CC203 Shirley's 2 Girls - My First Card!

I made this card for this week's color challenge on SCS. The combination this week is baja breeze, garden green and pacific point. This combo gave me a fit, but I guess that's why they call it a challenge (snort)!  Boy, do I wish this sentiment was true..... I love my new Cake Baker image and sentiment from Shirley's 2 Girls!  For this card, I stamped the image twice on white cardstock.  I cut out the cake baker portion of my second image and paper pieced the background, cake and plate. The rest of the image was colored by hand before attaching to my first image with dimensionals. What fun! 

 You can find this and other fun images by Shirley's 2 Girls here!

Supplies:  Stamps - Cake Baker (SG154) by Shirley's 2 Girls;  Paper - SU! baja breeze, garden green, pacific point and PTI white; Ink - Versafine onyx black, SU! summer sun for sponging the candles; Accessories:  Copic and Prismacolor markers, glaze pens, clear EP, buttons and dimensionals.

Life is Good!

There is a new stamp company that is going to blow your socks off!  It's called Shirley's 2 Girls, and it is so fun and full of attitude!  You're gonna love them; you gotta go check them out!  

I discovered them through a design team call on SCS.  Found out this weekend that I am one of the lucky ladies chosen for their team, and I have been walking on air every since!  Thank you Deidre and Kristine!  

I can't wait for the fun to begin.  Life is good!

OCCC - Boho Backgrounds

I really am enjoying my new 'Cloud 9 Designs' DP, and think the Boho Backgrounds motif is a great match.  Because of the busy patterns and bling, I did not add a sentiment.  This is my take of this week's Our Creative Corner's sketch.  Hope you like it and thanks so much for stopping by!  Happy Monday!

Supplies:  Stamps - SU! Boho Backgrounds; Paper - PTI white, Cloud 9 Designs; Ink - Versafine antique sepia; Accessories - SU! corner punch, scallop punches by SU! and Marvy, colored rhinestones, Cuttlebug EF, sanding block and dimensionals.

TECC52JP Happy Anniversary, Taylor!

Congratulations Taylor on your one year anniversary! Taylor VanBruggen is celebrating a year of cupcakes challenges on her blog, Taylored Expressions. There are fabulous prizes being offered by Taylor in honor of her anniversary. Sketches are posted on Taylor's blog as well as her crew's blogs. Check out all the details on Taylor's blog. You don't have to use cupcake images to participate. My sketch was designed by Jackie Pedro; here is the link to her blog, The Scalloped Edge. Thanks so much for visiting. Enjoy your week! Supplies: Stamps - Gina K. Designs baskets of happiness, SU! fresh cuts sentiment; Paper - PTI white, berry sorbet, sweet blush as well as DSP; Ink - Versafine onyx black, Versa Mark pen; Accessories - clear EP, PTI sweet blush ribbon, SU! oval punches, Nestabilities, Marvy scallop punch, Mike's metal stickies, dimensionals, Copic and Prismacolor makers.

Stamp Simply #71 -- A Modern Edge

This is my take on Sharon Johnson's Stamp Simply #71 challenge.  I couldn't wait to use my new Sizzix dies and this challenge was perfect. Thanks so much for stopping by.  Have a wonderful weekend!

Supplies:  Stamp - PTI paper trey; Paper - SU! pumpkin pie, old olive, PTI white, A Muse DSP; Ink: Versamark, SU! tangerine tango; Accessories - Sizzix  flowers - daisies and buttons # dies, MS leaf punch, SU! oval punches, dimensionals, Cuttlebug. 

CPS#25, JIC20 Think Spring!

I'm ready for Spring, so I stamped some Verve blossoms in Stacey's jewelry inspiration colors #20.   I combined the colors with CPS sketch #25 for this week's CPS challenge -- You Pick Your Favorite Sketch.

Thanks so much for stopping by.  Stay warm and think Spring!

Supplies:  Stamps - Verve abundant blessings, SU! canvas, Paper Salon sentiment; Paper - SU! certain celery, not quite navey, pacific point, bashful blue and PTI white; Ink - SU! pacific point, Versafine onyx black; Accessories - SU! small oval punch, McGill square scallop, SU! silver cord, SU! markers, Prismacolor marker in Copenhagen blue, inchie board, rhinestones, stardust pen.

Blog Candy Winner!

Random Number Generator picked number 13.  The winner of the blog candy is Samantha. Congratulations!  Please email me your address and I will get the stamps in the mail ASAP!

Have a wonderful day! 

Look What Jackie Sent Me!

Isn't Jackie the sweetest.  Check out her blog here.  Because I received this award, I am suppose to list 5 obsessions, then send this award to 5 fabulous blogs.

Obsession #1 -- Stamping/Card Making

Obsession #2 - Splitcoaststampers

Obsession #3 - Checking out all the fabulous blogs and favorite stamping sites

Obsession #4 - Shopping for stamps and supplies

Obsession #5 - Did I mention stamping?

