Plant a Little Love...

Hi there! Just popping in to share a card I made for the JustRite Friday Challenge! I love the theme...a color and inspiration challenge!

I used Copics to color an image from the JustRite Original stamp set called Plant a Little Love, cut it out with a Spellbinders circle die, matted it with a doily die cut and layered it with a floral Graphic 45 dp that I embossed.

I added some pearls, a pretty little bow and a tiny bit of Stickles in the flower center.

Birthday Girl ... Wee Suzi

I don't know about you, but I am soooo ready for Spring! That's what inspired me to make this oh-so-pastel and Spring-y card! It's for the latest Stamp Something Challenge and we want to see your Flower Somethings this week! Our sponsor is Simon Says Stamp!

I am loving this adorable Wee Suzi stamp from Wee Stamps! She is colored with copics and layered up with some sweet Imaginisce papers and topped with some rick-rack ribbon and a pretty rose! I added some Stickles to my dp for a little bling along with a few gems to highlight my image! The sentiment is MFT and is cut with a Fiskars scalloped circle punch. A few swirly die cut flourishes give it a pop of Spring green!

Stop on by the Stamp Something Challenge to see the rest of the Design Team samples - lots and lots of Flowery Somethings over there! I hope you'll join us this week too!

Challenges:
Flourishes Timeless Tuesday #106 - Birthday

It's Your Day! and Great News!

Wanna know my Great News! There's a new Design Team in town and I'm on it!!! By LORi Designs has a new weekly color challenge and recently had a DT call...so here I am with my first card for the By LORi Designs Challenge #4! I love, love, love color challenges and {heart}Lori Boyd's adorable images, so this is a perfect combination for me! Here's the sweet graphic for this week's color combo...

My card features BLD's Puddle Jumper... Birthday Emma! She also comes with a present and a Happy Birthday sentiment, but I chose to use just her and her cute balloons this time! I colored my image with Copics and cut her out with the large oval Spellbinders die leaving the balloons to peek over the edge! She's popped up on top of some green cardstock embossed with the Cuttlebug Floral Fantasy folder...and...this is my first post with a card with real, sewing machine stitching on it...I know...it's about time, right! (I had to do a bit of stampy re-organizing to make room for the sewing machine! Check that off the list!)

There's another panel embossed with the Cuttlebug Happy Birthday folder, a couple layers of white, grosgrain ribbon topped with a big 'ole bow and button and a few gems! My sentiment is from the PTI Friendship Jar set and cut out with the small ovals set from Spellbinders then popped up to match my image. A couple more gems give it the finishing touch!

Be sure to stop by the By LORi Designs Challenge Blog to see some more of the new Design Team projects today! I hope you'll join us and play along in the challenge too! By LORi Designs even has images as low as $1!

We are never alone...

Good morning - it's so beautiful here in Southern PA today and I am off for 3 days...the kids are at school and the hubby is on a golf trip so you know what that means?!!!!! Lots of ME time this weekend!

Remember I told you I went to a stamp show last weekend...well, here is one of the stamp sets I purchased from a CTMH booth. I was so drawn to these pretty flowers and this beautiful sentiment that I just had to have it.

This card has a lot of things going on too...I heat embossed the background with PTI Flourishes stamps, embossed the circle mat as well as all the pieces of patterned paper. Then I inked up the dp's to bring out the pattern of the embossing. I just love this ruffly ribbon from Spare Parts too!
If you look closely you can see some blinginess from Stickles as I made my own glitter paper!

I really hope you like it!

Challenges:
Taylored Expressions #127 - sketch
Moxie Fab World Tuesday Trigger - photo inspiration
The Color Throwdown #110 - pink, gray, razzleberry
Cupcake Inspirations #76 - photo inspiration
Cute Card Thursday #130 - Tweet and Flutter - bird or butterfly
4 Crafty Chicks Challenge #3 - Embossing heat/dry

Have a great day and thanks for stopping by! Stay tuned early next week for some very exciting news and some blog candy!

make a wish...

