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Monday, January 31, 2011
If you are here for the Your Next Stamp Blog hop click here. This hop is open until February 2! There is a prize available to anyone linking there name to the linky on this post.
Happy Monday Everyone!! I hope you all had a great weekend!! I know I did!! The girls had the opportunity to go on the toboggan with their father while I stayed in and did some crafting and laying low (due to a migraine). It looks like we are suppose to get another Nor-Easter storm on Tuesday into Wednesday but then again so are 28 other states!!! Yikes! Is it spring yet?!!!!!!
Today is the beginning of a new week Product Spotlight at Stamp and Create. This week's product Spotlight is Love/Valentine's Day. This means all stamps that are Valentine's Day or Love related in the store are up to 25% beginning tonight!!
For my product spotlight creation, I used the adorable newly released Whiff of Joy- Henry with Love Balloon. The ticket sentiments are Whimsy Friendship Ticket Sentiments cut out with the Whimsy Shapeology Ticket die She also used Prima French White Fairy tale roses , the bow easy, and May Arts Ivory Silk Ribbon available at Stamp and Create.
I wanted to make more of a vintage creation since I don't make this style too often...When I think vintage, Victorian comes to mind...lots of detail and distressing.
For more inspiration using the Valentine or Love stamps available at Stamp and Create, please visit my dt sisters:
challenges I am entering my creation in:
Penny's Paper-Crafty – anything goesTuesday Throwdown - Valentine
Aud's Sentimental - Love Theme
Meljens Designs - (SIO) - create something with hearts
Pals Paper Arts - bows
Paper Pretties - sewing
Pixie Cottage - SKETCH and/or flowers
Little Red Wagon - lace
Top Tip Tuesday - fabulous flowers
Gem Of A Challenge (1st week) -Ribbon and Lace
Fussy and Fancy - (2W) - Valetine with no red or pink
Mami Doodles - (2W, SIO) – magic of love
Simply Create - (2W) - give your heart away
Charisma Cardz - (3E) – Valentine/love
Crafty Purple Frog - (2W, SIO) - distressing
Delightful Challenges - (SIO) - include a heart on your project
Crazy 4 Challenges (JFF) - Vintage or Shabby Chic
Stamp, Scrap & Doodle (2W) - get punchy
Sugar Creek Hollow (3E, SIO) - Vintage Valentine
Marks Finest Papers - Valentine's
Creative Cowgirls (2W, 2E) - Love is in the air
Creative Inspirations Paint (1E) - Love
Paper Sundaes (3E) - Valentines
Stamptacular Sunday (must stamp) - Whateva'!
Thanks for stopping by and for all your comments!! I truly appreciate you all!!
blessings,
Sunday, January 30, 2011
If you are here for the Your Next Stamp Blog hop click here. This hop is open until February 2! There is a prize available to anyone linking there name to the linky on this post.
Happy Sunday Everyone!! I hope you are all having a great weekend!!
Today I am poppin in to share a new challenge for Stampin Sisters in Christ. This week's host is the sweet and talented, Lisa!!
Lisa chose the scripture:
Psalm 23, "The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters. He restores my soul. He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name's sake. Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff they comfort me. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; you anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord forever."
Lisa is challenging us to use the colors blue (still waters) and green (green pastures) in our creation.
Here is my creation for this week's challenge:
My box is created using the Be Mine Template created by Leigh Ann Baird available at Perfect Presentations. The image is Wags N Whiskers- He Loves Me which is available as both a digi or rubber stamp. The designer paper is from Die Cuts With a View- Linen closet. The layout uses the Papertake Weekly sketch. The flowers are from ZVA creative. The charm I bought at Michaels. The fern springs are a Martha Stewart Punch. The image is framed with a Spellbinders Lacey circles and classic circles dies.
Challenges I am entering my creation in:
Penny's Paper-Crafty – anything goes
Tuesday Throwdown - Valentine
Stamp Fairy-Circles
Crazy Challenge-Dots & stripes
Meljens Designs - (SIO) - create something with hearts
Pals Paper Arts - bows
Fab 'n' Funky - use a digi
Paper Pretties - sewing
Pixie Cottage - SKETCH and/or flowers
Little Red Wagon - lace
Top Tip Tuesday - fabulous flowers
Gem Of A Challenge (1st week) -Ribbon and Lace
Really Reasonable Ribbon - (2nd week) ribbon and hearts
Crafty Catz - (1E) - flowers
Fussy and Fancy - (2W) - Valetine with no red or pink
Mami Doodles - (2W, SIO) – magic of love
Simply Create - (2W) - give your heart away
Charisma Cardz - (3E) – Valentine/love
Crafty Purple Frog - (2W, SIO) - distressing
Delightful Challenges - (SIO) - include a heart on your project
Crazy 4 Challenges (JFF) - Vintage or Shabby Chic
Our Creative Corner - 3D Valentines project
Stamp, Scrap & Doodle (2W) - get punchy
Sugar Creek Hollow (3E, SIO) - Vintage Valentine
Marks Finest Papers - Valentine's
For more inspiration for the Stampin in Christ Challenge, please visit my dt sisters:
Grace, Linda, Lisa, Peggysue, Randi, Meisje, Rebecca, and Patti
For the full devotional and challenge details please visit the Stampin Sisters in Christ Challenge.
