Make it Merry & Bright

I love this sweet little tree from the Inkadinkado set Pattern Play Holiday. I just stamped it with Black Onyx (Versafine) onto Neenah Solar White and colored it with copics. I added a bit of sparkle with a Quickie Glue Pen, and Ultrafine Transparent Glitter. I then stamped the snowflakes with White Craft Ink (SU!) onto Stormy Light Prismatics for the bg. The sentiment is from the JustRite set A Merry Little Christmas Borders and Centers.

I used Mercy's sketch #46, found HERE, for inspiration.

I have a sneak peek of JustRite Images to share with you...Michelle ~ Stamper's Dream ~ will be getting them in her store Mid November. They're super charming!! LOVE the squares. Yep, I said squares.
They even have come up with some more circle frames and fonts. Here's a peek at the borders.




Thanks for stopping by!
Happy Stamping my friends!!

Stamps: Pattern Play Holiday, A Merry Little Christmas Borders and Centers
Paper: Stormy Light and Dark, Kraft (Prismatics), Neenah Solar White
Ink: Black Onyx (Versafine), Craft White (SU!)
Accessories: Labels 9, Circle and Oval Nestabilities (Spellbinders), Embossing Folder (Sizzix), Copics, Glitter, Corner Punch (Fiskars), Border Punch (Martha Stewart), Ribbon (May Arts), Rhinestones (Zva Creative), Christmas Red Stickles, Candy Dots (Pebbles, Inc.)

Warm Holiday Wishes

Isn't this bird and flourish just charming? I love the whimsical clear set Pattern Play Holiday by Inkadinkado. It comes with so many charming images: a sweet tree, an adorable snowman, a fun flake and peppermint candy. So many possibilities. I chose to use this darling bird ornament and flourish with the Splitcoaststampers Sketch for this week. You can find the sketch HERE. Both were stamped with Black Onyx (Versafine) onto Neenah Solar White cs, and were colored with Spica Pens. The sentiment is from the set Holiday Expression (Inkadinkado). I've used this set quite a bit this year because of it's fabulous variety of sentiments. Michelle only has one left in her store too. Here's a close up of the bird so you can see the subtle sparkle of the Spica Pens. You can click on the photo to enlarge it. The rest is pretty self explanatory.

Hope your week is off to a great start!!
Happy Stamping!!

Stamps: Pattern Play Holiday (Inkadinkado), Holiday Expression
Paper: Blush Red Dark, Neenah Solar White
Ink: Black Onyx (Versafine), Bottle (Adirondack Dye), Vintage Photo and Aged Mahogany (Ranger Distress)
Accessories: Spica Pens, Labels 4 Nestabilities (Spellbinders), Border Punch (Fiskars), Ribbon (Offray), Rhinestones (Bazzill and Hero Arts), Snowflake Punches (Martha Stewart), Quickie Glue Pen, Ultrafine Transparent Glitter, Sewing Machine, Dimensional Tape (Scotch), Corner Punch (Marvy)

Indian Corn

Last week our vet dropped off a tin bucket filled with goodies and a calf feeding milk bottle. I asked her what it was for. Well apparently, a neighbor had a sick calf on his beef cow ranch and needed a milk bottle to hand feed one of his calves. My husband sent over a bottle not giving it a second thought. Well, the neighbor was so appreciative of this minor act that he reciprocated with a gift. So, I made this card to thank he and his wife for their generosity. It's such a blessing to have neighborly neighbors.

Since they're farmers, and considering the time of year it is, I used this gorgeous Fall Corn image by Inkadinkado, framed it with the Labels 8 Nestabilities die (Spellbinders), and used Graphic 45 and Basicgrey decorative paper. I didn't have any more Chocolate colored Candy Dots (Pebbles, Inc.), so I colored my white ones with a very dark brown copic. It gave them a mottled look, which fit with the rustic feel of this card.

I LOVE the Thanks border punch (Martha Stewart). I thought it was kinda different and fun! Finally, I added some Natural Burlap String (May Arts), and a PTI Wooden button. Oh, I almost forgot, I ink distressed with Scattered Straw and Vintage Photo.

Hope your week is a good one.
I'm heading north to visit my son in college. I'll be gone for a few days, but have some posts scheduled during my absence. I also get to spend a day with my dear friend Laurie (Just Give Me Stamps)!! What a treat!!

Happy Stamping my friends!!

