Birthday Bash

Hi everyone!

Hope you all had a very Merry Christmas! 

 We have been enjoying our time together as a family.

I wanted to pop in and share about a fun birthday party coming up in less than 2 weeks!

StampNation opened on January 11, 2011.

We celebrate birthdays in a big way!  Get ready for some awesomeness!

 

A week full of challenges, videos, prizes and surprises from our fabulous sponsors at  

Simon Says Stamp, Verve, and Whimsy Stamps.

Want to learn more and celebrate with us?

CLICK HERE!!!

Here is a peek at our last challenge for 2014 on StampNation!

Have a safe and Happy New Year!!!!

Wishing you a very....

(PHOTO CREDIT)

and a Happy New Year!!!

Thank you for your support this year.

It is great to know so many wonderful crafters from around the world.  

You make this so much fun!

XOXO

Happy Birthday

Hi everyone!

Merry Christmas Eve!

I am popping in real quick with a birthday card using Simon Says Stamp goodies.

I am following the sketch for the Flickr Challenge. 

These stamps are so fun!

I used distress inks through the Zig Zag Dots stencil.  

Heat embossed using white embossing powder for the pig.

The vellum strip was cut using the Wrapped Mailing label die by SSS.

Entering here: Anything goes

Thank you for visiting and have a blessed day!!

Stamps:  Birthday Farm Animals, Square Sayings (Simon Says Stamp)

Ink:  Picked Raspberry, Spiced Marmalade, Mustard Seed, Mowed Lawn, Peacock Feathers & Seedless Preserves, Black Staz-on, Versamark

Paper:  White, Black, Vellum

Accessories:  White embossing powder, Wrapped Mailing label die, Birthday farm animals dies, Zig Zag Dots Stencil (SSS)

Thanks a Million

Hi everyone!

I made 6 thank you cards to give as a gift using this design.  

I made two using these colors then changed up the colors on the others.

I used the sketch at DCWV Diary and the colors at "Just Us Girls".

Thank you for visiting and have a great day!

Stamps:  Mini Banners (Clearly Besotted)

Ink:  Melon Mambo

Paper:  White, Melon Mambo, Tropical Teal & Hawaiian shores (PTI)

Accessories:  Stitched Squares (Lil' Inker), Star Framelits (SU)

Cool Yule

Hi everyone!

I am playing along with a couple of challenges today.  If any of you know me well, you know I make Christmas cards all year long so you will not stop seeing Christmas cards on my blog.  :)  I have mailed out all my cards for this year and already have a pretty good head start for next year. 

Here are the challenges:  I am using the sketch from the SSS Flickr challenge #8 and Christmas Card Challenges is looking for Penguins.  I absolutely LOVE these penguins from Clearly Whimsy Stamps.  Isn't that hat awesome?!!!!

On the pink background piece I used embossing paste through the stencil Zig Zag Dots by Simon Says Stamp.  The banner is cut using the Wrapped Mailing Label by SSS.

Thank you for visiting and have a great day!

Stamps:  Penguin Fun (Clearly Whimsy Stamps)

Ink:  Versafine black

Paper:  White, Black, Melon Mambo

Accessories:  Stitched Circles (Lil' Inker), Penguin fun dies (Clearly Whimsy), Wrapped Mailing Label & Zig Zag Dots stencil (SSS), Embossing paste

Inspired by gold

Hi everyone!

This week's StampNation challenge is awesome!

The photo Maureen picked is just gorgeous and the DT knocked it out of the park.

Look at these sneak peeks....

Awesome right?!!!

Want to join in the fun? 

Members click here to view the challenge.

Not a member yet?  Why not join today and have access to....

• 425+ video tutorials
• Over 150 challenges
• 30+ Lessons in Clean & Simple Design....new lessons in video format
• Spotlight on Trends Articles (written by me!)  
• & SO MUCH MORE!

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Merry Monday #139

This is my second post for today.  

Please scroll down to see my The Challenge #21 post.

Welcome back!

Time for another Merry Monday Challenge.

This week Karren challenges us to create a winter themed Christmas card.

This card was totally inspired by my good friend, Maureen.  

Her lesson in The Classroom on StampNation was creating a night sky but making it Clean & Simple.  I encourage you to check out her video on StampNation.

Not a member of StampNation yet?

What are you waiting for?

 Click here to join now & learn more about membership benefits! 

All supplies used on this card are by Papertrey Ink, except for the distress inks to create my night sky.

If you have any questions about any of them, leave me a comment.