Thanks for stopping by and for your sweet comments.
blessings,
Happy Sunday Everyone!! I hope you are all having a great weekend!!
Today I am poppin in to share a new challenge for Stampin Sisters in Christ. This week's host is the sweet and talented, Lisa!!
Lisa chose the scripture:
Psalm 23, "The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters. He restores my soul. He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name's sake. Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff they comfort me. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; you anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord forever."
Lisa is challenging us to use the colors blue (still waters) and green (green pastures) in our creation.
Here is my creation for this week's challenge:
Challenges I am entering my creation in:
Penny's Paper-Crafty – anything goes
Tuesday Throwdown - Valentine
Aud's Sentimental - Love Theme
Digi Doodle Shop's Best - swirls
Karber Weekly-Dots & Stripes + DigiDigi Doodle Shop's Best - swirls
Stamp Fairy-Circles
Crazy Challenge-Dots & stripes
Meljens Designs - (SIO) - create something with hearts
Pals Paper Arts - bows
Fab 'n' Funky - use a digi
Paper Pretties - sewing
Pixie Cottage - SKETCH and/or flowers
Little Red Wagon - lace
Top Tip Tuesday - fabulous flowers
Gem Of A Challenge (1st week) -Ribbon and Lace
Really Reasonable Ribbon - (2nd week) ribbon and hearts
Crafty Catz - (1E) - flowers
Fussy and Fancy - (2W) - Valetine with no red or pink
Mami Doodles - (2W, SIO) – magic of love
Simply Create - (2W) - give your heart away
Charisma Cardz - (3E) – Valentine/love
Crafty Purple Frog - (2W, SIO) - distressing
Delightful Challenges - (SIO) - include a heart on your project
Crazy 4 Challenges (JFF) - Vintage or Shabby Chic
Our Creative Corner - 3D Valentines project
Stamp, Scrap & Doodle (2W) - get punchy
Sugar Creek Hollow (3E, SIO) - Vintage Valentine
Marks Finest Papers - Valentine's
Magical Mondays - Flowers
Ooh La La Creations - 3 of a kind (flowers)For more inspiration for the Stampin in Christ Challenge, please visit my dt sisters:
Grace, Linda, Lisa, Peggysue, Randi, Meisje, Rebecca, and Patti
For the full devotional and challenge details please visit the Stampin Sisters in Christ Challenge.
Thanks for stopping by and for your sweet comments.
blessings,
Saturday, January 29, 2011
If you are here for the Your Next Stamp Blog hop click here. If you are here for the ODBD Shining the Light challenge post, click here.
Our Circle of Friends hop is to show our dear friend Annika Ryan that her Whimsy Family is here for her during this difficult time. Everyone needs a circle of friends, and sometimes, during those hard moments, you need to be placed in the center of that circle and be given a big group hug. Though we may be miles away, our hearts are with her along with our support.
Today we all have made her a creation to show her how much we care, Please hop along with us to Support our Wonderful Teammate and Friend Annika.
Here is the creation I made for my dear friend and dt sister.......
For my creation, I used the adorable Loved little Bear illustrated by Melissa Jenkins (available in the Whimsy stamps store- Meljen's digitals). The dp is from K& Co and DCWV Girl Nursery pack. The hearts are punched with a SU Heart punch. The dies used include Spellbinders Lacey Circles and classic circles cut out with my new GRAND CALIBER.
The May Arts pink silk ribbon and the Cotton Candy Baker's twine are available at Really Reasonable ribbon!!
