Thursday, April 8

Rain, Rain!

Is it raining where you live?  Well, it was supposed to rain here in southern Indiana yesterday!  AND it was gloomy and cool with heavy winds, so it looked like it was going to rain every minute yesterday!  BUT it never did!  

Well, today over at the Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps Scrapbook News and Review {HERE} and PaperCraftPlanet {HERE}forums, there is a RAINY challenge for you!  TACKLE the challenge by 10pm eastern tonight and you get this Rainy Day Teddy FREE!!  If you can't fit it in your schedule today, then just participate by Wednesday midnight (Eastern time) and you will pick up a SPECIAL PRIZE anyway!  CLICK HERE to see what it is!  

Be sure to see all of the new digis that are available HERE at the Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps Store!  Korin adds new digis weekly if not DAILY! 

Enjoy your Thursday!

Wednesday, April 7

Let's Hear it for the Boys!

HEY DUDE!  Do ya know what day it is!?  It is WEDNESDAY and you know what that means, right?  A NEW challenge at PaperCraftPlanet!!  I am hosting the challenge this week featuring some 'MANLY-MAN' cards! HA!  I chose a masculine theme in honor of my two boys who have birthdays over the next week!  TODAY is my son, Isaac's 5th birthday!  I made this card for him last night using 'RIDE THE WAVE BEAR' that you can see in the store {HERE}and Isaac just loves it!  He had to go wake up his sister to show her his card!! {Isn't that cute!?} 
And for my son Eli who is turning 8 over the weekend, I made this card!  This is a new release digi 'SWING KOALE' that you can find {HERE} in the Whimsie Doodles store!  I used this one for Eli because Koale kinda looks like him!  Plus the wild papers appropriately represent his personality and character! HAHA!

Hop on over to PaperCraftPlanet and join in the challenge and share your Boyish-Creations with us!  We'd love to get to know you better and see your talent!

ENJOY YOUR DAY!

Tuesday, April 6

New Release!


Gotta Have me some new Whimsie Doodles!

I KNOW that is what you are sayin'! Right?? Can I hear a HOLLA!!!!!!??!

Today is another momentus occasion with a new WhimsieDoodles.com release!  I am featuring a cute boy, Koale, swinging on a tire! AW! I KNOW!  Isn't he the cutest? I used some wild Lime Ricky papers by Basic Grey for this one!  A triple ribbon ensemble at top and a sketch from Sweet Sketch Sunday makes this one POP!

Make sure you see all of the new Whimsie Doodles images that have just been released HERE!!  You will just love seeing a new character called HOT MAMA, too!! HA!

ETA 8:48am: I just had to be sure you saw HOT MAMA!  And decided to add the other cute images added to the new release today, too!!  Aren't they adorable??  ENJOY!!




I hope you enjoy your Tuesday
with a little bit of
Whimsie Doodles shopping!


These are the Copics I used in creating this card!

Blog Hop WINNER!

The BIRTHDAY BASH Blog Hopper

"DAISYDILLY"

is the winner of the APRIL DAISY DIGI! 

How ironic is that?

Congrats, Vicki!!

Monday, April 5

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, KORIN!


Today is Korin's birthday!  WHO is Korin, you ask?  WELL, you must be a newbie floating on by because I am sure I have mentioned her on my blog before!  She is a sweet Christian gal who is not only celebrating her birthday today, but she is also the owner of Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps!  So, in honor of her birthday and being a fabuloso boss (that I design for!) the designers are throwing Korin a  BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION blog hop and sharing some presents with YOU!!! 

Each blog will be showing a birthday creation using a Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps image and just for leaving some love you will be entered to win that digi that they used in their creation!  I am using {AND GIVING AWAY!!} Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps' APRIL DAISY, in honor of Korin's birthday, which is obviously in APRIL!!  I used some funky Basic Grey Paper (Origins Line) and some Stampin' UP! ribbon and bling from Michael's to pull this one together using the last sketch challenge at Card Positioning Systems and I am also entering this into the PINK ELEPHANT CHALLENGE this week for their NATURE THEME!!  OH, and the sentiment is from the Ice Cream Cone digi set {HERE}, but isn't included in the give-away today, sorry!



