DRS Designs Sneak Peak!

Hope everyone is having a wonderful week! It's almost release day at DRS Designs and today I have a couple sneak peaks for you!
You all know that I am in love with the DRS Designs Cutie Pie Kids. Well...we have 2 new additions to the Cutie Pie family this month. I absolutely LOVE these new images - you don't get much cuter than this....

Do you want to win both of these Cuties? My fellow DRS Designs DT member Vicki is giving them away on her blog...you definitely want to check it out!

Thanks for stopping by today! I hope you all have an absolutely wonderful day!

Jacksonbelle Embellishments Tuesday Challenge!

This is my 2nd blog post today. To see my Little Paper Shop design team challenge card please scroll down to my previous post.

Hope everyone is having a great week. We have another fun sketch challenge for you this week. We would love for you to play along with us. Please use keyword JBE062 (even though the picture says JBE061) when uploading to PCP or SCS.

Here is the sketch:

Here is my card:

Did you know that all Daisy D is on sale (most items are 50% off and more) at Jacksonbelle? For my card I used some fun Daisy D designer paper and these awesome metal photo corners. The photo corners come in several colors and our only $1 per package! The stamps I used for my card are from DRS Designs.

For more sketchy inspiration, check out the blogs of the rest of the Jacksonbelle Rockstars!!!

Kristine Breach ~ Ink Something

Tobi Crawford ~ Tobi’s Place

Dawn Easton ~ Treasure Oiler Designz

Stephanie Hargis ~ Steph’s Stampin’ Stuff

Mitzi Koons ~ Stamps Jubilee

Loretta Lock ~ Love to Create

Jimmi Mayo ~ Stamping & Shopping

Bethany Paull ~ It’s Not All Black & White

Michelle Philippi ~ Inside My Own Private Idaho

Carly Robertson ~ Paper in Bloom

Shemaine Smith ~ Scraptastic

Lynda Benden: Stamp Act

Melissa Bove: Keepsakes By Melissa

Jennifer Buck: The Buck Stamps Here

Jill Dunn: Ink Genious

AJ Otto: The Willow Garden

Lindsey Botkin: Embellished

Thanks for stopping by today! Be sure to check out the huge Daisy D sale going on now at Jacksonbelle Embellishments.

Little Paper Shop release day!

Hope you all had a great start to your week!
It's release day at Little Paper Shop..WOO HOO! BOTH new releases, {Angelic Jena } and {Beary Best Katie} are available AND on sale! That's right! From NOW through Monday, July 20th (or while supplies last) the two new releases are 10% off on the LPS Website! Happy Shopping!

We have a special treat for you today as it's also the DT Challenge day.
Now, normally we do our Monthly DT Challenge on the 15th of the month, but since it was SO close to release day, we just couldn't WAIT to show you more LPS cards.

Here is this month's DT challenge:

***Use Kraft, Pink, and Green on the cards and use PUNCHES!***

Be sure to check out the Little Paper Shop blog to see what the rest of the design team came up with for this challenge!

Thanks for stopping by today. Stop back later for the Jacksonbelle Tuesday challenge!

Little Paper Shop Preview: {Beary Best Katie}

Welcome back, everyone! This is my 2nd blog post for the day. If you are looking for the DRS Designs blog challenge, please scroll down to the previous post.

Today we have another 'Beary' special preview for you today here at Little Paper Shop! Introducing {Beary Best Katie}! This adorable new 3x4 stamp set will be released along with {Angelic Jena} on Tuesday!

Today we not only have a preview contest for you, but it's also LPS Monday, so that means there are TWO chances to win this set! Leave a comment on today's post on the Little Paper Shop blog and one random winner will be chosen and announced tomorrow on the Little Paper shop blog during our official release!

We'd LOVE for you to play along with our sketch challenge this week, as well! Be sure to leave a comment on the Little Paper Shop blog after you upload your card, too so that we can see all your beautiful sketch creations! You can use keyword LPSC24 if you upload to SCS or PCP.

Here is the sketch:Here is my card:

Be sure to check out the Little Paper Shop blog to see all of the fabulous samples made by the design team!

We hope you'll join us again tomorrow for the official release and lots more awesome samples as the DT has been up to something awfully "krafty' ;) See you soon!

DRS Designs Monday Challenge!

It is time for another fun DRS Designs blog challenge. Today's challenge is to make a genie bag... a quick, inexpensive way to package just about anything. Any size bag will do...you can find the tutorial HERE on SCS.

We would love for you to play along with us. Just a post a direct link to your creation in the comment section on the DRS Designs blog so we can come check it out. If you upload to public gallery, please use the keyword DRSC25.

