Hello Sunshine... yeah, I wish!

Hi everyone!  Is it sunny where you are yet?  Not here that's for sure!  So why not dream a little?  Here is a happy cheery Hello Sunshine card.  I just love making felt flowers, they make me so happy and Spellbinders dies cuts through felt like butter!

The small flower in white felt is made from an oldie but goodie set, Bitty Blossoms and the yellow sunflower is from the Jewel Flowers and Flourishes set.  See the embossed aqua cardstock panels in the rays?  That was made with the Dainty Dots M-bossibilities folder.  I love that simple design and you can add so much texture by embossing just a few of the rays.

I double stamped the sentiment with gray and turquoise inks and outlined each sun ray panel with stickles.  Lastly I added some enamel dots for accents.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!  Here is a close up picture of the flowers and embossing details.

Card Deets: 

Spellbinder dies: S5-143 Jewel Flowers and Flourishes and S5-086 Bitty Blossoms Shapeabilities®; EG-002 Dainty Dots M-Bossabilities®
Stamps - Misc sentiment
Ink - Amuse Studio, Slate and Mermaid ink 
Paper: Papertrey Ink, White and Aqua Mist cardstock; My Mind's Eye Cut and Paste "charm" 6x6 paper pad
Embellishments - Stamp Simply ribbon store: My Mind's Eye enamel dots, yellow/white baker's twine; Benzie Bazaar, White and Yellow felt; Stardust Stickles
Adhesive - Tombow USA Mono Multi liquid glue; Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L Foam Squares    
NOTE: You can also find Spellbinders Die Templates at the The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store. 

Happy birthday tag

Hi everyone!!  I have a fun birthday tag to share today.  To give my tag some texture, I cut it in the tag shape (which measures 4 1/2" x 2 1/4") and then embossed it with my Dotted Flowers M-bossibilities folder.  I love the embossed pattern as a back drop for my blossom.  

Then I busted out my much neglected felt and alternated my layers with felt and pattern paper.  I get asked all the time if Spellbinders dies cut through felt and the answer is YES!  The dies are deeply etched and cuts felt beautifully!  The bloom is made with both the Blossom and Standard Circles dies.

 Here are some of the supplies I used on the tag.

Here is the Dotted Flowers folder.  I used Side A for my tag, but the great thing about these folders is they are double sided and you get 2 in 1!!!

 

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!!  Here is a close up of the embossing detail.

Card Deets: 
Spellbinder dies: ES-011 Dotted Flowers M-Bossabilities®, S4-192 Blossom, S4-114 Standard Circles LG and S4-116 Standard Circles SM Nestabilities®

Stamps - JustRite Papercrafts, Celebrate Today vintage Labels Four for sentiment
Paper: Bazzill Card Shoppe, Taffy cardstock; Misc retired pattern paper
Embellishments - Stamp Simply Ribbon Store: Black and white baker's twine; Want2Scrap Nestabling Heart Circles; Benzie Bazaar red felt
Adhesive - Tombow USA Mono Multi liquid glue; Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L Foam Squares 

NOTE: You can also find Spellbinders Die Templates and Embossing folders at the The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store. 

New tutorial video up on the Spellbinders blog

Hi everyone!!  I am up on the Spellbinders blog today with a new video!  I changed up the way I did it and took a page from Darsie's playbook.  So the video shows me making my projects in double time with handy captions along the way.  Because of that, my video is only 4 minutes long!  Check it out if you have a chance.

Here is a peek at my projects

Thanks for stopping by!

CAS-ual Friday Stamps: Beanstalks

Hi everyone!  Welcome to CAS-ual Friday Stamps February sneak peeks!  I am thrilled to be guest designing and joining Michele, her team and fellow guest designer, Glenda this month.  I really love Michele's designs and have been a fan since her first release last October.  I also had the pleasure of meeting her at CHA and have to say, she is as nice as she is beautiful!  Am I right?!?

