A Sizzlin' Party!!

It's JustRite week at Stamper's Dream!! Michelle has all the fabulous new JustRite images in her store, and the Dream Team has some fantastic projects to share with you.

Here's our schedule:

Monday - Amy , Cammie, and Michelle

Tuesday - Charmaine , Laurie, Michelle and Me

Wednesday - Laurie, Michelle and me

Thursday - Amy , Denise , Laurie , Cammie and Michelle

Friday - Cammie , Charmaine , Kimberly and Michelle

Now, about my card. It's an Sizzlin' invitation, and it was so much fun and easy to make. I used all Nestabilities shapes and the Salsa medallion from the Preserves Borders and Centers Set. (JustRite) I used the largest oval for the bowl, and the largest Octagon for the chips. I just cut across from one point to the other to get the exact shape for all the chips.

The Salsa medallion, of course, was made with the circles. Easy as pie. All the dp is from Memory Box's Fernbrae, and the chips were spritzed with Creme de Chocolate Glimmer Mist (Tattered Angels) to give them a baked look. I also wrinkled, tore and distressed them, since no chip goes undamaged in a bag ya know...LOL

The medallion was colored with copics and paper toled. There are actually five layers at it highest point. Crazy, huh. Sometimes I just can't help myself. *grin* The buttons are a mix of PTI and SU!, and I sewed around all the edges.

The inside was computer generated, and the lined dp is Making Memories.



That about covers it. Don't forget to check and see what all the other girls have come up with.

Thank you so much for stopping by today.
Hope you're having a wonderful week!!
Happy Stamping!!

Footprints Feature

It's time for another CCEE challenge and I used SC236 for my layout. This week is our CNFS (catchy name featured stamper), and Dawn chose Footprints27 to feature. So, of course we were required to use any type of footprints on our card. Boy did I have to dig into my stamp stash to find footprints. If you click on the photo, you can see the hot pink toenail polish. *grin*

To see what the other girls have come up with, and if you'd like to play along, head on over to our CCEE Stamper's blog.

Thanks so much for stopping by.
Hope you have a fantastic week!!
Happy Stamping!





Stamps: Pink Cat Studio
Paper: Madeline (K&Company), PTI, Neenah Natural White
Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento), Frayed Burlap (Ranger Distress Ink), Going Gray (SU!)
Accessories: Oval Nestabilities (Spellbinders), Copics, Cuttlebug embossing folder, Fiskars Border Punch, Marvy corner punch, Bone Charm (Bella), Glitter, Ivory Taffeta Ribbon (SU!)

Mommy Time!!!

As you probably noticed from my post yesterday, Charmaine is having a baby!! Woo-Hoo!! And I am blessed to be on two design teams with her. Yesterday I made a baby card for Isabelle for the Verve blog shower, so today I made something for Charmaine for the Stamper's Dream Blog Shower. I figured it was time for some *Mommy Pampering*!!! So I altered this Soap Gift Box by Partylite. The box and soap packaging was already fantastic, so I just personalized it a bit. The box contains 6 different handmade soaps, and I labeled them with 3 sentiments...Rest, Relax and Restore.

For the Medallion on the outside of the gift box, I used two different JustRite sets: The *Pamper Yourself* Circle sentiment from the Girl Time Set, and the Striped Circle Border from the 10 Designer Centers and Borders Set. The 2" Wood Stamper has two different circle sizes in it so you're able to *layer* the circles. I then set up my own sentiments in the center: Rest, Relax and Restore, with the Trompe Script Complete Font Set and the Trompe Script Lowercase Font.

The yummy papers are Everafter (Cosmo Cricket), and Smokey Gray (PTI). I thought it would be fun to make an *elegant* (and I use that loosely) bow with the 1 1/2" Twill from SU!. The corner was created with the allDeco Victorian punch, and the border was made with a Fiskars punch. Finally, I added a touch of bling with Bronze Rhinestones and Pewter Pearls (Kaisercraft), and ink distressed everything with Vintage Photo (Ranger Distress Ink)

For the soaps, I used my Rectangle Nestablities (Spellbinders), my Harmony Rectangular Stamper and the Trompe Script Upper and Lowercase Fonts again. The little flowers were punched with PunchBunch Punches and the Rhinestones are Kaisercraft and Zva Creative.

