Twisted LEAP

Ok, sometimes my Twisted Sketches DT assignments are just too stinkin' FUN! That's exactly how I felt this week when creating this little jewel! All of the letters were computer generated and colored in with my markers. I have to say, this is a really terrific sketch. I knew exactly what I wanted to do when I saw it and the theme for this challenge. Please go check out the rest of the DT's creations. There are a slew of very talented ladies on the TS Challenges DTs. They RAWK!

Celebrate Leap Year 2012!!!

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Betty J Schaub
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Twisted RED

Hello once it again it is time for my Twisted Sketches Twisted Card assignment. I am not a real big Valentine's Day fan. Not that I haven't found my own true love, just that making cards for this holiday doesn't appeal to me that much. BUT, that said, I went out guns blazing on this one! The gate felt piece was adhered to a piece of very vanilla cardstock and then I trimmed away the excess. Added some pearls and little hearts cut and embossed with the Fashionable Hearts embosslit. All of that is adhered to a piece of Real Red cs.
Please join us at Twisted Sketches this week to play along with our sketch and our color challenge of RED!


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TSTC#83 - BLACK

Twisted Sketches Twisted Cards sketch challenge #83 and the "TWIST" is black. Got it covered!
This card was created using Stampin' Up! Mocha Morning Specialty dsp. I love the "flocked" 2-tone black. I also used some Stampin' Up! border punches: Dotted Scallop Ribbon, Scallop Trim Border, and Lace Ribbon Border.

Be sure to check out this challenge at TSTC and leave some love for the DT members.
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Peace on Earth - TSTC#81

Let's get Twisted! Today I love the sketch Anam provided the dt with this time. It's CAS and I could dress it up any way I like. So I die cut the heart and then stitched around the edges. Added a bedazzled snowflake and a stamped sentiment along with a few buttons and called this one a wrap. I hope you will join us this week for the challenge. I think you'll enjoy the sketch and the "TWIST". No I won't give the twist away. You'll have to check it out for yourself at the Twisted Sketches Blog. While your there paruse the other DT members creations. They've cranked out some beauties for this one!

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Betty J Schaub Stampin' Up! Independent Demonstrator (SHOP ME) 24/7

TSTC79

This week at Twisted Sketches I played with a rolled felt flower. The felt is cut 1 inch by 1 foot. then folded in half lenghtwise and stitched along the selvages. Then I snipped along at 1/4 inch intervals. The I simply rolled my felt around and glued it to a piece of cardstock using Crystal Effects. Make a pretty rosette.
If you'd like to play along with us at Twisted Sketches please pop on over to their blog and follow the sketch and the "TWIST" to create your card. Don't forget to check out the rest of the DT and leave them some love, they'd REALLY appreciate it!

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TSTC77 - Plain

For this week's Twisted Sketch and for the "TWIST" you'll have to pop on over to the Twisted site to see them.

So I got right down to it and when I completed my first card I realized I had used the same stamp set as the previous challenge. So I then went to work on another card. You will see below.

The card on the right was my first creation. When all was said and done I really liked the way it turned out. But then my blunder occurred to me when I proceeded to post it to my blog. So I went back to my stampin station and created the card you see on the left. Either way, I am happy!

Hope you'll join us for TWISTED SKETCHES TWISTED CARDS Challenge #77. If you play along please link your post not your blog address. Thanks. Be sure to check out the rest of the DT's creations.


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Betty aka ZacksNana
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TSTC75 - INK

  Challenge sketch for Twisted Sketches TWIST -- INK

This is the card I created using the sketch. The "inky" twist for me was to stamp my image and then use my markers (ink) to color the image. All products used are Stampin' Up! and can be purchased HERE.

Be sure to check out the creations of the rest of the "Twisted" Design Team.  

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TSTC#74

Twisted Sketches Twisted Cards Challenge #74 ---

Above is the sketch and below is my take on the sketch. The "TWIST" this week is to STAMP.