Have Faith

I haven't had an opportunity to participate in SCS's sketch challenge for quite some time. So today I thought I'd give it a whirl. I created these medallions with the Fleur de lis center diecut (Spellbinders). The backdrop to the medallions is Labels 3 (Spellbinders). The sentiment in the center is from the set Tiny Words and Centers (JustRite). The gorgeous dp is Spiceberry (Memory Box). The flowers were made with punches by Punch Bunch, and the pearls are Kaisercraft.

For the inside, I rock 'n rolled the branch for the Inkadinkado set Winter Borders with Pesto and Espresso Adirondack Dye Inks. The Holiday Expressions sentiment (Inkadinkado) was rock 'n rolled with Vintage Sepia and Black Onyx (Versafine). The ribbon is May Arts, and the flowers on the inside were colored with Spica Pens.

That's it for this card.
Thanks for stopping by!
Happy Stamping!




Stamps: Tiny Words and Centers (JustRite), Holiday Expressions and Winter Borders (Inkadinkado)
Paper: Spiceberry (Memory Box), Birchtone Medium and Dark, Blush Red Dark and Herbal Garden Light (Prismatics)
Ink: Vintage Photo (Ranger Distress), Espresso and Pesto (Adirondack Dye Ink)
Accessories: Fleur de lis and Labels 3 (Spellbinders), Pearls (Kaisercraft), Ribbon (May Arts), Circle Punch, Sewing Machine, Dimensional Tape (Scotch), Spica Pens, Flower Punches (Punch Bunch)

"Beary" tall card

It's a new week!! And I have a CCEE challenge card to share with you today. This month we're "Shaping Up!", and this week it's with a tall card. I used Jen's fabulous SFYTT sketch to help me get the mojo going.

I fell in love with this adorable Penny Black image, called Candy Cane Perch, the moment I saw it. Isn't he precious? And he's so much fun to watercolor too. I stamped this cutie with Versamark onto 140 lb coldpress watercolor paper and embossed him with Black Detail ep. I then watercolored him with Tombows and an aqua pen. The edges are all ink distressed with Vintage Photo (Ranger Distress), the snowflakes are from Spellbinders Create a Flake 1 and the Snowflake Borderabilities. The sentiment is from the set Holiday Expressions by Inkadinkado. I stamped it with Vintage Sepia (Versafine), and embossed it with Clear Detail ep.

Now you won't want to miss what the other CCEE gals have done for their tall cards, so head on over to the CCEE Stampers blog. We'd love to have you participate too. Just make a tall card and link it by using Mr. Linky. It's really quite easy!

That's it for today.
Thank you so very much for stopping by.
Happy Stamping!!




Stamps: Candy Cane Perch (Penny Black), Holiday Expressions (Inkadinkado)
Paper: Coastal Venice (Me & My Big ideas), Kraft and Suede Brown Dark (Prismatics), Watercolor
Ink: Versamark, Vintage Sepia (Versafine), Vintage Photo (Ranger Distress)
Accessories: Tombows, Oval Nestabilites, Create a Flake 1 , and Snowflake Borderabilities (Spellbinders), Buttons (PTI), Satin Ribbon (May Arts), Rhinestones (Kaisercraft), Frosted Lace Stickles, Sewing Machine, Corner Rounder Punch

Christmas Cross

Happy Thursday!! I'm excited to share this card with you today because it combines two images that I think are just fabulous!! The Ancient Tribal Cross by Holly Berry House is so much fun to paper piece! And easy too. I just stamped the image 2 times on black, and 2 times on the burgandy and green (Eskimo Kisses - Basicgrey) with Versamark. I then embossed them each with Detailed Black ep (Judikins). Each piece is layered with Scotch Dimensional tape.

The pine flourishes are from Inkadinkado's Winter Borders Clear Set. I love these borders!! Each one works beautifully with other images, yet they could stand on their own too with a simple sentiment!!

Finally, before I assembled the card, I scored the White base with my Scor-pal.

Oh, before I forget, the little sentiment is from an Impression Obsession set called Lighten Up Mouse, and the corners were punched with a Fiskars Corner punch.

Hope you're having a fabulous week!!
Thanks for dropping in!!
Happy Stamping!!