Now, the rest of the Dream Team is celebrating the soon-to-be arrival of Isabelle too, so click on the names below to see what they've come up with:


Michelle
Amy
Becca
Cammie
Denise
Kim
Laurie

Thank you so much for stopping by.
I hope you're having a fantastic weekend!!
Happy stamping!!

Welcome Little Isabelle!!

(ETA)Sorry if you're seeing this Friday night...I postdated this for Sat. morning and it popped up already...the hop doesn't start until 8:00 am Pacific Sat. the 11th....don't know how this happened...

There’s a new little baby Diva almost here and today we’re celebrating with a suprise shower hop! So come along with us and do the hop, hop, hop to help celebrate the arrival of Charmaine’s new little oodabug! This shindig started at the Verve Stamps blog, so if you’ve just happened along, be sure to hop on over there to start from the beginning!

I'm so excited to be able to participate in this little shower for Isabelle!! Here's the card I made to welcome Charmaine's new little one.

I don't own any Verve *baby* images or sentiments, so I had to make do with what I had. Charmaine loves color...so I went with pink tones (since she's having a girl....*grin*). I thought the tulips from the Miracles Blossom set were sweet, and I adapted a sentiment from the Just For You set. Since Verve's images are clear, it's easy to choose selective words from sentiments. I inked only the words *You are perfect* from the sentiment *You are a perfect example of the person I want to become*. Woila...a baby sentiment. *You* was inked with Versamark and embossed with White ep. *Are* was colored with Green Galore (SU!) and Perfect was colored with Cameo Coral (SU!). The sketch is from this weeks Mojo Monday #94.

The dp is from Papertrey's Text-Style Hodge Podge. And the cardstock is papertrey Sweet Blush and Simply Smooth (Prism).

I have some new punch toys, and the corners were made with one of them. It's an All Decco 4-in-one Victorian Corner Punch.

Finally, I added a bit of bling with Glitter, Rhinestones (Zva Creative), and Pearls (Kaisercraft).

Thanks for stopping by! Now hop on over to Amy's blog for some more cuddly goodness.


Happy Stamping!!






Stamps: Miracles Blossom, Just For You (Verve)
Paper: Papertrey Ink, Simply Smooth (Prism)
Ink: Antique Linen (Ranger Distress), SU! markers
Accessories: Oval and Curved Rectangle Nestabilities (Spellbinders), Corner Punch, All Decco Corner Punch, Glitter, White ep, Sweet Blush Grosgrain Ribbon (PTI), Pearls (Kaisercraft), Rhinestones (Zva Creative), Dimensional Tape

Camo Sailboat

One of my nephews is having a birthday today. I love this Whipper Snapper Patched Sailboat. And when I saw this camouflage dp called Military (Kaisercraft), I thought the camo looked like water. So I set to work making my camo ocean scene. *grin*

I stamped the sailboat with Versamark onto watercolor paper and colored it with my Tombow markers and an aqua pen. I layered it so it would fit in the waves, which I just cut by hand. The tag is a Cuttlebug diecut that I watercolored with my Tombows too, and the ribbon is SU! Everything is ink distressed (including the moon) with Slate (Addirondack Dye Ink), and the Happy Birthday sentiment was created with my Times Roman Font (JustRite).

That about covers it.
Thanks for dropping by!
Happy Stamping!





Stamps: Patched Sailboat (Whipper Snapper), Times Roman Font (JustRite)
Paper: Miltary (Kaisercraft), Birchtone Light and Dark (Prismatics), Watercolor
Ink: Versamark, Slate (Adirondack Dye Ink), Tombow Markers
Accessories: Circle Nestabilites (Spellbinders), Tag diecut (Cuttlebug), Aqua pen, Dimensional Tape, Stitched Ribbon (SU!)

Holly Berry Ornament

Stamper's Dream has a new line of images in the store and they're charming!!! This is the first one of two that I'll be showing you. It's the Holly Berry House Square Medallion Ornament. Now I chose to just make it one sided and use it on a card to show that it's not just an ornament. I'll be showing it as an ornament real soon too.