I think I might have said this before but I thought I'd state it again as a little disclaimer before posting my project...I suck at non-card projects. Not sure why I can't step out of the card box but 3-D/gifty items are always extremely difficult for me. I had never made a genie bag before this challenge. Here is my bag...
Be sure to check out the DRS Designs blog to see all of the fabulous bags made by the design team!

Thanks for stopping by today! Check back a little later for another LPS July preview!

Little Paper Shop Preview: {Angelic Jena}

Hope everyone is having a wonderful weekend. I had a great time stamping with my friend Jen last night. Pizza, snacks, a few beverages, good conversation and 6 hours of child-free stamping...bliss!

Can you blieve it is time for the July Little Paper Shop previews? It seems like we were just doing the June previews. I can't believe how fast the summer is flying by!

Today's preview is an absolutely ADORABLE set called {Angelic Jena}.

{Angelic Jena} sits atop a beautiful crescent moon! She is sweet, innocent and a super-versatile image for birthdays, babies or "just because".

Want to WIN this set? Leave a comment on today's post on the Little Paper Shop blog and they will announce a radom winner tomorrow! Have a great Sunday everyone!

Enjoy the weekend!

It looks like it is going to be a great weekend around here! The house is clean and I finally get some time tonight (without the kids) to stamp! I haven't had much stamping time in days and I am so excited about tonight. My friend Jen is coming over and we are going to stamp the night away!

Today I have another simple but elegant card to share. I made this card with a wedding in mind but I guess it could be used for other occasions too. The sentiment stamp is from DRS Designs.
For wedding cards I tend to try and only use black and white for some reason, personal preference I guess. I just think these colors make a card look so elegant. I also love to add some bling or shimmer...for this card I used both. I added some self adhesive rhinestones to the corners and to finish it off I painted a white Prima flower with Angel Wings Shimmerz. Angel Wings is my absolute favorite color of Shimmerz because you can use it on any color flower or cardstock and it looks just beautiful.

Thanks for stopping by today. I hope you all have a fabulous weekend!

Firecracker Designs is having a DT call!

I can't believe my year on the Firecracker Designs DT is almost up. It has been a great year! With that being said, Pamela will be looking for a new design team. If you are interested, check out all of the details HERE on Pamela's blog! Good luck!

Christmas in July at Firecracker Designs by Pamela!

Pamela is offering a Christmas in July sale starting NOW-through Sunday, July 12, 2009!! !

ALL Christmas Stamp sets are on sale, buy 2, get a 3rd one (of equal or lesser value) FREE!! Just type in the comment box which set you want free. (buy 4, get 2 free, etc…) Sale applies to Christmas/winter sets ONLY! (all the rubber /clear stamps on the Christmas Pages)

Happy Shopping!

Busy busy busy

Sorry for the short posts lately, but things are just crazy busy around here. I'm stealing one of the last cards from my stash to share today. I made this card a month or so ago for one of the Paper Makeup Stamps challenges. I absolutely love the Dustin Pike dinos that are sold at Paper Makeup Stamps. I thought the EK Success dino punch coordinated great with this image.Thanks for stopping by today. I hope you are all having a great week!

Golf birthday

Hope everyone is having a great week! Life has been crazy busy for us lately. I'm still behind in visiting your blogs and once again I apologize. I promise, one of these days I will get caught up!

Today I wanted to share a fun birthday card I made a while back. DRS Designs has a ton of really fun golf stamps great for all of those golf lovers in our lives.

Thanks for stopping by today! I'm pretty sure there was more info that I was planning on posting today but I can't seem to remember it now. Maybe I'll be back later with another post, LOL.

Jacksonbelle Tuesday Challenge!

Hi everyone! It is time for another fun Jacksonbelle Embellishments Tuesday blog challenge. To start the month off, we have a super fun sketch challenge! We would LOVE for you to play along with us! This week if you play along with us, you will have a chance to win some fabulous goodies from Jacksonbelle embellishments! All you need to do is make a card using this week's sketch and post a link to your creation on the Tuesday challenge post on the Jacksonbelle blog. You have until 3 PM EST on Friday July 10th to post your link. A random winner will be chosen from all participants. The lucky winner will receive a prize package that includes a package of Prima silver Galaxy Stars, a GORGEOUS Inkadinkado Summers Parade wood mounted stamp, and a Cosmo Cricket blackboard album!

Here is this week's sketch:

As crazy as this is for me to say....I made a NO STAMPING card for this week's challenge! There is absolutely zero stamping on this card. The sentiment panel comes from a piece from the Cosmo Cricket Fleuriste designer paper pack. Even though there were no stamps used, I did use a ton of fabulous products from Jacksonbelle Embellishments...Cosmo Cricket designer paper (ALL Cosmo Cricket is 25% off this week at JB), Prima flowers, Prima Say it in Crystals, Cuttlebug embossing folder , May Arts ribbon and Shimmerz paint!

