I didn't forget...

I'm back this afternoon with the weekly challenge from There She Goes. This time the awesome Jenny has challenged us to use paper piecing. I'm also playing along with Kittie's DTGD challenge, and I'm CASEing myself for this week's Featured Stamper challenge! Seize the Birthday are having a month long celebration and I'm linking up!

My stamps are from Jungle Out There. I pieced the elephant, using a little sponging to add some depth. I also popped up his head for even more dimension. The flower was die cut, then shaped and distressed.

I shadow stamped the elephant the inside of the card and added a sentiment from the Cinnamon set. I hope you'll play along this week for your chance at some TSG moohlah!
  

Stamps: Jungle Out There, Cinnamon (There She Goes) Paper: Collectable - Noteable (MME) Ink: Memento, Antique Linen Distress Ink (Ranger) Dies: Banner, Pretty Posies, Ovals (MFT) Other: Buttons, Twine, Seeing Spots Embossing Folder, Piercing Tool, Distressing Tool

CAS231 - Fresh Cut Florals.

Hello creative friends! It's time for another Clean and Simple Challenge over at Splitcoaststampers. This week the challenge is a sketch. I'm also playing along with one of the Dare to get Dirty challenges!

I'm going to go out on a limb and say that the stamps I've used today are my FAVE florals EVER! I just love how this card came together.

Here's my card...

*sigh* I just love all the flowery colour! I changed the rectangle to a circle, and curved my sentiment before stamping.

I shopped at i {heart} papers for my supplies today! The stamps are from Wplus9 Fresh Cut Florals, I've also used the matching dies. The paper is Authentique Renew, and I've also used some black sequins for some balance and sparkle. You'll find many more goodies in store, head on over, take a peek at what's new and say hi from me!

Here's the inside of my card...

I just couldn't stop die cutting and stamping those flowers!

Stamps: Fresh Cut Florals (Wplus9) Paper: Granola (MME) Ink: Various inks from MFT and SU  Dies: Fresh Cut Florals (Wplus9) Blueprints 3 (MFT) Other: Black Sequins

How Exciting!

I just had to pop in and share that I'm the Featured Stamper this week at Splitcoaststampers!

If you're new to the featured stamper challenge, basically everyone uses a card you've made as inspiration for their own creation - so fun! I can't wait to see all the gorgeous creations and I'm going to have to find time to play along!

I've had some other fun news recently, I won the Pink Elephant 208 challenge

and also Sketch For You to Try July!

That means I'll be hopping along with the amazing Reverse Confetti crew for the next release *swoon*

I better leave you with some eye candy right? No paper, just our gorgeous little man hanging out today on a lovely warm Winter's day!

  

VLV Week 5! Little Star

Hi friends! July has five weeks, so five awesome Viva la Verve sketches!

You can find all the details about this challenge and how you can win $100 to spend on Verve goodies in the Viva la Verve forum.

Here's the sketch for this week and the awesome inspiration photo from Julee!

and here's my take...

After seeing the inspiration photo I definitely had babies on the brain, so went with the Little Star Plain Jane. I paired it with the Starry Die and of course, the fab Pennant Trim die! I adhered cardstock behind the cut out stars, then coloured the sentiment to match.

I've had those little hands in my stash for a good eight years, so it was nice to use them!  

Stamps: Little Star PJ (Verve Stamps) Paper: Various Scraps  Ink: Memento  Dies: A Cut Above Dies: Starry Die, Pennant Trim Die (Verve Stamps) Other: Hand Charms, Corner Rounder, Star Embossing Folder

C4C - Enjoy Life

It's time for another fun challenge at Crazy for Challenges!

This week the challenge is to be inspired by picnics! We love going on family picnics, especially this past summer when Jackson was just little - no one cares if baby is grizzly in the open air! Our picnics almost always end with ice cream, so that's my take this week.  Here's my card...

I've used Enjoy Life from There She Goes and the matching Enjoy Life dies to create my cone. The embossing folder reminded me of the pattern on a cone.

The paper is Authentique Renew. I'm playing along with Simon Says - Summer Food or Drink!

The layout is Freshly Made Sketches 96.

Here's the inside of my card...

Now it's time to go see all the fab inspiration from the design team, happy hopping!

• Andrea Murdock
• Anja de Regt
• Barbara Anders
• Betty Wright
• Frances Byrne
• Jessie Rone
• Joanne Grzelak
• Kelli Hull
• Kristine Reynolds
• Peggy McCurry
• Sarah Gough -you are here!
• Silke Kittman
• Silke Ledlow
• Sarah Kipling (July Guest Designer)

  Stamps: Enjoy Life (There She Goes) Paper: Renew (Authentique) Ink: Sno Cone, Kraft (MFT) Barely Banana, So Saffron (SU) Dies: Enjoy Life Dies (TSG) Tag (MFT) Other: Button, Twine, Whimsy Embossing Folder (Lifestyle Crafts)

Handwritten and Mixed Media Backgrounds Blog Hop Challenge

It's the final day of peeks at the new There She Goes stamps, and we have two fun sets to share today!

Mixed Media Backgrounds from Tobi Crawford is perfect for all you Mixed Media crafters, but is also fabulous for cards, scrapbook pages, and other projects.

Mixed Media Backgrounds is a 4x6 set that includes a total of 10 stamps and will sell for $15.00.

Handwritten is a mixture of fabulous fonts and styles, perfect for adding that personal touch to any card or project.

Handwritten is a 4x6 set that includes 16 stamps and will sell for $15.00.