Stamps: Ancient Tribal Cross (Holly Berry House), Winter Border Sets (Inkadinkado), Sentiment - Lighten Up Mouse (Impression Obsession)
Paper: Neenah Solar White, Black (Prismatics), Eskimo Kisses (Basicgrey)
Ink: Versamark, Antique Linen (Ranger Distress Ink)
Accessories: Scor-Pal, Detail Black ep (Judikins), Rhinestone (Melissa Frances), Spica Pens, Wizard Tags Trio (Spellbinders), Corner Punch (Fiskars), Dimensional Tape (Scotch)

Poinsettia Flower

Happy Monday!! Boy this weekend flew by. I didn't even do anything really exciting. Unless, of course, you call reorganizing a stamp room exciting. It's amazing what you can find while organizing. *grin*

Well, it's time for our weekly CCEE Challenge, and this week Frances challenged us to make a Flower Pot Pocket card. You can find the tutorial on SCS HERE. I've never made one of these before, and had a blast making it. I LOVE to make flowers, so I made my own Poinsettias with Punch Bunch Punches. I learned how to make these from a fabulous book called "Paper Bouquet" by Susan Tierney Cockburn. Her instructions are very easy to follow!

I made my pot a bit bigger than the SCS Tutorial calls for to accommodate my Poinsettias. Instead of 3 1/2" x 9", I made mine 5 1/2" x 11". The paper I used, to cover my Suede Brown Dark Flower Pot, is from the Christmas Past Collection by Graphic 45. LOVE this yummy stuff! I also added some Icicle Stickles to the flower centers, and Walnut Stain Distress Stickles to the Doodle Parts (Spellbinders). The little flourish on the right is a Sizzix die (SU!)


I Love the sentiment on the inside. I think the holly and the flourishes are fabulous. It's called Holiday Expressions by Inkadinkado, and it has a bunch more beautiful Christmas sentiments in the set also. You'll be seeing more projects with these sentiments. They're truly beautiful. And there's a sweet little Santa too with stars. Charming!!

Now surely you don't want to miss what flowerpots the other CCEEers have designed. Head on over the CCEE Stampers blog! We'd love to see your flowerpots too, so please join us!!

Stamps: Holiday Expressions
Paper: Christmas Past (Graphic 45), Ledger Paper Pad (Making Memories), Suede Brown Dark, Blush Red Dark, Herbal Garden Dark (Prismatics)
Ink: Vintage Photo (Ranger Distress Ink), Vintage Sepia (Versafine)
Accessories: Mega Giant Dahlia Petals, Medium Snowflake, Samll Sun and Small Stamens (Punch Bunch), Icicle and Walnut Stain Distress Stickles, Buttons (PTI), Chocolate Satin Ribbon (May Arts), Border Punch (Martha Stewart), Doodle Parts (Spellbinders), Flourish (Sizzix - SU!), Mini Multicolored Rhinestones (Zva Creative), Sewing Machine, Dimensional Tape (Scotch), Ivory Burlap String (May Arts), Scor-Tape

Thank you so much for dropping by!
Have a fabulous week!!
Happy Stamping!

Inkadink Christmas Card set

Inkadinkado has designed a fabulous new Christmas set called Holiday Greetings. It has a variety of images and sentiments, which are great for *mass production* of Christmas cards. For this set, all I used was two doubled-sided pieces of dp (Vagabond - Kaisercraft), Kraft, and Neenah Natural White cs. I achieved 6 similar, yet different, looks with a minimal amount of time. I changed each up with the way I sewed, and by adding a bow or button, and each image is colored with copics and/or has some Glitter added to it with my Quickie Glue Pen. I also ink distressed the images with Antique Linen (Ranger Distress), to give it a more vintage feel. That's it.

eta: Blogger really messed up my card order. In my edit program, my cards are in rows of two. I tried to fix it, but to no avail. Sorry for the scraggly look of this post.

Here's each Individual card:


































Supplies:
Stamps: Holiday Greetings (Inkadinkado)
Paper: Vagabond (Kaisercraft), Kraft (Prism), Neenah Natural White
Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento), Antique Linen (Ranger Distress)
Accessories: Copics, Rectangle Scalloped Nestabilities (Spellbinders), Border Punch (EK Success), Ribbon (Making Memories and SU!), Buttons (Making Memories), Glitter, Quickie Glue Pen, Dimensional Tape, Sewing Machine, Twine




































Thanks for Stopping by!
Happy Stamping!!

Nesting

I've mentioned many times that I'm a huge nature lover. Birds are right at the top of my list, so naturally I'm drawn to bird stamp images. This Nesting image (Inkadinkado), that I got from Stamper's Dream, is so realistic to me. I loved it the first time I saw it. And then while making this card, I found it was the easiest image to color. Many stampers having been using their copics on Kraft paper lately, so I thought I'd give it a try. I'm happy to say, I'm very pleased with the results. Kraft is very easy to color on, and I love the vintage feel it gave this card. After coloring, I coated the image with three layers of Detail Clear Embossing Powder (JudiKins), put it in the freezer for 10 minutes, cracked the glaze and rubbed Walnut Stain (Ranger Distress Ink) into the cracks. I then framed the image with this Breaking Free Summertime Frame Diecut (My Mind's Eye), and embellished it with flowers, flourishes and ribbon. Everything is ink distressed with Walnut Stain (Ranger Distress Ink).

