A Totally Stampalicious {SFYTT}

This week's SFYTT sponsor is Totally Stampalicious, and I had SO much fun with the Cafe Scarlette digi image and sentiments! This dirty martini sippin' gal makes me giggle...can't you just hear her slurring the words: I don't repeat gossip...so listen carefully!

I colored her with Copics and dotted her green olive and purse button with Tiny Twinkles from Taylored Expressions. I printed the sentiment on PTI Perfect Plum cardstock and hand trimmed the sentiment for the main image circle and then again for the vertical "ticket" strip. The mini bingo card is from Jenni Bowlin, dotted paper from October Afternoon Fly A Kite pad, and buttons are from PTI. For a little sparkle in her red hair, I added a bits of orange and gold with Spica pens.

I can't wait to see more stampalicious-ness, so let's get on with Jen's sketch & "Rohl Call", eh?!

Jen del Muro & Sandra MacLean
Amy Sheffer
Amber Hight
Jenn Diercks
Jodi Collins
Kelly Lunceford
Leigh O'Brien
Sony Christoph
Susan Liles

Carole Burrage
Megan Lock

TCP Tuesday Inspiration Challenge

Toni is our hostess for this week's TCP Tuesday and she's got a fun inspiration piece, so head on over to her blog for inspiration and the rest of the TCP Tuesday details.

I've used A Cuppa for my card, pairing it with Basic Grey Blush Collection papers which came to mind when I looked at the inspiration piece more closely. PJ (bear) has a paper pieced apron and cuppa and is otherwise colored with Copics. A little stitching here and there adds to the sentiment and image layering, with a crumply layered flower using both the button and flower button CutUps dies now available at The Cat's Pajamas. It seems that I can't make anything these days without reaching for those two dies!

I'm leaving for CHA (Craft Hobby Association) on Thursday and might not be blogging much the rest of the week, but I'll prepost my SFYTT card for Saturday, so stop back again. It's always nice to have you!

Amy

plant a seed {sfytt}

Today's SFYTT is sponsored by Amber Ink, and all participants in this week’s sketch will be eligible to win a $25 Gift Certificate to the Amber Ink store! Everyone participating in this week’s sketch is also welcome to use the code SFYTT&AmberInkC3P1GA for a 10% discount at amberink.com.

I chose the digi set Grow Green for my card today. I tell you what, this is one cu-ute gardening gal, and if I looked like her, why I'd be out there pulling weeds every day, too! Speaking of our garden, we have tomatoes that are ripening, and last night Ed and I enjoyed two wonderful tomato dishes with our supper -- Insalata Caprese & Bruschetta with tomato and basil. Thanks to my wonderful friend, Mary, for the fresh basil! Enough about my wonderful fix in's, let's get on with the card!

I printed out Miss Cute Gardener (MCG for short) and colored her with Copics and colored pencils ala gamsol and then popped her up on a fringed oval of patterned paper from the Cosmo Cricket Garden Variety pad. Could that pad of delicious paper BE more perfect for MCG?! After mounting my paper layers on a bright yellow card base, I realized my circle embellishments were a bit too big, so I added another layer of cream cardstock to the base which forced me to stray a bit from Jen's original sketch...good thing Jen is a very understanding lady!

Here is a close up that shows the fun layering, hand cut fringed edge and popped up images...

Ok, now I have some really great news for y'all--Carole Burrage is back in da SFYTT house, and we couldn't be more excited! What's even more exciting than that--I'll be seeing Carole IRL this week at CHA in Chicago! I'll be rooming with my great gal friends, Carole, Leigh O'Brien and Joanne Basile as well...does it get any better than THAT?!

Here's roll call, or as I like to say "Rohl Call", ha! Get it--Amy Rohl, "Rohl Call"...just humor me and give me a chuckle, eh?!

Jen del Muro & Sandra MacLean
Amy Sheffer -- on vacation this week
Amber Hight
Jenn Diercks
Jodi Collins
Kelly Lunceford
Leigh O'Brien
Sony Christoph
Susan Liles
Carole Burrage

Megan is on maternity leave for a bit--Congrats to Megan and hubby on the birth of their new baby bundle, Emma!

Have a great weekend,
Amy

And Baby Makes...

A little more enabling from the recent TCP release, using one of the new sets, And Baby Makes... (N-0686). I created a cute little vertical banner using each of the images and a sentiment, layered on a Spellbinder's label die with a peek of TCP felt on top. The segments are held together using Black Licorice Divine Twine, also available from The Cat's Pajamas.

Detail shots...

Here's one more using the same set...

Lots of dots, and a fun felt and twisted Divine Twine flower using TCP's CutUps flower button die.

We'll see you tomorrow with my weekly Sketch For You To Try!
~Amy

More Bunny Love!

Just another sweet image from The Cat's Pajamas release yesterday. This one is called Forget About The Cake (G-0689), and I love the sentiments! Check out this and the rest of the release HERE.

Come back again for more enticing TCP eye candy later this week, and if you missed the TCP Tuesday blog hop, you can start from the tippy top at Leigh's blog!

Card ingredients...
Stamps: TCP Forget About The Cake
Paper: PTI Rustic White; October Afternoon Fly A Kite
Other: TCP Wood Veneer sheets, TCP Baby Love Glitzy Glitter, Copics

TCP Tuesday Blog Hop

Does this tea cup ship flanked with penguins make you smile, giggle and render whole body tingles or what?!? I fell in love with Ship Happens (K-0690) the moment I saw it, and then Alma comes up with the coolest TCP CutUps wave die that is perfect for these mighty sailors! Another wonderful CutUps die that is now available for purchase is the button die. See those little wooden buttons?! Yep, die cut using thin sheets of wood veneer, also available from The Cat's Pajamas! Oh, oh,oh, and we can't forget that Divine Twine holding the pennants together, or the Baby Love Glitzy Glitter/ocean spray--also available from, you guessed it--The Cat's Pajamas! Get your green on and get shopping, if you haven't already done so!

This TCP Tuesday we're celebrating our new member company forum on Splitcoaststampers by mixing it up with the Dirty Dozen on their Dare to Get Dirty Challenge. Leigh O'Brien is this week's TCP Tuesday hostess as well as a Dirty Dozen Alum (the elite of the elite stampers), and she's got a great sketch challenge for the Dare to Get Dirty Challenge that we're also using for our TCP Tuesday sketch challenge.

If you're not familiar with the Dirty Dozen and all the Dare to Get Dirty Challenges, check out these links, and then come out and play along with us! We've also got some seriously great eye candy for you in the form of a blog hop to showcase the newly released sets from The Cat's Pajamas!

• Splitcoaststampers Fan Club
  
• Dirty Dozen at Splitcoaststampers
• Dare to Get Dirty Challenge 2010 Forum

I mentioned a blog hop, so let's talk about that for a minute! The hop started with Leigh, our hostess, so if you want to start from the top, click on Leigh's name. Or, you may have hopped here from Toni's blog, and that's great, too! After you're done here, hop on over to Joanne's blog for the next stop on the hop!

You're Invited!