch challenge of using ink with the sketch provided.  I used Memento ink in Rich Cocoa to stamp the "Congratulations" sentiment, and used VersaMark & Embossing power to stamp the white "Congratulations" sentiment. 
One of the fun things about this card are the buttons!  They are from an old button factory in Connecticut, I picked up a string of them from re:Discover, what a great little find.  The anchor one I already had and thought it was perfect to use since their new home is in Rhode Island (the Ocean State) and an anchor is on our state flag. 

One more little secret about this card is that all the paper was pulled out of my scrap box!  I love when that happens.

Twistin' #73

Here is my take on this week's Twisted sketch.  This week the twist was "handmade" and although the card is handmade, I thought I'd add some rolled flowers that I did by hand to the front of this card.  My college roommate, Margaret, is getting married this Sunday and I knew I had to make her a fun, special card.  Her wedding colors are pinks, greys and greens so I tried to incorporate all of that into my card.  I also distressed the edges of the green paper in the background to make it look a little more vintage.  I couldn't seem to stop adding rhinestones - and I justified it because it's a wedding so it needed some bling*
 I'm really happy with how this one came out, hope you enjoy!

Twistin' it up!

Hello Blog Friends!  I have some more exciting news!  I have been selected to be on the Design Team (DT) for Twisted Sketches!!  I am so excited to be a part of this challenge site!  The deets of my time with Twisted Sketches are that I make a card every other week based on the sketch provided to me.  My card is then published with the rest of the team cards to use as inspiration for other card makers to submit a card for the challenge.  So this week's twist was Edge, and I am allowed to interpret that any way I want.  I decided to bring my ribbon banners to the edge of the paper and also use an edger die to make the scalloped edge for the card on the right side.

 Here is my take on the sketch & twist:

Can't wait to see your submissions!!

Twistin' #63

Here is my take on last week's Twisted Sketch that Jess's design team worked on.  I love having my friends on design teams, it really pushes me to try their weekly sketches.  Happy Father's Day everyone!

Twistin'

So this is an extra special challenge for me because my friends Jess & Kendra are both on design teams for the Twisted Sketches website.  This is the first challenge that Kendra has designed a card for, so I just HAD to enter the challenge!  Enjoy!