Blog Candy!!

I thought it would be a good idea to offer some fabulous blog candy while I'm at CHA. Since I'm there for Stamper's Dream, and I'm a huge fan of JustRite, I've got a wonderful array of JR product for you. I didn't get a photo of it all, but I'll have links for each one for you to see. All you have to do is leave a comment on my CHA blog posts Sunday, Monday and Tuesday about which item from that day is your favorite. You must comment on each post to be entered in the drawing. You'll have until Friday evening to post. Do not comment on this post. My first post will go live probably late Sunday evening Pacific Coast Time.

Here's a list of the products:
Wood Stamper 1 3/16" with Bonus 60 pt Font Set and 3 Damask Borders
Recipe Set
What's Cookin' Set
1 5/8" Wood Stamper
Girl Time Set
2" Wood Stamper
Storage Box
Medium and Large Numbers Set

I'm also throwing in a Spellbinders Dahlia Nestabilities die, a Flourish Martha Stewart Punch, and some other yummy goodies!!

The total value of this candy will be well over $125!! Now isn't that delicious!!!!
Don't forget...you must comment on each CHA post: Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday. I will announce the winner on Friday after using Random integer. You will then have until Saturday evening to email me. After that I will continue to pick someone new until a winner has contacted me.

Michelle (Owner of Stamper's Dream), is offering some fabulous Dreamy Treats too. To enter to win her blog candy, click HERE.

CHA Binder #3

Last, but not least, Binder #3. *smile* This one is a bit simpler than the rest. But I love the colors and papers. The dp is all Graphic 45 (LOVE this stuff), with a mat frame of Suede Brown Dark (Prismatics). The Gorgeous flower and frame is another JustRite image from one of their newest released sets called My Garden. It's stamped with Vintage Sepia Versafine, embossed with Clear ep, watercolored with Tombows and paper toled. The leaves were made with a PunchBunch leaf punch, and the charm is a Metal Mini Tag by Nunn Designs. It's soooo easy to make because it has a ridge of the shape on the back. So all you have to do is take your card stock, or paper, lay it over the charm and run your stylus around the ridge. You then have the exact sized oval or square to cut out and fit in the charm.

I stamped "CHA" with my Times Roman font (JR) and filled the charm in with some Diamond Glaze (JudiKins). Finally, I added some Rhinestones (Zva Creative and Kaisercraft) and Ribbon (PTI). Everything was ink distressed with Vintage Photo (Ranger Distress Ink).

Here's the inside of each binder, with coordinating papers of course. *wink* I used Trompe Script and Times Roman font Fonts for each one, and Spellbinders' Fancy Tags diecuts. I printed out the "MUST SEE" Vendors with their booth numbers alphabetically and numerically, so it would be easier to navigate the show, and included a notes section to help us remember important facts at the end of the day.







That's it for this week. I leave for CHA today!! Woot!! I'll try to have my top 5 each day of the show!

Happy Stamping friends!!


Stamps: My Garden, Times Roman font, Trompe Script
Paper: Graphic 45 dp, Suede Brown Dark, Watercolor
Ink: Vintage Sepia (Versafine), Vintage Photo (Ranger Distress)
Accessories: Circle, Circle Scallops and Fancy Tags (Spellbinders), Charm (Nunn's Designs), Rhinestones (Zva Creative and Kaisercraft), Ribbon (PTI), Border Punch (Martha Stewart), Sewing Machine and Dimensional Tape (Scotch)

CHA Binder #2

I'm leaving for CHA, with Stamper's Dream, in two days. Woo-Hoo!! We're looking forward to finding some new, fun stuff for the store, and all the new stuff from the companies that Michelle already carries in the store. I'll be taking photos and sharing them with you here as often as possible too, so check back often.

Here's the second Maya Road Chipboard Binder that I altered for our trip to CHA. All the images used are JustRite this time. I know, shocker!! LOL The gorgeous flowers and their frame are from a newly released set called Plant a Little Love. LOVE these flowers. They're so easy to color, and fun to paper tole! Michelle just got the shipment of these in yesterday, so head on over to Stamper's Dream and check them out!! They're fabulous! Today, I stamped the image with Versamark onto watercolor paper, embossed it with Detailed Black ep, and watercolored it with Tombow markers. The circle frame was stamped with Vintage Sepia Versafine directly onto the dp, and embossed with Detailed Clear ep. I used the Times Roman and Trompe Script fonts for the Labels 8 Nestabilities shaped tag. And the oh, so gorgeous paper, is Origins by Basicgrey.

