IC195 Creative Wallcovering

I have a quick card I wanted to share with you today. This is my take on the Inspiration Challenge (IC195) posted on SCS. You can find the challenge here.

For our inspiration, we were to choose an item from Creative Wallcovering. What a fun site to find inspiration... there's lots of inspiration to jump start your mojo! For my inspiration, I chose these fun Halloween peel and stick wall decorations.

Thanks for visiting today! Have a great week and be sure to stop back on Thursday when S2G is having a blog hop with lots of prizes.

Supplies: Stamps - SU! Holiday Best; Paper - SU! basic black, Martha Stewart DP, generic white base; Ink - Versafine onyx black; Accessories - decorative edge trimmer; various punches, MS pumpkin embellishment & bat punch, white gel pen and dimensionals.

With Sympathy

It is never easy to create a sympathy card... Unfortunately, I needed one to send to a dear friend who just lost her husband. Since Wayne enjoyed the outdoors and loved to fish and hunt, I thought the tree stamp from the SU! Forest Friends would work to create a card in Wayne's memory. I hope it brings comfort to my friend, Joan.

S2GSC23 - Paint the Town RED!

Welcome! It's time for another Twisted Thursday sketch with a twist. This week's twist is to Paint the Town RED! It's easy to play along with us:

• Just make a card following today's sketch and use red as the main color on your creation! (You are not required to use S2G stamps, but we would love to see them if you have them!)
• Post your card to your blog/online gallery. Then go to the S2G Challenge Blog and post a direct link to your card using Mr. Linky. (Use keywords S2GSC23 and shirleys2girls.)
• You have a whole week to submit a card; deadline for submission is Wednesday, Sept. 2, at midnight.

Besides clear art stamps, did you know that Shirley's 2 Girls also sells both digital images as well as digital papers? The best part is that the whole line of stamps, digi images and digi paper can be mixed and matched!

For my card, I used a sheet of digi paper from the S2G Spring Fancies line (DGP1) for my background. Since this week's twist was to use red as the main color, I gave Photoshop a try at changing the original colors of my digi paper to red and presto it worked... instant matching paper in the colors I needed! What a great advantage of digital papers!!

For my main image, I used a whimsical S2G digi image called View (DG12). I also used another S2G digi image, Come Fly with Me (DG48), to make my embellishment. What a fun card to make. Sure hope you share in the fun and give this challenge a try! Have a great day!!

Supplies: Stamps - S2G digital images View (DG12) and Come Fly with Me (DG48); Paper - S2G Spring Fancies digi digi papers (DGP1), SU! basic black, PTI select white, generic white base, a scrap of MM gingham DP; Ink - Copic markers; Accessories - Flower Soft, Recollections black epoxy stickers, goggly eye, silver rhinestone, Staples key tag, and gingham ribbon from Mikes.

For more inspiration, check out the fantastic creations made by the other design team members:

Debbie Erin Joy Justine Karolyn Shelly

OCCC - New In-Colors

Good Morning! This is a card I made for the OCC Challenge - New In-Colors. You can find the challenge here. I think the shades of crushed curry (my favorite!), soft suede, dusty durango and bermuda bay really work well together, and the rich tones are perfect for Fall. Hope you thinks so too.

Have a wonderful Sunday..... enjoy!

Supplies: Stamps - SU! Forest Friends and Holiday Best; Paper - SU! crushed curry, soft suede, dusty durango, bermuda bay and whisper white, Recollections Autumn (including border), and generic white base; Ink - crushed curry, soft suede, dusty durago, bermuda bay, Accessories - Su! linen thread, small buttons, Creative Memories cutter, oval Nestabilities.

S2GSC22 - Twisted Thursday!

It's time for another Twisted Thursday sketch with a twist! This week's twist is to punch it! It's easy to play along with us:

• Just make a card following today's sketch and add something to your card made with a punch. (You are not required to use S2G stamps, but we would love to see them if you have them!)
• Post your card to your blog/online gallery. Then go the the S2G Challenge Blog and post a direct link to your card using Mr. Linky. (Use keywords S2GSC22 and shirleys2girls.)
• You have a whole week to submit a card; deadline for submission is Wednesday, August 26, at midnight.

For my sample this week I used the S2G Sunflower digi image (DG17). I love this image and have really become a fan of digi stamps. They are a big time saver when mass producing cards. Plus, you can resize the images to fit your sketch and storage is not a problem..... You just download them to your computer, and they can be used over and over!

Supplies: Stamps - Sunflower (DG17) by Shirley's 2 Girls; Paper - MS DP, SU! chocolate chip and crushed curry, PTI new leaf, generic white base; Accessories - MM sentiment, button, and metal sentiment, MS leaf punch, SU! corner punch, EK Success flower punch, cord for button, metal rhinestone.

