Hello Friend

Had a chance to play with some more Verve Stamps that have been neglected. Followed the Viva la Verve sketch from Week 2 of June. Brads were in stash and ribbon is from Michaels. My border was cut from MFT's die namics.

Thanks for popping by today!!! Off to enjoy a nice summer evening.

Thank You

I had a chance to play with some Verve stamps that I have been neglecting and I used a sketch from the week one of Viva la Verve challenge. LOVE how this came out. My dp is Theresa Collins, sheer ribbon is from Michaels. The pearls I had in stash and my border is the double scallop die namics from MFT. Now let me see if I can remember the Verve goodies that I used.....Friendly Phrases for the sentiment, classy labels die, Love notes and I cant remember which set I used for the red floral.

Thanks for stopping by!!! Enjoy your day!!

Follow your Dreams

I had some free time to play today so I went straight to a new set being released Saturday night from There She Goes called Fairy Best. The images are precious and I just know you will enjoy this set!!! Come join us Saturday night for the release party and all the fun that goes with it. These girls have FUN!!!

For my card I colored my image with copics and cut it out with square nesties. My dp is from a new pad I purchased from Echo Park and cardstock and ribbon are PTI.

Thanks so much for stopping by today. Hope you enjoy your weekend!! Hope to see you at the There She Goes Release Party!!!

Make a Splash Blog Hop

Sadly this is the last day of previews for this month at There She Goes, but good thing is that the stamps will be on sale Saturday night after the release party. Hope to see you there.

Todays preview is called Make a Splash and I had so much fun making this card. Is this little mermaid just the cutest. I loved using glitter on her tail also. It added a nice touch. Here is some info about this set:

One of the best things about the summer is being able to go for a refreshing swim. Whether you prefer a lake, ocean or pool- you will love this new stamp set illustrated by Torico! Make A Splash will have you saying "Mermaids, seahorse and fish ohmy!".

Make A Splash is a 4x8 set that includes a total of 21stamps and will sell for $18.

Would you like a chance to win the Make A Splash stamp set? Here’s what you need to do- go to each of the Trendsetter’s Blogs and leave a comment on their Make A Splash Blog Hop Challenge post. After you have finished checking out the eye candy and have left some love, return to the TSG Blog and add your name to the Mr. Linky at the bottom of this Blog Hop Challenge post. A winner will be chosen randomly using a random number generator to receive their very own Make A Splash stamp set. The winner will be announced Saturday (June 25th) during the Release Party

So you know the rules. Leave a comment on each of the Trendsetters blogs and you will be in the running for todays stamp set. You hopefully have found your way to me via Angela's amazing Blog. Next up is Christine who I am sure has some awesome eye candy for you.

Thanks so much for stopping by. Enjoy the hop and I will see you Saturday at the Release Party!!!

Vroom and Hibiscus Blog Hop

Two more new sets today to share with you from There She Goes Stamps. Vroom and Hibiscus. With Hibiscus you can build a ton of different flower combos in all kinds of different colors and Vroom is a fun little set that also coordinates with Freeze the Moment. Here is alittle bit about these two sets:

This adorable car illustrated by Melyssa is great to make a fun, every day card for family and friends! The larger car featured in this mini set was sized so that it could also be used with Leah (who can be seen in the Freeze The Moment stamp set).

Vroom is a 3x4 set that includes a total of 6 stamps and will sell for $7.

These gorgeous tropical flowers were illustrated by Torico and will quickly become a favorite from your summer stamping collection! Use them to create beautiful custom designer paper, color in the line art images to use as a focal point for your project or pair them with a TSG sentiment stamp set for a card that can be given for any occasion.

Hibiscus is a 3x4 set that includes a total of 7 stamps and will sell for $7.

Would you like a chance to win the Vroom / Hibiscus stamp sets? Here’s what you need to do- go to each of the Trendsetter’s Blogs and leave a comment on their Vroom / Hibiscus Blog Hop Challenge post. After you have finished checking out the eye candy and have left some love, return to the TSG Blog and add your name to the Mr. Linky at the bottom of this Blog Hop Challenge post. A winner will be chosen randomly using a random number generator to receive their very own Vroom / Hibiscus stamp sets. The winner will be announced Saturday (June 25th) during the Release Party Chat.

My Hibiscus card is very simple with my flowers cut out and mounted on a cut out from blossoms nesties. All my flowers are colored with copics. My Vroom card is made with papers from MME and I added a ton of silver brads from Michaels.

