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Stamp Simply #72 - Feel the Love!

Today's Stamp Simply Challenge is LOVE!  Since Valentine's Day is fast approaching, you can take time with today's challenge to get some Valentine cards done, or make any card with a love-theme.... anniversary, birthday, just because.

Be sure to visit Sharon Johnson's blog for all the challenge details, and the BEAUTIFUL card she created for this challenge, as well as the other Stamp Simply designers...

Julie Koerber
Dee Jackson
Jennifer Buck
Janine Orchard
Becky Oehlers
AJ Otto
Deb Saaranen

This card is my ginormously pitiful attempt at the Mojo Monday #71 sketch for this week along with today's challenge!  Nothing was working for me, which is a testament to the fact that even though the sketch is called Mojo Monday... I had none!  And I hate my bows!  Can't tie anything but a good knot!  Bar... I need you to teach me!

I hope you'll find time to come up with something far better than me for this challenge!  It's so much fun to see how many people participate in Sharon's challenge each week!

Happy stamping, and TGIF!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stamps:  Cupcakes (Hero Arts)
Cardstock:  Maraschino (Bazzill), hot pink (Hollo's), white (Gary Burlin), designer paper (Making Memories)
Inks:  Adirondack Pitch Black (Ranger) Versamagic Red Magic (Tsukineko), markers (Copic)
Accessories:  Angel Wings Shimmerz, Nestabilities (Spellbinders), Divine Swirls Cuttlebug embossing folder (ProvoCraft), gemstone (Hero Arts), ribbon (craft supply).

Thank You

Not a lot of time to spare today, as having a "snow day" yesterday put me behind on prepping for my Stamp Buffet at work, but I thought I'd quickly share another of the cards that my customers will be making.  This is super-quick to make, but really fun as this clear set from Stampendous has many different sentiments that you can use, and there are so many design possibilities with the brackets!

Hope you're having a great day, and that those of you buried under all the snow (like us!) are getting shoveled out!  Thanks for stopping by!

 

 

Stamps:  Blossoms & Brackets (Stampendous)
Cardstock:  Tutu Pink (Bazzill), cream (Gary Burlin), designer paper (Kaiser Craft)
Ink:  Momento Lady Bug (Tsukineko)
Accessories:  corner rounder punch (EK Success), rhinestones (Kaiser Craft).

P.S.  For those of you wondering, I went with the green gingham on the apple card!  Many of you made very valid points why the black or the green was the better choice.  I really liked the black better, but still thought the green looked good and since that's what I actually ordered, I decided to use it!  Thanks for all the input!  I appreciated your help very much!

Color Throwdown #27

Another Wednesday has arrived, and it's time for another Throwdown!  This week it was Cathy's turn to pick, and she decided to torture me with these colors!  LOL  I don't do primary colors very well, but that's the point of a challenge, right?  It was hard for me to not want to do something Patriotic, but as you can see I finally came up with something!  Check out what the rest of the Throwdown team members did for inspiration, too!

Cathy Indelicato
Barbara Anders
Danielle Kennedy
LeAnne Pugliese
Broni Holcombe

For my card, I decided to pull out my 3-Step Get Well Teddy bear stamp set from Kitchen Sink!  Instead of actual Real Red cardstock, I added some Bo Bunny Double Dot paper in red instead, 'cause you know I can't do anything without a bit of designer paper!

We've been thrilled with all the Throwdown participants these last few weeks, and are especially enjoying picking one to be a Featured Stamper each week!  I hope you'll make time to play along!  Maybe next week, the Featured Stampers will be YOU!

Have a great day, and thanks for visiting!

 

 

 

Stamps:  3-Step Get Well Teddy (Kitchen Sink Stamps)
Cardstock:  Black/White duplex (Hollo's), Brocade Blue, Night of Navy, Real Red (Stampin' Up!), white (Gary Burlin), designer paper (Bo Bunny)
Inks:  Momento Desert Sand, Momento Rich Cocoa, Versafine Onyx Black (Tsukineko), Creamy Caramel, Close to Cocoa (Stampin' Up!)
Accessories:  red grosgrain (Gary Burlin), brads (Stampin' Up!).

