Thanksgiving Break over at The Perfect Sentiment

  I'm sure you noticed we didn't have a challenge over at The Perfect Sentiment this week. Although some of our Design Team doesn't live in the United States we have decide to take a break for Thanksgiving to celebrate with our families.   But don't worry we will be back the first week of December to finish off the year with some great challenge.          

PSC100: Christmas Sketch

  What day is it ????
Hump day !! That means we have a new challenge over at The Perfect Sentiment. This week we ask you to make a Christmas card with the sketch supplied Oh, and don't forget to put your sentiment on the front of your card. Here is the sketch...  

 

Our sponsor who will supply the random winner with

3 free digis is Pattie's Creations

 

Here is my card for this week. I love to use Vintage Santa

on my card at Christmas.

 

Thanks for stopping by and if you want some more inspiration check

out the challenge blog and all the wonderful cards that the other

Design Team members has made.

 

   

PSC98: Fall or Halloween

Hi Everyone, The Perfect Sentiment is having another challenge this week. We want you to create a card with a Fall or Halloween theme. Don't forget to put your sentiment on the front of the card.     This week our sponsor is Bugaboo Stamps

 

Our sponsor will supply the random winner with 3 free images. Even if you don't win please stop by their page and help support our sponsors.   For my creation this week I wanted to do something different so I decided to make a Fall invitation to a block party.  

 

  I used Tim Holtz inks to color my card around my Bugaboo stamp. Then to sprinkled it with water for some added details. Tim Holtz inks are so fun to work with. They dry fast and when you use water with then you get a different effect. Thanks for stopping by and don't forget to check out the other Design Team members blog. All addresses are listed in my sidebar.  

PSC97: Poinsettia Christmas

  I know we haven't even gotten post Halloween but over at The Perfect Sentiment we are getting you in the Christmas Spirit. This weeks challenge is to create a card using a Poinsettia. We also have a new sponsor this week that will be giving away three free digital sets to the random winner. To be eligible for the drawing you have to like our sponsors Face book page.   That sponsor is Daydream Designs by Diane Noble  

 

Now let me show you my card for this week.

Our wonderful sponsor supplied our Design Team with designs that fit our theme this week.

 

 

 

After I printed my digital Poinsettia I decided to fussy cut it out to put on my card.

I colored it with my Copic markers and then cut several of the petal and leaves so that

I could pop them up and give it some dimension.

To add some spark I got out my stickles. After that dried I stamped my sentiment

on a tag and tied a ribbon. Oh yea popped it too !! Love me some pop dots.

Topped it all off with some sequins in the middle of the flower.

   

 

Thanks for stopping by and don't forget to stop by the other Design Team members

blogs, all the addresses are in my sidebar.

 

PSC95: Layered Thanksgiving

This week at The Perfect Sentiment the challenge is to create a card with a Thanksgiving sentiment with layers. We want to see atleast three layers on your cards.   Our sponsor this week is Meljen's Design

 

The random winner will receive 3 free digis   For my card this week I want with some great pattern paper that so made me think of Thankgiving.  

    The leaves I stamped and then fussy cut them out.     I sure hope I have encouraged you enough to get you motivated to get your supplies out and join us this week. If you want more take a look at the other DT members blogs. I have listed them in my sidebar.          

PSC93: Holiday Snowflakes

  Well it ain't Winter or Christmas yet but the weather is changing and I can't say I will miss the Summer. Alabama really gets a PUNCH with the heat and humidity. So good riddance... see ya later. Over at The Perfect Sentiment we are starting thinking about the cold weather.   This Week... CREATE A CARD FOR THE UPCOMING HOLIDAY SEASON AND INCORPORATE SNOWFLAKES ON IT IN SOME WAY. IT CAN BE IN THE IMAGE YOU USE, DIE-CUTS, EMBOSSING FOLDERS, ETC. DON'T FORGET TO INCLUDE YOUR SENTIMENT ON THE FRONT   No sponsor this week but we will still pick "Perfect 3" So head on over and join the fun.     But, before you leave let me show you my card.