Virginia's View Challenge: All Things Distressed

Christmas will be here before you know it.
Make sure you check out the other DT members cards over at the Merry Monday challenge blog.
This will be our last challenge until the new year!  Have a very Merry Christmas!

 Thank you for visiting and have a great day!

The Challenge #21

Hi everyone!

Time for The Challenge #21!

This week I chose to work with both the sketch and the color combo.  I am a hoarder of DSP and these colors matched the Season of Style DSP by SU!  I still have a ton of this paper.  I am happy to be able to use even just a little on my card today.

I hope you are inspired to play along in The Challenge this week.  

You can use just the sketch, just the colors or combine both. 

Thank you for visiting and have a great day!

Stamps:  Instant Photo: Holidays (PTI)

Ink:  Early Espresso

Paper:  White, Early Espresso, Cherry Cobbler, Season of Style DSP

Accessories:  Snowflake die (Wplus9), Deco labels (SU), Rhinestone

DeNami Design and StampNation!

Hi everyone!

DeNami Design is sponsoring our sketch challenge at StampNation this week.

I had so much fun creating with their adorable, whimsy designs.

Here's a peek at my card...

I used Star Swirl and Small Classic Christmas! 

I love this tree and the font on the sentiment.

I also made another card to share with you today.

 Aren't these penguins the cutest?!

This stamp is called Penguins w/ Banner.

Want to play along and have a chance to win a $50 Gift Cert. to DeNami Design?

Members click here to view the challenge.

Not a member yet?  Why not join now?
**This month StampNation members also get a discount code for DeNami Designs!**

• 425+ video tutorials
• 30+ Lessons in Clean & Simple Design....new lessons in video format
• Spotlight on Trends Articles (written by me!)  
• & SO MUCH MORE!

Click here to join now & learn more about membership benefits! 

 

Thank you for visiting and have a great day!

Holiday Coffee Lovers Bloghop

Hi everyone!

This is my second post for today.  

Scroll down or click here to see my card for The Card Concept.

I am participating in the Coffee Lovers blog hop hosted by the lovely Amy Tsuruta!

You will want to check out all the details on Amy's blog.
Lots of fun prizes from 27 Super Sponsors.

Here is my card.

 

I am not a coffee drinker but I do love me some tea.  

I was so excited to get this stamp set by Verve.  

I just love it.

I am not going to keep you long.  Make sure you hop along and leave comments for your chance to win.

Stampin' Celebration challenge

Click here to visit Amy's blog.

Thank you for visiting and have a great day!

Stamps:  One Cup (Verve), Snowflake Flurries (PTI)

Ink:  Versamark, Versafine black

Paper:  White, New Leaf, Hawaiian Shores

Accessories:  White Embossing powder, Monthly Moments-Journal card die (PTI), Twine, Rhinestones, White Enamel accents, One Cup matching dies (Verve)

The Card Concept #25

Hi friends!

It is time for another fabulous challenge at The Card Concept!

This is our last challenge for 2014!  We will be back on Jan. 7th, 2015 with a brand new challenge and a new wild card team!

This week's challenge is a color and inspiration challenge.

(Silent Night Neutrals)

I was inspired by the star shaped cookies on the tray and that is where I went with my card.  I stamped the star from Bright and Beautiful by SU! onto Baked Brown Sugar, used the matching framelit to cut it out.  Layered the next size star in white on top to mimic the cookies.  To tie in the vanilla, I added a strip of vanilla DSP to the bottom of my card along with a strip of silver glimmer paper.  I stamped the sentiment from Mama Elephant onto the DSP using Baked Brown Sugar ink.  A big rhinestone in the center of the star finishes this card off.

Stop over to the Card Concept blog to see what the other girls have created in all of the different styles.  I just love this challenge just for this reason!  It's great to see all the different takes on one inspiration photo.

Thanks so much for stopping in!  I hope you get the chance to play along too!

Stamps:  Bright & Beautiful (Stampin Up!), Merry Greetings (Mama Elephant)

Ink:  Baked Brown Sugar (SU)

Paper:  White, Vanilla DSP, Silver Glimmer, Baked Brown Sugar (SU)

Accessories: Star Framelits, Rhinestone (SU)

Merry Monday #138

Happy Monday friends!

Time for another Merry Monday Challenge.

This week Debbie challenges us to use Gold, Silver and white with the addition of a 4th color.

I used Delicata Silvery Shimmer for the image from Fair Isle Motifs by Papertrey along with the sentiment.  The deer stag by Wplus9 was cut using Gold glimmer paper by SU!
My 4th color was Cherry Cobbler.