Thank you so much for stopping by. Tomorrow I have my last binder to share with you, and I'll show you how I divided up the inside also.

Happy Stamping my friends!!





Stamps: Plant a Little Love, Times Roman and Trompe Script
Paper: Origins, Birchtone Dark (Prismatics), Watercolor
Ink: Versamark, Vintage Photo (Ranger Distress), Vintage Sepia (Versafine)
Accessories: Labels 8, Circle and Circle Scallops Nestabilities (Spellbinders), Ribbon and Buttons (PTI), Border Punch (Martha Stewart), Hole Punch, Dimensional Tape (Scotch), Sewing Machine

CHA Binders

It's Thursday, and time for another CCEE challenge. I stuck with Cindy's sketch as a base, but added a couple of things. Hopefully I won't get the buzzer!! We'd love to have you play along too. Just click HERE to head on over to our CCEE Stamper's Blog.

I leave for CHA this Sat., and am about as excited as I can get. Last year I altered some Maya Road binders for us to take notes in, so I thought I would do it again this year. I will have one to show you tomorrow and Sat. too.

To alter this 6x6 Maya Road Chipboard Binder, I used Urban Tapestry and Slight Alterations (Tim Holtz's Stamper's Anonymous). For my CHA medallion, I turned to my trusty JustRite tools. I used my Vertical Stamper, with Brayton and Trompe Script fonts.

The paper is Basicgrey Periphery and Birchtone Dark Prismatics.

That about sums up today's binder. Check back tomorrow to see another in a totally different style.

We've been getting a lot of storms here in central California. Very rare indeed. I thought I'd share a few photos. 2 of one of the many rainbows we've been seeing, and one of the sunrise over the mountains the next morning. You can click on the photos for a closer look.

If you look closely you can see a double on the right. It's very faint.

Happy Stamping!
Tosh

Supplies:
Stamps: Urban Tapestry and Slight Alterations (Tim Holtz's Stamper's Anonymous), Brayton and Trompe Script (JustRite)
Paper: Basicgrey Periphery and Birchtone Dark (Prismatics)
Ink: Sky Blue, Beige, Crimson Copper, Olive, Coffee Bean, Graphite Black (Brilliance Dew Drop), Frayed Burlap (Ranger Distress)
Accessories: Circle Nestabilities, Ribbon (Webster's Pages, May Arts, PTI), Button (PTI), Metal Dots (Wal-Mart), Punches (Martha Stewart and EK Success), Pearl (Kaisercraft), Fibers, Sewing Machine

Monkey Love

Many of you know I have no great love for monkeys, and because of that I have received many monkey cards and photos from "thoughtful stampers". Boy, there are times when I really feel the love. Julee (Verve) has really enjoyed razzing me about this latest release too. She just had to design a monkey set called Love Monkey....okay....here's where I need ya'll to keep a secret. I really do think this little guy is just the cutest!! I mean, shoot, he's so chubby with a crooked little grin. Who wouldn't love this guy? Even a monkey challenged stamper such as I can't resist him. This was actually the first card I made with the newest released images. Really! And I paired him up with the Be Mine Plain Jane because I thought it would be cute to have him sitting on the arrow. Now the sentiment is actually on top of the arrow, so I colored the arrow only, with a black SU! marker, stamped it, then colored the sentiment and layered it beneath. Since the images are clear, it was easy as pie. Finally, I added a sweet little heart from the Thankful Accents set released last month.

Hope you had a nice weekend. I'm getting ready to head to CHA on Saturday!! Woot! Can't wait!
Happy Stamping ya'll!!




Stamps: Love Monkey, Plain Jane - Be Mine, Thankful Accents
Paper: Neenah, Kraft and Suede Brown Dark Prismatics
Ink: Jumbo Java, Red Brick, Midnight Black (VersaMagic), Vintage Photo (Ranger Distress)
Accessories: Rectangle Nestabilities, Embossing Folders (Cuttlebug), Glitter, Candy Dots (Pebbles, Inc.), Buttons (Rusty Pickle), Burlap String (May Arts), Border Punch (EK Success and SU!), Sewing Machine, Dimensional Tape (Scotch)

Verve Release!!

