Our Creative Corner - Sketch Challenge & Giveaway

Hello & thanks for stopping by!! Today’s card is for this week’s challenge over at Our Creative Corner. This week our August host, Loretta Lock, has created a fun sketch challenge. We warmly invite you to play along, please use your favorite stamps and supplies.


As you can see from my design, I created a pocket card, I just decorated the front using an image I got from an image swap a while back. The designer paper is from Stampin' Up! called Hawaii Papaya (it's retired). This precious image was colored in using my Copics. To add a little extra detail to the flowers, I punched out some small flowers & glued them on. To finish off the design, I add some fun swirls, a felt flower (SU) and a button.

We LOVE it when you play along with us over at Our Creative Corner. There is no time limit on our challenge, so please play along whenever you are able!! If you upload to Splitcoast, please include OCCC in the keywords.Have a wonderful weekend & don't forget to stop by the OCC to see the other fun samples by the Design Team!Hugs & Smiles,

Need a NEW watermark? Post a comment telling me what your favorite music group from the 80's was. I will announce the winner on Tuesday, September 2nd.

Stamps and Smiles Sketch Challenge - SASSC30

Hello everyone and thanks for stopping by!! I have some sad news to share. Earlier this week one of our stamping friends Michelle Hale was struck and killed while jogging. If you could, please keep her family and friends in your prayers. If you would like to send a card to the family, please email me.

My card is for this week’s sketch challenge “SASSC30”for Stamps and Smiles. Every Thursday a NEW sketch is posted along with samples from the design team. We warmly invite you to play along, use your favorite stamps and supplies!!

I also noticed that I am close to 250,000 hits… WOW!! As a special thank you, one lucky winner will be my next guest designer for the Stamps and Smiles. I have a huge release coming out soon and would LOVE to have you guest design for me!! Now through August, I will pick one random person to win!! Want more of a chance to win, leave me a comment on each of my posts for the next week, the winner will be announced with the release date!

For my design I used the stamp set from Stamps and Smiles called Hello Spring. The envelope was created using the Sizzix envelope die in the Stampin' Up! catalog. I left the letter inside blank so I could write a litter personal note or sentiment. Cuppy was colored in using my Copics and chunky glitter was added to her frosting. To finish off my card, I added the sentment and a bow.

Kids are back in school here and already 3 of my children are sick. Please stay well!!

Hugs,

Sketch Challenge SC243 - Boo

Hello and thanks for stopping by! Just a quick post, I had a little extra time to play along in this week's sketch challenge "SC243" over at Splitcoast. While waiting for the sketch challenge tonight, I was chatting in the SCS forum with a fun group of girls, one of which the sketch was inspired by. I totally adore Kathleen’s work and had to play along. Please stop by to see Kathleen’s fun sample and play along.

My card was created using some retired paper from Stampin' Up! Since I still had this fun Halloween paper from Stampin’ Up! on my stamping table, I grabbed it and quickly put a card together. I used nothing but cardstock, designer paper and the Cuttlebug embossing folders - Oh and I can’t forget the NEW Martha Stewart “Boo” punch.

How would you like to win this card? Leave me comment and tell me what your favorite Halloween movie is?!?! The winner will be announced Next Wednesday, September 2nd.

Enjoy your day & thanks for stopping by! See you tomorrow with our weekly Stamps and Smiles Sketch Challenge.

Hugs!!

Project Tuesday - Treat Box

Happy Tuesday & thanks for stopping by! Today’s project is for this week’s challenge over at Project Tuesday. This week we created a fun treat box. Our inspiration came from Julie Buhler’s blog “Paper Pleasing Idea’s. This was the first time I have ever created one of these and it won’t be my last. This makes a wonderful project especially around Halloween & Christmas!

For my design, I started with white cardstock. I then layered the panels with Pumpkin pie and some retired Halloween designer paper by Stampin’ Up! The oval was cut using my Creative Memories cutting system. I then used the Nestabilities for the scalloped oval and added some chunky glitter by Martha Stewart.

For some extra fun, I created a border using the NEW Martha Stewart Boo Punch. After putting the treat box together, I added the bag of candy. To finish the project I added the lid along with some slits so the ribbon would slide through. The tag was the last thing I added along with little Cuppy.

We hope you will stop by and play along, most of our projects only take a few minutes to create. Grab you favorite stamps and supplies and join us each week!! Last week we created a fun a surprise gift card holder. For more fun samples using this project idea, please stop the Project Tuesday blog.

Thanks so much for stopping by, here is the recipe: Recipe ~ Stamps: Hello Spring - Stamps and Smiles Ink: Memento Paper: White, Pumpkin Pie, Retired paper – SU Accessories: Creative Memories – Ovals, Nestabilies, Copics, Ribbon, Martha Stewart Glitter & Boo Border Punch, Plastic Bag - SU & Candy.

