Sketches by Carly

Good morning and welcome to another edition of Sketches by Carly!  I must admit on this sketch  two things.  One I did not follow it exactly and two it was hard for me.  Our sponsor this week is Bugaboo Stamps and the winner will receive seven digital images of their choice.  Now that's worth playing along isn't it?

I used an image from the always cute stick figure collection.  This one is simply named School - Boy.  I remembered I had some school digital papers so I found those and printed out the pencil paper, colored up my image and then I was stuck.  I always have a hard time figuring out what to do with little thingies hanging down.  My first thought was ribbon but not for a boy card so...I used arrows that I put different character qualities on like positive, effort and respect.  For the 'dawg pound' part (the school's mascot is a bulldog) I just used word are in Word, then free cut it. 

I made this to give to Kyler to tell him what a good job he's doing so far this year (I know it has only been a week) as it has been a big change for him and he's staying on top of things really well so far.  He liked it (especially the 'dawg pound' part) so it was all a success!

Above is the sketch...I hope you'll give it a try and have some fun with us and possibly win some fun images from Bugaboo!

So, there you have it!  I hope you all have a wonder Friday!  See you on Monday!

Sketches by Carly

Oh, my goodness...I am a bad design team member today!  After a little e-mail from Kris I was prompted to remember that I didn't post for Sketches by Carly this week!  ACK!  So, here we go!

This week we are sponsored by Bugaboo Stamps and the winner of this sketch will SEVEN images!  I have used the I Do image.  I thought it would be cute to start making cards for my son and his fiance.  I don't know how many cards I'll actually need but hey...you can never have too many!

Okay, above is the sketch.  I hope you'll be able to play along!  Have a great weekend!

Sketchees by Carly #51

Happy Friday friends! I am so pleased to be at Friday...how about you?  It is also a fun, bright day on my blog today for the 2nd week of Sketches by Carly #52.  Like I told you last week the design team has been split into two teams and it is my week to share with you...yay!

This week's sketch is so versatile!  I used some patterned papers that I just have in my stash for this birthday card which is obviously male oriented.  The image is from Bugaboo, the sponsor of sketch #51.  Bugaboo will be giving the winner of this sketch 7 images of their choice.  What a great prize!

Alright, so hop on over to Sketches by Carly to see what the other design team members have made and get busy using the sketch so you can enter to win the Bugaboo digi's!

Thought of the day:  Hugs were invented to let people know you love them without saying a word. 

Wishing you...

It's Friday and I'm doing the (happy dance in case you can't tell)!  I'm not sure why as my weekends are much like my weekdays but Friday still makes me happy!  Guess what today is?  Today we get a new sketch from Sketches by Carly.  The SBC design team has now been made into two teams, one will post the day the sketch starts and one will post the next week...we want to make sure you have lots of inspiration for the sketch!  Technically this is not my week to post but I happen to adore the card I made so I decided to post this week and next! 

So our sponsor for this sketch is Bugaboo.  They are nice enough to let us choose which image we'd like to work with (which is hard because all of their images are soooo cute!) so I chose this cute lucky turtle.  I paired it with a sentiment that says 'wishing you all the very best' and some cute St. Patrick's Day papers, added some fun twine and pearls and wahlah...a cutie card!

You can hop on over to the Sketches by Carly blog to see the sketch and what my design team sisters have made as well as see the actual sketch which my card is pretty true to.  Remember the winner of the sketch will receive SEVEN digital images from Bugaboo...they are so generous, aren't they?

Well, that is it from me today.  I hope you have a wonderful day and weekend!

Thought of the day:  If you have the courage to begin you have the courage to succeed! 

Live...Love...Laugh

Good morning! Who's glad it is Friday?  It is still a busy day and weekend ahead but at least it is the weekend, right?  Today, is a new sketch from Sketches by Carly.  We are sponsored by Bugaboo Stamps today so we got to pick out the image we'd like to use.  Fun stuff!

So the image I chose is called Beautiful Blocks - Live Love Laugh.  Wonder why I might like it?  Haha!  (Just a little hint for ya if you like it...it is on sale for $1.50!)  The papers are from an old Taylored Expressions Kit and I added a photo corner SVG that I cut with my Cricut.  Most of the rest of it is pretty basic.  I'm disappointed that the color didn't come out very well as this is very pretty in real life.  Oh, and like the post yesterday this is not a card.  It is for decoration in my craft room. 

Now, don't forget the challenge is good for two weeks so you have until Jan 20th to play along.  If you win you will receive 7 Bugaboo images of your choice.  Score!  Make sure you go check out what the other design team members made.  Their links are in my side bar.  And since this actually has butterflies on it I'm entering it in Flutter By Wednesday's challenge which is open this week!


So, tomorrow I'll be showing you my scrapbooking resolution (so to speak) for the year and I bet it isn't what you think it will be.  Hope you'll stop back tomorrow!


Thought of the day:  Learn to appreciate what you have before time makes you appreciate what you had.

Veteran's Day with Sketches By Carly

Happy Friday everyone! And Happy Veteran's Day to all of our Veteran's and active duty military members!  You are all appreciated!  ***So sorry for the delay in posting...Blogger messed up, I had it scheduled!***

Today is a new sketch day with Skeches by Carly.  This time we are sponsored by Bugaboo and I have had the pleasure of designing with their image called AKV Army - Flag USA.  I gotta tell ya I love this card.  The sketch was so much fun to work with and tweak to make the layout work for this fun image and my Veteran's Day theme.  I wish I could tell you who made all the fun papers on this card but I honestly do not recall.  For this soldiers uniform I Google'd ACU (the name of the type of uniform that Army soldiers wear right now), found a good photo and then printed the pattern on some cardstock.  I then ran the ACU'd  piece back through my computer to print the soldier image on.  I just cut out the helmet and jacket, adhered it to my base image and have somewhat of an authentic soldier for my card! Fun stuff, huh?

I know you want to play along so I've posted the sketch here on my blog so you can get started right away.  When ready you can head on over to Sketches by Carly to upload your card to InLinkz. I'm also entering this in the Blogger Challenge Veteran's Day Challenge. 

I know you guys want to see what the rest of the design team has made so I'll link you up.  Be sure to leave them all some love, k?

Jerusha

Julie 

Danni

Ceal

Margreet

Genevieve

Sarah

Shakira

Kathy

Kris

Carly

Please take the time, not just today, but everyday to thank a Veteran.  I can pretty much guarantee you that you will make their day!

Thought of the day: In war, there are no unwounded soldiers.  Jose' Naroski