A card, some enabling, and a freebie

Hi everyone! I have a quick card to share using Taylor's sketch this week. I used a couple of my new toys -the SU! Embosslits Beautiful Wings and KaiserCrafts Peachy Keen paper! Lots of fun!

This card uses sentiment blocks from the Ippity What Matters Most set. I cut out and lightly colored the word blocks with a copic marker. Aren't those butterflies the cutest? I am sooo in love!!

AND NOW FOR SOME ENABLING!

Sharon's Stamp Simply Ribbon Store:
-Sharon has 4 BRAND NEW fabulous kits! 3 use Graphic 45 paper pads and one uses October Afternoon Ducks in a Row paper pad.
-Sharon has a couple of new ribbons in stock! 2 sizes of May Arts ric rac ribbons and some amazing wrinkled ribbons (these are sold by the spool only).

Hope Stamps Eternal Store:
-Pink Paislee 6x6 paper pads in stock! The new lines, 365 Degrees, Bayberry Cottage, and Queen Bee
-Lots of new Stampavie stamp sets by Penny Johnson and Tina Wenke
-Brand new Basic Grey 6x6 pads, Green at Heart and Kioshi
-New Bella Blvd 12x12 paper! The All Inclusive, Estate Sale and Man of the House collections.
-Use discount code STPAT for a 15% off your entire order

Pink Hedgehog Papercrafts:
-HUGE satin ribbon spool sale -10 yard spools of Shiff satin ribbon for $1.50 each! Select colors and widths left!
-All the new Spellbinders at 30% off retail! These are available thru a special order from Heidi. For the ribbon and Spellbinders, you will need to email Heidi through the store "contact us" page.

Verve Stamps:
-Spring Fling 2010 collection bundle sale! Get the entire release on sale for $71!!


And now for something free!

I have been cleaning out my craft area and I have a gallon ziplock baggie chock FULL of ribbon scraps. These scraps range in color, brand and size. I also have 5 partial Basic Grey 6x6 pads that have LOTS of life left in them (full pages and scraps). They are Porcelain, Gypsy, Infuse, Phoebe and Ambrosia.
I would LOVE to pass these on to someone who will use them, so leave me a comment if you want them! I will pick a name Thursday evening.

Well, that's it for today! Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Card Deets:
Stamps - What Matters Most (Ippity)
Ink - Memento Rich cocoa
Paper - Kraft, dark chocolate, vintage cream (PTI), Peachy Keen PP (KaiserCraft) Accessories - 3/8" brown satin ribbon, embosslits beautiful wings (SU!), Swiss Dots EF, rhinestones

Cupcake inspiration challenge #44

Hi everyone! I'm back with 2 cards for this week's FABULOUS Cupcake Inspiration challenge from Hope Stamps Eternal! I haven't stamped in over 2 weeks and man, it was tough getting started. I think I left my MOJO at the Basic Grey booth at CHA!! LOL! That place was amazing, but I digress... Check out these cutie cuppies!! There is all kinds of Valentine-y goodness going on. They're not subtle, that's for sure!
I took my inspiration from the hearts and all kinds of colors going on! I thought it would be perfect to use this week's Fall To Layout 76 and punched designer paper squares. This first card uses My Mind's Eye Be Loved and a couple punched hearts. The sentiment is from Verve's Heart's Desire set.

I had fun with this one, so I made another. This time using My Mind's Eye Love Me Do -such fun non-traditional Valentine colors in this line (sorry, Rach is out of stock),

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 and use CIC44 when uploading. Every week, Rach highlighs the top 5!!

Now head on over to the Sweeties and see how they rocked these cupcakes!!!!

Rachel - Hope Stamps Eternal

Colleen - Glitter Ink
Teresa - Enjoy the VA Sunshine

Amy - A Thousand Sheets of Paper (January Guest)

Oh and while I was gone, Rachel announced the NEW ADDITIONS TO OUR TEAM! Woohoo! A big congrats and welcome to Alice Wertz (Alice's {Little} Wonderland), Kristen Catalano (Scrap-Creations), Patricia Garcia (Patricia Garcia), and Piali Biswas (Touch of Creation). They will be joining us NEXT WEEK!

