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I'm Pullin' for You!

Happy Saturday everyone!  It's the last day of February... can Spring be on the way?  Please, Mother Nature, please?

Flopsey would like Spring to come soon so he can get his carrots planted, as this one he's pullin' out is the last of his harvest!  LOL

I made this card last weekend for Jen delMuro's SFYTT, but hadn't had a chance to get it posted here.  I hope you like it!

Have a great weekend, and a blessed day!  Thanks for stopping by!

 

 

Stamps:  I'm Pullin' for You! (My Favorite Things)
Cardstock:  Bazzill, designer paper (Cosmo Cricket)
Inks:  Momento Tuxedo Black, Rich Cocoa (Tsukineko)
Accessories:  Nestabilities (Spellbinders), brads (Gary Burlin).

Stamp Simply #76 - Cabin Fever!

Here, directely from Sharon Johnson, is your Stamp Simply challenge for today...

About this time of year those of us in the north get Cabin Fever — and we get it BAD!!!  We want sunshine and warmer temps. We want to open the windows and let in the fresh air  We want to see and smell the spring flowers and green grasses.  We’re tired of being cooped up inside and we suffer from Cabin Fever.  We need to get out, get refreshed and revitalized.  But for us, spring is still a long way off, just a dream to look forward to.  So today’s challenge is to make a card or project that will bring some signs of spring, new life, fresh air and warmer temps to those of us still cooped up inside.  Let us know that spring IS coming — LOL!!!  No other special requirements — JUST HAVE FUN!!!

My card says "Take a Break" from winter!  Don't I wish I could!  Can't you just smell those flowers?  My birthday is in 3 days... anyone want to whisk me off to the Bahamas to celebrate?  Please?

Check out Sharon's beautiful card on her blog, and these awesome Spring creations from the rest of the Stamp Simply team!

Julie Koerber
Dee Jackson
Jennifer Buck
Janine Orchard
AJ Otto
Heather Telford

I hope you'll take time to join us in this challenge!  Maybe we can make Spring arrive a little sooner!  Thanks for stopping by!

P.S.  I LOST 3 POUNDS THIS WEEK!

Stamps for Sale (again!)

I found two more stamp sets tonight that I forgot to list for sale!  Check out my Stamps for Sale page!  Thanks!                

Gotta' Love Gingham Challenge

My friend Maria Gurnsey does gingham like no one else I know!  She's got such a flair with gingham papers and ribbon that I just love!  I've always loved gingham... believe it or not, my childhood bedroom actually had pink gingham curtains, and the wallpaper was gingham tulips in pink, yellow, purple and green!  I kid you not!  I wish I had a picture for you to see!  But I digress...

Maria's cards with gingham just always make me smile, and most everytime I comment on one of them, I am known to use the acronym I coined, GLG! (Gotta' Love Gingham!)  So last week I emailed Maria and said "let's do a gingham challenge together!"  So today's the day we're gonna' WOW you with some gingham!  (Actually, Maria will WOW you and I'm going to follow on her coat tails!  LOL)  So here's my card...

Isn't this Kiki Kitty from Pink Cat Studio the cutest!?  I just LOVE her!  I ordered these stamps recently from Limelight Papercrafts, and as luck would have it they arrived in time for me to use them for this challenge! 

For my gingham, I used this lavender paper from Lasting Impressions, black gingham brads from Hot Off the Press, and black gingham ribbon from May Arts.

Now, hop on over to Maria's blog and see her fabulous Gotta' Love Gingham creation!  And thanks for visiting me today!  I appreciate your visits and comments!

 

 

Stamps:  Kiki Kitty (Pink Cat Studio from Limelight Papercrafts)
Inks:  Versafine Onyx Black (Tsukineko)
Cardstock:  Lovely Lilac, Basic Black (Stampin' Up!), black/white duplex (The Paper Cut), designer paper (Lasting Impressions)
Accessories:  Nestabilities (Spellbinders), brads (Hot Off the Press), ribbon (May Arts).

