Hello everyone! Hope you are all having a great week. Today I wanted to share a simple sympathy card. Sympathy cards are always the hardest cards for me to make. I don't like to make them too plain but at the same time fancy and complicated isn't always the best choice either. For my card today I decided to go with a fairly simple layout and then add a beautiful Blingz flower. I painted 2 Prima flowers, 1 with Spiced Cider Blingz and the other with Under the Sea. I layered them and added a brad. Nothing too fancy but enough to give the sympathy card a beautiful, elegant look.
The sentiment stamp is from DRS Designs. I paired it up with my favorite Gretel Cosmo Cricket designer paper.

Thanks for stopping by today! Hope you all have a great day!

Happy Wednesday!

Hope everyone is having a great week! Today I thought I would share one of the cards that I made with my July Firecracker Designs design team set. This month I am playing with Pamela's set "Phrases set 1". For this card I paired it up with one of my favorite sets ever..."She Dreams". I absolute LOVE this dragon. I colored the dragon with Copic markers and then painted areas with Shimmerz Marigold paint. I love the shiny look it gives the dragon.
Thanks for stopping by today. Have a wonderful day!

Jacksonbelle Embellishments Tuesday Challenge!

Welcome to the Jacksonbelle Embellishments Tuesday Challenge. We have been doing sketch challenges all month long and today we have a fabulous one for you. We would love for you to play along with us. If you do, please be sure to let us know. Either leave a comment on the JB blog or use keyword JBE060 when uploading to SCS or PCP.

Here is this week's sketch:Here is my card. Once again, I flipped the sketch. I used this adorable Archaic designer paper from Basic Grey and matching Basic Grey brads. The stamps are from Paper Makeup Stamps.

Be sure to check out the blogs of the rest of the Jacksonbelle Rockstars. It is the last week for a few of our dt members so be sure to leave them some love, they will definitely be missed!
AJ Otto
Jennifer Buck
Jill Dunn
Lindsey Botkin
Lynda Benden
Maren Benedict
Melissa Bove
Michelle Woerner
Shannan Teubner
Kimberly O'Rosky

Thanks for stopping by today!

Twinkling Tuesday Challenge - Summe Slice

Hey everyone! Hope you had a great start to your week. It is time for another Twinkling Tuesday challenge. Even though I didn't have enough time to play along this week, I wanted to share the fabulous challenge with you! This week we have a inspiration challenge for you! Here is the inspiration piece (isn't this just mouthwatering!):

Be sure to check out the blogs of my fabulous fellow TT design team members for some fun summer slice inspiration!
Cassie

Christi

Darla

Debbie

Heather S.
Jacquie

Janna
Jessica
Kim
Kimmie

Rebecca

Sandra
Lisa Slusser

Thanks for stopping by today! Be sure to check back later this morning for the Jacksonbelle Tuesday Challenge!

Little Paper Shop Monday Challenge!

This is my second post for the day. Please scroll down to see the DRS Designs Monday challenge.

It's time for another wonderful Little Paper Shop Monday challenge! We have another great challenge this week....a sketch with a twist! The challenge is to use Julia's wonderful sketch but also incorporate a cupcake or cupcakes into it. We would love for you to play along! If you play along remember to leave a comment on the LPS blog and also use keyword LPSC22 if you're uploading to SCS or PCP.
There is a prize being given away with this week's challenge on the LPS blog. Since we are all about the cupcakes this week at LPS, you can win Katie Cupcake! One random winner will be selected from the entries of this week's challenge....good luck!

Here is the sketch:

Here is my card:

Thanks for stopping by today! Hope you all have a great day!

DRS Designs Monday Blog Challenge!

Can you believe this is our 24th DRS Designs challenge! Wow! We hope you have been enjoying them! We sure have. The DT's challenge this time was to use the dazzling diamond dust technique. This is such a cool technique and really takes no time at all. We would love for you to participate in the challenge. Just post a direct link to your creation in the comment section on the DRS Designs blog and if you upload to a public gallery, please use the keyword DRSC24.

Be sure to check out the DRS Designs blog for more inspiration from the DT !

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One last thing!!! Be sure to stop by The Pink Elephant Challenge blog starting today thru Sunday, DRS Designs will be sponsoring the current challenge - check out the details at The Pink Elephant on how you might be able to win some DRS Designs stamps!!

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Here is my card for this week's challenge. Even though the technique is fairly simple, I struggled with the challenge this week. After several attempts, this was my best Diamond Dust sample:

This technique is really hard to photograph well. I did my best to try and show the diamond dust without totally blinding all of you.

I hope you all had a great weekend. Stop by later this morning for my Monday Little Paper Shop Challenge card and check back tomorrow for a fabulous Jacksonbelle Embellishments Tuesday challenge as well as the newest Twinkling Tuesday challenge.