Twinkles Glow with Stamps

This post has a lot of events since today marks the celebration of Midnight Madness One Year Anniversay and a Big Blog Prize! Please put your name down for the lucky drawing. For the ENTIRE MONTH, the DT will be sending mystery prizes :) to the winners who play our sketch, so do join in! You really don't want to miss any of the fun and I know I will miss some of the details, so please hop on over to the Midnight Madness Blog.
In fact, I am one of the ones offering up some blog candy toward the blog prize this week!! Here is a sneak peak of it....
Congrats to the Gold Star award: #5 Karen Wallace and Remarkable winners: #15 Grace
#29 Mrs Boz, #53 Holly Miller

We have some "Royals Court" players, these loyal players who have never missed a sketch with us!! Congrats to *Darlene, *Loz, Julia, Peggy Elms, Karen Wallace, Ger Stringer, Pam, Valarie Florer , Vicki Kertz , Sue Drees, Sandee, Grace, Lisa V, Teri Sherman. Thank you Ladies for your continued support to the Madness sketch!
Today I too am celebrating one year being on the Dt but it is also my last week as a Midnight Madness Design team member. It is hard to say goodbye as I have had so many memories with these dear friends. We have laughed, shared our joys and sorrows and been inspired by one another in so many ways. With the summer approaching, however, I felt it was time to lessen my commitments up a bit so I could spend more time in my gardens and with my girls and hubby. My time as a MMSC design team member will be a memory I will treasure. This is not a goodbye at all, however, since I do plan to keep playing as time allows and I will be stalking their blogs. Who knows....I may return as a dt member some day if they will have me!! Love you all girls!!! Thanks for this awesome opportunity to work with you!! You all have so much talent and your kindness has warmed my heart!!

Now before I get to emotional....let us go on to this week's sketch and sponsors....


Once again, it's "YOUR PICK" Make it fancy, clean and simple, or somewhere in-between. Remember to click on the sneak peek button on the side bar for the following weeks sketch each Friday.
I used Marching Mouse and Gifts for you image from Penny Black as well as some Basic Grey Paper. The image is colored with copics except for the sponged background. What do you think?
This next card is using the same sketch but it is a sneak peak of a new digital image to be released at Whimsy stamps tomorrow!! The digital is called Little Red Riding Hood. Isn't it just darling!! I used some dp from my stash which I have been hoarding from Crate Paper. I bought it in Lancaster last year. Again, the image is colored in copics. You won't want to miss the fun tomorrow at Whimsy tomorrow as their will be a new challenge and a blog hop that will be occurring simultaneously at noon!! Hope to see you there!! The images and sentiments are darling and perfect for so many occasions!!

Oh and tomorrow also marks the beginning of the new speak peaks at Wags n Whiskers as well!! Friday there will be a blog hop and the stamps will be available to purchase!! You won't want to miss these cuties!!

challenges:
Going Grey with ScrapCreations Challenge- basic grey paper and an open challenge
Crafts and Me - Sparkle
Spoon Full of Sugar - furry friends (mouse card)
Oh Alice - Card for a Child
One Stitch at a Time- Card for a child
Quixotic - How Distressing!
Stampavie - Distressing
Charisma- Girly card with flowers (Both cards)
Stamp with Fun- friends (Penny Black card)
Lexis creations- Animals (Penny black card)
Incy Wincy- anything goes
Creative Card Crew- April Showers bring May flowers
Simon Says Stamp- Buttons, bows and bling
Your next stamp- going dotty (Little Red Riding Hood)
Hand full of stamps- look what I just got (new SU Ribbon!! on Card 2) (purple pearls on card 1)
Stampin for the weekend- favorite Book (Little Red Riding Hood-fave fairy tale as a child-Card 2)
Saturday Secret Crafter- friendship
SD: something old (mine is the bg paper I have hoarded)
Crafty Hos': flowers
Kaboodle Blog: Celebrate Spring

I hope my creations have inspired you to join this week's sketch!! Priscilla comes up with such neat sketches each week!! We can't wait to see what you create!!

For more inspiration for this Midnight Madness Sketch challenge, please visit my sweet and talented dt sisters:

CAROL
CAROLYN
CHARLOTTE
DARSIE
DENISE
GUNN
JENI
JESSICA
LINDA
MICHELLE
PHYLLIS
PRISCILLA
TRACY

Thanks for stopping by today and for all your warm comments!! May you have a blessed day!

hugs,
Chris

This week the product spotlight over at Stamp & Create is RIBBON! You should see the stock that Lacey is carrying now?! When I received my dt package it was like Christmas. I just love the luxurious silk ribbon!!! Since it is our spot-light…that means it is also on special! You can save 25% this week on ribbon and the Bow Easy! You won't want to miss this opportunity!!



I used the Penny Black Image from the Purrfect Day available at Stamp and Create. I had so much fun inking it up!! These images are just darling!! I decided it would be fun to make something other than a card so I made one of these cards with four drawers. I hope to put up a tutorial on this soon. The sketch was the Sketch Saturday Challenge from this past weekend. I water colored the image, cut it out and adhered them with dimensionals

The white ribbon is silk!!! It is so pliable and flexible....awesome for making bows!!! This is just one of the many ribbons on sale this week!!!

The stick pin was given to me in a RAK from my dear friend Sabrina!! Isn't it gorgeous!! I just love it!! Thanks Sabrina!!! If you want to make one of your own, this particular head pin is also available at Stamp and create (without the beads of course) here.

Card Recipe:
Stamps: Purrfect Day
Paper: Basic Grey Wisteria dp, purple Bazill,
Accessories: white silk ribbon, purple rose prima flowers and mini rose primas, American Craft Pearl Brads, Basic Grey Rhinestones,Martha Stewart Trellis Punch, Spellbinders Lotus and circle dies,Basic Grey Half Pearls, ZVA Creative Rose Buds, Sizzix matchbox die-SU

Challenges:
Stamp Something- Something girly
Sketch Saturday Challenge

By the Cute and Girly- Think Spring

SSDS-Sparkle
Cupcake Craft Challenge: Flower Power
Creative Inspirations- Lace, Pins and Pearls (since I was out of lace, I thought the lattice looked like lace)
Spoonful of Sugar- Beads

I hope you enjoyed today's creation. Be sure to check out all the samples that are on the Stamp & Create Blog or the blogs of my team mates: Jeanette, Joy, Niki and Lacey (owner).

Thanks for stopping by and for your inspiring comments!!

blessings and hugs,
Chris