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Hi there! I hope you had a great weekend! It's Monday, so it's time for a new Shabby Tea Room challenge! This week, our sponsor is Joan's Gardens! Our hostess Danielle has chosen this super sweet inspiration photo for us! Our theme is called Classic Patterns, so please use the colors from the inspiration photo AND Polka Dots OR Gingham on your card or project this week. I hope you'll join us! Here's my card...

I used the Heartfelt Creations Classic Bella Rose set that was generously provided to me by Joan's Gardens! This sweet rosebud is colored with Copics and popped up on top of lots of layers of fun die cuts, a doily, some gingham and polka dotted dps. I added a row of pink roses, a striped bow and a sweet pearl button to top it all off! My sentiment is popped up too.

Be sure to visit the rest of The Shabby Tea Room Design Team blogs:

Debbie Marcinkiewicz
Charlene Crundy
Danielle Greenwood
Melissa Bove
Sheri Holt

Joan's Gardens 25th Challenge Celebration Blog Hop

Joan's Gardens is having a Blog Hop to celebrate their 25th Challenge and this one is very special! She has asked ten Guest Designers to join her for this blog hop featuring Heartfelt Creations stamps! I was so happy to be asked to join in the fun! You should have been sent here by Darlene's blog...if so, you are on the right track!

Heartfelt Creations is the very generous sponsor and wait until you see the Grand Prize...here it is...Are you ready to hear the details?

There are 14 stamp sets and 3 Heartfelt Creations matching Dies with a value of over $286. In addition to this fabulous grand prize, there will also be additional prize packages from Joan's Gardens to give you three additional chances to win.

In order to be eligible for one of these three prize packages, you need to leave a comment on each blog in this Hop. Out of the twelve blogs, there are three "mystery" blogs, each with a prize package from Joan's Gardens. For a chance to win, be sure to leave a comment on all twelve blogs. Check out the other prize package details at Joan's Gardens Challenge Blog!
Here is my Heartfelt Creations card for the Blog Hop...

Heartfelt Creations also generously donated a special set to the hoppers to create something to share with you today since you can only use Heartfelt Creations stamps for the challenge this week. I started with these great sparkly My Minds Eye papers and added my background script using the Large Elegant Word Background stamped in ColorBox Dark Brown chalk ink. Then I layered up some cardstock and ribbon and topped it with a scalloped circle and more dp stamped with the Agape Love set circle sentiment. The center of the circle is a multi-layer flower created using the Posy Patch stamp set and the Posy Patch matching die set. A couple of leaves, a few pearls and a matching sparkly bow are all it needed!

Be sure to take a look at Joan's Gardens Challenge Blog for all the details, including the requirements of the challenge and the other great prizes! Your next stop on the hop is Theresa's blog...go check it out!

Here is the list of hoppers...just in case you get lost!

Olga

Geri

Glenda

Darlene

Pattie G.

Theresa

Patti N.

Carla

Linda

Pam

Selma

Joan

Challenges:
Sweet Stop Sketch Challenge #84 - sketch!
Crazy 4 Challenges #65 - Script paper
Stamptacular Sunday #87 - FALL-ing for You!

Thanks for stopping by!

Paper Sundaes Change of Seasons

Happy Sunday to you! I hope your weekend is going great! It's Sunday and that means it's time for another Paper Sundaes Challenge! This week's challenge is called Change of Seasons and our sponsor is Paper Jewels!

I've been working on so many Halloween projects for my daughter's party that I decided to use my Rainy Day Emma stamp for my Change of Seasons card...and we all know that rainy days usually accompany a change of seasons!

I stamped her using Memento Rich Cocoa because all the lines in my umbrella dp from Jillibean Soup are brown and I knew I wanted her to have deep brown hair. I colored her with copics and used Glossy Accents on her raincoat and boots. In this 'scene', the rain has just stopped and a few droplets of water (Rain Dots) are falling off her umbrella and slicker!

I used the My Favorite Things grass Die-namics and inked the edges with Memento bamboo leaves to give her an outdoorsy feel! The flowers are cut using Spellbinders Shapeabilities Daisy Heads dies and popped up on each other for some dimension. I just love my gingham ribbons and since all the umbrellas on the dp are gingham, I just had to use this sweet pink gingham on my card. The Say It In Pearls swirl just makes it even more girly! I couldn't resist this sentiment from Papertrey Ink either - what's better than a rainy day to get you some time in your craft room, right!?!

Head on over to the Paper Sundaes Challenge blog and see what the Design Team has to share with you...you'll love it!


Other Challenges:
Joan's Gardens #18- Recipe of elements

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A Fall Happy Birthday...

* Edit - this card was chosen in the TOP 5 at Meljen's Challenge #22 - Happy Birthday!

Don't you just love the thought of cool Fall days, the leaves changing colors and wearing sweaters! It's 90 degrees outside, but a girl can dream, right! Okay, we still have a little more summer left, but all this back to school preparation and soccer practice and football cheerleading practice is making me crave a little Autumn around here.

This card reminds me that my birthday is around the corner in October. I usually get cakes or cupcakes and flowers in Autumn colors because that's all you can find that time of year. I think I know exactly who I'm going to give this to. One thing no one in blogland knows about me (until now) is that I have a twin brother. Trust me, he could have been the boy who lived down the street and had different parents - that's how different we are and we look nothing like each other...I have blonde hair and blue eyes and he has brown hair and brown eyes. But, we do share a birthday, so we have that in common.

