The Sweet Stop Sketch 106

I hope everyone is having a great weekend.  I have been up late a  lot this week with crafting deadlines and a sick baby so I apologize but this is going to be a fast post.  I do want to say thank you for all of the nice comments and I will be visiting everyone's blogs as soon as I can.  If you would like more details just leave a comment and I can get back to you. I have to say, I am really happy with the way this card turned out.  I love this adorable new digi from Wee Stamps- Spring Bringer and the colors on the paper just seemed perfect for her. The sentiment is from Lili of the Valley Inspirational Sentiments.  This sketch is a great one and I hope you will play a long with us at The Sweet Stop this week.

 

 Challenges

The Sweet Stop Sketch SSS106

Stamp Something- Things with Wings

Everybody Art Challenge-#139 Fairies

Party Time Tuesdays #13 Anything Goes

 I am off to get a little sleep before a very busy weekend begins...I hope you have a great one!!

Sweet Peeks Day 5 Tiny Yawns

Happy Friday to everyone!! Today I have another Sweet Peek for you from Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps.  I used this cute set called Tiny Yawns to create this door hanger. This set and all of the others will be available May 1st and I know you are going to love them.

I found this wooden frame at Hobby Lobby painted it with Acrylics added felt clouds that I cut by hand and then doubled up the image for dimension.  The paper is from K & Company and the ribbon is from the craft store.  There you have it... an easy and special baby gift.

There are more peeks over at The Sweet 'n Sassy Blog so please stop by and get inspired by the rest of the talented design team.  I will see you again tomorrow with another  great sketch from The Sweet Stop.

Sweet Peeks and DT Announcement

I hope everyone had a wonderful Easter!! Today I have some exciting things to share with you.  I am now a member of the Sweet 'n Sassy Design Team, yippee!! I am so excited to be working with Korin and her wonderful stamps.  You can meet the rest of the talented  team HERE, so please stop by and say "hi".
All week the team is going to be sharing some "Sweet" Peeks with you highlighting the up coming May release at Sweet 'n Sassy. Today I am featuring one of the new May stamp sets called Shining Light.  I LOVE this set!! It is a must have for Father's Day and birthdays it is filled with great sentiments and endless possibilities.  I have wanted to do a "torn" card for so long and I found this great tutorial & example here .  It is very easy to do basically start  a hole in the middle of each layer and then rip the paper diagonally towards the corners and then fold them back.  I used hot glue to give a strong hold.

 Details

Stamps- Sweet 'n Sassy Shining Light

Paper- My Mind's Eye -29th Market Street  Playground Stripes and Lost & Found Union Square , The Paper Studio - Wood background(I don't know the name), Core'dinations

Copics- Light House BG75, BG72, BG70, E43,E42, E41, E47, E44 (for the ground I used a crazy mix of E markers)

Challenges

Craft Your Passion- #55 Layers

Stamptacular Sunday Challenge- #108 Pile It On ... 5 Layers of paper,4 brads, 2 cut out images:)

Craft Us Crazy- #6 Thinking of You /or Animals ( I went with ""thinking of you with this inspirational sentiment)
Please go visit the Sweet 'n Sassy Blog so you can see some more wonderful Sweet Peeks, there will be something new all week and I will have something else to share with you on Friday.

A Roarin Sketch at The Sweet Stop

Happy Easter to everyone!! I am so tired tonight after a fun filled day of cleaning so I am going to keep my chit chat to a minimum:) Today I made a card for The Sweet Stop Sketch 105 and decided I have to start adding to my boy cards since I have none.  I used this cute dinosaur from Paper Pretties called Stegster.

Details

Stamps- Whimsy Stamps Treasured Moments Tickets, Paper Makeup Stamps Stegster the Stegasaurus,  Taylored Expressions Beary Special Accessories(balloon)

Copics- V17,V15,V12, YG25,YG23,YG13, E43, E42

Accessories-Oval Nesties, SU Ticket Corner Punch, The Paper Studio Paper

Now hop on over to The Sweet Stop Blog to see what the Sugar Babies have created.  I hope you have a very blessed Easter.

