Sentiment Only Card and a SAD Good-bye!

Happy Anniversary to ME!  I know that is a bit self-serving (sorry!!), but I wanted to draw your attention to these beautiful sentiments in the Wedding Sentiments digi set HERE!  This is the anniversary card (could be a wedding card, too!) that I made my hubby for our 9th Anniversary coming up on July 4th.  I plan to give it to him early on our first 'vacation ever together ALONE' this week!  We are vacationing in Chicago, taking in all of the museums and sites!  I looooove Chicago about as much as I loooooove this digi set that is just full of beautiful 'love' sentiments perfect for wedding and anniversary occasions!  So, be sure to check it out!

On a sad note, this is my last post as a designer for Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps.  I have decided to bow out gracefully to focus my attention on re-prioritizing my daily routine to have more time to include homemade meals, making fresh bread, taking better care of the house and enjoying my youngest child's last year at home before being in school fulltime in the fall of 2011.  They grow up so fast, so after giving it much thought, I have decided to slow down and really SEE and appreciate each and every moment I have left with my kiddos!

I want to thank Korin for this wonderful opportunity of being on the SNSS Design Team for the past 10 months beginning with my Guest Designing last September; it seems just like yesterday!  I will miss the entire SNSS team and the closeness we share every day.  Be sure to put Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps in your favorites and visit their BLOG every day for beautiful creations and lovely inspiration by the uber talented designers!!

See you Monday!

Pink & Orange, MY FAVORITE!

HIDY HO!  How are you doing today??  Can you believe it is already THURSDAY???  Well, you know what that means!  YEPPERS, another DIGI DAY challenge at the Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps forums!  If you are a member or Paper Craft Planet, go HERE!  If you prefer SNR, go HERE!  The same challenge is at both forums to we are sure to find and invite as many people to play along as we can!  This week it is a color challenge of my favorite SUMMER color combo of Pink and Orange! SO FUN!

OH, and YES, of course there are prizes, too!  So click on the links above to get the details about this week's exciting goodies! 

As for my card, I used a new digi called 'Birds and Roses' that you can see HERE in the store!  My papers are from the Bloom and Grow collection by MME and the honkin dew drops are from Martha Stewart/WalMart!  This sketch was inspired from a challenge blog from a couple of weeks ago, but I didn't write it down, so if you know who it is, please leave a comment for me so that the appropriate person gets their credit!  (sorry about that!!)

Hope you have a great day!

A manly MAN challenge!

WOW, the week is just streeeeeeaking by, isn't it!???? Summer will be over before you know it! HA!

Here's my 2nd Father's Day card in a row!  This one is for my father-in-law and is a bit more subtle than yesterday's card! (HAHAHAA! Not sure what my father-in-law would think of me if I gave him a monkey cheerleader card for Father's Day, but I know my dad will get a kick out of it!)

Today over at the Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps forums at PaperCraftPlanet and Scrapbook News and Review, they are challenging us to make a masculine card! Sooooooooo of course I knew another Father's Day card would be perfect!  I used this happy HOT AIR BALLOON on my card that also uses the sketch from the Sweet Stop Sketch Blog HERE!  Maybe I will win this week's prize there, now that I am no longer on their team!

OH, and if you face the challenge by midnight tonight in the forums, you will get a special early bird prize!!  Check it out at PCP HERE and SNR HERE!  Hope you play along!

Enjoy your day!

June's Rose

Since I have misplaced my camera and couldn't share my Picture Perfect Creations card today, I thought I would fill the gap with this card that I made last week for Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps' Blog Hop Release Night!  I used the June Rose CLEAR STAMP HERE to make this card for my friend's daughter, Jordan, who was in an ATV accident.  The sentiment comes from the Poppies and Greetings CLEAR STAMP SET HERE.

I used copics for coloring and some Kaiser pearls to add a delicate touch around the sentiment.  Hopefully I will be back tomorrow with another creation, gotta pick up a new camera!

ENJOY YOUR DAY!

BLOG HOP! WOOHOO!

HAPPY SNSS BLOG HOP! 

Can I hear a WOOT WOOT for clear stamps?? 

AND a HOLLAA, too??! (HA!) 

Can you hear the applause?? HAHAHA!

