H{ippity} Hop Monday

Hi everyone! It's Monday and time for another H{ippity} Hop! Be sure to go to the {ippity} blog to see the master list of all the players.

My project is also a sample for this week's H{ippity} Hop challenge brought to you from Eryn, which is to use GLITZ!! Oh yeah, another challenge right up my alley!

My card uses the heart image and sentiment from {ippity} Stamps Straight from the Heart. I outlined the hearts with copic markers and the smallest heart is punched. I used lots of blue rhinestones -very glitzy!! LOL! And of course, I used one of my fav punches -the Upper Crest!

Everyone is welcome to play, use keyword, IHHC6 when uploading to SCS. There is a prize for one lucky player!!

This card uses the colors from Dawn's Raspberry Suite color challenge #21 which were Lemon tart, Aqua mist, Chocolate chip and Cream. And the sketch is Karen's Sweet Sunday sketch #51.

Thanks for stopping by, be sure to check out the rest of the H{ippity} hop goodness!

Card Deets:

Stamps - Straight from the Heart (Ippity)

Ink - Memento Rich Cocoa

Paper - Lemon Tart, Aqua Mist, Vintage Cream, Dark Chocolate, bitty dots PP (all PTI)

Accessories - blue rhinestones (Kaiser), heart punch (SU!), copic markers, button from , swiss dots EF, lemon tart twill, burlap string, upper crest border punch (EK Success)

Straight from the Heart (set of 4)

Please bear with me this week as I will have lots of posts! It's Verve's release week!! Later today I will be posting my challenge!

Raspberry colors with a Mojo sketch

Hi everyone. My card today combines 2 of my favorite challenges -Dawn's Raspberry Suite color and Julee's Mojo Monday sketches.

OK, first, don't you just LOVE those circles?!? Julee blew me away with this week's sketch!!!! Dawn's colors this time were: Aqua Mist, Tangering Tango, Choc Chip, Kraft and Cream. Hummm... I LOVE these together! Lots of fun. I used the {ippity} stamps flower from Because of You for the image and the pattern papers are from SU Designer Prints.

This one is pretty straight forward, I added a touch of scoring at the bottom for some dimension. I also added some Zva rhinestones to each flower point.

Here is a detail shot of the flower. OK, I didn't trim the flower very carefully, so please look past my cutting! LOL!

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Card Deets:

Stamps - Because of You

Ink - Memento Rich Cocoa

Paper - Chocolate Chip, kraft, cream, Tangerine Tango and Soft Sky DSP

Accessories - felt ribbon (SU!), circle nesties, Zva rhinestones, orange stardust pen, score-pal

Couple of SCS challenge cards and some Raspberry colors

Hi everyone -note, I edited this post to add my Raspberry Suite Color #19 challenge card. You know, I usually LOVE Dawn's colors -they are so fun and bright. Well, this challenge colors are fun and bright -just HARD to put together! Egads, it took me 3 days to come up with this. So be kind -LOL!

The colors were: Spring Moss, Pale Plum, Chocolate Chip, Raspberry Fizz and Aqua Mist. Hummm.... Seeing Maureen's darling ornament card today, it gave me the idea of doing an image with each color in it. So I pulled out my Ippity Stamps, Because of You set (more info on Ippity here). I stamped the flower image 3 times on white then again on the 3 colors. I cut out the flowers and the centers and glued them to this simple center panel. The sentiment is from Just Wanted to Say -love this versitile set! Both the Kaiser rhinestones and the fun hot pink dotted grosgrain ribbon is from Pink Hedgehog Papercrafts.

This card is for this week's Featured Stamper challenge, Biggan. First, let me say I love Birgit's work. I have loved her style forEVAH! Second to Sharon (notimetostamp), I have more cards in my favs from her than anyone else! I ended up chosing this lovely card.

I was inspired by the simple layout and fabulous bow!! That image is to die for. I don't have that stamp, so I used my new {Ippity} stamps and went with a fun whimiscal feel. The stamp set is called, Because of You. I colored the flower with copic markers and put a big ole rhinestone in the center! The sentiment is part of a bigger one, I just inked up the first word. The pp is Autumn Abundance by PTI and the ribbon is Orange Zest dotted satin.

This card is for this week's CAS challenge -to use sponging on your card! I sponged the pattern paper and the image panel. The super cute love birds image is from {Ippity} stamps, Because of You set. I stamped them in chocolate chip then added some silver pearls to the "cage" and a blue pearl on the boy bird and a pink pearl on the girl bird!! I also added stickles to their tails! The silk ribbon is from Sharon's Stamp Simply store!!