Hi there...it's been a busy house this weekend with soccer tournaments, parties and we were all off for the Labor Day holiday today so we went out and saw a movie and spent some quality time together. But I did manager to get a little paper crafting done!

I made this card with the Flutter By Wednesday challenge in mind, but it works for so many more too! I think I'm lovin' this beautiful fairy stamp that I have had just waiting to be inked up and colored in! I'm not done spending time with the kids before they head back to school tomorrow and have cheer and soccer practice, so I'll just let you have a look for yourself!

Oh and sorry for the poor quality picture...had to use my dd's camera!

Challenges:
Flutter by Wednesday #120 - sketch by Mercy!
Cuttlebug Be Inspired #99 - Pink
Wild Orchid #5 - Pearls & Pins
Simon Says Challenge - Pearls & Lace
Cute Card Thursday #128 - Material Girl
Pile It On #35 - Layers
Die Cut Dreams #64 - Pearls & Pins
Fairy Fun Friday #34 - Pearls & Lace

My Crafty Recipe:
Stamps: All Night Media Fairy stamp, Hampton Art sentiment
Inks: Memento tuxedo black, StazOn jet black, ColorBox rose coral
Paper: Basic Grey Porcelain, Bazzill guacamole
Copics: E000, E11, R20, R22
Other: Stickles: Diamond, Platinum, Fruit Punch, Prima fabric flowers, lace, vellum, Recollections pearls, K & Co. pearl brad, Cuttlebug Birds & Swirls EF, Maya Rd. trinket pin and added beads

Have a great night!

Discover your wings...

Hello there - Can you believe this is my 100th post - in only 3 months I have 100 posts!!! I would have never thought 3 months ago that I would have that many...or almost 3000 hits or almost 30 followers, but here I am. I love sharing with everyone, joining challenges and seeing all the inspiring creations out there in blogland! Thanks for joining me and here's to 100 more posts!

I have two completely different cards for you today, but I only have time to show you one of them. I'll have to come back later and share again...busy day today and a possible root canal too! (yuck!)

I was so excited when this Taylored Expressions stamp set came in the mail. It's not a new release, but it is so pretty and I have had my eye on it for some time.

I started by embossing the black cardstock with a Cuttlebug frame (you can see it there on the right top and bottom under the clear acetate) and that decided the whole size and shape of my card. Then I got out the embossing pad and white embossing powder and heat embossed the dragonfly and sentiment - doesn't that just pop on the black paper!?! I used the photos from both The Shabby Tea Room and the Moxie Fab World as inspiration for this card. The shiny acetate reminded me of the The Shabby Tea Room (reflections) photo and the ivory lace and pink pearls (Moxie's she sells seashells) photo.

I really hope you like it. I enjoyed using so many products and techniques on this card...dry embossing, heat embossing, Stickles, acetate, vellum...yummy! I think this would be a great graduation card for a girl...and I'll need quite a few this coming year since my son will graduate...along with lots of his friends.

Challenges:
The Shabby Tea Room #22 - "Reflections" (photo)
Moxie Fab World Tuesday Trigger - She Sells Seashells (photo)
Cuttlebug Challenges - Be Inspired #96 - I Can See Clearly Now (acetate)
2 Sketches 4 You - Laura's Sketch # 58

My Crafty Recipe:
Stamps: Taylored Expressions - Discover Your Wings
Paper: Bazzill black, pink/black dp from stash, K & Co. Basic Grey White Script Acetate Paper, Embossed vellum
Other: White embossing powder,Spare Parts lace, Recollections pearls, Diamond Stickles, Cuttlebug embossed frame embossing folder (on black cdstk), Black copic, Fiskars scalloped scallop edge punch

Have a great day, wish me luck with that root canal and thanks for stopping by!

Have a Sweet Day...Birthday Girl!

