Twinkles Glow with Stamps

Happy Friday Everyone!! We are back from our trip to Virginia and had a great time visiting with family!!  I hope everyone had a great Easter.  I know we did.  Now it is time to get back in the groove of things doing some house work, home schooling the girls, and crafting.  So much to do!!!....

Today I have a super fun image to share with you!!!  I love the new rubber stamp Kenny K images available at Whimsy so I just had to use my fave image ever from this line....Madison Attitude!!  This is going to be a card for a teenage girl for her birthday...The papers behind her are from Bo Bunny (Gabrielle Collection).  I also used the postcard stamp available at Whimsy designed by my dt sister Ann from Raindrop Echo Designs as well as the Everyday mini postage stamps and Party mini letter Seals.


card recipe:
stamps: Kenny K Madioson Attitude available only at Whimsy, Everyday Mini postage, Party Mini Letter Seals, and Postcard.
Paper: Bitter Chocolate, soft sky, Bo Bunny Gabrielle Collection
Accessories: flowers, lace, copics

Thanks for stopping by!!  I hope you enjoyed my creation!  Have a great day!!

hugs,

Happy Hump Day Everyone!!  I hope you are doing well!!  Today we should be arriving home from our trip to Virginia....

Today I would like to share two creations with you for two different challenges.

My first creation is for the Whiff of Joy Challenge.  This week's challenge is a sketch designed by the sweet and talented Jane!!!


Here is my take on the sketch using the beautiful Pregnant Willow!! Wish I looked that good when I was pregnant.  My dear hubby often joked around about how huge I got...My first was 10 pounds...Right before I had the baby, Scott took a picture of me with a stuffed cow.  At that point I felt like one...I was two weeks late and growing huger by the minute it seemed.

Anywho...here is the beautiful Willow....



The designer paper is from Prima Sparkling Spring.  The swing is a digi I purchased from Crafty Secrets.  I just  love swings and this one is beautiful! My images are colored in with copics.  The sentiment is computer generated.

For more inspiration for the Whiff Of Joy Challenge, please visit my dt sisters:
Anne ,  Chelsea,  Gio, Jane, Kathrin,  Kylie, Louise, Manuela.  Michele To join our challenge, please link your creation here.


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My second creation is for the Your Next Stamp challenge hosted by my dear friend Crystal!!!  Crystal has challenged us to CHARM IT!


Here is my take on the challenge:


For my creation I used Rainy Day Fhiona.  She was so fun to color up and paper piece.  The designer paper is from My Mind's Eye.  The ribbon is SU Baja Breeze.  The flower charm is from Stamp and Create.  The cloud is cut out with a Spellbinders Label die.


For more inspiration for the YNS "Charm It" challenge, please visit my dt sisters:
  Karen, Crystal , Kerri ,   Beth, Maureen, Jenny, Dana, Diana
  and Wendy 

Sadly, this is my last post as a YNS designer.  I just love Your Next Stamp, Karen, and the designers but feel I need to step down to have more time to deal with some personal issues.  I have so enjoyed this team and their talent!! I will miss you all!!  Thanks for the opportunity to work with your awesome stamps Karen.  I look forward to seeing all you girls in blogland!! 


Have a great day!! Thanks for stopping by and for all your comments!!

Blessings,
 

Happy Saturday All!! I hope you all are having a great weekend!! 

Today I am popping in to share this week's Shining the Light challenge at ODBD.


This weeks challenge: A sketch.
Each month we will be featuring a card from one of ODBD design or challenge team and creating a sketch that case's their card design.  This month's featured designer is the talented and sweet, Grace Nywening, our dt coordinator at ODBD.  The card we are featuring is this gorgeous creation:

Happy Friday!  By the time this post goes live, I will be visiting with family and celebrating the Easter holiday.  I have been looking forward to spending some quality time with my sister and brother in law and the family for some time since we live so far apart and we don't see each other as much as we would like.  I hope you all have some fun plans as well!!

Before going on to the rest of my post, I wanted to say a sad farewell to the Wags n Whiskers dt.  I have been a part of this dt for over a year and a half but now it is time to say good bye as a dt member.  Life has become so busy and I have some personal things going on right now so I had to step down from a few teams.  I will definitely stalk the teams blogs and use the fun and adorable stamps whenever possible but not necessarily on a scheduled basis. I will miss you girls!!

And now for my Stamp and Create Creations......

Lacey, at Stamp and Create, is holding a special sale this weekend and next week for the holiday: 10% off whole order using discount code "easter"

Since it is almost Easter, I just had to use this darling Easter image from Wags n Whiskers one more time.  Isn't it so sweet.

I used the adorable Easter Blessings stamp set from Wags N Whiskers which I colored with copics.  I also you used White May Arts Ribbon which she tied into a bow with the bow easy and the Spellbinders Lacey Circles available at Stamp and Create!!  The designer paper is Basic Grey's Hello Luscious.