I hope you are following the blog hop. If so you will have arrived here from Angelas Blog and next up in the line up is Christine. Dont forget to leave a comment all the way through the hop for a chance to win todays sets. All winners will be announced Saturday night at the release party. Hope to see you there.

Thanks for stopping by today. Hope you enjoy your day.

Humphrey is coming

This is a card made for Crafters Companion using a soon to be released stamp set from Humphrey Corners. This one is called Birthday Girl.  Super sweet right. I started by stamping my image and coloring with copics. My dp is a scrap I had on my desk and I used some lemondrop twine and a yellow button to finish things off.

Head over to Crafters Companion to check out all the goodies they have to offer. Including the Humphrey Corners line of stamps.

Thanks so much for stopping by today. Hope you enjoy your day.

You are the Fairy Best!!

Okay it is my favorite time of the month. I get to share the new release from There She Goes, and as always you will be drooling over these sweet stamps. Today I am going to share Fairy Best with you. Here is alittle bit about the set:

Last month Di was enchanting us with her adorable prince and princess stamp set and this month she is bringing us a magical fairies. These fun and whimsical images were sized so that they can work together with the Once Upon A Time stamp set for you to create even more scenes!
The Fairy Bestis a 4x8 set that includes a total of 13 stamps and will sell for $18.

Would you like a chance to win The Fairy Best stamp set? Here’s what you need to do- go to each of the Trendsetter’s Blogs and leave a comment on their The Fairy Best Blog Hop Challenge post. After you have finished checking out the eye candy and have left some love, return to the TSG Blog and add your name to the Mr. Linky at the bottom of this Blog Hop Challenge post. A winner will be chosen randomly using a random number generator to receive their very own The Fairy Best stamp set. The winner will be announced Saturday (June 25th) during the Release Party Chat.

My card today is made using paper from Echo Parks Spring Collection and all my flowers were from Michaels. I colored with copics and used my circle and scallop circle nestabilites to cut out my image.

So you need to be following the blog hop and leave comments along the way in order to have a chance to win this adorable set. If you are then you should be coming to me from Angela's gorgeous blog and next up after me is the super talented Christine. I hope you enjoy the hop and I will see you at the release party on Saturday night!!! Thanks for stopping by.

Just Fluttering By

Sketch 80 at Skipping Stones Design today. SSD80. It is a fun sketch. I love making circle cards and never think to do them on my own unless I am challenged with a sketch. You can find out all the deets about the sketch here.

For my card today I used the set Dandelion Dreams (which I just noticed is sold out...sorry about that) and some MME paper. I created alittle scallop border with MFT open scallop die and used labels 11 nesties to cut out my sentiment panel.

Be sure to check out the rest of my DT sisters creations over at Skipping Stones Design.

Thanks for stopping by today!!

Lighten Up

I had a chance to play alittle in my craft room so I pulled out a fun set from There She Goes called Lighten up which is a fun set made up of a variety of lamp shades and bases that can create a TON of possibilities with fun sentiments. Go check it out!!

I stamped the base of the lamp and colored wih my copics. Then stamped the shade onto cardstock and designer paper. Cut them out, glued them together and popped it up on dimensionals for a fun effect. The dp I used was MME. All cardstock is PTI, lace is from Michaels, flowers are primas with a flower brad in the center and my leaves were made with a sizzix die from SU.

Thanks so much for stopping by today. Today is the last day of full classes for both of my kidlets so my house will be CRAZY later!!! LOL...I am glad I got a chance to post this now. Enjoy your day!!!

Welcome to our Dog Hop!!!

 

 

Welcome to Sketch Challenge 80 and the release of Dogs Vol 1! If you just came from Latisha"s blog, you are in the right place. If you just happened along my blog today, start at the beginning of the hop at Skipping Stones Design. The entire hop order is there and you can hop from blog to blog with ease.

 

For my card today I inked up this cute little shaggy dog. Dont know actually what kind of dog it is but so cute none the less. My DP is MME, ribbon is SU, flowers are prima with a Making Memories brad in the center and pearls are from Michaels.

Be sure to hop along and leave comments on all the fabulous designers blogs. This month we are welcoming the super talented Latisha Yoast, Dina Kowal and Karn Akesdotter to our team as Guest Designers! Latisha will be providing all the fabulous sketch inspiration this month including the awesome sketch we're using in today's hop!

Head over to Karin's blog for some more Skipping Stones Design inspiration!

