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I am totally head over heals for this stamp set Houses4us from The {Stamps} of Life! I have been playing with them all month & sketching out ideas while I am at work (hee hee, you never know when inspiration will hit ya know!) for ways to play with them when I get home.  And this is my first attempt at paper piecing with my stamps & I really like how it turned out!

house dp is heidi grace, heart & dotted dp is from my stash pile. Ink is Cotton Candy& Archival Black, CTMH; pearls are Recollections from Michaels. I used my Cricut for the circle dies & doodled a border w/ my Bic markers. The frame around the sentiment is from a set called monogram2build by The {Stamps} of Life

The challenge this week at Cute Card Thursday is to use any sketch you want, so I used one from a while back at The Sweet Stop, SSS#97

I am also entering on Do You Stack Up? make it pop/or 3D, Colour Create, pink, blue & brown & Paper Cutz, Anything Goes

Pretty in Purple

I had so much fun making this card! Have I mentioned that I LOVE Bugaboo images?!! This one is called Flower Girl Daisy & she was so fun to color! Of course purple is my all time absolutely FAVE color on the planet. I colored her in w/ my Bic Markers & colored pencils, added a few blingies to her flowers & on her boots, chalked in a little color around her & then doodled a border around the edges. The flower is from CTMH & I used my markers to color it to match. The main card is a set called flower2doodle from none other than the FABULOUS Stephanie Bernard at The {Stamps} of Life & stamped w/ CTMH ink in GYPSy. DP is: flowered, DCWV from the Glitter Stack & swirls,Hot off the Press

I am entering on the following challenges:

The Sweet Stop, sketch 

Creative Cowgirls, Easter, Spring, Mother's Day

Card Makin Mamas, Spring colors (I also am throwing my hat in for a guest DT spot)

Going Grey with Scrap Creations, flowers

Simon Says Stamp, Anything goes**If you are in the mood for a HOP, head over on over! It is their 2nd Blogversary & they are celebrating with a blog hop!
Catch the Bug, Singing in the rain..I have sang LOUD in the rain (& snow) for the past month & am ready for a few flowers :) LOL!!

Hello Sunshine!

A very good friend of mine at work is lucky enough to be going to Hawaii the first part of May & I wanted to put together a little "I'm happy you get to go play" card (actually, my thoughts were "lucky dog! Wish I could fit in your carry-on! lol!) And since the weather has been sooo icky here lately, Hello Sunshine seemed to be the perfect sentiment! (she keeps me filled in almost daily how nice it is in Hawaii right now!)
The sweet image is Beach Time Patsy from Stamp Fairy- isn't she so cute! I colored her in w/ my Bic markers & also w/ colored pencils then added a little glossy accent to her tube to give it some shine. All the DP is DCWV & the sentiment is from 2 different sets by The {Stamps} of Life. I used CTMH ink in Creme Brulee on yellow cardstock for a tone on tone sunny look. I am entering this on Stamp Fairy Challenge "For the Girls w/ a sentiment"; CPS #214 sketch, My Grafico "Anything Goes"

Heyya Chickadee!

How fun is this?! I have to say that as soon as I saw the Sweet Stop  sketch w/ a spin this week, I had a good idea of what I wanted to do. Then when I sat down & grabbed my lil envelope filled w/ scraps it all came together. The DP is Making Memories (word paper), Imaginesce (flowers) & DCWV (glittered stripes); flowers are K & Co; super duper cute image is from Bugaboo colored w/ my new Bic markers (it's an Easter image, but I am thinking I can use this for 'any day" card!) & the sentiment is made up if 2 different sets from The {Stamps} of Life: one is basic4alphabet (spelled out "chick")& the other is flower2doodle ("hi") I LOVE all the sets I have from Stephanie- they are super versatile, very fun, & great quality!

I am also entering this on the following challenges:

The Crafy Ho's: Use digi & regular stamps

Going Grey w/ Scrap Creations: use a digi image

Bee Crafty: Easter

and of course the inspiration behind this one The Sweet Stop

Thank goodness for long weekends!

Wow how fast time flies by. I was off work early on Thursday & had Friday off, but boy did Monday roll around quickly! It was still so very nice to have a little time off to go play with the family. It's been CRAZY at work for a few months now & I didn't realize just how much I needed to "reset" my attitude. So after I got most of the debris pile (AKA laundry pile!) cleaned up last night I was able to squeeze in a little time at the craft desk, felt really good to exert a little creative energy before bedtime. Here is what I came up with:

A very quick CAS card. I colored the image in w/ some new Bic markers I picked up..I watched a few tutorials on You Tube to get me going in the right direction. Not too bad for a first timer hu?! Little different from the colored pencils I usually use, but I like it.
The image was a freebie a while back at Bugaboo & I LOVE it! SOOOO cute & fun. Of course now that I have found digi-stamping, Bugaboo is one of my favorite sights to stalk. The stamps are a set from The {Stamps} of Life, also one of my fave's!
I am entering on the following challenges:
The Crafty Ho's: use a Digi & regular stamps, plus optional sketch (I did it all!)
Sentimental Sunday: Easter or Spring
Totally Stampalicious: CAS
Going Grey with Scrap Creations: use a digi stamp
Catch the Bug: Easter

Woo HOO! Its my Friday!!

Boy does it feeel good to be getting a little much needed time off! Yippee! Just a few more minutes & I am outta here! But first things first! Here is a lil fun somethin somthin I put together last night.

I used some colors I don't usually reach for & am pretty happy with how it turned out. With the way time is flying by, It will be Mother's Day before I know it! The image is from Bugaboo, I've said it a million times, I love her stuff! I colored in w/ my pencils & then used a blender pen w/ CTMH ink in Sky to shade around, added glossy accent to the butterflies & lady bugs. The flowers are Prima, brown pearls are Recollections from Michael's, not sure about the DP (I've been trying to use up scraps- makes it easier to buy new if the scrap pile is empty!) The sentiment tag/ticket is one I found while hopping around on Free Digital Stamps & I am sorry, I can't remember where it came from (when I first started the digi stamps, I didn't have a very good method of tracking things..much better about it now!)

I am entering on the following challenges:

Catch the Bug, 4 or more layers

Meljen's, 3 colors, 2 dp's, 1 bow

Pixie Cottage, sketch & for mother ( I did both)

And now I am off! I might be back later today.. I am going to play w/ my stamps at home this afternoon!

My Favorite Colors

the card base is a pastel pink, does not show up very well in the photo. Think it was called "tutu pink"

Right now it seems like if I am going to be drawn to a certain color combo, it is this one! I just LOVE pink & lime green together! However after uploading my photos of this card, I am really thinking I need to figure out a better way capture the "real" look of my cards... Would an Ott light help? Let me know! (of course it would probably help if I were taking photos at a better time than midnight)
So anyhooo the I got this cute image from Whimsy Stamps, it is a Meljen's design. I have had an idea in my mind of what colors I wanted to dress it up in first & lucky me, those were the exact colors over at The Crafty Ho's this week: pink & spring green. So I used the Sweet Stop sketch #103 as my main "recipe" & started throwing thing together. I laced ribbon thru eyelettes to accent a couple of the layers & added a row of selfsticky bling to the punched out scalloped circle. I used pencils to color in the cake & then added some white soufle pen to the candles to add a little dimension & glossy accent on parts of the cake to make it look like real fondant accents popping out. The stamps are a set called happy2bcircles from The {Stamps} of Life, I used CTMH ink in Pear
I am also entering to the following challenges:
Catch the Bug, use 4 or more layers
Fab-n-Funky Spotty & Dotty (the dots on the cake plus there is pink polka dot & green polka dot dp)