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Sunday, February 13, 2011

Whoopsi Daisy Challenge- Free and Easy

8:45 PM | Posted by Chris Olsen, Glowbug | | Edit Post

IF YOU ARE HERE FOR THE WHIMSY HOP AND A CHANCE TO WIN SOME FAB PRIZES AND RECEIVE LOTS OF INSPIRATION, CLICK HERE. This hop will remain open until Feb 16 at 12 p.m. EST.
Hello all!! Well it appears I goofed and the Whoopsi Daisy challenge already posted....I am so sorry that I am late!

This week's challenge is FREE and EASY!!! We can't wait to see all your creative projects and cards. You do not need to use a Whoopsi Daisy image but if you do, we would LOVE to see them.

I used the Be Mine template designed by Leigh Ann Baird available at Perfect Presentation. The image is from Whoopsi Daisy sheet 180. The dp is left over scraps from another project (SEI). The hearts are cut out with my Heart Spellbinders dies. The flowers are from ZVA Creative. The lace is from Wild Orchids. The twigs are punched out with a Martha Stewart punch.

For more inspiration for this challenge, please visit the Whoopsi Daisy Challenge blog for all my dt sister's gorgeous creations.

challenges I am entering my creation in:
Crafty Pad - Hearts One Stitch At A Time - make it PrettyPaper Sundaes (3E) - Use 2 of the following: Flowers, Lace, Distressing and the Colour PinkBee Crafty (M) - DIGI and HeartsLittle Claire's (M) Anything Goes2 Sisters - HeartsECP Challenges 2W - LoveStamp, Scrap & Doodle - Love is in the airTotally Gorjuss - LoveCrafty Ann's - (2W, SIO) - love is all aroundCrafty Catz - (1E) - Valentine's/LoveFashionista Friday - hearts, glitter, lacePhindy’s Place - Spring is on its waySew Many Cards - ValentineStamp Something - something for your ValentineStampin For The Weekend – Valentine's DayStampin With The Dragon – anything goesAiFactory - Valentine's Day/Love C.R.A.F.T. - Valentine'sPixie Dust Studio - be my ValentineShelly's Images - - make a love-themed gift
Stampin' B's - use a bird on your cardCreative Card Crew - for a loved oneFreshly Brewed - - use a charmGingersnap Creations - use a charm

Have a great Sunday!!

blessings and hugs,

Labels: Whoopsi Daisy | 38 comments

SSCC K.I.S.S./ Whimsy - I love you this much

12:01 AM | Posted by Chris Olsen, Glowbug | | Edit Post

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Happy Sunday Everyone!! Well I hope all are doing well. Unfortunately I only have a moment since one of my dear daughters is pretty sick right now....when they are like that, all they want is some TLC and mommy time. I hope she gets better soon. The poor girl has a pretty high fever right now and is completely tuckered out and coughing...My poor Nicki....I am exhausted to after being up the entire night. A nap will be needed at some point today.

Well today is a new challenge over at Stampin Sisters in Christ...this week's challenge is hosted by the dear and talented Patti!!!

Patti chose the verse:
Hebrews 13:5 NIV "Keep your lives free from the love of money, and be satisfied with what you have, because God has said, "Never will I leave you, never will I forsake you."

It is funny...when I read this verse I thought of one of my dear daughters. Just today, I was talking with one of my daughters who was worrying. I was trying to explain to her that we need not worry because God is in control. He knows how many hairs we have in our head...he watches the sparrows....how much more valuable to him are we than they...He promises us He will be there for us and he will provide. Does that mean life will be rosy and easy...No...but we need to trust. Be thankful for all God has given! His love greater than all the Love you could ever receive!! Remember, He died for you!!

Patti chose the challenge:
Since it is Valentine's Week, let's make a KISS Card (Keep it simple, Sisters!) - One layer card.

Now Keep it simple...is not usually in my vocabulary...as a dear friend once said...Clean and simple should never be used in the same sentence.

This image is from Lily of the Valley and it was sent from my dear friend Wendy. (Thanks Wendy! I just love it!! I am hooked on these adorable images!!!) I colored it in with copics. The heart shape is dye cut with the Spellbinders Labels 15. The ribbon is May Arts Pink silk which I tied into a bow with my Bow Easy. The clouds are sponged with baja breeze ink and a scalloped punch.

challenges I am entering this card in:
Totally Papercrafts - clean & simpleStamp Something - something for your ValentineCrafty Ann's - love is all around Stamp, Scrap & Doodle - Love is in the air Totally Gorjuss - LoveECP Challenges - LoveOne Stop Craft - Love is in the air C.R.A.F.T. - Valentine's
Crafty Purple Frog - Valentine's Day/romanceRainbow Lady's - it's all about loveCreative Craft World - love
Freshly Brewed - (5E, SIO) - use a charmGingersnap Creations - use a charm

Our sponsor this week is Simon Says Stamp. The prize is

You=Cherry on my Sundae set

Sure looks yummy!!!