MY FREEBIE TODAY...
Happy Birthday, Korin!!  I feel so blessed that you asked me to be on your design team back last fall and know that, in you, I have found a forever-Christian-sister!!  I am lucky to call you 'FRIEND'! 
Enjoy your day!


Above is the complete blog hop list (in case you are lost!) but from here you need to hop on over to LISA'S BLOG and see what wonderful Birthday creation she created today and which digi you could win just for leaving her some love!!  And if you haven't heard, Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps has a PaperCraftPlanet forum group HERE and a Scrapbook News and Review forum group HERE that both host challenges and freebies each Thursday!  Join today!!  AND if you like my blog, don't forget to become a follower so you don't miss out on my latest creations!  ENJOY THE HOP!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, KORIN!

These are the Copics I used in creating this card!

Saturday, April 3

Flights of Fancy

Good Morning!  Today is begins another STAMP, SCRAP and DOODLE SATURDAYS CHALLENGE!  This week we are challenging you with "FLIGHTS OF FANCY" (anything with wings)!  I used an adorable image by Whimsie Doodles called Patience Pixie that you can find HERE in the Whimsie Doodles store!

This week, SSDS has another challenge SPONSOR, 1-2-3 STITCH!  They are offering up a cute stamp set by Inkadinkadoo, shown below! 



About my card: I used papers, ribbon by Stampin' UP!, Nestibilities for circle diecutting and the sketch is based on the latest CardPatterns #57 Sketch HERE!  And here are the COPICS I used in creating this card!
Hope you join the FLIGHTS OF FANCY challenge!

Friday, April 2

Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps Challenge!!

HOPPY GOOD FRIDAY!  I couldn't figure out why there was such a traffic jam at school this morning when dropping off my kids!  Then realized that it is GOOD FRIDAY!  Normally we have Good Friday off, of course, and then we even get the following MONDAY off, too.  BUT this year we 'enjoyed' too many snow days to allow us to keep that four day weekend this year, HENCE the traffic jam that went nearly a block!  Well, at least those parents get to plan their Easter today without the kids in tow!  WOOHOO for them!

Anyhoo!  Another week has flown but not without a new challenge at Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps SNR GROUP HERE!  The challenge began yesterday and extends through next week!  You can get all of the details HERE and how you can earn some awesome incentives if you take this week's BIRTHDAY challenge!  If you don't have any birthday Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps to play with, that's okay!   Pick up a freebie HERE (make a baby/birthday card!) OR just use what you have that is birthday related and you will earn a sweet FREEBIE!

Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps has a new challenge EVERY SINGLE WEEK, beginning on Thursdays!  Be sure to JOIN the SNR group HERE or the PCP group HERE if you are active on that forum.  SNSS hosts the same challenge at both forums so we don't miss out on ANYONE!!!  AND if you join, you won't miss the posting of the challenge each time! 

OK, SO I HOPEFULLY recruited you to these groups, it is a great way to meet other crafters like yourself and also to get to know the SNSS Designers and owner, Korin, TOO!

ABOUT MY CARD FINALLY:  I used this GORGEOUS Rainbow Bird image that you can find in the store HERE for just $3.00!!!  Don't forget, it is a digi!  You can make it small enough for a tag and big enough to fill a frame with a picture under the cloud on the left!! (I MAY JUST DO THAT!)  I used some Basic Grey papers, Oregon Rain Drops from PINK HEDGEHOG PAPERCRAFTS, ribbon from Hobby Lobby and of course PRIMA flowers!!  Gotta love PRIMA!  The border punch is from SUP!

You can always see more inspiration using Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps on our BLOG HERE!!  OR just click on the designers in my left sidebar, there's some thumbnail pics for you to be able to get a glimpse of their latest creations!!  Sorry that was such a long post but I sometimes forget that you can't read my mind and don't know everything about the challenge groups and different events at Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps!  OH, and Korin sometimes adds new digis EVERYDAY, so put this link HERE in your favorites to see all the latest DIGIS!

ENJOY YOUR DAY!