While I have shown this card before, I also wanted to share that Stamp and Create has now added the newest release of Whimsy stamps to the store, including: the new Madison Attitude stamp from the Kenny K (Whimsy) Rubber Stamp Collection, the Raindrop Echo Party Mini Letter seals, and the Whimsy Shapeology Banner Pennants Die now available in the store.

For more inspiration using Stamp and Create's stamps and products, please visit my dt sisters:
 Joy, Lacey, Heidi, Vicky and  Jeanette.

Have a great weekend!!

blessings,

Wow will winter ever end and will it ever be spring...Not here in NY I think.... It's so nice to have some adorable and pretty images for Spring to use!  Hope you can join us for the challenge at Sunday's with Crissy  this month!  Crissy has so many fun images that are available as digis or rubber at Whimsy stamps


My first creation uses the darling Newborn Joon  and the Meadow background available at Whimsy Stamps and illustrated by Crissy.  Isn't he just darling?  The designer paper is from Websters Pages and SU (retired stash).  The bow is tied with the bow easy using White wrinkled ribbon from May Arts.  The image is colored with copics.  The card is framed in brown but the picture makes it look brown.


He was so fun to color and so adorable, that I just had to create a gift set with him.  I used the treat tube tutorial here at Splitcoast.

I had to vary the tutorial quite a bit for the ends though since I did not have the SU Fancy flower touch.  Heads up:  You can trace around your constructed pentagon shape for the pentagon top and use a circle (nesties) to create petals around it.




The complete giftset:





Now it's your turn to show us your Spring/Baby cards at the Sundays with Crissy challenge! There will be five free digi's given to one lucky challenge participant who will be chosen by Random.org at the end of the month! You may now use images from any company and still be included in the draw for the blog candy prize! Those who use one of Crissy's images, either from her rubber or digital collections will be entered twice in the draw. But please respect the rule of no more than three entries per month. Otherwise your entries could be deleted.

Click HERE to go enter your project!

Thanks for stopping by!! I hope you have a great day!! Thanks for your comments!! 

blessings,

Happy Tuesday Everyone!! I hope you are enjoying some nice spring weather.  Unfortunately the weather does not want to cooperate here.  It has been quite chilly and rainy.  To get in the spring mode, I have been creating with some fun spring images.

My first card uses the darling Newborn Joon  and the Meadow background available at Whimsy Stamps and illustrated by the Uber talented Crissy Armstrong.

 The designer paper is from Websters Pages and SU.  The bow is tied with the bow easy using White wrinkled ribbon from May Arts.  The image is colored with copics.  The card is framed in brown but the picture makes it look brown.  Tomorrow I will post a matching piece to this card to make it a giftset.
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Next... I created a card with the darling new release from Your Next Stamp called  Song Bird.  One of my favorite things to do is watch the birds, especially blue birds.  Here is my creation:


I used paper from my Prima Madeline dp.  The image is colored with copics.  I also added spanish moss to the nest for texture.  The bird on the front is cut out with the Petite Ovals Spellbinders and my Spellbinders Grand Caliber.  The sentiment is computer generated.  The inside sentiment is cut out with the Spellbinders Labels 21.  In addition to my stitching, I added some hand drawn doodled faux stitching.

For more examples of the YNS New Release, please visit my dt sisters:

Also!......



Craft Your Passion - You've been spotted (deer card)
Cupcake Craft - Lots of Layers
Make it Monday - Anything goes
Ooh La La Creations -  Aqua, Bling and a Sentiment (deer card)
Creative Cowgirls -  -Spring Time & Rainy Days
Let's Ink It Up - no digis allowed -  Stitching 
Paper Sundaes - Texture 
Daring Cardmakers - Spring or Easter. 
Delicious Doodles - All stitched up. 
Digi's With Attitude! - Challenge #22: Spring has sprung.
Mami Doodles -  Challenge#24: Krazy for Kraft 
Aud Sentiments Challenge -  Anything goes.

 Happy Monday Everyone!! I hope you all had a great weekend.  My weekend was fun and busy since I had plans to visit with my parents who were here for the weekend and Scott's parents.  Soon it will be Easter and we have plans to visit Scott's brother and Sister in law.  I have a lot to do before we leave...

Anywho...Today is a new Stamp and Create Product Spotlight.  This week's Product spotlight is Wags n Whiskers Digital images which are also on sale for 25% off. 


I used the adorable Some Bunny Loves you from Wags n Whiskers digi to create these fun Candy wrappers for Easter. I also used white May Arts Silk Ribbon available in the store.  The candy wrapper uses the fun Easy Candy Wrapper template designed by the talented Leigh Ann Baird.  These templates are available along with several other fun templates at the Perfect Presentations store.



The images are colored with copics.  The backgrounds behind the images are dry embossed.  The "Peter" bunny has been embossed with the Spots embossing folder from Provocraft and the dp is from My Mind's Tickled Pink.  "Ruby" is embossed with the swiss dots folder and the dp is from Prima Sparkling Spring. 