See you Thursday for our weekly sketch challenge! Enjoy your week!!

Our Creative Corner - Color Challenge

Happy Saturday!! Today’s card is for this week’s challenge over at Our Creative Corner. This week our August host, Loretta Lock has created a color challenge. The color challenge is to create a card/project using these NEW colors from Stampin' Up! or using something similar. We warmly invite you to play along, please use your favorite stamps and supplies.

As you can see from my design, I used the stamp set from Stampin' Up! called Thoughts & Prayers. The colors consist of soft suede, real red & white cardstock. After stamping the image, I punched out some small flowers and layered them on each of the flowers. To finish my design, I added some ribbon from Stampin' Up! along with some linen thread.

We would LOVE it if you played along with us over at Our Creative Corner. There is no time limit on our challenge, so please play along whenever you are able!! If you upload to Splitcoast, please include OCCC in the keywords.

Have a wonderful weekend & don't forget to stop by the OCC to see the other fun samples by the Design Team!

Hugs & Smiles,

Stamps and Smiles Sketch Challenge & Announcement

Happy Thursday everyone and thanks for stopping by!! Today’s card is for this week’s sketch challenge “SASSC29”for Stamps and Smiles. Every Thursday a NEW sketch is posted along with samples from The Fresh Batch. We warmly invite you to play along, use your favorite stamps and supplies!!

I also noticed that I am close to 250,000 hits… WOW!! As a special thank you, one lucky winner will be my next guest designer for the Stamps and Smiles. I have a huge release coming out soon and would LOVE to have you guest design for me!! Now through August, I will pick one random person to win!! Want more of a chance to win, leave me a comment on each of my posts for the next week, the winner will be announced with the release date!

For my design I used the stamp set from Stamps and Smiles called Hello Spring. Since I have been in the mood to design Halloween cards, I created this fun design using Cuppy - Can you spot the extra detail I added to her? The background was embossed using the Haunted Halloween embossing folder by Cuttlebug. The extra detail on the corners were done using my circle punch along with some NEW Halloween punches by Martha Stewart. The punched out detail was dusted with craft ink to give it a soft glow. To finish off the card, I also decided to decorate the inside of my card.

How would you like to add this card to your collection? Leave me a comment and I will announce the winner on Thursday, August 27th. Please stop by the Stamps and Smiles blog for more fun samples from the design team.

See you on Saturday! Hugs...

Project Tuesday & Special Announcement

Happy Tuesday everyone and thanks for stopping by!! We are just getting back from a wonderful trip to the east coast, I would like to thank all those that stopped by while I was away!!

I also noticed that I am close to 250,000 hits… WOW!! As a special thank you, one lucky winner will be my next guest designer for the Stamps and Smiles. I have a huge release coming out soon and would LOVE to have you guest design for me!! Now through August, I will pick one random person to win!! Want more of a chance to win, leave me a comment on each of my posts for the next week, the winner will be announced with the release date!

Today’s design is for another fun project over at Stamps and Smiles – Project Tuesday. This week we are creating a surprise gift card holder. This fun tutorial comes from Paper Pleasing Idea's - Thanks for the wonderful tutorial Julie!! With LOTS of Birthdays coming up, this was the perfect project to create - we warmly invite you to play along.

For my project I started with some baja cardstock along with some retired dsp from SU. I decorated the front using the stamp set from Stamps and Smiles called Carl the Cupcake. The stamps were stamped using Memento ink and colored in using my Copics. To finish off the design, I added some glitter to the whip and a couple of swirls. This project took about 1/2 to create, not bad for a fun gift card holder!!

We hope you will stop by and see the other wonderful samples by the Design Team and play along. We post a NEW project every Tuesday. Last week we created a fun a hanging treat box. Please stop by the Stamps and Smiles blog and visit the Project Tuesday page. We have LOTS of fun samples from the design team to help inspire you!!

Before I go, I would like to announce the card giveaway. Congratulation’s Emily from Emily's Expression, please email me your address so I can get your goodies out to you.

Thanks so much for stopping by, here is the recipe: Recipe ~ Stamps: Carl the Cupcake - Stamps and Smiles Ink: Memento Paper: White, Baja Breeze Accessories: Copics, Ribbon, Martha Stewart Glitter.

Our Creative Corner - Christmas in August

Hello and thanks for stopping by! Today’s card is for this week’s challenge over at Our Creative Corner. This week our August host, Loretta Lock has challenged us to create a Christmas card/project. As always, we warmly invite you to play along, please use your favorite stamps and supplies.

