It's Wednesday...

Boring blog post title, but I couldn't think of anything else. The kids are at school and Tom is in bed with what we think is the flu. Crossing our fingers that it isn't H1N1, but either way he is totally miserable. I'm being sort of psycho about quarantining him because I really don't want the kids to get sick. I spent the morning shopping in an effort to stay as far away from him as possible. I went to Joann's and picked up a few things and then headed to our local scrapbook store. I'm hoping to play with my new goodies this afternoon, but we'll see how things go. I may be taking Tom to the doctors office, who knows. For now, I thought I would share a card that I made using one of the Victoria Case images from SCACD. I absolutely love this image and had so much fun paper piecing her. The sentiment stamp is from Verve.

Thanks for stopping by today! Don't forget about the Jacksonbelle September Challenge contest going on right now. You could win a $50 JB gift certificate. Check out all the details by clicking on the JB contest blinkie on my side bar.

Jacksonbelle Tuesday Challenge + a contest!

Before I get to this week's Jacksonbelle challenge, I wanted to give a huge welcome to the newest member of the Jacksonbelle Embellishments design team....Keri Lee Sereika! Be sure to stop by Keri's blog and give her some love today!

Our challenge this week is an easy one....make a project using one of the new products in the Jacksonbelle store. To see all of the NEW products, click HERE. There are so many cool new things in stock now...Prima, Jenni Bowlin, Inkadinkado, Basic Grey, Cosmo Cricket, Martha Stewart, Stampavie...and lots more! Don't forget that if you play along with the Jacksonbelle Tuesday challenges this month you'll have a chance at some aweseome prizes! The contest rules are easy...play along with one of the JB September Tuesday challenges and use stamps from either Stampavie, Inkadinkado, Prima or Basic Grey (all of these brands are carried in the Jacksonbelle store). For all of the contest details, click HERE. You could win a $50, $30 or $15 Jacksonbelle gift certificate!

Here is my card for this week's challenge:

This week's challenge was easy for me because I recently got a big box of fun new things from JB. My card uses a couple different Inkadinkado clear stamps. I also used 2 different Halloween Martha Stewart punches. The designer paper is the new Eerie collection from Basic Grey. I balanced out all of these new products with an old favorite, Angel Wings Shimmerz!

For more inspiration, check out the blogs of all of the Jacksonbelle Rockstars!

Tobi Crawford ~ Tobi’s Place

Stephanie Hargis ~ Steph’s Stampin’ Stuff

Jimmi Mayo ~ Stamping & Shopping

Bethany Paull ~ It’s Not All Black & White

Michelle Philippi ~ Inside My Own Private Idaho

Carly Robertson ~ Paper in Bloom

Shemaine Smith ~ Scraptastic

Lynda Benden: Stamp Act

Jill Dunn: Ink Genious

AJ Otto: The Willow Garden

Lindsey Botkin: Embellished

Trudee Sauer: Follow Your Bliss

Keri Lee Sereika: Pink Lemonade

Thanks for stopping by today! I hope you are all having a great start to your week!

It's a 2 post kind of day...

If you want to see my Little Paper Shop Monday challenge post, please scroll down to previous post.

Since I took such a long break from blogging over the weekend I thought I would share another card today. When I got home yesterday I needed to unwind from the chaotic weekend so I decided to stamp for a bit. I decided to combine a couple challenges from last week for my card. Danni's Flutter By challenge last week was to make a card with butterflies and sparkle...the Paper Pretties challenge was to make a card using fun foam. So... I combined them both and made a card using sparkly fun foam butterflies, LOL.
Isn't Flutter By Sophia adorable! I just love all of the Sophia stamps from Paper Pretties. I paired her up with this gorgeous Jenni Bowlin designer paper that I got from Jacksonbelle. Jacksonbelle has 8 different Jenni Bowlin collections in stock. The glittered fun foam butterflies are from Making Memories.

Thanks for stopping by today. I hope you are all having a great day! Check back tomorrow for the newest Jacksonbelle Tuesday challenge!