For more sketchy inspiration, check out the blogs of the Jacksonbelle Rockstars!!!

Kristine Breach ~ Ink Something

Tobi Crawford ~ Tobi’s Place

Dawn Easton ~ Treasure Oiler Designz

Stephanie Hargis ~ Steph’s Stampin’ Stuff

Mitzi Koons ~ Stamps Jubilee

Loretta Lock ~ Love to Create

Jimmi Mayo ~ Stamping & Shopping

Bethany Paull ~ It’s Not All Black & White

Michelle Philippi ~ Inside My Own Private Idaho

Carly Robertson ~ Paper in Bloom

Shemaine Smith ~ Scraptastic

Lynda Benden: Stamp Act

Melissa Bove: Keepsakes By Melissa

Jennifer Buck: The Buck Stamps Here

Jill Dunn: Ink Genious

AJ Otto: The Willow Garden

Lindsey Botkin: Embellished

Don't forget that ALL COSMO CRICKET is on sale 25% off this week! Shimmerz paint is also on sale right now too (you will definitely want to stock up when you see the price)! Be sure to check out the Jacksonbelle blog all week long for fabulous Cosmo Cricket inspiration!

Thanks for stopping by. We hope you all have a wonderful day!

Little Paper Shop Monday Challenge!

It's time for another wonderful Little Paper Shop Monday challenge! We have another great sketch challenge for you this week courtesy of one of our fabulous design team members...Allison! We would love for you to play along! If you play along remember to leave a comment on the LPS blog and also use keyword LPSC23 if you're uploading to SCS or PCP.
There is a prize being given away with this week's challenge on the LPS blog. One random winner will be selected from the entries of this week's challenge and they will get 2 free digis of their choice from the LPS store....good luck!

Here is this week's skech:Here is my card:

I used the newly released Garden Gate.

Thanks for stopping by today! Hope you all have a wonderful day!

Hello everyone! Hope you are all having a great week. Today I wanted to share a simple sympathy card. Sympathy cards are always the hardest cards for me to make. I don't like to make them too plain but at the same time fancy and complicated isn't always the best choice either. For my card today I decided to go with a fairly simple layout and then add a beautiful Blingz flower. I painted 2 Prima flowers, 1 with Spiced Cider Blingz and the other with Under the Sea. I layered them and added a brad. Nothing too fancy but enough to give the sympathy card a beautiful, elegant look.
The sentiment stamp is from DRS Designs. I paired it up with my favorite Gretel Cosmo Cricket designer paper.

Thanks for stopping by today! Hope you all have a great day!

Happy Wednesday!

Hope everyone is having a great week! Today I thought I would share one of the cards that I made with my July Firecracker Designs design team set. This month I am playing with Pamela's set "Phrases set 1". For this card I paired it up with one of my favorite sets ever..."She Dreams". I absolute LOVE this dragon. I colored the dragon with Copic markers and then painted areas with Shimmerz Marigold paint. I love the shiny look it gives the dragon.
Thanks for stopping by today. Have a wonderful day!

Jacksonbelle Embellishments Tuesday Challenge!

Welcome to the Jacksonbelle Embellishments Tuesday Challenge. We have been doing sketch challenges all month long and today we have a fabulous one for you. We would love for you to play along with us. If you do, please be sure to let us know. Either leave a comment on the JB blog or use keyword JBE060 when uploading to SCS or PCP.

Here is this week's sketch:Here is my card. Once again, I flipped the sketch. I used this adorable Archaic designer paper from Basic Grey and matching Basic Grey brads. The stamps are from Paper Makeup Stamps.

Be sure to check out the blogs of the rest of the Jacksonbelle Rockstars. It is the last week for a few of our dt members so be sure to leave them some love, they will definitely be missed!
AJ Otto
Jennifer Buck
Jill Dunn
Lindsey Botkin
Lynda Benden
Maren Benedict
Melissa Bove
Michelle Woerner
Shannan Teubner
Kimberly O'Rosky

Thanks for stopping by today!

Twinkling Tuesday Challenge - Summe Slice

Hey everyone! Hope you had a great start to your week. It is time for another Twinkling Tuesday challenge. Even though I didn't have enough time to play along this week, I wanted to share the fabulous challenge with you! This week we have a inspiration challenge for you! Here is the inspiration piece (isn't this just mouthwatering!):

Be sure to check out the blogs of my fabulous fellow TT design team members for some fun summer slice inspiration!
Cassie

Christi

Darla

Debbie

Heather S.
Jacquie

Janna
Jessica
Kim
Kimmie

Rebecca

Sandra
Lisa Slusser

Thanks for stopping by today! Be sure to check back later this morning for the Jacksonbelle Tuesday Challenge!

Little Paper Shop Monday Challenge!

