GDT - Raise the Bar Challenges - My Retreat featuring Sweet Pea stamps

Today I am thrilled to tell you that I am the guest designer this week at Raise The Bar. I'm very excited to be able to participate with them this week! The challenge for us is to create something that is inspired from a room in our house. I chose my kitchen as it's my favorite place to be (other than my craft room :o)).

Here is a picture of my kitchen for inspiration:




Here is my project:







I chose to alter an old unfinished wooden purse that I had in my cellar for years (I used to tole paint years ago before papercrafting). Today I'm using this lovely image from Sweet Pea stamps for the first time. She was so much fun to color. I used the colors in my kitchen which are brown, green, yellow, red, and pink.

Recipe: My papers are from DCWV and Bazzil, Martha Stewart punches, stickles, and pearls. Image is colored with copics.

I plan to enter this card at the following challenges:

Midnight Madness - sketch
Cuttlebug Challenges - purses (used cuttlebug for vines with flowers)

Hope you enjoyed my project today. Thanks for stopping by and have a great weekend!

Paper Romance - Cherry Chip Chimp

Hello again stamping friends. Hope you are having a great week? I'm struggling to find time to stamp this week as I've been so busy at the school this week but I did manage to squeeze in this card for Paper Romance.



This cute little guy is called Cherry Chip Chimp by High Hopes Stamps and can be found at Paper Romance.

Recipe: Papers from Stampin Up and DCWV, ribbon and cupcake embellishment from Michaels, stickles, spellbinder die, and Martha Stewart daisy border punch.

Copics:

Monkey - W1, W3, W5, W7
Cupcake - R87, R85, R81
Cherry - R27, R24, R22, R21, YG67, YG63, G21

These are the challenges I will enter this card to:

Mojo Monday - sketch
A Spoonful of Sugar - 3D
Pile It On - something sweet
Stamp With Us - birthdays

Thanks for stopping by today and thank you for any comments you may leave! hugs,

Happy Birthday Lili

Good afternoon everyone! Today, I wanted to show you a birthday card I made using one of my very first Inky Impressions stamps. This image is called Lili's Birthday Cake and she can be found at Inky Impressions.



Don't you just love her pretty face and eyes? She is one of my favorite stamps and I think she is perfect for making birthday cards or invitations.

Recipe: Basic Grey papers, ribbon and pearls from Michael's, and Martha Stewart border punch.

Copics I used for this card are:

Face - E11, E00, E000, R20
Hair - E35, YR23, Y23, Y11
Shirt and Jacket - R29, R27, R24, R22, R20
Jeans - B97, B95, B91, B000
Shoes - C9, C7, C5, C3, C1
Cake - B95, B91, B000, RV34, RV32, RV10

I plan to enter this card at the following challenges:

Mercy's Tuesday Sketch Challenges - sketch
A Spoonful of Sugar - 3D something on your card (my sentiment is popped up and I cut out all my images, ribbon is also 3D)
My Time to Craft - lot's of red on your card
Pile It On - make it sweet
Stamp With Us - Birthdays

Well, thank you for visiting me today. Be back soon! hugs,

Paper Romance - Heidi and Mattie

Happy Friday to you! Hope you had a great week and are ready for the weekend!? Today I have a Paper Romance card to show you using the cutest stamp called Heidi and Mattie from High Hopes Stamps.





I just love this cute image. The fence with the sunflowers is actually cut out of very thin wood (I found it at my local Michaels store) and colored it with my copics. I used Basic Grey papers and Stampin Up cardstock. So, how do you think it turned out? Hope you like it.

** NEWS **

Paper Romance is sponsoring Crazy 4 Challenges this week. Hope you can hop on over there and play along!

I will enter this card at the following challenges:

Secret Crafter - "a day out"
Pile It On - spring
Sundays With Crissy - make it a combo (combo of stamps)
Die Cuts R Us - add one nature/ earth related embellishment

Thanks for stopping by and I thank you for any comments you may leave, they are so appreciated! hugs,

Inky Impressions - Challenge #34

Hello stamping friends! Thanks for visiting me today! It's Wednesday and it's time for another Inky Impressions challenge. For the next 2 weeks, our challenge is a recipe and the recipe is as follows:

3 Layers
3 Embellishments
2 Designer Papers
1 Ribbon

Here is my take on this challenge:





For my card today, I used this sweet image called Water Lili from Inky Impressions' new release. Don't you just love her pretty dress and sunhat?