The hearts are chipboard stickers. I couldn't get the glue/glitter to be smooth on them, so I turned them over and stuck the STICKY side of the chipboard in the glitter directly -much better results. So the rounded side of the hearts are underneath, but with the glitter and all, you can't notice.

Card Deets (Raspberry):

Stamps: Because of You by and Just Wanted to Say {Ippity}

Paper: white, spring moss, pale plum, aqua mist, dark chocolate

Ink: Dark Chocolate

Accessories: hot pink dotted grosgrain, rhinestones, score-pal

Card Deets (FS):
Stamps: Because of You by {Ippity}
Paper: kraft, white and autumn abundance
Ink: memento Rich Cocoa
Accessories: white dotted satin, rhinestones, copic markers, oval nesties

Card Deets (CAS):

Stamps: Because of You ({Ippity})
Paper: white, Que Sera Sera PP (Queen & Co.)
Ink: chocolate chip and baja breeze, tangerine tango for sponging
Accessories: glitter, blue silk ribbon (May Arts), circle nesties, various pearls

Verve sneak peeks and Raspberry Suite challenge

Hi everyone, I'm here with a Verve sneak peek today! This month's release has several Christmas sets and one very special set designed in honor of breast cancer awareness. $10 from the sale of every Believe set will be donated to the Susan G Komen for the Cure fund!

Today we are peeking Christmas in the Air and Holly Jolly Christmas. I am sharing 2 cards using Christmas in the Air and I have to say, it's my FAV set of the release! Take a look.

OMG, how cute is that tree? I colored it with Copic markers, but it would look super cute pieced and it really easy to cut out (thanks Julee, you are always thinking ahead). Both cards use Basic Grey's new Christmas paper, Eskimo Kisses and lots of Kaiser rhinestones!

Be sure to check out the Verve Blog to see more samples from the amazing Divas and leave comments for a chance to win Verve goodies! AND for even more chances to win, be sure to check out the Release Week challenges going on in the Verve Forum for your chance to win the entire release!


This next card is for Dawn's Raspberry Suite color challenge. This time Dawn challenged us to use Chocolate Chip, Vintage Cream, New Leaf, Raspberry Fizz and Kraft! I love those colors, but this ended up being a challenge to use all 5 colors.

I REALLY wanted to use this vintage button from my granny's tin, so I designed the entire card around it! I have been saving this button for a long time. I am not too sure about the Chocolate card base, may change that later. The sentiment is from Verve's Just For You set. I punched a circle around it and then trimmed off the top and bottom. Then I tucked under some spare leaves I die cut.

Here is a little close up of my favorite button in the world!!

Card Deets (Christmas):
Stamps - Christmas in the Air
Paper - White, Aqua mist, Ripe Avocado, Eskimo Kisses
Accessories - PTI sweet blush twill, aqua satin, rhinestones, sewing machine

Card Deets (Raspberry):
Stamps - Bountiful Backgrounds and Just for You
Ink - VersaMark, black
Paper - Chocolate chip, kraft, Raspberry fizz, green leaf, vintage cream
Accessories - burlap string, Sizzlets leaves die, scallop border punch, Swiss dots EF, Granny's button

I'm back with a double challenge card

Hi everyone! I am back from break. I went on a long weekend camping trip and when I returned we got a new computer! So, I finally have my internet hooked up and some of my programs transfered over. Man oh man, this process is super hard for the technically challenged! Seriously, I have some major heartburn going on!

But, I took a break and worked on a card -a double challenge card. I have a lot of catching up to do -LOL!

I used this week's Fall To Layout sketch #57 and Dawn's Raspberry Suite color challenge #16. Not too sure on this one, Dawn's colors were Summer Sunrise, Kraft, Cream and Brown. Hummm... I think I can make coffee cups work in just about any color, so I pulled out the new Delightful and Delicious and Bountiful Backgrounds sets. The cups were stamped 2 times, on cream and then again on Summer Sunrise for piecing. I colored the inside of the cups with a copic marker that kinda looked like Kraft (W1). The summer sunrise squares are stamped with the dotted background and embossed in clear. Again, my favorite trick when I don't have the color of ink.