This is my second post for the day. Please scroll down to see the DRS Designs Monday challenge.

It's time for another wonderful Little Paper Shop Monday challenge! We have another great challenge this week....a sketch with a twist! The challenge is to use Julia's wonderful sketch but also incorporate a cupcake or cupcakes into it. We would love for you to play along! If you play along remember to leave a comment on the LPS blog and also use keyword LPSC22 if you're uploading to SCS or PCP.
There is a prize being given away with this week's challenge on the LPS blog. Since we are all about the cupcakes this week at LPS, you can win Katie Cupcake! One random winner will be selected from the entries of this week's challenge....good luck!

Here is the sketch:

Here is my card:

Thanks for stopping by today! Hope you all have a great day!

DRS Designs Monday Blog Challenge!

Can you believe this is our 24th DRS Designs challenge! Wow! We hope you have been enjoying them! We sure have. The DT's challenge this time was to use the dazzling diamond dust technique. This is such a cool technique and really takes no time at all. We would love for you to participate in the challenge. Just post a direct link to your creation in the comment section on the DRS Designs blog and if you upload to a public gallery, please use the keyword DRSC24.

Be sure to check out the DRS Designs blog for more inspiration from the DT !

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One last thing!!! Be sure to stop by The Pink Elephant Challenge blog starting today thru Sunday, DRS Designs will be sponsoring the current challenge - check out the details at The Pink Elephant on how you might be able to win some DRS Designs stamps!!

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Here is my card for this week's challenge. Even though the technique is fairly simple, I struggled with the challenge this week. After several attempts, this was my best Diamond Dust sample:

This technique is really hard to photograph well. I did my best to try and show the diamond dust without totally blinding all of you.

I hope you all had a great weekend. Stop by later this morning for my Monday Little Paper Shop Challenge card and check back tomorrow for a fabulous Jacksonbelle Embellishments Tuesday challenge as well as the newest Twinkling Tuesday challenge.

Blog Hop time! FCD Goes Outdoors!

It's time for the June Firecracker Designs blog hop! The theme this month is: FCD Goes Outdoors. Pamela released 4 really cool outdoorsy sets this month that you can check out HERE.
For my card, I used the new set "A Little Bird Told Me..." This set is absolutely GORGEOUS!

Thanks for stopping by today! This is a “circular blog hop” where the beginning is wherever you start!! You will know you are at the end of the blog hop when you’ve come back to the blog you’ve started from! (It’s not a huge circle…so it should be easy to remember where you started.)

There will be blog candy given away to 1 lucky blog hop participant. The winner will be chosen from the comments left on the blog of one of the FCD design team members...but which one? The blog candy hostess is a mystery! We don't even know who the blog candy hostess will be until the hop is over…so make sure you leave a comment on EVERY blog, so you don’t miss out on a chance at the blog candy!

**If you are the blog candy winner, you will be contacted by Pamela via e-mail (so be sure to leave it with your comment.) and you can also find out on Pamela’s blog after the blog hop ends on Tues, June 30th at 8:00 PM (EST).**

Now, to continue the circle, hop on over the the blog of the incredibly talented KARYN,
and keep going until you’ve come back to where you’ve started! Thanks so much for playing along with us and we hope you have a great time!

Life Happens

I hope everyone is having a great week. Unfortunately it definitely hasn't been the greatest week for me. Actually it has been a really stressful week. I apologize to all of you yet again for not getting around to visit your blogs this week. Sadly, I will probably need to just clear out my google reader as I currently have over 400 unread posts in there. I promise to try and stop by your blogs soon! I should have a little more time to try and keep up with things, because starting next week I will once again be a full time stay at home mom. Sometimes life doesn't exactly turn out exactly the way you expect and you have to make decisions that are best for you instead of worrying about everyone else. Yesterday I resigned from my job. It just was not the right fit for me at this point in my life. I am now going to spend the rest of the summer enjoying my precious time with the kids before Annabelle heads off to kindergarten in the fall. No more 4 am wake up calls for me! YAY!!!
Because of all of the chaos in my life this past week I haven't had any stamping time. Luckily I still have a few stash cards to share!
Today I thought I would share another card that I made with the DRS Designs Dustin Pike images. I just LOVE these stamps. They are adorable and a dream to color!
Thanks for stopping by today. Just wanted to remind everyone that Saturday is the June Firecracker Designs blog hop. You won't want to miss it!
Have a great day!

Guess What!!!

I got published!!!! This is my very first publication so I am totally thrilled. This is such an awesome moment in a really really really stressful week!
You can see my card on page 93 of the newest issue of Just Cards!
I also wanted to congratulate a few of my fellow DRS Designs design team members who also have cards in this issue: Vicki, Jennifer and Sue! Congrats ladies!