The weekend is just around the corner. Hope your week is going well!
Happy stamping!
Tosh

Supplies:
Stamps - Nesting (Inkadinkado)
Paper - Black, Birchtone Medium and Kraft (Prism), Diecut (MME)
Ink - Tuxedo Black (Memento), Walnut Stain (Ranger Distress Ink)
Accessories - Copics, Flower and flourish diecuts (SU!), Flower and leaf Punches (Martha Stewart, Punch Bunch, Carl CarlaCraft), Black and Pewter Pearls (Kaisercraft), Wooden Button (PTI), Jute (PTI), Ribbon (May Arts)

Wishing you Comfort

This is quite a busy card I made for today...but blame it on the SCS Sketch Challenge...*grin*...I only followed the rules of the sketch. LOL

I LOVE the variety of lanterns in the Inkadinkado set appropriately called "Lanterns" that I got from Stamper's Dream. I just think they're so classy and elegant. I stamped this lantern with Versamark and embossed it with Detailed Black ep (JudiKins). The sentiment is from the Verve set "Wonderful Wishes", and it too was embossed the same way. All the edges were ink distressed with Old Paper (Ranger Distress Ink), and I added a couple of extra touches. I added a Multicolored Mini Rhinestone (Zva Creative) to the elegant Cross Ribbon Slide (Maya Road). I also added some dew drops to the corner and Frosted Lace Stickles to the inside of the lantern. The Rectangle and ovals Nestabilities (Spellbinders) were diecut with my cuttlebug and to finish it all off, I sewed around all the edges. The decorative paper is all Wisteria (Basicgrey).

Thanks for stopping by today!!
I hope you're having a fantastic week!!
Happy Stamping!!
Tosh

Supplies:
Stamps - Lanterns (Inkadinkado), Wonderful Wishes (Verve)
Paper - Wisteria (Basicgrey), Wizard (Prismatics), Neenah Natural White
Ink - Versamark, Old Paper (Ranger Distress Ink)
Accessories - Nestabilities (Spellbinders), Cuttlebug, Border Punch (Fiskars), Ribbon Slide (Maya Road), Dew Drops, Ribbon (May Arts), Frosted Lace Stickles, Black Detailed ep, Sewing Machine, Dimensional Tape (Scotch)

A Perfect Day for a Sketch

I made this card today for SCS's Sketch found HERE. As soon as I got my hands on the set Beauty Stems From Here (Inkadinkado), I knew these leaves would be fun to paper tole. They, along with the butterfly from the Patterned Birds & Bugs set (Inkadinkado), are colored with copics and popped up with dimensional tape. I added a touch of glitter too. The sentiment is from the Elisabeth Bell Accessories and Sentiments Collection.

The images can all be found at Stamper's Dream.
And be sure to check today's earlier post to learn about how to win some fabulous JustRite Blog Candy.


Supplies:
Stamps - Beauty Stems From Here, Patterned Birds & Bugs (Inkadinkado), Elisabeth Bell Accessories and Sentiments Collection (Whiff of Joy)
Paper - Fernbrae (Memory Box), Black and Simply Smooth (Prism)
Ink - Tuxedo Black (Memento), Old Paper and Aged Mahogany (Ranger Distress Inks
Accessories - Copics, Flower and Leaf Punches (Martha Stewart and Carl CarlaCraft), Oval Nestabilities (Spellbinders), Corner Tag Punch (Stampin' UP!), Velvet Ribbon (Creative Imaginations), Chocolate Candy Dot (Pebbles, Inc.), Ultrafine Transparent Glitter, Quickie Glue Pen, Sewing Machine

Surprise Frances!! *grin*

Each Monday, I post a card that was made for a weekly challenge that a group of eight of us do together. We've been challenging each other for almost 2 years now, and Frances (StampOwl) has even set up a blog for us to share some of our contributions. Well, the 24th is her birthday, and since she's a day ahead of most of us, one of our members thought it'd be fun to turn the tables on her. You see, she's in charge of the challenges this month and has challenged us to make a Scrapling card. Well, since some of our members like to give the old *BUZZER* when challenges are not followed correctly, we thought it'd be fun to change her challenge. We all made Owl cards instead and conveniently forgot to send her the memo stating the change. *grin* Evil little monsters aren't we?