Little Paper Shop Monday Challenge

I'm back! I know it has been a few days since I last posted but I'm back now! We left on Thursday morning for Minneapolis so I could take the Copic certification class. I can now say that I am certified! The class was a lot of fun and it was even better because I got to take it with my friend Kisa. It was so fun meeting her and hanging out for the afternoon. The rest of the weekend was filled with lots of other fun activities...Scrapfest, Annabelle's birthday, an afternoon at the amusement park at Mall of America, a visit to Underwater Adventure aquarium...lots of stuff. Unfortunately in amongst the fun we also had to make a trip to an urgent care clinic at 7:30 Friday night due to a mishap at the hotel pool. Thankfully they were able to super glue Becketts chin instead of stitches! Needless to say it was a busy, EXHAUSTING weekend. I am happy to be home and sleeping in my own bed!
With all that said...it is time for another fabulous Little Paper Shop Monday challenge! Before I get to the challenge part, I want to wish my fellow LPS design team member Bonnie a HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! Be sure to stop by Bonnie's blog and give her some love today!
Now...the challenge...today we have a fun color challenge for you....Rose Red, Summer Sun and Pumpkin Pie. One random lucky participant this week will win one of the newly released sets {Jena Witch}. If you play along be sure to leave a link to your project on the LPS blog to be eligible to win. If you upload to SCS or PCP please use keyword LPSC34.

Here is my card for this week:

For more color challenge inspiration, make sure you check out the blogs of the rest of the LPS design team:

Julia
Jessica
Bonnie
Cindy
Mel
Jen
Julie
Silvia
Allison
Janna
Sarah
Ann

Thanks for stopping by today! I hope you all have a wonderful week! Check back tomorrow for another awesome Jacksonbelle Tuesday challenge!

Paper Pretties Inspiration Challenge

Last week the Paper Pretties blog posted an inspiration challenge. I am not usually very good at these types of challenges but I thought I would give it a try.

Here is the inspiration piece:

It took me a while to decide what elements to use for my card...I wasn't sure if I wanted to go with a southwest theme or a quilt theme, but in the end I just went with the sure and safe color challenge. I picked teal, ruby and yellow out of the comforter as my color challenge.

Here is my card:

I was really happy with how this turned out. Sophia always puts a smile on my face! I used some new Jenni Bowlin designer paper that I got from Jacksonbelle Embellishments. The colors coordinated great with my cardstock. The border punch is from the Martha Stewart collection. The Sophia image is from Paper Pretties and the sentiment is from DRS Designs.

I hope you are all having a great week. I am leaving bright and early tomorrow morning to head to Minneapolis to meet up with Kisa and take the Copic certification class. I am SOOOOO excited. Then Friday is Scrapfest at Mall of America! Talk about all around fun! Saturday is Annabelle's birthday so we are going to do some family stuff around Minneapolis and then Sunday the long drive home. I won't have much time for internet or email so please don't think I'm ignoring you if I don't answer emails or visit your blogs until Sunday.
I hope you all have a wonderful weekend!!

Jacksonbelle Embellishments Tuesday Challenge!

Welcome to week 3 of the Jacksonbelle September challenges contest! Up for grabs are a $50 Jacksonbelle gift certificate, a $30 Jacksonbelle gift certificate and a $15 Jacksonbelle gift certificate. The rules are easy...play along with the Jacksonbelle Embellishments September Tuesday challenges and use stamps from either Inkadinkado, Stampavie, Prima or Basic Grey. For the full contest details, click HERE.

This weeks challenge is a fun one...make a fall or Halloween card! Jacksonbelle has a ton of new fall and Halloween products in stock that would work perfect for all of your fall and Halloween projects...Inkadinkado stamps, Basic Grey designer paper, Prima flowers....Tons of fun stuff! We would love for you to play along! If you do, make sure to let use know and use keyword JBE071 when uploading to SCS or PCP.

I made a couple cards for this week's challenge. Both of my cards use the new Basic Grey Indian Summer designer paper. I am absolutely in love with this paper. It is absolutely beautiful! All of the stamps that I used are from Inkadinkado. I also used some Basic Grey brads and May Arts ribbon.

For more Fall/Halloween inspiration be sure to check out the blogs of the rest of the Jacksonbelle Rockstars:

Tobi Crawford ~ Tobi’s Place

Stephanie Hargis ~ Steph’s Stampin’ Stuff

Mitzi Koons ~ Stamps Jubilee

Jimmi Mayo ~ Stamping & Shopping

Bethany Paull ~ It’s Not All Black & White

Michelle Philippi ~ Inside My Own Private Idaho

Carly Robertson ~ Paper in Bloom

Shemaine Smith ~ Scraptastic

Lynda Benden: Stamp Act

Jennifer Buck: The Buck Stamps Here

Jill Dunn: Ink Genious

AJ Otto: The Willow Garden

Lindsey Botkin: Embellished

Trudee Sauer: Follow Your Bliss

Also wanted to let you know that GORGEOUS new PRIMA flowers are in stock at JB! Thanks for stopping by today. I hope you all have a wonderful day!