Sure hope you have time to play along with us this week! As always, the random winner of this week's sketch gets to choose a stamp from the S2G product line. For more inspiration using this sketch, check out the wonderful creations made by the rest of the design team:
Debbie   Erin    Joy    Justine   Karolyn   Shelly
Thanks so much for stopping by today!  Can't wait to see your creations.  Be sure to stop back next Thursday  for another Twisted Thursday sketch when the S2G team paints the town RED! 

Celebrating 50 Years of Marriage

My friend, Diane, asked if I could come up with something for a 50th wedding anniversary. Since the happy couple are celebrating this momentous occasion with a trip to Hawaii, Diane wanted the card to have a colorful, Hawaiian theme.

So I had to forget about using white and gold and break out the palm trees. Unfortunately, my only stamp with a palm tree has a monkey hanging from it, and the sentiment reads, 'hang in there'! (LOL!)

This time I had an excuse to go shopping at my LSS! I found a pack of Me and My Big Ideas DP and some Jolee's embellishments that would work, and even got a box of tri-fold cards on clearance. Boy, I was surprised with how easily everything went together once I got home.

First, I resized and embossed my card with the new SU! Finial EF. Then I adhered the embellishments and DP. The only thing left to do was cut out and glitter the numbers before adding them to the card's opening, and this card was a wrap!

Supplies: Stamps - none; Paper - me & my Big ideas - Destination Paradise, SU! Pink Pirouette, K&Co. card base; Jolee's Boutique embellishments, Cuttlebug machine, Cuttlebug number dies, SU! Finial EF, glitter, Xyron.

Hope your weekend is super fun. I really appreciate your stopping by!

S2GSC21 - Twisted Thursday!

It's Twisted Thursday time! This week's twist is to use 4 brads on you card.

It is easy to play along with us:
Just make a card following today's sketch and add 4 brads somewhere on your card. You are not required to use S2G stamps.
Post your card to your blog/online gallery and use keywords S2GSC21 and shirley2girls. Then go to the S2G Challenge Blog and post a direct link to your card using Mr. Linky.
And now you have a whole week to submit a card! Deadline for submission is Wednesday, August 19, at midnight.
Here is my sample which showcases the Bon Voyage set (S2G206) by Shirley's 2 Girls.  Isn't this the cutest set -- Makes me think of Julia Child (Meryl Streep) and the delightful film, Julie and Julia!
Supplies:  Stamps - Bon Voyage set (S2G206); Paper - SU! real red, tempting turquoise, very vanilla, PTI select white, DCWV travel stack DP; Ink - Versafline onyx black, Tim Holtz antique linen distress ink, Copic markers for coloring; Accessories - Clear EP, Ephemera Sticker - Cavallini & Co., SU! circle & modern label punches, brads from my stash, dimensionals, Stampendous black class a' peel stickers, and deckle scissors.

Sure hope you have time to play along with us this week! As always, the random winner of this week's sketch gets to choose a stamp from the S2G product line. For more inspiration using this sketch, check out the wonderful creations made by the rest of the design team:
Debbie   Erin    Joy    Justine   Shelly

Thanks so much for stopping by! Can you smell the French bread?

Razzleberry Medallion

I just love the elegant Medallion in the new SU! catalog, and am so glad I ordered it! For this card, I stamped my medallion twice in Rich Razzleberry -- once on Whisper White and once on Razzleberry Lemonade DP -- then cut them out with my Nestabilities scallop circles before layering. I topped the center of the Medallion with the motif from Boho Backgrounds, and finished up with a fancy brad from my stash. Thanks so much for stopping by to take a peek at my card!

Supplies: Stamps - SU! Medallion, Boho Backgrounds, Essence of Love; Paper - SU! Whisper White, Pale Plum, and Razzleberry Lemonade DP, PTI Spring Moss, and generic white base; Accessories - Nestabilities scallop circle dies, Marvy scallop circle punch, SU! oval punches, dimensionals, and a K&Co. fancy brad.

IC192 Sunflower

Great inspiration challenge today on SCS! The challenge today is to use a vase from the Bellacor site for your inspiration. My sunflower card was inspired by the Umbria Girasole Vase found here: http://www.bellacor.com/productdetail/392372.htm I love sunflowers and had a bit of fun changing up the colors a bit to give my card an autumn feel. I used my Shirley's 2 Girls Sunflower digi image which I stamped on MS Designer Paper and colored with Copic markers.

So glad you stopped by today..... Have a fabulous weekend!

Supplies: Stamps - DG17 Sunflower by Shirley's 2 Girls; Paper - MS DP, PTI dark chocolate and Chocolate Remix DP, SU! pumpkin pie, DCWV textured white, generic white base; Ink - Copic markers for coloring; Accessories MS butterfly punch and pearls from Mike's.

LS232, SC240 I'm Hungry!

