Twinkles Glow with Stamps

Happy Monday!!! I hope everyone had a good weekend. It was warm here which was a very nice break from the cold. Yesterday the rain began and it looks like rain for the next few days as well. Oh I am so looking forward to the sunshine!

Yesterday I was pleasantly surprised to see that the featured stamper for the week on Splitcoast is none other than my dear friend and design team sister Judy!!! Yeah Judy! Congratulations!! You so deserve it!! Of course I had to take this opportunity and case one of her cards. She is such a sweetheart and so talented too!!! One of Judy's favorite colors is pink so I chose one of her pink cards to case. I kept her layout. I changed the stamps from Pocket Silhouettes to You are the Potter from Our Daily Bread Designs . I also added dry embossing, distressing, buttons, and changed my sewing, sentiment, and ribbon treatment. I macramed the craft hemp to keep with a more Southwestern feel. I also added a doodle flourish to meet the challenge of the OCCC challenge for this week.

My second project was for today's technique lover's challenge and the OCCC challenge for this week. I have never made a treat purse before. It was a lot of fun and I had the opportunity to use my brand new Parisian Breeze paper. I love this paper and I can see this being one of the papers I want to hoard. I also incorporated a doodle using Blue awning chipboard. The flowers are punched out using the Boho Blossom punch. I punched out the butterfly from some Baja Breeze DP. I plan on sending this cute little purse to a dear friend that has been struggling a little lately. Since she is diabetic and a stampaholic I thought I would send her some yummy ribbon, brads, buttons, prima, eyelet, and etc. I hope it brings a smile!

Hello all! Another busy day but I managed to get two cards done thanks to Dawn's Limited Supply Challenge. Normally My cards take me a few hours since I am so detail oriented. Not today!!!! Dawn's challenge was to complete a card in less than 30 minutes. I have several birthday and thinking of you cards to do so I decided to play along imbetween my very hectic day. I can't believe I actually could do a card in that short a time!!! Granted when I was done with each of these challenges, my craft space looked like a tornado hit it!! Oh well! I love challenges.

My first card uses the Keep My Lamp Burning set from ODBD. I needed to make a birthday card for my nephew whose birthday was two days ago. Oops!!! I hope this handmade card makes up for being late. I completed the limited supply challenge and SC218. I used River rock and some cool designer paper called Antique Sea Glass Antique Map which was absolutely perfect for this set. I found it at the craft store today and knew right away that I had to use it with this set. I tried to very quickly distress the edges on the card. I was able to distress quickly but sliced my fingers twice and broke a nail in the process. I am very much into texture lately so I added lace and craft hemp, crimped the stips, dry embossed the background, and distressed the edges for a more rustic look.

The second card uses Upsy Daisy from Stampin Up. I completed three challenges in this card. First was SSnotime77 hosted my Sharon at No time to stamp. The challenge was called Heat it Up. Sharon wanted you to emboss on your card. I stamped the image in craft Chocolate Chip and embossed it in clear. The butterfly is also dry embossed with the Cuttlebug swiss dots folder and embossed in clear for a glossy appearance. The second challenge I used was today's limited supply challenge, completing a card in less than 30 minutes. The last challenge was Mojo 76 sketch challenge. I made this for a wife to one of my husband's coworkers that had 50% of her lung removed due to cancer. I hope she likes it and that it brings a smile to her face.

Happy Wednesday All!! Today I have two cards to share with you. I know I listed my other card later last night and many of you probably didn't see it but I really wanted to post these cards for today's challenge. If you are interested, you can scroll down to my next post.

The first card, today, is for the Whiff of Joy Sketch challenge/ Guest Designer Call and CC208 Color Challenge (Kiwi Kiss, Pink, and Chocolate Chip). I love Whiff of Joy so I figured I would atleast try the sketch even if hundreds applied also. I received my Spring set of Stamps from Whiff of Joy last week and was so happy to ink up my first one. They are so adorable. I used the stamp Willow Sitting with the floral wreath and their butterfly. I colored it with gamsol. I had a very difficult time finding designer paper with the color challenge colors but I finally did find it! Basic Grey comes through for me again!!!

MY second card uses Roxi's Wednesday sketch challenge. I even posted it before 11:00 a.m. I can't believe the number of people who had already uploaded their cards. They must get up at the crack of dawn. I was up at 4:00 a.m. to finish these cards since I have a very busy day. Lol!! Roxi's challenge was for clean lines using all squares but I wanted some texture so I added the lace, craft hemp, dry embossing, distressing, and pearls. I wanted a shabby chic kind of look and I think I accomplished that. I had a difficult time finding a long and narrow stamp so I dusted of my Watercolor Garden 2 set and used that. The one piece of designer paper I used was from retired SU Western Sky. I have been hoarding it. It goes so nicely with the new in colors (Baja Breeze).

Happy Monday Everyone!!! After not accomplishing much in the way of stamping over the weekend, I was bound and determined to get something done today. I didn't get the things done I was suppose to or what I had originally planned but instead had fun playing with today's TLC210 Crimped Envelope challenge! lol!! Now I will be stamping well into the night for things I should have done earlier. Oh well!

The first card I made for this challenge also used CC203 color challenge on Splitcoast using Baja Breeze, Pacific Point and Garden Green. I inked up my Bella Blossom for the first time!!! I love this stamp and just never had the time to use it. The inside of the card uses the May God Hold you set from Our Daily Bread Designs. I wanted to use this set because this card is intended for a dear friend of mine that has been having a tough time lately. I hope this will brighten her day just a little.

The second card uses the "You are the Potter" Set from Our Daily Bread Designs that was released yesterday. I love this set!! The flowers are from the Sing to the Lord set also available at ODBD. I used splitoast's CC206 color challenge for this card which is using more mustard, rose red, and Kiwi Kiss or Old Olive.