I'm back again today...one more to share...I've been very busy today! I got some happy mail to day and I just had to play...so I decided to play at the Cupcakes Inspirations Challenge #68 which has this yummy picture of cupcakes I would love to have right now! It's also for Meljen's Challenge #17 - to make an easel card...easy right!?! It's also my first time playing at Fairy Fun Friday Challenge - this week is Week #29 - Lace it Up and at Crafty Creations #77 - Happy or Sweet - I think this card is both! and at The Creative Cottage Challenge #19 - Touchy Feely - meaning layers and texture!

What did I get in the mail, you ask? Well, let me tell you how cute this new a' la mode Birthday Girl stamp is from My Favorite Things. It's their newest release and it's a cling stamp instead of clear. Oh, she's a princess so I made sure this card had a dose of bling and pearls! I'll be back tomorrow since I have a three day weekend- whoo hoo!










Crafty Recipe:

Stamp: MFT a' la mode Birthday Girl
Ink: Memento tuxedo black, rosebud
Paper: BG Urban Prairie pink, striped dp from my stash
Copics: RV14, RV23, E000, E00, R20, E13, E37, YR000
Other: Cuttlebug Seeing Spots embossing folder, Recollections pearls, Fiskars scalloped circle punch, Holiday Inspirations lace, white organdy ribbon, Pink Stickles


I hope you like it! Thanks for stopping by today!

more Christmas in July....

Hi there - just popping in to share another Christmas in July card with you! I can't miss a JustRite Friday Challenge, so I'm hurrying up to get this one in! I just love these papers with a little bit of non-traditional color in the mix. The JustRite Kaleidoscope stamp covered in green glitter just screams Christmas to me...and how much do you love those pins!?! They are my new tiny obsession. Have a great day!


Challenges:
JustRite Friday Challenge 027 - Christmas in July
The Cuttlebug Spot - Christmas in July
Cuttlebug Challenge Be Inspired #93 - Christmas Week Sketch

Crafty Recipe:
Stamps: JustRite Kaleidoscope center and border, 2" Decorative Frames, Hampton Art sentiment
Ink: StazOn jet black, Memento cottage ivy, ColorBox maroon
Paper: Basic Grey Dasher, Bazzill cardstock
Spellbinders: Classic Squares Lg., Std. Circles Lg.
Other: Cuttlebug Candy Cane Stripe embossing folder (inside card - mat), Jenni Bowlin pearl pin, Maya Rd. leaf trinket pin, Recollections mini rose, Queen & Co. pearls, red crystal dots, green glitter, burgandy embossing powder, red crinkle silk ribbon

I hope you like it!

'tis the season...for Christmas in July cards!

Edit: This card won at the Sweet Sketch Wednesday Challenge Blog!



Good Morning! I think my blogpost title says it all...'tis the season for Christmas in July cards!

Have you ever walked into your little crafty corner of the world just to "straighten up' and organize a few things and then you look at the clock and it has been 3 hours and you are still sitting there working on what should be a masterpiece after that much time? Well, that's what happened to me last night. I printed out a few Mo's Digital Pencil images and took them upstairs to my craft room. I was just going to leave them on the table, but I decided to tidy up a bit...the next thing I know, I have been sitting in there for hours because I decided to color just one of them and then I couldn't stop! And I would love to know how stamps, paper, flowers, ribbon and bling have an almost mystical power that takes over our bodies and we can't stop ourselves!!! Whatever it is...it makes me happy!

So, today I have a Christmas in July card to share with you. As I mentioned, I used a Mo's image called Christmas Fairy Holly and I colored it with the copics shown. This is my first time working with a digital image. The features in the image are so intricate and I am impressed with the details for sure! I love this little fairy with her holly wings and ruffly dress...so girly!

I decided to use my K & Co. Peppermint Twist papers for this one since they are glittery and have all the colors including pinks and aqua that I used in coloring my image. I added a little dot of Xmas Red Stickles to her holly hair accessory and a little Glossy Accents to make her water globe shine like real glass.


