S2G Fall Sweep-Out!

Shirley's 2 Girls is having a TURKEY SALE!!! They have rounded up lots of stamps, ribbons, embellies and odds & ends...to make room on the shelves for ALL of the new stuff. These stamps are ones that are discontinued, without their sayings, or wrong size. All the items on sale are top quality...so you'll be getting lots of bargains. Wow, what a perfect time to have a sale, and make way for all the new things that they are working on.

The 'TURKEY SALE' starts NOV.1st (that's tomorrow)...SUPPLIES ARE LIMITED... when they're gone...they're gone! So come & GOBBLE up some great goodies. 

S2GSC31 -- Twisted Thursday!

Happy Thursday, S2G has another great sketch to start your day. It's easy and fun to play Twisted Thursday, so please join us!

• Just make a card following this week' sketch (shown above). Be sure to include this week's twist -- use something soft.
• Post your card to your blog/online gallery. Be sure to note keywords S2GSC31 and shirleys2girls.
• Use Mr. Linky to post a direct link to your card on the S2G Challenge Blog.
• Deadline for submission is Wednesday, November 4, at midnight.

I tweaked the sketch this week by turning it on its side, and used the S2G set called Cat with Feathers (SG 605) for my sample.

For the twist, I used white fun flock. I really like how it gave dimension to my cat! Be sure to check out the rest of the team's creations:

ANNE, DEBBIE, ERIN, JOY, JUSTINE, KAROLYN

Maybe you'll be our next lucky winner... You just have to play to win! Have a great day and enjoy the upcoming weekend!

Sneak Peek!

Morning Everyone... I just couldn't wait to share a sneak peek of one of the new images that will be released on November 1 by KLM Digital Designs! What could be more perfect for Christmas -- quilts and snowmen, or in this case a Snowwoman! However today I wanted to showcase how versatile this image is and wanted to share a card I made for a friend using warm, rich colors. I teamed my image with one of my favorite 'quilt' sentiments from PTI.

I am not a quilter but am a big fan of anything quilted. I have many quilts displayed in our home. Some are old and some are new and I love them all. Can you imagine how thrilled I was when I first saw KLM's Quilted Snowwoman!

Thanks so much for stopping by. Have a wonderful day!!

Supplies: Stamps - KLM Digital Designs -Quilted Snowwoman, PTI's Quilter's Sampler Sentiments; Paper - SU! soft suede, PTI select white, s.e.i and PTI designer papers; Accessories - Copic markers, Sizzix top note die; Nestabilities, yellow gemstones, white Souffle pen, small heart punch and SU! dazzling diamonds.

S2G First Players Blog Hop and Release Party!

Hello Everyone and Happy Saturday! Today's the day for the S2G - First Players Blog Hop on SNR. You can read about it HERE on the Shirley 2 Girls Papercrafting Contest Blog. Don't miss the fun and a chance to win a free S2G stamp set!!

KLM Digital Designs - Pilgrim Scott

Here's another cute Thanksgiving image from KLM Digital Designs called Pilgrim Scott. After printing him out, I colored him with Copic markers in colors that would compliment my Autumn Recollections designer papers. I added some MS twill, a button from my stash as well as a corn embellishment... Now he's ready and waiting to celebrate Thanksgiving!

Be sure to check out Pilgrim Scott and other KLM digital stamps here. And mark your calendars... on November 1, KLM will be releasing their new holiday images!

Have a great evening!

S2GSC30 -- Twisted Thursday!

Happy Thursday everyone! Here's my card and the sketch I followed for today's Twisted Thursday challenge. It's easy to play along with us!

• Just make a card following this week's sketch. Be sure to include this week's twist -- add a pumpkin to your card! (You are not required to use S2G stamps.)
• Post your card to your blog/online gallery... Use keywords shirleys2girls and S2GSC30. Then go to the S2G Challenge Blog and post a direct link to your card using Mr. Linky.
• You have a whole week to submit your creation. Deadline for submission is Wednesday, October 28, at midnight.
• The winner of the challenge gets to pick their choice of a S2G stamp!

What a super fun and easy sketch this week. In keeping with the pumpkin twist, I used the cute S2G digital stamp called Hallow-Scream (DG46). I also added 4 MS pumpkins to the corners. The image was colored with Copic markers, and I couldn't resist adding the chocolate bar sticker!

