OCL Challenge #132

School is BACK!!!  WOOHOOO!  And it's time for the OCL Weekly Challenge.
Today it's all about hitting the books!

My project is a bookmark for the teacher using the School Notes & Bookworm sets ~ both are perfect for hitting the books!  The paper is from the School Daze pattern paper by My Minds Eye ...so cute!

Now it's your turn to play with this challenge.  Don't forget to add your link to the OCL Blog.

Friends By The Sea...

WOW...Summer is quickly coming to an end isn't it?  School is back in session, the amount of daylight is shorter each day and now the temps are getting cooler.  Makes me kind of sad because I love summer!  But...we have one more long weekend coming up and we are planning to have some outdoor fun ~ as long as the weather holds... so I have a fun card that is all about SUMMER.  I used the Pack Your Bags set by Gourmet Rubber Stamps one more time.

Have a great day & enjoy the sunshine!

Girls Just Wanna Have Fun!

Are ya singing along yet?  I know you want to ~ join in...

Anyway, I have another fun card to share with you using the cute scooter from the Gourmet Rubber Stamps set called Pack Your Bags.    I used some fun paper and washi tape from My Mind's Eye today for my card.  It's a bit of a different style ~ but I kinda like it!

This card along with several others are featured on the GRS Blog today ~ so go take a look and maybe you'll be inspired to see how many ways looks you can get with the same image.

GRS Challenge Day!

CHALLENGE TIME!!!

Did that wake you up on this fabulous Saturday Morning?  Today the Gourmet Rubber Stamps girls are having some fun with shapes ~ as in different shaped cards.

I found this totally adorable purse template on the Silhouette website & knew I wanted to make the $.99 purchase to use for this challenge ~ super fun!  I also found the flower and vine as well and thought I'd play around with my new Silhouette Cameo.  It's the perfect tool to mix with stamping!  I added a punched out tag and added the sentiment from the latest Diners set called Pack Your Bags.   The totally YUMMY pattern paper is from the Simple Stories Fabulous Collection.

Once that project was done {which was super fast by the way}, I decided I wanted to make a matching card using the scooter from the same Pack Your Bags set.  I also added the Chevron Stripes Coveralls background to add some fun texture to the card.  The lace and trims that finish off the card are from Maya Roads and the "Hey Girlfriend" sticker is also from the Fabulous collection by Simple Stories.

So... those are my fun projects for today.  I know you'll want to check out what the other girls have come up with.... you can start on the GRS Blog ... 

• Deb Felts
• Jeni Allen
• Kendra Wietstock - You're Here
• Kelli Palmer
• Taylor Usry
• Jennifer Ingle 
• Stepanie Lee

OCL Challenge #131 ~ SKETCH TIME!

Hey there peeps!  Sorry I'm so late today with a post...lots and lots going on today and confession time ~ I didn't have a card ready for my post...and I really wanted to play along with this sketch!

So this adorable camping pattern paper from Bo Bunny {Camp-a-Lot} arrived this week on my doorstep and you just know I've been dying to cut it up and use the Happy Camper set with it!!!  Can you say PERFECT?

OK...now it's your turn to play along!  You can see all the details for the weekly challenges on the OCL Blog.

World Traveler...

Are you ready to see the world?  I always am, but with school just starting, I'll have to relive wonderful vacation memories through my photographs.  But this card sure makes me want to take a trip!  I used the Pack Your Bags set by Gourmet Rubber Stamps and some fun new paper by Bo Bunny called Detour.

This was also the Weekly Recipe Sketch challenge #43 on the GRS Blog ~ take a look and play along.

Happy 1st Day of School!!!

It's August 22nd and the first day of school!  I'm a little sad because I wonder where in the world summer went; however, I'm happy to be back into a routine.  We had a beautiful morning at our house.  The kids got up on time, their bags were ready & clothes were selected.  I made each of them the breakfast requested & the weather was gorgeous for those annual 1st Day of School pictures.  It's just the way I wanted the morning to go.  Now I've got cookies in the oven for when they get home ~ a tradition I started when Megan started Kindergarten.