We want to thank Simon Says Stamp for their continued support! For the most complete offering of stamps, please visit their store!

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.

The second card uses a Whimsy digi image that I felt was perfect for Valentine's or showing someone you care. I It is called I love You This Much...As you can see...the card is not at all K.I.S.S. (Keep It simple or one layer...LoL! The papers are a combo of dp from K&Co. Valentine papers. The middle heart is dry embossed although it is hard to see in the photo. The flower on the bottom is a felt flower with a flower button in the center.

challenges I am entering in:

2 Sisters - Hearts Bee Crafty DIGI and Hearts Crafty Calendar (1E) - Love Crafty Emma - Cute & Cuddly Crazy 4 Challenges - Hearts Really Reasonable Ribbon - RIBBON and Pink, Red & White Annabelle Stamps - say it with polka dots Cardmadfairy's Digi Days Challenge - romance Card Makin' Mamas - valentine Crafty Catz - Valentine's/Love Fairy Knoll - heartsFun with Shapes & More - ( must include die cut/punch) - love/heartSew Many Cards - (SIO) - Valentine Stamp Man - (2W, 1E/craft type) – hearts Stampin With The Dragon – anything goesCute Card Thursday - hearts & flowersDelightful Challenges - get punchy/use punches or die cutsGuylou's Inimitability - hearts
Pixie Dust Studio- be my ValentineStamp-N-Doodle - (SIO) - red and/or pink, white plus 1 other colour

I hope you enjoyed my creations today!! Have a great Sunday!! Thanks for visiting and for all your comments.

blessings and hugs,

Labels: LOTV, Stampin Sisters in Christ Challenge, Valentine's Day, Whimsy | 72 comments

Saturday, February 12, 2011

Have a H.E.A.R.T.

6:00 AM | Posted by Chris Olsen, Glowbug | | Edit Post

This week the challenge team would like to see your creations using our "Have a H.E.A.R.T." recipe. You must use three of these ingredients. This is not necessarily a Valentine challenge...it is open to your interpretation!!

H= Hemp

E= Embossing

A=Any Our Daily Bread Images or Sentiments

R= Ribbon or lace

T= Tearing or distressing

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 17. 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 17 at 8 p.m. EST.If you upload your creations to Splitcoast Stampers or any other online gallery, please use the keyword is ODBDSLC48. When creating your posts on blogs please include a link to the challenge.

Now on to my creation for this challenge:

For my creation, I used the stamps Faith and Anchor from Our Daily Bread Designs. The ingredients I used from the challenge included: H- hemp, E-dry and wet embossing, A- anything ODBD, R- ribbon and lace, T-tearing or distressing. The dp I used is from K&Co. Julianne (96 sheet pack). The lace my dear daughter bought me for Christmas. The flower is created by tearing and reforming several prima flowers. The sentiment is embossed and stamped over the butterflies from the Faith set. To create the hemp flourishes, I stiffened the hemp with glue and curled them, stiffening them by a hot iron.

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:

CCEE Stampers - dry embossing Delightful Challenges - (SIO) - get punchy/use punches or die cutsDo You Stack Up? - (3E, SIO) - ribbonFab 'n' Funky - tempting texture/use textureFreshly Brewed - (5E, SIO) - use a charmGingersnap Creations - use a charmPixie Cottage - SKETCH (see below) and/or ribbonStampavie and More - (JFF) - buttons & laceFlourishes - buttonsTop Tip Tuesday - (3E) - frame itTuesday Throwdown - buttonsSimon Says Stamp and Show... - Some EmbossingAllsorts - It's all about the sentiment

My dear friend and dt sister, Sabrina, is celebrating her 2nd blog-versary by offering some awesome blog candy until Feb 16!! Hurry and sign up for a chance to win!! Congrats Sabrina!!