Here is a picture of Michele with me and Glenda at CHA

Today we are peeking the set, Beanstalks.  This is a set of 5 images and 4 sentiments and is my favorite set of the release!  I know you will love it too!  I stamped the sentiment and leaves flourish and colored them with a Copic marker.  The fun, bright papers are from Fancy Pants, The Good Life 6x6 pad.

I even busted out some oldie but goodie felt flowers from my stash.  The pale green flower is actually white colored with the same Copic marker as the leaves.

Be sure to check out what Glenda has made and the Girl Fridays have samples to share on the CAS-ual Friday Stamps blog (not to be confused with the CAS-ual Friday challenge which is a different blog).  And as always, Michele will be giving away Beanstalks to one lucky commenter on the CAS-ual Friday Stamps blog, so head on over!!

Thanks for stopping by and be sure to come by again tomorrow where we will peek the set, Breathe!  I'll leave you with a close up picture.

Card Deets:

Stamps - Beanstalks (CAS-ual Friday Stamps)

Paper - white and red cardstock; The Good Life 6x6 pad (Fancy Pants)

Accessories - Spellbinders Classic and Standard Ovals LG, felt flowers, Say it With Bling red rhinestones (Want2Scrap), silver cupped flower sequins, black striped ribbon, corner rounder, swiss dots EF

CASEing Lydia with Moxie fab felt

Hi everyone!  I have a double challenge card to share today.  I had a chance to play in this week's Featured Stamper challenge to case Lydia (Understandblue)!! I chose this cutie card to case.

I changed the border punch (mine was created with Spellbinders Edgeabilities die templates), sentiment, added a butterfly and made a felt blossom instead of a button.  I chose felt to play along with the Moxie Fab challenge -Fabulous Felt!  I saw the tutorial Julie posted yesterday and had to try it.  It was easy peasy!!  The stamp set I used was Happy Everything from Unity.  Another fabulous set that was begging for some ink.

 I bought my felt from this Etsy store.  The quality is fabulous and she has amazing colors.  So, I am bummed that I stamped my sentiment crooked, but oh well -Lydia, I hope you still like it!

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Card Deets:

Stamps - Happy Everything
Ink - Chocolate chip, Sage (AMuse)
Paper - Kraft and Ivory cardstock
Accessories - Peacock felt (Benzie Bazaar), brown twine, 2mm turquoise rhinestones (Pizzazz Aplenty), Spellbinders Edgeabilities Classic Triple Scallop and Classic Postage Stamp decorative insert

Viva La Verve

Hi everyone!  It's the weekend and it couldn't have come sooner around here!  Been super busy doing nothing it seems.  How does that happen?  LOL!

I have a Viva La Verve challenge card to share today.  My card uses the new set, Happy Days.  You know, this set is a "creeper" meaning it sorta creeped up on me as my GO TO set!  LOL!  Love it!

The bright pinks and yellows on the inspiration picture led me directly to the DeLovely papers, from Cosmo Cricket.  The felt flower and leaves are from Creative Cafe.

Here is the sketch and inspiration picture for the challenge. 

Update on my remodel:  Well, the weather here in Portland has RUINED our plans of doing our new driveway in June.  You see, we are drowning in rain over here!  My concrete guy informed me we absolutely CAN NOT pour concrete when it's raining.  Sigh... Looks like I will now be doing he driveway in August.  The Kitchen remodel is still set for July.  Yes, I am doing one at a time.  Otherwise I would need to be committed!  LOL!

AND, I have been playing around with a couple digital blog kits with some help from my friend, Maureen.  Check out my new banner and sidebar buttons!  

Card Deets:

Stamps - Happy Days
Ink - Raspberry fizz, Black
Paper - white, black and raspberry fizz cardstock, DeLovely 6x6 pad (Cosmo)
Accessories - felt flowers, swiss dots EF, yellow rhinestones, Scallop trim border punch

Stampin' some CAS snow

Hi everyone, it's time for another Stamp Simply challenge! This week, Sharon has challenged us to make a CAS card that has SNOW on it. I loved this challenge. I needed 3 more Christmas cards and CAS was in definitely in order and now I'm done!! Whew!