Here are a few of the pictures I took this morning ~ I can't wait to scrapbook them!  My beautiful daughter, Megan is beginning her Sophomore year as a 10th grader at Concord High School.  She had a wonderful year last year as a Freshman; however, she's very happy to know the high school routine this time around.  My handsome and constantly growing son, Matt, is a 7th grader and is now at Concord Jr. High.  Last year was a rough year and he is so excited to begin this year at a new school.  Here they are this morning ~ I can't believe they are about the same height!

Megan ~ 15 yrs old ~ Such a beauty {inside and out}

Matt ~ 13 yrs old ~ my handsome guy with a tender heart

OK...now that I've bragged on my kids for a few minutes, I'll share a card with you that just happens to be very appropriate for today's events...

I used the new Appetizer set called Old School by Gourmet Rubber Stamps.  This set is also available at i{heart}papers.  I also used some fun pattern paper from My Minds Eye called School Daze and ink by Mememto.

Ok...off to get lots done before 3pm!!!  Have a great day & thanks for buzzing by...

Up for a Challenge?

So happy you've buzzed by for a visit today...I didn't get a chance to play along on the OCL Challenge last week, so I'm sharing a card today.  The theme this week is "What Floats Your Boat? ~ or anything else that floats...

So I was looking through my stamps and decided NOT to pick a boat stamp ~ that's far too easy!  So as I came across one of my favorite sets ~ Love in the Air, I realized that hot air balloons float in the sky, so why not?  I matched up these great images with paper from the October Afternoon 9 to 5 Collection and pretty trims from May Arts.

All righty ~ that's it for me today.  Have a fabulous Monday!

Happy Times in Rome!

TGIF!!!  Are you ready for the week to be done?  I AM FOR SURE!!!!  I've been living with grumpy people all week and I'm ready to go to a happy place.  So today I have a fun page to share with you from a very HAPPY place ~ Rome! I absolutely LOVE that city & I WILL go back someday!

I used the new stamp set from Gourmet Rubber Stamps called Pack You Bags.  These images are also specially packaged as a smaller set at i{heart}papers called A Good Traveler.  THIS IS A HAPPY FAMILY!!!

I love this photo of us!  I used bits of paper and stickers from the Echo Park This & That collection for the paper piecing and embellishments.

For my travel albums, I use the Fast-Scrap approach and slide my photos into page protectors ~ it makes my life so much easier!  Then I just add bits of papers and embellishments to finish off the photos.

Here's the cool suitcase image that I paper pieced.

Seeing this page makes me want to go organize my album and scrapbook more of my trip photos ~ sounds like a good weekend project!

Star Student School Tag

Yesterday was release day for Gourmet Rubber Stamps and they came out with a fun new set called Old School.  Other than travel themed items, doing school  related projects are some of my favorites.  Here's a fun tag I made using the set and some great new pattern paper from My Minds Eye called School Daze and ink from Memento in Nautical Blue, Love Letter Red and Toffee Crunch.   I stamped the border using the School Days stamp set and then I finished off the top of the tag with some bits of twine from Divine Twine.

Have a great Thursday and I'll see ya tomorrow!

Appetizer Release Day!

Welcome to Wednesday & since it's the 15th of the month, it's time for a new Appetizer Release from Gourmet Rubber Stamps!

First up is a super fun Halloween set called Invite to Fright ~ such a fun name!  The frame on this set will be fun to use for any occasion ~ I just LOVE IT!  There are two different sentiments that fit inside the frame along with the fun Jack-o-Lantern.

Using supplies from i{heart}papers ~ I stamped the frame image on the card with Tuxedo Black Memento ink and then I stamped it again on another piece of Kraft cardstock & cut it out with my Spellbinder Nestabilities.  You can just see a little bit behind the popped up Nestie.  The orange sentiment and pumpkin are stamped in Morocco Orange Memento Ink.  Then I added a small bit of paper from the October Afternoon 9 to 5 Collection at the top and some Divine Twine to finish it off!

The other new set is called Old School & you can see it on the Gourmet Rubber Stamps site or i{heart}papers.

I know you'll want to see more, so click on the GRS Blog to see the yummy new images.  Then visit the other designers blogs to see what they came up with! 