For my card layout I used chocolate chip, white, baja breeze & pink pirouette for the color combination. Each of the layers were embossed using the snowflake embossing folder by Cuttlebug. I added the three snowflakes using my Sizzix sizzlets by Stampin' Up!. To finish off the card, I added chunky glitter by Martha Stewart and some ribbon. As some of you know, I have a Christmas blog and this will be one of the many holiday cards I will be giving away this Christmas season. My Christmas blog will be active October 1st.

We hope you will join us over at Our Creative Corner. There is no time limit on our challenge, so please play along whenever you are able!! If you upload to Splitcoast, please include OCCC in the keywords.

Before I go, we should be getting back home from being out of town around 5 pm. For those that emailed me I will be catching up on your messages this weekend. Have a wonderful weekend & don't forget to stop by the OCC to see the other wonderful samples by the Design Team!!

Stamps and Smiles Sketch Challenge SASSC28

Happy Thursday & thanks for stopping by!! Since school starts this coming Monday, the family and I have left for the east coast for a few days. At the last minute we decided to enjoy a little quick getaway, we will be back on Saturday, August 15th. My card for today is for this week’s sketch challenge “SASSC28” for Stamps and Smiles. We warmly invite you to play along.

As you can see by my design, I embossed the background using my embossing templates by Sizzix. For my design I used the stamp set from Stamps and Smiles called Cuppy Love. My inspiration for my layout came from a wonderful color combination from Linsey Rickett. I LOVE these colors together and really think Cuppy looks SO sweet in yellow. For more fun samples from the Design Team, please stop by the Stamps and Smiles blog.

There is no time limit on our challenge, so please play along whenever you are able! However to be eligible for the Stamps and Smiles goodie bag each week, please have your card uploaded the night before at 6 pm central time. Feel free to use your favorite stamps and supplies!

Before I go, I would also like to let all of you know that we are also looking for a few girls to join the OCC Design Team. Please stop by the OCC for more details.

Here is a video of a piece that reminds me that summer is alomst over and fall will soon be here.

Sketch Challenge - SC241 & Giveaway

Hello and thanks for stopping by! Just a quick post, I had a little extra time to play along in this week's sketch challenge "SC241" over at Splitcoast. Going through my extra scraps, I was able to put this card together pretty quickly. The pattern paper is retired from Stampin' Up! and the extra detail on the stamped floral image was created using a floral punch and some glue.

School starts this coming Monday so we are sneaking away to the east coast for a few days with the family. Please stop by on Thursday for our weekly sketch challenge over at Stamps and Smiles.

Would you like me to send this card to someone special? Leave me a comment and you will be entered to win the card above. I will announce the winner on Tuesday, August 18th. Have a wonderful week!

Project Tuesday - Hanging Treat Box

Hello and thanks for stopping by! Today’s project is for this week’s challenge over at Project Tuesday. This week we created a hanging treat box. This was the first time I have ever created one of these and it was a lot of fun! I already gave mine away to a close friend, she is always going for long walks and I bet this little treat will come in handy!

For my project template I started with some So Saffron cardstock. After putting the treat box together, I decorated the front of the box. Cuppy was stamped in Memento ink and coloring in using my Copics. As you can see by the picture above I not only decorated the treat box but I also decorated the water bottle too. To finish off my project, butterflies were added along with the drink mix.

We hope you will stop by and play along, most of our projects only take a few minutes to create. Grab you favorite stamps and supplies and join us each week!! Last week we created a fun a gable box. For more fun samples using this project idea, please stop the Project Tuesday blog.

Thanks so much for stopping by, here is the recipe: Recipe ~ Stamps: Hello Spring - Stamps and Smiles Ink: Memento Paper: So Saffron, White, Pattern paper Accessories: Circle Nextabilites, Copics, Ribbon, Martha Stewart Glitter & Butterfly Punch, Drink Mix and Circle Punch - SU.

See you Thursday for our weekly sketch challenge! Enjoy your week!!

Our Creative Corner - Inspiration

Hello and thanks for stopping by! Today’s card is for this week’s challenge over at Our Creative Corner. This week our August host, Loretta Lock, has created an inspiration challenge. “In rural communities, it’s almost time for harvest”. We warmly invite you to play along, please use your favorite stamps and supplies.

For my design, I was inspired by two of my favorite card designers:

~Sandy Hulsart – Creative Moments with Sandy
Sandy’s work is beyond anything I have ever seen as a stamper. She is an amazing stamper in every area of a designer. I had the pleasure of meeting her last year at the Copic Certification class at CHA. Sandy is someone I look up too and admire!! Please stop by her blog to see why she is such an amazing inspiration to me an SO many!!

~Michelle Zindorf - Freedom in Creating
Michelle’s cards are just BEAUTIFUL!! I always learn something NEW from her work and designs. Please stop by her blog, she includes a tutorial on each of her outstanding cards!

**I want to thank both ladies, you are such an inspiration to me ~ Thanks for sharing your talent with all of us each week!!