Thanks for stopping by. I have a little blog candy going on, you can check out the deets on this post. There is still time to comment!

Card Deets:
Stamps - Heart's Desire
Ink - Memento Rich Cocoa and Tuxedo Black
Paper - Vintage cream, white, MME pattern paper
Accessories - silver pearls (Michael's), silver cord, hearts and square punch (SU!), yellow seam binding (Martha Stewart)

Hope Stamps Eternal Design Team call

Hi everyone! Quick post to announce that Hope Stamps Eternal is having a Design Team call!

If you follow my blog, you should be familiar with HSE! I am the Design Team Coordinator and have been posting the HSE Cupcake Challenges each Sunday. Well, we are looking for applicants for a new 6 month term. Here are the deets:

Hope Stamps Eternal Design Team Call

Do you love to play with paper, ink, stamps and embellishments? Do you have a blog that you update regularly? Do you want to be a part of a fun group of creative people

If the answer is yes, then this is the call for you!

We are looking for crafters who blog regularly and can show our product in a good light. Does this mean you have to be the best stamper in the industry??? Absolutely not! What is does mean is that applicants need
to be willing to use and link HSE products on projects… in exchange you will receive an ongoing 25% discount and free products throughout your term.

What you will receive ~
1. 25% off ALL purchases at Hope Stamps Eternal.
2. Free product throughout your term
3. A $25 Welcome Credit to the store
4. Camaraderie and a good time!!

What we require of you ~

1. Participate in the weekly Sunday Challenge (Cupcake Inspiration Challenge)
2. Use product carried by Hope Stamps Eternal as often as possible,
linked to the product or category each time
3. A minimum of 6 projects a month should feature Hope Stamps
Eternal product, this can include the Sunday Challenge and
any Blog Hops or Spotlights we schedule
4. Special Spotlights and Blog Hops may be scheduled,
the timing will be worked out among the entire group

Design team term ~ Feb 1st, 2010 to July 31st, 2010

How do you apply? Simple! Just email links to 2-3 of your favorite blogged projects to Rachel at hopestampseternal@hotmail.com (please make sure you send Direct links to your Project, not a general blog link!). Submissions will accepted thru Jan 15th and the Design Team Members chosen will be notified by Jan 20th

Cupcake Inspirational challenge #38

Hi everyone! It's Sunday and that means it's time for another FABULOUS Cupcake Inspiration challenge from Hope Stamps Eternal! Check out these fun and festive cupcakes!!

These cupcakes are so fresh and crisp, WHAT I WOULDN'T GIVE FOR A CANDY CANE STAMP -LOL! Alas I had none, so I went with the bold green and red colors and dots. I used the fabu Bella Blvd December Details (Candy Cane Lane and Grumpy Grinch pieces) pattern paper and the image and sentiment are from the December Detail Bits of Bella sheet. I added some Kaiser rhinestones and tiny Zva Creative rhinestones to the tree to give it some extra sparkle.

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 and use CIC38 when uploading. Every week, Rach highlighs the top 5!! Congrats to this week's Top Picks !!!

Now head on over to the Sweeties and see how they rocked these cupcakes!!!!

Carolina - Carolina's Creative Pad
Rachel - Hope Stamps Eternal
Colleen - Glitter Ink
Bonnie - The Lucky Clucker
Natalie - Dougnat Diaries
Jessica - Shamrocks and Seashells
Kelli - Yard Sale Kind of Luck
Teresa - Enjoy the VA Sunshine
Elena - The Red Haired Girl -December's Guest Sweetie

Thanks for stopping by!