Now for the challenges:

The Shabby Tea Room #18 - Christmas in July
Cute Card Thursday #121 - Geat a Head Start - on making Christmas Cards
Flutter by Wednesday #113 - "Wings" and more than three layers on your card
Wild Orchid Challenge #1 - Say it with Flowers
Sweet Stampin Challenge #34 - Things with Wings
Sweet Sketch Wednesday #58 - sketch!

and the Recipe:

Stamps: Mo's Digital Pencil, Christmas Fairy Holly; Hampton Art sentiment
Inks: StazOn jet black; ColorBox lipstick red for paper edges
Papers: K & Co. Peppermint Twist; Websters Pages Home for the Holidays, Bazzill Piglet
Ribbon: K & Co. paper lace, Making Memories grosgrain green ribbon
Copics: shown in picture
Spellbinders: Std. Circles Lg.; Classic Scalloped Circles Lg.; Fancy Tags
Flowers: Prima poinsettia and leaves; Recollections mini rose
Other: Xmas Red Stickles, K & Co. pearl brads, Glossy Accents, Cuttlebug Victoria embossing folder, crocheted lace flower

I really hope you like it...if so, please leave a comment!
Have a great day and stay cool...it's going to be 100* today here.

I like you...

I almost forgot to post this one...scroll down for two more posts from today...

Here is my card for the Cupcake Inspiration Challenge #66. I used the very cool Mojo Monday sketch #146 and it happens to follow the colors of the 100th Color Throwdown too!

I started by embossing the green cardstock with Sizzix Damask embossing folder. I added some BoBunny double dot pink paper and some more dots in my turquoise ribbon. I used my Cuttlebug swiss dots embossing folder for the ColorMates Dark Autumn Red cardstock and then touched all the raised dots that show with Stickles Xmas Red. The sentiment is from TCP Studio and is stamped in Memento tuxedo black. A Heidi Swapp cherry bling and some sheer organdy ribbon finishes it off!

The image is CC Designs Sugarplums Sweet Kiki la Rue stamped with tuxedo black and colored with copics. I just love her sweet face...don't you?! A little bling makes her headband shine and her ice cream cherry sparkle! I hope you like it!

Have a great night!

To the world...

Edit: This card was chosen as the Grand Creation Winner at Picture Perfect Creations Week #20!




Hi there - it's another hot one today...but I've been staying cool in my crafty room!

Today's card is for The Shabby Tea Room's Let's Make an Impression (embossing) challenge #17 and I used the colors from the Picture Perfect Creations Color Combo #20 with Kazan's Sketch #56 from 2 Sketches 4 You. It also qualifies for the Cuttlebug Challenge: Be Inspired #91 Doilies and Lace. Put it all together and what do you get...a very pretty card!

The sentiment is one of my all time faves from Verve's One Person stamp set. It's stamped with ColorBox Chestnut Roan and so are the flowers...they're from the same stamp set too! I used my copics to color them in and voila'! The ColorMates Dark Autumn Red is embossed with Cuttlebug Victoria embossing folder and the papers are from Basic Grey Bittersweet. They all sit on some chocolate colored Bazzill cardstock. A little lace, a lotta Prima Say It With Pearls and there you have it!

I really hope you like it...thanks for stopping by today!

You Gotta Have Friends and an Apron...

Edit: This project won the Embossed Tag Challenge at The Cuttlebug Spot!

Hi again...Just one more project before I head on vacation...It's an apron template challenge over at Just Us Girls #39...Bookmarks or tags at Meljen's Challenge #13...Simon Says Challenge says You Gotta Have Friends...the Cuttlebug Spot wants us to emboss tags...and finally, the Sweet Stampin Challenge #32 is a color challenge with brown, blue and green...whew! That's a lot of challenges all rolled into one, but here it is!