Little Paper Shop Preview Day 2: {Boo}

I hope you all had a great weekend. Today is day 2 of the September Little Paper Shop release. Today we are previewing and AWESOME Halloween set: {Boo}.
This set is super fun and would work great for Halloween cards and scrapbook pages. It also works great with yesterday's preview set {Jena Witch}.

Along with today being preview day, it is also Monday which means it is challenge day too. The challenge this week is easy...just make a Halloween card!
There are 2 ways to win this awesome set...The 1st way: play along with this week's challenge and leave a link to your project on the LPS blog...The 2nd way: Just leave a comment on today's Little Paper Shop blog post telling what your favorite Halloween treats are. Easy!

Here is my card:

Thanks for stopping by today! Both {Jena Witch} and {Boo} will be available to purchase tomorrow from the Little Paper Shop web site!

Little Paper Shop September Preview #1: {Jena Witch}

Let the previews begin...
It's time for the September Little Paper Shop Previews. On Tuesday, Little Paper Shop will be releasing 2 awesome Halloween sets. Both of these sets are super cute and would be terrific for all of your Halloween cards and scrapbook pages. Today we are giving you a peak at one of the sets: {Jena Witch}. To make today's preview even better, if you leave a comment on the {Jena Witch} preview post on the LPS blog you will have a chance the win the set!

Here is my card:

Isn't she just the cutest witch EVER!

For more fun {Jena Witch} previews, check out the blogs of the rest of the LPS design team!

Julia
Jessica
Bonnie
Cindy
Mel
Julie
Silvia
Allison
Ann

Thanks for stopping by today! Be sure to stop back tomorrow for another LPS preview!

Paper Makeup Release Challenge + MTTI06

Paper Makeup Stamps had their September release last week and as part of their release they posted a couple challenges. One of the challenges was "I've got a CASE of PMS". The challenge was to pick a card from the Paper Makeup Stamps gallery on SCS and CASE it.
I chose a GORGEOUS card by Lisa Kind to CASE. The first time I saw her card a few weeks ago on the PMS blog I was in awe. It is seriously beautiful! Sadly, my card doesn't even begin to come close the beauty of hers but I gave it a try. To see her card, click HERE.

Here is my card:

I CASED Lisa's card's layout and used this week's My Time To Create Inspiration challenge for my colors.

Thanks for stopping by today! Check back tomorrow for a peak at one of this month's Little Paper Shop releases! You won't want to miss it!

TGIF!

We have had a crazy week. School, swimming lessons, housework...yikes! I didn't stamp at all this week but thanks to my crazy stamping marathon from last weekend I have a card to share today (and a bunch more to share in upcoming days).
This is another one of the cards that I made for one of the Taylored Expressions Birthday Bash challenges.

Here is the sketch:

Here is my card:

Isn't this the cutest Christmas Elf EVER!!!! This adorable fellow is one of the newly released stamps from DRS Designs. I have forever been in love with every single Cutie Pie image at DRS and these new Christmas release Cutie Pies are AWESOME. To see the entire DRS new release, click HERE. There are a total of 3 Cutie Pies in this release and they are all adorable.

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

Taylored Expressions Birthday Bash Challenge

I hope everyone is having a great week! Today I wanted to share another one of the Taylored Expressions Birthday Bash challenge cards that I made. There were 13 challenges posted over the weekend and as crazy as this sounds...I managed to do every single one of them. 13 cards over a 4 day period. Talk about stamping marathon (considering I average about 2 hours per card). The good thing about all of this is, I have a nice size stash of cards to share over the next few weeks!
There were a couple sketch challenges in the bunch and I thought I would share one of them today.

Here is the sketch:

Here is my card:

I probably should have waited for better natural light to take this photo but I was so happy with the card I wanted to share it right away. This adorable image is from SCACD. Isn't he just the cutest! Totally reminds me of Beckett. I got a lot of Copic practice in this weekend. I think 10 of the 13 cards that I made had images to color. I was thrilled with how this one turned out. I'm still very new at coloring with Copics so my coloring attempts are not always at successful as this one ...BUT....next week I am taking the Copic certification class so hopefully I will learn tons of tips! To make the class even better (actually this is better than the class entirely)...my dear dear friend Kisa is flying in and taking it too! I get to spend the day playing with Copics and hanging out with Kisa...it doesn't get better than this...SERIOUSLY!!!