Challenges I am entering my creation in:
Karber Weekly-Dots & Stripes + DigiRainbow Lady's-Beary Good
Stamp Fairy-Circles
Crazy Challenge-Dots & stripes
Creative Craft World-Cute & Cuddly
Fuzzy Wuzzy - - animal, anything goes
The Outlawz Copic Challenge - (must use Copic/Promarkers) - anything goes
Meljens Designs - (SIO) - create something with hearts
Pals Paper Arts - bows
Fab 'n' Funky - use a digi
Paper Pretties - sewing
Penny's Paper-Crafty (2nd week) – anything goes
Pixie Cottage - SKETCH and/or flowers
Simon Says Stamp - animal antics
Little Red Wagon - lace
Top Tip Tuesday - fabulous flowers
Gem Of A Challenge (1st week) -Ribbon and Lace
Really Reasonable Ribbon - (2nd week) ribbon and hearts
If you know Annika and would like to make a creation for her please go to the end of the hop (Denise's Blog) and link a card, then email Crystal at crystalkbk30@gmail.com to privately give you her address.
This hop will end on February 5, noon Eastern time so you have enough time to create a card for friend!!
Thanks so much for hopping along with us today!!! Your next stop on the hop is Ann Vento!
Have a great weekend!
hugs,
If you are here for the Your Next Stamp Blog hop click here. This hop is open until February 2! There is a prize available to anyone linking there name to the linky on this post.
Happy Saturday Everyone!!! Looks like I am laying low this weekend since I have a migraine headache I can't shake. I am hoping it gets better soon so I can visit all your amazing blogs.
Anywho...it is time for another Shining the Light Challenge at ODBD!!!
This week's Challenge:
Paper Play - (2E) – layer it up
Thanks for stopping by!! We hope you will join us for this week's challenge. We can't wait to see your creation!!
blessings,
Happy Saturday Everyone!!! Looks like I am laying low this weekend since I have a migraine headache I can't shake. I am hoping it gets better soon so I can visit all your amazing blogs.
Anywho...it is time for another Shining the Light Challenge at ODBD!!!
This week's Challenge:
ODBDSLC46 “The blues” Now that the holidays are over and winter is beginning to drag on…we want to see blue on your creation (not just a little…a lot…as a main color)
To make the challenge even more fun, we will be giving out a prize, a $ 15 gift certificate to be used toward stamps at the Our Daily Bread Designs store!! Entries for the prize must be submitted by Thursday, February 3. One random winner will be chosen and announced next Saturday. If you are not using ODBD stamps, please do not enter more than once. Additional entries without using ODBD stamps will not be commented on or will they qualify for prizes.
While it is not required to use Our Daily Bread Designs images and sentiments on your creations, we would love to see them if you have them.As a way of recognizing those who do use Our Daily Bread Designs stamps, we will again be choosing 1 to 2 creations to spotlight for our Shining the Light Award. In order to qualify for this award, however, you must use Our Daily Bread stamps and have your submission added to Mr. Linky by February 3 at 8 p.m. EST.If you upload your creations to Splitcoast Stampers or any other online gallery, please use the keyword is ODBDSLC46. When creating your posts on blogs please include a link to the challenge.
For my creation, I used a sneak peak from Our Daily Bread Designs, The Anchor and He Shall be Called background stamp. The dp is from SEI Moravia.
The light blue panels were stamped with the He Shall Be Called background stamp on Bo Bunny Surfboard paper. The image and sentiment is from The Anchor (sneak peak to be release on Feb 1).
card recipe:
Stamps: Sneak peaks from Our Daily Bread Designs to be released on Feb1: He shall be Called background, The Anchor
paper: SEI Moravia, Bo Bunny Surfboard, black, white
accessories: Spellbinders Grand Caliber machine, Octagon nestabilities scalloped and classic, cross charm, silver baubles
To join the challenge, please link your creation here.
Challenges I am entering my creation in:
Flourishes Timeless Tuesday - add hardware
Penny's Paper-Crafty – anything goes
Sisterhood of Crafters - anything goes
Tuesday Throwdown - distressing (ink distressing)
Stamp with Fun - Blue & Brown
Woodware USA - Anything Goes
Aly's Sunday Challenge - For the guys
CD Sunday -Something from a CD and Where Waters Meet (My anchor holds)
Let's Ink It Up - NO DIGI and Anything Goes
Paper Sundaes - Distressing (ink distressing)
Allsorts - recycled ( some dp from scrap bin)
Copic Creations - use something new plus Copics (new stamps)
Delicious Doodles - Spots or stripes
Crafty Purple Frog - distressing (ink distressing)
Alphabet Challenge - (1E) - "M" is for menFor my creation, I used a sneak peak from Our Daily Bread Designs, The Anchor and He Shall be Called background stamp. The dp is from SEI Moravia.
card recipe:
Stamps: Sneak peaks from Our Daily Bread Designs to be released on Feb1: He shall be Called background, The Anchor
paper: SEI Moravia, Bo Bunny Surfboard, black, white
accessories: Spellbinders Grand Caliber machine, Octagon nestabilities scalloped and classic, cross charm, silver baubles
For more inspiration for this challenge, please visit my dt sisters:
To join the challenge, please link your creation here.