My card uses the long retired, but will always be my favorite snowman image, Frosty!! Isn't this guy the cutest? When I am short on time, I like to find a layout that has a similar image size and copy it. I used a layout from this Anya post a couple months ago.

The snow is from a couple of lines from liquid applique -very easy to do with alot of impact! (quick TIP, apply the liquid applique BEFORE you glue the cardstock layers together as the heat gun will warp the glue and make your them funky!!)

The pattern paper is MME Merry Days of Christmas -which is a perfect match to the SU Baja Breeze colored felt snowflakes! The sentiment is from Verve's Holly Jolly. This is CAS, so it's fairly straight forward. I do have to say, once I bought my Score-Pal, making CAS cards went to the next level. Scored lines on the card base make a huge difference don't 'cha think?

Sharon has Mr. Linky up and working, so be sure to link up your challenge card to her bloggy if you play along!! And, be sure to use keyword SSNOTIME118 when you upload to SCS. Be sure to stop by the team's blogs to see all their altered cards!

Sharon, herself

Jennifer

Janine

Julie

AJ

Tammy

Deb

Barbara

Jenny

Barb

Card Deets:

Stamps - Frosty, Holly Jolly

Paper - White, Baja Breeze, MME pp

Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black

Accessories - Copic markers, red rhinestones, silver brads (all from Pink hedgehog papercrafts), liquid applique, felt snowflakes (SU!)

Kissmas & Mistletoe and some butterflies

What could possibly make the {ippity} Kissmas & Mistletoe set better? How about some pattern paper and carefully selected embellishments?

Yep that would do it!

For those readers who are just getting started on the Christmas cards (I know you're out there!), I put together a little kit to go with the Kissmas & Mistletoe stamp set. Check the entire kit and all the details here on my {ippity} sales blog!!

I also have a couple cards to share. This first is a super CAS card. The fun glittery butterfly is actually a sticker from the Mike's dollar bin! The butterfly tail is part of a larger stamp that I masked off. I used some Basic Grey Euphoria scraps I had, and added some Kaiser rhinestones -easy peasy!

A little tip -sometimes it can be tricky to wrap ribbon around a single layer card, but for this one I hid where the ends met UNDER the circles. That way the unsightly (for those of us with stamping ODC) ends are hidden!

Here is a picture of the inside. I kept with the straight lines and circles.

This next card also has butterflies and the same BG paper, but has a totally different feel. I have used a layout before and just love it, that Top Note die is GORgeous! The felt butterflies are from the online store Craft Embellishment World, I added some Zva Creative rhinestone swirls for the tail. I snipped off the end of each rhinestone "tail" and added a light pink one (from Kaiser). Again, pretty easy peasy!

Thanks for stopping by! Stay tuned for Friday's post, it's gonna be a fun one!!!

Card Deets (green butterfly):

Stamps - Sassy Shilouettes for sentiment (Stampendeous), Swirls V:I for butterfly trail(Autumn Leaves clear stamps)

Ink - Purely Pomegranite and Basic Black (SU!)

Paper - Stamper's Select white cardstock, Gable Green cardstock (SU!) , Euphoria (Basic Grey 6x6 pad)

Accessories - Green glitter butterfly sticker (Michael's Inc), Score-Pal, Pomegranite double stitched grosgrain (SU!), Sweet Pea and Wine rhinestones (KaiserCraft), Swiss dots cuttlebug folder, 1/4" -1/2" -1" -1 1/2" circle punches (SU!), button

Card Deets (pink butterfly):

Paper - Stamper's Select white cardstock, Euphoria (Basic Grey 6x6 pad)

Accessories - Felt butterflies, Pink Taffeta ribbon (SU!), Light pink rhinestones (KaiserCraft), Swiss dots cuttlebug folder (ProvoCraft), Top Note die (SU!), Zva Creative clear swirl rhinestones, edge distresser (Heidi Swapp)

Verve's Thankful Hearts blog hop

**This is my second post, if you are looking for FWF card, click here**

Hi everyone and welcome to Verve's Thankful Hearts Blog Hop!! In leiu of the normal release party we do, we are doing a blog hop tonight featuring the three new sets that just released!! All the sets are focused on thankfulness. I am absolutely in love with each and every one.

