Clean and White...

Each day provides its own gifts. -Proverb

No, not my bathroom, it is neither clean nor white, but if you would like to come do it for I would be much obliged! :) I am selling some stamps of mine and told a friend I would post her's as well. So she sent me home with a bag of stuff to sell...but in that bag i found some Papertrey ink sets and well, I can't let anyone else have them! :) So I grabbed Beautiful Blooms and started playing! (There were a few that were duplicates of stuff I had and those are up for grabs HERE)

I decided to use this week's Clean and Simple Fall-To Layout and leave a lot of white space on my card...this gorgeous foliage really doesn't need much other than a little bling. :)

Supplies:
Stamps: Beautiful Blooms (Papertrey Ink)
Paper: White, Spring Moss, Sweet Blush (Papertrey Ink)
Ink: Spring Moss, Dark Chocolate (Papertrey Ink)
Misc: Bling, Doily Lace Edger

Challenges:
Clean & Simple Stamping:
Meljen Designs: Birthdays
Pink Elephant: Mostly White
A Crafty Little Place: Anything Goes
Allsorts: Inspired by the Park
Aly's Sunday Challenge: Use Pink
Paper Players: Anything Goes
My Time to Craft: In the Garden

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Cupcake Chloe...

Last week the candle factory burned down. Everyone just stood around and sang Happy Birthday. -Stephen Wright

Hello! Happy Sunday...I think it is Sunday, right? I am having one of those weeks...and now I think I am getting a cold! UGH

This week's Cupcake Inspiration Challenge is sponsored by InStyle Stamps and the DT got to use some of their awesome digital stamps. I decided to use Cupcake Chloe and do something a little different for me...I only used a portion if the image and made it quite a bit bigger than I originally planned. I need to remember that part of the joy of digital images is that you can play with them a bit.Supplies:
Stamps: Cupcake Chloe (InStyle Stamps,) Happy Birthday Groovy (a muse)
Paper: Nook & Pantry (Basic Grey,) Plum Pudding, Melon Berry, White, Dark Chocolate (PTI)
Ink: Printer, Copic Markers, White Gel Pen, Sugar Candy Pigment Ink
Misc: Polka Dot Sheer Ribbon, Vintage Button, Nesties, Scrappers Floss

Challenges:
Cupcake Inspiration #74:
Meljen Designs: Birthday
Paper Makeup: Birthday
365 Cards: Keep it Simple
Incy Wincy: Buttons & Bows

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Holly Peace...

Green, slender, leaf-clad holly boughs Were twisted gracefu' round her brows, I took her for some Scottish Muse, By that same token, An' come to stop those reckless vows, Would soon be broken. -Robert Burns
This week's Blogger's Challenge was to use Red, Green and Yellow...Ummmmmmmm, Yikes, So not my colors. I don't know when the last time I used Yellow was. So I sat and I thought and pulled colors from here and there and stared at my stamps. Then I gave up. Then I saw my pre-stamped image stack and right on top was a Papertrey Ink Holiday Button Bits holly image in Ripe Avocado and a bell went off in my head. After a little Basic Grey Wassail paper and some buttons, this is what I ended up with...
Supplies:
Stamps: Holiday Button Bits, Text Boxed (Papertrey Ink)
Paper: Wassail (Basic Grey,) Kraft, White, Ripe Avocado (PTI)
Ink: Vanilla Cupcake Pigment Ink (Elzybells,) Ruby Red (SU,) Ripe Avocado (PTI)
Misc: Vintage Buttons, Taffeta Ribbon, Scrapper's Floss

Challenges:
Blogger's Challenge: Red, Green & Yellow
Card Patterns:
Stamptacular Sunday: Buttons & Bows
Incy Wincy: Buttons & Bows
Cards Mag Challenge: One Word Sentiment

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Fairy Dust Box...

Butterflies are self propelled flowers. ~R.H. Heinlein
This week's Woodware USA Challenge is to make a Back to School project that is Anything But a Card...I ordered School Tots, but not in time to play with them for this project (I am a Master Procrastinator. ;) I decided to make a little Chocolate filled gift for a friend that is starting College classes...who doesn't need chocolate for class? I used Fairy Tots and decorated a DieCuts & More Circle Window Square Box...it is so easy, it is all cut out, scored and the window is done...all I did was stamp the butterflies and add the acetate! The stamped image didn't show up well against the bright colored candy, so I added a little Polka Dot Embossed circle of white paper behind it, letting a little of the acetate still show so the candy peeks out... I filled the box with some fun bright colored Sixlets that were leftover from a Pinata stuffing. I knew when I saw them in these bright fun colors that I wanted to use them for a crafty project. Here is a close up of the flowers, ribbon and image... Supplies:
Stamps: Fairy Tots (Woodware USA)
Paper: DieCut Box, Acetate, White CS
Ink: Staz-On, Copic Markers, White Pigment Ink
Misc: Grosgrain Ribbon, Zva Felt Flower, Imaginisce Glitter Brad, Imaginisce Flower, Gem Brad