• Deb Felts
• Jeni Allen
• Kendra Wietstock - You're Here
• Kelli Palmer
• Taylor Usry
• Jennifer Ingle 
• Stepanie Lee

Take Note...

It's the start of a new week and it's a perfect time to get organized for the week.  I'm a huge To Do List person...so the new Noteworthy Appetizer stamp set by Gourmet Rubber Stamps is right up my ally!  And even more than the list itself ~ I love crossing things off when I've finished the task.  In fact, sometimes I add things to my list that I've already done, just so I can cross them off ~ LOL!

I found this cool notepad at Michael's a few weeks ago and couldn't wait to remake it using this new set.  The "Notes", "From the Desk of:" and the border are all from the Noteworthy set.  The pointing finger is from the Diners Set called Old Fashioned Fun ~ I think they work great together!  I also used paper from the Echo Park collection Note to Self.

Have a great Monday!

Supplies from i{heart}papers:
Stamps ~ Gourmet Rubber Stamps (Noteworthy, pointing finger)
Pattern Paper ~ Echo Park (Note to Self)
Ink ~ Memento (Rich Cocoa), Lady Bug
Twine ~ Divine Twine

Final Day of OCL/May Arts Week ~ Day #5!

It's our last day for our OCL/May Arts week and not only are we still doing the blog hop, but we have our regular Friday Challenge too!  I'm sure you can guess that the challenge for YOU is to use RIBBON!  Of course...what else would we do today?

My challenge card uses a few different trims ~ the cream crocheted lace trim and some yummy 1/8" black velvet trim.  It's perfect with the Years Gone By stamp set and this fun paper from October Afternoon (9 to 5 collection).

OCL will be giving away some stamps and ribbon for each day's blog posts and so will May Arts ~ so post before midnight tonight (PT ~ 3am ET).  But you have to leave comments to win so make sure you leave some love all over the place!  Oh and don't forget to visit the OCL Facebook page and leave a comment there too.  Lot's of goodies up for grabs!

Here are the links to the OCL Designers playing along today... HAVE FUN!!!

• Amber Hillman
• Deb Felts
• Debbie Fisher
• Kendra Wietstock
• Lori Barnett
• Michelle Pearson
• Tammie Edgerton

More from OCL/May Arts ~ Day #4

It's already Day #4 of our OCL/May Arts week & it's been amazing!!!  I just love seeing all of the creativity everyone has with ribbon and stamps!

Today's project uses some great new paper from October Afternoon called 9 to 5.  I used the Fabulous Florals set by Our Craft Lounge along with Everyday Sentiments for the greeting.  For the ribbon, I used some great cream trim with brand new orange pom-pom trim.  LOVE IT!!!

We'll be having fun on the OCL Blog, the May Art Blog and the designers blogs for both teams all week long.  OCL will be giving away some stamps and ribbon for each day's blog posts and so will May Arts ~ how cool is that????   So make sure you leave some love all over the place for all your chances to win!  Oh and don't forget to visit the OCL Facebook page and leave a comment there too.  Lot's of goodies up for grabs!

Here are the links to the OCL Designers playing along today... HAVE FUN!!!

• Broni Holcombe
• Debbie Corbari
• Debbie Fisher
• Kendra Wietstock
• Lori Barnett
• Melissa Cash
• Michelle Pearson
• Stephanie Serrano
• Tammie Edgerton

OCL/May Arts ~ Day #3!

The week is just flying by isn't it?   I'm back today to show you another fun sample with my new set called Everyday Sentiments.  I paired it up with this yummy Faux Suede Ruffled Ribbon by May Arts ~ oh...so pretty!  The paper is from Echo Park ~ love this collection.

We'll be having fun on the OCL Blog, the May Art Blog and the designers blogs for both teams all week long.  OCL will be giving away some stamps and ribbon for each day's blog posts and so will May Arts ~ how cool is that????   So make sure you leave some love all over the place for all your chances to win!  Oh and don't forget to visit the OCL Facebook page and leave a comment there too.  Lot's of goodies up for grabs!

Here are the links to the OCL Designers playing along today... ENJOY!!!

