Special Announcement & Giveaway

Hello everyone and thanks for stopping by! I have been keeping a BIG secret from all of you... Today and tomorrow, I will be showing you just a little sneak peek. On Sunday night at 10:00 pm, I will announce to all of you what has me so busy in my craft room!! :D

Here is sneak peek #1

Can you guess what it is? Guess right and you will be entered to win a special prize. The winner will be announced on Sunday night at 10:00 pm. For those that are playing, one entry and one guess!! (Want a hint... do a little blogging and you might find a clue) :D

Moving on to today's card... My card was created for this weeks OCC challenge. Laurie has challenged the OCC to add a tag somewhere on the front of your card. It can be the focal point or more of an embellishment, large or small… just as long as it’s a tag.

Remember the OCC warmly invites all to play along. There is no time limit on our challenges so feel free to participate in any of our challenges at any time. To play along, just post your project to the OCC so we can check it out. If you upload to SCS, use keyword: OCCC

Have a wonderful weekend and don't forget to stop by tomorrow morning for the second sneak peek.

SC216 You are Egg-tra-special

Happy Wednesday... Thanks for stopping by!! Today's card is for this weeks Sketch Challenge "SC216". Since I have been super busy, I took a little time off to stamp today's challenge over at Splitcoast. Looking through all of my paper, I noticed I have extra SU prints pack, so I decided to use some of the colors up. These colors (Wild Wasabi, Real Red & Apricot Appeal) are out of my comfort zone, but really seem to work with the card and the layout.

Since I LOVE chocolate, I of course had to add some chocolate chip cardstock and this awesome ribbon from Stampin' Up! The adorable image from Stampin' Up is from Stampin' Up! called A Good Egg. After I stamped the chick on the white cardstock, I stamped it again on apricot appeal and cut it out. I then layered the cut out image onto the white cardstock. The image was stamped again onto the red polka dot paper and the shell was cut out. I then layered the shell right onto the chick and popped it up using Stampin' Up! dimensionals.

Want to see some more samples using this wonderful sketch, click on this link and it will take you to the Splitcoast challenge gallery.

Before I go, I would like to announce the winner for the Twitterpated paper samples. Congratulations to Jenny Gropp from One Krafty Kat, please email me your addy so I can get your goodies out to you. jdmeyer6@sbcglobal.net

Please stop by tomorrow, I will have another fun card to share using more paper from the Twitterpated collection.

OCC Sketch Challenge & Giveaway

Happy Valentine's Day!! Thanks for stopping by... Today's card is for this weeks challenge over at Our Creative Corner. Laurie Schmidlin is our host and today she has created a fun sketch challenge. We would LOVE if you played along with us. If you download your card to Splitcoast, please remember to use OCCC in the keywords.

For my card I decided use some of my NEW Imaginisce paper called Twitterpated. The paper is SO sweet and SO pretty too! This darling image is called Dust Bunnies, isn't it so sweet?! I colored it using my Copics and added some pink poinsettia by Shimmerz. Since I am not one to add flowers, I think they did the trick!! To finish off the card, I added a swirl using my doodle parts by Nestabilities and topped it off with some pearls.

Want to see some other fun samples using this sketch... Stop by Our Creative Corner. We also have a special guest designer this week, Tosha Leyendekker from Stamp Talk with Tosh.

Before I go, I would like to announce the winner for the watermark. Congratulations to Vicki Wizniu from Wizard's Hangout. Here is my email Vicki, let me know when you are ready to create your NEW watermark. jdmeyer6@sbcglobal.net

Want to win some of this Twitterpated paper by Imaginisce? Leave me a comment and you will be entered to win a few sample sheets. I will announce the winner on Wednesday, February 18th.

Well, I am off to celebrate my sons birthday, he turned 4 today! :D Have a wonderful weekend!!

Happy Friday...

Hello & thanks for stopping by! Today's card is another fun card I cased from the NEW Stampin' Up! catalog. You can see the card I cased on page 156. My daughter asked me to make her some Valentine cards to pass out to some of her friends. These were super easy to mass produce and even has a pocket to add some candy or gum.