Christmas will be here before you know it.
Make sure you check out the other DT members cards over at the Merry Monday challenge blog.

Simon Says Wednesday
Anything Goes

 I'm also entering my card in a new challenge that our friend Kylie has put together to spread the word about her new watermark design business. The theme is "Christmas Cards" and the winner will receive a free watermark and a free signature design!! Thank you for the fun challenge and the opportunity to win your generous prize, Kylie!

Thank you for visiting and have a great day!

Stamps:  Fair Isle Motifs, Instant Photo: Holidays (Papertrey Ink)

Ink:  Delicata Silvery Shimmer,Cherry Cobbler

Paper:  Cherry Cobbler, white, Gold Glimmer

Accessories:  Stag die (Wplus9)

Love you always

Happy Saturday everyone!  I love the sketch at Freshly Made Sketches.  I decided to use a heart shape like the graphic but layer using ombre colors.  Here is the sketch:

AND another card using the sketch and similar supplies:

Thank you for visiting and have a great day!


Stamps:  Gorgeous Grunge (SU), Wet Paint (PTI)
Ink:  Crumb Cake
Paper:  Crumb Cake, White, Pure Poppy, Melon Mambo & Pink Pirouette
Accessories:  Heart Framelits, Wet Paint dies (PTI), Tag Sale #10 (PTI), Seasonal Sentiments Die (Wplus9), rhinestone

Top Dog Christmas deals!

Happy Friday everyone!  

Just popping in to let you know that Top Dog Dies is having two special Christmas deals.

Deal #1:  Free Top Dog Dies Ornament & Tags #2 Die Set with $60 purchase.  This deal on Dec. 7, 2014.  Click here to see this fun set! 

Deal #2:  Free Top Dog Dies Merry Christmas Die Set with $50 purchase.  This deal starts on Dec. 9, 2014 and ends on Dec. 14, 2014.  Click here to see this cool set!

And the fun doesn't stop with these two deals!  Tog Dog Dies is also having a sweepstakes/giveaway!

Thanks for stopping by... and happy shopping! 

Celebrate

Hi friends.  I am popping in today with a non-holiday card.  This card was inspired by showCASe your style and Addicted To CAS: Challenges.  I will also add this to "Just Us Girls" Challenge: Anything Goes.

I used the polka dot candle in the Happy Everything set by Clearly Whimsy.  Stamping them in the colors from the photo.  I stamped a stripe under the sentiment in versamark and covered it with Irridescent Ice Embossing powder for some added sparkle.  I also added a bit of sparkle to the flames with my wink of stella glitter pen but it doesn't show in the photo.

Before you go I want to share a sneak peek of this weeks StampNation challenge.
Can you guess what the challenge is?

Want to join in the fun?

Play along in our challenges that never close and have access to.....

• 425+ video tutorials
• 30+ Lessons in Clean & Simple Design....new lessons in video format
• Spotlight on Trends Articles (written by me!)  
• & SO MUCH MORE!

Click here to join now & learn more about membership benefits! 

Thank you for visiting and have a great day!

Paper Crafts & Scrapbooking Magazine Special Thanks! Blog Hop

Hi friends!
 Today I am happy to be hopping along with many talented designers for the
Paper Crafts & Scrapbooking Magazine special thanks blog hop!
You should have arrived here from Cheiron Brandon's blog.

I was so sad to read that this magazine will no longer be published.  I have always enjoyed flipping through and seeing all the amazing cards and projects that were featured in each magazine.  So much inspiration. 

My sentiment says it all!  To the designers, Go-to-Gals and everyone involved to make this magazine such a success!  I am very thankful for each and every one of you!  Thank you!

Now keep on hopping!

Your next stop on the hop is the amazing Kimberly Crawford!

All these people want to thank you, Paper Crafts & Scrapbooking Magazine!

