Celebrate in Style

Hello!  Whew, what a busy week this is going to be.  Coming up this weekend is the 10th Annual Great Yosemite Stamp Escape and we have been busy as hornets ordering, unpacking, pricing and repacking product and prizes for the weekend.  Whew, it is gonna be fun, fun, fun!  The teachers this year are amazing and the projects are fabulous!  There are still a few spots left, come and join us!

For my card today, I am sharing this adorable image from the Gina K. Designs Celebrate in Style set.  The colors used were from last Friday's StampTV Color Spotlight challenge. 

The layout was inspired from the Card Patterns Sketch 112 for this week.  I have never played along with them and when I saw this sketch, I knew I wanted to use it with the dressform image.  I used my new Spellbinders Parisian Accents die set for the fleur border and the scroll accent above the image panel. Finished off with a few rhinestones and it is ready to go! 

Recipe:

Stamps:  Celebrate in Style-Gina K. Designs

Paper:  PL White, PL Bubblegum-GKD, Buttercup Distressed Dots-Memory Box

Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black

Extras:  Rhinestones, Ribbon, Copics, Nesties Dies, Corner Rounder, Sakura Stardust pen

Happy Easter!

Happy Easter!

Hope your having a great one!  Today I am sharing the last of the cards from my Spring has Sprung class.  My inspiration for this card was this beautiful card created by Joan Ervin.  The adorable bunny stamp is another from Printworks.  I sure wish they had a DT and if they did I wish I was on it cuz I love, love Printworks stamps.  They are always so fun and whimsical.  The beautiful print paper that I used for this card is from the recently release Couture collection from SEI.  One of the most beautiful collections I have seen in a long time. 

Wanna make this card?  Here is the PDF. 

Daffy Dil

Wow, if this card doesn't say Spring, I don't know what will.  This is one of the cards from my recent Spring has Sprung class.  I used this adorable little Daffy Dil stamp from Printworks.  Daffy was stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black ink onto a Petite Oval Nestie die and colored with Copics. The lime and buttercup panels are from Bo Bunny's new "Double Dot" line. These prints don't have dots though, the lime has large flourishes on one side and petite flourishes on the reverse.  The buttercup panel has stripes on one side and small octagons on the reverse.  I stamped the Daffy a second time so that I could pop up the flower blossom.  The rest of the design is pretty simple and straight forward.  I also stamped an beautiful Easter sentiment from Printworks onto the inside of the card.  Now I just need to get it in the mail so it reaches it's destination by Easter.  Wish me luck!

Want the instructions?  Here is the PDF.

OBG Blog Hop

Well, here I am for the third day in a row.  Crazy isn't it?  Today I am hopping with some of my pals from the Design Diva's Facebook group.  You should have arrived at my blog from Angie's blog, if not you can o back to  Vicki's blog as she is starting the hop for us.  On the third Wednesday of each month we get together to share and Oldie, But Goodie with you.  What does OBG mean?  It means that we have used stamps and/or supplies that are at least 6 months old.  I think everything except for the white cardstock and the Lacey Square Nestie are 6 months old.  The stamp I used is another PSX Botanical from my collection.  

After I colored the image panel, I covered it with double sided adhesive sheet and yep, you guessed it......I covered it with microfine glitter.  If you click on the pic you will see all of the glittery goodness up close.  After the glitter was applied, I added a little more color to the apple and the center of the flowers with my Copics.  I know all of you Copic purest are probably squirming in your seats about that one.  I do know that Copics should be the topmost medium when mixing, but this microfine glitter is so, so fine that I don't have a problem doing it from time to time.  Afterall, I can always change the marker's nib if I need to. :)

Now, I am going to send you on your way to Mary's blog as there is so much more to see.

Little Lamb Basket

Happy Tuesday!  I have a few Eastery/Springy items to share with you this week so I thought I would start with this cute little basket.  I created the bottom of the basket using the same measurements from the bottom of  my Bunny Box in this post.  The adorable dot paper is from Memory Box.  The little lamb is from an old Salt Box Studio set that I had never used.  I stamped the little lamb in Memento Tuxedo Black ink and then Copic C00 to add a little shading and then I covered her little body with microfine glitter.  Yep, I have been using that glitter alot lately.  Love that stuff.  I am not sure what is going in the box, but I do know that I will be giving this box to my favorite little lamby, even if she is 17 years old now! 

I'll be back tomorrow with an Oldie, But Goodie.

Enjoy the Sunshine

Hi there!  What a beautiful weekend we had.  I truly did enjoy the sunshine. I used stamps from the Gina K. Designs Enjoy the Sunshine STV kit.   My card is for two different challenges.  The first is last Friday's STV Color Challenge and the second is for last Friday's Copic/Promarker challenge over at the Outlawz Challenge Group.  The Outlawz Group asked that we use our markers and ground our image in some way.  The colors for the STV challenge are below:

I think that I achieved both goals.  As far as my layout goes I was inspired by Friday's CAS FTL 136 layout.  I turned it on it's side, but when I was finished with my card I felt like I missed the mark on the layout so I will not enter it for the challenge this week. 

Pretty Little Eggs

Hi there, today I am sharing a card I made just for the fun of it.  Yep, no challenges or classes were involved.  Sometimes that is the best kind of creating!  I fell in love with this adorable Decorated Egg image from Stampendous.  The eggs were colored with various Copic markers (sorry, I didn't write down the colors I used) and then I added Glossy Accents to parts of the eggs and covered them with micro fine glitter.  They look like candied eggs when you see them in person.  Yum-O!  The base card is from Prism and the prints are from the My Mind's Eye Stella and Rose collection.  I think this is one of my all time favorite MME collections.  I finished this one off with a bit of swirl organdy ribbon and voila, it is ready for the mail. 