Challenges:
Woodware USA: Anything But a Card Back to School
Just Us Girls: Lime, Hot Pink & Teal
Oh Alice:
Paper Cutz: Anything Goes
The Pink Elephant: Sparkle and Ribbon
Stamptacular Sunday: 2 Images (Butterfly and Mushrooms)
One Stop Craft Shop: Not a Card
Hand Stamped Sentiments: Anything But a Card

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Peachy Clean...

We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think. When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never leaves. -Buddha

I had some sheets of KaiserCraft Peach Keen paper sitting on my desk when I saw this week's Fall-To Layout and thought it would be Perfect for this clean and simple sketch. All I did was stamp a sentiment and add some ribbon with a little button detail. So fast and yet so striking eith this paper!

Supplies:
Stamps: Happy Everything (Verve)
Ink: Vanilla Cupcake Pigment Ink (Elzybells)
Paper: Peachy Keen (KaiserCraft,) Dark Chocolate CS (PTI,) Blue Bayou CS (SU)
Misc: Silk Ribbon (MS Crafts,) Vintage Button (PTI,) Scrapper's Floss

Challenges:
Fall-To Layout:
Lollipop Crafts: Buttons & Ribbons
7 Kids College Fund: Strip it Down (No more than 2 DP layers...I only used 1!!)
Stampin for the Weekend: Anything Goes
Etsy Inspired: (colors and nature)

Splitcoast Inspiration:
Incy Wincy: Buttons & Bows
Meljen Designs: Birthday


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Purple Rose...

A single rose can be my garden... a single friend, my world. -Leo Buscaglia
Hello there! Sorry I have been so quiet lately...I had company from Norway for a week and then my power, TV and Internet were down for 2 days!!! ACK!

I finally got a moment to stamp a sample for Sunday's Cupcake Inspiration Challenge. I have wanted to try the technique where you emboss a line art flower and then drip in some paint...I think I chose the wrong paper to work with, but overall I am pretty happy with the results...
Of course, it is a birthday card, more for my Grandma's pile! :)

Supplies:
Stamps: Roses in Bloom (Waltzing Mouse,) Swirly Greetings (Elzybells)
Paper: Kioshi (Basic Grey,) Brown, Cream
Ink: Versamark, Chocolate Chip
Misc: Stardust Stickles, Pearls, Floss, Buttons, Watercolors, Embossing Powder

Challenges:

Cupcake Inspiration Challenge:
Waltzing Mouse Sketch:
SCS Inspiration Challenge:
Moving Along with the Times: Glitter
Charisma Cardz: DieCuts
The Pink Elephant: Ribbon & Sparkles

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Birthday Betty...

A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval. -Mark Twain
Today is a very special girl's Birthday...she is turning 18 and we have plans this evening to go get our noses pierced together!!! Hopefully neither of us chickens out at the last minute!!! :) I pulled out my super sassy, pouty London by Simply Betty and I have even given her a teeny tiny nose piercing!!! :)

The colors were pulled from this week's Cupcake Inspiration Challenge, I just left off the raspberry and purples.
Inside view...
Supplies:
Stamps: London Digi (Simply Betty,) Cupcakes (sentiment...TGF)
Paper: Peachy Keen (KaiserCraft,) Dark Chocolate, Melon Berry, White (PTI)
Ink: Tuxedo Black & Rich Cocoa (Memento,) Copic Markers
Misc: Prima Flower, Button, Bling, Stickles, Polka Dot CB Border

Challenges:
Cupcake Inspiration Challenge:
BoBunny: Birthday Card
Kenny K: Bold & Bright
Challenge up Your Life: Celebrations
Your Next Stamp: Bold, Bright Summery Colors
Fab n Funky: Flower Power
Wild Flower Patch: Polka Dots
Stamp Something: Digi

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Summer Blog Carnival...

For some Seriously Awesome Summery Goodness you NEED to visit Craft Critique today for their Summer Blog Carnival! They have links to so many Amazing Summer Projects all over Blogland! (Including my Bombshell Aloha Angel)

Rainbow Ice Cream...