Happy weekend!! Woot!!
I have another Verve card to share with you today. In case you missed it, Julee revealed January's release last night, and it's super fabulous!! Click HERE to see all the new images!

For this gate fold card, I used Hearts Desire.

Here's a look at it closed.

ETA: Here's a look at my gatefold card before cutting. The dimensions are as follows:
10 1/2" x 3 1/2"
Score: 1 3/4", 3 1/2", 7", and 8 3/4"
Along the top, cut 1/2" down on each side, up to the center panel.
Hope this helps.

Hope you're having a fabulous weekend!!
Happy stamping!




Stamps: Heart's Desire
Paper: Baby of Mine (Jenni Bowlin), Blush Red Dark (Prism)
Ink: Cranberry (Adirondack Dye), Pixie Dust (Versamagic), Antique Linen (Ranger Distress)
Accessories: Scor-Pal, Circle Nestabilites (Spellbinders), Corner Punch (Martha Stewart), Glitter, Satin Ribbon (May Arts), Rhinestones (Zva Creative)

Won't you be mine?

I made this card for Teresa's Verve sketch found HERE. I used the new Plain Jane Be Mine, and the flower from the set Love's Flower. If you haven't participated in any of the challenges yet, there's still time. Click HERE for the Master Challenge Thread. You have until 6:00 pm Eastern time. Then, join us in the Verve Forum at SCS for the Release Party (HERE) at 9:00 pm Eastern tonight! You won't want to miss these releases!! They're fabulous!!!

Have a super weekend everyone!!
Happy Stamping!!




Stamps: Be Mine Plain Jane, Love's Flower
Paper: Bissette and Winter Song (SEI), Black and White CS
Ink: Black Onyx Versafine
Accessories: Border Punch (SU! and Martha Stewart), Glitter, Pearls (Kaisercraft), Copics, Ribbon, Sewing Machine, Long Rectangle Nestabilities (Spellbinders), Sewing Machine

Thanks be to God!

Woo-Hoo!! It's Thursday, and time for another CCEE Stampers Sketch provided by Cindy Haffner!! We'd love to have you participate too. Click HERE to play along.

This card is pretty straight forward. No fancy techniques. Just a lot of diecuts, punches, sewing and flowers. I will tell you though, that the wonderful sentiment I used is a Plain Jane from last month's Verve Release. It's I Corinthians 15:57. And I want to remind you that Verve is Sneak Peeking this month's release today and tomorrow, with the release being Friday evening. There are also some fabulous challenges going on over at SCS, giving you an opportunity to win some Vervalicious images!! Click HERE to see what that's all about.

The weekend is almost here!! Woot!
Hope your week is a fantastic one!
Happy Stamping!




Supplies:
Stamps: I Corinthians 15:57 (Verve)
Paper: Baby and Bride Collection (Graphic 45), Neenah, Iced Orange (Prismatics)
Ink: Starlite Black (Brilliance) and Tattered Rose (Ranger Distress)
Accessories: Circle, Scalloped Circle and Labels 3 Nestabilities (Spellbinders), Prima Flowers, Flourish diecuts (SU!), Border Punch (Martha Stewart and EK Success), Dew drops, Ribbon (Webster's), Sewing Machine, Dimensional Tape (Scotch)

Verve Sneak Peek ~ Accent Notes

Didn't I warn you that I had a ton of stuff to share with you this week? And there's lots more to come too!! I've been having so much fun, and the ideas just keep coming!! Love it when that happens.

I have the distinct honor and privilege of sneak peeking the new Verve set called "Accent Notes". And boy oh boy is this set ever GORGEOUS!! If you scroll down to the envelope card I made for the Shape Challenge at the SCS forum HERE, you'll see another image from that set. LOVE it!!

Now, head on over to the Verve Blog to see more details about my card and the other peeks that the divas have for you. You for sure don't want to miss all the details about how you can win the whole Verve release for January, or a fabulous Verve gift certificate!!

Thanks a million for stopping by. Hope you're having a most fantastic week!!
Happy Stamping!