Challenges I am entering my creation in:
Flourishes Timeless Tuesday - add hardware
Penny's Paper-Crafty – anything goes
Sisterhood of Crafters - anything goes
Tuesday Throwdown - distressing (ink distressing)
Stamp with Fun - Blue & Brown
Woodware USA - Anything Goes
Aly's Sunday Challenge - For the guys
CD Sunday -Something from a CD and Where Waters Meet (My anchor holds)
Let's Ink It Up - NO DIGI and Anything Goes
Paper Sundaes - Distressing (ink distressing)
Allsorts - recycled ( some dp from scrap bin)
Copic Creations - use something new plus Copics (new stamps)
Delicious Doodles - Spots or stripes
Crafty Purple Frog - distressing (ink distressing)
Tellen's Place - (1E, SIO) - make it for the guys
Do You Stack Up? - (3E, SIO) - patterned paperPaper Play - (2E) – layer it up
blessings,
Friday, January 28, 2011
Welcome to the Your Next Stamp CHA Release BLOG HOP!
We are so excited here at YNS because Karen has taken YNS to CHA for the very first time! That's right, as you're reading this Karen will be at Winter 2011 CHA at booth #4518! WOO-HOO!!
So to celebrate this event, YNS is releasing some fab new YNS stamps just in time for CHA. You may have already caught a sneak peek of some of them last week over at the Scrapbook & Cards Today blog, but today you get to see all 9 World Kids stamps plus a fabulous new Celebrate Collection from HR Designs and 7 new mini stamps.
These new stamps are available to buy right now from the Your Next Stamp store along with all your YNS favorites.
Of course we couldn't let this release pass by without having a fun blog hop! We also have 4 fabulous guests joining us for our hop - the amazing Tori Wild, Cindy Haffner, Carole Burrage and Maylee Pham!
If you would like to participate in the hop and you didn't arrive here from Beth's blog, please CLICK HERE to return to the start of the hop at Kerri's blog, as you don't want to miss these fab new releases!
The hop starts today (28 January 2011 at 08:00 EST) and ends on 2 February 2011 at midnight EST.
As always here at Your Next Stamp, we have a wonderful prize for you to win! One lucky winner will be drawn at random from the links in the linky list to receive their choice of 3 of the new World Kids stamps!
You will see that every stop along the hop has a linky list - this is the SAME linky list posted on every blog, so that you can enter the prize draw from any stop (although we hope you will visit all the blogs on today's hop!). The linky will update itself on everyone's blog when a link is entered - how cool is that? Please remember to only enter your name ONCE into the linky list during the hop - you do NOT need to enter your name at every stop and multiple entries will be removed. It's not a requirement for you to comment at every stop along the hop to be eligible to be entered into the prize draw, but the DT would sure love to hear what you think of their new release creations!
Karen is also running some special bundle promotions, so be sure to hop on over to the YNS store once you've finished the hop. If you order all 9 World Kids stamps in one bundle, you will save 15% over the cost of buying them individually!
So onto my blog hop creation! I have used India, Scottish, Dutch, Alaska, Irish and Japan stamps to make a banner. Each oval is cut out with the Beaded oval Nestability for the frame and the oval for the inside. Each is embossed with a different embossing folder from Provocraft. The sentiment is typed on my PC. Please bear with me on all my photos .....
Stampin' B's - song as your inspiration- We Are the World...We are the Children
Penny's Paper-Crafty (2nd week) – anything goes
challenges I am entering my creation in:
Hodge Podge Shop – white on white, color allowed in image and as accent
Sisterhood of Crafters (2 weeks) - anything goes
Challenge Up Your Life (2nd week) - clean & simple
Sugar Creek Hollow (3 entries) - Black and white with a splash of colour
Here is a complete blog hop list in hopping order:
Cindy Haffner {Guest DT}
Maylee Pham {Guest DT}
Tori Wild {Guest DT}
Carole Burrage {Guest DT}
So now it's time for you to hop on over to the talented Cindy Haffner's blog as she is the next stop on our hop, but I'd love it if you left me a comment before you go!
Thanks so much for hopping with us today! I hope you enjoy our new release!
Hugs,
Happy Thursday everyone!! Sorry I am off to a late start this morning. I don't seem to be feeling to well so I am moving a little slower it seems. It does not help but my youngest was up with nightmares for more than half of the night and I am exhausted.
Anywho...today I have a card I created using the Wags n Whiskers Bubble Fun image (this is available as a
rubber stamp here and digital stamps here. I just love these adorable images drawn by Crissy Armstrong. I colored her with copics. All white cards with just color from my image is a challenge for me...but this was very fun to create.
