Lollipop Love - Sophie and Dylan

Lori, owner of By Lori Designs, is celebrating Lollipop Day with a digi giveaway.  How appropriate, since one of her stamp lines is none other than "Lollipops".  In addition to the Lollipops, she has Puddle Jumpers, Sugar Sticks, Elephants, Special Editions (which are images already combined for you), Spoonfuls (which I believe her mom created) and Bug & Roo which were created by her daughter Hannah (what a talented family).  I just love these images ~ they are so fun to color, they always bring a smile to my face and they make the cutest cards.  
        
Here is a card I created using Lollipop Sophie and Lollipop Dylan.  Don't they make a cute couple?

I merged the two images in photoshop and colored them with copics.  The designer papers are from Basic Grey.  I machine stitched each layer, added some punched hearts, ribbon and pearls. 

Thanks for stopping and have a great day!  

O Scrap meets Cupcake Anya

I came across the O Scrap blog the other day and saw that they were giving away a free digi kit and had a contest to make something using the kit so I decided to make a card and a few 3x3 note cards.  

Along with the digi kit I used the digi image of Cupcake Anya from the Greeting Farm.   I used the floral paper for Anya's dress and bows while the rest of Anya was colored with copics.  I cut out some of the flowers from the kit and added buttons to the centers.  The little circle embellishments were punched from the floral paper as well.  The sentiment is from the Happy Chef set by the Greeting Farm.  I also followed the Which One Wednesday Challenge at The Greeting Farm's Farm Fresh Challenge Blog which happened to be a sketch challenge this week.
  

These four note cards use different items from the digi kit.  On the two flower cards I added buttons to the center of the flowers.  The Happy Bird-day sign that the bird is "holding" I made myself.


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Claudia & Company Biannual CHA Sale

Hello everyone! Can you believe it is that time again...CHA is almost here!  I can't wait to see all the new goodies, but in the meantime, Claudia and Company is having their Biannual Getting Ready for CHA Sale!

Now is a great time to stock up on all those wonderful crafty goodies that have been on your wishlist, but still haven't made their way into your craft room.  In the Claudia and Company store you will find items marked down 25-40% off regular price in almost every category; including the super popular 6x6 sampler packs! Prices available while supplies last and through July 15th.

Claudia also has a fantastic giveaway for you this week. How would you like to win this Cinch Binding Machine? 

All you have to do for a chance to win is help spread the word by posting about the "Getting Ready for CHA" sale on your blog (in an actual blog post and not a sidebar addition) by July 14th; go back to the Claudia and Company blog, and link your post.  Please feel free to use the blog banner at the top to add to your post.  

Do you want a second entry for the Cinch machine?  No problem, just add the sale blog button below to your sidebar and leave a comment on the Claudia and Company blog after you have done that.

Complete details of the sale are available on our store website:  www.claudiaandcompany.com

The winner of The Cinch Binding Machine will be announced on July 15th.



Have fun shopping!

Today is an Inspirational Day for Claudia & Company.  Both Joy and I are up today and have created projects showcasing the newly released digital stamps.  I chose to use the Seahorse image and paired it up with the Heart of a Card Sentiment set.  

I went with some bright summer colors for this which was nice to work with since we haven't seen much sun around here the past few days.  The image was colored with copics and I used a clear glaze pen on the eye to give it a little more realistic look.  For the little bubbles in the water I used some rhinestones that I had colored with a copic.  The pearls in the upper corner and the pearlized button on the lower left corner were again colored with a copic.  The larger turquoise ribbon was recycled from a gift and a bit too plain for me so I dressed it up it by layering some turquoise ribbon with silver threading on the top, middle and bottom.


Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day!
     

You Inspire Me

Today is an Inspirational Day for Claudia & Company.  Both Joy and I are up today and have created projects showcasing the newly released Little Miss Mia stamp set.

Today I paired Mia up with some paper from the October Afternoon Detours collection  Mia was colored with copics and then I added some stickles to the band on her hat as well as the flower.  To finish off the card I added a button from the Basic Grey Kioshi set that I threaded with some linen thread.


There will be no challenges for Claudia and Company in June, but there will be inspirational posts twice a week by various members of the Design Team showcasing this month's releases.


Thanks for stopping and have a fantastic day!  

Claudia & Company Blog Hop

Welcome to the last stop of the Claudia & Company blog hop.  You should have arrived here from Piali's blog, but if not, please head back to the Claudia & Company blog to start from the beginning.  We even have two guests with us for this hop...welcome Arlene and Jamie!


Now onto the cards.....  

This card uses the dolphin image from John Grutta and one of the sentiments from the Claudia & Company Heart of a Card sentiment set.  The image is colored with copics and the rhinestones were colored to match the paper.   

This card uses the seahorse image from John Grutta and one of the sentiments from the Claudia & Company Heart of a Card sentiment set.  The image is colored with copics and the rhinestones were colored to match the paper.  I added some linen thread as an accent.

This is a set of notecards using various sentiments from the Claudia & Company Heart of a Card sentiment set (designed by Claudia herself) and some papers from the Echo Park Springtime collection.   All the rhinestones were colored to match the paper.  Below is each card individually.

I love how versatile this sentiment set is....with so many possible combinations you can't go wrong with this one!  

  

And last, but certainly not least, is a card using the Little Miss Mia set by Jane's Doodles and papers from October Afternoon's Farm Fresh Collection.   Mia is colored with copics and since she is perfect for paper piecing, I did just that.  I added some brown pearls (and even used some for her eyes), an actual flower to her hat and some vintage lace.  I added some faux stitching to the image and sentiment panels as well as some kraft hearts that I had covered with Crystal Effects.


Please be sure to leave a comment by Friday June 10th.  One lucky person (who has left a comment on all the blogs participating in this hop) will win a $15.00 gift certificate to Claudia and Company.

Here is the Blog Hop List:

Claudia and Company

Taylor

Joy

Arlene

Tanya

Kadie

Jamie

Piali

Jodi

Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day!    

By Lori Designs Final Challenge Entry

Today is the cutoff for the final challenge at By Lori Designs blog and I am cutting it really close.  Here is my card:

I will be back in a few minutes to type more, but only have about 5 minutes left to link it up.....be right back   OK....got it linked with two minutes to spare.

The challenge was to use this sketch (which I rotated):

The image is Lollipop Lil' Chef and I thought that the Modern Homemaker collection from October Afternoon was a perfect match for her. I love how these papers look against Kraft cardstock.  The only embellishment (aside from the rolling pin, pot holder and oven mitt that were cut from one of the papers) was some thin pink ric rac ribbon. Now I need to start scrapbooking some more....I have a few pictures of my girls making cookies that this image would be perfect with.


Today my husband and I got to chaperone Tyler's class field trip to Old World Wisconsin.  I love going there, it is just so neat to see and I think the kids enjoy it as well ~ they even got to play tug of war with a pair of oxen.  The weather was beautiful and we got lots of exercise with all the walking...and lots of sun which I loved...however right now I'm not loving the sunburn I got....my arms and chest are quite sore.  I always take pictures on class field trips, but when we arrived I tried to turn on my camera and found out that the battery was totally dead.  No problem, I always carry a spare...well, at least I did until today ...last minute I decided to change purses this morning and completely forgot about the camera battery.  So, unfortunately, I didn't get any pictures today.    


Thanks for stopping and have a great day!