SCACD Hearts and Hugs Spring Collection Blog Hop!

Welcome to the Susana's Custom Art and Card Design March release blog hop! Today marks the release of the latest collection of EXCLUSIVE SCACD images by the amazingly talented Victoria Case. The Victoria Case Hearts and Hugs - Spring Collection is filled with 7 incredibly ADORABLE springtime images. To showcase all these super fun spring images, the design team has put together a spring inspiration-filled blog hop! Each design team member is showcasing a different image today, so be sure to complete the full blog hop to see the complete release! The collection will be available for purchase at the SCACD store beginning today no later than 6 AM PST.

If you arrived here via Marti's blog you are on the right path. If you didn't, be sure to start back at the begining (Aud's blog) so that you don't miss out on any of the incredible design team projects!

For my card, I used the new Victoria Case stamp "Little Anki". Isn't she just the sweetest thing ever! I smile every time I look at her. "Little Anki" is stamped in Momento Tuxedo Black ink and colored with Copic markers. I paired her up with some fun Basic Grey Sugar Rush designer paper and a Prima Innoscence flower sprayed with Shimmerz Spritz (Shimmerz Spritz is 25% off right now!) and embellished with a fun sparkly American Crafts button. The sentiment comes from the Pink Cat set Lilly and Tweety (lots of Pink Cat sets are 15% off right now at SCACD).

I incorporated a couple challenges into my card too (I have been loving the challenges lately!). My card is for the Cupcake Craft Challenge #81: FLOWER POWER and I know I'm a bit late but I also did use the sketch challenge from last Friday's Friday Sketchers challenge blog for my card layout.


Next stop in the hop is the blog of the incredibly talented Carolyn Bounds! Thank you so much for stopping by today! Be sure to head on over to the SCACD store to check out the entire Victoria Case collection! I hope you all have an awesome weekend!

Only 1 more day....

until the new Victoria Case Spring release at SCACD! To celebrate this awesome new release, Susana is giving away some AWESOME blog candy! You won't want to miss out on this one. You can check out all the blog candy details HERE.

I found a little bit of time to play along with a couple more challenges this week. My card today is for the Taylored Expressions sketch challenge and the Basic Grey Challenge.

Here is the Taylored Expressions Sketch #103:

Here is the Basic Grey Challenge inspiration piece:

For my card I used the super cute Elisabeth Bell "Oh Baby" stamp from SCACD. I used the Taylored Expressions sketch and then went with a baby theme as my inspiration. I stamped my image with Momento Tuxedo Black ink and then colored her with Copic markers. For the flower I used one of the wonderful new Prima innoscence flowers and sprayed it using Smooch Spritz. The Smooch Spritz gives a GORGEOUS shimmer and it dries really fast!! The designer paper I used is Basic Grey (Origins) and My Mind's Eye. The Button and bling are from Basic Grey.

Thanks for stopping by today! Be sure to check back tomorrow for the big SCACD release blog hop!

Paper Pretties Wednesday Challenge and a Blog Hop!

It's Wednesday! That means it is time for another fun Wednesday Prettie Challenge and blog hop! This week our challenge comes from Prettie Mama herself, Christie! Christie has a fun inspiration challenge for us this week.

Here is the inspiration piece:

This week the design team will be using either the set Bunny Slippers or Hippity Hoppity. Both stamp sets featured this week will be on sale for 20% off all week. Also be sure to check out the new digi stamp section of the boutique, Christie is adding new digis all the time!

For my card, I used Bunny Slippers Sophia. Isn't she just adorable. I decided to use the inspiration piece as a color challenge. I added some sparkly fluff to her bathrobe and slippers to give them that warm and fuzzy look.


If you are just starting at my blog, head on over to Christie's blog to start from the beginning. You definitely won't want to miss any of the stops! If you are following the hop, the next stop after my blog is the blog of Prettie Girl Wendy Bond!

Thanks for stopping by today! I hope you all have a terrific day!

TIOT #58 Buttons, Buttons, Buttons!!!

This is my 2nd post for today. Please be sure to scroll down to see this week's Jacksonbelle Tuesday challenge...it is a good one!


It is time for another fabulous Try It Out Tuesday challenge from SCACD! This week's challenge {TIOT58} is buttons, buttons, buttons! Find a creative way to add buttons to your project!