Head on over to our blog to see what the other girls have done and to wish Frances (who we affectionately call *Hoots*) a Happy Birthday. Click HERE.

Okay... now onto the card details:
I started off creating my bg. I took a 5x5 square piece of Memoirs (Inque Boutique) dp and scored it from corner to corner. I then sewed along the score lines. Went back to my Scor-Pal and repeated the process from the other corner. I then scrunched the paper in my hand into a ball, unfolded it, and rubbed Brushed Corduroy (Ranger Distress Ink) over the edges and the wrinkles. I took another strip of dp and sewed horizontal lines across it and did the same with it as the first.

The Patterned Birds and Bugs owl (Inkadinkado) was stamped with Vintage Sepia (Versafine), heated, then colored with copics. I also added a touch of glitter with my Quickie Glue Pen and Ultrafine Transparent Glitter.

The flower was made with the 5-petal Flower Punch (Stampin' UP!), a Martha Stewart Flower Punch, and a Carl CarlaCraft flower Punch. All were ink distressed with Brushed Corduroy and wrinkled up a bit. The flourishes were diecut with the Doodle Parts die (Spellbinders). The papers I used were all Prismatics: Birchtone Light and Medium and Tawny Medium.

The sentiment was stamped with Vintage Sepia (Versafine) onto leftover handmade dp from a card I posted a few days ago HERE. It was then diecut and embossed with the Curved Rectangle Nestabilitey (Spellbinders), and popped up on the Labels II (Spellbinders) piece that I cut out of the Inque Boutique dp.

The ribbon is organdy and various fibers, and the lacy border was made with a Martha Stewart border punch. The metal photo corner is by We R Memory Keepers, and the teeny tiny Chocolate Pearl is by Kaisercraft.

That about sums up the card. I hope you all have a fantastic week.
Happy Stamping!
Tosh

Supplies:
Stamps - Patterned Birds and Bugs (Inkadinkado), Inque Boutique
Paper - Memoirs (Inque Boutique), Birchtone Light and Medium and Tawny Medium (Prismatics) Simply Smooth White (Prism)
Ink - Vintage Sepia (Versafine), Brushed Corduroy and Old Paper (Ranger Distress Ink)
Accessories - Labels II Nestabilities and Curved Rectangles Nestabilities (Spellbinders), Doodle Parts diecuts (Spellbinders), Copics, Metal Photo Corner (We R Memory Keepers), Quickie Glue Pen, Ultrafine Transparent Glitter, Sewing Machine, Flower Punches - Martha Stewart, Carl CarlaCraft 5-Petal Flower (Stampin' UP!), Lacy border punch (Martha Stewart), Chocolate Pearl (Kaisercraft), dimensional tape.

CASEing Cindy for Stamper's Dream

The Stamper's Dream Design Team is CASEing one another this week for our monthly challenge. Each member was assigned another member to CASE. I was assigned Cindy Motherway (Mothermark on SCS). And here is my story...

1. How in the world is someone supposed to CASE the queen of creativity and out of the box thinking?
2. Black/White Polka dots? Me? Really now. Have you ever seen me make a card with black/white polka dots?
3. Creative writing is so not my strong point. I'm a straight to the point with the facts kinda girl...so writing a story? PAHLEASE!!
4. Teapots? Nope...it's coffee all the way for me.
5. Intimidated? Yep...that's me!!
6. Thanks Cindy, my friend, for the inspiration!! You're the BOMB!!

So, here goes: HERE is the card of hers that I cased.
I changed the colors, the image and the corners. I loved the way she centered the hummingbird in the scalloped circles, so of course I had to keep that the same. Didn't fold my scallops over though. That's all Cindy and her wonderfully creative idea.

I also had so much fun making my own dp on the last card, that I wanted to try it again with a different color and image. For the dp on this card, I just rubbed Milled Lavender and Old Paper (Ranger Distress Ink) onto Simply Smooth White (Prism) cardstock. I then stamped the Filigree (Impression Obsession) image onto the paper with the Milled Lavender again.

The owl from the Patterned Birds and Bugs Set (Inkadinkado) was stamped with Tuxedo Black (Memento), onto Natural White (Neenah) cardstock and was colored with copics. I colored the dots on the wing with a Sakura Stardust pen to give them just a hint of sparkle.

