Tuesday, April 7, 2009

Jacksonbelle Tuesday Challenge! White on white!

It is time for another fun Jacksonbelle Embellishements challenge...White on White! Layer white on top of white. You can use minimal color but we want to see mostly white!!! If you play along with our challenge please use keyword JBE048 when you upload to an online gallery.

I have never made anything white on white so this was definitely a challenge. For my card I used the Wedding set from Inkadinkado.
For more white on white inspiration check out the blogs of the rest of the JB Rockstars!!!

Melissa Bove (make sure you check out Melissa's awesome blog candy!)

Jennifer Buck

Jill Dunn

Kimberly O’Rosky

Maren Benedict

AJ Otto

Kisa Peters

Shannan Teubner

Michelle Woerner

Taylor Usry

Lynda Benden

Beth Thomas

Lindsey Botkin

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

Monday, April 6, 2009

DRS Designs Blog Challenge #18

Welcome to the 18th DRS Designs blog challenge! This time around the challenge is to make birthday creations. DRS has a TON of fabulous birthday sentiments and in the last couple of months have released a bunch of super cool birthday images!
We would love for you to play along in our challenge. If you play along make sure you post a direct link to your birthday creation on the challenge #18 post on the DRS Designs blog and you'll enter yourself into a blog candy drawing for some birthday related blog candy!!! If you upload to a public gallery, please use the keyword DRSC18.

Here is my birthday card and matching bookmark:
Supplies used: Stamps from DRS Designs, SU CS, Pink Paisley DP, SU DP, Nestibilities, Kaiser pearls, Doodlebug glitter, Jumbo paperclip, chipboard coaster, Cuttlebug die, May arts ribbon, Sheer Creations ribbon.

Make sure you check out the DRS Designs blog to see what the other design team members created! There are some amazing projects this week!

Thanks for stopping by today! Tomorrow is another 2 post day: the Tuesday Jacksonbelle Challenge as well as this week's Madelynn's Twinkling Tuesday challenge. Hope you all have a great day!

Friday, April 3, 2009

DRS Designs BLOG HOP STOP #3

Welcome to the first ever DRS Designs blog hop! Make sure you start at the DRS Designs blog for Stop #1 and follow your way to the end. There could be some VERY YUMMY candy in store for you if you follow the hop all the way to Stop #8!!!!

Tomorrow marks another AWESOME release of stamps at DRS Designs. This release is FULL of adorable pigs, a snail, a turtle and lots more!
For my card today I used this totally adorable snail stamp! How can you not smile when you look at this snail. Because it is Friday I also decided a happy rainbow theme was much needed.
I've used this layout many times but I couldn't resist using it again. It is such a great layout to highlight both a main image and a background stamp. The background stamp I used is one of DRS Designs' Easy Backgrounds. I love these background stamps because you literally can't screw up - PERFECT backgrounds every time! This background is called Interlocking Flower Background and I thought it went great with the flowers in the snail's back.
Supplies used: Stamps from DRS Designs, SU CS, Nestibilities, SU Hodge Podge, SU ribbon, Prismacolor markers, SU Dazzling Diamonds glitter.

The next stop on the hop is the blog of the EXTREMELY talented ....DEBBIE SEYER!

Thanks for stopping by today. I hope you all have a wonderful weekend!

Thursday, April 2, 2009

Just for fun! Little Paper Shop color challenge!

The Little Paper Shop blog has a color challenge this week and I found a little time to do some "just for fun" stamping so I thought I would play along. The color challenge for this week is Red Riding Hood, Chocolate Chip and Kraft. I have to be honest, I probably wouldn't have put these colors together myself (because I never think to use Kraft) but I LOVE them together. This definitely won't be the last time you see me use these colors together! Since it is a LPS challenge I decided to use my absolute favorite set from LPS: {A Dream}. For my card I also used a LPS sketch challenge that they posted a couple months ago. I really liked this sketch the first time I used it so I thought I would try it again. The larger Prima is painted with the newly released Fire Engine Red Shimmerz.
Supplies used: A Dream stamp set from LPS, SU CS and DP, Joann's ribbon, Fire Engine Red Shimmerz, Prima flowers, American Crafts brads, Cuttlebug embossing folder, Coluzzle circle template.