Supplies: Digital Stamps - Hallow-Scream (DG46) by Shirley's 2 Girls; Paper - PTI select white and new leaf, SU! basic black, gingham DP was in my scrap box... think it is MM; Ink - Copic Markers; Accessories - Nestabilities, Marvy square scallop punch, MS pumpkin embellishments, Jolee chocolate bar sticker.

Don't forget to check out the fun creations by the rest of the design team:

ANNE, DEBBIE, ERIN, JOY, JUSTINE, KAROLYN

Now it's time for you to get busy and join in the fun... Can't wait to see what you come up with for this week's Twisted Thursday challenge!

(SALE - All Shirley's 2 Girls Halloween Stamp Sets (excluding digis) are 25% off until October 31!)

Autumn's Glory

The changing leaves are beautiful this year. Tried to capture the view from our dining room this AM. Not the best photo since I didn't open the window and am not the best photographer... but I think you get the idea. HAPPY FALL Y'ALL!

CTD#64 Dasher

It's a rainy, cold Saturday here in Maryland. A perfect day to stay inside and play in my stamping space. I finally finished a card I started earlier in the week for the Color Throwdown Challenge #64 -- this week's colors are Baja Breeze, Black/Chocolate Chip, and Sahara Sand.

I also tried something different for the throwdown -- a watercolor wash background. (Be gentle; this is my first try at this technique!) I first saw this technique demonstrated by Beate. She has a marvelous video tutorial included on her blog, Fresh and Fun. If you are interested in viewing her tutorial... Go to her Blog and scroll down to her post of October 13.

For my watercolor wash background I used Baja Breeze & Sahara Sand reinkers. I stamped my Dasher image directly on the background, then embossed with copper EP. I also combined a strip of the WCW background with my sentiment. The only embellishments are various sizes of black epoxy dots.

Thanks for taking a peek. Hope the sun is shining in your neck of the woods!

Supplies: Stamps - Dasher by SU!; Sentiment from the Believe set by PTI; Paper - sahara sand card base, PTI select white, SU! basic black, watercolor paper; Ink - baja breeze, sahara sand reinkers, Versafine onyx black; Accessories - Nestabilities dies, clear EP as well as copper EP, black epoxy dots by Recollections.

Breast Cancer Awareness Month

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. KLM Digital Designs has designed this beautiful image called Breast Cancer Awareness Mum, and is donating all proceeds from the sale of this image to the National Breast Cancer Foundation. What a worthy cause!

Supplies: Digital Stamp - Breast Cancer Awareness Mum by KLM Digital Designs; Paper - PTI select white, new leaf, Text Style Pink Patterns, SU! pink pirouette, DCWV textured for card base; Ink - SU! pink pirouette for sponging, Copics for coloring; Accesssories - MS butterfly punch, MS border, pearls; Top Note die; Nestabilities.

Just in case you are interested, I have included a coupon code below which will take 10% off your entire order. This offer starts today and runs through 10/23/09. Thanks so much for stopping by. I hope you have a lovely weekend!

S2GSC29 -- Twisted Thursday!

Welcome to Twisted Thursday. Wanna win a free stamp from Shirley's 2 Girls? Then join in the fun and play!

• Just make a card following this week's sketch. Be sure to include this week's twist -- add chipboard to your creation. (You are not required to use S2G stamps.)
• Post your card to your blog/online gallery... Use keywords S2GSC29 and shirleys2girls. Then go to the S2G Challenge Blog and post a direct link to your card using Mr. Linky.
• You have a whole week to submit your creation. Deadline for submission is Wednesday, October 21, at midnight.
• The winner of the challenge gets to pick their choice of a S2G stamp!

I really had fun with this card. I used the SG617 image called Like A Book. The image was colored with Copics, and I added Glossy Accents to the lenses of the glasses. The sentiment was punched out with the SU! modern label punch and mounted on the main panel. For the arrangement to the left of the main panel, I combined circles of DP, buttons, a leaf made with a MS punch, and a chipboard flower. All DP, buttons and the chipboard flower are from the Chloe's Closet Collection by Making Memories.

Supplies: Stamps - Like a Book (SG67) by Shirley's 2 Girls; Paper - SU! brocade blue, certain celery, MM dp, PTI select white; Ink - Copic Markers; Accessories - chipboard, buttons, punches, dimensionals.