For my card this week, I used another one of the gorgeous newly released Elisabeth Bell images from SCACD. This image is called "Heartstrings". Isn't she just beautiful! There were 7 new Elisabeth Bell images released and you can order them individually or you can order the entire Sampler Edition #3 collection for a fabulous discounted price! SCACD also carries a huge selection of Pink Cat stamps. My sentiment comes from the Pink Cat set Lilly and Tweety (15% off right now!). I cut the sentiment out using a Spellbinders die. My image is stamped with Momento Tuxedo Black ink and colored with Copic markers. I embellished my card with a gorgeous Petaloo Dazzler flower (these are 25% off right now!). I pulled the rhinestone center off of the flower and added a super fun American Crafts glitter button!

I also made this card for this week's Cupcake Crafts Challenge: FLOWER POWER!

Be sure to check out the blogs of the rest of the incredibly talented SCACD design team members for more inspiration!

Suzanne Dean
Anki Bargman
Danni Bindel
Aud Nordheim
Jennifer Greco
Marti Wills
Carolyn Bounds
Dianne Prewitt

Thanks so much for stopping by today! Be sure to head on over to the SCACD store blog. Susana is giving away some absolutely WONDERFUL blog candy in honor of the upcoming Victoria Case Spring release at SCACD! I hope you all have an incredible day!

Jacksonbelle is getting sketchy!!!!!

It is time for another fabulous Jacksonbelle Tuesday challenge! This week we have an awesome sketch challenge for you. We'd love for you to play along. If you do, be sure to leave a comment with a link to your creation on the JB blog!

Here is the sketch:

I absolutely LOVE this sketch! I also absolutely LOVE my card that I made using this sketch. I don't know if my photo really does it justice because it really is beautiful in real life. I absolutely love the colors in these Jenni Bowlin mini papers (all Jenni Bowlin mini papers are 30% off right now at Jacksonbelle). They are the perfect size for this sketch too!
I added some gorgeous May Arts ribbon and some Prima crystal swirls! Doesn't that bow just look marvelous! I used the Bow Easy and I am just in awe at how perfect my bow turned out. I tried it a second time just to make sure it wasn't a fluke and amazingly enough I was able to duplicate my perfect bow. The Bow Easy is amazing! The sentiment is from Paper Makeup Stamps.

For more sketchy inspiration, be sure to check out the blogs of all of the Jacksonbelle Rockstars!

Dawn Lusk

Julie Lacey

Heather Pulvirenti

Windy Robinson

Stephanie Severin

Amy Tsuruta

Pam Varnell

Lynda Benden

Tobi Crawford

Jill Dunn

Shemaine Smith

Lindsey Botkin

There are TONS of new products in the Jacksonbelle store. Both of the new Basic Grey lines are in stock as well as the brand new Stampavie Sarah Kay stamps. Also just in... Pink Paislee 6x6 designer paper pads. They are GORGEOUS and a must have (I ordered mine yesterday!). Oh and did I mention Zva Creative....Oh my word...gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous!!!

ALSO...Imaginisce, older Pink Paislee lines, non-new release Stampavie and Jenni Bowlin are all 30% off. Thanks for stopping by today! We hope you all have a great day!

AWESOME blog candy from SCACD!

Be sure to scroll down for my Little Paper Shop Monday challenge post!!

Just wanted to let you all know that Susana from SCACD is giving away some INCREDIBLE blog candy to celebrate the March 12th release of the new Victoria Case Hearts and Hugs Spring collection !
Be sure to head on over to the store blog for all the details!!!

Little Paper Shop Monday Challenge!

Welcome back! I hope you all had a great weekend! It's Monday, so that means it time for another AWESOME Little Paper Shop challenge! This week we have a super fun color challenge from for you! We'd love for you to play along. If you do, be sure to leave a link to your project on the LPS blog and/or use keyword LPSC58 when uploading to SCS or PCP.
One lucky participant in this week's challenge will win the LPS set {Katie Carousel}. You have until Sunday night to get your project linked on the LPS blog!

Here are the colors:

For my card I used the stamp set new stamp set {Moments}. I couldn't resist making another easel card. These little cards are just so fun to make!

For more inspiration be sure to check out the blogs of the rest of the fabulous Little Paper Shop design team!

Julia
Bonnie
Cindy
Jen
Julie
Silvia
Allison
Ann
Pam

Thanks for stopping by today! I hope you all have a terrific Monday!