The Lollipop Ladies Challenge #16 - Candy Necklace
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
{Sweet Friends}
The Lollipop Ladies Challenge #16 - Candy Necklace
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
{Just a Note}
Good Afternoon! I know I mentioned this on a post last week but I wanted to officially announce my newest venture, I am one of the new A*Muse Studios Design Consultants! A lot of you know I was a demo for another stampin' company for several years but that ended last Fall. A couple of weeks ago when the big news was announced that A*Muse would be a direct sales company I took a peak at the catalog just to see what they were all about and fell in love, and I totally mean that. The stamps are so much more my style. I received my starter kit on Friday and finally had a chance to sit down and make a card and today I am going to share a few of those with you! I love the color choices A*Muse has and honestly was not sure if was going to like pigment ink pads, but oh my GOSH they are amazing. When you stamp with these ink pads the image or sentiment is a deep solid color which is perfect for stamping sentiments on patterned paper as you can see from my card above. Ok, anyways, let me finish my "schpeel" by encouraging you to take a look at the catalog, and sets (which also happen to be very well priced) and let me know what you think! Here is the catalog link: A*Muse | Studio Catalog
For my card above, and the cards below I used A*Muse stamps and paper. On my card above I used a Spellbinders Impressibilities die, and a Cuttlebug "Romance" collection embossing folder. A*Muse is white core paper so you can emboss, and then sand with a distressing block for a very nice shabby chic look. Love that! I used an EK Success border punch for the strip behind the main image, and a strip of vintage lace I had on hand. The flowers are also from A*Muse and started out as white and with a make up sponge I daubed ink from the Sky, and Ocean pigment ink pads. I love the end result! If you would like to be an A*Muse | Studios Design Consultant the starter kits are a fabulous deal right now, only $99 , regularly $175. Totally worth the money, even if you just want the great product deal! Let me know if you would like to sign up, I'll be happy to answer any questions you might have!
Today I am playing along with a handful of challenges:
Card Patterns Sketch # 106
Simply Create #39 - Just a little monochromatic
Dutch Dare Card Challenge # 103 - Inspiration Picture
Stampin' B's Design Team #101 - Use Bling
Paper Take Weekly - Trio Tastic - Use three of something
Sunday, March 13, 2011
{Cupcake Inspirations Challenge #102}
Hello and welcome to another challenge at Cupcake Inspirations! This week we are being sponsored by "Doodle Pantry" and that is where the pretty little row of flowers on my card came from! I colored the flowers with Copics and Promarkers and I used SU pastels for the blue sky. The little clouds, and sentiment are from A*Muse Studio, so cute!! The DSP is from Martha Stewart, and I finished off my card with a little machine stitching. I used the same layout on today's card that I did for yesterday's card but it just worked out that way. The grass was cut with my Cricut, and SCAL, and then I ran it thru my Fiskars crimper to add some texture. I will definitely try that one again because I love the way it turned out! As always thank you for visiting my blog today and please play along with us at Cupcake Inspirations, we would love to have ya! Have a great Sunday!
Saturday, March 12, 2011
{One of a Kind}
Lately I have read alot of chatter about using stamps that have been neglected for a long time because of trying to keep up with the latest and greatest trends out there. Now I admit I love using new stamps but I also have several stamp sets that I will never get rid of. These cute little bears come from an ollllld SU set "Teddy Bear" that is one of those sets, "keepers". My set is so old it was mounted on foam instead of wooden blocks! Funny. Anyways, about my card. Using my Stamp-a-majig I stamped the bear 3 times on one piece of card stock and once on another. I colored them with Promarkers and blender pens with SU classic ink. I cut out the third bear and added foam squares for a nice 3-d effect. The sentiment is from Hero Arts. The patterned paper is from the SU Brights paper pad, and the rosettes are from Michael's "Recollection" collection. The cute ruffled ribbon is from Hobby Lobby. I love that it matches the ballerina tu-tu's SO well. So darn cute. Today I am playing along with a handful of challenges:
Cupcake Craft Challenge #132 - Pink Polka Dots (My patterned paper has pink polka dots!)
Cute Card Thursday Challenge #155- Happy 3rd Birthday (3 cute bears for a cute 3 year old!)
Fairy Tale Challenge #10 - Children
Simply Create Challenge #39 - Just a Little Monochromatic
Fab n' Funky Challenge #63 - Make it girly
Thank you for visiting my blog today and I hope you have a great weekend!