Don't get me wrong, I LOVE digital stamps, but there are some awesome techniques you can do with inked images!  And I nearly forgot what that INK smelled like!  yummmmmm!

Here's my creation using the newly release CLEAR STAMP SET WOOF YOU!!!!!!!!  Isn't this doggie just the cutest in his little ol' bandana!? AWWW!  I used Brilliance Coffee Bean Brown to stamp the doggie and sentiment and then colored them using Copics!  I made up this sketch as I went along!  I do like how it turned out!!  Papers are by My Mind's Eye.

Oh, and here's some info you may have been searching for...

I am giving away the WOOF YOU SET!!!!!!!! 

Be sure to remember that it is me, NICOLE, giving it away!! TEEHEE!!
In order to be considered for this stamp set {{and the ONE OTHER STAMP SET being given away that you need to go locate!!}} you need to make a comment on each blog as you HOP and then tune in tonight at SNR to see if you won!

And don't forget to join us at the grand finale FUN-tastic release party, tonight in our SNR forum at 8pm EST! Find out who won our fabulous blog hop prizes, chat with the Design Team and play along in our games and challenges for a chance at MORE prizes, make new friends and be inspired! Plus, we have a few special surprises for ALL release party attendees, so you won't want to miss the fun :). We'll see you tonight {HERE} at SNR, put it in your favorites so you don't forget!!!

Here's a complete list of the BLOG HOP,
in NO particular order, mind you! 

KEEP HOPPING!!!!!

Ceal Pritchett

Darsie Bruno

Janette Olen

Kim Schofield

Korin Sutherland

Leah Cornelius

Lisa Jurecek

Lorie Souther

Nancy Brown

Nicole Anderson (ME!)

Tricia Traxler

See you tonight at SNR!

Blushing Olives and Chocolate Chips!

How's that for a title?? HA! 

It 'sort of' describes this week's Color Challenge at Picture Perfect Creations anyways!  I used this same color-combo in yesterday's post, too, I LOVED it that much!  I also decided to make myself an ankle bracelet for the summer, too!  You can't wear flip flops and sandles and not make them look UBER cute with an anklet and nice pedicure, right??

Above, I used 6mm round and 4mm bicone Swarovski crystals and sterling silver beads to make this anklet.  The blush color could go peach or pink depending upon what I am wearing.  Of course the dark brown is a neutral, and to me, so is the green.  Green, in this olive color, will give any outfit a nice accent!!

Here's my card from yesterday... see the details in this post HERE!

Be sure to POP on over to the PPC Challenge blog and see all of the gorgeous creations by the deliciously talented DESIGN TEAM {HERE}!!  There's also a prize to be won each week, so don't miss out!

ENJOY YOUR MEMORIAL DAY

and

Thank a Veteran or Military person today!

BLOG HOP TOMORROW!

Don't miss out on tomorrow's SWEET 'N SASSY STAMPS

BLOG HOP !!!

We are celebrating Sweet 'n Sassy bringing back

CLEAR STAMPS! 

AND there are PRIZES, of course!!

Be sure to see our glorious creations and get in on the chance to win!!

See you tomorrow!!

Cardabilities No. 4 Release

CARDABILITIES released their latest sketch today!  As always, the 30th and 1st of each month reveals an awesome new sketch from Karan Gerber!  No. 4 {HERE} and below is a fun conglomeration of circles and squares and scallops!  And you know me, I LOVE my Nestibilities, so I was only EAGER to get to this one!

I used a newly released digi by SWEET 'N SASSY STAMPS called 'Anemone Flower' for my card!  And as you can see I switched up the center section and put it on an angle.  I had originally planned to follow the sketch, but then as I was putting it together it got knocked this way and I was like, "WOW, that's cool!!" ; It is sized just right for a 5 x7 envelope, too, and I didn't even plan it that way!  Don't you just LOVE happy accidents? 

I hope you face Challenge No. 4!

Enjoy you Sunday!

Challenge to earn FREEBIES!

WOOHOO, it's Thursday!  Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps is having another brand new challenge today!  Go to the SNR or PCP forums to get the details on how to play to win some freebie digis that are normally in the STORE HERE!

I am having some computer issues and can't share the watermarked images, but if you click on the links above, they will take you to the challenges with clear details and pictures, too!

ENJOY!!