I hope you all have a great weekend!! Thanks for stopping by and for your comments.

blessings,

card recipe:
stamps:Faith and Anchor from Our Daily Bread Designs

Paper: K&Co. Julianne

Labels: ODBD, Our Daily Bread Designs, Shining the Light Challenge | 32 comments

Friday, February 11, 2011

Fairy Fun Friday-Script and Love and YNS Tags for many occasions

7:39 AM | Posted by Chris Olsen, Glowbug | | Edit Post

IF YOU ARE HERE FOR THE WHIMSY HOP AND A CHANCE TO WIN SOME FAB PRIZES AND RECEIVE LOTS OF INSPIRATION, CLICK HERE. This hop will remain open until Feb 16 at 12 p.m. EST.
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Happy Friday Everyone!! I hope you are all having a great beginning to your day...and for some others....ending. Today is Friday!! Woo hoo! The weekend is here! It even looks like there are no snow or ice storms in our weekend!! Yes!!!!

Today, I am popping in to share a few different creations.

The first is a Valentine creation I made for this week's Fairy Fun Friday's Challenge: Script!! Now the script can not be a sentiment, it must be in your dp, your embossing.....I am honored to have been asked to be a guest this week. Thanks for the opportunity to join you girls this week!!!

I used a Provocraft Script embossing folder for mine and the Cherry Blossoms Digi from Prairy Fairy. I colored it with copics. Rather than using the traditional pink, red, and white which I am getting a little tired of, I went with blue. I used my heart nesties from Spellbinders to create all the different layers of hearts. The bottom panel of my card is made with Labels 14. The bow is made with blue silk from May Arts. The dp I know is dp, but I am unsure what pack...these were scraps from my scrap bin. The lace is from Wild Orchids and the Love charm from Stamp and Create.

For more inspiration for this fun challenge, please visit the dt at the Fairy Fun Friday Challenge Blog here.

My next creations use different mini stamps available at Your Next Stamp which are perfect for tags!! I just love all the occasions you can create them for. Here are 4 tags I created, I will have more in the future but this is it for today:

This first tag uses the mini: Hanging Monkey from Your Next Stamp (YNS).

This tag uses the mini: Ellie Love to Bake.

This tag uses the mini: Happy Days Mermaid

and....my last tag uses the mini: Rainy Day Fhiona.

All the tags have ribbons from Stampin Up which were in colors a few years ago. The sparkly White Glitter ric rac is available at Really Reasonable ribbon here.
The papers used are the in colors from a few years ago to match the ribbons and papers (baja breeze, really red, pacific point, kiwi kiss). All the dp are scraps from my scrap bin.

Challenges I am entering my creation in:
Stamptacular Sunday - challenge # 97 - Hearts Stamps R Us - challenge # 14 - Valentine/Love Simon Says Stamp & Show - Embossing Crafty Cardmakers - challenge # 39 A Spoonful Of Sugar - challenge 138 - Let's See Some LovePapertake Weekly - Have A HeartKaboodle Doodles .....RibbonPink Elephant ....be my valentineLet's Ink It Up ....NO DIGI and Romance/ValentinesOoh La La Creations - For someone specialSweet Stampin' - Spring Flowers For Fun Challenges - heartsFreshly Brewed - - use a charmGingersnap Creations - use a charm Penny's Paper-Crafty hearts a flutterPixie Cottage - SKETCH and/or ribbonStampin' Royalty - heartsMy Time To Craft - (JFF) - hearts & flowers Phindy’s Place - (3E, SIO) - embossingCCEE Stampers - dry embossing Crafty Purple Frog - (2W, SIO) - Valentine's Day/romanceCute Card Thursday - hearts & flowersDelightful Challenges - (SIO) - get punchy/use punches or die cutsDo You Stack Up? - (3E, SIO) - ribbonGuylou's Inimitability - (2W, SIO) - heartsMeljens Designs - (SIO) - gift tagsRainbow Lady's - it's all about love
Creative Craft World - (2W) - love Stamp Something- for your Valentine
Stampin for the Weekend- Valentines

I hope you have enjoyed my creations and are inspired in some way. Have a great weekend!!

blessings,

Labels: Prairy Fairy, Valentine's Day, Your next stamp | 103 comments

Thursday, February 10, 2011

February New Release Whimsy Blog Hop

10:00 AM | Posted by Chris Olsen, Glowbug | | Edit Post

If you are here for the Whimsy Blog Hop You are in the right place!!! Welcome!!

If you would like to join the Whimsy Weekly Give Away (lasts 24 hours only) click here.

Hello and welcome to the Whimsy Stamps February new rubber release BLOG HOP! You are at the Start of Our Hop!!!!!

We have 16 gorgeous new Whimsy Stamps plus 2 new fantastic dies to show you today! These new goodies are available to buy right now from the Whimsy Stamps store along with all your Whimsy favourites. We also have our wonderful special guests joining us for this hop - Beate Johns, Deb Routledge, Chris Dark, Jacque Beddingfield, Tracy Payne, and Elaine Hughes!