Color Throwdown #31

It's week #31 of the Color Throwdown, and it's my turn again to chose the colors!  Sometimes when I see a color combo I like, I go into the Notepad feature on my phone and put the colors there for future reference.  So I noticed one day that this combo was in my notes, and decided to use it for the Throwdown.  I don't know where the inspiration came from, but hope you'll like the colors, too!  They'd be great for a more masculine card, which is what I did here!

This is Fergie-the-Frog from Stampendous, and I thought he'd look just fabulous in Kiwi Kiss with his giant lily pad!  I've seen this lily pad idea on other cards, so decided to give it a try today!  You can't tell from the photo, but I added some Angel Wings Shimmerz to the lily pad he's sitting on, too!

Check out all the challenge details on the Throwdown blog, and be sure to see some awesome samples from the rest of the team!

Broni Holcombe
Cathy Indelicato
Barbara Anders
Danielle Kennedy
LeAnne Pugliese

I hope you'll play along!  I can't wait to see what everyone creates!

Have a great day, and thanks for stopping by!

 

Stamps:  frog and sentiment (Stampendous), background swirls (Art Impressions)
Cardstock:  Night of Navy, Kiwi Kiss, Bashful Blue (Stampin' Up!), white (Gary Burlin)
Inks:  Adirondack Pitch Black (Ranger), Versamagic Night Sky, Versamark (Tsukineko), markers (Copic)
Accessories:  Cuttlebug embossing folder (ProvoCraft).

Cuppacakeabella!

Just playing around recently with some new Bella stamps, and new paper!

I hope you're having a great day!  Thanks for making another stop at my blog today!

 

Stamps:  Cuppacakeabella, sentiment (Stamping Bella)
Cardstock:  Orchid Opulence (Stampin' Up!), white (Gary Burlin), designer paper (Deja Views)
Inks:  Momento Tuxedo Black, Versafine Onyx Black (Tsukineko), markers (Copic)
Accessories:  Angel Wings Shimmerz (Shimmerz), Nestabilities (Spellbinders), Cuttlebug Swiss Dots embossing folder (ProvoCraft), ribbon (craft supply).

Papercraft Planet - 3D Challenge!

There's a new weekly challenge being hosted on Papercraft Planet for 3-D items!  The challenge will be posted every Tuesday, and anyone is welcome to play along!

Today, Design Team Super Nova Adela Rossol is hosting the challenge, and she decided the challenge would be to alter a tin can!  So I decided to make a little St. Patty's gift to have on hand for a quick gift filled with some candies!  I wrapped a 15 1/2 oz. can with cardstock and designer paper, adding a scalloped border.  Using my Crop-a-dile, I punched holes in each side, braided some ribbon and threaded it through the holes.  I find that braiding the ribbon gives it more stability.  Then I stamped my shamrock from Kitchen Sink Stamps Love & Luck stamp set, and added a sentiment from Ready 4 Any Holiday.

We really hope you'll join us for this 3-D Challenge!  You can check out all the details in the 3-D Challenge group on PCP.  Upload your creation to PCP, tag your photo with 3D1, then leave a link to your creation in the group thread so everyone can check it out!

I can't wait to see what you come up with!  Happy stamping, and thanks for visiting today!

 

 

Stamps:  Love & Luck, Ready 4 Any Holiday (Kitchen Sink Stamps)
Cardstock:  Garden Green, Basic Black (Stampin' Up!), designer paper (Reminisce)
Ink:  Garden Green (Stampin' Up!), Versafine Onyx Black (Tsukineko)
Accessories:  ribbon (Offray), Nestabilities (Spellbinders), Threading Water punch (Fiskars).

Third Day - Revelation

Any of you who follow my blog regularly know that I don't usually post much that isn't stamping releated, but I'm just so excited about this song that I am posting a link to it today!  At the church we've been attending, one of my most favorite parts of the worship service is the "Worship in Song" time when we all stand and sing praise songs.  So I've been listening to "The Fish" more in the last few weeks... it's the "Safe for the Whole Family" radio station out of Cleveland and I've heard this song so many times in the past week and just LOVE it!  Third Day is the group, and I'm fairly certain that they've around awhile, but I just discovered them.  And like I said, I just LOVE this song!  I hope you will, too!