I chose to use my JustRite 95 pt Trompe Lowercase Font to make the word *peace* and stamp it in the center with Versamark and Gold ep. But you could put a photo in there, the year, *Merry Christmas*, any sentiment. You could also put a snowflake or a flower in the center. The possibilities are endless. What fun!!!!

The paper I used to piece the ornament is Vagabond (Kaisercraft), Snowflakes and Border Punch (Martha Stewart), Ivory Silk Ribbon (May Arts), Latte Pearls (Kaisercraft), Multicolored Mini Rhinestones (Zva Creative), Buttons (PTI), Natural Burlap String, Swiss Dot Embossing Folder (Cuttlebug).

The card measures 4 1/4" x 8 1/2".
That about sums it up. Be sure to check out the new product Michelle has in her store. Look under New Arrivals, or click Here. She has some of the new Spellbinders Pendants and Borderabilities, some new Whiff of Joy images, and Basicgrey dp and stamps.

Thank you so much for stopping by.
I hope you're having a great week.
Happy Stamping!!





Stamps: Square Medallion Ornament (Holly Berry House), Trompe Lowercase Font
Paper: Vagabond dp (Kaisercraft), Island Mist Light and Dark (Prismatics), Neenah Natural White
Ink: Versamark, Vintage Photo (Ranger Distress Ink)
Accessories: Snowflakes and Border Punch (Martha Stewart), Ivory Silk Ribbon (May Arts), Pearls (Kaisercraft), Multicolored Mini Rhinestones (Zva Creative), Buttons (PTI), Swiss Dot Embossing Folder (Cuttlebug), Sewing Machine, Bow-Easy

A Modern Grid Technique

Man is my summer flying by!! I can't believe the 4th is past and that we're already well into the month of July. I hope all of you have a fantastic weekend. We thoroughly enjoyed our holiday with good food, outdoor games, friends and fireworks.

Since this is the first Monday of the month, that means we have a new CCEE challenge hostess. This month it's Dawn, and she challenged us to do a *Modern Grid Technique.* Now I'd never even heard of this technique before, so I needed to see the examples that Frances (StampOwl) provided for us. You can find them HERE, HERE, and HERE.

I decided to combine this Modern Grid Technique with the Tri-Shutter Technique that we did last month. And this is my very first Christmas card of the season too.

To start, I drew my grid lines with my SU! Going Grey marker. Each square is 1"x 1". I then stamped the Snow Swirled (SU!) images with White Craft (SU!) randomly throughout the piece and embossed with White ep. I used a sponge dauber to add Currant (Adirondack Dye Ink) to the centers of the flakes and Lettuce (Adirondack Dye Ink) to the tree center, and then used an aqua pen to pull the color out and blend it. The sentiment was stamped onto one of the Lots of Tags diecuts.

Finally, I added some Multicolored Mini-Rhinestones (Zva Creative) and Clear Rhinestones (Kaisercraft) to the snowflake centers and sentiment piece.

Now, you need to go check out what creative ideas the other girls have come up with. Head on over to the CCEE Stampers blog. We'd love to have you participate too. Just follow the linking instructions when you get there.

Thanks for stopping by. I always love visitors!!
Happy Stamping!





Stamps: Snow Swirled (SU!)
Paper: Wizard Dark and Light, White (Prismatics)
Ink: Currant, Lettuce (Adirondack Dye Ink), White Craft (SU!)
Accessories: Scor-Pal, Sponge Dauber, Ruler, Lots of Tags diecut (SU!), Rhinestones (Zva Creative and Kaisercraft), White ep

Sending Hugs!

I'm not usually big on Teddy Bears. But when I saw this sweet chubby bear with his little friends and the old fashioned mailbox, I was smitten. What a charming scene!!! The image is called Team Effort by Penny Black. I love that all these sweet animals are working together to get this letter out. The sentiment is from the set Thinking of You Messages by Hero Arts.

And the Girl Friday dp by Cosmo Cricket......Yummy colors and patterns!! I used the largest Labels II Nestabilities shape (Spellbinders) behind the Oval Nestabilities.