Check out Shimmerz at Craft Critique

Hello all! This week Craft Critique is reviewing Shimmerz, Blingz and Spritz! Check out their reviews HERE.



Hope you are all having a wonderful week!

Jacksonbelle Tuesday Challenge!

As promised, the sketchy fun continues...
We would love to have you play along with us this week. If you do, please use keyword JBE059 when uploading to PCP and SCS.

Here is this week's sketch:

Here is my card:

For my card I used another one of the adorable Stampavie Sarah Kay images. I also some Basic Grey designer paper from Jacksonbelle.

Be sure to check out the rest of the Jacksonbelle Rockstars for more sketchy inspiration:
for more sketchy inspriation!
AJ Otto
Jennifer Buck
Jill Dunn
Lindsey Botkin
Lynda Benden
Maren Benedict
Melissa Bove
Michelle Woerner
Shannan Teubner
Kimberly O'Rosky

Thanks for stopping by today!

Bling-a-ling-ling...

Welcome to this week's Twinkling Tuesday challenge! This week the challenge is to use rhinestones on your project. We'd love to have you play along. If you decide to play, please use keyword MTTSC28 when uploading to SCS or PCP.

I have a couple cards for this week's challenge. All stamps used are from DRS Designs.

Be sure to check out the blogs of the rest of the Twinkling Tuesday design team for more blingy inspiration:
Cassie

Christi

Darla

Debbie

Heather S.
Jacquie

Janna
Jessica
Kim
Kimmie

Rebecca

Sandra
Lisa Slusser

Thanks for stopping by today!

It's Monday...

which isn't always a good thing (I'm not a huge fan of Mondays)....BUT there is something fun going on today! Monday means it is time for a Little Paper Shop blog challenge! The Little Paper Shop blog has a challenge every Monday and this week one lucky participant will win 2 free digital stamps from {Little Paper Shop}! Challenges are great but challenges with prizes are even better, right! The challenge this week is a fun sketch! If you decide to play along make sure you add a link to your project in the comments section on the Little Paper Shop blog. Also, if you upload to SCS or PCP please use keyword LPSC22.

Here is this week's sketch:

Here is my card:For my card I used the adorable set {Birthday Surprise} from Little Paper Shop.

For some more sketchy inspiration check out the blogs of the rest of the Little Paper Shop Design Team:

• Julia
  
• Allison
  
• Bonnie
  
• Cindy
  
• Jessica
  
• Janna
  
• Jennifer
  
• Jessie
  
• Julie
  
• Mel
  
• Sarah
  
• Silvia
  

Thanks for stopping by today. I hope you all have a great start to your week. Stop by tomorrow for more fun with the Jacksonbelle Embellishments blog challenge and the Twinkling Tuesday challenge!

Happy Father's Day!

Hope everyone is having a great weekend. Just wanted to share a couple Father's Day cards that I made last week for the DRS blog.
Tom is out of town and I won't see my dad today so it is a bit of a strange Father's Day around here. The kids and I are going to hang out and maybe go to the zoo if the weather holds up.

Here are my easy Father's Day cards. All stamps used are from DRS Designs.

Hope you all have a wonderful day!

Simple Thank You

If you are looking for the Shimmerz birthday blog hop post, please scroll down 2 posts.


Hello all! Today I just have a simple Thank You card to share. I appreciate all of the wonderful comments you all leave on a daily basis. It really means a lot to me!

Both stamps used are from DRS Designs.

Thanks for stopping by today. Hope you have a wonderful weekend.

Paper Makeup Monday Challenge (on Wednesday)

Hope everyone is having a great week. If you are looking for the Shimmerz Birthday Blog Hop post, please scroll down to the previous post.

Since I'm all caught up with my design team work for the month I thought I would take some time this week and do something totally crazy....stamp for fun! LOL. Don't get me wrong, I love all of the stamping time I get, but for the most part I usually spend my stamping time working on design team requirements. This week though, everything is just for fun.
Paper Makeup Stamps has a challenge on their blog every Monday. This week the challenge was to make a project using the colors yellow, aqua, chocolate and white/cream. It just so happens that my latest order from Paper Makeup was delivered on Monday so I had to get them inked up right away. At first I had a hard time trying to tie in the aqua but in the end I absolutely LOVED how my card turned out. I smile every time I look at this adorable guy!
Supplies used: Stamps from Paper Makeup Stamps, SU CS, SU DP, Copic markers, Basic Grey self adhesive pearls.

Thanks for stopping by today! I hope you are all having a terrific week!

SHIMMERZ Birthday Blog Hop!!!

This is my 3rd blog post for today. Please scroll down to see my Jacksonbelle Tuesday challenge and this week's Twinkling Tuesday sketch challenge.