• Amber Hillman
• Broni Holcombe
• Deb Felts
• Kendra Wietstock
• Lori Barnett
• Melissa Cash
• Tammie Edgerton

OCL/May Arts Day #2!

Here we are on Tuesday of our special May Arts & OCL Blog Week.
Did you see all the amazing projects yesterday by the designers?  FUN, FUN, FUN!!!!

Today I have two projects to share & both use different shades of the same ribbon ~ 1.5" Twill Stripes.   I also used my Every Heartbeat stamp set and my new sentiment set called Everyday Sentiments.

For my second card, I used the same ribbon in a celery green shade along with my new sentiment set ~ Everyday Sentiments.

Just a reminder ~ We'll be having fun on the OCL Blog, the May Art Blog and the designers blogs for both teams all week long.  OCL will be giving away some stamps and ribbon for each day's blog posts and so will May Arts ~ how cool is that????   So make sure you leave some love all over the place for all your chances to win!  Oh and don't forget to visit the OCL Facebook page and leave a comment there too.  Lot's of goodies up for grabs!

Here are the links to the OCL Designers playing along today... ENJOY!!!

• Deb Felts
• Debbie Corbari
• Debbie Fisher
• Kendra Wietstock
• Lori Barnett
• Melissa Cash
• Stephanie Serrano

OCL/May Arts ~ Day #1!!!

It's another FUN filled week with Our Craft Lounge & this time we are partnering up with May Arts and their fantastic ribbon!

For my project today, I used the new Happy Camper stamp set along with the new 2.5" Green Jute.  I cut a wavy line down the middle and then pulled out some of the strands of jute to make the grass.  I just attached it to my card using Scor-tape ~ EASY PEASY!

We'll be having fun on the OCL Blog, the May Art Blog and the designers blogs for both teams all week long.  OCL will be giving away some stamps and ribbon for each day's blog posts and so will May Arts ~ how cool is that????   So make sure you leave some love all over the place for all your chances to win!  Oh and don't forget to visit the OCL Facebook page and leave a comment there too.  Lot's of goodies up for grabs!

Here are the links to the OCL Designers playing along today... ENJOY!!!

• Deb Felts
• Debbie Corbari
• Debbie Fisher
• Kendra Wietstock
• Lori Barnett
• Stephanie Serrano
• Tammie Edgerton

Final Blog Candy Day for OCL Release!

Happy Friday Folks!  Today is the last day of the blog candy entries for the new Our Craft Lounge stamp sets.  So make sure you leave some love today.

The project I made is for the latest OCL Challenge and it's BANNERS this week and I used my new sentiment set called Everyday Sentiments.  I can't say I'm overjoyed with this card ~ it didn't turn out like it did in my head; however, I do love the new sentiment set!

You can see the full sets for the entire new release on the OCL Blog.  We are now taking orders on theOCL website for these sets ~ click on New Release.  These sets will ship out to you within the next few weeks.

Ready to win some BLOG CANDY?  Today is the LAST DAY to add your comments to my blog, the OCL Blog and Facebook page as well as the blogs of each designer (listed below).  We'll pick 3 random winners to win one of the new sets from all the comments we receive today thru tonight at midnight (PT)/3 am (ET) ~ so make sure you hop along each day.

Here are the designer's blogs and some of them have new projects up each day ... Enjoy the hop and don't forget to leave some love along the way!

• Amber Hillman
• Broni Holcombe
• Deb Felts
• Debbie Corbari
• Debbie Fisher
• Joy Stagg
• Kendra Wietstock
• Lori Barnett
• Melissa Cash
• Michelle Pearson
• Stephanie Serrano
• Tammie Edgerton

Happy Camper from Our Craft Lounge!

Hey There Peeps ~ it's Thursday already.  Another week wizzing by and here I am with another post!  Can you believe it?

Today's post showcases another great new set by Our Craft Lounge called Happy Camper.  This adorable set was designed by my amazingly talented friend, Debbie Corbari.  This camper is a blast to paper piece!

You can see the full sets for the entire new release on the OCL Blog.  We are now taking orders on theOCL website for these sets ~ click on New Release.  These sets will ship out to you within the next few weeks.