Thanks for stopping by today. Tomorrow I have another DRS Designs sneak peak plus some very fun blog hop info to share! I hope you are all having a great week!

Wednesday, April 1, 2009

Another DRS Designs Sneak Peek!

Hello friends! Thanks for stopping by my blog today! Today I have another DRS Designs sneak peek for you. Check out this beautiful corner flower/flourish stamp. I just love it. I used it to frame in the "with Sympathy" image that was released last month. I stamped my images on Basic Grey Porcelain DP and colored the flowers with Prismacolor markers. Once again I went with a simple sympathy layout. I have to say it is a lot easier to make sympathy cards when you don't actually have a need for one.
I hope you all have a great day! I will have another DRS Designs sneak peek on Friday as well as some blog hop info to share! Stop by tomorrow for a rare "just for fun" card!

Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Jacksonbelle Tuesday Challenge! It's Spring!

This is my 2nd post of the day. To see my Twinkling Tuesday challenge card please scroll down to the previous post.


This week's Jacksonbelle Embellishments challenge is to make a spring or Easter card. I had a hard time coming up with something springy. The closest I could come to spring was using some Basic Grey dp with flowers and a butterfly stamp. Hope you will forgive me this week.
I also have to apologize for the poor photo quality. Honestly, I have had my card done for 3 weeks and I waited until dark last night to take the picture. Not sure what my thinking was there.
Here is my card:
Supplies used: Inkadinkado stamps, Basic Grey dp, SU CS, May Arts and other misc ribbon, nestibilities, Cuttlebug die, Cuttlebug embossing folder, EK Success photo corner punch, Kaiser pearls, Prismacolor markers, foam dimensionals.

There are a ton of really cool new items recently added to the Jacksonbelle store. Check them out HERE.

For more spring/Easter inspiration check the blogs of the other Jacksonbelle Rockstars:

Melissa Bove

Jennifer Buck

Jill Dunn

Kimberly O’Rosky

Maren Benedict

AJ Otto

Kisa Peters

Shannan Teubner

Michelle Woerner

Taylor Usry

Lynda Benden

Beth Thomas


Hope you all are having a fabulous day! Thanks for stopping by!

Madelynn's Twinkling Tuesday Challenge #16

This week's Twinkling Tuesday challenge is an inspiration challenge given to us by Rebecca and 8yo Jameson. Rebecca is one of the talented members of the TT design team! Here is our inspiration piece: My inspiration came in the form of a black, red and white color combo. To try and make the most of my stamping time I also decided to use Danni's Flutter By Wednesday sketch challenge. The sketch is as follows:
Here is my Mickey inspired Flutter By sketch card (I apologize for the photo quality, I forgot to take my picture until it was pretty dark out):
Supplies used: Inkadinkado butterfly and sentiment stamps, Prima background stamp, SU CS, black embossing powder, Prismacolor markers, Kaiser rhinestones, Swiss dots embossing folder, misc ribbon.

Be sure to check out the blogs of the Twinkling Team:
Bonnie
Cassie
Christi
Danni
Debbie
Heather S.
Jacquie
Jami
Janna
Jen
Jessica
Kim
Kimmie
Rebecca
Sandra

Thanks for stopping by today. Check back a little later for the Jacksonbelle Tuesday Challenge!

Monday, March 30, 2009

DRS Designs Sneak Peak!!

DRS Designs will be releasing some AWESOME new stamps in just a few days, so today I thought I would give you the first peak at one of the new stamps. Isn't this image just beautiful! When my new stamps arrived my 5 year old daughter couldn't stop raving about this image. I think I've stamped it for her about 10 times. She loves the cattails in the image. I think the image is so beautiful and peaceful and gives off the perfect calm feeling needed for a sympathy card. I colored the image with Prismacolor markers. I never make sympathy cards too fancy because they don't need to be. I thought this simple layout worked well.