Welcome to the Shimmerz birthday blog hop!!!! If you are just hopping in, be sure to go back and start the hop from the beginning - the Shimmerz blog - (you will need to start at the beginning and go in order if you are interested in the HUGE Shimmerz blog hop blog candy!). If you got here via Deanna Kroll's blog you came from the right place!

Here is my Shimmerz birthday project:
The present is painted with Sunny and Ultra Marine Shimmerz. The rest of the image is colored with Copic markers. The adorable image and sentiment are from DRS Designs.

Here is a side view TO show that the boy is popped up from the present with dimensionals:
Thanks for hopping along with us. Next stop is the blog of the incredibly talented Jami Bova!
Hope you all have a wonderful day!

Jacksonbelle Tuesday Challenge!

Our month of sketchy fun continues! This week we have another fun Jacksonbelle Embellishments sketch challenge for you. We would love for you to play along. If you do, please use keyword JBE058 when uploading to PCP or SCS.

Here is this week's sketch:Here is my card:

For my card I flipped the sketch. I used an adorable Stampavie Sarah Kay stamp and some Basic Grey Wisteria designer paper from Jacksonbelle Embellishments. I think these images are just totally adorable! Jacksonbelle has 5 different Sarah Kay stamps in stock right now.

Be sure to check the blogs of the rest of the Jacksonbelle Rockstars for more sketchy inspriation!
AJ Otto
Jennifer Buck
Jill Dunn
Lindsey Botkin
Lynda Benden
Maren Benedict
Melissa Bove
Michelle Woerner
Shannan Teubner
Kimberly O'Rosky

Thanks for stopping by today! Check back later this morning for the huge Shimmerz birthday blog hop!

Madelynn's Twinkling Tuesday Challenge #27

It's time for another fun Madelynn's Twinkling Tuesday sketch challenge. Unfortunately I didn't have time to play along this week (actually I tried to play along but after spending 2 hours on a card it ended up in my recycling bin).
We would love for you to play along. If you decided to play, please use keyword MTTSC27 when uploading to SCS and PCP. Here is this week's skech:

Be sure to check out the blogs of the rest of the Twinkling Tuesday design team:
Cassie

Christi

Darla

Debbie

Heather S.
Jacquie

Janna
Jessica
Kim
Kimmie

Rebecca

Sandra
Lisa Slusser

Thanks for stopping by today!

Blog Candy Winner!

Thank you to everyone who entered my blog candy giveaway!
The winner (chosen by random.org) is #10.....MONI

Moni, please send me an email (thlr2003@gmail.com) with your address and I will get your candy sent out right away!

Little Paper Shop Garden Gate Preview

This is my 2nd blog post for today. Please scroll down to see this week's fun DRS Designs challenge!

I am back to preview another set from The Little Paper Shop, and this time, we have an exciting challenge to go along with it!

Introducing: {Garden Gate}! This set is a gorgeous combination of sentiments, butterflies, flowers and more! Garden Gate is like nothing LPS has done before and is SUPER fun to color and embellish. The sentiments are perfect for all occasion so we know you will be getting plenty of use out of this brand new set!


What's more? For one week only, beginning with Tuesday's release, BOTH new releases are on sale for 10% off at The Little Paper Shop! (while supplies last)

Be sure to head over to the LPS Blog today to see what the DT has created for this challenge. It's also LPS Monday, and the 15th of the month (the day of our monthly DT challenge), which means we have QUITE the awesome challenge for you, and not only one, but TWO ways to WIN this set!

You can participate in our DT challenge, issued this month by the FABULOUS Jen, and also leave a comment to be randomly selected, so we'll meet you over at the LPS blog right now for all the fun!

Hope you all have a wonderful day! Be sure to stop back tomorrow for a FABULOUS Shimmerz birthday blog hop as well as the Tuesday Jacksonbelle challenge and a Twinkling Tuesday Sketch!

DRS Blog Challenge #23!

Welcome to another DRS Designs Blog challenge...this week the DT was challenged to make a buckle card. You can find a tutorial on how to make these great looking and easy cards HERE on SCS.

We would love for you to play along with the challenge. Post a direct link to your creation in the comment section of the challenge post on the DRS blog so we can check it out! If you upload to a public gallery, please use the keyword, DRSC23.

Before this challenge, I had never made a buckle card...ever! The tutorial on SCS is really easy to follow. I was a little worried about my card being too simple, but in the end I actually LOVE how it turned out! The flower background is a small stamp that I stamped over and over. I colored the flowers with my Copic and Prismacolor markers and added SU Dazzling Diamonds glitter to the white flowers. The large red flower is a Prima flower that I folded in half and added a coordinating button. The card is actually really beautiful in real life (the photo just doesn't do it justice).
Supplies used: All stamps are from DRS Designs, SU cardstock, SU Dazzling Diamonds glitter, SU button, Prima flower, Copic and Prismacolor markers, SU word window punch.

