Lovely Spring

Hi there! I have a great Spring card to share with you tonight. I really can't wait for Spring to get here. We have had lots of rain (much needed), but I am a tried and true California girl and I like my sunshine!

For my card, I used the Spring Florals Card Kit from Gina K. Designs and one of the frames from the Lovely Labels set. I added a piece of print cardstock from October Afternoon and a little bit of yellow crochet trim from my stash, otherwise the cardstock, floral stamps and pearls were from the Spring Florals Card Kit. I love that you can open your set and immediately have ideas and cardstock ready to go.

For even more ideas with the Spring Florals stamp set, please check out these links:

Jessica Fick

Bev Gerard

Colleen Schaan

Sankari Wegman

Suzanne Dean

Sharri Seffens

Tina Gilliland

Giovanna Smith

Melissa Cash

Carolina Buchting

Jennie Harper

Brenda Turner

There are many more projects that can be found in the StampTV gallery by clicking on this tag: springflorals

Enjoy all the samples tonight! If you haven't purchased this stamp set yet, please take note that the free Card Kit will be included with each purchase until March 18th. At that time, the next card kit stamp set will be released.

Twinchie Quilt

Good morning! Today I am sharing a card that I made for a swap over on SCS. I rarely participate in swaps, but this one was to use Anna Wight/Whipper Snapper stamps and the Joy Fold technique. I have had this adorable Homespun Quilt set for a little while now and knew it would be perfect for this swap. I stamped two of the images (two times each) onto a cream Twinchie square with Memento Tuxedo Black ink. The outer blocks are colored with Copics (green and pink) and the inner pieces were paper pieced with adorable prints from the October Afternoon Farm Fresh collection. Half of the sentiment is stamped on the outside of the card and the rest is on the inside. The card base is PL Lipstick Red from Gina K. Designs. The panels are more of the yummy OA Farm Fresh collection. (I love, love this cardstock). To finish off the card, I added some teeny tiny rhinestones to two of the quilt squares and some ribbon from my stash.

Thanks for looking!

CSS Hope is Faith Inspiration Blog Hop

Feelings of Hope

Gina challenged the CenterStage Spotlight team to make a card with the new Hope is Faith stamp set using the photo above for inspiration. Check out Gina's blog for all the details on this special stamp set. I have created three cards to share with you tonight. The first one was inspired by the photo above.

I started with a base of PL Fresh Asparagus and then layered with some print cardstock from My Mind's Eye followed by some PL Sweet Corn that was punched

with a Fleur De Lis Edge punch and layered with some more print cardstock and a pretty satin bow. The beautiful butterfly image was stamped with Tuxedo Black Memento ink on PL Sweet Corn and colored with Copic Markers and then I ran it through my Cuttlebug with the Swiss Dots EF. I stamped the butterfly a second time with Stazon Black ink on acetate and layered it onto the stamped image. The butterfly was finished off with some Diamond Stickles. For the inside of the card, I stamped the butterfly in Versamark ink and then overstamped the sentiment from the Hope is Faith set in Tuxedo Black Memento ink.

This card was created completely with scraps that were on my desk. I love that! The solid cardstocks are PL White, PL Lipstick Red and Passionate Pink. You will find them here. The butterfly was colored with Copics and Spica Glitter pens. The layout for this card was inspired by this card created by Cindy Lawrence. The size of this card is 3" x 6". I like this size, small but mighty!

This final card is a biggie at 5" x 7". I used PL Lipstick Red, PL Passionate Pink and PL White for the layers. The pink layer was embossed with the Victoria (?) CB EF. I inked each of the butterflies with several inkpads in shades of pink to red. Of course, they were finished off with some Diamond stickles and fun buttons.

Now, stop by these designer's participating in the hop tonight:

Jessica Fick

Diana S. Queen

Tina Gilliland

Pam Imholz

Carla Suto

Cheri Weston

Jennie Harper

Joy Hadden

Shannon Bracken

Karen Knegten

JenMarie Taylor

Brenda Turner

Giovanna Smith

Sue Morris

Melissa Shultz

Peggy Wainman

Sharri Seffens

Carolina Buchting

Geri Utterback

Melissa Cash {you are here}

Betty Neville

Sue Van deVusse

Janice Melton

Jen Charboneau

DeeMarie Kelemen

Linda Payne

Lori McAree

Kay Simmons

Shelly Wilson

Selma Stevenson

Vicki Dutcher

Sue Walsh

Hello

Hello and Happy Valentines Day to you all. Today will be pretty low key for us. I will be heading to town to do some grocery shopping and pop in and check on my Mom. We have plans for a yummy Mexican dinner a little later in the week. I can't wait! Mexican food is my favorite with Chinese or Italian following pretty closely behind.

The card I am sharing with you today is for the weekly challenge over on the Cat's Meow Forum. A few weeks ago I started this forum for my local stamp store. It is a great little place to hang out. Each week on Wednesday I have been posting a challenge. My challenge last Wednesday was to use the colors red, orange and pink (and a neutral of your choice) together. Anyone is welcome to join and play along in the challenges. We would love to have you!

This card was inspired by a CAS (clean and simple) card I had seen on the web some time ago. I love the look of CAS but have trouble not adding extra layers and goodies to my cards. All of the stamps are from Amuse. It is a little hard to see, but I stamped the outline flower with Adirondack Red Pepper ink onto the bright pink panel and then ran it through my beloved Cuttlebug with the Swiss Dots folder. I stamped the solid flower twice with Adirondack Sunset Orange ink and once with Adirondack Bikini Pink ink and then overstamped with the outline flower in Red Pepper ink. The little piece of orange print paper is from My Mind's Eye Oh La La Her collection. I finished off the card with some orange rhinestones for a little blingy bling! All of the cardstock used was from my scrap pile. You gotta love that!

Sweeeeets!!!!

Hi there! Today I have this sweet little card to share with you. This is also my 250th blog post! I know that is not alot to some of you, but for me it is! I have been at this blogging thing for 3 years now and I hope to keep it up for while longer. I know I don't post daily, but I thank each and everyone of you who read and keep up with what is going on in my crazy little world. ((HUGS)) to you all!

This is a card from my recent Valentine class. I just love this little mouse in the candy box from the Piece of my Heart set from Penny Black. I pulled out my colored pencils for this one. I forgot how fun it was to color with them. The print papers are from the Basic Grey Bittersweet collection (one of my all time fav collections). To ruffle the ribbon, I just pulled on one side of the stitching and eased the gathers. Tip: Don't pull too hard on the stitching or it will come out the other end of the ribbon. Ask me how I know...............:)

Spring Chickie

Hi there, today I have a cute little Spring Chickie card to share with you. Lately most of my stamping has been for one project or another. I had gone to town yesterday and when I got home I told my guys I needed some studio time (I came out long enough to heat up some clam chowder and prepare the bread bowls for them to eat it out of) and off I went. I have had this adorable Penny Black stamp on the shelf for quite some time and decided to get it down and get it inky. I stamped the image in Memento black ink and colored it in with my Copic markers. After coloring, I added some shimmer to the chick and the flowers with Spica glitter pens. I have had this sentiment stamp from Inky Antics for several years and thought is was perfect for my little chick but I only wanted part of it on the front and the rest on the inside so I used a little trick I have used before. I put a piece of tape over the words that I don't want inked up and then I ink up the rest and remove the tape before stamping. Be sure to remove that tape or you will have an inky mess. All of the cardstock used was scrap from previous projects. Yeah for that!