The corners were made with a Martha Stewart border punch, and the embossed background was made with a Cuttlebug embossing folder.

We'd love to have you participate also and win some blog candy. All you have to do, is CASE (which means use one of our cards as inspiration and change at least two things about the card) a Design Team member's card and post a link to Michelle's blog: Stamper's Dream. Include the link of the card you CASEd too please. If you upload your card to a gallery, please use the key words SDDC6.

To see what the other designers have done for this challenge, click on the following names: Michelle, Charmaine, Cindy, Denise, Kim, and Laurie


Supplies:
Stamps - Patterned Birds and Bugs Set, Filigree
Paper - Simply Smooth, Wizard Dark, Vanilla Cream, (Prismatics) Neenah Natural White
Ink - Tuxedo Black (Memento), Milled Lavender and Old Paper (Ranger Distress Ink)
Accessories - Circle Nestablities (Spellbinders), Martha Stewart border punch, Sakura Stardust Pen, Copics

Floral Elgance and blog candy...

I love flowers!! Love them!! Basically I just love nature...birds, flowers, clouds (as you probably noticed a couple of posts ago), sunsets, waterfalls...yep, nature. So when I saw this new Inkadinkado set Beauty Stems from Here, I had to have it! You can get it too from Michelle's store Stamper's Dream. She has oodles of new stamps from a variety of companies, along with papers, ribbon, and new fun embellishments too.

For this card, I stamped the image twice onto Neenah Solar White with Tuxedo Black (memento), and colored it with copics. I then cut out the flowers and leaves and popped them up with dimensional tape. I thought the Ivory Crocheted Ribbon along with the irridescent ribbon would make a good combination with a buckle slider, so I added that above the scalloped border created with a Martha Stewart punch.

The gorgeous sentiment is from the Wonderful Wishes set by Verve. They have the most fabulous sentiments in the most wonderful variety of fonts.

Supplies:
Stamps - Beauty Stems from Here (Inkadinkado), Wonderful Wishes (Verve)
Paper - French Flea Market (BellaBella - My Mind's Eye), Sage Medium and White (Prismatic), Neenah Solar White, Vellum (SU)
Ink - Tuxedo Black (Memento), Cloudy Blue (Adirondack Dye Ink)
Accessories - Labels I Nestabilities (Spellbinders), Copics, Crocheted Ribbon and Iridescent Ribbon (May Arts), Buckle (JoAnn Scrap essentials), Scalloped Border and Butterfly Punches (Martha Stewart), Corner Rounder punch, Rhinestone stickers (Kaisercraft), Fancy Decorative Corners (Simply Swank), Ultrafine Glitter, Quickie Glue Pen, Sewing Machine, Dimensional Tape

Oh.....you probably are wondering about the BLOG CANDY mentioned in the title...*grin*
Okay. Well, I recently hit 100,000 views and wanted to thank you all for stopping by. Especially those who have been so supportive and have left comments. So, I have some fun goodies that I'll give away Friday before noon. All you have to do is leave a comment about what your favorite flower is, and I'll use random.org to pick a winner. Simple as that.
Mine is the Sunflower. I love it's texture, size, and actually the different colors it can be!!
Did you know there's actually a sunflower called a Teddy Bear Sunflower? They are so fluffy and soft!! Love them.
Okay....

Here's a photo of the blog candy:

Included: Click on any of the items listed below for a closer view. They're all new items available at Stamper's Dream.

Easy Brad Maker Kit (Chatterbox)
Beauty Stems from Here Clear Stamps (Inkadinkado)
Rhinestones (Kaisercraft)
Pearls (Kaisercraft)
Everblooming paper (Kaisercraft)
Everblooming Epoxy Brads (Kaisercraft)
6X6 Chipboard Binder (Maya Road)
1/4" Olive Ric Rac Ribbon (May Arts)
5/8" Teal Sheer Ribbon (May Arts)


Thanks again!! I hope you all have a fantastic week!!
Happy Stamping!
Tosh

Monochromatic Swan

It's time, once again, for our monthly Stamper's Dream Dreamy Challenge. This week we were challenged to make a monochromatic card with a light, medium and dark color of the same family. I chose Desert Coral with Iced Orange (Prismatics). Prismatics are fantastic for monochromatic cards, and others too, because they come in a package with 3 shades of a particular color family.

We'd love to have you participate in this challenge also. All you have to do is make a monochromatic card and post it to the comments section of Michelle's blog: Stamper's Dream. If you post it to SCS, please use the key words: SDDC5. Michelle has some fun blog candy for a randomly selected winner too. You can click on the image for a larger view.