Latisha Yoast http://crafteebee.blogspot.com/

Ann Kranitz http://stampwithme-ann.blogspot.com/
Karin Akesdotter http://peppermintpattys-papercraft.blogspot.com/
Tamera Beaton http://alwaysinking.blogspot.com/
Barb Turpin http://barbsboys123.blogspot.com/
Dina Kowal http://mamadinis.blogspot.com/
Kandi Phillips http://kraftykandikrafts.blogspot.com/
Wendy Jordan www.papertherapy-wendy.blogspot.com
Amy Tsuruta http://tsurutadesigns.blogspot.com/
Jennifer Ingle http://justjingle.blogspot.com/

Brenda Weaver http://sweetpapertreats.wordpress.com/
Gladys Chia http://gladyschia2010.wordpress.com/

Breakthroughs

Hi All. I hope you are enjoying your weekend. It has cooled off tremendously here on Long Island so I did some house organizing and got some crafting done. For todays card I used a very pretty set from There She Goes called Thinking of You. I stamped my flower image behind my sentiment is pumpkin ink and stampe the sentiment using chocolate brown. I cut out the panel using Labels 11. My designer paper is a mix of MME Stella Rose and my brads and ribbon are SU. A friend of mine had a super tough week so I am going to send this on to her for a little pick me up.

Enjoy your weekend and thanks so much for stopping by today!!!

Fairyopolis from Crafters Companion

Hi All!!!   Today and I have a sweet card to share with you that was made with a lot of yummy Fairyopolis goodness from Crafters Companion.

I started to create my card by picking the beautiful paper from the Fairyopolis 12 x 12 paper pack. I cut some of my layers on my card with the Ultimate Crafters Companion and popped up the layers with dimension from the Fairyopolis Card Making Kit. From the same kit I used the rub-ons for this sweet little fairy girl and my sentiment. Then to finish things off I created the pretty pink bow with the bow making tool in the Ultimate Crafters Companion and added some crystals found in the card making kit. I am embarrassed to tell you how quickly this card came together. With the Fairyopolis Card Making Kit you can create beautiful projects in no time because it comes with everything you could need all in one kit.

Thanks for stopping by today. Hope you enjoy your day!!

Freeze The Moment

Had a chance to play with a new CA-UTE set from There She Goes. Freeze the Moment is a super must have set for the summer. Great images and as always super cute sentiments to go with them. For my card today I pulled scraps off my HUGE scrap pile and pieced them together. I colored my image with copics and cut it out with circle and scallop circle nesties. My ribbon is from Michaels. I am on my way to a friends 14th Birthday and I think she will just love this dont you?

Thanks so much for stopping by today. Hope you are enjoying your weekend.

SSD Tuesday on Wednesday

Like I said yesterday, I fell behind this weekend on my DT work so here is my sketch challenge card for Skipping Stones Design from yesterday. You can check out all the deets on the challenge right here and while you are there, dont forget to leave the other girls some love. They created some gorgeous work!!!

My card today uses the set called Uplifting and I pulled some strips of scraps off my desk to put this one together. I love when I can use up some scraps dont you?

Thanks for stopping by today. Hope you are enjoying your day!!!

Ooops it got away from me

Ok yes, I am actually glad to say that this weekend got away from me. It was a PERFECT weekend weather wise and we thoroughly enjoyed it BUT that means I do not have my card ready for you today for Skipping Stones Tuesday. It is another amazing sketch and you can find all the details on it right here, along with samples from the other DT members who are good girls and get their work done on time!!! LOL. I will be back later today or tomorrow for something to share!!! Have a great day

Once Upon a Time Blog Hop

Day three and the final day of previews at There She Goes. This set is called Once Upon a Time. It is really sweet and I am sure you are going to love it. If you are following the hop you should have come to me from Angelas blog. Next up after me is Christine. Have fun along the hop and leave a comment on each of the blogs for a chance to win todays stamp set. Hope to see you at the release party on Saturday night!!!

Here is alittle bit of info about the set:

Needing a fairytale moment? Let this Prince and Princess escort you to a land far away! These wonderfully illustrated images from Di Carubia were designed to create a number of different scenes that you will enjoy using time and time again.

Once upon a time is a 4x8 stamp set that includes a total of 15 of stamps and will sell for $18.

Would you like a chance to win the Once upon a Time stamp set? Here’s what you need to do- go to each of the Trendsetter’s Blogs and leave a comment on their Once upon a Time Blog Hop Challenge post. After you have finished checking out the eye candy and have left some love, return to the TSG Blog and add your name to the Mr. Linky at the bottom of this Blog Hop Challenge post. A winner will be chosen randomly using a random number generator to receive their very own Once Upon a Time stamp set. The winner will be announced Saturday (May 28) during the Release Party Chat.

