A Friend...

Here's another card from my stamping spree last week. To make the background, I stamped the flowers with Versamark ink and then chalked over them with pink and sage chalk. I used the pretty flowers and sentiments from the Hello Friend set by Lizzie Anne Designs.

It's a PURR-fect Day!

ACK! I got up this morning and realized I hadn't written a blog post for today. That doesn't happen very often. Thankfully I have a pile of cards ready to be blogged. One day last week, I finished 9 cards in one day ~ I was rockin' and rollin'!!!

On today's card, I used the cute little Sixlet set from Lizzie Anne Designs called Playful Pals. Of course, I had to make a calico kitty because of my own little girl Ally.

Don't forget about Lizzie Anne's Anniversary sale this week ~ 40% off your order (not including retired or the Monthly Mix).


Also... this week LAD is sponsoring the Card Positioning Challenge over on the CPS Blog! The prize for the winner is our adorable Sweets and Treats stamp set. So head over to the CPS Blog to play along. You can see my version of the sketch on yesterday's post ~ HERE.

Clean and Simple

I thought I'd share a super simple 5 minute card with you today. To add some texture to the simple flower image, I inked it up and then lightly stamped it on an embossed piece of paper to make the dots. It's an easy-peasy technique that you can see HERE. All of the images are from the July Monthly Mix by Lizzie Anne Designs.

And now for some Lizzie Anne news...

This week is their anniversary & they are having a big, HUGE, spectacular Anniversary Sale this week ~ 40% off your entire order! (Does not include retired or Monthly Mix stamps). This is the biggest sale they have ever had...just a way of saying thanks to the loyal LAD Fans.
Here's what you need to do. After filling up your shopping cart with all your must-have Lizzie Anne Stamps, enter the following code on checkout: Anniversary

Coupon good through July 11th - 17th ONLY! It will take 40% off all the eligible products in your cart on checkout. Have fun shopping!

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More news... this week LAD is sponsoring the Card Positioning Challenge over on the CPS Blog! The prize for the winner is our adorable Sweets and Treats stamp set. So head over to the CPS Blog to play along. You can see my version of the sketch on yesterday's post ~ HERE.

Have a great Monday!

Lizzie Anne Designs & the CPS Sketch Challenge

Hello Peeps ~ It's Sunday and I don't usually post a big long thing on this day of the week; however, today Lizzie Anne Designs is sponsoring the CPS weekly sketch so I just had to play along!

So here is the sketch for this week. Now I thought the notch on the left side of the sketch was rather interesting, but rather than cut it out, I made it a hinge for my card.

So here is my version of the sketch.... It's an ice cream gift card holder. You just pull the ribbon forward to open the card.

Here is view #2 of the card. As you can see, the card stays closed with a magnet.

And finally, here is the inside of the card with the gift card.

Now don't forget to play along on the sketch and leave your link over at the CPS site because there is a fabulous prize involved. In fact, it's this fun set called Sweets & Treats! And look at this fun matching digital paper by Lizzie Anne Designs ~ also called Sweets & Treats Digital Paper Pack.

Can't wait to see what you come up with!

Want a HUG?

Happy Saturday ~ just thought I'd share a Lizzie Anne card I made using the Merry Marine Sixlet Set. I played along on the SCS sketch challenge this week #288.

Have a great weekend!

OCL Sketch Challenge #21

Here we are ~ it's Friday again & that means it's time for the weekly OCL Sketch Challenge. I used some pretty new paper from Little Yellow Bicycle called Boardwalk along with a summer set from last year called Life's A Beach.

Can't wait to see what you come up with for the sketch ~ make sure you add your link to the OCL Blog.

Birthday Tweets

I have one more card for the Color Throwdown Challenge that I posted about yesterday. I used this lovely paper called Pretty Please by My Mind's Eye along with the Tweet Thang stamp set by Our Craft Lounge. I really love this trim by Maya Road & the fun edge to the card. I used my new On the Edge die from Tim Holts called Brackets.