I hope everyone had a great weekend! Stop by tomorrow for a fun new Jacksonbelle challenge and this week's Twinkling Tuesday challenge! I will have another DRS Designs sneak peak on Wednesday!

Saturday, March 28, 2009

Firecracker Designs SPRING FLING Blog Hop!!

Good morning blog hoppers! I hope everyone is having a fabulous weekend. Today the wonderful Firecracker Designs team has some fabulous spring creations to share. Not sure if you know but Pamela has 4 awesome new spring/Easter themed sets that were released this month. You can check out all of the new sets - HERE -

For my card today I chose to use the new Easter Blessings set. I just love this set. It is so elegant and beautiful and would make some great wedding cards as well as Easter cards. The complete set looks like this:

Here is my Spring Fling blog hop card:Next stop on the blog hop trail is... LISA!

Friday, March 27, 2009

Paper Makeup Stamps sketch challenge

Don't forget to check out my BLOG CANDY FOR A GREAT CAUSE -HERE- it is open until April 17th!!

On Wednesday while I was catching up on some blog reading I stopped at the Paper Makeup Stamps blog and was totally surprised to see one of my cards. I recently participated in a sketch challenge put on by PMS and I was really flattered to see my card featured on their blog. Just in case you didn't see it there, I thought I would post it here today. I just absolutely love the stamps that they carry at PMS and this monster is at the top of my favorites list. Isn't he just adorable!
The main image is colored with Prismacolor markers and the planets and monster horns are painted with Shimmerz December Sky Blingz (and speaking of Shimmerz...did you know that Shimmerz has a new site full of great Shimmerz info - check it out HERE).
Supplies used: Stamps from Paper Makeup Stamps, SU CS, Prima DP, Prismacolor markers, Shimmerz Blingz, nestibilities, foam dimensionals.

Thanks for stopping by today! Tomorrow is the March Firecracker Designs blog hop - starting at 10am CST. You won't want to miss it! Hope you all have a great weekend!

Thursday, March 26, 2009

Another DRS Designs No layer

Don't forget to check out my BLOG CANDY FOR A GREAT CAUSE -HERE- it is open until April 17th!!


I had so much fun with this week's DRS Design challenge that I decided to try another no layer card.
Supplies used: Stamps from DRS Designs, SU ink, GP cardstock, Michael's self adhesive rhinestones, Scor-pal.

We would REALLY love it if you played along with our no layer challenge! If you play along make sure to link you projects on the DRS Designs challenge post - HERE - by 8pm EST on April 5th. One lucky participant will win a set of notecards and an unmounted image from DRS Designs!

I hope you all have a great day! We are having the walls on our first floor painted today and tomorrow so I am taking the kids to the Holiday Inn for a mini in-town vacation. I want to try and avoid as much exposure to paint fumes as possible!

If you have some time, check out yesterday's post on the Paper Makeup Stamps blog. I'm so excited to have a card featured there!

Saturday is the Firecracker Designs March blog hop and you won't want to miss it - starts as 10am CST!

Thanks for stopping by today!

Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Blog Candy For a GREAT cause!!!!!!

ETA: This blog candy has gotten even sweeter. To see the additional stamp sets click HERE

This month my blog candy is going to be a little different...This month I have a challenge for all of you. My good friend Chava (who I've known for 30 years - yikes, does that make me feel old!) has a 18 month old son Alex. Shortly after Alex was born he was diagnosed with having Cystic Fibrosis. For those of you unfamiliar with CF here is a brief description:

Cystic fibrosis is an inherited chronic disease that affects the lungs and digestive system of about 30,000 children and adults in the United States (70,000 worldwide). A defective gene and its protein product cause the body to produce unusually thick, sticky mucus that:

  • clogs the lungs and leads to life-threatening lung infections; and
  • obstructs the pancreas and stops natural enzymes from helping the body break down and absorb food.
Here is where my challenge comes in... Chava is participating in one of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation's Great Strides walks in Des Moines, IA on 5/16/09. Her fundraising goal is $500. Nearly 90 cents of every dollar raised is available for investment in vital CF programs to support research, care and education. Research and care supported by the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation is making a huge difference in extending the quality of life for those with CF. To learn more about CF and the CF Foundation you can visit there site HERE.
I'd love to help Chava reach her fundraising goal. I have already donated to her walk but would like to try and help out a little more. I am offering a chance at some fun blog candy to anyone who donates. There is no minimum donation. You can donate $1 or more. All you need to do for a chance at the blog candy is go to Chava's CF donation site HERE to place a secure donation (don't worry if your name doesn't show up on her donation list instantly, I've noticed that in some cases it takes several hours). After you donate, leave a comment on this post. You DO NOT need to tell me how much you donated. I just appreciate any help you can give! I'm keeping this blog candy open a little longer than normal in hopes of helping her raise as much money as possible...I will pick a blog candy winner on Friday April 17th. Please help spread the word!! I'd love for any of you to mention my post on your blogs, the more exposure the better.

Now for the blog candy...This blog candy package is valued at over $80. The package includes:
Gina K Heartfelt Hits 1 stamp set,
Clear Artistic Stamps "I'm Just Saying" stamp set,
Autumn Leaves "Winter Holidays" stamp set,
Autumn Leaves "Mini Leaves" stamp set,
ki Memories "Greetings" stamp set,
ki Memories "Patterns" stamp set,
Firecracker Designs by Pamela Season's Greetings stamp set mounted on cling foam,
DRS Designs "Santa with Reindeer" stamp mounted on cling,
Studio G "February" stamp set,
Studio G "March" stamp set ,
Art Gone Wild "Tie Frame" rocker stamp,
Amuse Elzybells "Shopaholic" stamp
and
Cuttlebug "Argyle" embossing folder.
Thanks for stopping by today and I hope you consider making a donation to this great cause!

Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Jacksonbelle Tuesday Challenge! Rub-Ons!!!

This is my 2nd post for today. To see my Twinkling Tuesday challenge card please scroll down to the previous post.

Jacksonbelle Tuesday Challenge:

I don't know about you but I LOVE rub-ons! I also hoard rub-ons! I have an absolute ton of fun rub-ons but I've never really used them...until now! This week's Jacksonbelle Embellishments design team challenge is to use rub-ons!!! Lindsey has a ton new awesome Daisy D ones as well as Basic Grey and others. You can see all the rub-ons she has in the store HERE! If you would like to play along with this week's challenge please use the keyword JBE045 when uploading to SCS or PCP.

As crazy as this is for me to say, for my card I did not stamp ANYTHING...I just used rub-ons!
Supplies used: Daisy D's rub-ons, Shimmerz Pink Poinsettia Blingz, White Prima flowers, Basic Grey Porcelain DP all from Jacksonbelle Embellishements. I also used American Crafts ribbon, BoBunny brad, SU CS and self adhesive rhinestones.

For more rub-on inspiration check the blogs of the other Jacksonbelle Rockstars:

Melissa Bove

Jennifer Buck

Jill Dunn

Kimberly O’Rosky

Maren Benedict

AJ Otto

Kisa Peters

Shannan Teubner

Michelle Woerner

Taylor Usry

Lynda Benden

Beth Thomas


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

Madelynn's Twinkling Tuesday Challenge #15

I hope you have all had a great start to your week. This week I am excited to say that I have been asked to join the wonderful group of ladies on the Madelynn's Twinkling Tuesday design team. If you aren't familiar with MTT, you can check out the Twinkling Tuesday blog HERE.

This week we have a guest Twinkie: 9 year old Brittany Cunningham. Her mom Cathy is a follower of the Twinkling Tuesday blog.

Here is Brittany's sketch:
Here is my card:
Supplies used: Nuts About You stamp set from Paper Makeup, Prismacolor markers, Nestibilities, foam dimensionals, American crafts brads, Stamp-a-ma-jig, May Arts ribbon

If you would like to play along with this week's sketch please use keyword MTTSC15 when uploading to SCS or PCP.

Be sure to check out the blogs of the Twinkling Team:






























Thanks for stopping by today. Stop back later this morning for this week's Jacksonbelle Tuesday challenge.