2 Sketches 4 You Entries

Laura and Kazan over at the 2 Sketches 4 You blog had a design team call that closed this past weekend.  Since the call is in the past, I thought I'd share the cards I submitted.  I'm not holding out a whole lot of hope for being chosen, because I didn't see all the rules for the call, and therefore didn't follow through on one part.  Oh well... it was good to be challenged with some sketches that are a little more outside-the-box than what I'm used to!

 

My work week is about to get really crazy, since I have my big Stamp Buffet coming up this Saturday, so if you don't hear from me every day this week, that's why!  By Thursday, I'm liable to be going crazy, so if you know of a good cowboy, please send him to rescue me!  ;)

Have a great day!  Thanks for stopping by!

 

Heart Card
Stamps:  All Occasion Messages (Hero Arts)
Cardstock:  Tutu Pink, Maraschino (Bazzill), designer paper (Making Memories)
Inks:  Brilliance Rocket Red (Tsukineko)
Accessories:  gemstones (Hero Arts), Nestabilities (Spellbinders), ribbon, heart charm (craft supply).

Warm Wishes Card
Stamps:  Frames & Messages (Hero Arts)
Cardstock:  Lagoon, Green Tea (Bazzill), Soft Sky (Stampin' Up!), designer paper (Basic Grey)
Inks:  Versamagic Turquoise Gem and Aegean Blue, Momento London Fog (Tsukineko)
Accessories:  scalloped ribbon (May Arts), brads (Stampin' Up!), swirl punch (EK Success).

Kitchen Sink Monday - As Easy as 1-2-3

It's Kitchen Sink Monday once again, and this week it is Lori's turn to host our challenge!  As many of you know, Kitchen Sink Stamps are famous for their multi-step images, especially the ones that turn out gorgeous flowers... roses, hydrangeas, pansies, and tulips to name a few.  If you're unfamiliar with the concept of the multi-steps, please be sure to check out this awesome tutorial that Maria (the company owner and genius designer behind these stamps!) created for the Papercraft Planet newsletter last week!  As well as having beautiful flowers in the Kitchen Sink collections, there are also many other images that are done in multi-steps like baseballs and bats, apples, hula girls, hearts, shells, bells and many more!  Check out all the stamps in the Kitchen Sink Store to see what is available!

So, Lori's challenge to the Kitchen Sink Crew today was to create something using the multi-step stamps, but not flowers!

Check out this recently release set called 3-Step Bitty Tulip Bouquet!  See the neat bowl at the bottom of this set that you can use to create a vase for your tulips?  Check out the Idea Gallery for samples using the bowl with the tulips!  You know what I thought when I saw that bowl?  FISH BOWL!  So, here's my card...

I just couldn't resist!  I found these cute fish brads from Creative Impressions, and had to make a fish bowl!  And "Best Fishes" puns are some of my most favorite cards, too!

I used my Half-Pint Playful Alphabet Buddy set to spell out "best."  Then I used the "ishes" from "get well wishes" in the Never a Loss 4 Words set and the letter F in "from the heart" from the same set to create my custom greeting!

So, I hope you all like my play-on-words card for today!  It was fun to create!

Check out the neat designs from the Kitchen Sink Crew members, too!

Lori Tecler
Julie Masse
Nicole Cooke
Angela Knopf
Dee Jackson
Lynn McAuley
Maria Colosimo

Happy stamping, and thanks for stopping by!

 

Stamps:  3-Step Bitty Tulip Bouquet, Half-Pint Playful Alphabet Buddy, Never a Loss 4 Words (Kitchen Sink Stamps)
Cardstock:  Cool Caribbean, Pumpkin Pie (Stampin' Up!), Summer Sunrise (Papertrey Ink), white (Gary Burlin)
Inks:  Cool Caribbean (Stampin' Up!), Momento London Fog, Momento Tangerine, Versafine Onyx Black (Tsukineko)
Accessories:  fish brad (Creative Impressions), Cuttlebug embossing folder (ProvoCraft), ribbon (May Arts).

Which One?

*sigh*  You know what hindsight is, right?  I wish I had it.