I started with the great template that the girls over at JUGS shared with us. Then I embossed some Bazzill whirlpool blue with my new Spellbinders Flourish Impressabilities and spritzed it with Tattered Angels Pearl. I decorated the front of the apron with some chocolate brown Bazzill, some green dp and a friend definition stamp by Rubber Stampede.

The inside tag is embossed with Cuttlebug Swiss Dots and edged with Martha Stewart's embossed zigzag edge punch. The sentiment is from Hero Arts Great Flourishes Messages set....which is quickly becoming one of my favorite go to sets stamped on Bazzill French Vanilla. The ribbon on the tag is from American Crafts and the ribbon on the neck and waist strings is from a spool of Sweet Petites ribbon. I used my Cropadile and some brown eyelets for the waistline ribbon!

I finished it all off with some Prima flowers, Recollections pearls and all the papers are edged and stamped with ColorBox Chestnut Roan.

I really hope you like it...if so, please leave a comment! I love to get feedback!

forever and ever...

I told you I would be right back...but even I didn't think it would be that fast! I stayed up late last night and this is what you get...crafty goodness!

This card is for another combo of challenges...I used the Sweet Sunday Sketch #73, The Crazy for Challenges C4C41 color combo, and the Cuttlebug Spot and Caardvarks June Challenge and Flourishes Timeless Tuesday #71 are all looking for embossing! I used the Cuttlebug Swiss Dots embossing folder for this one...it's really become my 'go to' pattern. Have you seen the new embossing folders yet? I have one of them, but I can't wait to get the rest!

I think this will be one of those cards that I will leave blank inside until I need it. It can mean so many things...forever and ever...as in, I'll love you... or we'll be friends..., or I'm here for you... you get the idea! So, I have to take care of a few things, but you never know...I might be in my craft room tonight again being busy!

Supplies:
Paper: Bazzill Basics - grape jelly dot, parakeet, pink, K & Co. Gypsy Baby paper pad
Stamp: Lockhart daisies, dots and roses
Inks: Memento tuxedo black, studio g pink
Copics: RV11, RV14, RV21, RV23, V12, V15, BG32, Y02, YG17, G24
Spellbinders: Classic Scalloped Circles Large
other: lilac organdy ribbon, Cuttlebug swiss dots embossing folder

Have a great night friends!
Hugs,

Dad...hero

this is my second post today...


Here is the card I created for The Shabby Tea Room Week #13 - Just for Dad. It is also being entered in Caardvarks June Challenge to use stamps and dry embossing. I think I'll give it to one of the kids to give to the hubby!

I used some papers I found in my scraproom that were just perfect for a masculine card. The brown cardstock is embossed with a new Cuttlebug embossing folder called Clockworks...I'll be using this one a lot! I sanded it to bring out the details and then stained it with Ranger Tea Dye Distress Ink. The TCP Studio image is stamped with Memento Rich Cocoa and colored with copics E11, E13, E57, YG63 and BG72. The sentiment is a Stampendous cling stamp also using Rich Cocoa. I inked all the edges with it too! A Basic Grey brad holds a bit of American Crafts ribbon to finish it off! I hope you like it...

Thanks for stopping by again!

cherish...

One last card before I go tonight...I have to work in the morning and I want to get this in for the Taylored Expressions Sketch Challenge 116 and the Cupcake Inspiration Challenge 62. It will also be intered in Caardvarks June Challenge using stamps and embossing.

I love this new (to me) star lily stamp from Stampendous! and the cherish stamp from Rubber Stampede. I stamped them both with Memento Tuxedo Black and colored the image with copics RV14, RV21. RV25, G24, G28 and YG17. I also used a white Prismacolor pencil on this one for the tips of the flowers. The background paper is embossed with the Cuttlebug Floral Fantasy embossing folder. I also used the Spellbinders Classic Scalloped Ccircles Large dies to cut the cardstock behind the lilies. The only thing left are the Bazzill hot pink paper brads and my take on the sketch is complete. I hope you like it! If you do, please leave a comment.

Thanks for stopping by!