Monday, March 23, 2009

DRS Designs Challenge #17 - No Layer Card

It's time for another awesome DRS Designs blog challenge! This week the challenge is to make a no layer card! Yes, it's time to get back to basics!!! Sometimes you need a quick but not overly done card and with this challenge we hope to inspire you with ideas on how to make your own quick, no layer cards. We would love for you to participate because sharing is the best source of inspiration right? If you do participate, please post a direct link to your creation in the comment section of the challenge post on the DRS Designs blog and if you upload to a public gallery, please use the keyword DRSC17.

To sweeten the deal, DRS Designs is offering a set of notecards and an unmounted image to a random participant. Be sure to link your creation on the DRS Designs blog by 8pm on Sunday, April 5 to be included in the drawing.

Here is my no layer card:
Supplies used: Stamps from DRS Designs, Gina K white cardstock, Prismacolor markers, Amuse rhinestones...that's it!

For more no layer inspiration check out the DRS Designs blog to see what the other design team members created...there are some awesome projects on there today!

Thanks for stopping by! Check back tomorrow for this week's Jacksonbelle challenge! Have a great day!

Sunday, March 22, 2009

Friend!

I hope everyone is having a great weekend. This is going to be another short post because I need to leave for work in about 15 minutes. Today I thought I would share a card that I made for the Paper Makeup color challenge this week: Green, Orange, White. The main image was colored with Prismacolor markers and then painted with Shimmerz Marigold and Celery.

Supplies used: Stamps from Paper Makeup Stamps (main image) and SU (sentiment), SU CS, Basic Grey DP, Micheal's ribbon, Prismacolor markers, Shimmerz paint, Dress it up glitter dots, foam dimensionals.

Thanks for stopping by today! Tomorrow is another great DRS Designs blog challenge!

Saturday, March 21, 2009

Hope you are having a great weekend!

Just a quick post today. Here is another DRS Designs Cutie Pie Kid card. Isn't she cute!
Supplies used: stamps from DRS Designs, SU CS, Basic Grey DP, American Crafts ribbon, Prismacolor markers, foam dimensionals.

Have a great day! Thanks for stopping by!

Friday, March 20, 2009

It's Friday!!!

TGIF! I've had a really tough week and needed something that would make me smile today. I don't know about you, but rainbows always make me smile. Every time I see a rainbow I think of my daugher... she loves to color everything she can in rainbow colors. For this card I used the digital Dorothy Anya from The Greeting Farm. I don't know the manufacturer of the sentiment, I bought it a few years ago at a local stamping expo.Supplies used: Digi Dorothy from The Greeting Farm, SU CS, Prismacolor markers, foam dimensionals, glitter.

Hope you all have a great weekend.

Thursday, March 19, 2009

Shimmery Bunny!

Today I thought I would share a card I made using this adorable Easter rabbit stamp from DRS Designs. The main image is colored with Prismacolor markers and the rabbit is painted with Shimmerz Pixie Dust Blingz. Isn't he cute!
Supplies used: Stamp from DRS Designs, SU CS, DCWV DP, Prismacolor markers, foam dimensionals, Shimmerz Pixie Dust Blingz, Dress it up glitter dots.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Wednesday, March 18, 2009

Imagine That!

Today I thought I would share a card that I made using one of my favorite Shimmerz techniques. Besides painting Primas with Shimmerz, my next favorite thing to do with it is make shimmery background paper. To make my background I stamped my image on light blue cardstock and then painted the whole thing with Angel Wings Shimmerz. Immediately after painting the cardstock (while the Shimmerz is still wet) I use a paper towel and rub over the entire piece in a circular motion. For this particular card I also rubbed some darker blue ink over the shimmerz to give a cloudy look. This technique lets you create shimmery background paper using any color of cardstock. I'm sure any color of Shimmerz would work but I find Angel Wings looks great on any color of cardstock.

Supplies used: Shimmerz Angel Wings (background), Shimmerz Green Olive (on the dragon), Stamps from Firecracker Designs by Pamela, SU CS, foam dimensionals, Dress It Up Glitter Dots.