MELJEN'S Design's DEBUT!!!!!


HOWDY PEEPS!  Sorry I have been MIA the past few days!  It has been a typical busy week again! 

I have some SUPAH exciting news to share with you!!!!!!!!  Meljen's Design's is having a BLOG HOP LAUNCH DEBUT today!  We are not only celebrating a new release today, along with the First EVAH! Design Team debuting their creations in a Blog Hop, but we are celebrating the HUGE announcement of...


YEPPERS, that is correct, you will NOW get instant downloads emailed to you immediately after purchase!!  And if you are searching for something specific, there's a new easy to use search-feature to help you find what you need!!!!!!!!! HOW COOL IS THAT??

HERE's the new store SITE ADDY:

WOOHOO!

{{ON WITH THE HOP!  You should have come from HERE, the main page of Meljen's Designs DESIGN TEAM BLOG!  {I am the second stop!}  If not, just pop back a notch and leave some love and continue on back!}}

Before I give you MORE EXCITING NEWS, let me share my card with you!  Using the newly released Meljen's Designs 'Daisy Dance Unicorn' {JUST $3.00!!},  I used some papers by Basic Grey to make this fun and whimsical card!  A bit of bling, a pinch of Prima, all tied together with some ribbon, this is surely a perfect card for someone who enjoys fantastical images!



I cut the card front 3/8" shy to expose a little inside detailing as shown below... like I have always said, LOVE is in the DETAILS, you know!  And I used Copics to color the image! The Copics I used to color the image are shown at the end of this post.


With today's BLOG HOP, Melissa Jenkins (Fabuloso Owner/Illustrator!!) is also announcing that we will have a WEEKLY CHALLENGE on Thursdays!  Of course that means today!!!!!  This week's challenge is 'Anything Goes' and it runs until April 7th at 11:59pm!  All you have to do is create a card and share it with us!  If you use a Meljen's Designs digi you will be entered TWICE to win the PRIZE of THREE Free Digis of the Winner's choice out of the store!  Again, HOW COOL IS THAT!?  HAHA!


Well, I think I have kept you here long enough!  Be sure to keep on hopping through the list below!  The Hop will end on Wednesday at noon Eastern, and the winner of the HOP will be posted on the Design Team Blog {HERE}... WHAT are you playing for?  Well, how about $10.00 of FREE digis from the Meljen's Designs Store!? 
I hate to sound repetitive, but HOW COOL IS THAT!?!?!? Heehee!!  How do you enter to win?  You need to leave some love on each of the STOPS that are participating on the HOP!  EASY PEASY!  SO GET HOPPING!!



Be sure to go through the WHOLE HOP for a special surprise!  That's how to find out what is waiting for you at the end!  NOW GO HOPPING NEXT TO Andrea's Blog HERE and see her GORGEOUS BLOG that is just chock full of talent!!
HAPPY HOPPING!!!!
Here are the Copics I used in creating this card!

Monday, March 29

A True Friend!

HAPPY MONDAY!  

I thought I would create a card that is more similar to the cards I used to create when I first began card-making years ago!  If you know me, you know how I am a huge fan of SENTIMENTS!!  And when you think of digi companies, you always think of images of cute little creatures, children and things of the sort that you color in...  Well, we tend to forget that Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps has a wonderful line of SENTIMENT digis!!  These are awesome because you can keep them small to coordinate with another image, or you can enlarge them (like above) to make them your focal image!!

I used a sentiment from the 'A TRUE FRIEND' sentiment set on my card and adorned it with a array of paper flowers by Prima, lime green pearls by Kaiser Scrapbook, patterned paper by Basic Grey, Ruby Red paper by Stampin' Up! and ribbon is from Hobby Lobby.

It is pretty simple, but doesn't it showcase the sentiment digi??  I LOVE IT!  So, the next time you think 'digi', don't forget about those sentiments that are also available to go with your digi images!  They are available for ALL occasions in tons of different fonts, too!  SHOP HERE to see more!

BLESSINGS ON YOUR DAY!!

Saturday, March 27

What's he reading????