Don't forget to play along and leave your link on the Color Throwdown blog for a chance to win some fun prizes!

Other Supplies Used: Copic Markers (R81, R83, R85, R29, BG72, Y17); Palette Ink

Color Throwdown Day!

Today is a big day!!!! The Color Throwdown site is celebrating their 100th post today and two of my teams are sponsoring some wonderful prizes for the celebration ~ i{heart}papers & Our Craft Lounge!

So here are the colors for the challenge ~ and don't worry if you don't have these exact colors, anything close will work just fine.

And here is what I came up with for the challenge today! I used a few scrapbooking sets from Our Craft Lounge called Love Notes & Life is. The green color is a little more of an olive than celery, but the red, baja and rose are all in there.

HERE are all the details & sponsors ~ I know you will want to play along! Once you've made your project, make sure you add your link to the Color Throwdown Blog so you can be entered to win some fantastic prizes!

Supplies from i{heart}papers: Stamps ~ Our Craft Lounge (Life is, Love Notes); Ink ~ Palette; Ribbon ~ May Arts; Nestabilities; Pattern Paper ~ October Afternoon (Thrift Shop)

Ever have one of those days...

YESTERDAY was "one of those days"!!!! Mo & Jo totally left the building and I seriously hated everything I put together. In fact, the card shown above is the third or fourth revision ~ I lost track. UGH!

Anyway, I used the weekly sketch challenge for Lizzie Anne Designs and the images are from the July Monthly Mix called Simply Sweet.

Here's hoping I've got some creative juices flowing today! Wish me luck!

Another Day in the Garden

Happy Monday Peeps! We took a few days off last week and went to Cedar Point Wednesday thru Friday, so no stamping for me. This weekend we were catching up around the house and just having fun with friends, so again, no stamping for me. Soooooooo, I thought I would share a few more photographs from my walk through my garden a few weeks ago ~ hope you don't mind. I'll have a new project posted tomorrow.

Have a lovely Monday!

ETA: I can't take credit for all the flowers, some are from my neighbor's garden. Also, my camera is a Canon Powershot SX20IS.

Happy 4th!

Have a great holiday!

The Good ol' Red, White and Blue

Hooray...it's time for a CELEBRATION for the U.S.A. I love the 4th of July!!! Here I used the set called Patriotic Parade and covered the sweet teddy bear with Brown Sugar Sparkly Fluff.

Supplies from i{heart}papers: Stamps ~ Our Craft Lounge (Patriotic Parade); Ink ~ Palette; Copic Markers (E33, E31, B99, R46, Y15); Sparkly Fluff - Brown Sugar; Nestabilities.

OCL Sketch Challenge #20

Here is my version of this week's OCL Sketch Challenge. Don't forget to play along & leave your link on the OCL Blog. If you're card is chosen, you'll win a stamp set of your choice!

I had this image left over from some store samples so I though I'd see what I could do with it for this challenge. I think the ribbon at the bottom is kind of a fun touch.

Supplies from i{heart}papers: Stamps ~ Sunshine Cheer; Sparkly Fluff ~ Sugar (Our Craft Lounge); Pattern Paper ~ Cosmo Cricket (DeLovely); Nestabilities; Palette Ink; Copic Markers (Y15, Y17, Y21, C1, R83)

A Creative MESS!

I am SOOOOOOOOOO excited about this fun page. When the Lizzie Anne girls showed us this new single image "Creative Mess" a few months ago, I knew I really wanted to make a scrapbook page with it because I seriously explode when I am scrapbooking. The sentiment is PERFECT for me!

So last week when I was creating my Yellowstone mini album, I looked around and saw the mess I was making and decided to take some pictures. However, I must admit, I made a far bigger mess when I made this scrapbook page, I probably should have taken a new picture for this page.

Stamps Used ~ Lizzie Anne Designs (Creative Mess single; background images from various Monthly Mixes: Something to Crow About (Sept '09), Harvest of Memories (Oct '09); Singing in the Rain (Feb '10); Simply Sweet (July '10).