Goin Green with BLDC9

Today I am bringing you another By LORi Designs color challenge and what did you think it would be today??? Of course it is shades of green!!! Check out these gorgeous shades that we have to work with!!!

For my card today I worked with Lollipop Abby. My sketch is the past Sundays Sweet Sunday Sketch.

I printed my image onto Xpress Blending Paper and colored with copics. My dp is a mix of Echo Park. I layered up my circle and scallop circle nesties and added some liquid pearls to my scallops.

Come join us and play along with this fun color combo!! Cant wait to see what you come up with.

Thanks for stopping by today.

Skipping Stones Design with a hop and a sketch

Welcome to the Skipping Stones Design Blog Hop to celebrate the release of Green Birthday! If you've just happened upon my blog today, make sure to start from the beginning at Skipping Stones Design. You should have arrived here from Wendy's blog.

Combined with the blog hop today, it's also Skipping Stones Sketch Tuesday which means we're showcasing another great creation from our Guest Sketch Artist this month, Heidi Blankenship. We'd love for you to play along with the sketch and link your card at the Skipping Stones Blog. Also, remember to use SSD68 if you post to any on line sites.

So here is a peak at the new set which is available for sale today!!! Head on over to Skipping Stones Design right now!!!

Here is our blog hop order:

Heidi ...http://embellished-dreams.blogspot.com/

Tammie...http://alwaysinking.blogspot.com/

Amy...http://tsurutadesigns.blogspot.com/

Jingle...http://justjingle.blogspot.com/

Vanessa...http://wingsofabutterfly-vanessa.blogspot.com/

Kandi...http://kraftykandikrafts.blogspot.com/

Wendy...http://papertherapy-wendy.blogspot.com/

Ann...http://stampwithme-ann.blogspot.com/

Lindsey...http://lindsayamrhein.blogspot.com/

Barb...http://barbsboys123.blogspot.com/

Brenda...http://sweetpapertreats.wordpress.com/

Gladys...http://gladyschia2010.wordpress.com/

Michelle...http://studiomsg.blogspot.com/

TSG98 Getty Sketchy

This weeks There She Goes Challenge is being brought to you by Trendsetter Danielle and she has a fun sketch for everyone to play with. For my card today I decided to play with my Loads of Fun set and paired it with some yummy paper from MME Stella and Rose Hattie. LOVE these colors and LOVE this fun set. I had a good time paper piecing all of the hanging garments and then coloring the rest of the image with my copics. I went alittle layer crazy on this one and then finished things off with a fun pale yellow bow and some tiny crystals in the upper left corner.

To be eligible for the giveaway, you are to create a card that incorporates the previous sketch, and then come back to the TSG Blog to add your name and a link to your project in the InLinkz that is located at the bottom of this challenge post. This challenge is open until the winner has been announced on the following Monday (Mar 21st). The winner will get a $5 gift certificate to use in the TSG Web store! TSG stamps are not required to participate in the challenges but are appreciated :)
By participating in this challenge, you may also find yourself in the Trendsetting Spotlight that shines on the TSG Blog every Thursday. We will be on the look out to find challenge cards that stand out and show Trendsetting qualities.
You can simply add the URL link from your project after it has been uploaded to your online craft gallery. If you upload your card to an online craft gallery, please use the keyword TSG98 so we can check out your beautiful work! You do not need to have a blog to be able to participate in the TSG Challenges!

Thanks so much for stopping by!!! Have a great day.

BLDC8 - Hello Friend

Wow do I love the colors for By LORi Designs Color Challenge this week!! Here is what you have to work with.

For my card today I pulled out some old and much loved SU paper and used Lollipop Kaylee for my image. I printed her onto Xpress Blend It paper and colored with my copics. My layout is from this past Sundays Sweet Sunday Sketch. I just flipped it a bit. My extras are some cute little light green pearls, kiwi kiss ribbon and a fiskars border punch. Cant wait to see what you come up with for the challenge this week. Thanks so much for stopping by. Have a great day!!

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Another fantastic sketch from our guest designer over at Skipping Stones Design. You can check out all the deets on the site. We would love for you to play along. Always a good prize up for grabs.

For todays card I used Chick Chat and Pumpkin Seed Sentiments. I cut my image out with square nesties and labels one. My paper was from a sample pack and for the life of me cant remember the name of it and ribbon was in my stash from Michaels.