Let's go outside!

WOOHOO, it's Thursday!  New 'Bitty Bugs' (above) from Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps are perfect for the brand new challenge today!  Go to the SNR or PCP forums to get the details on how to play to win the digi below and another of YOUR CHOICE in the STORE HERE!

Get details on my card {HERE}!

Enjoy your day!

SUPER DAD!

Good Morning!  Today marks my official countdown to summer!  Just 10, YES TEN!!, more school days until the kids are out of school and the sleeping in can commence! HAHA!  That's actually not true, as I still plan to get up before everyone else to get a quick work out accomplished, but at least the kids will be able to sleep in and get some extra sleep!  BOY are they grouchy in the morning!!

ANYHOOO!!!  Here's my card for your viewing pleasure! ;o)  I used this week's new Picture Perfect Creations color combo #13 for my card!  When I first saw these I immediately figured I would make a masculine card and knew EXACTLY which digis would be perfect for this!  HAHA, these SUPER DAD DIGIS HERE  and HERE by Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps are ideal for this color combo!  The green galore is so cute for this super hero's outfit!!

I used plain cardstock for my card and used versamark ink to make a watermark of some stars on the gable green cardstock.  I didn't want to add too much, being a masculine card and all, ribbon and glitter wouldn't have probably suited my hubby, but the black Kaiser pearls look okay, don't you think?  Well, I hope you join us over at Picture Perfect Creations!  There's always a prize to be won each week, so I hope you face this challenge and try to win some goodies!

GOOD LUCK!

ANOTHER Garden/Flower Challenge!

HAPPY THURSDAY AGAIN!!!!! 

Here's another challenge for you today!  I made for this week's Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps CHALLENGE!  This week's challenge is 'From the Garden'!  I am sure this means you can use veggies or flowers or whatever is in YOUR garden!  Do you have a gnome or a frog or a butterfly fluttering around in there?  Then be sure to enter into this week's challenge! There are prizes to be had, too, don't forget about that!!  Be sure to check out this week's challenge at PaperCraftPlanet {HERE} and/or Scrapbook News and Review {HERE}; there is a great prize to be earned and many friends to be made!

My card above is using Lilacs for Cocoa on some bright and fun paper by Die Cuts with a View!  I coordinated the Melon Mambo pink papers with some ribbon to make this one bright!  The border punch is by Fiskars and the sentiment is from the Ice Cream set by Sweet 'n Sassy, too!

If you play along by midnight tonight (eastern time), you will get the BerryCocoa image (above) FREE!  That's right, I will email it to you myself!   But, if you don't have time today, then don't fret, you can still get this cute watering can FREE by playing along by next Wednesday!  You have a whole week for this one!   Oh, and I guess I should clarify, if you play by tonight, you get BOTH images for FREE!  Gotta LOVE that!

To see the latest digis released at Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps, CLICK HERE!  Korin has been putting out digis weekly, if not, daily!  So be sure to check out the store!!  Hop on over to the challenge forums and join in the fun!!

Blessings on your day!

Poppies!!

HAPPY FRIDAY!!!!!!!!!  I meant to share my POPPIES card yesterday but was interrupted by a small medical emergency yesterday afternoon.  My daughter fell off the monkey bars and broke her arm, so we didn't get home until late last night hence the lack of my beautiful card above.  KayLee's fine, but it was pretty painful and scary! 

Anyhoo!!  I saw this style of card from one of my designer gal pals, MELYSSA and just had to CASE (copy and share everywhere) her!  It's a great sketch, check out her cards, too!    I made for this week's Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps CHALLENGE!  This week's challenge is 'using Lace'!  Well, since I didn't have any real lace to use I used a Martha Stewart punch!  Be sure to check out this week's challenge at PaperCraftPlanet {HERE} and/or Scrapbook News and Review {HERE}; there is a great prize to be earned and many friends to be made!

For my card, I used some paper by My Mind's Eye, Chocolate Chip Ribbon from Stampin' UP! and some kraft paper, pretty easy, but wow, what an impact, right?  I showed my KayLee this card last night after we got home and she was Ooo'ing and Ahh'ing!  That made me feel good!!  HEEHEE!

Be sure to enter into this week's challenge!