I have a really clean and simple, one layer card to share using these sets. I just knew that heart would look awesome coming off the handwritten font - I love it! My only embellishments are the washi tape and some white sequins - I love the tone on tone look!

Would you like to win the new Mixed Media Backgrounds and Handwritten stamp sets? Here is what you need to do- visit the Trendsetter’s blogs that are participating in each of the blog hop challenges below and comment on their creations as you go. One of the Trendsetter’s blogs (from each hop day) will be randomly chosen as the ‘it’ blog and a winner will be picked using a random number generator from the comments left on that Trendsetter’s Blog Hop Challenge post.

You will not know which blog has been chosen so the more you comment on the better your chances are of winning new stamps! The Blog Hop Challenges will be open until 5 PM Eastern Time Saturday, July 27th with the winner being announced during the release party chat.


  

Stamps: Handwritten, Mixed Media Backgrounds (There She Goes) Paper: White Card Ink: Electric Red, Berrylicious (MFT) Other: Sequins, Washi Tape

Strut Your Stuff Blog Hop Challenge

It's There She Goes sneak time...and it's time to Strut Your Stuff!

The newest addition to Wendy Leach’s SUPER FUN Sock Goblin line, Strut Your Stuff….these stamps will make you feel like a kid again.

Strut Your Stuff is a 3x4 set that includes a total of 2 stamps and will sell for $9.00.

I don't have to tell you I LOVE this image, right? So. Darn. Cute. I didn't want to add a lot of distraction, so kept things pretty simple here - black borders and mini brads. I did add a few freckles using a marker. 

Here's the inside...

Would you like to win the new Strut Your Stuff stamp set? Here is what you need to do- visit the Trendsetter’s blogs that are participating in each of the blog hop challenges below and comment on their creations as you go. One of the Trendsetter’s blogs (from each hop day) will be randomly chosen as the ‘it’ blog and a winner will be picked using a random number generator from the comments left on that Trendsetter’s Blog Hop Challenge post.

You will not know which blog has been chosen so the more you comment on the better your chances are of winning new stamps! The Blog Hop Challenges will be open until 5 PM Eastern Time Saturday, July 27th with the winner being announced during the release party chat.

Stamps: Strut Your Stuff (There She Goes) Paper: Be Amazing (MME) Ink: Memento Black Dies: Postage Stamp border and Stax, Blueprints 2 (MFT) Other: Mini Brads, Copics

 

Amalia's Daisy Fairy Blog Hop Challenge!

Yahoo! It's day two of peeks from There She Goes, and today we're sharing the newest set from Megan Suarez!

Amalia’s Daisy Fairy is a 3x4 set that includes a total of 3 stamps and will sell for $9.00.

Here's my card:

My layout today is Mojo 303 flipped. I added a nice thick layer of Stickles to make those wings extra sparkly! The paper is Lucky Charm by American crafts (I'm trying to stop hoarding this pack - love it!) I have a pic of the copics used at the end of this post (tip: hover over any image to pin - pin the card and the copic photo for easy reference!)

Here's the inside of my card...

I left the inside blank, this card would work for so many occasions - I'll stamp a sentiment inside when I need to use it!

Would you like to win the new Amalia’s Daisy Fairy stamp set? Here is what you need to do- visit the Trendsetter’s blogs that are participating in each of the blog hop challenges below and comment on their creations as you go. One of the Trendsetter’s blogs (from each hop day) will be randomly chosen as the ‘it’ blog and a winner will be picked using a random number generator from the comments left on that Trendsetter’s Blog Hop Challenge post.

You will not know which blog has been chosen so the more you comment on the better your chances are of winning new stamps! The Blog Hop Challenges will be open until 5 PM Eastern Time Saturday, July 27th with the winner being announced during the release party chat.

  

Stamps: Amalia's Daisy Fairy (There She Goes) Paper: Lucky Charm (American Crafts) Ink: Memento Black, Antique Linen Distress Dies: Ovals, Botanical Beauty, Flags (MFT) Other: Diamond Stickles, Felt, Button, Twine, Copics

School Doodles Blog Hop Challenge!

Yippee! It's time for sneak peeks from There She Goes! Today we are showing off School Doodles!

The new School Doodles set from Torico is FULL of super cute and fun images perfect for any parent, teacher, scrapbooker, or card maker. With 49 stamps, the possibilities are endless!

School Doodles is a 6x8 set that includes a total of 49 stamps and will sell for $24.00.

I have a clean and simple card for you today - I've only used 4 of the 49 stamps!

How cute are those little kids?! Love them! I've coloured with copics, and fussy cut the little cuties. The paper is from Lucky Charm by American Crafts. The layout is Retro Sketches 73. I tried to embellish more, but just kept coming back to this clean look - I've only used some rhinestones. ETA: I'm playing along with the Moxie Fab Trendy Triangles Challenge! I hoarded this awesome triangle print for SO long!

Would you like to win the new School Doodles stamp set? Here is what you need to do- visit the Trendsetter’s blogs that are participating in each of the blog hop challenges below and comment on their creations as you go. One of the Trendsetter’s blogs (from each hop day) will be randomly chosen as the ‘it’ blog and a winner will be picked using a random number generator from the comments left on that Trendsetter’s Blog Hop Challenge post.

You will not know which blog has been chosen so the more you comment on the better your chances are of winning new stamps! The Blog Hop Challenges will be open until 5 PM Eastern Time Saturday, July 27th with the winner being announced during the release party chat.

  

Stamps: School Doodles (There She Goes) Paper: Lucky Charm (American Crafts) Ink: Memento Black Dies: Fishtail Flags (MFT) Other: Copics, Rhinestones, Corner Punch