HAPPY SATURDAY!!!!!!  Can you believe that March is almost wrapped up!?  GOSH!  At least it is feeling more like SPRING instead of winter!  I don't know about you, but I am happy to see stamps and papers that look warm and springy with flowers and critters!! Those snowmen were getting to me!  I actually started thinking that one had come alive on my desk a few weeks ago! LOL!!!!!  JUST KIDDING!

I am excited to post today's card because this is my first EVAH Stamp, Scrap and Doodle Saturdays challenge card!  This week's challenge is a sketch Challenge:::

  
 This sketch had me stumped with those triple lines and something in EVERY corner.  I am not a very symetrical person, so this was... well... A CHALLENGE!  {Probably why they call it that, huh?!! LOL!!}  My card is using papers by Basic Grey, flowers by Prima, rhinestones from Michael's and a LOVELY image called MUSHROOM MOUSE by MELJEN DESIGNS that you can purchase {HERE} in Melissa's store... Doesn't it make you wonder what he is reading!?  He looks kinda excited! HEEHEE!

Hop on over to the SSDS Challenge BLOG HERE and see all of the creations inspired by this sketch from the Designers!  This week there is also a challenge 'sponsor' and you have a chance to win some freebie images from Sunshine's Stamps if you join in on the sketch challenge!  HOPE YOU DO!!


Enjoy your SPRINGY DAY!!

LAST CALL!

YEP, that's right... this is my LAST CALL for the Sweet Stop Sketch Blog.  This card wraps up my Design Term with Korin's FABULOUS team!  I will sincerely miss being on this team, the gals are just so talented and the uber wonderful NANCY is the sweetest DT coordinator EVAH!  BUT OF COURSE, I can still play along each week, it isn't like I am banned from using their sketches!!  So, I am sure you will still see me support The Sweet Stop often!! 

{Thanks KORIN, for asking me to be a part of your team!  I so appreciate you giving me this opportunity to design for you! HUGS!}

ON TO MY CARD!!  I am back to using Basic Grey papers again!  YEA!  I joined up two digi lines for this card.  The FANCY BUTTERFLY {HERE} is by Meljen Designs and the SENTIMENT is from Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps {HERE}!  I thought they worked well together!  Ribbon is by Martha Stewart, tag punch is by Stampin' UP! and rhinestones are from Kaiser Scrapbook!  I used Copics to color and you can see which ones I used at the end of my post!

I based my card on this week's sketch below:

This is an awesome sketch, one that I am sure I will use again and again!  Korin makes the most fabulous sketches, they are always so balanced and well designed!!  SO, if ya ever need to get that MOJO motivated, think SWEETSTOP!!  Be sure to pop on over to the SWEET STOP HERE and see ALL of the designer's take on this sketch!  There are some beautiful cards again this week!

Again, have a great SPRINGY day!

These are the Copics I used in creating this card!

Friday, March 26

Friday Sketchers CHALLENGE!


AH, the WEEKEND IS IN SIGHT!!!!!!

Here's a card that I made for FRIDAY SKETCHERS!  I used a Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps image {HERE} and sentiment {HERE} for this week's sketch below:


As you can see, I switched up the sketch.  I wanted to show the floral paper MORE because of the "stitching" drawn on the background.  I thought it would go with the image and sentiment!!   I used Basic Grey's June Bug papers, Prima flowers and rhinestone brads by Making Memories, along with some ribbon from SUP to pull this card together!

I hope you play along with this week's FRIDAY SKETCHERS Challenge Blog!  Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps is sponsoring this week, so be sure to check it out!

ENJOY YOUR DAY!

Thursday, March 25

What is Today?

GOOD MORNING!! (I can still say that, since it isn't noon yet!LOL!)  Today is another Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps DIGI day over at the SNR GROUP HERE!  There's a challenge to be faced, and if you do, you get a freebie digi!!  And there's more, but I will let you read about the details HERE!

My card is using the Birthday Cake Cocoa image HERE and the sentiment is from the Sweet Birthday Wishes set HERE!  The sketch is from yesterday's SplitCoastStampers sketch challenge SC273, so I will have to go add it to their gallery next!  OH!!  The papers are by My Mind's Eye, ribbon from SUP, circles from Spellbinders Nestibilities and the COPICS I used to color the image in are featured below!  I hope you head on over to the SNR group for some chatter and inspiration! 