To see what the other girls have come up with, click on the names listed here: Michelle, Charmaine, Cindy, Denise, Kim, and Laurie

Now, to make this card...I first stamped the swan image from the Patterned Birds and Bugs set (Inkadinkado) with Black Onyx (Versafine), and embossed it with Detailed Clear ep. I then colored it with an aqua pen and Salmon and Denim Adirondack Dye Ink Reinkers.

The sentiment, from the Elisabeth Bell set, was stamped onto the Medium Desert Coral with the Black Onyx (Versafine) and was punched out with a tag from the Tag Trio die(Spellbinders).

The flowers and leaves were punched with a variety of punches: Martha Stewart, CarlaCraft, and Punch Bunch. The corners were punched with a corner punch by Marvy, the lacy bottom with a Martha Stewart Border Punch, and the bg was embossed with the Perfectly Paisly embossing folder by Cuttlebug.

All the edges were sponged with Vintage Cream (Papertrey Ink), the Pearls are by Kaisercraft, and the tiny little brad in the largest flower is an Epoxy Brad by Basicgrey.

That's about it! Hope you can play along. Head on over to Michelle's blog: Stamper's Dream. We'd love to see where your creativity takes you!


Supplies:
Stamps - Patterned Birds and Bugs (Inkadinkado), Elisabeth Bell (Whiff of Joy)
Paper - Desert Coral and Iced Orange (Prismatics), Neenah Natural White
Ink - Black Onyx (Versafine), Salmon and Denim (Adirondack Dye Ink)
Accessories - Labels I (Nestabilities - Spellbinders), Punches (Martha Stewart, CarlaCraft Punch Bunch, Marvy), Tag Trio (Spellbinders), Perfectly Paisley Embossing Folder (Cuttlebug), Pearls (Kaisercraft), Dimensional Tape, organdy ribbon, glitter, Quickie Glue Pen

Eggs for Eggette!!

Is it Monday already? My did the weekend flow by!! Well, that means it's time once again for a CCEE challenge that I do with a super group of friends.

This week, Charlene (LilLuvsStampin) chose Eggette as our Creative Name Featured Stamper on SCS. The requirements? Of course...there are always requirements...the card had to have an egg on it, green, and ribbon.

To see what the other girls have come up with, click HERE. We'd also love to have you play along! Follow the instructions on the CCEE blog so we can see where your creative mind took you!!

Now, my CS really has a deep green tone to it, and I used Frayed Burlap (Ranger Distress Ink), which also has a green tone, but it's hard to see in the photo. But the ribbon...definitely looks green. Albeit not bright. You know I don't work well with brights.. *grin*.

I stamped this Inkadinkado image with Frayed Burlap onto Neenah Natural white cs, and matted it with Birchtone Medium (Prismatics). I then added some Frosted Lace Stickles. For embellishments: organdy ribbon (heated slightly with heat tool to crinkle it a bit), Word Window punch (SU) and brads for the tabs, Corner treatment with two Martha Stewart flower punches and brad, Dew Drops, and finally sewing, a corner rounder punch, dimensional tape, and some ink distressing with more of the Frayed Burlap.

I love doing the CNFS!! It's one of my favorite challenges, because now I get to mail this to her!! Woo-Hoo!! I hope she enjoys this card as much as I did creating it.

Thanks so very much for stopping by!!! Have a FABULOUS week and don't get too harried getting ready for Thanksgiving! *grin*

Supplies:
Stamps - Inkadinkado, sentiment - Elzybells
Paper - Imaginesce, Birchtone Medium (Prismatics), Neenah Natural White
Ink - Frayed Burlap Distress Ink
Accessories - Dew drops, Organdy Ribbon, Frosted Lace Stickles, Word Window punch, Martha Stewart flower punches, Corner Rounder punch, brads, sewing machine

Charlene made me do it!!

Yep, it's time for another CCEE challenge and Charlene (LilLuvsStampin - SCS) challenged us to use a restaurant coaster on our card. YIKES!! This was definitely a challenge. No buzzer for me!! Woot!! I used an authentic coaster from a Red Robin restaurant. It had a different text in the window, so I created my own message with my Inkadinkado upper case peg letters.

If you'd like to see what the other girls came up with, click HERE.

