Twinkles Glow with Stamps

Happy Thursday Everyone!!! Today it is bright and sunny out!! For that I am grateful since it is going to be one busy day and I need to have lots of ambition or gong ho to get it all done!!

I am so excited!! I just went to Flourishes and saw that I won last week's challenge prize!! Woo hoo!! Now I have an excuse to go and get the Sweet Pea set I have had my eye on forever!! I can't wait!!!

Anywho....Since today is Thursday, it is time for another Divine Diva Inspiration Challenge. This week Lori sent each of the design team members this photo from Lovely Presentations!!

I saw this and thought this is perfect for the little gift boxes I wanted to create for my teenage nieces for a belated Easter treat since we missed getting together with them when our family was sick. Here are my creations.
Both gift boxes use the Bag it Up template by Leigh Ann Baird available at the Wild flower Patch shop.
This first box is inspired by the red bottle of lotion with the lily on it. I colored the I am the Way lily from Our Daily Bread Designs with copics and then clear embossed it and popped it up on a circle I had embossed in Swiss dots. I also dry embossed the red background in Swiss Dots and sewed a border.
The second gift box is created with the lily of the valley image from Our Daily Bread Designs Easter Blessings stamp set. I colored it in copics and it was inspired by the picture of Lavender on the lavender lotion bottle. Again I dry embossed the background with swiss dots, sewed a border and popped up the image on dimensionals.

I hope you are inspired by my two creations.
For more inspiration for this challenge please visit my dt sisters:
Anne
Lori
Donna
Julie
Kerri
and this week's guest:
Sarah Gough


Hope you are inspired to come and play along. Just leave a comment here with a link to your card. We can't wait to see what you create! The keyword for uploading on SCS will be DDIC26. Have fun!!

Thanks for stopping by and for your sweet comments!!

blessings,
Chris

Happy Hump Day Everyone!! It is Wednesday and time for another Flutter By Wednesday challenge!! For today's FBW challenge it is open for you to do whatever you want. We just ask that you use a butterfly, fairy or angel. Check out the details on the FBW Blog.

I was challenged by a dear friend to make a layout...I have never done one before! I enjoy pictures and paper crafting but just never tried one. It was a little comfort zone but I did it!! Woo hoo!! I had some sweet pictures from Easter of my girls so I made a layout to frame it.
I used Anna Griffin Paper (Isabelle) and a digi from Greeting farm called Chibi Lolli. The gorgeous glittery Prima butterfly I got from Stamp and Create here. The Easter sentiment is from ODBD Easter Blessings set which I framed in the Fancy Tags die from spellbinders. I then added some stitching and pearl flourishes from ZVA Creative and wa-la done!!

I made this card for yesterday's CC266 Blushing Coral Rubies using an Inky Impressions Image - Nikki's Birdie and some retired SU paper (unsure of the name). The layout uses the Die Cuts r Us Sketch for this week. The Lace trim is from Joanne's and the lace is from Wright. I water colored my image with SU markers (ruby red, crushed curry, blush blossom, and cameo coral- all of which are retiring this year- boo hoo!!)


other challenges:
Stamp scrap doodle - Birthday
Simon says Stamp: movies and dry embossing (Cinderella)
Sew Many Cards Challenge- Lets see some stitching
Stamp Something- stitching
Raise The Bar #13 "Let's Spring For It"
My Time To Craft - pretty pearls
The Corrosive Challenge - Texture
Crafty Angels - My Favorite Things
Practical scrappers- glitter and bling (my layout)
Papertake Weekly- cutie pie
Creative Card Crew: Happy Birthday
Abc challenge- S is for Sparkle (both creations have glitter)
Pink Elephant challenge - 1 image, 2 die cuts and 3 fave embellishments ( I used it on my card which included 1 image, 2 oval die cuts, and pearls, lace and ribbon)
Pollycraft Monday Challenge- pink and brown plus yellow or green (my layout with pink, dark brown, and green
Cupcake Craft Challenge- Childhood memories- both bring memories- nursing a hurt bird as a child and dressing up for Easter


I hope my creations inspire you to create!! If you do create a card or project with a butterfly, angel or fairy please leave a direct link here. For more inspiration, please visit my dt sisters. Their links are on my sidebar.

Thanks for stopping by and for your sweet comments!!

If you are here for the Whimsy blog hop, please click here.