Vanilla Gray Bays

HAPPY MONDAY!!  What did YOU do this weekend??  ME?  I did laundry, made some cards, laundry, cleaned the kitchen, laundry, cleaned the bath, laundry... do you see a pattern here? HAHA!  Really it wasn't all that bad and I always feel a sense of accomplishment when seeing things all cleaned up and put away!  BUT man, it sure does put a dent in the crafting time!

ANYHOO!!!!!!!  TODAY is the reveal of Challenge #11 at Picture Perfect Creations!!  Color challenge #11 is to use Bermuda Bay, Going Gray and Vanilla!  I used a PUUUUURRRRRRFECT Friend Kitty image from Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps {HERE} for my card with some papers by My Mind's Eye along with the Stampin' UP! cardstock in the challenge colors.  I added just a slim knot of Very Vanilla satin ribbon underneath a punched sentiment that comes with the Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps kitty!

Here's a close up of the glittery paper behind the Purrrfect kitty that was colored with Copic Markers!  Be sure to check out this week's PRIZE and all of the lovely creations using the challenge colors below by hopping over to the Picture Perfect Creations blog HERE!

ENJOY YOUR MONDAY!!

DOUBLE POST TODAY!

Thursdays are always so exciting here at GOTTA HAVE PAPER!!!!!!!  Not only do we have new digis to see each Thursday (see previous post) but you also get to see how to get some FREEBIE DIGIS from Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps!

Over at the PaperCraftPlanet forum {HERE} or over at the ScrapbookNews and Review forum {HERE} you will find the latest Sweet 'n Sassy Challenge posted!!  This week it is MOTHER'S DAY !  See the details on the links above at both forums! 

My card above is using a sentiment from one of the digi sets you can get FREE today if you play along by midnight eastern time!  I used this 'FORGET-ME-NOT' image for my focal and used the sentiment from the 'SPECIAL LADY' set below to pull it together.  This card is inspired by this weeks sketch challenge at THE SWEET STOP SKETCH BLOG.  I love Korin's sketches and try to play along each week, it is a fabulous sketch challenge blog!!  I used papers from Die Cuts with a View, Stampin' UP! ribbon and Michael's bling.  Border punch is from Fiskars.

If you don't have time today to join the challenge, no worries, you can still earn a cute COCOA 'De-LIGHT-ful' image FREE by making a Mother's Day inspired card sometime before next Thursday's challenge is posted!!

Here's another card that I made with my Mother-In-Law in mind.  She's a bit more on the clean and simple side and doesn't like things that are too fussy!  So, I used this paper by My Mind's Eye (Out and About line), added a silky ribbon and punched out the sentiment and corner punched the corners.  FAST and easy! 

Here's what you get if you tackle the challenge TODAY::

Or if you don't have time today, you will get this below if you join us before next Thursday::

I hope you hop on over to the forums to see other Mother's Day creations!  These are great ideas for cards and gifts for those moms in your life!

Enjoy your day!

She's a Girly Girl!

HAPPY Saturday!!!!!!!!!  Can you get any more feminine than this card above???  This sweet little image cald MOLLY'S FLOWER by Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps is perfect for the newest challenge at Stamp, Scrap and Doodle Saturdays!  Challenge # 37 is to go GIRLY this week!  If you join the challenge you could just win these images below by Sweat Pea Stamps!

Be sure to scoot on over to the Stamp, Scrap and Doodle Saturdays blog {HERE} to see all of the Girly creations made by the Design Team this week!  Then go check out Sweet Pea Stamps for some really exotic images!

Enjoy your Saturday!!

These are the Copics I used in creating this card!

ANOTHER FREEBIE!

HOP on over to the Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps PCP forum {HERE} to see the new challenge!  If you play along today by midnight eastern time, there's a BONUS DIGI for you! 

But don't fret!  If you are like me and have tons of work to do today and have a little league game to go to tonight, just play along by next Thursday and you will receive an special prize!  BUT you have to CLICK HERE to read about it!

OR if you are a member of SNR (Scrapbook News and Review forum), you can go join in on the same SNSS challenge {HERE}! 

Be sure to see all of the latest digis at the Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps STORE HERE!  Korin adds digis almost daily!!

HAVE A GREAT DAY!

Rainbow Kitty!