Thanks so much for stopping by today. I hope you will play along with us this week. Cant wait to see what you come up with!!!

Getting Krafty with There She Goes

Fellow Trendsetter and good friend Jodi Collins has issued a fun challenge for you at There She Goes Stamps. Pull out that Kraft paper and get Krafty!!! Use that paper in any creative way you can think of.

To be eligible for the giveaway, you are to create a card that incorporates Kraft Cardstock, and then come back to the TSG Blog to add your name and a link to your project in the InLinkz that is located at the bottom of this challenge post. This challenge is open until the winner has been announced on the following Monday (Mar 14th). The winner will get a $5 gift certificate to use in the TSG Web store!
By participating in this challenge, you may also find yourself in the Trendsetting Spotlight that shines on the TSG Blog every Thursday. We will be on the look out to find challenge cards that stand out and show Trendsetting qualities. TSG stamps are not required to participate in the challenges but are appreciated :)

You do not need to have a blog to be able to participate in the TSG Challenges! You can simply add the URL link from your project after it has been uploaded to your online craft gallery. If you upload your card to an online craft gallery, please use the keyword TSG97 so we can check out your beautiful work!

For my card today I used the fun Buckets of Love set. I created a real simple layout for this one with just a touch of Designer Paper. I dry embossed the red panel with my Seeing Spots Folder. My image was stamped and colored with copics and cut out with circle nesties. I did alittle sponging around the image and then added a  pretty red bow and some red crystals to finish this off.

Thanks so much for stopping by today. Please come and join us with YOUR Krafty creations!!! Cant wait to see what you come up with!! Have a great day

Special Friends....

I am so excited to post a There She Goes card this week as a new Trendsetter. I am still giddy with excitement. For todays card I used a newer There She Goes set called Back in Ten. This sentiment is so appropriate because this weekend I will be spending time with good friends at Stamp Around NH and hitting a bunch of good stamping stores along the way. So special friends, special moments and great shopping.

But now let me tell you about my card. I stamped this cutie image onto Xpress Blending Paper and colored with copics and cut it out with my square nesties. My DP is a new MME Stella and Rose pad and I used this weeks weeks MOJO sketch. Ribbon and cardstock is all PTI and I dry embossed with my seeing spots folder.

So I am off to finish packing. I hope you enjoy your weekend and I will try and take pixs to share with you all!!!!

BLDC7 with a Sweet Sunday Sketch

Thursday = another color challenge from By LORi Designs. Lori has such a knack of putting together the most delish color combos and we hope that you will play along with us.

This week I paired the challenge up with a sketch from Karen Girons Sweet Sunday Sketch. Great sketch, great color combo and an awesome digi....what more can a girl want.

I used Lollipop Emery for todays card. I printed her onto Xpress Blending Paper and colored with copics. The image was cut out with circle nesties and I sponged the edges of the image while it was still in the die to create that white border. My DP is from MME Stella and Rose Gertie. Brads and sheer ribbon were added to finish this little cutie off.

Thanks so much for stopping by and visiting. Come back tomorrow for another TSG creation!!!

BIG News!!!

****See Below for my Skipping Stones Post for Today****

So I can hardly contain my excitement and I could not wait for today to arrive. Jessica at There She Goes Stamps has asked me to be a trendsetter!!!! I was beyond excited as I just LOVE LOVE her adorable stamps. You can check out the announcement here and see the fabulously talented ladies that I will have the pleasure of working with!!!

Today I am sharing with you alittle card I made a few weeks ago which was posted on SCS but not here. It was created with a set called Wonderful Winter Wishes. I just love this set because it celebrates winter and not just the holidays. Fabulous!!!

This little cutie was stamped onto Xpress Blending Paper and colored with copics. My dp is older SU stuff which I do still have and love!!! I sponged all the edges with tea dye, added a big pink pirouette ribbon, some brads and a pretty pink prima. Love this set and I love how this card came out!!!

Thanks for stopping by and head over to There She Goes and check out her goodies and then head over to the blog and welcome all the other new Trendsetters!!!

Skipping Stones Tuesday!!!

Hi All!!! Its Tuesday and I have another Skipping Stones Tuesday Sketch Challenge for you. It is a brand new month and that means new guests and a new sketch artist. This month we are welcoming Heidi Blankenship. You can find all the deets about her sketch and see the gorgeous creations the rest of the DT made on the Skipping Stones Blog.