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

Jacksonbelle Tuesday Challenge!

It's that time again...time for the Jacksonbelle Tuesday challenge! We have a fabulous sketch challenge for you this week. We would love for you to play along with us. If you do make srure to use keyword JBE070 when up loading to an online gallery. Also, don't forget Jacksonbelle has an awesome contest running all month long for those of you who play along with our challenges. To see all of the contest details, click HERE.

Here is this week's sketch:

Here is my card:

All of the stamps I used are Inkadinkado and can be found in the Jacksonbelle store. I also used some Shimmerz paint and the Martha Stewart Halloween fence punch!

For more sketchy inspiration be sure to check out the blogs of the rest of the Jacksonbelle Rockstars:

Tobi Crawford ~ Tobi’s Place

Stephanie Hargis ~ Steph’s Stampin’ Stuff

Mitzi Koons ~ Stamps Jubilee

Jimmi Mayo ~ Stamping & Shopping

Bethany Paull ~ It’s Not All Black & White

Michelle Philippi ~ Inside My Own Private Idaho

Carly Robertson ~ Paper in Bloom

Shemaine Smith ~ Scraptastic

Lynda Benden: Stamp Act

Jennifer Buck: The Buck Stamps Here

Jill Dunn: Ink Genious

AJ Otto: The Willow Garden

Lindsey Botkin: Embellished

Trudee Sauer: Follow Your Bliss

Also wanted to let you know that the new Basic Grey is in stock at JB! Thanks for stopping by today. I hope you all have a wonderful day!

Happy Labor Day!

Happy Labor Day to all of my U.S. readers! Happy Monday to the rest of you! I hope everyone enjoyed the weekend!

It's time for another fun Monday Little Paper Shop callenge. This week we have an AWESOME sketch for you! We would love for you to play along! If you do, be sure to leave a link to your project on the LPS blog so we can check out your creations!

I also wanted to mention that if you haven't check out the new Little Paper Shop FORUM, you definitely should! In addition to chatting amongst friends, you can hang on, check out some samples, chat with the DT, and there are even groups for Challenges, photography, and more! We hope to see you over there soon!

Here is my card:

For more sketchy inspiration, make sure you check out the blogs of the rest of the LPS design team:

Julia
Jessica
Bonnie
Cindy
Mel
Jen
Julie
Silvia
Allison
Sarah
Ann - guest designer

Thanks for stopping by today! I hope you all have a wonderful week! Check back tomorrow for another great Jacksonbelle challenge!

Stamping the day away!

I hope you are all having a wonderful Labor Day weekend. We have been hanging out relaxing most of the weekend. As crazy as this may seem, I actually got to spend 8 hours in my stamp room today. I got up this morning, grabbed a Diet Dr. Pepper and hurried off to stamp in my PJ's....next thing I knew it was 3:30. Yikes. Where did the day go? I did manage to get 4 cards made during the 8 hours. I'm a slow crafter. I typically average about 2 hours per card.

For one of my cards today I played along with one of the Taylored Expressions Birthday Bash challenges. The challenge was a color challenge: Bermuda Bay, Melon Mambo & Crushed Curry
For my card I used an Elisabeth Bell stamp from SCACD. I absolutely love this image. The sentiment is from Verve Stamps.
Supplies used: Elisabeth Bell stamp from SCACD, Sentiment stamp from Verve Stamps, SU DP, SU CS, SU Dazzling Diamonds glitter, Copic markers, EK Success border punch, Amuse ribbon, foam dimensionals.

Thanks for stopping by today! I hope you are all having a great day! Be sure to check back in tomorrow for another fun Little Paper Shop Monday challenge!

Trying to find my mojo...

Paper Pretties has a sketch challenge posted on their blog this week so in an effort to reclaim my mojo I decided to try it out.

Here is the sketch:

Here is my card (I flipped the sketch to work with my image):Isn't Cuddle Me Sophia just adorable. My heart melts every time I see this image. I just ordered a couple more Sophia stamps yesterday and I can't wait for them to get here! Paper Pretties is having an awesome sale, check it out HERE.

Thanks for stopping by today! I hope you are all having a great week!