Card Deets:

Paper - white, ridinghood red, Bella Blvd December Details PP

Accessories - Kaiser rhinestones, Zva rhinestones, Stardust stickles, button, 3/8" white satin ribbon, MS snowflake punch, SU scallop border punch

Hope Stamps Secret Sweetie Blog Hop

Hi everyone and welcome to a very Sweetie Christmas Hop!

The Hope Stamps Eternal Sweeties have a big reveal to share today. A few weeks back, we were each assigned a secret sweetie and in turn made and sent holiday goodies to them. During this hop you will see what we put together and reveal who we made it for.

Make sure to comment on each blog because one lucky person will be the winner of blog candy! Start at Rachel's blog where you will be able to see a photo of the blog candy and then just follow along to the next blog from there.

I was the Secret Sweetie for CAROLINA!! This is the card I made. Isn't that little snowman the cutest??? Believe it or not, no stamping on this one -both the image and sentiment are from the December Details Bits of Bella.

The goodie package contained:

-several chipboard alterable stuff with matching paper, ribbon and accessories from Cosmo Cricket.

-my FAVORITE paper pack from the year, Early Bird by Cosmo Cricket

-my FAVORITE little rhinestones from Zva Creative

-12x12 paper from Bella Blvd, Sweet Celebration collection (she loves pink)

-Zva Creative rhinestone swirls and bling!

I hope you like them Carolina, I chose a mixture of items that I knew you would like (alterable type stuff) and my favs from the year!!

Now hop on over to Kelli and see what and to who she sent her sweets to!!

Card Deets:

Paper - White, soft sky, Bella Blvd December Details pattern paper

Accessories - 1/4" light blue grosgrain, score-pal, dew drops the hydrangea bottle, tiny rhinestones (Zva Creative)

Cupcake inpsiration challenge #37

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 cute are these guys??

OK, so have you ever have a card in your mind? You imagine it pretty, with lovely swirls on the pattern paper, gorgeous snowflake embossed cross panel, amazing image, billowing snow along the bottom, it follows the VLVDec01 sketch and BOOM!

The card is a stinker? I mean, seriously a STINKER?

That happened to me with my card! I tried and tried. The more stuff I did to this card, the WORSE it got! Desperately trying to avoid the trash can, I took away some panels, added 2 snowflakes and managed to salvage it in some way - LOL!

Here it is... see what I mean? EGADS! Oh well, I gotta let it go -LOL! The turquoise snowman is from {ippity} stamps, Kissmas & Mistletoe and the pattern paper is Cosmo Cricket, Jolly by Golly. The snowman has some tiny Zva Creative rhinestones on him and he is tucked behind a drift of snow. The snow is made from Glistening Snow Writer by DecoArt and I added Stickles to the snowflakes.

Since I wasn't very happy with my first attempt, I decided to make another card and I like it MUCH better.

To get my MOJO working again, I used Julee's Mojo Monday sketch that I really love. **sigh** circles just make me happy!! The pattern paper is Basic Grey, Eskimo Kisses (Rachel is out of stock) and the tree and sentiment are also from {ippity} stamps, Kissmas & Mistletoe.

I did some sewing and distressing on this one. Haven't done that in awhile. I used my beloved Swiss Dots EF and Zva rhinestones. Oh, and see how "Peace" is stamped along the bottom? I wanted it soft, so I used the Creamy Caramel ink I used for the sponging. Again, more snow behind the tree -kinda pretty!!

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 and use CIC37 when uploading. Every week, Rach highlighs the top 5!! Congrats to this week's Top Picks !!!

Now head on over to the Sweeties and see how they rocked this cupcake!!!!

Carolina - Carolina's Creative Pad

Rachel - Hope Stamps Eternal

Colleen - Glitter Ink (will be posting late)

Bonnie - The Lucky Clucker

Natalie - Dougnat Diaries

Jessica - Shamrocks and Seashells

Kelli - Yard Sale Kind of Luck

Teresa - Enjoy the VA Sunshine

Elena - The Red Haired Girl -December's Guest Sweetie

Thanks for stopping by!