My Time To Craft - embossing
Everybody-Art-Challenge - "my favourite thing"
Bunny Zoe's Crafts (2nd monday) - Love is in the air
Kaboodle Doodles (1 entry) - Bling it up
Lexi's Creations (1st week) - Valentines
Stamps R Us (1st week, 2 entries) - Animals
Crafty Pad - Girly
Gingerloft (1st week) - Things that fly (bubbles and butterflies)
I Did It Creations - Card for a child
Pile It On - Love is in the air
Catch The Bug (3 entries) - winter white (use mostly white)
Gem Of A Challenge (1st week) -Ribbon and Lace
Really Reasonable Ribbon - (2nd week) ribbon and hearts
Crafty Catz (1 entry) - use a forgotten stamp I have not used this image for at least a year
Fuzzy Wuzzy (monthly) - animal, anything goes
Phindy’s Place - lace & pearls
Raise The Bar - N.E.W. (Nestie/Embellishments/White)
Simply Create (2nd week) - use your punches
Totally Papercrafts - add a heart
Stamp Something - cute somethings
CCEE Stampers - White on White card (image can have color but nothing else)
Craft your days away- Love
Charisma CardzValentine's / Love
Crafty Sentiments- Favorite things (copics, nestabilities, embossing folder and sewing machine)
Hodge Podge: White on White
Flutterby Wednesday--White and wings
Cutie Sunday - Anything Goes
Double Dutch Challenge- All white except the image
Sundays with Chrissy - Ribbons
Thanks for stopping by!! I so appreciate all your comments!! Have a great day!
blessings,
Anywho...today I have a card I created using the Wags n Whiskers Bubble Fun image (this is available as a
rubber stamp here and digital stamps here. I just love these adorable images drawn by Crissy Armstrong. I colored her with copics. All white cards with just color from my image is a challenge for me...but this was very fun to create.
The sentiment is typed on my PC and it says..."Love is...Time spent with a friend. ' The heart is filled in with a piece of white glittered vellum. The background is embossed with a floral embossing folder from Stampin Up. The punch on the bottom is a MS Shell border punch. The butterflies are punched out with my MS Butterfly porder punch (used the negative cuts). The dies used include the Spellbinders hearts nestabilities.
Challenges:
A Spoonful Of Sugar - Valentine'sMy Time To Craft - embossing
Everybody-Art-Challenge - "my favourite thing"
Bunny Zoe's Crafts (2nd monday) - Love is in the air
Kaboodle Doodles (1 entry) - Bling it up
Lexi's Creations (1st week) - Valentines
Stamps R Us (1st week, 2 entries) - Animals
Crafty Pad - Girly
Gingerloft (1st week) - Things that fly (bubbles and butterflies)
I Did It Creations - Card for a child
Pile It On - Love is in the air
Catch The Bug (3 entries) - winter white (use mostly white)
Gem Of A Challenge (1st week) -Ribbon and Lace
Really Reasonable Ribbon - (2nd week) ribbon and hearts
Crafty Catz (1 entry) - use a forgotten stamp I have not used this image for at least a year
Fuzzy Wuzzy (monthly) - animal, anything goes
Phindy’s Place - lace & pearls
Raise The Bar - N.E.W. (Nestie/Embellishments/White)
Simply Create (2nd week) - use your punches
Totally Papercrafts - add a heart
Stamp Something - cute somethings
CCEE Stampers - White on White card (image can have color but nothing else)
Craft your days away- Love
Charisma CardzValentine's / Love
Crafty Sentiments- Favorite things (copics, nestabilities, embossing folder and sewing machine)
Hodge Podge: White on White
Flutterby Wednesday--White and wings
Cutie Sunday - Anything Goes
Double Dutch Challenge- All white except the image
Sundays with Chrissy - Ribbons
Thanks for stopping by!! I so appreciate all your comments!! Have a great day!
blessings,
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Happy Hump Day everyone!! I hope you are all well!! I am very busy but very relieved!! My dear friend Crystal encouraged to take my sewing machine apart and look if something was jammed. Well I did not see anything jammed but I did find out what the problem is....Now I have my sewing machine back!!!! I feel like I just made $150-$400 just by not having to fix or buy a new sewing machine. Woo hoo!!
Anywho...Valentine's Day is just around the corner and I thought I would just share a little something that I made to give to a friend for Valentine's Day.