Thanks for stopping by today! Be sure to check out the DRS Designs blog for some more fabulous buckle cards made by the DRS design team.

Exciting News!!

Today I wanted to share some exciting news with all of you. A few weeks back, I got an email asking me if I would be interested in joining the Little Paper Shop design team. I can't even begin to tell you how excited I was. I absolutely LOVE the stamps from Little Paper Shop. They have fabulous designs, wonderful quality clear stamps and tremendous customer service. It took me about 2 seconds to accept the invitation! I am thrilled and honored to be joining such a talented team of stampers!

Little Paper Shop is releasing two super-cute sets this month! Both sets will be released THIS Tuesday, June 16th and will be on sale for 10% off beginning on release day. This sale will last one week or while supplies last, so be sure to grab your new stamps while they're HOT!

Our first preview is one "sweet" set, {Katie Cupcake}. Isn't she just the cutest! For my card I colored the image twice. I cut out one Katie and one bow and popped them up on the other image with dimensionals. I glittered the cupcake with chunky glitter to give it the look of sugar.


Be sure to head on over to the LPS Blog to check out the rest of the DT's adorable previews!

Last but not least, want to WIN this set? All you have to do is leave a comment over on the LPS blog and one lucky winner will be chosen via Random.org...good luck and have a "Sweet" Day!

Thanks for stopping by today. I hope you are all having a wonderful weekend!

Whiff of Joy

Whiff of Joy is releasing some fabulous new images tomorrow and Katharina has some fabulous blog candy to celebrate the occassion. Check out her blog HERE and the Whiff of Joy store HERE.

Blog Candy and a couple challenge cards!

As promised here is some blog candy to celebrate my 500th (or I guess my now, 501st) blog post!
This blog candy this time around consists of 5 unmounted rubber stamps from Paper Makeup Stamps. I'm sure you all know by now that I am a huge fan of Paper Makeup. I just love their adorable images. They just released a ton of fantastic new images too (I'm patiently waiting for my mailman to put my new order in my mailbox!). For my blog candy I have an Argus with Teddy, Caliope with stars, Caliope ,Dreck and Spike (I missed him in my photo) stamps! All you need to do is leave me a comment on this post. I will pick a blog candy winner on Monday at 5pm CST.

I missed spike in the photo I took...here is what he looks like:
I also wanted to post a couple cards I made for the Paper Makeup Release Party challenges. I only have 2 of the 3 challenges done so far but I'm hoping to get a little time today to finish up the 3rd.
The first challenge was a color challenge: Night of Navy, Rose Red, Brocade Blue

Here is my card:

The second challenge was a sketch challenge.

Here is the sketch:

Here is my card:Thanks for stopping by today. I hope you all have a fabulous weekend!

Jacksonbelle Embellishments Design Team Call!

Well...here it is, my 500th blog post. WOW! I can't believe I have posted 500 times. My blog posts typically take me about 20 minutes to post by the time I write, edit, proof-read, etc. That means I've spent 10,000 minutes blogging...or 167 hours....or 7 days....WOW!!! Crazy when you look at it that way, LOL.

I didn't actually plan on posting this afternoon but I got a message from Lindsey from Jacksonbelle Embellishments that I couldn't wait to pass on...it is time for another Jacksonbelle design team call! Here are the deets:

Jacksonbelle Embellishments offers a wide variety of stamps, embellishments, paper, ribbon and basically everything you will need to create beautiful paper crafts! We are looking for 4 new design team members. The design team call will be open until June 24th at 12am EST.

Here are the design team requirements ~
1. Each month we will have pre-determined challenges which you will be asked to take part of each Tuesday.
2. Each design team member will be asked to do ONE tutorial during their term. The tutorial can be a card, altered item, anything the member would be most comfortable profiling.
3. You must post in your gallery/blog at least 5 projects a month featuring Jbelle product. This can be combined with the Tuesday challenges.
4. You MUST love the products Lindsey sells!!! This will make designing so much easier and fun!

What you will receive ~
1. 25% off ALL purchases at Jacksonbelle Embellishments.
2. A one time $25 gift certificate to Jacksonbelle Embellishments.
3. Free product throughout your term.
4. You will be part of a really fun group of girls!!!

Term ~
1. Design team term ~ July 1st 2009 to Dec. 31st 2009

Does all this sound good to you??? If so, THIS is what you need to do ~ email DIRECT links to your blog and/or gallery, three samples of your best work!!! It is not required that you use Jbelle products. The email address to send these links to is jacksonbelle. embellishments@ gmail.com. The 4 chosen designers will be contacted BY June 28th. The new design team will be announced June 29th!!!