Card Deets (snowman):

Stamps: Kissmas & Mistletoe ({ippity} stamps)

Paper: Vintage Cream, Jolly by Golly PP

Ink:

Accessories: 5/8" cream grosgrain, Round rhinestone wheel (Zva Creative), button from Ivory collection (PHH)

Card Deets (tree):
Stamps: Kissmas & Mistletoe ({ippity} stamps)
Paper: White, Pink Pirouette, Eskimo Kisses PP
Ink: Old Olive, Creamy Caramel
Accessories: 5/8" pink grosgrain, Round rhinestone wheel (Zva Creative), Corner rounder, Swiss Dots EF

Cupcake inspiration challenge #36

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 cupcake, how cute is this??

I was inspired by the white fluffy icing to use a snowman image and the yummy holly leaves. My card uses some of my favorite Jolly by Golly paper and chipboard stickers from Cosmo Cricket. This little snowman just makes me smile! I added some Zva Creative flower shaped rhinestones for his buttons and tag.

This card is pretty simple, I used some ribbon, a red button and some of the wired silver cord that I am addicted to of late. I was planning on doing some sewing on this, but I had a holiday craft fair today and my mojo took a runner!! LOL!


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 !!!

Please help me welcome our December Guest sweetie -Elena, The Red Haired Girl!! Elena is an amazing stamper and we are super excited to have her with us and see what she does with the challenges. Now head on over to the Sweeties and see how they rocked this cupcake!!!!

Carolina - Carolina's Creative Pad
Rachel - Hope Stamps Eternal
Colleen - Glitter Ink
Bonnie - The Lucky Clucker (will be posting late morning)
Natalie - Dougnat Diaries
Jessica - Shamrocks and Seashells
Kelli - Yard Sale Kind of Luck
Teresa - Enjoy the VA Sunshine
Elena - The Red Haired Girl

Thanks for stopping by!

Card Deets:
Stamps: Sentiment from Verve Stamps
Paper: Vintage Cream, Jolly by Golly PP
Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa
Accessories: tag punch (martha stewart), 5/8" cream grosgrain, silver wire edged ribbon (Michael's), Flower rhinestone wheel (Zva Creative), button from Fire Engine collection (PHH)

Featured Stamper cards and a Cyper Monday Sale at HSE!

Hi everyone, I have 2 cards to share that I made for the featured stamper challenge this week -to CASE Mrs. Boz, aka CarollAnn! Not only is she incredibily talented and such a sweet person. I chose this lovely card to case. I couldn't get the black base to work for some reason, so I changed up the layers a bit. I used PTI's new Turning a New Leaf for the branch and {ippity} stamps Just Wanted to Say for the sentiment. The branch is adorned with some flower cupped sequins with a green bead glued in the center.

See that cutie butterfly? It's a new Martha Stewart punch that comes with 3 stamps in it to decorate the butterfly! Wha...?? Stamps with a Martha punch ? Be still my heart!


This second card is a difference version of the first. I found this fabulous houndstooth ribbon at Michael's bin and HAD to buy it. I have had a passion for houndstooth for some time now, sigh... Anyway, again I used PTI's new Turning a New Leaf for the branch and {ippity} stamps Just Wanted to Say.

This time for the sentiment panel, I masked off the little bird in the Top Note shaped stamp and stamped it in black. I then stamped the bird in pink, and cut it out. After I stamped in the You're So Fabulous sentiment, I popped up the bird and added a tiny rhinestone for it's eye. Of course, I added more sequins and silver pearls on this one and used my FAV punch, Upper Crest.

EDITED TO ADD: The HSE sale will be held over thru Tuesday! PayPal was having some issues last night and some people couldn't place their order!!

I also wanted to let you all know about a FABULOUS Cyper Monday sale going on at Hope Stamps Eternal, the ENTIRE store is on sale at a 30% discount! All stuff old and new is on sale! Hurry on over there and check it out.