1.	Lisa Henke	72.	Katie Gehring	143.	Kim Hughes
2.	Kelly Latevola	73.	Jennifer Cuthbertson	144.	Becky Olsen
3.	Lesley Croghan	74.	Cecilia Hsieh	145.	Kim Heggins
4.	Jennifer McGuire	75.	Laura Sterckx	146.	Ashley Harris
5.	Taheerah Atchia	76.	Donna Bowman	147.	Susan Liles
6.	Veronica Zalis	77.	Rachel Kleinman	148.	Darnell Knauss
7.	Laura O'Donnell	78.	Ellen Hutson	149.	Donna Hitz
8.	Julia Stainton	79.	Tanis Giesbrecht	150.	Miriam Prantner
9.	Lorena Cantó	80.	Marcie Sharp	151.	P. Kelly Smith
10.	Amy Tsuruta	81.	Danielle Walls (Neat and Tangled)	152.	Yana Smakula
11.	Piali Biswas	82.	Beverley Brown (Uniko Studio)	153.	Nichole Heady
12.	Rae Barthel	83.	Tracey McNeely	154.	Altenew
13.	Jessica Witty	84.	Laurie Willison	155.	Alice Golden
14.	Annette Witherspoon	85.	Bev Gerard	156.	Cath Edvalson
15.	Gayatri Murali	86.	Nina Yang	157.	Cindy Lawrence
16.	Maria Fischer	87.	Barb Housner	158.	Karen Dedman (Your Next Stamp)
17.	Laura Williams	88.	Clare Prezzia	159.	Sandy Allnock
18.	Lisa Arana	89.	Tasnim Ahmed	160.	Operation Write Home
19.	Wendy McGaffey	90.	Joyce Mehrberg	161.	Jennifer Ingle
20.	Heather Hoffman	91.	Sabrina Alery	162.	A Creative Journey with Melissa
21.	Cristina Kowalczyk	92.	Waltzingmouse Stamps	163.	Yvonne Yam
22.	Lynn Mercurio	93.	Leigh Penner	164.	MFT
23.	Jamie Greene	94.	Jenn Shurkus	165.	Shemaine Smith
24.	Lori Tecler	95.	Kimberly Wiener	166.	Spectrum Noir
25.	Susie Wittwer	96.	Amber Hight	167.	Nicki Scheck
26.	Jocelyn Olson	97.	Lindsay Amrhein	168.	Asty Purbasari
27.	Chaitali Narla	98.	Shelly Kurth	169.	Danielle Pandeline
28.	Hero Arts	99.	Mayuri	170.	Isha Gupta
29.	Nadine Perez	100.	Vera W. Yates	171.	Jen Carter
30.	Sarah Martina Parker	101.	Connie Mercer	172.	Mendi Yoshikawa
31.	Laura Bassen	102.	Audrey Tokach	173.	Keren Baker
32.	Lori Barnett	103.	Paulina Nakamura	174.	Trinh Arrieta
33.	Deepti Malik	104.	Reverse Confetti	175.	Tenia Nelson
34.	Tessa Wise	105.	Libby Hickson	176.	Angie Tieman
35.	Karen Baker	106.	Yoonsun Hur	177.	Lawn Fawn
36.	Tifany DeGough	107.	Maureen Plut	178.	Lydia Evans
37.	Virginia Lu	108.	Jessica Pascarella	179.	Samantha Mann
38.	Ruza Rebel	109.	Lynn Mangan	180.	Kymona Tracey
39.	Emily Leiphart	110.	Mariana Grigsby	181.	Jess Moyer
40.	Ashley N Newell	111.	Shery Russ	182.	Kathy Martin
41.	Jennifer Rzasa	112.	SRM Press	183.	Joni Andaya
42.	Dana Warren	113.	Sarah Jay	184.	Debbie Marcinkiewicz
43.	Amy Kolling	114.	Anabelle O'Malley	185.	Lisa Johnson
44.	Wanda Guess	115.	Michele Boyer	186.	Laine Webb
45.	Kalyn Kepner	116.	Clare Buswell	187.	Bethany Stellpflug
46.	LauraJane:)	117.	Angel Rivera	188.	Melania Deasy
47.	Tammy Jackson	118.	Laura Pryor/Lil' Inker Designs	189.	Ivanka Lentle
48.	Karolyn Loncon	119.	Beth Pingry	190.	Sweet Stamp Shop
49.	Heather Campbell	120.	A Jillian Vance Design	191.	Jeanne Jachna
50.	Niki Garcia	121.	Jillian Vance	192.	Emily Branch
51.	Erin Schreiner	122.	Bunny Vance	193.	Anja Bytyqi
52.	Vanessa Menhorn	123.	Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L	194.	Chameleon Pens
53.	Simon Says Stamp	124.	Kristie Larsen	195.	Francine Vuillème
54.	Donna Mikasa	125.	Maureen Merritt	196.	Newton's Nook Designs
55.	Lin Brandyberry	126.	Heather North	197.	Alicia Thelin
56.	Giovana Smith	127.	Nina Brackett	198.	Sarah Moerman
57.	Brenda Weaver	128.	Clearsnap, Inc	199.	Winter Sims
58.	Glenda J. Wyatt	129.	CAS-ual Fridays Stamps	200.	Amber Kroening
59.	Kelly Griglione	130.	Lori Craig	201.	STAMPlorations
60.	Michelle Lupton	131.	Lydia Fiedler	202.	Avery Elle
61.	Michelle Williams	132.	Julie Campbell	203.	Caryn Davies
62.	Lyndal Higgins	133.	Lea Lawson	204.	N@ Ali
63.	Elena Roussakis	134.	Taylor Usry	205.	Amy Sheffer
64.	Kara Vrabel	135.	Jill Dewey Hawkins	206.	Nance Salkeld
65.	Michelle Woerner	136.	Chunyuan Wu	207.	Meredith MacRitchie
66.	Amanda Coleman	137.	Melissa Cash	208.	Jill Norwood
67.	Winnie & Walter	138.	Annette Allen	209.	Penny Ward
68.	Cheiron Brandon	139.	Carisa Zglobicki	210.	Karin Åkesdotter
69.	Kristie Goulet	140.	Crafter's Companion US	211.	Yainea Nuñez
70.	Kimberly Crawford	141.	Stephanie Muzzulin	212.	Lucy Abrams
71.	Lalo IK	142.	Alice Wertz	213.	Mama Elephant