New Boxer Board from Crafters Companion

Please Scroll Down a bit to see my TSG Day Two Sneak Peak!!!

Hi All. I am here today to share with you a project that I made with the new Boxer and Envelobox Boards for The Ultimate Crafters Companion. For my project I decided to make the little suitcase box and I chose to put a few pieces of stationery in it. The pretty paper I used was from the Fairyopolis Line of products. I used the Ultimate Crafters Companion for cutting and for creating the little bows on my cards in the box. I also decorated the box with some pretty daisies that I painted with the Paint Fusion Supplies. Let me just say that this project came together in no time thanks to the super easy and detailed directions that Sara gives on the Advanced Construction Techniques DVD. I have made box projects in the past and none of them EVER came out as perfect as this box did. All my corners were always off a tad but with the Boxer Board your dimensions come out PERFECT!!! You will love the results of all your projects.

Thanks so much for stopping by today. Hope you are enjoying your day!!!

Forever Blog Hop from There She Goes

Day two of sneak peaks at There She Goes. Todays set is called Forever and it is just beautiful. I hope you are following along in the Hop. If you are than you should have come to me from Angela and next up in the lineup is Christine. Just leave a comment on each blog and end up at the There She Goes Blog for a chance to win todays set at the release party Saturday night. Good luck and hope to see you at the  party!!!

Here is alittle more about todays stamp set:

This new set from Torico showcases her flawless and realistic illustration of these hearty flowers and is paired with several sentiments that coordinate with the image. This set is a must-have for ny flower lover!
Forever is a 3x4 stamp set that includes a total of 5 of stamps and will sell for $7.
Would you like a chance to win the Forever stamp set? Here’s what you need to do- go to each of the Trendsetter’s Blogs and leave a comment on their Forever Blog Hop Challenge post. After you have finished checking out the eye candy and have left some love, return to the TSG Blog and add your name to the Mr. Linky at the bottom of this Blog Hop Challenge post. A winner will be chosen randomly using a random number generator to receive their very own Forever stamp set. The winner will be announced Saturday (May 28) during the Release Party Chat.

Skipping Stones Tuesday SSD77

PLEASE SCROLL DOWN A BIT TO SEE MY TSG PREVIEW FOR TODAY

Hi. This is my second post for today and I am real excited to bring you another great sketch from Skipping Stones Design which was designed for us by our Guest Danielle Flanders.  For my card today I used two different stamp sets. First for my background on the pink panel I used Pumpkin Seeds stamp set. It is kind of light in the picture. Then for my sentiment I used one from Chick Chat. All dp is from MME. Ribbon and brads were in stash.

Take a look at what the rest of the DT has created for some more inspiration and then please join us for this weeks sketch. You can find all the deets right here.

Thanks so much for stopping by today!!!

Freeze the Moment Blog Hop

Today is the first day of sneak peaks for There She Goes. This month Jessica and the crew of talented artists are wowing everyone with three new amazing sets. Todays set is called Freeze the Moment and it is yummy cute!!! I am hoping you have been following the hop. If so than you should be coming to me from Angelas Blog and next up after me will be Christine. Make sure to leave a comment on everyones blog and back at There She Goes for a chance to win each days set. Then join us Saturday night for the Release Party and see if you are a winner.

For my card today I went with a tiny little thing measuring 4 x 4. It is so adorable IRL!!! I colored my image with copics. DP is from a sample pack I had. Ribbon is PTI and crystals are from Michaels.

Thanks for stopping by today. Keep hopping along but before you leave here is alittle bit about this new set:

Wishing for a hot summer day? This gorgeous stamp set designed by Melyssa Connolly will get you in the mood with it’s deliciously delightful summery sentiments and images!

Freeze the Moment is a 4x8 stamp set that includes a total of 29 stamps and will sell for $18.

Would you like a chance to win the Freeze the Moment stamp set? Here’s what you need to do- go to each of the Trendsetter’s Blogs and leave a comment on their Freeze the Moment Blog Hop Challenge post. After you have finished checking out the eye candy and have left some love, return to the TSG Blog and add your name to the Mr. Linky at the bottom of this Blog Hop Challenge post. A winner will be chosen randomly using a random number generator to receive their very own Freeze the Moment stamp set. The winner will be announced Saturday (May 28) during the Release Party Chat.