Thursday, March 10, 2011
{So Lucky to Have You}
Welcome to Pink Cat Studio's St.Patty's Day release! I was chosen to be a Guest Designer to help celebrate this weeks release. These adorable images are sure to bring a smile to anyone that is "lucky" enough to receive a card with one of these cuties on it! If you buy the set, today only (March 10th) you will receive the "Pixie on Clover" image Free! Here is the card I created using the Bitty Betty digi stamp:
Isn't she a cutie? I colored her with Pro-Markers and a Target dollar spot gold glitter pen. The patterned paper is from DCWV (bottom clover pattern), and Martha Stewart (top polkadot pattern). I machine stitched around the card, and added twill ribbon from Cosmo Cricket, and Twine from "The Twinery". The sentiment was created by yours truly, (me). The embossed, and distressed golden card stock layer was embossed using the new Cuttlebug "Preserves" embossing folder collection. Finally I finished off the card with a cute button flower from Making Memories. Today I am playing along with a few challenges:
Claudia and Company Recipe Challenge # 77 - Stitching (real or faux) ,2 patterned papers, buttons, a sentiment, circles, scallops
The Paper Shelter Challenge #4 - Lucky Charms
Papertake Weekly - Lemon Zingy
Shabby Tea Room Week #52 - Luck O' the Irish
The Sisterhood of Crafters - Leaping Leprachauns
Penny's Paper Craft Challenge Blog #48 - Going for the green
Scrappy Frogs Challenge - Good Luck
Simon Says Stamp Challenge Blog - Anything goes
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
{Happy Day}
Hello and welcome to my blog today! Today's card was a labor of love for sure, it took me ALL day. I was only able to work on it for a few minutes at a time but this evening when DH got home I was able to finish it. My card features an adorable stamp set from Stampin' Up! called "Picnic Parade". This is the first time I have ever used this set. Sad I know, such a cute set , but it is a labor intensive one since you pretty much have to cut each piece out. I colored the critters with Pro-Markers. The cute patterned paper is from the Jillibean Soup "Dutch Mustard" collection. The sky background is an old piece of patterned paper I've had for years. I cut the grass border out with my Cricut, and SCAL software and then I sponged it with SU Old Olive ink to add some definition. I am so happy with the way my card turned out! Today I am playing along with a few challenges:
Wee Memories Challenge #46 - Woodland Friends
Dutch Dare Card Challenge #102 - Who's Who in the Zoo
Diecut Dreams Challenge #84 - Spring Garden
The Paper Players Challenge #37- Spring has sprung
Thank you for visiting my blog today!
Sunday, March 6, 2011
{Cupcake Inspirations #101}
Good Morning and welcome to another exciting week at Cupcake Inspirations Weekly Challenge! This week we are being sponsored by "Paper Garden Projects". They have beautiful images and are definitely worth checking out if you have never taken a look at what they have to offer. This week 1 lucky winner will receive a $20 store credit to Paper Garden Projects! This week our inspiration picture was this beautiful and springy cupcake:
I used a beautiful daffodil image from PGP and printed it on a piece of Basicgrey Wisteria collection patterned paper. I then colored it with inks and blender pens. I machine stitched around the border and distressed the edges. I finished off the card with half pearls from Coordinations. I hope that you will play along with us this week at Cupcake Inspirations!
Friday, March 4, 2011
{Keep Trying, Keep Trying, Don't Give Up}
Well, if any of you have small children, then you have probably seen an episode or two of "Yo Gabba Gabba". The title of my blog today is a song from YGG that gets stuck in my head for days whenever I hear it. lol The words ring true today....I did not have any cards picked up in the PC Magazine "Go To Sketch" edition card call. It hurts the pride I admit, and briefly made me question whether or not "I've got it". But after I lick my wounds for a few hours my love of paper crafting overshadows the pangs of rejection and I start thinking about my next card. =0) Today I am posting one of my "rejects". I used paper from the new Jillibean Soup collection "Dutch Mustard". Aren't the colors fun? I used sketch #69. I made the flower using basic heart shapes that I glued to a 1" circle punch. I still love this card, and will keep trying, and for my fellow paper crafters, keep trying, don't give up!
On a much happier note though I am extremely pleased to announce that I was chosen to be Pink Cat Studio's Guest Designer for the St. Pattie's day Digi stamp release!! Yay me, and thank you Melissa for the honor of representing PCS!
And I can't believe I forgot to mention this super exciting news, I signed up this week to be one of the very first A|Muse Creative Consultants! If you have not checked out the new catalog here is a link:
https://www.securedcontent.net/amuse/pdfs/2011AMuseStudioCatalog.pdf
I have never seen so many stamps, and matching supplies that I love, and I truly mean that.The prices are great on the stamp sets which is what made me decide to become a consultant. If you would like to put in an order let me know. I would love to be your creative consultant!
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
{Super Exciting Day!}
Today I am excited for two different reasons, I have been added to the Paper Crafts Magazine Designer Blog Roll!!! How fun is that? I really can't believe my name is listed with so many amazing paper craft celebrities! Neato! Ok, secondly I am trying for a spot as a guest designer at Pink Cat Studios for the St. Patties Day release. I love PCS images and would be thrilled to be a part of the team, even if its just for one day! So naturally my card above features a PCS image called "Hopping Bunnies". Those cuties make me smile every time I look at them! I colored the bunnies with pro-markers. The kraft patterned paper with colorful polka-dots is from the new collection "Chilled Strawberry" by Jillibean Soup. The yellow, and pink dsp is from the Stampin' Up! "Brights" collection. What can I say, I love polka-dots! I made the cute foam flowers with foam I bought yesterday from Dollar Tree, and I used Cuttlebug flower dies to cut them out. I love, love making foam flowers!
Today I am playing along with a few challenges:
Thank you for visiting my blog today!
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
{Spring is Just Around the Corner}
It is a beautiful sunny morning here in Southeast Oklahoma. I hope the sun is shining in your part of the world today! Spring arrives early in this part of the USA, there are fruit trees, and daffodils blooming here and there. So, in honor of my second favorite time of year (fall takes the #1 spot) I decided to create a "spring theme" card today! I am happy to say that this card came together quickly. My card features a pretty dogwood branch from the Stampin' Up! set "Soft Summer".
I colored the image with SU classic ink, and blender pens. The patterned paper is from the "Lace and Linen" DCWV stack. I machine stitched around the card, and accented the corners with a blossom I picked up at Michael's this weekend. I added a button tied with bakers twine. Speaking of twine I have been using it like crazy, like many others right now. I am thinking about offering a blog candy that could possibly involve a pretty selection of bakers twine in several colors. Stay tuned this week so ya don't miss out! Today I am playing along with several challenges.
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