KLSNS Challenge #34

Today is the first full day of summer vacation for my kids ~ I am so excited to have them home all day!  Since it is Saturday it is also time for our weekly challenge at KLSNS  and Jacilynn challenged us to make a Girlie Birthday card.  I was worried I wouldn't get this post ready in time as I was having all kinds of problems accessing blogger (I couldn't even get into my Google Reader), but it is finally up and working for me again. 

Since almost all the Girlie cards I make have girls on them and usually flowers, I decided to really challenge myself and use some other type of image and no flowers.  I chose this bear from the CC Designs set Rockin Out and paired it up with some papers from the Basic Grey Lime Rickey collection.  The image was colored in copics and cut out.  I added stickles to the star around her eye, the guitar, the two punched stars and in the stars on the punched panel.  I added dots with a silver metallic pen on the card base, on the large pink star and on the scalloped oval around the sentiment.    

We would love to have you join in our challenge this week and see your Girlie Birthday cards.  Stop on over at the KL Stamping N Scrappin blog for all the challenge details and to see some wonderful eye candy from the rest of the Design Team.
 
Remember, for the entire month of June, all in stock High Hopes stamps are 30% off ~ just enter HHJP30 in the coupon code section during checkout to receive the discount.

Enjoy your weekend :)

Recipe ~ all items SU unless indicated
Stamps:   Rockin Out (CC Designs)
Ink/Coloring:  Memento Tuxedo Black; Night of Navy; Copics (E30, E31, E33 and I don't remember the pinks off hand) Silver Metallic Gel Pen (Marvy)
Paper:  Pretty In Pink; Gina K Pure Luxury White; DP - Basic Grey (Lime Rickey) 
Embellishments:  Silver Studs (Michael's); Organdy Ribbon (JoAnn's); Stickles (Star Dust)
Tools:  American Girl Border Punch; Oval and Scalloped Oval Punch; Star Punch; Nesties

Your Next Stamp Challenge #18

Back again today with the current challenge over at Your Next Stamp.  Simonne is hosting for this one and she challenged us to use buttons on our creation.  

Today I decided to use the Yippee Fhiona set, and you can get a mini version of her as well since she is one of the new mini Fhiona's that were released the other day.   I colored her with copics and added a flower button to her headband.  Once again I used the DeLovely papers from Cosmo Cricket ~ sure hope you aren't getting sick of these yet because I will definitely be using them again!  The other buttons I used were for the center of the flower and then on each end of the sentiment.  I used the Bow Easy to make the satin bow, however I'm not really sure why the ribbon looks so funny in this picture.....

I am thinking that I may give this card to one of my daughter's on the last day of school.  Only 2 1/2 more days left.  Alicia is quite sad that school is almost over, as she really loves it.  The other 3 kids are ready for it.  I really can't believe how busy the last two weeks of school are!  I was on an all day Field Trip to Old World Wisconsin with Alicia's class last Thursday ~ we haven't been there in quite some time, so it was nice going back, and I think we will be taking our kids over the summer ~ preferably for Laura Ingalls Wilder Days.  Friday was Trevor's spotlight day in class so that morning I had to make Brownies and then head over to school to  spend time with his class and then had lunch with the kids.  Monday and Tuesday Alicia had her class play, and of course I had to go to each performance.  Being on the DI team this year has really helped her overcome her fear of performing in front of others and she did fantastic.  Her role was Princess Isabella, so each night before bed, I had to put her hair in rollers so it was nice and curly for the play.  Right after the play Monday morning, I went on a Field Trip to the park with Trevor's class that was for the rest of the day.  Tyler went on a Field Trip to a different park to meet their pen pals ~ thank goodness it was a beautiful day since Tuesday ended up cold and rainy!  I "think" I have a break tomorrow from School activities but Thursday it's back to school all day for "Field Day".  

We'd love to have you join us in our "Button" challenge so head on over to the Your Next Stamp blog for all the details ~ it is a two week challenge so there is plenty of time to play along!  

Have wonderful day :)


Recipe ~ all items SU unless indicated
Stamps:  Yippee Fhiona -Your Next Stamp 
Ink/Coloring: Pink Passion; Memento Tuxedo Black; Copics 
Paper:  Pink Passion, Gina K Pure Luxury White; DP - Cosmo Cricket (DeLovely)
Embellishments:  Satin Ribbon (Michaels's); Organdy Ribbon (JoAnn's); Flower (Prima); Buttons
Tools: Nesties; Bow Easy

Your Next Stamp Blog Hop

Welcome to the Your Next Stamp Blog Hop.  You should have arrived here from  Kerri's blog, but if not, please head back to Cabio's blog to start from the beginning.  
 