Happy Tuesday Everyone!!
I just had to share something weird that is going on with my blog before going on with my post and see if anyone else is experiencing the same thing? Each morning I like to look at my comments on my blog and then reciprocate a message for those who I may not have visited the day before. So this a.m. I clicked on my comments to view them. Although the comments said there were 70 comments, when I clicked into it my post none of the comments were visible. Then I went to a previous post and only a few of the comments showed up there. How frustrating! I apologize if you did stop by and visit me and I could not get to you. Unfortunately I have no way of knowing who was here and who was not.
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Anywho...on to today's post....Since it is Tuesday, it is time for another Midnight Madness Sketch!!!
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Here is this weeks Sketch:

Once again, it's "YOUR PICK" Make it fancy, clean and simple, or somewhere in-between.


Here is my take on the sketch! I have two cards to share with you today since I created a card with both our monthly and weekly sponsors images today.

The first is a card I created using a Wags n Whiskers image available at Stamp and Create. Better yet....it is one of the stamps which is a product spotlight this week....so it is on sale for 25% off!!! This week's product spotlight is called an Easter sale but the stamps include much more than just Easter stamps!!! Click here to view some of the awesome images on sale for 25% off.


My creation is made with the Easter Blessings stamp set from Wags n Whiskers (Stamp and Create). It is one of my fave images illustrated by Crissy Armstrong!!

For my creation, I used Basic Grey Sugared Dp and I water colored my image with distress inks. The gorgeous beaded fringe lace, daisy spacers, and basic grey green pearls are also available at Stamp and Create. I just love the trim with the beads and pearls!! Isn't is delish?

Now on to my second creation with a Sunshine and Dragonflies stamp. I used a 2 1/4 inch Chocolate Dipped Strawberry cupcake stamp. After coloring it with Prisma color pencils and gamsol, I cut it apart like a puzzle, inked the edges and put it back together again. For some added interest I added a Penny Black mouse with a balloon to make it look like a real celebration.
I hope you are inspired by my two creations for this sketch and you too want to join the fun. We can't wait to see your creations!!

Challenges I entered other than MMSC:

The Corrosive Challenge - Texture
Crafty Angels - My Favorite Things
Cute Card Thursday - Mono Mania (red card)
One Stitch in Time - Torn, Distressed, or Shabby
Stamp scrap doodle - Birthday
Simon says Stamp: for a child (red card)
Sew Many Cards Challenge- Lets see some stitching
Stamp Something- stitching
Stampin for the Weekend- Ribbons and bows
Our Creative Corner - Bows
Raise The Bar #13 "Let's Spring For It" (first card)
# My Time To Craft #86 "On The Spot" (Second Card)
# ABC "R is for Red"-( second card)
Cupcake Craft Challenge- Childhood memories - memories of living on a farm with lots of pets and animals
My Time to Craft- Pretty Pearl (my first card with the Fringed Lace which are pearls)



Should you create a card or project with this sketch, please leave a direct link here. If you upload to SCS or PCP, please use the keyword MMSC49

Thanks for stopping by and for all your comments. They are greatly appreciated.

Have a blessed day!!

Chris

Edited to include: Sorry for the different sizes and all the spaces. That is not what my draft looks like at all!! Blogger does not seem to like me today and quite honestly I am not liking it. GRRRRRRRR! My apologies for the post appearance. If it were not for letting my team mates down by removing this, I would.

Happy Monday Everyone!! It is a beginning to a new week and Whimsy is kicking it up with some fun!! ...... A blog hop for their new Digital image and sentiment release!!! Today is the release of 2 images illustrated by the uber talented Katie Sowa and 4 by the exceptional Crissy Armstrong!! That isn't all...there are several sentiments to coordinate created by our very own dt sister Ann Vento of Rain Drop Echo designs!! So now Denise at Whimsy Stamps will be selling both digital and rubber stamps!!!

If you have been on the hop and came here from Simonne's blog, you are in the right place, if not, you may want to start at the beginning here at Crissy's blog. You won't want to miss the team's exceptional creations or the blog hop prize....
a $15 gift certificate to the Whimsy Store Crissy's Digi "Pebbles the Cat", Katies's Digi "Awww, So Tweet!", Ann's Sentiments "Mother's Day Sentiments", Whimsy Digi "Princess Coach"

and there will be a freebie digital stamp set available to all blog hoppers.

Here are my creations for the hop:

This is an easel card with four drawers that I created using the Hang In There image illustrated by Crissy Armstrong and the Hang in there sentiments designed by Ann Vento. The dp is from K& Co.'s Madeline collection. I colored the image with prisma color pencils and gamsol. For some finishing touches I added lots of stitching, flowers, pearls, satin ribbon, bows, and lace. I color sprayed the background behind the turtle and sponged as well.
This second creation uses the Love Bunnies image illustrated by Katie Sowa, the Love Bunny sentiments designed by Ann Vento, and the Perfect Presentations gift treat box template designed by Leigh Ann Baird.