Oh and see that ribbon? It's the lucious Martha Stewart Piped Nylon ribbon found at Big Lots for $1!! I bought tons of colors and styles! Me sooo likey Big Lots!

Card Deets not linked above:

Accessories - square punch, clear embossing powder, silver pearls (Michael's), sponge, paper piercer, white gel pen, circle nesties

Featured stamper -Joanne and a new Raspberry Suite challenge

Hi everyone, I have a second post today. Well, it's nearly 11pm, so it's almost not today anymore -LOL! This will be short cause I am sooo sleepy!

This card is a double challenge card. This week's featured stamper is my former DDC gal -Joanne AKA Sleepyinseattle!! I am so thrilled for Joanne! She is super talented and a sweetheart. Congrats Joanne, enjoy your day! I chose this card to case. I changed up the colors and the image and the scalloped panels a bit. But I kept with her bright colors and amazing shape and layering!

I used the colors from Dawn's Raspberry Suite color challenge #14-to use Plum Pudding, Raspberry Fizz, cream and Burgundy. To my surprise, my felt flowers from Zva Creative all matched it perfectly!! I used Verve's Petals and Stems set for the stems and the Black Tie Birdies for the sentiment.

BIG news everyone!!! This week celebrates Verve Stamps 2 year anniversary release. Seriously, there are some FUN stuff going on. Every day the Divas will be hosting a GIVEAWAY and Julee out did herself with sketches to play along with everything culminating at the RELEASE PARTY this Friday evening!

Check out the fun here!!

Thanks for stopping by!!

Card Deets:
Stamps - Petals and Stems, Black Tie Birdies
Paper - Plum pudding, raspberry fizz, vintage cream
Accessories - Zva felt flowers, stickles, silver cord, paper piercer, white gel pen, circle nesties, silver pearls

Raspberry Suite Color challenge 13 and a HSE Sale!

Hi everyone! If you had a chance to read my post yesterday, you may remember that my AC broke night before last. Thankfully, it's slightly cooler today, but it's still in the low 80's in the house. . Ohhhhh, when will tomorrow morning "between 8am and 9am" arrive? LOL!

Now on to Dawn's Raspberry suite 13 color challenge. Her colors this week were Pure Poppy, Spring Rain, White and Berry Sorbet. Well, I just received my little SU order with a couple of the new mini Sizzlits dies! Ohhhh, I'm in love. Just had to use them both today!

The flower was made by using my Blossom nesties dies slightly distressed and adorned with a couple of the silver pearls from Michael's. To glue on the letters, I used my Sakura Quickie Glue pen, worked like a charm!

AND, there is a super sale over at Hope Stamps Eternal! Rach is having a storewide sale of 20% thru Monday. Even the new releases from Inka, Imaginisce and Mark Paper Co are on sale too!!

Thanks for stopping by and have a great weekend!

Card Deets:

Paper - Berry Sorbet, white, pure poppy, DP from PTI

Accessories - Swiss Dots EF, silver pearls, Little Leaves and Many Thanks Sizzlits, pure poppy grosgrain

Raspberry chipboard cherries

Hi everyone! Yep, I used more of my Basic Grey chipboard!! This time I used some of the Lemonade chip stickers which just happen to be a PERFECT match for Dawn's Raspberry Suite color challenge. This week's challenge is to use Spring Moss, Raspberry Fizz, Cream and the new dark red color Scarlett Jewel. I don't have any Scarlett Jewel and I'm not sure what it compares to, but the dark circle cherries on this chip sticker looks like it to me!!

I put little vintage cream buttons on each cherry, embossed the bottom spring moss layer with a cuttlebug borders folder, and used some of my new raspberry bitty dots and squares DP! The sentiment is from Verve's Circular Sayings -one of my go-to fav sets! I think this turned out really fun. I am DETERMINED to used up all my chipboard stickers, so I hope you like seeing cards using it -LOL!

AND, before I forget, the Verve project parade is going on! This month's theme is Divine Details where each Diva tells you all a bit of our cardmaking process and some of our favorite cardmaking details. I have been blown away by Jen and Amy's posts so far. Mine will be up in a couple days. EEK - I best be gettin' to it, and I hope you all won't be BORED with my details!

Card Deets:

Stamps - Circular Sayings

Ink - black, raspberry fizz for sponging

Paper - Vintage Cream, Spring moss, Raspberry fizz Bitty dots and squares

Accessories - burlap string, raspberry and cream buttons, small oval punch, cuttlebug border EF, Vintage cream twill

Why not? Repeat sketch in raspberry colors!