For my card I used Make a Wish from the Dale Designs collection.  When I saw this set I thought this girl was just adorable and couldn't wait to use her (and we have a few girl birthday's coming up in the near future, so what great timing!   I decided to paper piece her dress as well as the stool cushion and tablecloth and just added a bit of subtle shadowing with my copic markers.  I added stickles to her hair bow, the icing on the cake and her shoes.

Be sure to leave a comment on each stop along the way as someone will win $50 in new release stamps of their choice!  The winner will be chosen from a randomly drawn comment on one of the Starlet's blogs, but we don't know who it is.  The blog hop ends Sunday, June 13th at midnight EST.   

Your next stop is Maylee and I'm sure she has something amazing to share with you.

Here is a complete list of the blog hop order in case you get lost along the way:

Cabio

Angela

Simonne

Kerri

Jodi (you are here)

Maylee

Jen

Maureen

Amy

Karen

When you have finished the hop and made a list of all those must have stamp sets, head on over to the YNS store and where Karen is offering 15% off your entire order using the code YNSJune2010.


Have wonderful day :) 

I am entering this card in the following challenges:
Taylored Expressions - sketch
Oh Alice - "My Muchness" - pearls, flowers and paper piecing
Clearly Inspired - Birthday
Fab N' Funky - "Piece that Paper"
Little Red Wagon - Altered Embellishments
AI Factory - "Anything Goes with a Punch"
Paper Play - Flowers and Sparkle
Alphabet Challenge - F is for Flowers

Recipe ~ all items SU unless indicated

Stamps:  Make A Wish - Dale Designs Collection - Your Next Stamp  
Ink/Coloring: Memento Tuxedo Black; Elegant Eggplant; Copics (E00, E01, E33, E35, E37, E41, E42, Y000, RV10, RV11, V95, V99, 0, BV08)
Paper:  Elegant Eggplant; Gina K Pure Luxury White; DP - Basic Grey (Eva)
Embellishments:  Pearls (Michaels); Flowers (Prima) colored with BV08; Stickles (Stardust) 
Tools: Martha Stewart Border Punch; Nesties

KLSNS Challenge #33

It is time for our weekly challenge at KLSNS and Candace challenged us to make a shaped card.

I used Contented Mudpie from House of Mouse along with some paper from the Basic Grey Sugared collection.   

We would love to have you join in our challenge this week and see your shaped cards.  Stop on over at the KL Stamping N Scrappin blog for all the challenge details and to see some wonderful eye candy from the rest of the Design Team.

For the entire month of June, all in stock High Hopes stamps are 30% off ~ just enter HHJP30 in the coupon code section during checkout to receive the discount.


Enjoy your weekend :)

Recipe ~ all items SU unless indicated
Stamps:   Contented Mudpie (House of Mouse)
Ink/Coloring:  Memento Rich Cocoa; Copics (R00, N0, N1, E40, E41, E43, E44, 0)
Paper:  Pink Pirouette, Always Artichoke; Gina K Pure Luxury White; DP - Basic Grey (Sugared) 
Embellishments:  Pearls (Kaiser); Flowers (Prima)
Tools:  Martha Stewart Branch Punch

Your Next Stamp Preview Day 2

I'm back today with another new release for Your Next Stamp.  Today there are 5 new nature inspired designs as well as an Elegant greeting set and they are fantastic!   

For today's preview I got to use Branch Tree  along with Elegant Greetings.  No coloring needed on this image which makes for a nice change!  After stamping the image I added little pearls to the double leaves on the tree.  I thought that this paper from the DCWV Farmer's Market stack was a great match for this image, but since it is rather busy, I did not add much in the way of embellishments.  The side panel was punched with an EK Success punch and then I added some pearls as well as some satin ribbon.  A quick and easy elegant card. 

So are you ready to see some more projects with these new images?  Head on over to the Your Next Stamp blog and check out all the fantastic projects.  Stop back on the 8th for the New Release Blog Hop ~ you don't want to miss this one! 

Have wonderful day :)

Recipe ~ all items SU unless indicated
Stamps:  Branch Tree and Elegant Greetings -Your Next Stamp 
Ink/Coloring: Always Artichoke, Close to Cocoa, Bravo Burgundy 
Paper:  Naturals Ivory, Always Artichoke; DP - DCWV (Farmer's Market)
Embellishments:  Satin Ribbon (May Arts); Pearls -colored with E43 (Michael's)
Tools: EK Success Border Punch; Nesties, Sponge Daubers

ISS Sketch Challenge - SC10

I can't believe it is already June!  Pretty soon the kids will be all done with school and things will definitely be different around here ~ but I am excited because I love having them home!  We have been having fantastic weather lately ~ sunny and warm ~ and it is definitely a welcome change!   Today we have our monthly sketch challenge at InStyle Stamps and this is the sketch we were given: 

And here is my version of it: 

For my card today I used Tiffany.  Can you believe I didn't use any designer papers on this one?  Well I know that I had the perfect paper that I wanted to use for this, but cannot find it anywhere (I am thinking that one of my kids liked it and decided to use it), so I went a different route and embossed some textured cardstock (which I then sanded) and used that in place of designer paper.  I think I will need to pick up some more white core paper ~ I had always used SU cardstock, but since the color goes through, you can't sand it and get this effect. 