 Joy, Lacey, Heidi, Vicky and  Jeanette.

 Challenges I am entering by Candy wrappers in:
Little Claires: Animals
Creative Craft Challenge: Embossing
2 Sisters: Bingo (Punches, Embossing, Ribbon)
Top Tip Tuesday: Spring Has Sprung
Card Cupids: Pastels
The Crafty Pad: Easter
Creative Inspirations: Easter
Dream Valley: Easter
I Did It Creations: Easter
Scrappy Frogs: Easter
Sparkles Forum: Easter
Bee Crafty: Easter
Bugaboo: Easter
Craft Your Days Away: Easter
Easy Craft Projects: Easter
Floweret: Easter
Stampin' For the Weekend: Easter
C.R.A.F.T.: Easter
Digital Delights: Easter
Little Red Wagon: Easter
Penny's Paper Crafty Challenge: Easter
The Sisterhood of Crafters: Easter
Nettie G: Favorites


Thanks for stopping by!! Have a great day!!

~Chris

Happy Sunday Everyone!! Since I have my parents here this weekend, this will be a short post...

Today is another Stampin Sisters in Christ challenge!!

Today's challenge hostess is the sweet and talented Peggy Sue!!

Peggysue chose the verse:
Matthew 16:23 Jesus turned and said to Peter, "Get behind me, Satan!"

 Peggysue chose the challenge:
Use versamark or same color ink on the same color of paper (e.g., purple ink on purple paper) for a tone on tone background somewhere on your card.

Here is my take on the challenge:


 For my card I used tone on tone for my bird corners around the sentiment and also on the background of the designer paper using the bird corners stamp from ODBD.


Card Recipe:
Stamps: Our Daily Bread Designs: Eternity, Bird and Butterfly Corners
Paper: Prima Anna Lee
 For more inspiration for the Stampin in Christ Challenge, please visit my dt sisters:
Grace, Linda, Lisa, Peggysue, Randi (on leave), Meisje, Kristine, Sabrina, Marilynn and  Rebecca.

For the full devotional and challenge details please visit the Stampin Sisters in Christ Challenge.



Card Makin' Mamas -- embellish it,  Inspire Me Fridays - Anything goes, Totally Papercrafts - Challenge #62: Springtime,  AiFactory - Challenge #076: include an animal (bird and butterfly), Art Impressions Stamps Challenge - Challenge #12: Anything goes,  Sassy Studio Designs - Spring theme, Amber's Crafts and Stuff -use your favorite things (lace, , silk ribbon, flowers), Crafts and Me - #30 Ribbon, The Paper Variety - flowers, Truly Scrumptious - #55 vintage, A Spoonful Of Sugar - All Creatures Great & Small, Anita Be Stampin' - Anything Goes, Clear It Out! - 2nd week of flowers, Flourishes - Flowers, flowers everywhere, Paper Take Weekly - Dimension somewhere On Your Card (butterflly is popped up)Stamping Vacation - M - Any creature associated with a coccoon.Aud Sentiments Challenge - Anything goes.
Do You Stack Up? -  Challenge #15: Scallops.Creative Card Crew - Spring

Lisa, our dear SSIC sister and owner of a brand new on line store, The Crafts Meow, just announced that the talented Nina Brackett will be designing stamps for The Crafts Meow, and that Alice Wertz and Sarah Martina Parker will be joining TCM as kit designers.

Lisa has created a Facebook Page! For every 100 fans by April 30th, she will be giving away a set of the four new stamp sets that were designed by Nina and will be released on May 1st! So click on over to facebook and become a fan! Thanks Lisa for your generosity!
Thanks for stopping by!!  I appreciate all your comments!! Have a great day!!

Blessings,

 Happy Saturday Everyone!! It seems like a long time since my last post although it has only been two days.  Life has been very busy at our house with a lot going on and a lot to think about....


Anywho.....Today it is time for another Our Daily Bread Designs Shining the Light challenge~~


This weeks challenge: Make a card or project without any coloring. You may sponge a background or use colored ink to stamp an image but NO Coloring!!




To join the challenge, please link your creation here.


Thanks for stopping by!! Have a great day!!  Your comments are deeply appreciated!!

hugs,
Chris

If you are here for the Whimsy Blog hop or are looking to see if you won the Whimsy Weekly Wednesday Give Away, you are in the right place.

Today...I am coming here to announce the 3 winners of the Weekly Wednesday Give Away from Whimsy (24 hour give away)!!  Thanks to the 69 who linked to the post!!!  The winners will receive 2 sample sets of images from Denise including sentiments from Everyday Mini Postage and the Party Mini Seals.These stamps are not the actual sets but the samples and will include all the sentiment included it the actual sets.

and the winners are:
Here are your random numbers:

42- Grace N 

64-  Shirley N.

41- Tammy N

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  Ladies, lease email me your snail mail address so we can get these out to you.

For those who entered and did not win, I hope to see you for the next give away on the 2nd Wednesday of the month!! 

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And now on to the hop!!!!!