For more inspiration, please check out the creations of the rest of the Design Team:

ANNE, DEBBIE, ERIN, JOY, JUSTINE, KAROLYN, SHELLY

Have a wonderful day!

BIG SALE AT SHIRLEY'S 2 GIRLS!!!

How Spook-tacular! I just got an email asking if I would post this notice to let everyone know that starting tomorrow Shirley's 2 Girls are putting their Halloween stamp sets on sale. Click here to see these fun, sassy sets!

FS140 Dasher with Jingle!

Here's a card I made the other day that was inspired by Chris - this week's Featured Stamper 140 on SCS. Chris does amazing work and her gallery is full of eye candy. For more information, click HERE.

I don't know about you, but I am very behind on making this year's Christmas cards... So I was very glad to ink up my new Dasher stamp. I will probably use this design to mass produce more of these cards. However, I will most likely lose the button and twill and replace them with cardstock so my card will be more postage friendly!

Have a great day and thanks for stopping by!!

Supplies: Stamps - Dasher, Love & Joy by SU!; Paper - SU! Jingle DP, PTI select white, real red, mellow moss; Ink - Versafine vintage sepia; Accessories - Nestabilities, MS brown twill, button, red rhinestones, clear EP, 3/4" circle punch and dimensionals.

Blog Candy Winner!

Morning Everyone and thanks to all of you for leaving me a comment on my blog candy post. I have a winner of the 4 S2G stamp sets. I used random.org to pick the winner... and the winner is ANGIE! Congratulations Angie! Please email me your snail mail address!

S2G Blog Candy Alert!

Happy Sunday everyone! Today I want to share my latest Halloween creation ... I needed a sign to display by our front door alerting Trick-or-Treaters that we are participating in our building's Halloween festivities. I don't think I could have found a more perfect image for my main panel. I used the S2G image from the S2G Boo Invite set (SG908). This set also comes with 4 sentiments. However, for my sign I added a computer-generated heading.

Shirley's 2 Girls have a wide selection of Halloween stamps, digital images and papers. You can check them out HERE. You won't be disappointed!

Don't think there could be a better time than Halloween for offering some blog candy! As a way of showing my gratitude for the support and encouargement I have received from my blogging friends, I am 'treating' one lucky person to the 4 S2G stamp sets shown below:

• To win these 4 sets, just leave a comment, including your contact information, on this post.
• Deadline for entering to win my S2G Blog Candy is 10 PM (EDT), Tuesday, October 13, 2009.
• Winner will be chosen by random.org and will be posted on Wednesday AM, October 14, 2009.

Hope you have a wonderful week. And thank you so much for everything!

I love pie!

Happy Fall! Well, it's almost pie baking time... I love pie and am loving this new Pilgrim Penny image from KLM Digital Designs. I almost flipped when I saw her! Isn't she the cutest? And such a perfect image for decorating my Thanksgiving cards this year. I don't know about you, but it wouldn't be Thanksgiving without a piece of homemade pumpkin pie... YUM!

For my card, Penny was colored with my Copics, and the edges of the white panels and card base were sponged with Antique Linen distress ink. I layered my panels with SU! Not Quite Navy cardstock. My designer papers are from the Recollections Autumn Collection. My only embelllishments are 3 altered shell buttons popped up with dimensionals.

Thanks so much for stopping by. Be sure to stop back on Sunday... I won't have pie, but I will be offering some blog candy!

S2GSC28 - Twisted Thursday!

I'm loving the new felines released this month by Shirley's 2 Girls. This cutie is called Little Ray (SG620). I think this image is perfect for this week's Twisted Thursday sketch. Now I did take some creative license in order to include one of the sweet sentiments that is included with the Little Ray set. Sure hope the sketch police don't come after me!

Hope you have a chance to give this week's TT sketch with a twist a try. It's easy to play with us:

• Just make a card following this week's sketch. (You are not required to use S2G stamps.) Be sure to include this week's twist -- add a metal tag to your creation.
• Post your card to your blog/online gallery... Use keywords S2GSC28 and shirleys2girls. Then go to the S2G Challenge Blog and post a direct link to your card using Mr. Linky.
• You have a whole week to submit your creation. Deadline for submission is Wednesday, October 14, at midnight.
• The winner of the challenge gets to pick their choice of a S2G stamp!