Mojo on vacation!

You may have noticed that I haven't posted much lately. With the stress of Annabelle starting kindergarten and trying to get everything ready for that, my mojo seems to have jumped ship. I've tried stamping a couple times in the past few weeks and I just haven't been able to put anything together. I'll be leaving a trail of glitter in hopes that my mojo finds it and follows the way home ASAP. While we're waiting I have a card I made a while ago for one of the Paper Makeup Stamps Monday challenges.

Hope you all had a great day!

WooHoo!

Have you seen the new Just Cards! Holidays! issue? I just got mine in the mail yesterday.
Recognize that bottom card? It's mine!!!! I can't tell you how excited I was to see my card on the cover of the magazine.

Here is the card: all stamps are from DRS Designs

I also have another card in this issue made with stamps from Firecracker Designs.

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

Jacksonbelle Tuesday Challenge + a contest!!!

Are you ready for a contest!!!??? Jacksonbelle Embellishments is having a contest all month long and you definitely won't want to miss this one! The grand prize winner will receive a $50.00 Gift Certificate to the store! 2nd Place, $30.00 and 3rd place $15.00! There will be a goodie package going out to ALL winners!! If you decide to play each week, you will need to email your card to jacksonbelle.embellishments@gmail.com. Make SURE to link your card on the Jacksonbelle blog Tuesday challenge posts. That way we can ALL see the cards and your name will be entered into a random drawing. THAT person will also win a goodie bag!

Here are the contest DEETS:

*You have to follow 1 or more of the September Tuesday Jacksonbelle Challenges

* You have to use Inkadinkado, Stampavie, Prima or Basic Grey stamps. (Any stamps that can be purchased at the store)

* You can enter as many times as you’d like! As always, we will post coordinating Keywords for the challenges if you are posting on Splitcoaststampers.com, so we will all be able to see your card(s)!

*Following the last September challenge (Sept. 28th), you will have until Thursday, Oct. 1st at midnight (EST) to get your cards to us! After that, the design team will need a few days to decide on the winners!! Make sure to check out the design team’s blogs and store blog each week for LOTS of inspiration using the weekly challenges! We hope you will have time to play with us and if you have ANY questions, please feel free to ask!

SO, to start things out.. this weeks challenge is to do a ONE layer card! Talk about a challenge. A folded piece of cardstock....with no other paper layers...YIKES!

All of the stamps on my card are from Imaginisce. I added some self adhesive rhinestones and some Sparkly Fluff...and that's it.

For more "One Layer" inspiration, be sure to check out the blog's of the Jacksonbelle Rockstars!

Tobi Crawford ~ Tobi’s Place

Stephanie Hargis ~ Steph’s Stampin’ Stuff

Mitzi Koons ~ Stamps Jubilee

Loretta Lock ~ Love to Create

Jimmi Mayo ~ Stamping & Shopping

Bethany Paull ~ It’s Not All Black & White

Michelle Philippi ~ Inside My Own Private Idaho

Carly Robertson ~ Paper in Bloom

Shemaine Smith ~ Scraptastic

Lynda Benden: Stamp Act

Melissa Bove: Keepsakes By Melissa

Jennifer Buck: The Buck Stamps Here

Jill Dunn: Ink Genious

AJ Otto: The Willow Garden

Lindsey Botkin: Embellished

Trudee Sauer: Follow Your Bliss

Thanks so much for stopping by!

In case you didn’t know, There is NEW Making Memories in at Jacksonbelle! WAHOO!! Also the 2 newest lines of Pink Paislee, Cosmo Cricket AND Basic Grey should be here within 1 short week! Have a great day!

Little Paper Shop Monday!

Welcome back! Hope you all had a fabulous weekend! It's time for another fun Little Paper Shop Monday challenge! This week we have an awesome sketch for you. We'd love for you to play along with us. If you do, be sure to leave a link to your creation on the LPS blog and use keyword LPSC31 when uploading to SCS or PCP.

Here is the sketch:

Here is my card:

I used one of the newly released Little Paper Shop digi stamps {Jena Fairy}. Isn't she just adorable! The sentiment is from the LPS set {Fairytale Adventures}.

For more sketchy inspiration, make sure you check out the blogs of the rest of the LPS design team:

Julia
Jessica
Bonnie
Cindy
Mel
Jen
Julie
Silvia
Allison
Sarah
Ann - guest designer

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