Check this out!!! Every one loves a good SALE, right? Especially stamp supplies!!!!! Well, Stamper's Dream is having a GINORMOUS sale right now in order to make room for new supplies. Everything from Spellbinders Nestabilities to JustRite Images. She even has a slew of punches marked down!! Woo-Hoo!! Click HERE to see what great deals Michelle has goin' on!!

Thanks for stopping buy everyone!!
Hope you're having a wonderful week!!
Happy Stamping!!




Supplies:
Stamps: Team Effort (Penny Black), Thinking of You Messages (Hero Arts)
Paper: Girl Friday (Cosmo Cricket), Frosted Pink, Suede Brown Dark (Prism), Neenah Natural White and Neenah Solar White
Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento), Antique Linen and Vintage Photo (Ranger Distress Ink)
Accessories: Labels II and Oval Nestabilities (Spellbinders), Tag Punch (Martha Stewart), Button and Ribbon (PTI), Copics, Sewing Machine, Distress Tool, Dimensional Tape

More Verve!!!

I just wanted to share another card I made for this month's Verve release. For this one, I used the Plain Jane Hebrews 11:1 (Verve). This verse really speaks to me!!

No different techniques, or anything fancy-shmancy here.

Stamps: Hebrews 11:1 (Verve)
Paper: Kraft and Tawny Light (Prismatics), Neenah Natural White, Little Yellow Bicycle and Making Memories dp
Ink: Vintage Photo (Ranger Distress Ink), Espresso (Adirondack Dye Ink)
Accessories: Labels II Nestabilities (Spellbinders), SU! diecuts - Flowers Tags and bird, Leave punch (Martha Stewart), Corduroy Brad (SU!), Brads (Heidi Swapp), Brown String (May Arts), Sewing Machine
Here's another card I shared at the Verve release party last Friday:

I rock 'n rolled the leaves and circle from the Just For You set on this one, using Lettuce and Bottle (Adirondack Dye Ink). The edges are ink distressed with Antique Linen (Ranger Distress Ink), and the sentiment was stamped with Espresso (Adirondack Dye Ink).

Stop by the Verve Store and gallery and check out these new sets. They are truly fabulous!!!

Stamps: Just For You
Paper: Neenah Natural White, Island Mist Dark (Prismatics), Miscellaneous dp
Ink: Lettuce, Bottle and Espresso (Adirondack Dye Ink), Antique Linen (Ranger Distress Ink)
Accessories: Labels III Nestabilities (Spellbinders), Spring Moss Grosgrain Ribbon (PTI), Dew Drops, Sewing Machine, Dimensional Tape

Hope you're all having a fabulous week!!
We're taking the boat out tomorrow for the first time this summer!! Can't wait to swim, kneeboard and tube!! It's been in the 100's here *groan*!!!
So, no stamping for me tomorrow.

Happy Stamping everyone!!

Featuring Dawn!!

My good friend Dawn was the Featured Stamper on SCS yesterday!! Congrats my friend!! Of course I had to participate...even if I am a day late. *grin* The card of Dawn's that I cased is HERE. I loved her panels and that they were the same dp as her bg. I also loved the different shapes. So that's what I went with. When you case, the rules are that you have to change at least two different things. My changes: Colors, shapes, images, and I added a button and eliminated the brads.

To start, I wanted to create my own dp with some of Verve's newest releases. I took Antique Linen and Old Paper Ranger Distress Ink and rubbed them directly onto Simply Smooth cardstock (Prism). I then took the large Leaf image from the set Forever in Our Hearts (Verve), and rock 'n rolled it with Oregano and Espresso (Adirondack Dye Ink). I also used the leaves from the set Just For You, and the Plain Jane Leaves. The sentiment is from the Forever in Our Hearts set and is stamped with Espresso onto Neenah Natural White with a silhouette of the Plain Jane Leaves in the bg.

I LOVE my Spellbinders Nestabilities. So for this card I used the Labels I and the Octagon. The button is PTI and the Grosgrain Ribbon is May Arts.