I created my card today using the Dandelion Dreams set. My ink is Colorbox Turquois and SU Yoyo Yellow. My dp is from Jillibean Soup. The little flowers were punched from a fiskars punch. Then for some of the details....I used pearls for the flower centers, white ribbon from Michaels and a SU Scalloped border punch.

Come play along with us. The sketch is fun and there is always a great prize up for grabs!!! Cant wait to see what you create!!

Thanks so much for stopping by today.

Love you Friend...BLDC6

Great new color challenge for you this week from By LORi Designs. White, Pink Pirouette, Pacific Point and Kiwi Kiss. This weeks challenge keyword is BLDC6 and here is my card that I came up with to share with you.  I used the sweetest image called Sugarsticks Love You Friend. So sweet huh??  I printed my image onto Xpress Color Blending Paper and colored with my copics.

I used a simple layout with some older SU papers and made my image the main focus of this card. A few brads in the corners and alittle bow and this is done.

We hope you will join us this week and play along with the challenge. You can pick up fun digis from BLD in her shop for as little as a dollar. I hope you will play along. Looking forward to seeing your creations. Go check out my side bar and give some love to the rest of the BLD DT!!!

Thanks for stopping by today.

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Our sketch artist this month over at Skipping Stones Design is Lea Lawson and she has created another awesome sketch for this weeks challenge. You can find all the deets here.

For my card today I used the beautiful set called Heartsong. I stamped the sweet bird and music staff onto Kraft cardstock in Baja breeze and then stamped the simple sentiment in black on the bottom. My paper is O/A. Ribbon and brads are from Michaels and I did alittle paper piercing on either side of the sentiment.

Come on over to Skipping Stones Design and check out all the deets for this weeks challenge along with the prize up for grabs and of course you will be further inspired by the rest of the DT's samples.

Thanks so much for stopping by today. Hope to see your beautiful creations. Have a great day!!

By LORi Designs Challenge 5

Check out these gorgeous colors that we have to work with this week at By LORi Designs and we would love for you to join us and play along too. When uploading to Galleries us keyword BLDC5.

For my card today I used two digis that I Photoshopped together as per Mercys directions. LOVE this concept. Mercy is brilliant!!! I used cute little Wagon Tales Puddle Jumper Katie and that sweet little Cat Sugar Stick. My dp is older paper from Stampin Up. Ribbon is kiwi kiss from SU and I created my flowers with a die namics die. Border punch is fiskars and those pretty crystals are from Michaels.

Head on over to By LORi Designs to check out the rest of the DT creations and leave the girls some love!!!

Thanks so much for stopping by today!!!!

Skipping Stones Design New Release

We have a fun Blog Hop for you today to share a new stamp set being released called Pumpkin Seeds. It is a gorgeous background stamp set with three different patterns and fun sentiments. I used each of the three patterns on my cute little chics from the set Chick Chat but I am realizing that the yellow just is not coming through very well so you will just have to head over to Skipping Stones Design to check out the third pattern!!! We also have our weekly sketch for you to play with and that can be seen here as well.

You have to see the gorgeousness that the rest of the DT created with this new set and the awesome sketch from Lea. Here is the order of the hop for you to follow and go check out the sketch here and come play along. A fun prize is up for grabs!!!!

Lea Lawson http://leascupcakesandsunshine.blogspot.com/


Jennifer Ingle http://justjingle.blogspot.com/

Kandi Phillips http://kraftykandikrafts.blogspot.com/

Angela Thomas http://sparkleandbling.blogspot.com/

Tammie Beaton http://alwaysinking.blogspot.com/

Wendy Jordan http://papertherapy-wendy.blogspot.com/

Julie Masse http://stampinwithjulie.blogspot.com/

Amy Tsuruta http://tsurutadesigns.blogspot.com/

Ann Kranitz http://stampwithme-ann.blogspot.com/

Barb Turpin http://barbsboys123.blogspot.com/

Brenda Weaver http://sweetpapertreats.wordpress.com/

Gladys Chia http://gladyschia2010.wordpress.com/

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Hi! Made this card a few days ago but wanted to share it with you here. I created it for last Mondays Mojo Sketch. I was really intimidated by the sketch at first but once I got going it all fell into place very nicely and I am thrilled the way this card came out. I used three seperate Verve sets for this card. Birthday Wishes for the center flower and sentiment, Loves Flower for the tiny baja breeze flowers around the panel and Friendly Phrases for the Hello Friend sentiment. I colored with copics added a sparkly prima, punched out some leaves and added a tiny bit of lace under the sentiment. Paper is from a sample pack from Claudia and Company. Love those sample packs!!