If you’ve arrived from Jen D’s blog , then you’re on the right path. But, if you’ve just happened by, you may want to hop on over to Julee's Blog to start from the beginning! And to make this hop even sweeter, we’ve got a special treat hidden along the way for one lucky commenter. So if you see something that makes you smile, be sure to leave a comment for a chance to win our entire release!

My card uses the heart border stamp from the Thankful Hearts set which I have embossed with chocolate EP. The sentiment is from Celebration of thanks.

The felt flowers are from Creative Cafe and for the centers I used silver cupped flower sequins with a green rhinestone in the center. The pattern paper is Memory Box, Sprout.

The sentiment is punched out with SU's small oval and I inked up one of the hearts from the border stamp and added another green rhinestone.

Next up on the hop is the FABULOUS TOSH!!! Here is a master list in case you get lost along the way.

Julee

Amy

Mercy

Laurie

Teresa

Sankari

Jen D.

Michelle (me) -YOU ARE HERE!

Tosh

Jackie

Susan

Lynda

Charmaine

Jen T.

Amber

Thanks for stopping by!

Card Deets:
Stamps - Thankful Hearts, Thankful Celebrations (Verve Stamps)
Ink - Versamark, Chocolate chip
Paper - Stamper's Select white cardstock, Chocolate Chip (SU!), Sprout pattern Paper (Memory Box)
Accessories - Classic and Scallop Circle Nestabilities (Spellbinder), 6mm silver full cupped flower sequins (Cartwright's Sequins), Rhinestone Circle Wheel (Zva Creative), felt flowers (Creative Cafe), silver cord (May Arts), cuttlebug embossing folder (Provo Craft), chocolate brown embossing powder (Stampendeous)

Some challenge cards and one just for fun!

Hi everyone! I have a three challenge cards to share and a card I DID JUST FOR FUN! Remember when we used to have time to do that? Pfft! Now with Daniel in Kindergarten, my "stamping just for fun" time has pretty much gone out the window -LOL!

First up is my card for this week's SCS Featured Stamper challenge who happened to be RACHEL (aka RachelHope13)!! Of course you all know Rach is my BFF AND a wonderful stamper! I chose her cutie fun tree button card to case. I changed the pattern paper to a piece of Cosmo Cricket, Nutmeg 6x6 pad. I also added some scoring at the bottom and added a tag. All the buttons and burlap string are from Pinkhedgehog Papercrafts. 

 

This next card is for SCS Sketch challenge #252 (are we really up to 252?)!! I like this sketch altho it was a bit tricky chosing the pattern papers to go with the holly leaves and buttons. I used PTI's Holiday Button Bits for this card and the Pattern paper is Cosmo Cricket Jolly by Golly. The buttons are from the Fuchsia Collection, they are a perfect match to Raspberry Fizz!!

This Christmas card is for Jen's Sketch For you to Try challenge. I don't get to Jen's sketches very often, but I just love them and bring them out every week! This one REALLY caught my eye and I had to make time. So I busted out my Verve set, O Christmas Tree and My Mind's Eye, Merry Days of Christmas. The sentiment is from last year's Ornamental Christmas.

Next up is my Just for Fun card! No challenge, no deadline, I was digging thru my stamp stash and found this cutie $1 Studio G stamp. I bought it ages ago and never used it. I used some Basic Grey, Lemonade scraps and some Creative Cafe felt flowers from my LSS. Man, looking at this photo, I need to edit it again. It looks so dark... anyway, I love this little birdie! Thanks for stopping by and stay tuned tomorrow for some Friends with Flair Unity goodness!!