For my creation, I used the adorable Tea time Fhiona from Your Next Stamp, the sentiment from Whimsy's Friendship Ticket sentiments, and the Tea Tabbed box template from Lauren Meader available at My Time Made Easy. I had a fun time creating this!! The sentiments cut out with the Spellbinders hearts dies are typed on my Computer. The dp is scraps from my scrap bin...felt good to use up or recycle!! The black scallop is made using my uber handy Grand Caliber machine and the Big Scallops Petite Borderabilities die from Spellbinders.
I hope you enjoyed this creation....
Challenges I am entering my creation in:
Do You Stack Up? - pink
Paper Play (2 entries) – use a black base
Fuzzy Wuzzy (monthly) - animal, anything goes
Phindy’s Place - lace & pearls
Raise The Bar - N.E.W. (Nestie/Embellishments/White)
Totally Papercrafts - add a heart
Tellen's Place - polka dots
Stamp Something - cute somethings
Really Reasonable Ribbon - (2nd week) ribbon and hearts
Just Us Girls - create a 3D valentine container
Secret Crafter - it's a couple thing
Gem Of A Challenge (1st week) -Ribbon and Lace
One Stop Craft - more than one fold
Craft Your Days Away (2 weeks) - love
Blackleaf Studios - anything but a card, Valentine's day
Let's Ink It Up (monthly) - NO DIGI and Anything Goes
Corrosive Challenges (2 entries) - Reuse, reduce, recycle (all dp is from scraps)
Crafty Pad - Girly
A Spoonful Of Sugar - Valentine's
Top Tip Tuesday - fabulous flowers
Kaboodle Doodles (1 entry) - Bling it up
Lexi's Creations (1st week) - Valentines
Stamps R Us (1st week, 2 entries) - Animals
Thanks for stopping by!! Have a great day!! Your comments are always appreciated!!
blessings,
Anywho...Valentine's Day is just around the corner and I thought I would just share a little something that I made to give to a friend for Valentine's Day.
For my creation, I used the adorable Tea time Fhiona from Your Next Stamp, the sentiment from Whimsy's Friendship Ticket sentiments, and the Tea Tabbed box template from Lauren Meader available at My Time Made Easy. I had a fun time creating this!! The sentiments cut out with the Spellbinders hearts dies are typed on my Computer. The dp is scraps from my scrap bin...felt good to use up or recycle!! The black scallop is made using my uber handy Grand Caliber machine and the Big Scallops Petite Borderabilities die from Spellbinders.
Challenges I am entering my creation in:
Do You Stack Up? - pink
Paper Play (2 entries) – use a black base
Fuzzy Wuzzy (monthly) - animal, anything goes
Phindy’s Place - lace & pearls
Raise The Bar - N.E.W. (Nestie/Embellishments/White)
Totally Papercrafts - add a heart
Tellen's Place - polka dots
Stamp Something - cute somethings
Really Reasonable Ribbon - (2nd week) ribbon and hearts
Just Us Girls - create a 3D valentine container
Secret Crafter - it's a couple thing
Gem Of A Challenge (1st week) -Ribbon and Lace
One Stop Craft - more than one fold
Craft Your Days Away (2 weeks) - love
Blackleaf Studios - anything but a card, Valentine's day
Let's Ink It Up (monthly) - NO DIGI and Anything Goes
Corrosive Challenges (2 entries) - Reuse, reduce, recycle (all dp is from scraps)
Crafty Pad - Girly
A Spoonful Of Sugar - Valentine's
Top Tip Tuesday - fabulous flowers
Kaboodle Doodles (1 entry) - Bling it up
Lexi's Creations (1st week) - Valentines
Stamps R Us (1st week, 2 entries) - Animals
Thanks for stopping by!! Have a great day!! Your comments are always appreciated!!
blessings,
Monday, January 24, 2011
Happy Monday Everyone! I hope you all had a great weekend!! Mine went o.k. but I am saddened to say that my sewing machine broke!!! That is right, no sewing until I get it fixed or get a new one. It is hard for me to think that I will be unable to include stitching on my creations...guess cards will take me less time to create without stitching and more time if I decide to hand stitch them!!!
I did manage to get my home school reports done! Woo hoo!!!! Big accomplishment for me...not much crafting this weekend. I took a break and really needed it to spend some quality time with the girls and Scott.
Anywho....enough about me....This week it is time for another Product Spotlight at Stamp and Create!! In addition to a product spotlight, that means that the spotlighted item is also up to 25% off!!!!!
On Sale through Sunday for 25% off
(Limit 3 per customer)
The Bow Easy is the best tool around for creating the perfect bow.If you are unfamiliar with how to use the bow easy, my talented dt sister, Jeanette, created a Video Tutorial awhile ago using the Bow Easy.
former Guest Designer Sharon created a Pictorial Tutorial as well (Sharon shows a "double bow" in her tutorial).