I used no dp just Cool Caribbean cs. The image is colored with Prisma color pencils and gamsol. I plan to use this for a birthday gift for my niece to package some earrings I bought her.
I am entering these creations to the following challenges:

Simple Doodles - inspire others (both creations)
Stampin for the Weekend- Ribbons and bows (easel)
Stamping Vacation: Pick 3 (die cut machine, two buttons (two of one embellishement), faux or real stitching (my easel card)-(easel card)
Stamp Something- stitching (easel card)
Flourishes Timeless Tuesday: Bought It, Use It (my lace- one of my last pieces I have been hoarding and those gorgeous flowers...boo hoo!) (easel)
Tellen's Place: Anything Goes (both)
Sew Many Cards Challenge- Lets see some stitching (easel card)
Stamp With Fun- Recipe (3 flowers, 3 designer papers, 2 buttons) (easel card)
A different challenge a week - something beginning with b (buttons) (easel card)
Creative Belli- color spray (easel card)
Stamp with Sarah Kay- green (easel card)
Simon says Stamp: for a child (gift to go gift box)
Oh Alice in Wonderland challenge - flowers (easel card)
Our Creative Corner - Bows (easel card)
C.R.A.F.T.- Buttons (easel card)
Moving along with the times- easel card (easel)
Stamp scrap doodle - Birthday (gift to go box for my niece)
All Sorts- Petals and pearls (easel card)
Stamptacular- Spots and dots (gift to go birthday box)
Dare you 2 digi- metal (4 brads for drawer pulls on Easel card)
Totally Gorjuss- texture (both creations)
Corrosive- Textures (both creations)

I hope you have enjoyed my creations!! Now for the next stop on the hop for your chance to win some goodies!!- The Whimsy home page!!

Thanks for stopping by and for your sweet comments!! Have a blessed day!!

Chris

Happy Sunday!! This is my second post for the day so if you are here for my Stampin Sister in Christ challenge creation, please scroll down to my next post.
Whimsy is now selling digital and rubber stamp images!!! Tommorrow we will be having a blog hop for our new release. The digis are illustrated by the uber talented Katie Sowa and Crissy Armstrong.

Today's sneak is super special because many of the Whimsy team members are guests to Crissy Armstrong's first challenge!! How appropriate to use one of her images for the challenge!!Crissy's challenge is to create a combo of something on your creation. It can be a combo of embellishments, combo of challenges, combo of designer paper...
I used Crissy's image Pebbles the Cat created for Whimsy Stamps and the Pebbles the Cat Sentiments. The details on this fluffy cat are amazing and so fun to color.
I combined stitching, embellishments, challenges, and designer paper.

The sketch is from Friday Sketchers. The dp is Basic Grey Kioshi. I also incorporated the following challenges for my combo:

Simple Doodles - inspire others
Stampin for the Weekend- Ribbons and bows
Stamping Vacation: Pick 3 (die cut machine, two buttons (two of one embellishement), faux or real stitching
Stamp Something- stitching
Flourishes Timeless Tuesday: Bought It, Use It (my lace- one of my last pieces I have been hoarding...boo hoo!)
Tellen's Place: Anything Goes
Sew Many Cards Challenge/Lets see some stitching
Caardvarks - Lacy Days
Stamp With Fun- Reciep (3 flowers, 3 designer papers, 2 buttons)
Scrappy Frogs- pick 3 (dry embossing, die cuts, plaid)
A different challenge a week - something beginning with b (buttons)
Creative Belli- color spray
Stamp with Sarah Kay- green
Simon says Stamp: for a child
Oh Alice in Wonderland challenge - flowers
Sophisticat Challenge: Raining cats and dogs
Our Creative Corner - Bows

For more inspiration for this challenge, please visit my dt sisters:

• Ann Vento
  
• Deb Routledge
• Debbie Eastman
• Denise Lynn- owner of Whimsy
  
• Lisa Cook
• Patrica Garcia
• Rowena Barnard
  
• Simonne Clay
  
• Stacey Brady
• Marley van der Heijden
• Erin Bailey
  

If you are able to join Crissy's challenge, please leave a link at Crissy's blog here. You won't want to miss the opportunity to win her awesome prize (Copics!!!).


Have a great day!! Thanks for stopping by and for your comments!! We hope to see you for the Whimsy hop tomorrow!!