The Stamp, Scrap and Doodle Saturdays challenge blog has posted their newest challenge!!!!!!  This one was easy for me!  This week's challenge is Buttons, Bows and BLING!  Well, HELLO!?  Have you seen my cards! HAHAHA!  They are covered in bling and bows!  Buttons, not so often, but I think it is because they aren't out in plain view and I forget to use them!  But I was happy to learn that this challenge was typical of my style!!

My card is using TWO Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps images that I merged together!  I used the Rainbow Scene {HERE} and the Purrfect Friend {HERE} for my card!  I used some Kaiser Scrapbook BLING, some Very Vanilla ribbon by Stampin' UP! and clear buttons backed with punched out flowers using a Stampin' UP! punch.  I also used this week's Unscripted Sketches design for composition inspiration!

This week over at the Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps Paper Craft Planet group, there's a new challenge!  This week we are to use Green and Purple!  So I knew right away I wanted to use these papers by My Mind's Eye!  The lilac lavender color is really pretty and the patterns are great, too!  Check out the challenge HERE and the prize you will earn by playing along!!

AND SPEAKING OF PRIZES..... if you join in on the Stamp, Scrap and Doodle Saturdays challenge HERE, you could win this week's prize of FIVE FREE DIGIS from SEW MANY DIGITAL STAMPS!  So, why don't you play along!?

Have a great Saturday!

These are the Copics I used in creating this card!

SO CUTE!

Good Afternoooooon!  I am so sorry for this late posting!!  I won't go into WHY this is so late, trust me, you don't want to know! HA!  But, my migraine and allergies are better now so I finally got the mojo to get back to the craft room today.  My card is featuring a cutie patootie image by Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps called MILTON READING that you can find HERE in the SNSS store!

I based my card on this week's Card Positioning Systems sketch above along with some My Mind's Eye papers and Prima Flowers.  I got the cream pearl dots from Hobby Lobby, I think they are their store brand.

Don't forget to check out all of the new Digis at the Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps store!  Korin just added some really cute images; I can't wait to get to those!  OH, and be sure you come back tomorrow for another card based on the Stamp, Scrap and Doodle Saturdays challenge!!  It's a really pretty one!

Enjoy your evening!

PPC #8 and a Happy Birthday WISH!

HAPPY MONDAY, Everyone!!!! 

AND

A HAPPY 8th BIRTHDAY

TO

MY ELI!!!!!

I probably should have used LESS PINK and quite possibly CUPCAKE TURTLE today instead of this cute THANKFUL TURTLE by Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps, but I just loved this image and still could give it to Eli today for his birthday!  He's such a super kid and takes everything all in stride.  You see, he's just 3' 10" and 42 lbs or so, quite small for his 8 year age (actually, the smallest in his grade).  But, I am thankful to him for the fact that he doesn't let kids teasing bother him.  He KNOWS he is powerful, eventhough he is a bit smaller than the rest!  HE IS AN AWESOME BOY!!

This is Eli on the right with his tooth barely hanging in there at top! LOL!  KayLee will be 7 on Mother's Day and Isaac just turned five last Wednesday... I guess you can see I have little kids, but aren't they the cutest??

I used this week's COLOR CHALLENGE at Picture Perfect Creations AND this week's Sketch Challenge from the SWEET STOP Sketch Blog {HERE} for my card today!!  WOW, what a shocker of a card, am I right?? That Melon Mambo IS eye-catching!! LOVE IT!  If you play along with this color challenge HERE, you will be entered to win this week's prize, as follows:

12 - 6x6 Raspberry Tart DSP (double-sided, SU Retired)

10 - 6x6 Sheets of Real Red,

Rose Red,

Cameo Coral,

Pretty in Pink,

Kiwi Kiss (SU Retired) (2 of each color)

1 yard - 3/8" Kiwi Kiss/Very Vanilla Satin Ribbon (SU Retired)

1 yard - 1/4" Real Red Grosgrain Ribbon

 

HOP on over to see all of the GORGEOUS creations that the BRAND NEW design team whipped up for your inspiration at the Picture Perfect Creations Challenge BLOG, you will just want to run to your craft space and join in on the challenge, I AM SURE!!!  

 

ENJOY YOUR DAY!

These are the Copics I used in creating this card!

And this is the Sketch that inspired my card today!