I've been pulling my hair out for a few weeks now, planning for my Card Buffet at the store next Saturday.  I picked out this cute stamp set of apples from the Hero Arts catalog, and had some ideas for a card in my head.  I knew I wanted to use these green, yellow and red Double-Dot papers from Bo Bunny, and I knew I wanted to use Kraft cardstock.  I thought gingham ribbon would look cute, too.  So I ordered some.  I ordered 2 spools of it, so there would be plenty!  Then, earlier this week after the stamps arrived, I started playing around with design ideas.  The gingham ribbon I ordered hadn't arrived yet, so I went to my ribbon that I already had in stock to pick something out, just to make a prototype.  Well, there was a large and almost brand new spool of gingham ribbon in another color!  Why, why, why did I order the other???  So now, here's my dilemma... do I use the gingham I already have in stock (and that I like better!) or do I use the gingham I ordered (and have 2 whole spools of now!)?  I'm not going to tell you which one I like better so I don't influence you, but if you have time I'd appreciate knowing which one you like better!  Maybe I'm wrong, and you'll like the 2-spool ribbon better?

Thanks for stopping by!

01-31-09 Edited to add... I chose the green gingham.  See the end of this post for my explanation!

 

 

 

Stamps:  Four Apples, All Occasion Messages (Hero Arts)
Cardstock:  Red Hot OP, Kraft (Bazzill), Double Dot designer paper (Bo Bunny)
Inks:  Versafine Onyx Black (Tsukineko)
Accessories:  Cuttlebug embossing border With Love (ProvoCraft), circle punches, black gingham (May Arts), green gingham (Creative Impressions).

Paper Doll Sayings Winner!

Ooops!  It's almost noon on Saturday, and I just realized I needed to pick a winner for the My Favorite Things Presents "Paper Doll Sayings" stamp set!  I asked daughter Kelsey to pick a number between 1 and 100 and she picked 75.  So the winner...

WOW! These are all fantastic projects Tammy! I love them all!

Posted by: Tracey | January 21, 2009 at 07:06 PM

Congrats, Tracey!  I will need you to email me with your information!

Nothing new to show you today, as my Dad is visiting us for the weekend and I didn't get any stamping done last night.  We spent the evening at 2 different pet stores as Grandpa showed up with a gift card for Kelsey (from her aunt and uncle, too!) to get a guinea pig for a new pet!  As soon as I have a cute picture, I'll show you Kelsey and her new "baby!"

Congrats Tracey, and thanks to everyone for your comments on my designs for My Favorite Things this month!  Hope you're having a great weekend!

Taylor's Cupcake Challenge Anniversary!

Taylor Van Bruggen is celebrating the one year anniversary of the Taylored Expressions Cupcake Challenge! Each of the ladies on the Weekly Cupcake Crew has designed their own sketch for the celebration. I'm featuring Jackie Pedro's sketch challenge. You can check out the sketch on her blog and find out about the prize you can win by participating!

Don't forget to check out Taylor's blog, the anniversary celebration headquarters, for all of the sketch challenges as well as an awesome grand prize for one random winner who participates in ALL 9 sketch challenges! We hope you'll help us celebrate this yummy occasion!

For my card, I chose to use my adorable Matilda Muffinbread Chichiboulie stamp from Stamping Bella!  She's got a pretty, sparkly cupcake for someone special!  (Kelsey turns 12 in 2 weeks, so I may hide this and save it for her birthday card!)

What do you think of my papers and matching ribbon?  Oh my cow, I just love this Hoopla! line from We R Memory Keepers!

You can hop on over to a few other blogs to check out what some of the other Cupcake Samplers have done with Jackie's sketch, too!  (And wow... am I in good company today with these Stamping Goddesses, or what???)

Sharon Harnist
Denise Marzec
Jenn Diercks

Remember, one random person who participate in all 9 sketches is going to be eligible to win an awesome prize, so be sure to stop by Taylor's blog for all the details!  And of course, wish her a Happy Cupcake-aversary while you're there!

Thanks for stopping by again today, and I hope you have a GREAT weekend!  Happy stamping!