I used my new EK Success Pumpkin Flourish Chain edge punch for this one and I punched it with green, orange and brown and used different parts to paper piece it. I also embossed the pumpkins with a Cuttlebug Divine Swirls folder to give them a little more dimension. Joan' s Gardens recipe this week is striped paper, pearls or brads, piercing (mine is on the leaves and swirls on the punched edge) and a stamped Fall image (leaves). I think I got it all in there. I popped up the leaves image to let it take center stage. I also distressed the edges of the striped paper and french vanilla Bazzill cardstock with an edge distresser then inked it up too for a more distress look.

Challenges:
Joan's Gardens #12 - recipe of elements (listed above)
Sweet Stampin Challenge #41 - Distressed Birthdays
Meljen's Challenge #22 - Happy Birthday!

My Crafty Recipe:
Stamps: Hampton Art image, Stampendous sentiment
Inks: Memento Rich Cocoa, ColorBox Chestnut Roan
Paper: Making Memories, Bazzill french vanilla cardstock
Other: EK Success Pumpkin Flourish Chain edge punch, Heidi Swapp edge distresser, Recollections pearls, Cuttlebug Divine Swirl embossing folder, paper piercer

Summer Fun...

Edit - this card was chosen as a winner at The Pink Elephant Challenge #79!



Hi - I'm back with several cards tonight. I hate to post them all in one night, but with my work schedule, it's all I can do. So, this sweet pink card is for many challenges. I love it when that happens!

I started with this adorable little girl playing hopscotch...didn't you just love playing hopscotch on the playground and in the driveway or on the sidewalk...anywhere we could draw it! Anyway, this idea was inspired by the Flourishes Kids Play Challenge and of course there are several challenges asking for pink and pearls and anything girly this week, so it fits right in! I also goes along with the summer fun challenges too - hopscotch was so much fun as a kid and all you needed was a piece of chalk and a rock!

The papers are from a new paper pad by Tim Holtz called Vintage Shabby and you know I love vintage and shabby! It's all pinks and blues in various patterned vintage papers! I love it! (especially cause it was on sale at M's) So, I got my Bow Easy in the mail too - LOVE IT!!! A few pearls and a pearl scroll, a great sketch and you have it!

I hope you like it - I'll be back after dinner (my daughter's favorite - homemade chicken pot pie!) with more!

Challenges:
Flourishes The Kids Play Challenge - Kids game!
There She Goes #67 - Sketch
Sweet Stampin Challenge #38 - Pretty in Pink
Joan's Gardens #9 - Pink and white with Martha's punched corners
Wild Orchid #3 - One for the Girls
Raise the Bar #30 - Pearls
The Pink Elephant #79 - Summer fun!
Create Blog - Summer

My Crafty Recipe:
Stamp: Phindy's Place digi - Hopscotch
Inks: Memento Rose Bud
Paper: Tim Holtz Paper Stash - Vintage and Shabby
Copics: BG0000, C1, C3, E000, E00, E11, R20, RV11, RV34, Y21, YR000
Other: Bow Easy, AC gift ribbon, Spellbinders Big Scalloped Ovals Large, Prima Say It In Pearls, Recollections pearls, Martha Stewart eyelet lace corner punch

Thanks for stopping by!

2S4Y x 2 ... Part 2

I'm back with Part 2 of my so called algebra equation! See post below for Part 1!

Here is my feminine take on the 2S4Y sketch...and a shabby card for the Moxie Fab World - Let's Do Shabby & Vintage! I'm also sharing this with Joan's Gardens #7 Challenge - bright and happy birthday with a flower.

As I said before, the prize at 2S4Y is a DT spot and who wouldn't want to be a part of that awesome team! (crossing my fingers!)

I just love this paper line from Fancy Pants...it's called Road Show and it is so yummy. I just got my order from Frost It Pink and I can't take my hands off this Webster's bloomers aqua flower ribbon! I cut it to make separate flowers, but I'm sure you'll see it soon in it's ribbon form on my little blog! So, I'm off today and apparently so is the hubby now...he's "working from home" today which is code for getting in my way of what I really wanted to do on my day off! No, really, I love to see him since I work a few nights a week...cause that's how retail rolls!

Crafty Recipe:

Fancy Pants Road Show - shabby floral dp and cards page
Webster's bloomers - aqua
Martha Stewart brown ink
Maya Road crystal trinket pin with added pink crystal
pink silk ribbon

I really hope you like it! Have a great day!

butterfly kisses...

Good morning...I'm working today so I just have a quick post to share with you. I'm playing for the first time over at three different challenges...I'm using the sketch from Paper Sundaes Challenge 22, KL Stampin n Scrappin Challenge 35 is to 'get shabby' and Joan's Gardens Challenge #2 is asking for vintage and the use of Spellbinders Nestabilities. It also qualifies for Meljen's Challenge #12 - Fiber, Ribbon and Lace.

I started by stamping this sweet little image of Party Emma by CC Designs with Memento Rich Cocoa. I colored her with copics (E00, E000, E13, E57, G82, BG72, RV11, RV23) and added a couple tiny little Recollections pearls to her dress as buttons and in her hair as a 'barrette.' I think she looks like she is going to put that ribbon in her hair! I cut her out using the Spellbinders Classic Scalloped Ovals Large Nestabilities and used a trick I learned from Becca Feeken for the mat using the same size die.

The papers are all Making Memories Garden Party and are all edged in Rich Cocoa for a vintage feel. On the bottom is a shabby layer of crinkled ribbon, lace, and more of the MM papers with a little Ranger Distress Vintage Photo stickles on the polka dots to add a little dimension and bling. The slightly distressed flowers peeking out from the top of the bow are Making Memories too! Prima flowers top it all off with a touch of pearls and the butterfly is Martha Stewarts's classic butterfly punch with some light green pearls!

I really hope you like it...if so, please leave a comment!

Have a great Saturday!