Happy Friday, everyone! For my card today, I combined two SCS challenges --this week's sketch, SC240, with today's LSC232 -- make a card with food and limit the colors to 'food colors' such as barely banana. For my food, I chose the ice cream sundae image from the Gina K Designs set called How Sweet It Is! For my food colors, I used barley banana, chocolate chip and crushed curry (although technically a spice, I considered it food since it is something we eat.). Hope the food police don't come after me! I also used close to cocoa for sponging around my image. Hope you like what I came up with, and thanks for stopping by today. Enjoy your weekend! Supplies: Stamps - How sweet it is! by Gina K. Designs!; Paper - SU! barley banana, chocolate chip, crushed curry, and Patterns DSP in crushed curry, PTI select white, generic white base; Ink - Adirondack pitch black, SU! close to cocoa for sponging; Accessories - dew drops, various Marvy punches, dimensionals, Nesties scallop circle die and Copic markers for coloring.

S2GSC20 - Twisted Thursday!

Good Morning, Everyone!  It's time for another Shirley's 2 Girls Twisted Thursday sketch.
This week's S2GSC20  TT sketch with a twist -- to use polka dots somewhere on your card -- is another fun sketch from Joy.   
It is easy to play along with us:
Just make a card following today's sketch and add polka dots somewhere on your card.  You are not required to use S2G stamps.
Post your card to your blog/online gallery and use keywords S2GSC20 and shirley2girls.  Then go to the S2G Challenge Blog and post a direct link to your card using Mr. Linky.
And now you have a whole week to submit a card!  Deadline for submission is Wednesday, August 12, at midnight.
My sample uses the cupcake image from the S2G set called Your Day Set (SG103).  For the dotted twist, I used my favorite Bitty Dot Basics DP by PTI. 
Recipe:  Stamps - Shirley's 2 Girls Your Day Set (SG103); Paper - PTI select white and Bitty Dot Basics DP, SU! Crushed Curry; Ink - Versafine onyx black, Copic markers for coloring; Accessories - Clear EP, glitter, Marvy plain circle punch, EK success scallop circle punch, Nestabilities, dimensionals and Mike's white metal faux brads.
Sure hope you have time to play along with us this week! As always, the random winner of this week's sketch gets to choose a stamp from the S2G product line. For more inspiration using this sketch, check out the wonderful creations made by the rest of the design team:
Debbie   Erin    Joy    Justine   Karolyn   Shelly
So glad you stopped by today!  Am looking forward to seeing your wonderful creations!

MMTPT58 Teapot Tuesday at Tosh's!

Holy Cow... Gotta find my boots! This week the Teapot gals are partying at Tosh's Dairy Farm. We even get to bring a cow. Fortunately Terri (tdoddoo on SCS) sent me a wish RAK featuring these hefty heifers! Thanks Terri!

So I'm good to go and off to California. Hope to see you at the party. You can read all about Cindy's Teapot Tuesday challenge here.

Supplies: Stamp - A Penny Black cow image sent to me by Terri, computer-generated sentiment; Paper -various scraps from my scrap bin; Ink - VersaMarker pen, Copic markers for coloring; Accessories - Clear EP, Flower Soft, deckle scissors, black rhinestones.

TECC76 It's Your Day!

Where did July go? My August birthdays are fast approaching so I made a birthday card for my stash, using Taylor's Cupcake Challenge sketch #76. What a great sketch!

Now about my card... I just received my SU! order and couldn't wait to try the new Crushed Curry. I am delighted with how well it works with Ballet Blue . I added a layer of Bazzill dotted swiss cardstock in a shade that I think blends well with the blue and curry.

My cupcake image (SG103 -- It's Your Day) was stamped on PTI select white, colored with Copic markers and embellished with gold glitter. I punched out my image with a Marvy punch and layered it on various sizes and colors of scallop circles. I added a piece of MS white twill and this card was done. What would we ever do without punches and Nesties?

Have a super Sunday and thanks for stopping by today!

Supplies: Stamps - Shirley's 2 Girls - It's Your Day (SG103); Paper - SU! crushed curry & ballet blue, PTI select white, Bazzill Dotted Swiss DP; Ink - Versafine onyx black and Copic markers for coloring; Accessories - SU! corner punch & scallop circle punch, 2 sizes of Marvy scallop circles punches, Nestabilities scallop circle die, Stampendous gold diamond dots, dimensionals and MS twill.

S2G Sneak Peek Week - Grand Prize Winner!

And the Grand Prize (a complete set of the newly-released stamps) goes to:

Handmade Creations By Stephanie!!

Congratulation Stephanie!! The Sisters will get those New Releases out to you just as soon as they return to the real world from CHA - sometime next week, I think!!