I will enter this card at the following challenges:

Magical Crafts Fortnightly Challenge: girly
Stamp Something - layers
Creative Belli - die cuts (spellbinder die)

Thanks for stopping by! Hope you'll play with us over at Inky Impressions! :o) hugs,

Critter Sketch Challenge #10

Good morning! It's Monday again already. Whew! Last week was a whirlwind but now that the kids are back at school, I can get back to crafting and back to a normal routine again. We did have alot of fun last week though and we had really amazing weather (although our weekend was a bit chilly).

Well today I have another Critter Sketch Challenge card to show you. Since it's our 10th challenge the DT was challenged to make a card with 10 items/elements on our card. So here is the card I came up with:





This month is my daughter's birthday. She'll be 12 years old (OMG) and just loves Magnolia images so I had to create a birthday card using this sweet image from Magnolia.

The 10 items I used on this card are:

1 type of yellow cardstock
3 types of patterned paper
4 pearls
1 type of yellow ribbon
1 image

Our sponsor this month is My Scrapbooking Supplies . They have all kinds of cardmaking/scrapbooking supplies for you to choose from. If you play along with us, there will be a great giveaway away at the end of this month from this fabulous store so I hope you'll play along. The more weeks you enter, the better your chance to win is.

I will also enter this card at the following challenges:

Fussy and Fancy - sketch
Just Magnolia - sketch (very similar to Fussy and Fancy)
Cute Card Thursday - touchy feely
AI Factory - birthdays
Our Creative Corner - bows
Creative Card Crew - birthdays
My Time to Craft - pretty pearls

Here is a picture of the copics I used for this project:



Well, thanks for visiting me today. I hope you will be able to play along with us at Critter Sketch Challenges.

See you on Wednesday!

Paper Romance - Froggy Gift

Hello there again! Today I have a card that I made for Paper Romance using this stamp called Froggy Gift by High Hopes Rubber Stamps. I made an envelope card using the Cricut and cut a template off the Wild Card cartridge.



Isn't he cute? He reminds me of my brother when we were kids exploring in the back yard. He was always wearing jeans and a baseball cap (as most boys do) and he was always bringing home turtles, frogs, and garden snakes (eeww) not to mention all the bugs in the neighborhood.

Here is the inside of the card:



You can find Froggy Gift at Paper Romance along with other High Hopes Rubber stamps. Amy is always getting a new shipment and adding to her store so please stop by and take a look.

I will enter this card at the following challenges:

Cute Card Thursday - touchy feely
Cupcake Craft Challenge - childhood memories
Our Creative Corner - bows (I tied bows with floss on the apples)
Paper Makeup Stamps Challenge - 5 embellishments (3 apples, 1 bee, 1 metal sentiment)
Stampin' for the Weekend - ribbons and bows (ribbon on inside of card and bows tied with floss on apples)

Well, thanks for stopping by today and for any comments you may leave. They are truly appreciated! hugs,

Shy Nickie treasure box

Hello stamping friends! Hope you are having a great week? I have been busy with my girls this week while they are home for spring break. Luckily we have had great weather here in CT and have been spending alot of time outdoors going to the park and the beach. Maybe we'll hit the zoo tomorrow. Anyways, I have been trying to squeeze in some time to stamp here and there in between outings with my girls and have managed to complete this treasure box using one of my favorite Inky Impression images - Shy Nickie. I altered a small tin that once held some Pirouette cookies (yummy!). See the pics below:

Picture of tin before altering:



Picture after altering:



Here is a pic of the copics I used:



Recipe: Spellbinder die, pearls, Wild Orchid flowers, various ribbon and trim, MS punches, copics, and crystal pics from Michaels.

I will be entering this little project at the following challenges:

Corrossive Challenge - texture
All Sorts - petals & pearls
Raise the Bar - let's spring for it
My Time to Crafts - pretty pearls
Crafty Angels - my favorite things
Papertake Weekly Challenge - cutie pie
ABC Challenge - sparkle (the crystal pics and the pearls sparkle).
Pollycraft Monday Challenge - use pink and brown + yellow or green
Flutter by Wednesday - open (just use a fairy, angel, or butterfly somewhere on card/project)
Lexi's Creations - altered projects

Well, thanks so much for visiting today! I'll be back soon with a Paper Romance card to show you. Take care,

Inky Impressions Challenge #33

Good morning! It's time for another Inky Impressions challenge. This week our challenge is to add a charm to our card. Here is the card I prepared for today:



This is Angelica's Bunny Hugs from Inky Impressions.