A Bucket of Kisses!!

I have another JustRite project to share with you. I got this little red bucket from the $1 bin at Target during the Christmas season, knowing it would come in handy come Valentine's. Ya'll know I love my JustRite stamps, and this sentiment from the Loving Thoughts set couldn't be more perfect. And it just shows, that a sweet little gift does not have to take much time to put together. I just used my Spellbinders Heart, Square and Circle Nestabilties, a piercing tool, to coordinate with the bucket, and a border and heart punch both by Martha Stewart. It doesn't get much easier than that.

Here's a closer look at the card. To get the sentiment on the bottom, I just inked up the last line of the sentiment "Live More, Laugh Often, Love Much" from the Romantic Sentiments set. Instead of putting it in my 1 5/8" circle stamper, I used my Vertical Stamper. That way I could use my Stamp Postioner (SU!) to line it up perfectly over my scored lines.

Don't forget, you can click on the photos for a closer look. Clicking on the highlighted words will take you to where I got those products from.



Here's a closer look at the bucket.

Supplies:
Stamps - Romantic Sentiments, Loving Thoughts (JustRite)
Paper - Neenah, Kraft, Blush Red Dark
Ink - Black Onyx (Versafine)
Accessories - Heart, Square and Circle Nestabilities, Rhinestones (Zva Creative), Piercing Tool, Button (PTI), Border Punch and Heart Punch (Martha Stewart), Bucket (Target)

Verve Sneak Peek Challenge

I'm excited to be sneak peeking some of Verve's newest images this week. Everything you see this week will be available Friday evening. And, to start a week of peeks, there will be 5 challenges, in the Verve Forum on SCS, hosted by a few of the divas. Each challenge you participate in gives you an opportunity to win a $25 Verve Gift Certificate. And if you participate in all the challenges and upload your projects to the Master Challenge thread found HERE, you could win the entire release.

I have the extreme honor of hosting one of these challenges. Since it's the beginning of a new year, I thought I would challenge you to "get in shape". For more details on how to participate, click HERE.

Here's my example:


For my envelope card, I used a fabulous tutorial by Anne Bodil found HERE.
Here's a look at the inside of the envelope. The insert can be removed.

If you're looking for the Stamper's Dream JustRite Blog Hop, scroll down to the next post, or click HERE.

Stamps: Love's Flower, Accent Notes, Love Monkey, Celebrating You
Paper: Papertrey
Ink: Oasis Green (VersaMagic), Vintage Photo (Ranger Distress)
Accessories: Fancy Tags and Labels 4 (Spellbinders), ScorPal, Snowflake and Leaf Punch (Martha Stewart), Flowers, Stickles, Rhinestones (Kaisercraft), Ribbon (Papertrey), Envelope Card Tutorial (Anne Bodil: Bodilsscrapperverden.blogspot.com), Sewing Machine

Stamper's Dream Blog Hop Announcement

Stamper's Dream is having it's first ever Blog Hop to introduce the newest JustRite images. I'm a day early with my post, but I'll include a list for you to check out on Monday, because you won't want to miss what these talented girls have come up with!! Be sure to comment at each Blog because Michelle is offering some fantastic Mystery Blog candy. Wednesday evening she will reveal the blog in which the candy was hidden and the random integer number picked.

Here's the Blog Hop order for Monday.
Tosh (you are here)
Michelle
Denise
Amy
Silke
Carolyn
Laurie



Okay, now about the card. I used this past week's Mojo Monday sketch as a starting point, but I put my ribbon in the wrong place. *sigh*

The sentiment in the center of the medallion is from JustRite's Romantic Sentiments set, and was stamped with Versamark and embossed with Detail Gold ep. For the medallion base, I used a variety of Spellbinders dies: Lattice Pendant, and Octagon, Circle, and Blossom 1 Nestabilities. I added a bit of sparkle to the edges with my Quickie Glue Pen and some Judikins Ultrafine Transparent Glitter.

FYI: You can click on the photos for a closer look, and the highlighted words will take you to where you can find that particular product.

The striped panel was made with Impression Obsession's Thin Stripes Cover-a-Card Cling Background stamp image, inked with Key Lime Versamagic Chalk ink.

