Hello Sweet Thing!

Hi there! This week at the SCACD Friends with Heart Challenge is Week #13 and we've got a new challenge for you! It's Clean and Simple! Don't forget you must use a stamp that is in stock at SCACD! And...don't forget the fabulous prize for June...a full sheet of the new Natural Beauty Collection by Carmen Medlin! Here's my CAS card...

I've used one of my favorite Lockhart stamps called Violet Cupcake! I have several of the little cupcakes topped with flowers (or holly) and they are just so cute! I colored it with Copics, cut it out using Spellbinders circle dies and popped it up for some dimension. I added a strip of black and a strip of white with my sentiment. A little blue gem finishes it off! That's the beauty of CAS for ya!

*Just a note: SCACD Friends with Heart will be taking a vacation for the month of July, but we'll be back in August with lots of fun news to share!

Be sure to stop by the SCACD Friends with Heart Challenge blog for all the details of the challenge and visit the other Design Team members blogs to see what they have to share with you today! Have a great day and thanks for stopping by!

Just sittin' here...

This week at the SCACD Friends with Heart Challenge is Week #12 and it's the easiest challenge ever! It's Anything Goes! Don't forget you must use a stamp that is in stock at SCACD! And...don't forget the fabulous prize for June...a full sheet of the new Natural Beauty Collection by Carmen Medlin!

You might have noticed that I didn't have a card for last week's challenge, well, I did have a card, but I didn't have a working computer. So, by the time it was all fixed, I figured I would just save it for this week! You might have also read that my son just graduated from high school, and since I am super busy getting ready for his party this weekend, this was perfect for me! So, here's my Anything Goes - All About Summer card!


I used the Beach Chair image from Lockhart Stamps and colored it with Copics. I just love this fun summer dp from DCWV and I added a bright yellow ruffled ribbon and bow, some sunny yellow gems and my sentiment by PTI. That's it...super fun and super quick!

Be sure to stop by the SCACD Friends with Heart Challenge blog for all the details of the challenge and visit the other Design Team members blogs to see what they have to share with you today! Have a great day and thanks for stopping by!

you brighten my day...

Good morning! I have a card to share before I go to work today.

This one is for a few challenges and I just love the fall colors people are starting to choose for color challenges these days (although I'm a pink girl at heart!) So, I decided to play for the first time at Curtain Call. I love Stacy's choices in color combinations and I finally made a card in time! I had so much fun with inking up edges and combining different elements on this one!

I have to leave, so I'll just give you the deets!

Challenges:
Cupcake Inspirations #71 - photo
Curtain Call Act 42 - green, peach, brown, vanilla
Crazy 4 Challenges #49 - cupcake!
Sketch For You to Try - sketch!

My Crafty Recipe:
Stamp: Lockhart floral cupcake, Hero Arts sentiment
Inks: Memento Rich Cocoa and tuxedo black
Paper: MAMBI Fashion District and glitter paper
Spellbinders: Classic Lace Border, Standard Circles Lg.
Copics: E11, E13, E57, G82, R22, YR000, YR02, W3
Other: Fiskars eyelet edge punch, K & Co. bling, pop dots, metal "delight" from stash

Thanks for stopping by!

TCP meets SFYTT and Raise the Bar...

Hi there - just popping in to share a little card I made last night...I finally got a second to get working on last week's TCP Tuesday #117 color challenge of golden yellow, lime and raspberry. I combined it with Raise the Bar's challenge #26 called baked goodies and I used the Sketch for You to Try for this week.

I love this color combination...it reminds me of summer. I chose my baked goodie to be this yummy violet cupcake stamp from Lockhart stamps. It's stamped with Memento tuxedo black and I used copics E11, Y15, YG05, RV14 and RV23 to color it in...then I dotted the center of the flowers with some yellow Stickles for a little sparkle! The cardstock is all DCWV and the dp and bumble bee are from Basic Grey's Urban Prairie collection....one of my faves. The HBD sentiment is from The Cat's Pajamas and the pearl is Queen & Co. The yellow buttons and twine are from my stash!

I'm working today, so I gotta run...I hope you like it. It's nice to make a simple and cute card that makes people smile!

Have a great day!

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,

looks like summer...

Hi there...finally home from work and dinner is done...it was just me and my daughter tonight...which means more time in the craft room for me...yay! I have a summery card to share with you. It's for several challenges. The Shabby Tea Room Week #14 is called "Summer Fun" and they want you to share what you like to do to have fun in the sun. The Waltzing Mouse is having their second sketch challenge (see above) and the Cupcake Inspiration Challenge #63 is using some of my favorite colors! Check out that yummy looking icing! and let me apologize for the poor lighting in my pic...inside picture and if I brighten it too much, it washes the color out!

So, can you guess what I like to do in summer...sit on the beach! My card started with the WRMK Tiffany's papers...there are so many different styles in that paper pad. The colors of the icing are picked up in the paper and that was my color palette for the Lockhart Stamps beach chair...I colored the frame of the chair a gray at first, but it just didn't "pop" so I went over it with black and it picked up all the black in the paper. I love this little stamp! I colored it with copics of course. The flowers are cut from Martha Stewart's Chrysanthemum punch and sprayed with pearl Glimmer Mist. The Making Memories brads are sparkly too! The flowers are Prima and all the edged are inked with pink studio g ink.

Thanks for stopping by...I'll be back with another one real soon!