Spring has sprung…finally! We have a zoo trip planned this weekend. Ellie can’t wait to show “little brudda” all the animals. I’m sure I will take a couple hundred pics LOL! What did we do before digital? When I first started uploading to SCS, I hated the way that the scans looked so I would take a picture, develop it, scan it and then upload it. WOW…and that was just a few years ago. Glad I got with the program and went digital…digital SLR, to be exact…love it!!

Well, I’m sure you didn’t come here to read how I am a little late in the whole world of technology, so let’s get to the point and see what this week’s sketch is all about…

Kinda cool. Kinda crazy! Have fun with this one!

Here’s my sample using Verve’s Practically Perfect set…

Detail shot…

Here’s a fabby card from this month’s DESIGNER OF THE MONTH, Angie Tieman…

You can check out more fabby creations from my SKETCH FOR YOU TO TRY sisters…
Amy Rohl
Amy Sheffer
Leigh O’Brien
Kelly Lunceford
Megan Lock
Jenn Diercks
Amber Hight
Susan Liles’ husband was diagnosed with lymphoma this week. Please visit her blog and give her a virtual hug and some support!

Wanna play along and be considered for a future Designer of the Month spot? I hope you do, as I can’t wait to see what you all will come up with. Just upload your card to this Slide guestbook below. You can put your blog addy in comments section of the Slide upload.

First, here is my class schedule at Scrapper’s Boutique…
March 30 6:30 pm- Copic II
April 3 Time TBA- Copic Refresher
April 6 6:30 pm- Copic III
May 4 6:30 pm- Copic I
May 15 10:30 am- Cardmaking 101
May 15 2:30 pm- Stamping 101

Yesterday I showed you a scrap page that I made of Ellie and her/Tony’s chocolate shake. I took a picture of my Thin Mint shake, too. I just like how the pictures came out, so I thought that I would go ahead and share them here.

Mmm, Thin Mint…

All gone…

Here are a few Ellie enjoying a bite. So cute!

Finally, I have a card to share. When I saw this image from Taylored Expressions I fell in love. I just think the 2 elephants and hearts are so cute together. The sentiment is a mounted rubber stamp from Hampton Arts that I have had in my stash for quite some time. I used more of the My Mind’s Eye Quite Contrary line…some of my all time favorite paper!

Off to do some work around the house and hopefully get some stamping done!

Ok, it’s a hop so here are the hop deets:

Both the start and where you should have come from to get here are on LEIGH’s blog.
After you leave here, you will hop on over to JOANNE’s blog.

I said it was BIG, so let’s go over those deets, too:

1. Instead of 1 TCP Tuesday challenge there are four: Sketch, Color, Inspiration and Supply.
2. You will find these challenges along the way on Leigh, Joanne, Toni and Amy’s blogs.
3. The winner will be chosen by the number of entries they have. The more entries the more of a chance they have. In the case of a tie, the winner will be picked at random.
4. The contest will last a week. All entries must be uploaded to the guestbook on Alma’s/TCP blog. The winner of the contest should have all their designs uploaded no later than Noon. PST. Monday March 15. The winner will be announced on Tuesday at Noon PST on March 16.
5. The winner will win a prize pack of hottest Cat Pack Picks~ 7 of the Cat Packs picks. That is 7 of the Cat Pack’s swanky sets and some of Alma’s personal favorite licks. (Buttons, glitter, you know goodies).

One of my favorite sets is the Coolvetica Alphabet. Sweet and simple without being blah is the best way that I can describe it. Let me know what you think…

My original plan was to make a card {of course!} to go along with Leigh’s sketch, but then I took this picture of Ellie and got inspired to make a 6 x 6 scrap page. Why 6 x 6? Well, I don’t scrap and I find all the bigger sizes of scrapping a little tedious and a wee bit intimidating. I immediately thought of adding a little title using this alpha and now I have a wee page that I can display in my room. LOVE it!

Detail shot of the letters…

The picture was taken at Twisted Root Burger Company in Roanoke. I’ve been wanting to go since we saw it featured on the Food Network. It was YUM-O. Ellie and Tony shared a chocolate shake for dessert {ahem, appetizer} and I had a Thin Mint shake…de-lish! As for my burger, I had a burger with swiss and beer marinated carmelized onions with sweet potato chips on the side. Needless to say, we will be back!

Here’s the sketch for the challenge that I used…

Ok, hop hop hop on over Joanne’s blog for your next challenge

Happy March! Boy, was last month fun with such a great giveaway and search for this month’s Designer of the Month. I don’t have a huge prize up for grabs this month, but from now on I will be choosing the next Designer of the Month from the participants that upload their card/creation to the SFYTT posts.

One of last month’s participants and this month’s Designer of the Month is fellow North Texan, Angie Tieman…

A little about Angie in her own words…
I’m a paper-crafting fool who loves staying up all night creating and sleeping in late in the mornings, which can be a problem when you’re also a 2nd grade teacher! When I’m not stamping, I love lazing about at home with my husband of 19 years and my precious dog Nick, cropping with my girlfriends, searching antique stores and flea markets for treasures, and working on home decorating projects.

You can visit Angie on her blog, SCHWOO.

Here’s the sketch for this week…

Here’s my take on it using What’s Crackin’ from My Favorite Things…

Detail shot…

Here’s Angie’s great sample…

You can check out more fabby creations from my SKETCH FOR YOU TO TRY sisters…
Amy Rohl
Amy Sheffer
Leigh O’Brien
Susan Liles
and Kelly Lunceford

Also, check out samples from the NEW SISTERS…
Megan Lock
Jenn Diercks
and a welcome to Amber Hight who is currently on vacation, but will be playing with us soon!

As always, I can’t wait to see what you come up with! Below is the Slide Guestbook that you can upload your card to. All participants will considered to be an upcoming Designer of the Month. Pssst…you can put your blog address in the comments section.