 

 

Stamps:  Mathilda Muffinbread, sentiment (Stamping Bella)
Cardstock:  Pinata, Beeswax (Bazzill), white (Gary Burlin), designer paper (We R Memory Keepers)
Inks:  Momento Tuxedo Black, Rhubard Stalk (Tsukineko), markers (Copic)
Accessories:  fibers (We R Memory Keepers), Nestabilities (Spellbinders), glitter (Gary Burlin), brads (Stampin' Up!).

Stamp Simply #71 - A Modern Edge

*We interrupt this blog post to bring you a very important message!  If your sunglasses are handy, you might want to put them on before viewing this card!*

This weeks challenge is to create a card with A MODERN EDGE to it — whatever YOU think is modern in the card making world today!!!  This is totally open to your own interpretation and preferences as to what MODERN is — and I can’t WAIT to see how you all interpret this!!!!  You may read the text with my card to get my interpretation of modern.  One of the most fun things about challenges is to see how differently people interpret things. Given the same starting guidelines, the results always vary so much, and this should be a fun one!!!!

For my card, I just wasn't sure what modern entailed.  I asked for some advice from friends, and finally decided to go searching for some inspiration.  I Googled "modern decor" under images, and found this picture of a spine wall shelf and other decor.  The colors really spoke to me because I knew I had some designer papers with those colors.  So here's my card, and remember... I warned you!  Put on some shades!

I even spared you a little bit on the brightness factor!  I originally had the same yellow from the main image as the background too, but decided to switch it to white instead.  It was too much!  You can see that I took some inspiration from the shelves by placing the black strips in the background, the outline-artwork on the wall is reflected with my simply stamped image from Gina K Designs, and I added the touch of green from the bowl with the oval sentiment.  So, if you need a little help in creating something modern today, try doing a little search for an inspiration piece!

Check out Sharon's to-die-for creation on her blog, leave her some love, and then check out the fabulous designs from the rest of the team!

Julie Koerber
Dee Jackson
Jennifer Buck
Janine Orchard
Becky Oehlers
AJ Otto
Deb Saaranen, January Guest Designer

Remember, if you upload to Papercraft Planet or SCS, tag your photo with ssnotime71 so they can all be grouped together!  And leave a comment with a direct link to your upload back on Sharon's blog!

Stay tuned!  Someone's having an anniversary today, and there's a whole slew of us helping her celebrate!  I'll have another post for you later today!  There might even be CAKE!

Happy stamping, and thanks for stopping by!

 

 

Stamps:  How Sweet it Is (Gina K Designs), sentiment (Hero Arts)
Cardstock:  Black OP, White (Bazzill), designer paper (Itsy Bitsy Spider by Piggy Tales)
Ink:  Momento Tuxedo Black (Tsukineko)
Accessories:  large oval punch (Stampin' Up!).

Pretty Birthday!

Here's another quick card to show you today.  I've been busy working on card samples for my Stamp Buffet coming up at the store, and this is another one.  I basically copied this card from one I saw in the Hero Arts catalog that uses the same stamp set for the flourished circle in the background.  However, I wanted this to be a card suitable for a ladies birthday, so I searched for a nice happy birthday sentiment for it.  I was thrilled when I found this pretty Happy Birthday stamp from Impression Obsession!  Check out the upper right corner of page 4 here in the catalog to see the sample that inspired me.

Don't forget, there's still time to get entered to win the Paper Doll Sayings blog candy from my MFT Blog Hop post yesterday!  Check it out here!

Hang in there.... it's almost Friday!  I am a part of another big blog-hopping surprise of sorts tomorrow, so be ready to hold on to your hats!  Have a great day, and thanks for stopping by!

 

 

Stamps:  Friend clear set (Hero Arts), Happy Birthday sentiment (Impression Obsession)
Cardstock:  Kraft, Ruby Red (Bazzill), cream (Gary Burlin), designer paper (Bo Bunny Double-Dot in porcelain)
Inks:  Colorbox Rose Coral chalk ink (Clearsnap), Versafine Vintage Sepia (Tsukineko)
Accessories:  Nestabilities (Spellbinders), ribbon (Bo Bunny).