So there you go. If you are interested, I highly recommend you apply. The JB team is a fun bunch!
Check back later for some fun blog candy to celebrate my 500th blog post! Hope you all are having a great day!

TGIF!

Well, it has been another crazy week around here. I am so glad it is Friday! Did you enjoy the DRS Designs blog hop yesterday? The new release stamps are just terrific! They will be available to purchase tomorrow on the DRS Designs site.

Along with having a new release this week DRS Designs is also sponsoring the challenge over at Cute Card Thursday. The challenge this week is to use a quotation/sentiment on your card. DRS Designs has a HUGE selection of fabulous sentiments! For my card today I used one of their sympathy sentiments.
I hope you all have a wonderful day! Tomorrow will be my 500th blog post! WOW! To celebrate I will have some fun weekend blog candy so be sure to stop by!

It's time to hop - DRS Style!

Welcome to the June DRS Designs blog hop! If you are just joining us, be sure to start back at the beginning (Vicki's Blog) - you won't want to miss anything. If you got here via Dawn Knight's blog you are in the right place!
The newest batch of stamps is being released at DRS Designs this Saturday (June 13th). The new release has something for everyone...golf, coffee, outer space, retirement, get well...TONS of fabulous new designs!
For my card today I used the newest Leonard the Pig stamp and matching sentiment. Isn't this just the cutest get well image ever! From the moment I set eyes on this guy I couldn't wait to get him inked up!
For my card I stamped the image on white cardstock, twice. I colored the first image and then only colored Leonards snout and head compress on the second image. I cut them out and popped them up on the first image with dimensionals. I also stamped the image on Basic Grey Wisteria designer paper and then paper pieced the blanket. The sentiment is actually only part of a whole sentiment but I wanted it to fit on the nestibility ribbon slide so I only used the first line of it. Thanks for joining in on the fun today. Next stop on the hop is the extremely talented Deb Felts!
Hope you all have a wonderful day!

A Little Bird Told Me...

Firecracker Designs has 4 fabulous new sets in stock now! The set I used for my design team cards this month is called "A Little Bird Told Me...".

Here is what the set looks like:

Here are a couple cards that I made with this set:

Thanks for stopping by today! Tomorrow DRS Designs is having a blog hop to preview their upcoming releases, you won't want to miss it!!! Hope you are all having a great day!

Madelynn's Twinkling Tuesday Challenge #26

WOW! Three blog posts in one day. I think this may be a record for me. To see my Jacksonbelle Embellishements Tuesday challenge and Shimmerz Darez challenge posts, please scroll down.

Today we have another fun sketch challenge from Madelynn. We would love it if you played along with us. If you upload to SCS or PCP, please keyword MTTSC26.

Here is this week's sketch:

Here is my card:I really liked this sketch. I thought it worked really well with this adorable Cutie Pie kid from DRS Designs. All stamps used are from DRS Designs.

Be sure to check out the blogs of the rest of the Twinkling Tuesday design team:
Cassie

Christi

Darla

Debbie

Heather S.
Jacquie

Janna
Jessica
Kim
Kimmie

Rebecca

Sandra
Lisa Slusser

Thanks for stopping by today. I hope you all have a wonderful day!

Jacksonbelle Tuesday Challenge!

This is my 2nd blog post for today. Please scroll down to see my Shimmerz Darez challenge post.

It's time for another awesome Jacksonbelle Embellishments Tuesday Challenge. We have another fun sketch challenge this week. We would love for you to play along! If you do, please use keyword JBE057 when you upload to SCS or PCP.

Here is the sketch:

Here is my card:

For my card I used this cute Imaginisce clear stamp and some yummy Pink Paislee designer paper from Jacksonbelle Embellishments!

Be sure to check the blogs of the rest of the Jacksonbelle Rockstars for more sketchy inspriation!
AJ Otto
Jennifer Buck
Jill Dunn
Lindsey Botkin
Lynda Benden
Maren Benedict
Melissa Bove
Michelle Woerner
Shannan Teubner
Kimberly O'Rosky

Thanks for stopping by today!

Shimmerz Darez challenge #2

This week the Shimmerz Darez challenge is to use Shimmerz on wood. I just recently won some blog candy from the talented Danyelle from Hangnailz n' Papercutz and in the package were some wood scrapbooking frames. I decided to use one of the frames on a card. The frame I used started out a maroon color. I sprayed the frame with Bed of Roses Shimmerz Spritz. It gives it a beautiful shimmer! The stamps I used are from DRS Designs. Remember, if you play along with a Shimmerz Darez challenge be sure to post a link to your project on the Shimmerz blog Darez post. Shimmerz is giving away fabulous Shimmerz prizes every week!

Thanks for stopping by today. I have 2 more blog posts scheduled for today so please stop back! Hope you all have a great day!