Thats all for me tonight. Grammys are going on in a while and I cant wait to see what Lady Gaga is wearing!!! Me and the rest of the world!!!

Thanks for stopping by today. Have a great night.

BLDC4 and some FUN News!!!

Hi All!!! I am bringing you a fun new challenge from LORi Boyd Designs and I am SUPER excited to have been picked to be on Lori's Challenge Design Team. Whoo Hoo!!! I will be working with some super talented ladies. I hope I can keep up with them!!! As the team is shaping up we had the option to play along this week with this color challenge and of course who could not play!!! These colors are awesome and just screamed little boy to me although you will see the rest of the team rocked these colors with little girl images too!!!

For my card today I used the cutest little guy called Davey from the Puddle Jumpers Collection. I kept this card somewhat masculine and simple because I thought I would give it to my son for Valentines day. My dp is Sassafrass Lass Indie Girl. I added silver brads from Michaels and my ribbon is Ocean Tides from PTI. Now that ribbon treatment is totally copied from the uber talented Mercy Kerin. I saw it on this post and just loved the way it looked. Thanks for the great idea Mercy!!

So head on over to LORi Boyd Designs. Check out all the goodies and join us this week with this fun challenge. Cant wait to see what you create!!!

Thanks for stopping by today.

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Hello everyone!!! I am having some technical difficulties today with computers. I will be back later with my SSD card to show you.

Okay I am back. Having huge computer challenges and I am right now working on my dinosaur PC. It has taken a good hour just to upload and adjust this card. UGGG

But onto fun things....I created this card for this weeks SSD sketch which can be found here.

For my card I used Cancer Schmaner (which is on sale RIGHT NOW!!)  for my images and sentiment and my dp was a sample pack of OA Detours that I purchased.

Please come and play along. We would love to see what you create with the sketch this week.

Thanks so much for coming by and thanks for understanding the quick post today. I am off to get technical with my laptop!!!

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I was on my crafty roll this weekend and accomplished a few more challenges. First up is the Rubber Cafe. This week our challenge is to use Pink, Black and Red. I cheated alittle and used Rose Red. I am one of those people who do not like red and pink together. Nor do I like black and Navy together. What can I tell ya?? Everyone has quirks right?!

For this card I used the Ornamental Holiday set for my image. The rest off the deets can be found here on the Rubber Cafe Blog. You can also see what the rest of the team has created.

I will be back later with a few more challenge cards. Off to a PTA meeting!!

MFT Sketch Week 5

I have crammed a weeks worth of challenges and DT work into today....whew....I still have a few more things to accomplish tomorrow but wanted to show you the card I made for this weeks MFT Sketch. I used the new Ala modes called Somethings fishy. Super cute. My dp was True and Dandy from MME and I used MFT die namics for my scallop border and the little circle border in the center which you cant really see very well. Should have made it a different color.

How do you like those snazzy paper pieced boots?? Dont you wish you had a pair so cute!!!

Thanks so much for stopping by today. Hope you enjoyed the card.

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So sorry about the quality of this picture. I did not take it in my normal spot so the lighting was REALLY off. This card is supposed to be pink (well it is in real life). So Happy Tuesday and we have another fabulous sketch artist for you this month over at Skipping Stones Design. The FABU super talented Lea Lawson. She created this sketch for you to play with today and our new Guest Designers are Angela Thomas and Julie Masse. Lea and Angela I have not had the pleasure of meeting buy Julie I have and let me tell you....if you think her cards are sweet well she is even sweeter!!! So welcome aboard girls.

Todays card was created in all of a half hour due to Linz having the flu and being very needy of me. (to be expected of course). Now it is pink in real life and I used some pretty pink dt for the backpanel and then the front panel I stamped an image from Grunge in Rose Red. Can someone please tell me how to use my stamppamajig? I need to line those rows up better...so anyway. I used a sentiment from the same set and popped it up on my rose red ribbon added some pretty pearls and off I was to play Nurse Ann!!!

So come and join us this week with the fun sketch you will find here along with the rest of the DT samples which you will just adore. So my card says it all....Thanks for stopping by!!! Enjoy your day.