Revelation

Kitchen Sink Monday

Another Kitchen Sink Monday has rolled around again, and this week Crew member Lynn McAuley is hosting the challenge!  Lynn challenged all the Crew members to create a magnet for the refrigerator using a favorite quote or Scripture generated off the computer, along with our Kitchen Sink Stamps.  Neat challenge, don't you think?  And one I was really looking forward to doing!  The challenge even inspired the butterfly frame I created last week using Jeremiah 29:11.

With Easter approaching (Ash Wednesday is this week... did anyone suddenly realize that?) I decided to use a verse for my magnet that was always very fresh in my mind growing up.  The church that I was raised in, where I was baptized, confirmed and married has John 11:25 in large letters across the front of the sanctuary.  In fact, to show you, here is a picture from my wedding day, April 14, 1990!  (Yep, that's me in the big white dress!)  Now, I don't have a scanner so please excuse my photo of a photo but you can see the verse on the wall above the altar and choir loft. (click on the photo and you might get a larger view!)

So, I decided to use this Scripture for my  magnet today, along with my Bitty Tulip Bouquet stamps.  I went for an antique-look with my design and decided to do cracked glass over my main image.   

Be sure to check out what the rest of the Crew members designed for this challenge by clicking on their blog links below.  And, we invite you to join us in this challenge, too!  Upload your creation to Papercraft Planet, and tag your photo with KSCC#8 so we can pull your project into the album with all the others!  Also, leave a link in the discussion for this challenge!

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

Thanks for visiting my blog today!  I hope you have a fabulous day!

 

 

Stamps:  3-Step Bitty Tulip Bouquet (Kitchen Sink Stamps), scripture (computer generated)
Cardstock:  Rhubarb (Bazzill), Confetti Cream (Stampin' Up!)
Inks:  Creamy Caramel, Cranberry Crisp, Bravo Burgundy, Certainly Celery, Old Olive, Always Artichoke (Stampin' Up!), Momento Rhubarb Stalk, Momento Rich Cocoa, Versamagic Eggplant (Tsukineko)
Accessories:  Ultra-Thick Embossing Enamel (Suze Weinberg).

Poppy Bittybloom - PCP Sketch Challenge

Lynn Mercurio is hosting the Sketch Challenge on Papercraft Planet today, and created a great sketch for you to try!  Here's my card, using my new Poppy Bittybloom stamp from Stamping Bella!  I had the chance to go to Michael's today and found this new poppy paper from Autumn Leaves, so I decided I needed to buy it to go with my stamp!  So why not give this sketch a try today!  Upload your card to the Papercraft Planet gallery, and be sure to tag your photo with SK022109 so it can be added to the album with all the other cards for this sketch!

 

And here's one more card I made with my Poppy Bittybloom!  I am now carrying Stamping Bella stamps at the store, so I made this card to display.  I hope it'll inspire many purchases!  :)

I had the chance to go to Archiver's today too, and bought a new toy... a Zutter Bind-It-All!  So stay tuned to see if I actually use it!  LOL

Thanks for stopping by!  I hope you're having as great a weekend as I am!

 

Card #1
Stamps:  Poppy Bittybloom (Stamping Bella), sentiment (Impression Obsession)
Cardstock:  black/white duplex (The Paper Cut), Riding Hood Red (Stampin' Up!), white (Gary Burlin), designer paper (Autumn Leaves)
Ink:  Momento Tuxedo Black (Tsukineko), markers (Copic)
Accessories:  gingham (May Arts)

Card #2
Stamps:  Poppy Bittybloom (Stamping Bella), sentiment (Hero Arts)
Cardstock:  Berrylicious, Parakeet (Bazzill), black (Stampin' Up!), white (Gary Burlin), designer paper (Bo Bunny)
Inks:  Momento Tuxedo Black (Tsukineko), markers (Copic)
Accessories:  ribbon (Creative Impressions), Nestabilities (Spellbinders), bling (Mark Richards).