Thanks for stopping by!

Card Deets (birthday):
Stamps: turning a new leaf, just wanted to say
Paper: kraft, white, hibiscus burst and bitty stars PP (all PTI)
Ink: spring moss, black
Accessories: flower cupped sequins, labels four nesties, beads, gingham ribbon, butterfly and border punch (Martha Stewart)

Card Deets (amazing bird):

Stamps: turning a new leaf, just wanted to say

Paper: black, white, raspberry fizz (all PTI)

Ink: spring moss, black, raspberry fizz

Accessories: flower cupped sequins, silver pearls, houndstooth ribbon, Upper Crest border punch (EK Success)

Cupcake Inspiration Challenge #35

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 cupcake, how STUNNING is this??

I LOVE the elegance of this cupcake and I tried to capture some of it. I took inspiration from the pale blue, white and silver colors and the snowman image. I used my Kissmas and Mistletoe set from {ippity} stamps. I embossed the snowman and sentiment with silver EP and added some silver sequins with tiny green rhinestones from a Zva Creative wheel.

The DP is Basic Grey, Eskimo Kisses and I used my beloved Swiss Dots EF. I hope you all will never get tired of me using that folder -LOL! The snowflakes are punched out, edged with silver craft ink and also added silver sequins with blue Zva rhinestones.

Hopefully you can get a better look at the close-up picture.

Since I had lots of scraps and nesties out on my desk, I did another! This one is a Christmas thank you card using the tree image from Kissmas & Mistletoe (also embossed in silver) and the sentiment is from Verve's new Celebration of Thanks set. I took a better picture this morning, you can tell the outer circle is SHINY SILVER! I recycled the sides of an old gift bag!

BTW, can you tell I am addicted to circle cards ? LOL!

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 this cupcake!!!!

Carolina - Carolina's Creative Pad (has this week off)

Rachel - Hope Stamps Eternal

Colleen - Glitter Ink (will be posting late morning)
Bonnie - The Lucky Clucker

Natalie - Dougnat Diaries

Jessica - Shamrocks and Seashells

Kelli - Yard Sale Kind of Luck

Teresa - Enjoy the VA Sunshine

Thanks for stopping by!

Card Deets:
Stamps: Kissmas & Mistletoe ({Ippity})

Paper: white, Soft Sky, Eskimo Kisses DP

Ink: VersaMark, silver craft for sponging

Accessories: snowflake punch (martha stewart), silver sequins from metallic mix (Cartwright Sequins), oval nesties, silver wire edged ribbon (Michael's), silver EP

Cupcake Inspiration Challenge #34

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 cupcake, how yummy delish is this one??

I was totally inspired by the apples and ran with green and the circle shape. I used my new {Ippity} stamp set, Just Because of You and paired it with Cosmo Cricket Early bird 6x6 mini deck. See the tiny yellow bling on the butterflies (maybe you can in the close up pic)? They are from the Zva Creative crystal shapes wheel. I think Rach is out of the shapes wheel right now -oh Rach??.

The stamp is from {Ippity} Stamps! Yep, my Ippity stamps arrived. You can find all the details here.

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 this cupcake!!!!

Carolina - Carolina's Creative Pad
Rachel - Hope Stamps Eternal
Colleen - Glitter Ink
Bonnie - The Lucky Clucker (has the week off)
Natalie - Dougnat Diaries
Jessica - Shamrocks and Seashells
Kelli - Yard Sale Kind of Luck
Teresa - Enjoy the VA Sunshine

Before I go, I have another {Ippity} card to share. I made this one for one of the CAS sketch challenges over on SCS. Aren't those mushrooms the cutest? They are from Because of You and the sentiment is from Just Wanted to Say!!! The DP is from an old Basic Grey pad, Gypsy (I still love that paper!). The ribbon is PTI Aqua Mist, the buttons are PTI Terracotta Tile, and the rhinestones are Kaiser Dark Pink.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great Sunday! I will be seeing New Moon today at 3:15 and I am BEYOND excited!!!! It's been all I can physically do to keep from going crazy to wait this long. **sigh** Edward, I am coming.

