I paper-pieced her dress to match the background paper and colored the rest with Copics. Then I layered up my PTI clouds and stamped my sentiment in sections right on the patterned paper! I added a row of gems and a big green ribbon and bow!
Your next stop is Kendra's Blog! Have fun hopping today! The entire blog hop list can be found at the Paper & Such Design Blog!
Be sure to stop by and leave comments for the Design Team to be eligible to win all three stamp sets...the whole January Release! The more comments you leave, the better your chances!
Hi there! It's my last Monday sharing a card I made for my Guest Designer spot at The Shabby Tea Room! I truly have enjoyed being back with the Shabby Girls! Thanks Deb for all you do!
Hi there! It's Monday and I'm here sharing another card I made for my Guest Designer spot at one of my all-time favorite challenges... The Shabby Tea Room! This week's inspiration is just so gorgeous! Don't you agree?!
I used a Memory Box script stamp in gray on the teacup and my sentiment from PTI! A ruffly white sheer ribbon topped with a pink sheer bow and a pretty silver brad complete the package and a pearl flourish is the finishing touch!
Hi there! It's Monday and I'm here sharing another lovely I made for my Guest Designer spot at one of my all-time favorite challenges... The Shabby Tea Room! This week's inspiration is full of shabby goodness and great colors! The theme is 'Vintage Boudoir' and you just need to use this great photo along with it's colors and a sewing item!
We celebrated my Mom's birthday yesterday even though we just buried my grandfather a couple of days before. She wanted the family to 'get back to normal' and so we did.
I used four...count 'em, four Verve sets to create this one! There's the stems with leaves from Petals & Stems, the largest flower is the Elegant Flower, the small and medium flowers are from the Because of You set, and the sentiment is from Fluttering By! And...let me tell you...that was no easy task to get a two line sentiment into one line without getting any ink where it shouldn't be! But, I always want something my way and I'll keep trying until I get it just right...btw, a piece of scotch tape over the parts you don't want worked best! It's cut out with the PTI banner die. I'm also a huge fan of fussy cutting these days too and those little flowers are tiny...especially the cut on the tip of the petals!
Hi there! Don't you just love cards with stitching on them?! I know I do...so join us at the Tiffany Doodles September Challenge where we're stitching on our cards this month!
Hi there...I don't know about you, but I had a fabulous holiday weekend full of friends, fun and crafting! I've been working on this card for a bit today and I finally finished it!
As you can see from the detail pic, I ripped up every edge of every layer on this card (except for the fold edge because I didn't want to make my card weak) with my scissors and I rolled lots of corners and edges too! Wanna know what else is rolled...those cute little beads hanging from my twine bow are hand rolled! And...there's tons of distressing going on here with a couple of colors of ink on the edges.
Hi there! It's time for a new Stamp Something Challenge! This week is all about Thank You's and our sponsor isthe fabulous Funky Kits!
Hi there! Today is the day! It's our first challenge at the Whimsy Inspirations Challenge Blog! Yay! We have a super fun theme for you...it's one of my favorites too...Ribbons and Bows! Here's my sweet card for this week's challenge...
I am showcasing this new digi image called Forget Me Not by Crissy Armstrong...isn't she the sweetest?! She's colored with Copics and her skirt and headband are paper-pieced. I cut her out with the Spellbinders Labels Eight dies. I added a little extra grass all around her with my Copics and stamped a sky background and highlighted it with some soft Copic colors! My sentiment is from the Emma Swinging Sentiments by Raindrop Echo Designs which you can find at Whimsy Stamps! It sorta reminds me of a sun peeking out from the clouds...and what a beautiful day this scene depicts so the sun must be out!
I added some fun embellishments including a felt cloud, my ribbon and big ole' bow, some Spellbinders flourish die cuts and a crystal button with a second bow tied from some pink and white baker's twine! A few pearls on my sunshine sentiment and a pearl in each corner are the finishing touches!
I hope you'll join us for this first challenge and every week! Stop by the Whimsy Inspirations Challenge blog and see what the rest of the Design Team has to inspire you with today!
Challenges:
Copic Creations #55 - Landscape Design
Really Reasonable Ribbon #29 - Summer plus Ribbon
Hi there crafty friends! Have you ever been inspired by a sunset? I know I have and when I saw the Shades of Sunset challenge at Flourishes, I made sure to make some crafty time to play along!