ENJOY YOUR DAY!

Wednesday, March 24

Whimsie Doodles latest PCP Challenge!

HAPPY HUMPDAY!!!!!!  There's been a ton of excitement going on lately, so I have been a bit scatterbrained!  My kids are home for Spring Break right now and that doesn't give me a break, as I am sure you can assume!  BUT, finally I am featuring my Whimsie Doodles PCP challenge card for this week!

This week we are to use the sketch below and a Whimsie Doodles image (of course!!!) to inspire us to make a fabuloso card!  Well, I LOVVVVE these new papers I picked up at Hobby Lobby by My Mind's Eye!  Although you can't tell the papers are all embossed with glitter!! They give quite a shimmer! LOVE THAT!

I used this cute BabyBear image and a sentiment on the inside!  You can purchase both of these HERE!  I love digis!  I made this sentiment HUGE to fill up the inside of the card!  I think this makes the card EXTRA special! 

Join me over at PaperCraftPlanet HERE at the WhimsieDoodles Forum!  You can chat with the WD fans, design team and even Melyssa, the owner of WhimsieDoodles, herself!


INSIDE:


Here's the sketch to follow!
Come back tomorrow for another cutie patootie card!

Tuesday, March 23

WOOHOO!


Another exciting announcement to share with you today! ! !

Melissa Jenkins of MELJEN DESIGNS has asked me to be on her first EVAH design team!  I KNOW, GET OUT, RIGHT!?  I found her digi-line just a couple of weeks ago while she already had a design team call out!  I pondered whether or not I should apply since I had never purchased from her or anything like that.  Well, I thought I might as well try since I knew I was already going to be a HUGE fan!  I love her little swirls, dots, dashes and adorable images!  Just you wait!  WELL, then again, you don't have to!  CLICK HERE to see her personal blog!  She's UBER talented and her digis have such personality!

Here's my first MELJEN DESIGNS card that I have ever posted on my blog!  I created this one just for Melissa to THANK HER for blessing me with such an awesome opportunity!  I based my card on the  SSC61 sketch by Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge blog HERE!  I used some new papers by My Mind's Eye and of course used my copics to color in the digi!  See those below!


Here's a list of the rest of the MELJEN Designers that I will be lucky enough to rub elbows with over the next four months!  Stop by and leave them some love!  Then when you are done go to the MELJEN DESIGNS Etsy STORE HERE and go pick yourself up some digis!! 

Melissa (Fabuloso Owner/Illustrator)

Ann (Design Team Coordinator)

Nicole (ME!)






These are the Copics I used in creating this card!

See you all tomorrow!

Monday, March 22

Flowers from Cocoa!


Can anyone feel the SPRING FEVER like I can?  OH MY GOSH!  The trees are budding, the sun is tingling my skin, the birds are finally chirping at day break again! YEA!  It is SPRING! 

If you haven't figured it out by now, I am a HUGE Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps 'Cocoa' fan!  He's just adorable and so fun to color with my Copic markers!!  With this wonderful feeling of renewal, I just had to color Cocoa with his bouquet of flowers!  Perfect for Mother's Day, a girlfriend's birthday or just to say, "I love you!", this FLOWERS FROM COCOA digi is so versatile!  You can pick him up in the Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps store {HERE} for just $3.00! 

Be sure to check in on the Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps Digiblog {HERE} each day this week to see a brand new Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps creation!

ENJOY YOUR DAY!

These are the Copics I used in creating this card!

Sunday, March 21

ANNOUNCING............



A new Challenge blog (at least NEW TO ME!) that I have been lucky enough to be accepted to be a Designer for!  Regina has a different challenge posted every Saturday!  Could be a technique, could be a sketch, could even be use of an embellishment!  SURELY you will find a challenge that fits you during each month!  AND there's even PRIZES for joining in on the fun!

Be sure to check out Stamp, Scrap and Doodle Saturdays each week and see my take on the challenge, too! 

