Try It Out Tuesday - Sketch and birthday card

What is it about cheerleaders that make you either love them or hate them? I adore them and this cutie, Cheerleader Julia from Anki's Sweethearts 2 Collection from Susana's Custom Art and Card Design just makes me smile! Birthday cards should make you smile so I thought these two would be a perfect combination for our Design Team Challenge this week for our sketch and challenge from our fearless leader, Suzanne Dean!

I colored this cutie with my copics and highlighted her sweet pom poms with some Smooch and Sparkly Fluff. I love this saying from Susanaments! Aren't they just the greatest?! The paper is from the Euphoria collection from BasicGrey which is my favorite paper and the buttons are from my stash. I added some Scrapper's Floss and Bella Baubles and think she's just perfect to make someone a cheerful birthday card!

Don't forget to stop over at the store blog, Follow Your Heart, and catch up on the latest news for our new release of Elisabeth Bell for Susana's Custom Art and Card Design (SCACD). We're going to have a blog hop on Thursday and these new sweeties are going to be available for purchase on Friday, July 17th! I can hardly wait!

Hope everyone has a "cheerful" day!

Card Ingredients:

Julia from Anki's Sweethearts 2 for SCACD, Susanaments by SCACD, Sparkly Fluff, Ephoria paper Collection from BasicGrey, Bella Baubles, Scrapper's Floss, buttons and ribbon from stash, SU ticket punch

Try It Out Tuesday #23 - Sketch

I enjoy rain every now and then but enough is enough! That's how I used to feel until we started camping. We had a great little camper on a beautiful site off of a stunning lake up in the woods in Maine. When I realized I couldn't have a fire because the woods were so dry, I suffered through the rain to be able to enjoy camp in the evenings. But now I don't camp and want my warm weather and the sun!



Our talented Suzanne, our Lead Designer for Susana's Custom Art and Card Design, has given us a great sketch to interpret. I made a slight modification and made my center a rounded rectangle rather than a circle, but I think it keeps the integrity of sketch intact. Since we've had so much rain, this sweet "Singing in the Rain", one of the new Victoria Case for Susana's Custom Art and Card Design just popped into my mind. Don't you love the Susanaments? I haven't put so many words on my cards since I don't know when! I colored her with copics and added some Glossy Accents to her coat for some texture. I cut out an extra umbrella and attached it for a bit of dimension. I love this sweet DaisyD paper and am so sad that they're not producing paper any longer! I added some ribbon, a hatpin and a butterfly charm to finish her off.

Please make sure to stop by Follow Your Heart and see the marvelous cards my Design Team sisters have put together for you! They're fabulous!

Card Ingredients:

Singing in the Rain from Victoria Case for Susana's Custom Art and Card Design (SCACD), Sentiment from Susanaments for SCACD, copics, Glossy Accents, hatpin, ribbon, cuttlebug.

Anki's Sweethearts 2 - Sneak Peek and Blog Candy!

I'm playing catch up with my Design Team projects for Susana's Custom Art and Card Design and having so much fun in presenting our very own Anki's Sweethears 2! I'd love to introduce you to Emilia who is inviting you on a yummy, fun filled picnic and Fluffy, who is here to welcome a new little one into our world! These new stamps are just too adorable and versatile and I just taken with them all! These sweeties, along with the rest of the collection and for a real treat, another set of Susanaments! These are such great sayings that go along with just about any occasios.

Emilia is colored with copics and has Flower Soft all over her! I love the yellow daisies she's carrying and the gorgeous lush purple flowers in her hair. And don't you love her basket? I added a bit of Glossy Accents to the bottle to make it shine and some Smooch on her dress and her shoes. Isn't this Susanament perfect for any party invite? Love it! I used this weeks Splitcoaststampers sketch and I think she's perfect of it! And I love my Retro paper from Dovecraft, also an exclusive for Susana's store!



Don't you just want to scoop up Fluffy and take this sweetie home? I colored this baby with distressed inks and this sweet paper is from the Baby pack from Dovecroft. I put some Velvet Flock from Doodlebug in the center for a bit of dimension and a bit of glossy accents on the pad of this sweetie's feet. Add a couple of Bella Baubles and some beautiful ribbon and it's done! And another great sentiment from Susana makes it perfect! Simple and just so sweet!

Don't forget to check out the great blog candy today over at Follow Your Heart, our Design Team blog for the store. I hope you love these gorgeous stamps as much as I do. They're just precious and so much fun to color and present! Make sure you take a look at my fellow Design Team member's blogs to get a look at the entire collection. What a treat they are! Just yummy!

Card Ingredients:

Emilia by Anki's Sweethearts 2 for SCACD, Susasnaments, Retro Paper from Dovecraft, Kaisercraft Pearls, copics, Flower Soft, Smooch, nestabilities, ribbon, cuttlebug folder.

Fluffy by Anki's Sweethearts 2 for SCACD, Susanaments, Baby Paper from Dovecraft, Bella Baubles, cuttlebug, distressed inks, ribbon

Blog hop - Victoria Case for Susana's Custom Art and Card Design and Sketch Saturday

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Woo Hoo! The day has finally arrived and I'm so excited to present "Belle", one of the nine stunningly adorable stamps from Victoria Case for Susana's Custom Art and Card Design (SCACD), exclusively at Susana's store! We're having such fun doing a great blog hop so if you haven't come to my blog from Anki's then you've missed out on some fabulous creations! Our blog hop starts with our ever fearless and total designing rock star, Suzanne, and then progresses on from there. So if you've missed a step, believe me, you'll want to go back and start over! The end result is an opportunity to see this adorably cute collection! The winner of the Follow Your Heart blog candy will also be announced on the store blog at that time. So on with the cuteness!



My Belle is from the first series entitled "The Hearts and Hugs Collection" so yes, my dear friends, there will be more cuteness on the way! She's precious and don't you just love the Susanament that just matches her perfectly? The Susanaments area collection of 10 sentiments that fit so many different occasions so yes, you'll be seeing more wording on my cards in the future!

I followed Sketch Saturday's sketch for thise beauty. I love their sketches! She's colored with copics and I used some Siren and Moonlight Smooch on her leotard, some stickles on her tutu and some Glossy Accent on her shoes. The paper is from K&Company Wild Raspberry collection and I love the gold textured paper from The Paper Company. Don't you just love that gorgeous Petaloo Mulberry Wild Rose on top? Belle so reminds me of my Nichole and her recitals. Hopefully I'll have lots of recitals coming up from Allie and Emma!

So to finish up your hopping, head on over to Suzanne Dean's blog and see her gorgeous sweetie. It's going to be a real treat! Thanks for joining us and go snatch up these sweet little darlings - but after the hopping! Make sure to stop by Victoria's blog and congratulate her on her wonderful talents and gifts to us! You can also find her Design Team members blogs for their take on her new stamps! Go spread the love!

Card Ingredients:

Belle by Victoria Case for SCACD's Hearts and Hugs Collection, Susanaments by SCACD, Smooch, Petaloos Mulberry Rose, Flower Soft, K&Company Wild Raspberry Paper, Stickles, ribbon, hatpin, copics, Glossy Accents.