Rollin Along!

Dearie Dolls has the sweetest free images!  Take a moment and look around Mary Ellen's site. Today I used her Firetruck - Boy Color image.  Quick and easy birthday card for one of my grandsons!

SSW2 Sketch 145

Mary Ellen's Dearie Digis are inspired by the wooden dolls she and her husband Kip made together for 25 years. She likes to tell a little story with each illustration. Some of her favorite subjects are snowmen and children.

My Recipe:

Image:  Dearie Dolls, Firetruck - Boy Color

Papers:  Studio G Paper Pack 2014 Janet Dunn, Recollections Shades of Red

Inks:  Precolored

Techniques:  Gina Marie Hexagon Stitched Die

Accessories:  Wright Twill, Teresa Collins Signature Essentials Enamel Dots-Red, Printed fire hose from the internet

Happy Birthday!

Hope you enjoy my Monster Truck birthday card! Perfect image for a boys card!  

This is our sketch at SSW2!  Hope you will play along.  

Bugaboo Stamps s our sponsor this week and if you are our lucky grand prize winner, you will win 4 free images from Bugaboo Stamps!

Everything that you ever wanted to know about Bugaboo Stamps:  As if raising 5 children in the frozen land of the North was not enough of a challenge, Jodie Mackrell decided to dip her cold little Canadian toes into the work of papercrafting by opening an online store full of her illustrations. Bugaboo Stamps has become one of the leading companies in digital images. From seiously snarky to sugar sweet to sublimely soulful all the way over to the other side of the super sexy spectrum, you're bound to find all that you need and more to create your paper projects.  Jodie works very hard to provide New Releases and Freebies every week!!  If your taste runs to rubber (and you know who you are), you can find Bugaboo Stamps at Totally Stampilicious.  And finally, join the Bugaboo Stamps DT for the weekly Challenges at Catch the Bug.

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Challenge Blog:  http://catchthebugblog.blogspot.com

Prize:  4 Free Images

My Recipe: 

Image:  Bugaboo Monster Truck

Stamp:  SU Birthday Whimsy

Ink:  Copics, SU Real Red

Papers:  The Paper Studio Masculine Stripe, 

Echo Park Jack and Jill Adventure, 

My Mind's Eye Love Me Hearts, 

SU Night of Navy, Cherry Cobbler and Summer Sun.

Technique:  Stitched Square Die, SU Star and Modern Label

Accessories:  Ribbon, Teresa Collins Enamel Dot, 

A Little Lighthouse and Sweet Stuff

My sister, Arlana, made an adorable shaker card this week for SSW2 and convinced me that I needed to make one also.  Then Arlana also convinced our other sister, Nancy, to make one. This is the first time in a little over a year since we closed the original SSW that we, three sisters, have created together. This is my first try at making a shaker card and I have to say it was quite fun to put together. Thanks, Arlana, for the inspiration!  It's great to see your creations again and to create as sisters!

Image:  Doodle Pantry Little Lighthouse
DP: Cloud 9 Design Under the Sea/Ocean Reef 
Echo Paper Walking on Sunshine Lobsters and Crabs, 
StampinUp Tangerine Tango
Charms: Daintyfied Sea Life for Small Star Fish, 
Large Star Fish and small fish from "Scrap That," local store.
Nestibilities Deckled Edge Classic Oval Large
Nestibilities Classic Oval Large
Beads and sequins from Joann's
Grafix Dura-Lar from Michaeals

I was going to make this one into a shaker card but decided that I liked it best as it is!  I added Crystal Effects to the gum ball machine and also the gum and then decided to add the rain drops on the corner of the chevron paper.


Image:  Doodle Pantry Sweet Stuff
DP: Imaginisce Twitterpated/Colorfall
Simple Stories Vintage Bliss 
StampinUp Real Red
Nestibilities Classic Scalloped Oval Large
Nestibilities Classic Oval Small
Paper Twine from Michaels
Brads and Rain Drops
StampinUp Crystal Effects

This is the sketch for our Challenge at SSW2! 

 Please take a few moments and play along.

"Doodle Pantry takes pride in creating a diverse selection of

doodling styles, like realistic or whimsical, and all of which are family

and kid friendly illustrations.  We hope you enjoy our wide variety of

styles for every family occasion!"

The prize for this week's challenge at Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2 is$10 Coupon at Doodle Pantry.
Challenge rules are located at the top of the blog on SSW2.

Have a great week!
Hugs, 
Judi

Pirate Josh and Parrot

Sweet Sketch 102-43

Sweet Sketch Wednesday

Sponsor:  Digi Stamp Boutique

Ahoy Mate!  I would like to take you away on a pirate's trip.  You might see a creature or two not of your liking!  And at times the sea is not for weak of heart and mind!

Welcome blog friends and followers!  Of course, it is Sweet Sketch Wednesday again!  And I enjoyed creating this Pirate card for you!  You may already know that this is an image from

Digi Stamp Boutique. 

 I always love Sally Ann's images and had to try my hand at creating with this Pirate Josh and Parrot.  With my Copic markers I tried to create a wood deck look on an old pirates ship.  I also had the MS Crab punch that I wanted to incorporate into the card!  So I used some jute to make some rolled up rope with the crab crawling over it!  I punched him out in SU Pumpkin Pie cardstock and inked him up with SU Real Rust and then added Glossy Accents to his shell.  However, when I added the gloss the effect of the Real Rust almost disappeared.  But even with a few bubbles in the gloss it added some dimension to the crab's shell.  Then I figured the old pirate might see a few clams so I added the pearls that might be in his treasure box!

Hope you like it!

Now remember if you play along this week at SSW, you will have a chance to win

6 free digis of your choice

 if you are the Weekly Winner!  So why not play along!  Stop by Digi Stamp Boutique to see what images you might like to create with!  Also take a peek at SSW and enjoy some sweet inspiration from the SSW Design Team!

This is the sketch that you will use for this week's challenge at SSW!

I know you are wondering why the Sketch says Sketch 102-43.  Well, this is the 102 week at SSW but starting this month we will be highlighting some of our past sketches.  This sketch is Sketch 43.  Don't you just love that we can enjoy some of Arlana's past sketches and still enjoy her new creations?

A close up of Pirate Josh and Parrot!

An even closer look at the CRAB!

My Recipe:

Image:  Digi Stamp Boutique Pirate Josh and Parrot
Papers:  My Mind's Eye Four Mile Stripe, Sky comes from Citrus Pack?,
SU Bashful Blue & Pumpkin Pie, Cream Cardstock
Inks:  Copics and Promarker, SU Bashful Blue, Pacific Point and Real Rust
Tools and Embellishments:  Nestabilities Classic Scalloped Ovals Large, Classic Ovals Large, MS Scallop Dot Border Punch, MS Crab, Jute, Glossy Accents, Pearls. Ribbon

Ahoy Mates!