I rotated the sketch to create my card.

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Happy Halloween - TSTC#73 - Handmade

This week with Twisted Sketches Twisted Cards we are using sketch #73 and doing something handmade. Well, I gotta admit, I wasn't sure what the rule meant by handmade. Soooo, when in doubt, I stamped and hand colored with my Watercolor Wonder Crayons from Stampin' Up! I hand pierced the upper edge of the pink cs. I added some stamped buttons and spruced them up with some Crystal Effects. I hope you like my Halloween card. I know it's early but it seems that as soon as school lets back in from summer vacation I start thinking of fall!
Oh I also entered this one in the Making Halloween Cards Challenge #8.

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Twisted Sketches #71 - "TWIST" EDGE

Twisted Sketches Challenge #71 and the Twist is to EDGE. I wasn't exactly sure what "edge" meant so I distressed the edges of my card blank and then I punched edges on my Early Espresso cs.
I sure hope you will join us in playing along with this terrific sketch and the fun "twist"!
Hop on over to the Twisted Sketches Blog and see what the rest of the B Design Team has in store for you!

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Twisted Sketches #70 - Punch

Twisted Sketches Challenge #70  "PUNCH" is the twist. I punched my little "EWE" with my SU Star punch and my Small Scallop Round punch. To make her eyes I used the eyes from the Build an Owl punch. The sentiment is handwritten. Behind my EWE I stamped the SU Medallion stamp in Versa Mark ink and used the Wild Wasabi, Tangerine Tango and Melon Mambo embossing powders. I love it! Hope you do too!

Please pop over to the Twisted Sketches blog to see what lovely creations the A Team has for you to feast your eyes upon.

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Betty aka ZacksNana

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hi --- TSTC69

This week @ Twisted Sketches Twisted Cards the challenge is to work with this sketch and the "TWIST" is to use SQUARES. It's a nice sketch and quite interesting to work with.

I took the challenge one step further and made my card a 4.5" x 4.5" square as well. To begin, I stamped the blades of grass from SU Inspired by Nature in Versa Mark and heat embossed with White ep on Melon Mambo textured cs. I love the way this turned out! Then I stamped my sentiment in Versa Mark on some yellow parchment cs and heat embossed with Melon Mambo, Tangerine Tango and Wild Wasabi ep. Then I stamped it again in Lovely Lilac and Wisteria Wonder and heat embossed with clear ep. I took my 3/4" square punch and punched a square from the Melon Mambo, Tangerine Tango, Wild Wasabi and the Lovely Lilac sentiments. I attached them in various locations with dimensional adhesives. I matted using coordinating colored cs and added a flower paperclip. Then it was done.

I hope you will join us this week at Twisted Sketches! The links to my fellow dt members is to the right on my side bar.

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Betty aka ZacksNana

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Always Wonder --- TSTC67

This is my week to show my card for the Twisted Sketches Twisted Cards Challenge. This is challenge week 67 and below is the sketch we are following. The "TWIST" this week is to use the color green.

Below is my creation. I love this dsp from Stampin' Up! It's yet another piece of the Pocketful of Posies collection. I added a bird from the Always set that is retired now and the sentiment is two stamps from the Whimsical Words set which is also retired. I added some rub-ons and some flowers punched with the NEW Blossom Bouquet Triple Layer punch. The bird was stamped and heat embossed then flipped backwards and I blind punched it using the Bird Builder punch. The branch is also from the same punch and I just drew some veining with my marker.

Border punches are the Scallop Border punch and the NEW Lace Ribbon Border punch.
I hope you enjoy my little woodland scene and will play along with our challenge this week. Don't forget to check out the creations of the other Twisted "B" Design Team Members. You can find their links on the TWISTED SKETCHES BLOG!

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TSTC#65 - Fabric

Here's the sketch!

Here's my take!

Here's a bonus card with the same elements...