See you soon!

Peek a Boo Bunny Box

Happy middle of the week!  Today is an "at home" day for me.  I am working on some future class projects (fun) and laundry (not so fun) today.  I noticed that the 3D Tuesday challenge on the Paper Craft Planet site is a "Peek-a-boo" challenge.  This little bunny box was perfect for that.  It all started with this adorable little bunny stamp from Printworks.  I stamped the bunny with black ink and colored him with Copic markers.  The little flowers were created with MS Hydrangea punches.  Rather than go on an on with how I did what, I have complete instructions in PDF format to share with you.  I hope you will find it helpful.

BUNNY BOX PDF

See you soon,

Grateful for Friends

Happy, happy Sunday!  I hope you are all having a fabulous weekend.  I taught a fun class yesterday that I had called Spring has Sprung.......I am beginning to wonder about that one though.  LOL I really do have the nicest bunch of gals that come to my classes.  They are the best!   Late yesterday afternoon it snowed for a bit. Enough already!  Today is supposed to be sunny with some partial clouds.  Lets just go for the sunny part, okay?  The card I am sharing with you today is for last Friday's color challenge over at StampTV. Did you know that if you play along and upload a card to the gallery at StampTV you would have a chance to win some free stamps?  Good enough reason for me!   I really had fun putting this card together.  Everything just fell into place. 

I used some paper from the Cosmo Cricket Material Girl 6 x6 pad as it was perfect for the colors that Gina had chosen for us to use this week.  Love that!  I used one of my new Nesties dies too!  This die set is called Lattice Rectangles and I know I will use it over and over.  The sentiment is from the GKD Friends set.  I crocheted the flower using my flower pattern from this post.  If you make some flowers from my instructions, leave me a comment, I would love to see them. 

Recipe:

Stamps:  Friends-GKD

Paper:  PL Red Hot, Sweet Corn, Sweet Mango, White-GKD, Material Girl DP-Cosmo Cricket

Ink:  Ladybug Red-Memento

Extras:  Nesties Lattice Rectangles, Corner Chomper, Rhinestones, Midori ribbon, crochet flower, button, twine

Center Stage Spotlight Team Inspiration Challenge

It seems like it has been forever since I was able to participate in a blog hop with my fellow Center Stage Designers.  Tonight we have an inspiration challenge for you.  Carolina has picked several cookies from Better Bit of Butter to inspire us with.  You can check out our inspiration photo below my card.  You should have arrived at my blog from my friend Lori McAree's amazing blog.  If you didn't, you can go back to StampTV and start from the beginning. 





I was inspired by cookie #2.  I love the white on white look, I think it is so pretty and elegant.  The cookie looks like it has some gray or silver shading so I used some smokey slate cardstock along with the white cardstock to give my card  the same effect.  First, I embossed the white card with a dot embossing folder and then added a smokey slate panel that had been punched along one side with with a scalloped scallop edger punch.  The pretty flower image from the GKD Spring Basket set was stamped on white cardstock with slate ink and then attached to the smokey slate panel.  I stamped the biggest flower one more time and popped it up for a little bit of 3D.  I added some pearls and a sentiment fromt the GKD Inside and Out set.  A little bit of lace trim finished it off.  This card also used the sketch challenge (STVSKSP20) at StampTV this week.  I love it when things just fall into place like that!

Make sure to leave a comment as you hop along because on Tuesday morning (April 12th), we will randomly choose one of the comments from all the blogs who will get a stamp set of their choice valued up to $24.95!

Now, I am going to send you on your way to Miesje's awesome blog.  I know she has something special to share with you!

Recipe: 

Stamps:  Spring Basket, Inside and Out-GKD

Paper:  PL White, Smokey Slate-GKD

Ink:  Adirondack Slate

Extras:  Lace Trim, EK Scalloped Scallop Edge punch, Pearls, Dots CB EF, Nesties Petite Ovals and Petite Scallop Ovals, Stardust Glitter Glue

Happy Birthday Tulips

Hi there, we have had a couple of beautiful days here in Central California! Yeah for that!  We do expect a cool down and the possibility of snow at lower elevations later this week.  I sure hope the weather guy is wrong.  Doesn't he know that this is April for goodness sakes?

I have been busy helping to pull together the pieces for the 10th Annual Great Yosemite Stamp Escape that will be happening the last weekend of the month.  We have four amazing instructors this year, I can't wait.  There is still space available, if you would like more info click the link below:

The Great Yosemite Stamp Escape

Now, on with the card I am sharing with you today.  I created this for the STV Color challenge from last Friday.  We were asked to use the following colors:

I didn't have any of the Wild Lilac cardstock, so I had to wing it. It just hit me that the only black is from the ink pad.  I might have to change out the ribbon to remedy that.   The pretty tulip stamp is from the GKD Spring Basket set and the sentment is from the Floral Wreath set.  I colored the flowers with Copics (they photographed darker than they are though.  Hmmm....it must be my fabulous photography skills.......NOT!

See you soon,

Tombow Guest Designer

A few weeks ago, I received an amazing e-mail from Sharron at Tombow (yes, the amazing marker/adhesive company) asking me if I would do a little guest design spot for them.  Of course, I said YES! 

Today, on the Tombow Blog you will find a tutorial on my Twinkling Tombows Technique.  I believe it is in a printable format for you also.  Check it out and come back and let me know what you think.  If you give my technique a try, leave me a link in the comments section as I would love to check it out! 

If you like what you see, go to Tombow's Facebook page and let them know. 

Happy Friday,