Recipe:
Copics, papers from DCWV and Paper Pizazz, embellished with pearls, bunny charm from Inky Impressions, and gingham ribbon from Michael's.
Tools: MS lattice punch, spellbinder die, and Bow Easy

They have an amazing selection of charms for your cards at Inky Impressions. Stop by here and take a look, there is quite a variety.

I will enter this card at the following challenges:

Mojo Monday - sketch
Stamptacular Sunday - just for girls card
Simple Doodles - layers
AI Factory - anything goes
Just Add Ink - Anything Goes


That's it for now! Enjoy your day and thanks for visiting.

Paper Romance Blog Hop

** If you are here for my CRITTER SKETCH CHALLENGE post, please scroll down to the next post.**

Good morning, friends! We are having our first ever Paper Romance blog hop today. If you've come from Cindy's blog then you're in the right place. This month at Paper Romance, Suzanne Dean is joining us as the GDT member for April. Welcome Suzanne.

So let's.... Hop into Spring!

Amy's doing some Spring Cleaning over at Paper Romance and is passing on some sweet deals for you and we're having a blog hop to celebrate! Make sure you visit all the DT's Blogs and leave some comments, one random winner participating in the Hop ( the winner could be from any of the blogs!) will win a $20.00 Gift Certificate to Paper Romance.

Onto my card, today I am showing you a card I made using Popcorn Bear. Here is my card:



Isn't he a doll? He was so much fun to color. I colored him with copics, my papers are from Basic Grey (Origins pack), ribbon from Doodle Bug Designs, and my flower charm is from Inky Impressions. You can find other Popcorn Bear designs, High Hopes Stamps, Your Next Stamp, and Cute Companion Stamps at Paper Romance.

I thought I'd enter this cute guy at the following challenges:

Mercy's sketch - sketch
Everybody Art - spring
Papertake Weekly - open, anything goes

Your next stop on the hop is Lori. Thanks for stopping by today!

Critter Sketch Challenges - Challenge #8

It's time for another challenge over at Critter Sketch Challenges. This week we had to follow a sketch and add gingham (in any form) to our card or project. Here is the sketch we had to follow:



And here is the card I made for today:



I used one of the new Inky Impressions images and she is called Hula Lili. I think this image is just so charming and so perfect for the summer (come on summer - I am tired of being cold). :0) My sentiment is also from Inky Impressions.



I cut the palm tree out using my Cricut and the Paper Doll Dress Up cartridge. I used copics to color in the palm tree and my image. You can find this cartridge and other awesome scrapbooking supplies at My Scrapbooking Supplies and they just happen to be our sponsor for this month at Critter Sketch Challenges. There will be a great giveaway away at the end of this month from this fabulous store so I hope you'll play along with us this month.

Well, that's it for now. Have a great day and thanks for stopping by.

A Magnolia Easter

Happy Easter! Just wanted to wish you all a Happy Easter and show you an Easter card that I made.



Here is a close-up:



I used the Magnolia-licious Highlites April sketch for this card and used Bunny Tilda that I picked up from the Magnolia-licious store.

Just a quick post today as I have a busy day ahead with my family. Well thanks for visiting! Happy Easter and God Bless!


** Edited to add picture of my daughter with her chickie **

Paper Romance - Summer Sweetness

Good morning! I have just a quick post for you today. We have had some unbelievably wet weather around here this week (I'm ready to build an ark and gather my animals, there is so much flooding). Summer can't come quick enough for me, so I created this card to cheer myself up and remind me that it's just around the corner. This High Hopes image is called Summer Sweetness - just couldn't resist picking her up from Paper Romance.



Doesn't she just bring a smile to your face. Love her! I will be entering this card at the following challenges:

Mojo Monday - sketch
High Hopes Challenge - use gems or pearls
Papertake Weekly - open, anything goes

Thanks for stopping by. See you again on Monday when Paper Romance will have it's first ever blog hop. Hope you can join us!