Take a moment to browse through the designers' blogs! 
For many of these gals it is their first design team to be on,
so be sure to show them some love!!









Regina Jones (fabuloso owner!)




 
Come back tomorrow for a newbie card!!

NOTE: SORRY for the late posting, had to send my Josh back to college today and we had to do a bit of shopping and laundry!  Poor planning on my part and I totally thought I had this pre-scheduled to post!  Guess the excitement got to me!

Saturday, March 20

PAWS I CARE!

PCP challenge Blinkie


Today is a SPECIAL DAY!!!!!!!

In addition to this being my take on THE SWEET STOP's newest sketch SSS48 (shown below), this is also what I like to call...

A CARD FOR A CAUSE!!

Beginning today and running until Saturday, March 27th, PaperCraftPlanet has hooked up with Whimsie Doodles to have a 'PAWS I CARE CHALLENGE"!  All you have to do is make a card inspired by the 'sk032010' sketch below using any animal image!  If you don't have any animal images, you could consider purchasing a new set that Melyssa Connolly, the designer/owner of WhimsieDoodles.com, designed for this special event! 


This adorable stamp set, called PAWS I CARE, features some cutie patootie dogs and cats and hilarious sentiments to go with, and ALL for just $5.00!!  And what makes this challenge even sweeter is that ALL proceeds from the sale of this digi-stamp set will go to a local SPCA!  So, you can feel great that you are helping some animals in need when you purchase the set!!

And what would a challenge be without a PRIZE!?  Just upload your card to the PCP gallery {HERE} using the tag sk032010, for your chance to win a $10 gift certificate from Whimsie Doodles!  The lucky winner will be chosen next Saturday, March. 27th!


  
Isn't this sketch the best?  I love Korin's sketches at THE SWEET STOP, they are awesome!!  I took this sketch and turned it sideways and then realized that it was totally similar to the sketch we were to use for the PaperCraftPlanet PAWS I CARE challenge!  So I combined the two and VIOLA!  If you play along this week at The Sweet Stop, you will be entered to win a prize!  THREE FREE DIGIS at The Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps STORE HERE!! WOOOHOOO!  I love FREE!!

My Fuzzy Wuzzy SPIN on this card may be hard to find!  NOPE it isn't the furry dog!  It is the scalloped ribbon on the left; it is velvet! The velvet ribbon is by American Crafts, the pawprint ribbon is from Hobby Lobby, the papers are by My Mind's Eye and the pearls are from Kaiser Scrapbook!  The oval punch is by Stampin' Up and I used Copics to color my image.

I am also entering this card over at TOTALLY GORJUSS!  This week's challenge is RIBBON!!! And WELL, HELLO!?  Look at that uber cute pawprint ribbon!  Just begs to be seen, doesn't it!?

Be sure to check out all of the SugarBabies cards inspired by this sketch at the SWEET STOP BLOG HERE!

See you tomorrow! 
I have some exciting news to share!

Thursday, March 18

It is a SNSS SNR DD!


Is that enough abbreviations for you??? HA!  Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps is having another Digi Day over at Scrapbook News and Review!!  If you love a challenge and you like getting free stuff, then today is your day!  CLICK HERE to be taken directly to the Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps SNR forum!  Look at today's challenge labeled with today's date of 3/18 and you can get all the details!!  If it isn't posted yet, it will be soon!

My card above is using a new Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps image called Kylee's Easter Basket!  I used my new My Mind's Eye Papers, some Martha Stewart ribbon, a few paper flowers by Prima and a little dab of sparkle from Kaiser Scrapbook to pull this one together!  The sketch is #55 by Card Patterns, they have some of the best sketches!!  See the Copics I used for this card at the end of this post!

I also entered this over at the Paper Cutz challenge blog!  This week it is ANYTHING GOES!  Be sure to scroll down and see the announcement from yesterday, too!  There's a new sketch blog coming on the scene on March 30th called CARDABILITIES!  Be sure to put them in your blog roll or 'favorites' so you can join in on the sketch challenges with little ol' ME!!

Back tomorrow!

These are the Copics I used in creating this card!

Howdy!