I started with stamping and embossing a background stamp. Then I punched these snowflakes and oh yea embossed them. I mixed glitter with my embossing power to give it a lot of sparkle. This is the stamp I used and the snowflake punch.

  I am sure there are those product people that can look at this stamp and tell you who made it but I can't ... sorry !! LOL Thanks for stopping by....  

PSC92: " Find Me Some Fall" challenge at The Perfect Sentiment

  Hi Everyone, today is Wednesday and that means another great challenge over at The Perfect Sentiment.   I live in South Alabama and that means that we do not get to see trees turning beautiful colors that you guys get to see in the North. So, with that being said we want you to create a card with any sentiment but show us your Fall colors or your Fall images. Don't forget to put the sentiment on the front of your card.   This week our sponsor is PATTIE'S CREATION  

  The random winner will receive 3 free digital images.   This week I am so pumped about my card. I was scrapping this weekend at our LSS convention and decided to make my card. I had an idea but I wasn't sure how it was going to turn out. I thought I was going to have to stamp and cut out all these leaves but the wonderful lady that was sitting beside me had two punches that worked perfect. She got them at Micheal's. I started inking my card with Tim Holtz - Brown Saddle. Then I stamped the image of the three little frogs. They were holding balloons but it was easy to cover them with my leaves. I colored them with my Copic markers and then I started punching and adding the leaves.   So without further delay... Here is the card.

  I so love how it turned out !! So glad you stopped by and I hope I have inspired you to make a card and join us over at the Challenge Blog. Don't forget to check out all the other Design Team members blogs. I have listed all of them in my sidebar.        

PSC91: Thank You

  The Perfect Sentiment has a challenge this week that everyone should want to join. We are want you to make a Thank You card. No special rules except we want to see your sentiment on the front of the card.   This week our sponsor is Stitchy Bear  

    The random drawn winner will receive 3 free digital images   For my card I got to choose this cute little image. I didn't know if I could color this little fellow with my Copic Markers but I think he turned out really cute. I hope you like  !! I am challenging myself to try new things outside of my comfort zone , so this week I tried "Doodling" Yep, can't go wrong on this technique so who don't you give it a try.

Thanks for stopping by and don't forget to stop by all the other great DT members before you hope on over and join the challenge. You will find all their blogs in my sidebar.    

PSC90: Ribbon, Seam Binding or Baker's twine

Well Hello Everyone !! I bet by now everyone is back into the routine of getting up and getting the kiddos off to school. I know this might sound crazy but I miss not having that structure in my life. My kids are grown but boy when they were at home and in school I was the best organizer...LOL Now all I have to organize is my scrapbooking supplies...hehehe Anyway enough of that. Let's talk about our challenge over at The Perfect Sentiment.   This week- CREATE A CARD FOR THE OCCASION OF YOUR CHOICE AND USE RIBBON, TWINE, OR SEAM BINDING OR ALL 3. INCLUDE YOUR SENTIMENT ON THE FRONT.   Our sponsor is ROBYN'S FETISH

 

The winner will receive 5 free digis !!

 

Now to show you my creation for this week.

 

I decided to use some seam binding that I had recently gotten from my husband's great grandmother's house. She had passed away years ago and I got a call from her daughter asking me if I would be interested in any sewing stuff. Well, I never learned to sew very well but I knew she would have some ribbon, zipper and seam binding. This purple is one of many colors I got. Every time I use it I think of her and I'm so glad because I'm very sentimental. The image was stamped with Versamack ink and embossed with black embossing powder. I wanted to color the flowers so I stuck my thumb into some ink and pressed it to the card. The background ratan ribbon is actually something I kept from a tie on a fruit basket we got at work. The cute sentiment was from my stash. I'm so glad you stopped by and I hope you take time to create and join our challenge this week.    

PSC89: Goodbye Summer, Hello School

  It's Wednesday and that means The Perfect Sentiment has a challenge going on. This week we want you to say goodby to Summer or say hello to the new School year.   LABOR DAY IS AROUND THE CORNER AND FOR MANY THAT MEANS THE END OF SUMMER AND BACK TO SCHOOL. CREATE A CARD WITH EITHER A SUMMER THEME OR A BACK TO SCHOOL THEME. DON'T FORGET TO INCLUDE YOUR SENTIMENT ON THE FRONT.   Our sponsor is The Paper Shelter

    The winner will receive a $20.00 gift certificate   My card this week started when I decided to arrange my clear stamps and came across this cute apple stamp. Since I don't have kids in school I really had no idea I had this. Well since I found it I knew I would make my stamp the center of this card. The rest just fell in to place.