My son is a freshman in college 1,000 miles away, and I had never texted until he left. I find he's much more willing to *talk* via this method, so I've adjusted. I'm getting pretty good too...*grin* I think he's getting a bit home sick (although he'll never admit it) so I thought I'd send him a card letting him know I'm so proud of him. He just swam in his first college swim meet and took a second in both events (100 fly and 200 fly) He lost the 100 by only .02 of a second. And I missed it...*sniff* Hopefully I'll get to see him compete soon.

The card is pretty basic. This awesome dp is Granola (Basicgrey)!! It's perfect for a masculine feel. I framed it with Kraft (Prismatics) cardstock, and ink distressed all the edges with Frayed Burlap (Ranger Distress Ink) To finish it off, I added the largest Black Pearls (Kaisercraft)...just as long as he doesn't realize he has pearls on his card....*grin* They just look like shiny brads don't they?

BLOG CANDY ALERT!!!

You so need to head on over to Michelle's Blog (Owner of Stamper's Dream) on Monday!!!
She's giving away the JustRite Christmas Ensemble set and the Circle III wooden stamper that goes with it!!! All you have to do is leave a comment by answering a question!! I'll have a post with this set for you to see on Wednesday. Michelle's Dream Team will be posting each day this week. You won't want to miss what they've done. They're all amazing!!

Monday - Denise and Michelle
Tuesday - Charmaine and Kim
Wednesday - Me and Amy
Thursday -Laurie was supposed to post this day, but because she spent this past week at the hospital with Ali, we're all pitching in and posting a project. Just click on the names listed above and below, and it will take you to that person's blog. Please remember the Schmidlin's in your prayers. Thank you!!
Friday - Carolyn and Cindy

That's it!
Hope you're having an awesome weekend, and thanks for stopping by. Have a blessed week, and Happy Stamping!!
Tosh

A Stamper's Dream Dreamy Challenge!!

The Stamper's Dream Dream Team is excited to announce that they will be doing a Dreamy Challenge the second Thursday of every month. And you can participate too. Just make a card with glitter on it, and link it to the comments section of Michelle's blog, and if you upload to Splitcoaststampers.com (we'd love to see it there too), just use keyword SDDC1. And to make this challenge even sweeter, (pun intended), Michelle has some awesome Holiday goodies which she will be giving to a winner chosen by Random.org.

This week we're working with a new product by Doodlebug, that Michelle just started carrying!! Glitter is so popular right now, and oh so fun to use, so we're using the Doodlebug product called "Stick With It". It's two sheets of double-sided adhesive shapes. The one we're using is called "Fancy That" and it's full of swirls and sentiments.

All you do is peel off the shape (making sure to keep the top protective strip in place) and lay the shape where you would like to feature it on your card or project. As soon as you have your design laid out, peel off the protective strip and apply your Doodlebug Sugar Coating glitter, rubbing over it with your fingers to make sure it adheres well. Doodlebug has a fabulous line of Sugar Coating Glitter, with a variety of colors, that each of the Design Team members is using. Flock can also be used, and Michelle has some awesome colors of Fun Flock too!! I made a card with the Fancy That (Doodlebug) Adhesives and Fun Flock, awhile back. Click HERE to see how the flock looks.

A little tip: After you adhere your Double sided adhesive to your project, before removing the protective tape, rub your embossing buddy over the paper. That will help to keep the excess glitter from sticking. After removing the tape and applying the glitter, flip the paper over and flick it with your finger a few times. That should also help to remove the glitter without it blowing up into your face.

So, check out the Stamper's Dream DT's blogs to see the different ways this product can be used. They're a talented and creative group. You won't want to miss their designs!!

Amy
Charmaine
Cindy
Laurie
Michelle


Now for the other details of my card. I stamped the Ornate Seasons (Inkadinkado) image with Black Onyx Versafine onto Crabapple Medium (Prismatics) and used my Quickie Glue Pen to add Beetle Black Sugar Coating to the bird. I also added White Sugar Coating to the edges of my flourishes to highlight them.

The paper edges are ink distressed with Rose Romance (SU) and Slate (Adirondack Dye Ink), and the corners are punched with the Corner Ticket Punch (SU). Finally, I added a bit more bling with some Rhinestone Stickers (Kaisercraft).


Supplies:
Stamps - Ornate Seasons (Inkadinkado)
Paper - DaisyD's, Crabapple Medium (Prismatics), Black
Ink - Black Onyx (Versafine), Rose Romance (SU), Slate (Adirondack Dye)
Accessories - Stick With It Adhesive Transfers (Doodlebug), Rhinestone Stickers (Kaisercraft), Corner Ticket Punch (SU), Sugar Coating Glitter (Doodlebug), Quickie Glue Pen