As you can see from my design, I used the stamp set from Stampin' Up! called Thoughts & Prayers. The colors consist of Chocolate chip, Kraft, Pumpkin Pie and whisper white. The image was inked FIRST with VersaMark and then inked up with pumpkin pie and chocolate chip. The image was dusted with clear embossing powder and heated. I punched out the top not die twice, once using chocolate chip and once again using pumpkin pie. The pumpkin CS was cut and embossed using the floral stamp from the same set. All of the layers were then sponged for a warm glow and to make everything pop! To finish my design, I added some ribbon from Stampin' Up! and a punched out pumpkin using the Martha Stewart pumpkin punch. Ink was added to the pumpkin and a bow using some linen thread.

We would LOVE it if you played along with us over at Our Creative Corner. There is no time limit on our challenge, so please play along whenever you are able!! If you upload to Splitcoast, please include OCCC in the keywords.

Before I go, I would again like to thank my family & friends for their LOVE & SUPPORT it really means a lot! I would also like to thank those that follow my blog everyday, YOU ARE MY INSPIRATION!!

Have a wonderful weekend & don't forget to stop by the OCC to see the other fun samples by the Design Team!

Stamps and Smiles Sketch Challenge - SASSC27

Hello and thanks for stopping by! Today’s card is for this week’s sketch challenge “SASSC27”for Stamps and Smiles. I would like to thank all those that stopped by and played along!!

There is no time limit on our challenge, so please play along whenever you are able! However to be eligible for the Stamps and Smiles goodie bag each week, please have your card uploaded the night before at 6 pm central time. Feel free to use your favorite stamps and supplies!

For my design I used the stamp set from Stamps and Smiles called Cuppy Love. The paper is from Making Memories called Giggle Kids. Cuppy was colored in using my Copics and glitter was added to her whip. For more fun samples from the Design Team, please stop by the Stamps and Smiles blog.

Before I go I would like to announce the winner for my blog candy giveaway. Congratulation to Cheryl from Stamping with Cheryl. Please email me your address so I can get your goodies out to you. Please stop by tomorrow, I have a fun card to share along with another giveaway. Have a wonderful weekend!

Project Tuesday - Gable Box

Hello everyone and thanks for stopping by!! Today's project is for this week's challenge over at Stamps and Smiles - Project Tuesday. This week were are making Gable boxes. We warmly invite you to play along. Can you guess what is in my box?

For my project I started with some baja cardstock and then scored and cut it according to the directions. The background was stamped using the spunky spots jumbo wheel by Stampin' Up!. I then stamped Carl the Cupcake - by Stamps and Smiles, in Memento ink and colored him in using my Copics. Glitter was added along with his Birthday hat. This project took a little longer then our normal projects but still only took about 25-30 minutes.

We hope you will stop by and play along, most of our projects only take a few minutes to create. Grab you favorite stamps and supplies and join us each week!! Last week we created a fun a pull treat holder. Please stop by the Stamps and Smiles blog and visit the Project Tuesday page. We have LOTS of fun samples from the design team to help inspire you.

Thanks so much for stopping by, here is the recipe: Recipe ~ Stamps: Carl the Cupcake - Stamps and Smiles Ink: Memento Paper: White, Baja Breeze Accessories: Copics, Ribbon, Martha Stewart Glitter.

Please don't forget to sign up for my blog candy giveaway, I will announce the winner on Thursday, August 6th. Enjoy your week! Hugs ~

Our Creative Corner - Color Challenge & Giveaway

Hello and thanks for stopping by! Today’s card is for this week’s challenge over at Our Creative Corner. This week our August host, Loretta Lock has challenged us to create a card/project using shades of purple. As always, we warmly invite you to play along, please use your favorite stamps and supplies.

For my design, I have incorporated a few challenges into one card:

Our Creative Corner - Shades of Purple

Pile it One - watercoloring

Stamps and Smiles - Sketch Challenge
Creative Inspiration - Distressing

A Spoon Full of Sugar - Swirls

Dutch Dare - Punches

For my background paper, I spritz some watercolor paper with water and dropped on some purple re-inkers and air dried. Once dried, I spritz on some purple ink using my marker and distressed it. The layers were added along with the sentiment. To finish off the card, I created a flower using my heart Nestabilities and added a couple of swirls and a bow.

We would LOVE it if you played along with us over at Our Creative Corner. There is no time limit on our challenge, so please play along whenever you are able!! If you upload to Splitcoast, please include OCCC in the keywords.

Before I go, I have some goodies to giveaway, leave me a comment and you will be entered to win the card above along with some fun goodies from my stamp room. I will announce the winner on August 6th. Have a wonderful weekend & don't forget to stop by the OCC to see the other fun samples by the Design Team!

Hugs & Smiles,