And, I just got back from vacation where I have seen some of the most beautiful and inspiring sunsets! So, I got out my Hearts & Flowers set and tried to recreate the flowers that I have seen using these colors...I even photographed my card on the Copics I used in case you want to know! The background is embossed with a Sizzix folder and I added this coral eyelet lace and my PTI die cut banner with my sweet sentiment. I didn't have the exact colors of pearls I wanted, so I used my Copics to make custom colored pearls!
Hi there and Happy Monday! Are you ready for this week's Shabby Tea Room challenge?! I am! I'm going back to work today after my vacation, but here's a beautiful inspiration photo chosen by our hostess, Sheri, for you to have fun with! The theme she chose this week is Tea for Two! Please use this inspiration photo and the colors BLUE AND GREEN on your card or project! Our sponsor this week is Robyn's Fetish! I sure hope you'll join us!
Here's my Tea Time themed card featuring the Two for Tea teapot image! I layered up these great blue and green papers, cut out this great shape with Spellbinders dies, added a bright white doily and this oh-so-pretty white sheer gathered ribbon. I cut my own chipboard frame using the smaller dies too. Then, I inked them with white ink and added a coating of Diamond Stickles. There's more of Deb's Simple Treasures seam binding here, a sweet mini rose, some trinket pins and my sentiment from PTI tied on with some twine!
Whimsy Stamps is releasing new Digital Designs today from Crissy's Digis, Raindrop Echo Designs and Meljen's Designs. There's lots of new images from Moon Cookie Gallery and Kathryne Kittmer too! All of the new images are available now!
Your first stop on the hop is always the Whimsy Inspirations Blog. You can find the complete list of participants there. And...you'll want to leave some love along the way too as there will be two winners...these will be chosen from two mystery blogs. The blog hop runs from today until Monday, August 8th at 12:oo pm EST.
The Grand Prize Winner of the hop will be chosen from comments left on the final stop...the lucky winner will receive 5 new digital stamps of their choice from Whimsy and will also get a chance to use those new digital images as a guest designer for Whimsy for the entire month of August! So, what are you waiting for? Head on over there and get hopping!
Here's my card...
I'm featuring a new stamp by Moon Cookie Gallery...it's called Summer Shade! I knew the minute I saw this stamp that I wanted to use it! I just love the little flowers and all the details in the tree! I colored it with Copics and fussy cut it out. My sentiment is from Raindrop Echo Designs Flowers in Bloom Sentiments digi set...but my little felt cloud is strategically hiding the flower that got cut off a bit!
I just love cloud papers...I buy every one I see for just this reason...there is always an image that I am looking for an outside scene to create for it and can never find just the right sky. I have a new cloud stamp too, but I just used that. My felt clouds are cut using PTI dies and the brad is from BG. I added a ruffly edged ribbon and a few pearls and this one is done!
Visit the Whimsy Stamps Store to see all the new digital stamps available today!
It's Monday and you know what that means? It's time for this week's Shabby Tea Room challenge! While I'm on vacation, you can dream away with this gorgeous inspiration photo chosen by our hostess, Danielle! Her theme this week is Mix and Match! Please use this inspiration photo and THREE Patterned Papers on your card or project! You can even make your own patterned paper if you like! Our new sponsor this week is Chi-Chi Memories! I hope you'll join us! Here's my card...
Hi there bloggy friends! I know I say it all the time, but really, how do all the days and weeks fly by so fast? I'm counting down to vacation, but I know as soon as I get back I'll be in full college-bound mode getting my son ready to move out of the house and into his dorm at the University of Pittsburgh.
I used this adorable image called Gift Leah by Whimsie Doodles. The sentiment is from Papertrey Ink and I think it's one of my favorites! I colored little Leah with Copics and cut her out with my Spellbinders dies then popped her up on top of this fun background created by zigzag stitching four rectangular pieces of dp and adding a gem to each corner. There's lace, white seam binding, a pink and orange flower, a tiny twine bow topped with a mini flower brad and silver bead and of course...a flower charm!
This week's Shabby Tea Room challenge is here and we have a great theme for you...Flower Power! Please use the colors from this beautiful inspiration photo and don't forget to include a FLOWER! Our sponsor this week is Stitchy Bear Stamps! I hope you'll join us and show us some flowers on your card or project! Here's my card and surprise gift...
I have so many things to tell you about this card! First, I couldn't resist using my favorite Webster's Pages dp called Tea Time from the Ladies & Gents collection! It's layered up with some seam binding tied up in a fun bow and topped by a beautiful green bloom with a covered button brad! My 'sentiment' is from the Stitchy Bear Tea Time Stacked Teacups image and it's cut out with the Taylored Expressions It's a Banner Day die and colored with Copics.