Inspiration at My Partner In My Crafting Crime

Good morning!! I hope everyone had a fabulous weekend, my girls got over their bug quickly and luckily the rest of us stayed well, yippee!! Maybe this week I will get some extra crafting done.  I am working on making a hair color chart to share with everyone. I have one I made quickly for myself by putting together different Copic combos that I have either come up with or collected over the past year.  It makes it so nice to use as a reference.
It is time for another fun challenge over at My Partner In Crafting Crime this week we want to see how you are inspired by this beautiful photo.

 When I saw this photo I immediately knew I wanted to use this pretty Tulips Digital Stamp from Sweet 'n Sassy. I also tried to keep the wedding theme by using a lot of white and lacy elements.

 

Copics-R81,R83,R85,G24.G40,G82

Stamp- Sweet 'n Sassy Digital Tulip

Paper- Cryogen White(my Favorite for Copics), Bazzill

Accessories-Sizzix Snowcap Embossing folder, Flourish #10 and #11, Pearl Swirls Recollections and colored with R83, Ribbon from the craft store,Corner rounder, Stardust Stickles Layered Ovals- My Time Made Easy Cornice Trimmed Oval 

Challenges

Anything Goes Challenges- Pearls #38 Pearls

A Gem of a Challenge- #19 Pearls and Swirls

Crafts and Me Challenges- #30 Ribbon

Freshly Brewed Designs - Flowers

One Crazy Stamper- Flowers

You have two weeks to join the challenge and we would love to see what you come up with.  Please stop by and see how the rest of the wonderful PCC Design Team was inspired too.

And last but not least I had to share the cards my littlest, Addison (3yrs) made while I was working on my card. She loves monkeys, flowers and lots of glue:)

Have a wonderful week and I hope you find time to get crafty.

His Timing is Perfect and The Sweet Stop Sketch 104

Happy Saturday to everyone!! I am sorry I haven't had anything to share this week but I have had a couple of sick kids and a super busy week with school home work and projects. I did manage to get my card done for The Sweet Stop Sketch.  This week there is a spin, Winged Things which also means a prize to be won.  I love this sketch and I must say, I am pretty happy with my card as well.  The style is different for me but it has one of my favorite things, butterflies.  I have been waiting for the right project to use this paper from DCWV Mariposa stack.  I bet I took 50 photos and couldn't get the back layer to show up well, it is so much prettier in person.  I used this fabulous digi set from Sweet 'n Sassy called New Creature and you can find it HERE.

I colored the butterflies twice to make them look more realistic and give some dimension.  The edges were distressed and I then added Walnut Stain Distress Ink over them. The punch is from EK success and the leaf branch and circles are from Recollections.

Copics

E41, E42, E43, E47, E57 

Challenges

Dream Valley Challenges-#3 Things With Wings

A Spoonful of Sugar-#147 All Creatures Great & Small

Paper Take Weekly- Truly Dimensional

My Riley has made a card to share so please take a look at the post below, she is even entering a couple of challenges so PLEASE show her some love.

Have a great weekend and I will see you Monday!!

My "Little" Guest Designer

My five year old, Riley has made a beautiful card to share with everyone and enter into a couple of kid's challenges so I had to give her a post of her own.  She said she wanted hers to be like Mommy's butterfly card above but with more gems:) She used Sweet 'n Sassy New Creature Digital and the paper is from DCWV Mariposa.

Challenges

Kona Kid Krafter's-#20 Bling It On

Stitchy Bears Kids- April Bling It On

Thank you so much for taking a peek at my special guest designer's card.

The Sweet Stop Sketch 103

Hello friends!!  I made this card in honor of my baby boy Sawyer...ok not so much of a baby anymore but when I saw this stamp it so reminded me of him (see the picture below).  I couldn't resist any longer and I had to get some Lili of the Valley stamps this one is called Hanging Around and the sentiment is from the Boy Oh Boy set. I am totally into making clouds these days, he had to have a sky to fly in.  This weeks Sweet Stop Sketch worked out perfectly with the papers which I have had forever and have no idea what they are (who knew I would need to know these things before I started a blog?)