The white bg was embossed with Cuttlebug's Swiss Dots Embossing folder, and the border was made with a Martha Stewart punch. The Rhinestones are Me and My Big Ideas Icons, and the Spring Moss Ribbon and paper are from Papertrey Ink.

Thanks for stopping by. Don't forget to check out Stamper's Dream's Blog Hop tomorrow starting at Michelle's Blog HERE.

CCEE Sketch Challenge

I'm so excited to let you know that our CCEE group is stamping again after a 2 month break. There have been some changes though. First of all, 4 members have left for various reasons (Cindy Motherway, Carolyn King, Dawn Lusk and Deb Mills). Although they will be very missed, we know where to find them in the stamping world. :o) With their absence, we decided to add two new members. Joanne Grzelak, and Shirley Quarry! Two kind and wonderful stampers. We've also moved to Thursdays since Monday was a little hectic for some team members.

This month Cindy Haffner has provided a month of sketches. We hope you'll check our CCEE Stampers Blog each Thursday and participate with us. We'd love to see where your creativity takes you.

Now, for the card I created for this year's first CCEE Challenge.

I stamped this darling Penny Black image, called Heart Garland, with Versamark onto watercolor paper, and embossed it with Detail Black ep. I then watercolored it with Tombows. The sentiment is from Flourishes Gerbera Daisies set, and the charming paper is from My Mind's Eye Life Stories Collection.

The border was made with the SU! Scallop punch, and the image is framed with Spellbinders' Labels 3 Nestabilities die. All the edges were ink distressed with Frayed Burlap and Vintage Photo Ranger Distress inks.

Finally, I added some ribbon (SU! and American Craft), a Rusty Pickle Button, and some Maya Road Heart pins.

Just a little reminder that Michelle is having some Sales and Specials over at Stamper's Dream to make room for new product after CHA. Here are just a few of the items on sale: Spellbinders, Prismatics, JustRite, My Mind's Eye, Whiff of Joy

That about sums this baby up!
Hope you're having a fabulous week.
I'm fighting the flu...HARD. So hopefully next week goes smoother.
Happy Stamping my friends!!!




Stamps: Heart Garland (Penny Black), Gerbera Daisies (Flourishes)
Paper: Life's Stories Collection (My Mind's Eye), Kraft (Prismatics), Watercolor
Ink: Versamark, Frayed Burlap, Vintage Photo
Accessories: Labels 3 Nestabilities (Spellbinders), Tombows, Ribbon, Stick Pins (Maya Road), Border Punch (SU!), Sewing Machine, Dimensional Tape (Scotch)

Dirty Dozen Pocketwatch

Sorry I've been absent so much everyone. I promise, things are going to pick up immensely though. I'm currently working on some projects that I can't share quite yet, so I have a card to show you that I made for the Dirty Dozen on Splitcoaststampers.


This pocketwatch card was made for May's 2008 Dirty Dozen gallery. The theme was masculine, and the featured product was metals. I used SU!'s Brushed Gold cs, and an antique button that I felt fit the bill in the metal department. And this card is made entirely out of punches and nestabilities.

The two circles are connected with SU's word window punch. The top oval was made with SU's two ovals. The center oval is Nestabilities smallest petite oval diecut. And the sentiment is on the bottom layer with the top layer opening punched out with SU's key tag punch. I embossed the top layer of the circles with a cuttlebug embossing folder.

The chain is just gold cording tied in a series of knots with a vintage button attached at the end.

I also ink distressed all the edges with Vintage Photo Distress ink.

Hope your new year is off to a great start!!
Thanks for stopping by!!

Stamps: Anniversary Birds- Verve

Paper: Brushed Gold - SU

Ink: Black Onyx Versafine

Accessories: Nestabilities, SU punches: Word Window, Key Tag, Lg and Sm ovals, gold cord, vintage button, black Detailed ep, sponge

Happy New Year!!

I just wanted to take a moment to wish all of you the happiest of New Years!! May 2010 be filled with joys and blessings beyond measure!

Also, I wanted to let you know that Michelle at Stamper's Dream has just put all of her Spellbinders on sale to make room for new product next year!! She also has My Mind's Eye (my all time favorite dp company) paper and all the JustRite stamps on sale among other things!! Be sure to check out her Sales and Specials section. Just Click HERE.