Here is a complete list of all the Sneak Peek Week Winners:

Thursday - 7/23 - BFF Mazie Debbie's Winner #2 Stephanie Joy's winner #17 Georgia Friday - 7/24 - Love Bug Mazie Debbie's winner #12 Tami Joy's winner #13 Scrappin' Kat Woman Karolyn's Winner #18 Sheila D Shelly's Winner #4 Grace C. Saturday - 7/25 - Beach Mazie Karolyn's Winner #1 Kelly Debbie's Winner #7 Anne Pat's Winner #8 Debbie Fisher (debbiedee) Shelly's Winner #5 Regina Easter Sunday - 7/26 - Peace Dog Kelly #7 (Shelly's Blog) Handmade Creations by Stephanie #2 (Debbie's Blog) Pegg S. #13 (Joy's Blog) Monday - 7/27 - Mazie Rocks Joan #12 (Karolyn's Blog) Cassie_lu (Pat's Blog) Tuesday - 7/28 - Groovy/Yoga Mazie Erin Smetak #10 (Justine's Blog) StampinCathy #2 (Karolyn's Blog) Carla #5 (Shelly's Blog) Wednesday - 7/29 - Skater Mazie Stampin_melissa #5 (Justine's Blog) Wendy K. #6 (Erin's Blog) Thursday - 7/30 - GRAND PRIZE WINNER! Handmade Creations By Stephanie #3

Congratulations to all the winners. I would like to thank everyone for joining us for Shirley's 2 Girls sneak peek week! I really appreciate all the positive comments I received.

Again, many thanks from the bottom of my heart. Have a great weekend!

Shirley's 2 Girls has extended free shipping through Monday, August 3!

S2G Sneak Peek Week - Day 7 - Winners

The winners of "Stamp of the Day" - Day 7" (Skater Mazie) have been posted on the S2G Papercrafting Contest Blog. You can view the winners here. Congratulations!

S2G Sneak Peek Week - Day 8 - "Grand Finale"

Hold on to your hats! Today is the Grand Finale of the Shirley's 2 Girls Sneak Peeks. Each of the S2G Design Team members has several samples of the remaining new releases to share with you today.

Today I am showcasing 3 of the new sets. I have a total of 4 cards to share with you.

My first sample showcases Good Morning Sunshine (SG 709). Besides the wonderful rainbow stamp, this set also includes 3 sentiments (shown to the right of my card). I love this versatile set and will be using it for many different types of occasions, such as birthdays, thinking of you, etc. I used a Z-Fold to make my card. I first saw this fold on Beate's blog, Fresh and Fun. You can find her wonderful tutorial for this fold here.

My second sample showcases the new set called Feeling Groovy (SG712). Would you look at all the cool images and sentiments included with this set! Wow! I used the flower image and matching S2G digi DP to make my card. I even used the digi paper to do some teabag folding. My teabag folded motif was adhered to the gingham bow with dimensionals.

Shown below is another quick and easy card which combines the same flower image from the Feeling Groovy (SG712) set, shown above, and a sentiment from another new set called Peace Inchies (SG714). Deidre and Kristine really did a fabulous job on this new release. Most images and sentiments can be mixed and matched!

I love inchies and had so much fun making my next card. My inchies are from the new set called Peace Inchies (SG714). I stamped my inchies on SU! pink passion before punching them out with my 1" square punch and mounting them on inchie board. The DSP used is a peek of another fun new digi paper also being released by Shirley's 2 Girls.

Don't Forget!!! One lucky winner has the chance to be entered in a drawing to win the entire release. All you have to do to win is leave comments on all of the samples the S2G Design Team has shared with you during the eight days of Sneak Peek Week! So don't forget to leave me a comment on this post. Then also share some love with the rest of the design team: DEBBIE ERIN JOY JUSTINE KAROLYN SHELLY

So you don't miss a thing, here is a list of the all the samples created by the S2G Design Team:

• 7/23 - Debbie and Joy's blogs showcase BFF Mazie.
• 7/24 - Debbie, Joy, Shelly and Karolyn's blogs showcase Love Bug Mazie.
• 7/25 - Debbie, Pat, Shelly and Karolyn's blogs showcase Beach Mazie.
• 7/26 - Debbie, Joy and Shelly's blogs showcase Peace Dog Mazie.
• 7/27 - Pat and Karolyn's blogs showcase Mazie Rocks.
• 7/28 - Justine and Karolyn's blogs showcase Yoga Mazie.
• 7/29 - Justine and Erin's blogs showcase Skater Mazie.
• 7/30 - Debbie, Pat, Karolyn, Joy, Justine, Erin and Shelly will all showcase new samples as well a a flashback.

Sure hope you have enjoyed Sneak Peek Week as much as we have. Thanks so much for stopping by. And don't forget to join us next Thursday, August 6, when the regular Twisted Thursday challenge returns!

All images with be available for purchase tonight, July 30, at midnight (PDT) here.