The Whimsy Stamps DT have been sneak peeking these fabulous stamps for the past 5 days, so if you missed them be sure to hop on over to the Whimsy Inspirations Blog for some more fabulousness!

Here is a full list of the wonderful new rubber stamps and dies being released today:

5 stamps / stamp sets from Crissy Armstrong

Fragrant Rose ~ Darling Daisies ~ Smell the Flowers ~Valerie's Spring Rain ~ Fancy Bench

3 stamps from Meljen's Designs

Balloon Mouse ~ Baby Bunny's Bottle ~ Spring Sitter Bunny

4 stamps from Kenny K

Uptown Angel ~ Star ~ Lady Raven ~ Vicki LeeVicious

4 stamps / stamp sets from Raindrop Echo Designs

Postage Stamps ~ Birthday Postage Stamps ~ Balloon Sentiments ~ Birthday Wish List

2 dies

Postage Stamp Die ~ Balloon Set Dies

The hop starts today (Wednesday February 9th at noon EST) and ends on Wednesday February 16th at noon EST.

For this hop we have 6 different prize draws! We have not one but TWO grand prize draws, so two lucky hoppers will win a large selection of new release stamps. Grand Prize 1 will be for those who help us advertise the hop, and Grand Prize 2 will be for those who hop along with us. Also, we have 4 mini candy stops throughout the hop where you can enter to win a new release stamp! I'm not going to tell you where they are, so if you haven't found them you'll just have go back to the beginning and start hopping! *wink*

For my blog hop creation I used a few different stamps. The first is a Valentine gift set I created for a friend using the Darling Daisies stampset illustrated by Crissy Armstrong and the Postage Online stamp designed by Ann Vento (as well as the postage stamp die). The box I created using a tutorial created by Randi Thorsen which can be found here. Since I am from the USA, I am not use to measuring everything in the metric measurement system so I found it to be a challenge....but fun!!!! The daisy in the center heart window of the box is embossed in white on vellum. The dp used on the card is K&Co. Jullianne. The ribbon is May Arts Ivory and champagne silk. The box is embossed with a Sizzix floral die on Blushing Bride (SU). The dp is from DCWV.

Challenges I am entering this set in:
Stamptacular Sunday - challenge # 97 - Hearts Stamps R Us - challenge # 14 - Valentine/Love Simon Says Stamp & Show - Embossing Crafty Cardmakers - challenge # 39 A Spoonful Of Sugar - challenge 138 - Let's See Some LovePapertake Weekly - Have A HeartKaboodle Doodles .....RibbonPink Elephant ....be my valentineLet's Ink It Up ....NO DIGI and Romance/ValentinesOoh La La Creations - For someone specialSweet Stampin' - Spring Flowers

For Fun Challenges - heartsFreshly Brewed - - use a charmGingersnap Creations - use a charm Penny's Paper-Crafty hearts a flutterPixie Cottage - SKETCH and/or ribbonStampin' Royalty - heartsMy Time To Craft - (JFF) - hearts & flowers Phindy’s Place - (3E, SIO) - embossing

My last creation is made with the darling Valerie's Spring Rain illustrated by Crissy Armstrong. I colored her with copics.

So now it's time for you to continue the hop by hopping on over to Donna's blog
but before you do you may want to sign up for the prize below and read how you can win more!!!!

Finally, here is a complete blog hop list in hopping order:

Marley van der Heijden

To start off the hop, I have major candy here for anyone who takes the release badge and posts it on their blog!! Denise is super generous!!! Denise knows there are a lot of stops on our hop and so much to see so she is making the hop well worth your while!!! This does not include just one but several of today's release stamps!! Wow! You don't want to miss it!! To make the hop more fun there is more candy along the way!!! So make sure to leave some love for each of the designers participating in the hop! Here is the photo and list of stamps you can win just by linking your name in the linky below (PLEASE DO NOT WRITE A COMMENT IN THE LINKY- JUST YOUR NAME!) and posting the release badge at the beginning of this post on your sidebar or a post linked to this blog post (the beginning of the hop). Please also leave a comment as well just in case Mr. Linky goes down.

This candy includes:

Birthday Postage Stamps
Valerie's Spring Rain
Fancy Bench
Smell the Flowers
Balloon Mouse
Baby Bunny's Bottle
Vikki Lee Vicious
Star

Thank you so much for hopping with us today and I hope you enjoy the new releases! I hope in some way my creation inspired you.

Hugs,

Labels: Whimsy, Whimsy blog hop | 126 comments

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