Here are 5 fabulous blogs deserving this award:  

Vera

Carla

Jackie

Ann

Susan

Check them out!  

CPS #99 -- Vintage

I rediscovered this stamp the other day in my stash.  Since I have not used it in what seems like forever, I decided to dust it off and ink it up for this week's CPS #99. You can find the link to the sketch here.

This went together very easily and quickly once the glossy accents (applied to the dress and bow) dried.  Some old lace, a MS border, Primas and some pearls were all that I needed to finish it up! I also used one of the journal words sitting on my desk from another project. 

Don't forget to leave a comment for the blog candy I posted the other day.  There is still time to enter.  I will be announcing the winner on Thursday.  Have a great week!

Supplies: Stamps - Tim Holtz Collection by Stampers Anonymous; Paper - SU! soft sky, Cloud 9 Designs, PTI white; Ink - Adirondack Espresso, Tim Holtz distress ink in Antique Linen; Accessories - Glossy Accents, MS paper border, old lace and pearls from my stash, deckle scissors, Primas, and K&C0. journal word embellishment, Copic markers, dimensionals.

Blog Candy Alert!

First let me thank everyone for supporting my blog with your visits and comments. Blogging is a new experience for me, and it is always exciting to have my blogging friends stop by and leave a comment.  I couldn't believe it when my blog exceeded 5,000 hits.

Now if you check my counter, you will see that I don't even have 50 hits let alone 5,000. Don't ask me what happened, but my original counter registered a question mark this AM, and I couldn't get it to work.  So, I had to download a new counter today!  

At any rate, I am offering this set of Hero Arts stamps as my way of saying THANK YOU! All you have to do to win is leave a comment on this post by Wednesday, January 14.  I will announce the winner on Thursday!

Thanks everyone -- you are the best!

VSLFL 2 Some Bunny

Verve Stamps is having a release party tomorrow on SCS.  Four preview challenges have been posted on the SCS Verve Forum.  This is my take on Verve's Sketch Challenge-Day 2. The link to Verve's Looking for Love Release Challenge for Day 2 can be found here.

Supplies:  Stamps - Verve Some Bunny; Paper - PTI white, SU! creamy caramel, Cloud 9 DSP; Ink - Memento tuxedo black and Versafine Onyx Black; Accessories - A Muse creative candy; MS ribbon, MS border and heart punches, clear EP, Cuttlebug EF, Nestabilities, K&Co. journey word; Prismacolor and Copic markers, sanding block.

CPS 98 -- Another Hogs and Kisses

I couldn't resist using the fun image, Hogs and Kisses, again. It works perfectly with this week's CPS sketch 98. This is such a super sketch and so easy to work with!  You can find the link here. 

Sorry the photo isn't the best.  It's been rainy and dreary the last two days -- not the best for photo taking.  Hope everyone is enjoying the New Year.  Thanks for stopping by and stay warm!

Supplies:  Stamps:  Rubber Stampede - Hogs and Kisses, Mike's $1 stamp - lips; Paper - SU! pretty in pink, PTI white, generic white, DCWV textured and DP; Ink - Versafine satin red and crimson red; Accessories - Nestabilities, Clear EP, EK Success corner rounder punch, red pearl stick-ons, Cuttlebug EF.

FS100 Julie HRR!

Wow!  Julie HRR is FS100 on SCS.  Talk about an amazing gallery.

Her work is legendary and her style rocks.  I must say it was a little intimidating casing one of Julie's cards.  

On my take, I changed the colors and stamps, but kept the shoe theme and design.  Here is the card I chose to CASE.  If you have never seen any of Julie's work, check out her SCS gallery or blog.  Talk about eye candy!

Have a wonderful week and thanks for stopping by!

Supplies:  Stamps - SU! A Little Love, A Muse Artstamps sentiment; Paper - A Muse note card; SU! soft sky, basic black; Ink - Versafine onyx black; Accessories - MS party bag, 3/4 inch square punch, scalloped square punch, bling, Mike's ribbon, inchie square, prima.

IC161 Something About Hogs and Kisses!

The Inspiration Challenge (IC161) on SCS came from the whimsical cakes found on the Cake Nouveau website.  There's lots of great inspiration found on this site!  You can read about the challenge here.

My inspiration came from a cake called Something About Mary.  It can be found on page 2, first column, 4th cake down. Unfortunately, the link to the site does not take you directly to the cake, but rather just to the page it is on.  Here is the link to the page.

My card was inspired by the bright colors and shapes of the super fun, Something About Mary, cake.  Yum!  Hope you like it and thanks, so much, for stopping by!

Supplies:  Stamps - Rubber Stampede hogs & kisses, Mike's $1 lips; Paper- SU! tangerine tango, pretty in pink, chocolate chip, generic white; Ink - Versafine onyx black and satin red; Accessories - clear EP, various Copic & Prismacolor markers, recycled ribbon from a gift basket, Nestabilities, and various circle punches.