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Thank you for visiting and have a great day!

Merry Monday #137 & Guest Designer @ The Challenge!

Happy Monday friends!

I am honored to be Guest designer for Dec. at The Challenge!

Thank you, Lesley for inviting me to play along.

I combined the Merry Monday challenge with the sketch at The Challenge!

 I thought adding a cute little Santa hat on the flamingo would make a cute card especially, for those that live in a warm climate.

I also wanted to share the Cyber Monday sale going on over at Ellen Hutson!

 

Christmas will be here before you know it.  Make sure you check out the other DT members cards over at the Merry Monday challenge blog and The Challenge!

 Thank you for visiting and have a great day!

Stamps:  Fabulous Flamingo (Reverse Confetti), Merry Greetings, Arctic penguins (Mama Elephant)

Ink:  Memento black, Regal Rose

Paper:  White, DSP

Accessories: Scoring board, Stitched rectangles (Lil' Inker), Fabulous Flamingo Confetti Cuts (Reverse Confetti)

Joy

Hi friends!  I wanted to play along with the challenge at Festive Friday.  The inspiration photo is just gorgeous and there were so many different ways to be inspired.  I decided to use the colors (pink & gold) and the tree as my inspiration.  I followed the sketch at DeNami Design.

I flipped the sketch to make it fit my design.  I love this Star Swirl stamp by DeNami.  So pretty.  It is embossed in gold and I used my Angel Pink Pico Embellisher (Imagine Crafts) to fill in the stars.  The little pink dots on the embossing were added using the Pico Embellisher as well.

I am also adding this to Moxie Fab World: Tree-mendous Trees!

Thank you for visiting and have a great day!

Stamps:  Star Swirl (DeNami Design), Ornaments (Simon Says Stamp)
Ink:  Versamark
Paper:  White
Accessories:  Gold Embossing powder, Angel Pink Pico Embellisher (Imagine Crafts), Stitched Rectangles (Lil' Inker), twine, embossing folder (SU)

Merry & Bright

Happy Friday friends!!! 

 I hope all my US friends had a wonderful Thanksgiving yesterday!  I sure did.

My card for today is for The Cutting Edge Challenge and Get Sketchy at My Favorite Things.

Yes, these colors again!  I just love them.  The sketch was perfect for the die that comes in Holiday Frames by Simon Says Stamp.  The sentiment is from Ornament Banner Builder (My Favorite Things).  I once again used the Craft-a-Board by Ellen Hutson for the die cut to give it dimension.

I will also add this over at Simon Says Stamp: Work It Wednesday.

Before you go, don't miss out on the sales at Ellen Hutson!

Thank you for visiting and have a great day!

Stamps:  Ornament Banner Builder (MFT)

Ink:  Versafine Black

Paper:  Pumpkin Pie, Raspberry Fizz, New Leaf, white

Accessories:  Holiday Frames (SSS), Rhinestones

Thankful & Ellen Hutson Sales

(photo credit)

I wanted to pop in and wish all my US friends a very Blessed and Happy Thanksgiving!  

I am thankful for my 300 followers, and those that leave me encouraging comments each day.

I have so much for be thankful for.

Before I go I wanted to share details about the sales at Ellen Hutson.

Early Bird!

Not so Early Bird!

Free gift with $75 purchase after discount!

 

 Click here to start shopping!

Thank you for visiting and have a great day!