Hi everyone! Happy 4th of July! I have to make this super short, heading on out to a bbq at my sister's house!! FUN!!

Anyway, I titled this post "Why Not" cause I liked my sketch card from Wednesday, I made another for Dawn's Raspberry color challenge 11 -why not? It's just about the same card jsut changed up to her colors of New Leaf, Raspberry Fizz, Pure Poppy, Black and light gray. Well, I don't have any New Leaf of any kind, but I think these letters are very much a grassy green, so I went with it! When you start using letters up from a chipboard pack, you have to get creative with the letters you have left, but my hubby Bill helped me come up with a-l-o-h-a. AND, I live in a town called Aloha, so how perfect is that??

I took my picture in the sun, and WHO knew that Raspberry Fizz was SO BRIGHT!! Get out your sunglasses -LOL! I went with the same felt flowers as the last one, but this time I added a felt butterfly in the Raspberry Fizz color and added some stickles to his wings. I don't know who makes the butterfly, I got it at my LSS in many colors. I have almost nothing in a light gray color except for a couple scraps of cardstock, so the frame on the white panel is done with the gray and I brought in the red with the center brads.

I had a question from my last post on what kind of glue I use with Chipboard. I use either my normal Tombo Multi-liquid glue (green bottle) or Aleens thick designer Tacky Glue which is what I use for felt and anything that is hard to hold! Both of these are sold at Joanns and Craft Warehouse. I hope this helps!

Thanks for stopping by!

Card Deets:

Stamps - none

Paper - light gray, raspberry fizz, white and black, felt butterfly (LSS), stickles, kaiser rhinestones

Accessories - felt flowers, red brads, black dotted organdy, circle nesties and circle punch, Diecut Chipboard Letters (DCWV Nana's Nursery), felt flowers from Craft Embellishment World, dotted organdy and brads(PinkHedgehog Papercrafts)

Verve Sneak Peeks have begun!

Hi everyone! Well, it's time for the Verve Stamps June release sneak peeks! We have 3 great days of peeks with the release party on Friday, June 26th. I hope you can join us, where there will be fun chatting, more cards peeked and fun prizes!!

Today's set being peeked is called Kindred Spirits. WOW! Julee never ceases to amaze me. Seriously, month after month! This set has great Fleur-de-lis images in several sizes -even a border! And, of course there are fabulous sentiments too.

My card uses one of the damask-ish images (which is actually 4 Fleur-de-lis images scrunched together in one) stamped in alternating colors. I love how I can make my own background with this set and customize it to match any paper or flower I need!!

The colors for this card actually came from Dawn's Raspberry Suite color challenge -to use Berry Sorbet, Melon Berry, Chocolate Chip and Vintage Cream. Well, I don't have the Melon color AT ALL, so I substituted ColorBox Papaya Cream (the only thing that I had that was even close). The sentiment is stamped from the SU large oval punch and I drug the edges thru the Berry Sorbet ink and then framed it with another oval punched from Chocolate Chip cs. Isn't that prima flower fabulous? Man, Prima sure does it right! I put a button with some burlap string in the center and added a couple punched branches (from Martha Stewart) on the side! Some of PTI's fabulous ribbons finish the card!

Thanks for stopping by and be sure to check out the Verve Blog to check out the other Diva samples!! AND Julee has a chance for one lucky commenter to win a Verve-y prize!!

Card deets:

Stamps - Kindred Spirits

Ink - Berry Sorbet, Papaya Cream, Chocolate Chip

Paper - Berry Sorbet, Chocolate Chip, Vintage Cream

Accessories - Button, prima flower, large oval punch (SU!), berry sorbet grosgrain, chocolate brown dotted satin, MS branch punch

Going green with vintage buttons

Hi everyone! First, I want to thank everyone for the wonderful birthday wishes and cards! I feel very blessed. I had a WONDERFUL day. I am rarely surprised as I tend to pick up on things, BUT Bill and my mom hid a surprise visit from her VERY well! My mom drove up Sat morning and took me shopping! It was so much fun and really the only way to get me to buy something for myself. I tend to buy things for the family first then craft things for cards -kwim? After the inpromto shopping spree, my sweet hubby Bill took me shopping to Craft Warehouse and my LSS. Talk about a heavenly day!!