My sample includes a small metal 'friend' tag that I incorporated into my design by placing it over the word, friendship. Other embellishments include a Jolee sunflower and Mark Richards nail heads. My card base uses MS DP and SU! chocolate chip. I also used the MS dotted paper to paper piece my image. The rest of the image was colored with Copic Markers.

For more inspiration, please check out the rest of the S2G design team's creations:

DEBBIE, ERIN, JOY, JUSTINE, KAROLYN, SHELLY

Thanks so much for stopping by today! Can't wait to see your creations!!

Happy Anniversary!

Evening everyone! Just a quick post showcasing a card I made using my new border punch from EK Success... Couldn't let my Mike's coupon go to waste, now could I? Also, want to shout out Happy Anniversary wishes to my niece and her DH.

Have a great evening. Now I better run and and finish the inside so I can get this in tomorrow's mail!

Supplies: Stamp - Contemporary Anniversary by Rubber Stampede; Paper - DCWV textured, SU! retired DP; Ink - Versafine vintage sepia; Accessories - Offray ribbon, EK Success border punch, Marvy small leaf punch, dimensionals, sanding block, button from my stash.

KLM Digital Designs - Apple Picking Adam

Happy Sunday, everyone! Today's a beautiful Fall day here in Maryland with blue skies, a slight breeze and cool temps. Perfect apple picking weather, and a perfect day to share another new KLM digital image available from KLM Digital Designs.

This little guy with sentiment is called Apple Picking Adam. I colored him with my Copics and used my scallop oval Nestie die as a mask when sponging the background. What would we do without our Nestabilities! Although it's not visible in the photo, I used glassy accents on the apples, as well as MS baker's cord, and fancy corner punch to embellishment my card.

Supplies: Digital Stamps - Apple Picking Adam by KLM Digital Designs; Paper - All papers are by SU! except for my preferred PTI select white when working with Copics; Ink - Tim Holtz distress Ink in Antique Linen, Copic Markers; Accessories - Scallop Oval Nestie die, Ranger Glossy Accents, MS baker's cord, various punches by various manufacturers.

Many thanks for stopping by! Hope you are enjoying the beautiful Fall weather. Enjoy your week.

A Glitch with a Little Something Extra!

As I mentioned yesterday, there was a glitch on the S2G web store and the new cat images could not be added. At any rate, they have since been added and are available for purchase here. Deidre, one of the owners of Shirley's 2 Girls, left this message on the S2G Papercrafting Blog:

"We have a little GLITCH in the system with our NEW CAT STAMPS... they SHOULD be up later today ...we're so SORRY! If you order or want to order one of our new little cat stamps... we will send you a little something extra, when you order! THANKS for your patience. DEIDRE"

S2GSC27 Twisted Thursday

Happy October! In addition to being Twisted Thursday, Shirley's 2 Girls is celebrating October with the release of some new feline images today! You don't want to miss these fun furry sets. You can check them out here.

S2G has another fun Twisted Thursday sketch for you to try! It is easy to play with us:

• Just make a card following this week's S2GSC27 sketch. Be sure to include this week's twist -- use twine or raffia on your card. (You are not required to use S2G stamps.)
• Post your card to your blog/online gallery... Use keywords S2GSC27 and shirleys2girls. Then go to the S2G Challenge Blog and post a direct link to your card using Mr. Linky.
• You have a whole week to submit your creation. Deadline for submission is Wednesday, October 8, at midnight.
• The winner of the challenge gets to pick their choice of a S2G stamp!

For my sample, I used an oldie, but goodie, S2G feline called Cat and Fish (SG602). This image is one of my favorites, and I hope you leave it some love today. This sweet image reminds me of our cat, Nera, who shared our lives many moons ago. Yes, she did like to play with our goldfish!

Supplies: Stamps: Cat and Fish (SG602) by Shirley's 2 Girls; Paper - Me & My Big Ideas DP, SU! soft sky and baja breeze, PTI white, generic white; Ink - Versafine onyx black; clear EP, Copic markers for coloring, Wrights jute, glassy glaze enamel, Me & My Big Ideas fish embellishment, dimensionals.

For more inspiration, check out the fun cards created by the rest of the S2G Team:

DEBBIE, ERIN, JOY, JUSTINE, KAROLYN, SHELLY

Hope you have a fabulous day. Sure hope everyone plays along with us!!

UPDATE -- Unfortunately there has been a glitch on the S2G store site and the new images have yet to be added. I will let you know when they are available! Sorry for any inconvenience. They are up! See post above!