What's the point of havin' a rapier wit if I can't use it to stab people? -Jeph JacquesThis week's Woodware USA Challenge is to use your favorite technique. If I have a technique in stamping it would be Coloring with Copics...is that a technique? I always think of Batiking or Bleach Stamping or Heat Embossing as a Technique...but I don't do those things, so I guess coloring is the best I've got! ;)

I used the Birthday Fun set and made a yummy bowl of delicious Pistachio, Strawberry and Chocolate Ice Cream! Mmmmm, summer time treat! The polka dot paper is the last of the last 8x8 sheet I had of this delicious green polka dot paper, I added a scalloped piece of felt to extend the green below the image to match the sketch from 2 Sketches 4 You...

A small scrap of the larger scrap of my Favorite Christmas paper ever, Good Cheer by October Afternoon (I am hoarding it so badly!!!) went on the inside, cut with my new MFT Dienamics Small Scallop Border...
Supplies:
Stamps: Birthday Fun (Woodeware USA Clear Stamps,) Happy Everything (Verve)
Cardstock: Melon Berry, Dark Chocolate, White (PTI,) Tempting Turquoise (SU)
Patterned Paper: Good Cheer (October Afternoon)
Ink: Copic Markers, Memento Black
Misc: Stardust Stickles, Retro Flower Punch, Vintage Button, Embroidery Floss, Pop Dots, MFT Felt, MFT Small Scallop Border Die

Challenges:
Woodware USA Clear Stamps: Favorite Technique (Coloring with Copics)
2 Sketches 4 U:
A Crafty Little Place:
Etsy Inspired: Lover Dovers
Blogger's Challenge: Birthday
Frosted Designs: I used...Flower, Felt, Glitter, Button & a Punch
Fab 'n Funky: Flower Power
Paper Pretties: Summer (Colors and Ice Cream)
Wild Flower Patch: Polka Dots

How to make a 7 Year Old Happy...

Or...Dinosaurs, Cupcakes and Green...

And it sure did make him happy!! :) Yesterday was my son's 7th Birthday and he requested Green Dinosaur cupcakes. I made box cake cupcakes, colored the frosting green and then printed up some dino clip art. I punched them out and layered them on a scallop punched piece with a toothpick in between, Voila, Dinosaur cupcakes! ;)

And in other birthday news, I have a Card! I have many birthdays coming up And need to get some more Birthday cards to my Grandma, so you will be seeing a lot of Birthday stuff around here for awhile!

I started this card on my Girl's Retreat last weekend and just had to finish up some details once I got home, added the black roses and the gem in her hair along with some stickles on her skull shirt. The layout is for the Farm Fresh Friday Sketch last week.

For the inside I used just a Slice of a scrap of the PP and a sentiment from a retired TGF set...

Supplies:
Stamps: TGF Ebony, Talk Loud & Retired Set "Cupcakes"
Paper: Webster's Pages Garden Gala, Papertrey Scarlet Jewel & White
Ink: Copic Markers, Memento Tuxedo Black
Misc: Stardust Stickles, Prima Roses, Gems

Challenges:
Blogger's Challenge: Birthdays
FFF Sketch:
Challenge up Your Life: Celebrations
Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge: Anything Goes
Crafty Cardmakers: Birthday
Your Next Stamp: Birthdays

Woodware Challenge #1...

Birthdays are like boogers, the more you have the harder it is to breathe. -Unknown

It's Thursday and that means it's my turn to post on the Woodware USA Clear Stamps Blog! Make sure to check all of the blog posts for this week to see the Design team Challenge cards!

The challenge this week is Red, Turquoise and Kraft. I just recently received some of the new Papertrey Ink Beautiful Blooms paper (Thanks Piali!) and thought it would be perfect!

The Cake is part of the Birthday Fun set and I colored it with Copics and for the red icing I used Koh-i-noor pencils & Gamsol. I like the lighter feel of the pencils for red. The confetti in the background and sentiment are both from the Cocktails set.

Supplies:

Stamps: Birthday Fun, Cocktails (Woodware USA)
Paper: Papertrey Ink Beautiful Blooms, Kraft, Pure Poppy, White CS (PTI,) Tempting Turquoise CS (SU)

Ink: Memento Black, Copics, Koh-i-noor Pencils, Red & Turquoise Liquid Chalk Ink

Misc: Stardust Stickles, Retro Flower Punch, Flower Trio Pinch, Gems, Button, Embroidery Floss

Challenges:
Woodware USA: Red, Turquoise, Kraft
2 Sketches 4 U #48:
Crafty Cardmakers: Birthday
Your Next Stamp: Birthdays
Stamp Something:
Challenge up Your Life: Celebrations
Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge: Anything Goes
Frosted Designs: Celebrate Life

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