  Thanks for stopping by and check out our new DT members blogs they have some great cards also.  

PSC88: Christmas without Red or Green

  Perfect Sentiments has a great challenge going on this week so make sure you drop on over and join the fun. This week we want you to create a card for Christmas. The only thing is you CAN"T use Red or Green. Don't forget to put your sentiment on the front of your card.   Perfect Sentiments is sponsoring this challenge. That means the winner will get to choose three free Christmas digis from our blog.   For my card I knew the best color for Christmas was "BLUE" So I went with this pretty blue paper with snowflakes. Then I cut a few strips of a music sheet. Since the card need a little brown I tore a piece of cardboard from a box and stripped it so you could see the inside. Added some silver twine and a big black button.  

    I hope you like. Now check out my sidebar where all the other DT members blogs are listed and go see what they made. Then get to crafting and add your card to our linky on the challenge blog. Hope to see you there !!!    

The Great Outdoors at The Perfect Sentiment

Whew !! It is Wednesday again and that means we have a great challenge over at the Perfect Sentiment. We are adding some new DT members and they will be starting in the next couple of challenges so make sure you check out all the new ladies and the new designs they bring to our little group. We will have an official announcement soon. Since summer is about to be over but I'm sure we spent alot of time outdoors so we want you to create a card that has an outdoors theme or quote. Don't forget to make sure you put your sentiment on the front of your card.   Our sponsor this week is Beccy's Place

  The random chosen winner will receive 3 free digis   This week I didn't get an image from our sponsor because I had this great paper from We R Memory Keepers. My LSS has a kit club that I belong to and this paper was one of the kits. I love it. It has really cute die cuts too.

  Happy Campers is the name of the paper line and if you get a chance you will want to snag some of paper. Thanks for stopping by and check out the other DT members blog. I have posted the links on my sidebar. After your all excited get to crafting and then link it up over at The Perfect Sentiment.      

PSC86: Your Favorite Technique

  Hi Everybody, We are back from our summer break at The Perfect Sentiment. This week we are creating a card with our favorite technique. A TECHNIQUE CAN BE ANYTHING FROM HEAT EMBOSSING, DRY EMBOSSING, FUSSY CUTTING, SEWING, PAPER PIERCING, EMBOSS RESIST . DON'T FORGET YOUR SENTIMENT ON THE FRONT.   This week our sponsor is Robin's Fetish

 

The winner will receive their choice of 5 free digis

 

My card this week is with one of our sponsors image.

My favorite technique is to fussy cut.

 

Fussing cutting is when you take your image, print it twice and hand cut out a few of the details so that you can layer them on top of your original image. Use some pop dots to pop it up and now you some some dimension to your card or layout. I love to fussy cut !! Try it on your next card you will be hooked.   Thanks for stopping by and don't forget to go over to our challenge blog and  add your favorite technique card. Hope to see ya there !!!    

Off the card and on the Scrapbook pages !!

Hi Everybody, we have been on a summer vacation over at the Perfect Sentiment so I have been taking the time to do some scrapbooking. I sure have missed it. Making cards is satisfying but I love a 12 x 12 piece of paper. My first layout is a picture of my daughter Lauren posing with her favorite cardboard actor !!

 

 

 

I have really been working on my layering and I think I still have a long ways to go but

this layout really turned out cute. Also on this layout is my first time

to use My Huey's mask... yep still working on that technique too.

The next layout is our new fence we just had installed on our property.

I was so excited I could not wait to do a layout with these pictures.

This paper is from the We R Memory Keepers Country Livin' collection.

Country life is how we live and this paper was perfect to use. Something new I did was I used

Picasa to print these pictures like a Polaroid camera would print them.

 

Thanks for stopping by today and letting me share my latest creations.