Please stop by and visit the rest of the Design Team to see how they interpreted this sketch (the links are on the left side of my blog).   We'd love to have you join in our challenge this month so head on over to the  InStyle Stamps blog for further details.   

Remember by shopping through this link: InStyle Stamps you will receive an automatic 5% discount on any stamp purchase you make.

I am entering this card in the following challenges:
Delightful Sketches - use texture on your card
Just Us Girls - Dry Embossing
Daisy Doodles - "A Celebration for Moms" - use a female image
Our Daily Bread - Stars and or Stripes

Have a wonderful day!

Recipe ~ all items SU unless indicated
Stamps:  Tiffany - InStyle Stamps (digi image); Sentiment - It's a Cheer Thing 
Ink/Coloring:  Brocade Blue Ink; Copics (E00, E01, R00, R20, Y15, Y17, Y21, Y23, Y26, Y28, B02, B05, B21, B23, B24) 
Paper:  Gina K Pure Luxury White; DCWV Textured papers
Embellishments:  N/A
Tools: Nesties; Circle Punches; Cuttlebug Embossing Folders (Stars and Swiss Dots); Sanding Block, Dimensionals 

Your Next Stamp Preview

I have some exciting news!  This month I am a Guest Designer for Your Next Stamp ~ I am thrilled to be working with Karen, Simonne and the other girls this month and know it will be a lot of fun!  Today there are 10 new releases ~ all single Fhiona images and I get to show you one of them.  

I got to use Flower Bouquet Fhiona and I think she is just so cute!  I colored her with copics and added some stickles to parts of the image, the flowers and some of the papers.  As you can see, I went with an all out flower theme, using a flower nestie for a mat, a flower border punch, flower embellishments, that fun felt trim and those fabulous DeLovely papers ~ I LOVE these bright colors.  I colored the blue flowers and all the rhinestones with copics to match my card ~ one of the many things I love about those markers.

So are you ready to see some more projects with these new images?  Head on over to the Your Next Stamp blog and check out all the fantastic projects.  I will be back in a few days with another new release to show you and mark your calendars for the 8th, we will have a New Release Blog Hop that you don't want to miss! 


I am entering this card in the following challenges:
Charisma Cardz- "Going Round in Circles" - include circles (image, rhinestones)
Delightful Sketches - "Use Texture"
Pixie Challenge - "Going Round and Round" - use something round (image, rhinestones)
Sweet Stampin Challenge - "Pimp Your Card" - use lots of embellishments and or lots of bling 
One Stitch at a Time - Use something new - image, felt ribbon, border punch
Cupcake Craft Challenge - "Summer Delights"
Daisy Doodles - Anything Goes
Incy Wincy- "For the Little Ones" - card for a child  
Pear Tree Designs - "Floral Delights" 
The Pink Elephant - "Gotta Wear Shades" - bright fun colors
A Spoon Full of Sugar - "Birthday" - use something old/neglected - the DP and the ribbons
Everybody Art Challenge - "Summer"
Papertake- "Fun, fun, fun"
By the Cute and Girly - "Something old (primas), Something New (image, border punch, felt ribbon), Something Borrowed (felt ribbon-from my daughter), Something Blue (cardstock, rhinestones, flowers)" 
Clearly Inspired - "Flower" 
Lil Red Wagon - altered embellishments
Color Throwdown - Black, Tempting Turquoise, Pink Passion, Green Galore

Have wonderful day :)

Recipe ~ all items SU unless indicated
Stamps:  Flower Bouquet Fhiona -Your Next Stamp 
Ink/Coloring: Memento Tuxedo Black; Copics (E00, E01, E11, R20, Y21, Y23, Y26, Y28, RV17, RV19, BG02, BG05, BG07, Y06, YG06)
Paper:  Tempting Turquoise, Pink Passion, Gina K Pure Luxury White; DP - Cosmo Cricket (DeLovely)
Embellishments:  Felt Ribbon (Michaels); Rhinestones -colored with RV17 and BG05 (Michael's); Flowers ~ as is and colored with BG05 (Prima); Stickles  (Stardust)
Tools: Martha Stewart Border Punch; Leaves Die (Sizzix), Nesties, Dimensionals