Card Deets (Featured Stamper): Stamps: Tiny Giggle Grove Paper: kraft, vintage cream, Cosmo Cricket Nutmeg Ink: Memento Espresso Accessories: buttons, score-pal, burlap string

Card Deets (Sketch): Stamps: Holiday Button Bits Paper: white, black, raspberry fizz, PP Jolly by Golly Accessories: raspberry fizz grosgrain, silver pearls, buttons from the Fuchsia Collection

Card Deets (SFYTT):

Paper - White, Pure Poppy, Merry Days of Christmas (MME)

Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black

Accessories - Light blue and yellow rhinestones, blue taffeta ribbon, circle nestabilities, double ended tag nesties, copic markers

Card Deets (Birdie): Stamps: Studio G Paper: white, pink pirouette, lemonade Ink: black Accessories: score-pal, felt flower, $1 yellow grosgrain ribbon, Michael's silver pearls

Lots of CAS!

Hi everyone, I have a several CAS cards to share today! I was inspired by the challenge going on over on the Cards Magazine blog. Paige issued a challenge to do a CAS card using collage-y layout inspired by Kim Hughes card she showed.

This challenge was SO fun! Seriously, I made 4 cards yesterday. It wasn't as simple as I hoped, I totally futzed around with the DP, layout, embellies, etc -but it was good to use up some scraps and chipboard sticker leftovers. I have 2 more in the works! I love this style of card.

This first one uses a vintage button from my granny's tin and some Creative Cafe felt flowers.

This next card uses some Cosmo Cricket Jolly by Golly pattern paper and chipboard stickers.

This one uses Basic Grey June Bug paper and chipboard stickers.

And lastly, this card is for my dad's birthday. I followed the CPS sketch from last week. The amazing cuttlebug folder is called Diamond Plate and is perfect for masculine cards!

Here are a couple close up pictures!

This week is Verve's October release week! Julee has come up with some amazing sketch challenges and there is a FREE digital download for release! It's called Winter Mittens. Check out the Verve forum on SCS for all the release details and the sketches! Peeks start tomorrow, so keep an eye out for lots of Verve goodness to hit the blogasphere!

Thanks for stopping by!

Cupcake inspiration challenge #29

Hi everyone! It's Sunday and that means it's time for another FABULOUS Cupcake Inspiration challenge from Hope Stamps Eternal! Check out this week's cupcakes, how are cute are these little Halloween witches? I get questions about where Rachel finds these cupcake images. I will refer you to her challenge post. She has links there.

I also wanted to mention that Rachel has the new STAMPAVIE stamps in the store now -they are designed by Tina Wenkle and are the cutest little things!!
Honestly, I had a bit of trouble with these cuppies. The witches were not really my thing, so I took my inspiration from the black on them and used black as my layering/accent color and here's what I came up with.

I used some of my neglected Basic Grey Lemonade paper. I used the tiny dotted piece for the letters and carried the yellow dots thru to the rhinestone accents along the punched edge. The flower is made from 2 Zva felt flowers and a Zva corduroy brad. I SO love these brads, I see stampers use them beautifully and this is the first time I finally got one to work!! I tried several kinds of black ribbon and strings, but finally settled on the simple 1/4" grosgrain, sometimes simple is better! The sketch for this card is this week's Mojo108 sketch.

Everyone is invited to play along in the challenge!! If you do, be sure to link your creation to Mr. Linky on the HSE blog. Every week, Rach highlighs the top 5!! Congrats to this week's Top Picks !!!

Now head on over to my fellow HSE Sweetie's and see how they rocked those cupcakes!!

Carolina - Carolina's Creative Pad

Rachel - Hope Stamps Eternal

Colleen - Glitter Ink

Bonnie - The Lucky Clucker

Tammy - Stamp Happy

Natalie - Dougnat Diaries

Jessica - Shamrocks and Seashells

Kelli - Yard Sale Kind of Luck

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Card Deets:

Paper - Vintage Cream, black, Lemonade PP

Accessories - Zva felt flowers and corduroy brad, grosgrain ribbon, yellow rhinestones, Upper Crest border punch (Fiskars), score-pal