Make sure you check back for the new Design Team revealed over at The Perfect Sentiment.

Also we will be sharing cards starting next week.

         

Design Team Call at The Perfect Sentiment

Hi Everyone! Hope you all are having a wonderful summer! 

We, at The Perfect Sentiment, have decided to take the month of July off to give ourselves and you a little break for the summer. Our challenges will resume on Aug. 7th!

In the meantime, we are on the hunt for some new DT Members We are looking for full-time designers who are willing to commit to a term of 6 months beginning in either Aug or Sept. We do take a 2 week break during Thanksgiving and a 3 week break for Christmas, if that helps you to decide! Deadline to apply is July 23rd!  Here are the details...

Here is what we ask of you:

• Be willing to create 2-3 cards a month based on our challenge theme and twists. Basically it's two cards a month except for the month's where we have five Wed and then it's three cards. 
• A willingness to work with digital images is a plus but not required. 
• You must have a blog where you can post your challenge creations and promote our challenge and team by displaying our badges on your sidebar along with a link to each DT Member's Blog. 
• You will be assigned #'s to comment on for our challenge entries and you will be expected to keep up with the commitment which is very reasonable. 
• Challenges are pre-planned and posted in our private yahoo group 4-6 weeks in advance so you have plenty of time to choose which challenges you would like to play in. While you are only required to create twice a month you are welcome to create each week if you so desire.
• Your challenge projects are due by 6pm EST on the Monday prior to the challenge going live.
• Full time Designers are asked to commit to a term of 6 months. 

How to apply:
Just go over to The Perfect sentiment and link up.... Good Luck


                                 

PSC85: Red, White & Blue

  This week at The Perfect Sentiment we are celebrating The colors of July !! Red, White & Blue That's right you can choose any sentiment just use the colors above.     Our sponsor this week is Stitchy Bear

The random winner will receive 3 free images

 

So, or my card this week I went a little out on a limb. I got to choose

an image from our sponsor and I wasn't sure how I was going to use it on a card.

Then I want to my LSS and found this cute paper.

So, I matted my card with the paper I got and OMG it is cute.

Moxxie makes this farm paper and I bought one of each sheet.

Check it out..

Not what you would normally do with a digital image but hey you should do what you like.

Thanks for stopping by and don't forget to stop by all the other DT members blogs

and see what they have made.



 

 



PSC84: Sun and Sand

Well it is officially summer in the South. Since we actually only get two seasons I don't why I am surprised that it is already 90 degree with the humidity making you think it is 100. Well that is how it is and I love it down here so we deal with it every year. Now to start with some summer cards over at The Perfect Sentiment. This week we want you to create a card with a sentiment of your choice. For the twist you need to use any kind of Summer embellishments, paper or stamp. Just make it Summer. This week the random drawn winner will receive a  

$5.00 gift card from Amazon.   For my card I pulled out some old paper that has just been waiting on me to use. I cut the paper down so the Summer sky is centered on my card. Added a cute little chair and a sentiment ans some twine. Bam !! Done !! I love Summer !!

  Thanks for stopping by and I sure hope I see you over at the challenge blog to join the fun.    

PSC82: Father's Day or Other Special Man

  Hi everyone and welcome back again. I didn't post last week because... well LIFE just got in the way. I'm sure you have all gotten there before and understand where I'm coming from. We don't have children at home anymore but that don't mean we don't have ISSUES with our farm. In fact when they were home they really helped out and now I appreciate that help they gave me and my husband. They thought we only had them for slave labor...LOL
but they will understand as soon has children are in their family. Well, enough about me... This week our challenge over at The Perfect Sentiment is about the special man in our lives... Create a Father's Day or that special man in your life card. Make sure the sentiment is on the front of your card.   This week our sponsor is Robyn's Fetish

5 Free digis for the random winner

 

This week I had this great kit from my LSS and I just had to use it.

We Are Memory Makers0 Antique Chic

I used several of the papers and boy did it turn our cute.

The hat I added for my Father-in-law who is an Alabama football hat. I hope you love it. Now don't forget to check out all the other DT members blogs.

Then head on over to the Challenge Blog and join us for all the fun.