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

Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Jacksonbelle Tuesday Challenge! Casing KISA!!!

Hope everyone is having a great day. Today is another fun Jacksonbelle Embellishements challenge. This week we are casing my very talented and dear friend Kisa! If you would like to play along with us, all you have to do is pick a card from Kisa's blog and case it. When uploading your cards to SCS or PCP please use the keyword JBE043. This week Lindsey has all of her Shimmerz on sale 15% off...even the newly released colors!!! You should definitely check them out!

I am probably Kisa's biggest fan, so it was an honor to case one of her cards. Here is her card:Here is my card:
Supplies: Inkadinkado stamp and May Arts ribbon from Jacksonbelle Embellishments., SU CS, DCWV DP, misc buttons, glitter, Prismcolor markers.

For some more Kisa CASING check out the blogs of the other Jacksonbelle Rockstars:

Melissa Bove

Jennifer Buck

Jill Dunn

Kimberly O’Rosky

Maren Benedict

AJ Otto

Kisa Peters

Shannan Teubner

Michelle Woerner

Taylor Usry

Lynda Benden

Beth Thomas


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

Monday, March 16, 2009

Another DRS Cutie Pie

Happy Monday. Hope everyone had a great weekend. Today I thought I would share another Cutie Pie Kid card that I made with one of the newly released DRS Designs stamps.
Isn't she adorable!!!
Supplies used: Stamps from DRS Designs, SU CS, Basic Grey DP, Shimmerz Hottie Pink, Shimmerz Pixie Dust, misc ribbon, SU build a brad, Prismacolor markers.

Thanks for stopping by today. Tomorrow is another fun Jacksonbelle challenge...CASING KISA!

Sunday, March 15, 2009

Blog Hoppin PMS style!

It is finally time for the Paper Makeup Stamps Blog Hop! I was recently introduced to Paper Makeup Stamps and I was hooked immediately. I seriously love everything they carry (I've ordered 3x in the last month and I am happy to say I am a satisfied customer!). Paper Makeup has a fantastic variety of quotes/sentiments, whimsical animals, adorable monsters and enchanting fairies stamps. I love them all!
For my card today I used the Smitten Snake set. This set comes with this adorable snake plus 2 corresponding sentiments and still only costs $7.00 (on cling cushion) or $5.50 (bare rubber). What a great deal! Isn't he just so cute!

Supplies used: Stamps from Paper Makeup Stamps, SU CS, Basic Grey DP, Nestibilities, Shimmerz Green Olive, Prismacolor markers, foam dimensionals, SU scalloped edge punch, self adhesive gem stones, sponge.

For more Paper Makeup inspiration check out the blogs of the rest of the PMS blog hoppers:

Lisa Kind
Jennifer Greco
Tangii Crain
Danyel Owens
Lisa McKinney
Dawn Knight
Melissa Craig
Ashley newell
Ceal Pritchett
Tina Hale
Jamie Morris
Shannon Bracken
Cheryl Penner
Tenia Nelson
Nancy Bush
Joni Wilson
Kimberlee Doktor
Sara Henton
Cassie Larson
Shaela Odd
Kim Stewart
Christi Thorsen
Katie Cotton

After you check out all of these fabulous blogs, come join in the fun at the PMS party starting at 3pm EST. There will be some pre-party chatter going on add day over in the PMS PCP forum

Here's a breakdown of the PMS party plans:
just before the party starts at 3 EST (thats 2 CST, 1 mountain time, and 12 for west coasters!) Katie will be announcing the winner of the blog banner giveaway.

3:00 - Sneaks and some Digis! Yay!

3:30 - Christi will issue our first challenge. There is NO time limit on these, but they will be spaced out for those that want to play along as the party goes on.

4:00 - Playin' some games, givin' away some goods...

4:30 - Christi will issue challenge number 2!

5:00 - The Design Team will be announced!!!

5:30 - Christi will issue challenge number 3!

From that point on we will just play and chat and share our creations.

I'm so so so excited! I hope to see everyone there!!!