Ready to win some BLOG CANDY?  You can add your comments to my blog, the OCL Blog and Facebook page as well as the blogs of each designer (listed below).  We'll pick 3 random winners to win one of the new sets from all the comments we receive today thru Friday, August 3rd at midnight (PT)/3 am (ET) ~ so make sure you hop along each day.

Here are the designer's blogs and some of them have new projects up each day ... Enjoy the hop and don't forget to leave some love along the way!

• Amber Hillman
• Broni Holcombe
• Deb Felts
• Debbie Corbari
• Debbie Fisher
• Joy Stagg
• Kendra Wietstock
• Lori Barnett
• Melissa Cash
• Michelle Pearson
• Stephanie Serrano
• Tammie Edgerton

OCL New Release ~ SUPER EXCITED!!!!

I AM SUPER EXCITED TODAY!!!!  Can you guess why?  Well yes, I'm always excited when we have a new release & BLOG CANDY to share... BUT.... today Our Craft Lounge is releasing a set THAT I DESIGNED!!!!  WOOHOOOO!  The set is called Everyday Sentiments and it's perfect for all sorts of occasions.  What do ya think?

CCM127 Everyday Sentiments

For my sample using my new set, I paired it up with Love in the Air (which is another favorite).  I also used this super fun paper from Simple Stories Summer Fresh collection and some Nearly Navy Sparkly Fluff on the balloon.

In addition, OCL has two other great new sets from Debbie Corbari ~ called Happy Camper & Miles To Go.  I used both sets on my scrapbook page below by mixing and matching the images and sentiments from both sets as a border on my page.  Then I used the fun Interstate sign as a journaling block.  I love how it turned out.

Here are a few close up photos of my page...

You can see the full sets for these two on the OCL Blog today and we are now taking orders on the OCL website for these sets ~ click on New Release.  These sets will ship out to you within the next few weeks.

Ready to win some BLOG CANDY?  You have 4 days to add your comments to my blog, the OCL Blog and Facebook page and the blogs of each designer (listed below).  We'll pick 3 random winners to win one of the new sets from all the comments we receive today thru Friday, August 3rd at midnight (PT)/3 am (ET) ~ so make sure you hop along each day.

Here are the designer's blogs... Enjoy the hop and don't forget to leave some love along the way!

• Amber Hillman
• Broni Holcombe
• Deb Felts
• Debbie Corbari
• Debbie Fisher
• Joy Stagg
• Kendra Wietstock
• Lori Barnett
• Melissa Cash
• Michelle Pearson
• Stephanie Serrano
• Tammie Edgerton

Zooming By with new GRS!

Hey Everybody!  Here we are in a new month ~ where did summer go???  I can't believe my kids go back to school 3 weeks from today ~ that just isn't right!  Well anyway, with a new month that means it's time for a new Diners set from Gourmet Rubber Stamps called Pack Your Bags.  I'm super excited about this set because every single image will be perfect to use with my pictures of our vacation this summer to Rome & Greece!   I also added a background stamp to my cardbase using the new Chevron Stripes Coverall background stamp using the Dazzle VersaMark ink and some Glossy Accents on the mirrors and lights.

I haven't had time to scrapbook with the images yet, but here is a card using the latest Weekly Recipe sketch challenge that I made using the adorable scooter.  This scooter is also in a custom set at i{heart}papers called Girls Wanna Have Fun.  Paired up with this great image is some new pattern paper and washi tape from October Afternoon's Woodland Park collection.

I know you'll want to see the whole set, so click on the GRS Blog to see the yummy new images.  Then visit the other designers blogs to see what they came up with! 

• Deb Felts
• Jeni Allen
• Kendra Wietstock - You're Here
• Kelli Palmer
• Taylor Usry
• Jennifer Ingle 
• Stepanie Lee

Supplies from i{heart}papers:
Stamps ~ Gourmet Rubber Stamps (Girls Wanna Have Fun)

Pattern Paper & Washi Tape ~ October Afternoon (Woodland Park)

Copic Markers

Ink ~ Memento, VersaMark Dazzle Champagne

Twine ~ Divine Twine
Nestabilities

Glossy Accents