Finally, all the edges were ink distress with Vintage Photo. (I know...shocker ain't it) *giggle*

Hope your week is off to a fabulous start!!
Happy Stamping y'all!!





Stamps: Forever in Our Hearts, Just For You, Leaves (Verve)
Paper: Simply Smooth and Suede Brown Dark (Prism), Neenah Natural White
Ink: Oregano and Espresso (Adirondack Dye), Old Paper, Antique Linen, and Vintage Photo (Ranger Distress)
Accessories: Octagon and Labels I Nestabilities (Spellbinders), Corner Tag Punch (SU!), Button (PTI), Ribbon and Brown Burlap String (May Arts), Sewing Machine, Dimensional Tape

A Hedgehog for you...

I have a friend who LOVES hedgehogs. So when I saw this cute little guy in the new Penny Black set Teddy and Company, I couldn't wait to make a card with him. The sentiment is from the All Wrapped Up set (Flourishes). I just used a Brown Tombow marker to color the sentiment inside the tag, and the hedgehog is colored with copics.

This week for our CCEE Challenge, Charlene sent us supplies.

• Pink Designer Paper
• Two Chocolate Brads
• One pink gemstone brad
• Two ribbons: One pink & one chocolate
• One chocolate oval punch & two white oval punches
• One pink pirouette curly label punch

Charlene’s instructions were that we:

• must use all or a portion of the designer paper
• must use either the pink gemstone brad or chocolate brads or both if we liked.
• must use a portion or all of one of the ribbons or both if we liked.
• must use either the oval all punch & oval punch shapes together or the curly label punch or both if we liked.

To see what the other girls have come up with, stop by our CCEE Stampers Blog. We'd love to have you participate too. Just follow the instructions on the blog.

Thank you so much for stopping by!! I hope you have a fabulous week!!
Happy Stamping!!





Supplies:
Stamps: Teddy and Company, All Wrapped Up
Paper: g.c.d. studios dp, Suede Brown Dark and Simply Smooth (Prismatics)
Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento), Brushed Corduroy (Ranger Distress), Brown Tombow marker
Accessories: Copics, Inverted Scallop and Scallop Circle Nestabilities (Spellbinders), Chocolate Ribbon, Border Punch (EK Success), Brads, Glitter, Sewing Machine, Curly Label Punch and Oval Punch (SU!), Piercing Tool, Dimensional Tape

Verve's Newest Releases!!

Verve's latest releases are now available!! Click HERE to go check them all out!! I have a couple of projects to share with you. The first is a magnet I made with the largest Blossom diecut (Spellbinders) and the Plain Jane 1 Peter 5:7 image. I used my Blossom diecut to cut out thin chipboard shapes and Bella Bella (My Mind's Eye) dp. Each shape is layered with dimensional tape to give the flower depth. The diecut won't go completely through the magnet, but the lines are deep enough to follow easily with a scissors.

Here's the magnet before I attached it to the back of the flower chipboard.

This next card is a completely different style. I went with a more modern look with the black, white and light blue.

I stamped the image, from the Forever in Our Hearts set, with Tuxedo Black (Memento). The dp I used is by Dovecraft (Kate Knight). I added some rhinestone flowers to bling it up a bit, as well as the Anna Griffin decorative brads and heated organdy ribbon. There are also three tiny little Pewter Pearls (Kaisercraft) in the flower centers on the bottom right.

That's it for today. I have some more cards to show you with these new releases that I'll post Sunday. Be sure to stop by the Verve store!!

Stamps: 1 Peter 5:7, Forever in Our Hearts
Paper: Bella Bella (My Mind's Eye), Neenah Natural White, Kate Knight dp (Dovecraft), Black (Prismatics), Core' dinations
Ink: Vintage Photo and Walnut Stain (Ranger Distress), Tuxedo Black (Memento)
Accessories: Blossom and Octagon Nestabilities (Spellbinders), Magnet sheet, Rhinestone Flowers, Pewter Pearls (Kaisercraft), Decorative Brads (Anna Griffin), Organdy Ribbon, Dimensional Tape

Happy Birthday Michelle!!