Each of the designers made a creation to showcase the Bow Easy. This is what I created:
I used the Wags n Whiskers, Say a Prayer image, which is available as a digi or a rubber stamp. I also used the bow easy, May Arts Mauve silk ribbon, and Kaiser Craft Blush Pearls
available at Stamp and Create.
The layout for my card uses the Waltzingmouse Sketch Challenge.
The lush paper is Kaiser Craft English Rose!! Isn't it gorgeous. I received this from Susana Custom Arts and Designs this week. I love this paper so much that I will be back for more!! LOL! Lacey, carries a ton of beautiful Kaiser Craft paper at her store, Stamp and Create, as well but not this particular pad. The flowers are from Wild Orchids.
For more inspiration using the bow easy, please visit my dt sisters:
Joy, Lacey, Heidi, Vicky and Jeanette.
available at Stamp and Create.
The layout for my card uses the Waltzingmouse Sketch Challenge.
The lush paper is Kaiser Craft English Rose!! Isn't it gorgeous. I received this from Susana Custom Arts and Designs this week. I love this paper so much that I will be back for more!! LOL! Lacey, carries a ton of beautiful Kaiser Craft paper at her store, Stamp and Create, as well but not this particular pad. The flowers are from Wild Orchids.
For more inspiration using the bow easy, please visit my dt sisters:
Joy, Lacey, Heidi, Vicky and Jeanette.
Challenges I am entering my creation in:
Crafty Pad - GirlyGingerloft (1st week) - Things that fly
Paper Sundaes (3 entries) - Distressing
Stampin' Sisters in Christ - Vintage I was not able to join this challenge with my dt sisters and I really this this has a vintage flair with the dp, distressing and heart button.
Quirky Crafts (2nd week) - In the Spring Garden (must have pink and green in it and an image)
Crafty Emma - angels & fairies
Gem Of A Challenge (1st week) -Ribbon and Lace
Marks Finest Paper - sympathy card
Really Reasonable Ribbon - (2nd week) ribbon and hearts
Fairy Tale (2nd week, 2 entries) - flowers
Phindy’s Place - lace & pearls
Simply Create (2nd week) - use your punches
Stamp Man (2nd week) – distressing
Stamp Something - cute somethings
Totally Papercrafts - add a heart
Wags 'n Whiskers - use a fairy or an angel
Crafty Purple Frog (2 weeks) - distressing
Cute Card Thursday - recipe 1-2-3 (1 heart button, 2 small roses, 3 designer papers)
Waltzingmouse Sketch Challenge
Digi Doodle Shop's Best - anything goes
Do You Stack Up? - pink
Pixie Dust Studio - buttons
Stampin' Royalty - anything with wings
Paper Take Weekly - Ribbons and Pearls
Top Tip Tuesday - All Sentimental
Crafty Cardmakers- floral
Flutterby Wednesday- angel, fairy or butterfly- open challenge
Thanks for stopping by and for all your comments!! I truly appreciate you all!!
blessings,
Friday, January 21, 2011
YNS NEWS
The end of January is shaping up to be a busy and exciting time for YNS ...
The first piece of extremely exciting news is that Your Next Stamp is going to be at Winter 2011 CHA in LA! WOO-HOO! The event runs from January 29th to February 1st and Karen will be promoting YNS at Booth #4518.
So with CHA in mind, Your Next Stamp will soon be welcoming some new friends to its little family with a fabulous YNS CHA New Release BLOG HOP on January 28th, so be sure to mark your calendars as you really won't want to miss this! But if you'd like a small sneaky peek of who is joining us, hop on over to the Scrapbook & Cards Today blog right now... and while you're there, why not enter the super fun contest to WIN a $25 gift certificate to spend on stamps at the YNS store!
And that's not all... Your Next Stamp now has a Facebook page!
We would love to invite you all to LIKE our YNS FB page so you can be the first to know about promotions, new releases, sales, competitions ... and there may even be the odd quick giveaway! We'd also love to see all your YNS creations, old and new, so why not upload them to our YNS FB wall.
To celebrate our YNS Facebook launch we have 2 special promotions:
1. We have a special 20% off discount code - hop on over to our FB page to grab it (discount ends Jan 31st).
2. We are holding a prize draw just for those of you who LIKE our page. Come on over and sign up by February 1st to be entered into the draw to WIN a $25 gift certificate to spend on stamps at the YNS store.
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Happy Hump Day Everyone!! I hope everyone is warm and safe!! We had 4-5 inches of icy mix yesterday. So beautiful to look out but not advisable to drive in that is for sure. It felt so cozy looking out the window.