Cupcake Inspiration Challenge #33

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 fun fall cupcakes, aren't they amazing?

I took my inspiration from the leaves and used some of my Cosmo Cricket, Nutmeg 6x6 paper. Quick confession, I think I love Cosmo paper more than Basic Grey -GASP! Yes, I said it, it's out there now. I have a new love. Sorry BG, you just aren't as fresh and fun as Cosmo anymore!!

Back to the card. I used one of the CAS challenge layouts for this card. I started out by punching all the squares using my 1" punch. Then, as I needed more room here and there to accommodate the Zva rhinestones, I trimmed the squares a tiny bit. The stamps are from Verve's Tall Oaks set. I think this is a perfect quick and easy Thanksgiving card.

Here is a detail shot to see the dimension and glitter on the acorn. Everyone is welcome to play along in the cupcake inspiration challenge. You DON'T need to use cupcakes to play along. Just make a card, layout or whatever and link it to the Mr. Linky on the HSE blog. Every week, Rach highlighs the top 5!! Congrats to this week's Top Picks (I will update link in the morning)!!!

Thanks for stopping by, and be sure to stop by my fellow Sweeties blogs and see what lovely cards they made.

Carolina - Carolina's Creative Pad

Rachel - Hope Stamps Eternal

Colleen - Glitter Ink (off this week)

Bonnie - The Lucky Clucker

Teresa - Enjoy the VA Sunshine

Natalie - Dougnat Diaries

Jessica - Shamrocks and Seashells

Kelli - Yard Sale Kind of Luck

I also wanted to mention that I have added some new cards to my Etsy store and for a limited time, I have lowered the prices on all cards to just $3.50 each!

Card Deets:

Stamps - Tall Oaks

Cardstock - Stamper's Select White (PTI)

Pattern Paper - Cosmo Cricket Nutmeg 6x6 pad

Ink - Memento Rich Cocoa

Accessories - 1" square punch, Zva rhinestones Mixed wheel, copic markers, glitter

Cupcake Inspiration challenge #32

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 elegant cupcakes, aren't they amazing?

I also want you all to help me welcome our newest HSE Sweetie, Teresa Kline!! To say I love this girl, doesn't cover it! Teresa is amazingly talented and a real sweetie (heehee). I love designing with Teresa on the Verve Stamps team and we are super lucky to have her on our HSE team!

We also have a goodbye. I want to say goodbye to Tammy who had to step down from the team. Tammy good luck with everything, you will be missed!

I don't have a cupcake card to share with you today. I have been feeling yucky for a couple days now and just didn't have time to make a card.

But, I can share with you a set of Verve 3x3 mini cards that was accepted for October's issue of Cards Magazine. The set was accepted and they chose to publish one, did you see which one? LOL! Actually, it was my least favorite of the bunch (isn't that how it always goes?)!

They chose the Just Because card on the far right for the issue!! Here is a close up of it. I still haven't received my copy from Cards yet (what up?), but I did see it online. My favorite card is the Smile card on the upper left, THAT is the one I was hoping to see in print. LOL!

Oh, and check out page 130 of this month's Cards magazine (November)!! My card actually uses the very same Verve "Just Because" sentiment!! Yep, I love Verve sentiments!

Thanks for stopping by, and be sure to stop by my fellow Sweeties blogs and see what lovely cards they made.

Carolina - Carolina's Creative Pad
Rachel - Hope Stamps Eternal
Colleen - Glitter Ink
Bonnie - The Lucky Clucker
Teresa - Enjoy the VA Sunshine
Natalie - Dougnat Diaries
Jessica - Shamrocks and Seashells (has the week off)
Kelli - Yard Sale Kind of Luck