  

Copics

Hair-E50,31,YR20 Clothes-B97,95,93,91 YR23,21 R08,05,02

See what I mean? He loves this swing.

Challenges

Aud Sentiments Challenge#25 -Sentiment/Card For a Child

Craft Your Passion #52 Anything Goes

Stamp Something-Sassy or Circles or Sassy Circles- I went for the circle option:)
Fussy and Fancy-Card For a Child

Now please stop by The Sweet Stop and check out the Sugar Babies fabulous creations HERE.  Thank you so much for visiting me:)

All That Scraps 4th Birthday Blog Hop

***This is my Second post for the day please scroll down to see My Partner In Crafting Crime's Latest Challenge***

Welcome to the Happy 4th  Birthday Blog Hop of All That Scraps/CC Designs!! Christine started selling her stamps exactly 4 years ago on this day and what a better way to celebrate this joyful day than with a blog hop of our Entire Design Team so, yes almost all the DT is joining in on the fun.

If you've just happened across my blog and didn't start at the beginning click HERE. 

Christine Thank You for making the stamping world a happier place and for taking a chance on me as a new designer!!

 I created a cupcake to celebrate this special occasion using C.C. Designs Birthday Monkey Digi, the sentiment is from Amy R Stamps Birthday Sentiments. The cupcake got some Stardust Stickles and glossy accents on the cherry. The flowers are Prima and the ric rac is from my stash. I gave this little cutie some dimension by  popping him up.

Copics

R59,29,27,24/E25, E37, 35, 33/E53, E51, E50

Don't forget to comment! ONE random comment from one of the blog hop posts will be chosen to win a great prize, so make sure to leave a comment on each post to increase your chances of winning!
Thanks for stopping by! Continue the hop by visiting "JOEY".   I want to welcome Joey to the Digi Team, we are so happy to have her join us. 

I would love for you to visit my blog again soon:) Have Fun!!

Lots of Layers at PCC

Happy Monday friends!! I hope everyone had a great weekend.  Today we are starting a new challenge over at My Partner In Crafting Crime #24 Layers, just use 3 or more on your project.  I think my card may way a couple of pounds at least, lol.  You have almost two weeks to enter the challenge and the chance to be featured as Top Three or even "Most Wanted" and there is also an extra special prize. The design team has some wonderful inspiration so please stop by and send them some love as well.

Birthday Surprise

Details

Stamp- Magnolia-Secret Tilda

Paper- Bazzill, Kaiser Craft Utopia

Accessories- Swirls Slice- Basics 3, Paper Studio Flower Punch

Copics- Hair- E59, E25, E49, E53/V95,93, 91, 99/G40, 82, YG03/BG05, 02, 01/W2, W1

Challenges

My Partner In Crafting Crime- Layers 3 or More

Just Magnolia- Week 100 Anything Goes

Addicted To Stamps- Challenge #1 Happy Birthday

Paper Sundaes- Challenge #63 Spring Blossoms

Craft Your Passion- #52 Anything Goes

Enjoy your day!!

The Sweet Stop Sketch 102

I love Saturday's not only is it  the weekend with the the family but I get to share The Sweet Stop Sketch with you.  I am going to keep the chatting short tonight since my kids did not want to go to bed and I forgot to get this post typed sooner.  I am still trying to keep my New Year's resolution to use my unused stamps and here is one of them from Paper Pretties called Make a Splash.  I think this is adorable and it so reminds me of my girls especially since everyday they ask if it is warm enough to go swimming yet.

Details

Stamp- Paper Pretties Make a Splash

Paper- Cryogen White, Bazzill, Cosmo Cricket Salt Air

Copics-Hair E25, E50, E31(my fav. combo) Water/ClothesBG72, BG70,YR12, 15, 16, 18

Accessories- Ink- CTMH Goldrush, Cloud 9 Tear Drop Rain Dots, Prima Flowers

 

Now it is your turn to play, oh and don't forget to stop by The Sweet Stop and meet our two new Sugar Babies.  Have a great weekend and I will see you soon.