It's Michelle's Birthday today...and the Dream Team wants to wish her the grandest of birthdays!! Check out all the girls blogs to see what Birthday card they came up with to honor her today!! If you have a moment, head on over to the Stamper's Dream Blog and wish Michelle a happy birthday!!

Michelle LOVES Northwoods stamps, and she's big on watercoloring. So I thought I would watercolor this beautiful Closed Wing Swallowtail Butterfly/Sunflower image. This time I used my Watercolor Crayons (SU!). I adore the Octagon Nestabilities Shape, so I framed the image with it. I then sewed Ledger dp (Making Memories), to Kraft cs (Prism), and used Neenah Natural White as my card Base.

I love flourishes, and I thought these Wood Flourishes by Kaisercraft added just the right country feel. Finally, I did what I almost always do....I ink distressed. I just can't help myself sometimes. This time I used Vintage Photo (Ranger Distress Ink)

That's it. To see what the rest of the team has come up with, click on the following names: Becca, Cammie, Charmaine, Denise, Kim, Laurie

Tombows with a Flourish!

I have new toys!! Woot!! New to me anyway, they've been around for like forever!! Michelle just started carrying Tombow Markers in her Stamper's Dream store and ever since I was given a demo on how to use them I've been wanting to try them. Michelle has always watercolored with them so beautifully and I've been chomping at the bit to try my hand at it. And now...I'm in love. They're so easy to use and require very little time. A couple of lines and dots of color and woila!! Of course it helps to have a gorgeous image, like these Sweet Violets by Flourishes. They're stamped with Versamark, embossed with Detail Black ep and cut out with Oval Nestabilities (Spellbinders). The paper is Cosmo Cricket, and I added a few embellishments: Pearl Stickpin, Metal Corner (Tim Holtz), Dew Drops, Silky Crushed Wired Ribbon (May Arts)

Thanks so much for stopping by!!
I hope you're having a fantastic week.
Happy Stamping!!

Verve Sneak Peek - Kindred Spirits

I'm so excited to be able to share with you my very first Verve Sneak Peek. Julee has done it again. She has three gorgeous sets for you this month and some awesome Plain Janes!! My project for today is showcasing the set Kindred Spirits. I fell in love with it as soon as I saw it. So much so that I completed the inside of the card, and made an envelope to match.

For the card, I started by Inking up the largest Fleur de lis combo image with Frayed Burlap Distress Ink, stamping it off once, and then stamping it onto Simply Smooth Cardstock. I stamped the smaller one directly on top of the first with Frayed Burlap again. All the edges are ink distressed with the Frayed Burlap distress ink also. I then cut out the shape with the Oval Nestabilities (Spellbinders), and pierced a background piece with an Ornare Template. The edges were punched with a Fiskars border punch. The swirls were cut with a SU! diecut as was the flower base. The center of the flower was made with a Carl CarlaCraft punch and a Pewter Pearl (Kaisercraft)

For the inside, I used the Fleur de lis strip, stamping it twice, and the Kindred Spirits sentiment was stamped with Espresso (Adirondack Dye Ink). I stamped the larger Fleur de lis in the background with Frayed Burlap, but it's hard to see.


Finally, I stamped the envelope with the frame and the two individual Fleur de lis images and added a couple of Rhinestone Stickers (Kaisercraft and Zva Creative)

That about sums it all up. Head on over to the Verve Blog and check out what the other Divas have come up with for this set. They are fantastic.

Thank you so much for stopping by.
Have a fabulous rest of the week!!!




Supplies:
Stamps: Kindred Spirits
Paper: Imaginisce dp, Birchtone Medium and Dark (Prismatic), Neenah Natural White
Ink: Frayed Burlap (Ranger Distress Ink), Espresso (Adiraondack Dye Ink)
Accessories: Oval Nestabilities (Spellbinders), Cuttlebug, Ornare Piercing Template, Piercing Tool, Rhinestones (Kaisercraft and Zva Creative), Pewter Pearls (Kaisercraft), Flourishes and Flowers (SU! and Carl CarlaCraft), Fiskars Border Punch, Corner Rounder, Corner Ticket Punch (SU!)