Today I would like to share 2 creations for 3 different challenges and teams.
Being a Wednesday...it is time for a new Creative Belli, Your Next Stamp, and Whiff of Joy Challenge creation!!
The first creation is made to meet both the Creative Belli and Your Next Stamp challenge. This week's YNS challenge is hosted by the sweet and talented Linda. Linda's Challenge Theme is "Baby It's Cold Outside..." That it is here!!! Anywho...she challenges us to create a winter scene. The Creative Belli Challenge us to use things beginning with "P" so I colored up the adorable Ellie building a Snowman from Your Next Stamp (YNS). I colored with my copics in pastels, mainly pink, and added pattern paper, pink silk ribbon, punched borders and pearls for embellishments. The patterned paper has snowflakes on it and is a very old pattern paper from Bo Bunny that I have hoarded in my stash forever!!! I added snowtex to give the card dimension and a real snow feel.
For more inspiration for the YNS challenge, please visit my dt sisters:
Karen, Crystal , Kerri , Sylvia, Simonne, Beth, Maureen, Jenny,
If you join the challenge please leave a direct link to Mr. Linky here. If you upload your creation to Paper craft planet or Splitcoast Stampers, please use the keyword YNSC34.Karen, Crystal , Kerri , Sylvia, Simonne, Beth, Maureen, Jenny,
For more inspiration for the Creative Belli Challenge, please visit my dt sisters:
Anne Harmon, Ceal Pritchett, Chris Dickinson , Darsie Bruno, Holly Brown, Jessica Stockmeyer, Joan Ervin , Joy Hadden , Maria Matter , Robin Kirkpatrick , Robin Parker, Shelly SchmidtKaren Walsh ,Mary Marsh
If you should join us for the Creative Belli Challenge, please leave a direct link here. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The second creation is for the Whiff of Joy challenge. The Whiff of Joy Challenge was to use teal, cream and chocolate. I just love this combo so it was so fun for me!!! Rather than make a card, however, I decided to make a matching set with the Whiff of Joy Henry Celebrating Mouse. I just adore this cute little mouse!!
The teal green trim is velvet leftover in my stash and the lace is May Arts Champagne Net that I recently received from my friend Ann but it also can be purchase here. The flowers are prima French White Fairytale roses and Prime Lilliput Lime cooler Roses. The ivory ribbon is May Arts Silk. The dies I used included the Spellbinders Lacey circles and standard circles and the Sizzix Top Note Die available at SU.
This box is a cupcake box that I created for my sister in law whose birthday is tomorrow!! I used the Hey Cupcake template designed by Leigh Ann Baird available at Perfect Presentations.
For more creations using this fun sketch, visit my extremely talented dt sisters:
Anne , Chelsea, Gio, Jane, Kathrin, Kylie, Louise, Manuela. MicheleTo join the teal, cream and chocolate challenge at Whiff of Joy Challenges, click here.
Challenges I am entering my creation in:
Crazy Challenge (2 entries) - Buttons 1st card has a snowflake button
Ooh La La Creations (2nd week) - Bling it on (1st card)
Pollycraft - Pastel Colours (1st card)
Crafty Pad - Something New (2nd card- new lace trim or netting from my friend Ann)
Gingerloft (2nd week) - Celebrations (2nd card and box- Birthday)
Let's Ink It Up (monthly) - NO DIGI and Anything Goes (my set--all really)
One Stitch At A Time - New (new champagne netting and ribbon on set)
Pile It On - Anything Goes
Paper Sundaes (3 entries) - Favourite challenge from the past year - Cut it out-2nd card and box (my set)
Patti`s creations - Challenge #10 Anything goes
Stamp Something - Anything goes
Gem Of A Challenge (monthly) - SKETCH -WOJ Card
Allsorts - teal blue and brown WOJ Card and box)
Catch The Bug (3 entries) - birthday (my set)
Copic Creations - (2 weeks) anything new plus Copics (my set is colored with copics and the Ecru netting is new)
Creative Inspirations - celebrate (my set using WOJ)
Fairy Fun Fridays (2 weeks) – happy birthday (my set)
Fairy Tale (2 weeks, 2 entries) - flowers (my card from WOJ)
Stamp Man (2 weeks) – distressing
Totally Papercrafts - birthday (Henry Mouse card)
Do You Stack Up? - distress it (Henry Mouse Birthday card)
Meljens Designs - square or round cards (no rectangles) (Birthday card)
Sassy Studio Designs - use something that is over a year old (Henry Mouse card- dp and velvet ribbon)
Wee Memories- ribbon
Thanks for stopping by today and for all your comments!! I hope you enjoyed my projects!
blessings,
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