Please join the fun at TWISTED SKETCHES TWISTED CARDS this week and use your fabric (I fudged a little and made fabric with my ribbons.

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tangy hello - TSTC

tangy hello - Twisted Sketches Twisted Cards Challenge #58. The challenge is Laugh. well this card makes me happy and I guess in my mind that constitutes "laugh". All DSP & CS is from Stampin' Up! I've used Melon Mambo and Tangerine Tango. Even the names of these colors makes me want to laugh. The DSP is called Beyond the Garden #122342 and it is lovely and full of flowers!!! If I'd had the Fabulous Flowers Set #123027 I would have used the sentiment "the earth laughs in flowers". Wouldn't that have just been perfect?! Instead my card just says, "hello". I added some buttons from the Ice Cream Parlor #123529 with the Seam Tape in Rose Red #121884. And last but not least, my friend Elizabeth of SoftPencil Designs put a tutorial on her blog that was created by one of my fellow SoftPencil Design Team members Cat for making these pinwheels. She made it look soooo simple I had to give it a try. Guess what! It is really simple!

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everyday adventure - TSTC#57

Twisted Sketches Twisted Cards sketch #57. Loved the simplicity of this sketch and it sure turns out a very pretty card design too. I stated with Cajun Craze cardstock cut at 4 1/4" by 11" scored and folded at 5.5". I cut a piece of Stampin' Up! In Colors dsp at 1 1/2" wide x 3 3/4" long. Ran that through my Big shot with the Vintage Wallpaper embossing folder. I used a die and cut the scallop border out of Early Espresso cs. I stamped the sentiment from On the Grow stamp set and punched with the Modern Label XL punch and mounted it with Dimensionals. The sentiment and the hearts were punched out of So Saffron. I added a little clear heart button from Bitty Buttons #118761. The ribbon is also So Saffron.

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happy birthday - TSTC56 & CCT162

happy birthday - Twisted Sketches Twisted Card Challenge #56 - yellow. For my card I used Bashful Blue cardstock and a scrap from some decorative paper and a scrap piece of vellum. Since the challenge was to use the sketch and incorporate yellow I added 2 layers of So Saffron border punched, one on top of the other. Then I added a piece of So Saffron grosgrain ribbon and tied a bow. The stamp is from SU Perfect Punches (although I didn't perfectly punch mine). I added a little clear crystal I colored with SU marker in Pink Passion. I smudged a little SU Marina Mist ink around the edges of my scalloped sentiment.
Cute Card Thursday Challenge #162 is to use another sketch or create your own. I used the Twisted Card Sketch for this challenge. It's just a CAS style I wanted to play with it.

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Oh what a Swirlie! - TSTC#55

tags, punches, chipboard, stamps and BLING! Ok, when I started this card I had no idea where I was going with it. But I have to say, the finished product just blew me away! Hope you will try the sketch at Twisted Sketches this week, this is their Twisted Cards Sketch #55.

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happy birthday! - Twisted!

This is my card for the Twisted Sketches - Twisted Cards#54 - the "twist" this week is to make it BRIGHT! Well it doesn't get any brighter than primaries. So I used Stampin' Up! dsp from the Ice Cream Parlor collection. The little flowers are stickers I raised up on Dimensionals. The bird and the branches are from the Stampin' Up! 2 Step Bird Punch. I cut multiple branches and used them to make the nest. Then I punched the bird from some of the Play Date dsp and out of Wild Wasabi cardstock, I punched the wings. My sentiment is computer generated and punched with the Modern Label Punch. I added one of the buttons from the Ice Cream Parlor accessories pack.

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happy birthday - TSTC047

happy birthday - Twisted Sketches Twisted Cards #047 - distress it! I cut my piece of Stampin' Up! designer fabric in a rectangle then I frayed the edges. I stamped the heart and then I used my Stampin' Up! paper distressing tool and roughed up with edges. I added the corduroy ribbon and some button, twine and rhinestones.

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Betty aka ZacksNana
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