Here is a double challenge card I want to share. This card follows Dawn's Raspberry Suite color challenge -to use Cream, Black and New Leaf. Now, I don't have New Leaf, but in looking at PTI's site, it looks between Wasabi and Celery. I found some pattern paper from my DCWV Garden Party matstack looks to be an EXACT match!! Woot! I combined these colors with Cath's current Moxie Fab challenge -The Value of Vintage -to use something vintage on your card. Well, the 3 black buttons are vintage from my granny's tin! The sentiments are from Verve's set, Because of You. I thought it was so perfect on this card focusing on my granny's buttons.

Here is a picture of the inside of the card:

Here is a close up of the button details. It was SO hard to photograph. The buttons are a delish mix of details -they just DON'T make buttons like this anymore!!

Oh and P.S. how about that RIBBON? A-MA-ZING! It's from May Arts and you can find it at Sharon's Stamp Simply store. I browsed her blog and found an amazing card to case that she slit the top of her card and tied the ribbon thru it. I gave it a try and loved it as this ribbon is kinda bulky and can buckle the layers if glued under it. Thanks Sharon -you ROCK!

Thanks for stopping by and stay tuned. I am working on my 1 year Blogaversary super fun Blog Candy post!! ETA: It's posted and you can enter on this post.

My good friend, Rachel who owns the amazing store Hope Stamps Eternal is having a Design Team call! There is still time to apply, here are the details!!

Card Deets:

Stamps - Because of You

Paper - Vintage Cream, Black, Garden Party DCWV

Accessories - May Arts grosgrain striped ribbon, vintage buttons, burlap string

A Raspberry Owl?

Hi everyone! Isn't this owl the cutest? It's from Unity's June KOM!! Love it!! Can you really color an owl with Raspberry Fizz?!? You bet!! LOL!

This is my second card using Dawn's Raspberry Suite color challenge -using Vintage Cream, Kraft, Raspberry Fizz and Chocolate Brown.

Like my last card, this one also follows one of the weekend sketches. This sketch is the WSC84 hosted by my fellow Verve diva, Laura! Fun sketch girl!!

This card is pretty straight forward. The owl is stamped with Adirondack Espresso and colored with copic markers with Angel Wings Shimmerz on the colored parts. I used some more of my new silver pearls I finally found at my Michael's -LOVE them!! The satin edged ribbon is from Heidi's store.

Here is a detail picture. Thanks for stopping by, have a great evening!

Card Deets:
Stamps - owl from June KOM
Ink - Adirondack Espresso
Paper - Vintage cream, kraft, raspberry fizz, chocolate brown
Accessories - silver pearls, circle nesties, copic markers, satin edged ribbon, swiss dots EF

Viva la Verve w/ a twist of new and some Raspberry color fun

Hi everyone! I have a double challenge card to share. I used Amber's awesome Viva la Verve challenge, you know, the sketch challenge with a "twist"? Well, this week her twist was right up my alley --- to use something new!! Well, I JUST received my PaperTrey Ink package with some Raspberry Fizz ink AND I hit Michael's yesterday and finally found those silver pearls my friend Silke rocks so often (I bought FOUR packages!). Woohoo!

This card also uses Dawn's Raspberry Suite Color challenge which was Raspberry Fizz, Chocolate Brown, Kraft and Cream! What? How perfect was that? Did she KNOW I just got my hands on Raspberry Fizz ink? LOL!

My card uses Verve's Wishful Elegance set. Have I told you lately how much I LOVE this set? I can't get enough of those sunflower blossoms! The background is from the large BG stamp in Raspberry Fizz on cream cardstock. The blooms are actually different, the large one is stamped with Adirondack Espresso on Kraft and the smaller one is stamped on cream and colored with copics.

Don't ask me how it ended up that way. It SERIOUSLY took me all day to make this card!! I have about 12 flowers of both shapes and sizes all cut out and colored differently, several attempts at the background panel, and ribbons everywhere. Nothing looked right! UGH! I finally settled on this. Not my favorite card of late, but cute enough! LOL!

Thanks for stopping by and stay tuned, I am currently working on another weekend sketch using the same colors!! Here's the sketch if you want to play along! Sorry it's soooo tiny. I can't get it any larger -ugh!

Card Deets:
Stamps - Wishful Elegance
Paper - Raspberry Fizz, Kraft, Vintage Cream, Chocolate Brown (all PTI)
Accessories - Michael's silver pearls, rectangle nesties, SU scallop border punch, swiss dots EF