For my design, I used a medium Stampin' Up! Envelope and punched out one of the ends using my scalloped edge punch from Stampin' Up. A piece of pink pirouette cardstock was placed inside the envelope and the corners were rounded using the corner rounder punch. The kraft cardstock was crimped and wrapped around the envelope. Since I LOVE polka dots, I used some of my NEW ribbon from Really Reasonable Ribbon and wrapped that around the kraft cardstock. For some added fun on the front of the card, I punched out two hearts using my heart Nestabilities and stamped on the sentiment from the Sweet Valentine set by Verve.

Enjoy your weekend!! Please stop by tomorrow, I will be posting my OCC card along with a fun giveaway.

Still waiting... Plus a Giveaway

Hello & thanks for stopping by!! I finally got my catalog from Stampin' Up and since I have not gotten my order yet, I decided to case a card from it. The card is on page 177. I changed it up just a bit. Instead of a pink heart (that's not like me, right) I chose red with the chocolate and some kraft. I also added the swirl form the Nestabilities doodle parts, layered with a felt heart and a button. The background was embossed using the forest branches by Cuttlebug.

So what kind of things did you order from the NEW catalog? Got a favorite card you want to case? Leave me a comment and you will be entered to win a custom watermark. I will announce the winner on Saturday, February 14th.

Have a wonderful week!

OCC - Inspiration Challenge

Happy Saturday & thanks for stopping by!! I am sure some of you have noticed I have not posted anything this past week, thats because I have been working on something VERY special and it has kept me VERY busy!! Until I get through these couple of weeks, my posts might be a little short and I might not be posting as much as I do.

Today's card is for this weeks challenge over at Our Creative Corner. We have a NEW hostess this month, Laurie Schmidlin - Just Give Me Stamps. She has challenged us to an Inspiration Challenge. Pick your favorite embellishment (ribbon, flowers, buttons, ect.) and create your whole card around it.

We have a special announcement on the OCC... We have invited Lori Boyd to join the OCC Design Team. We also have a special guest designer Gabriela Divine - Gabi with an Eye. Be share to stop over to Our Creative Corner to see her amazing samples PLUS all of samples from the OCC.

Enjoy your weekend,

OCC Challenge - Hearts

Happy Saturday & thanks for stopping by! Today's card is for this weeks OCC challenge over at Our Creative Corner. This is my last week hosting, next week Laurie Schmidlin will be our February host. This week's challenge is to create a card/project using two or more hearts.

There is no time limit on our challenges. Please feel free to participate in any of our challenges at any time. To play along, just post your project to your blog or gallery, then include a link in the Mr. Linky form at the bottom of the post so we can check it out. If you upload to SCS, please include keyword: OCCC

For my design, since it is close to Valentine's Day, I designed a fun card for my darling husband. I inked up my NEW stamps from Verve called Sweet Valentine. I also had fun playing with more of my heart & the long rectangles Nestabilities from Cut At Home. I would also like to announce that Cut At Home is now taking pre-orders for all of the NEW Nestabilities.

Before I go, here are the winners for the K&Company stickers & Watermark. The custom watermark goes to Denise from The Crafty Den and the K&Company stickers go to MakiJo from Makink Studio. Congratulations to you both, please email me at jdmeyer6@sbcglobal.net to collect your prize.

Have a wonderful weekend!

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Mojo71 - Sweet Hello

TGIF... Thanks for stopping by! It's been a busy week here and I am looking forward to the weekend. I have been working on a VERY special project and I will be sharing it all with you in the next week or so. LOTS of fun goodies to giveaway too!

Today's card is for this weeks Mojo Monday Challenge. If you don't know by now, Julee posts a NEW Mojo sketch each week. Julee would LOVE it if you played along.

We are expecting company so I will post a little more about my card a little later. Tomorrow, I will announce the winners for my giveaways and post another fun card for the OCC.

Have a wonderful weekend!

Cuttlebug Challenge - A Weave Card

Hello & Thanks for stopping by! :) Today's card is for a fun challenge over at the Cuttlebug Challenge Blog. The challenge is to create a weave card. Lori Boyd is the host and she has posted a wonderful step-by-step tutorial. For the complete details & samples, please click here.

For my weave. I started with 15 strips in Riding Hood Red, Pink Pirouette & White. My strips were 1/4" by 8 1/2" long. To get my weave going just a bit, I taped the white pieces down and started weaving the red alternating with the pink. After about 10 complete weaves, I removed the tape on the weave and started to move all of the strips together for a closer fit. I had to add a little more then what the tutorial suggested but you will figure what you will need to add as you make your weave. I cut a heart out using my heart Nestabilities from Cut At Home and then again with a smaller heart.

Once my weave was done, I cut the same large large heart and then trimmed it a bit so it would fit behind my brown heart. I tried several things with my layout but since I did not want to take away from the beautiful design of the weave, I kept it simple. The heart is popped up so I could stick a tag behind it. The tag is another heart which is where I put the sentiment. The sentiment is from the NEW Verve release called Sweet Valentine.

Before I go, I would also like to announce the winner for my watermark giveaway. Congratulations to Monica from Little Bit of Life. Please email me Monica so we can start on your watermark. :) jdmeyer6@sbcglobal.net

Thanks again for stopping by and making me smile!!

OCC Sketch Challenge & Giveaway

Happy Saturday! Thank you for stopping by this past week, I have really enjoyed all of your wonderful and thoughtful comments! :) I hope I have gotten back to all of you in return!! :)

Today's card is for this weeks challenge over at Our Creative Corner. I am the host this month and I have created a Sketch Challenge for all of you to try... Wanna play along and have a chance to win a NEW custom banner & watermark? Just upload your card to your blog or gallery and leave a link on the OCC blog. Please have your card linked there by 12 noon on Friday, January 30th. The winner for the prize will be announced on January 31st. If you upload to Splitcoast, please include OCCC in the keywords.

We also have a special guest this week, Carla Suto (aka cmsuto on Splitcoast). Her gorgeous card can be found in her Splitcoast gallery.

As always we hope you get a chance to play. We have Mr. Linky on our challenge blog so we can see all of our players for the week.

Want to win some fun heart shaped stickers from K&Company? Leave me a comment and tell me what favorite embellishment to use is and you will be entered to win. I will announce the winner on Saturday, January 31st.
Enjoy your weekend,

CC202 - Happy Hellos :)

Hello & thanks for stopping by... Today's card is for this weeks Color Challenge "CC202" over at Splitcoast. The challenge colors are: Regal Rose, Bravo Burgundy & Kiwi Kiss. For more inspiration with this color combination, check out the CC202 Gallery.

My card measures 5 1/2 x 5 1/2. I bet some of you are wondering how I did the branch?! I inked up the whole stamp and turned it over so I could see the inked rubber. I then took a wet q-tip and wiped off the kiwi kiss on the flowers and buds. I then took my regal rose marker and inked all of the flowers and buds. I then took my bravo burgundy marker and colored on just the edge of the flowers and buds. It's a little work, but well worth it! Maybe someday, Stampin' Up! will come out with markers for their in-colors!!

If you give this technique a try, I would LOVE to see your beautiful samples. Just post a link here in the comment section so I go and check it out!!

Have a wonderful week,

FS102 Sweet Wishes & Giveaway

Happy Monday & thanks for stopping by today! Today's card is for this weeks Featured Stamper "FS102". Yesterday, I posted a card I Cased from one of Lori's gorgeous layouts. Her gallery is amazing!! Since I had a hard time deciding on which card to Case, I Cased three cards. Here is the card that inspired my second case.

For my design, I changed the colors, flopped the image and added a flower bouquet. This yummy cupcake is a fun Quickutz die I got from Cut At Home called Birthday Cake & Cupcake. For a little extra detail on the whip of the cupcake, I embossed it using the D'Vine Swirls embossing folder by Cuttlebug and added some Star Dust Stickles. The YUMMY background paper is from DCWV and it's called "The Sweet Stack". I got mine at Michaels.

Want to win a fun watermark...? Leave me a comment and you will be entered to win. I will announce the winner on Saturday, January 24th.

Have a wonderful week!