Be Re~Inspired #29......{TAWS}

Good Morning Everyone!!

It is Re-Inspire time over at

The Alley Way Stamps!

Our challenge is this fun inspiration photo...

yours to interpret anyway you want

So once you create a project using any TAWS

come link it up over HERE

(don't have any TAWS stamps....did you know there are freebies you can check out HERE)

The Top Pick will be hand picked and will receive 1 free stamp sets of their choice, and a badge to proudly display on their blog.

One Random winner will receive 1 free stamp set of their choice, and a winners badge to proudly display on their blog..

Here is my card and hopefully some more inspiration

With Memorial Day just passing, Flag Day and the 4th of July quickly approaching, this inspiration photo was the perfect on to use with the new release Good Point stamp set.

I stamped several times the arrow with the stars into a chevron pattern and then colored a few of the stars within each stamped image using my copic markers. To keep the card on the CAS design but still add some addition red/white and blue colors I added some Trendy Twine in one of my FAVORITE twists~ Stars and Stripes.

Finally I stamped my sentiment using the Wish BIG stamp set and attached all my layers onto my Kraft Cardstock base.

  

Well that is all I have for you this morning!

Check out The Alley Way Stamps for more inspiration and we would LOVE to see you play along!!

Hope you all have a GREAT day and thanks so much for stopping by!!

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Reminders!!

You know there is always a lot going on over at TAWS

~our Be Inspired Challenge

~TAWS freebie's HERE

~TAWS FB page HERE where we love to see your creations!

and

~the store where you can purchase all these adorable stamps HERE

Make sure to check out May's New Release stamps...they are AWESOME!!
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Entering this into the following Challenges:
The Pink Elephant~ Stars and Stripes
Craftin Desert Divas~ Ribbon or Twine
Simon Says Stamps~ Anything Goes
Ribbon Carousel Blog~ Celebrations

June New Release Blog Hop.......{TAWS}

Good Morning 

and 

Welcome to the June New Release Blog Hop

 with

The Alley Way Stamps!

There are 3 super adorable new stamp sets being released this month

Bot Time
Good Point
Tropical Hideaway

and you have the chance to win all 3...

(all the information on how to win is down at the bottom of my post or on TAWS blog)

You should be coming from the very talented

Jen

if not you will want to head on back to

The Alley Way Stamps Blog,

You don't want to miss any of these fun projects!!

For my project I used the freebie stamp set for this month~
Lemon Squeezy
and made this cute gift tag~treat bag

I started with my PTI tag and stamped the sentiment on the bottom...Then using the adorable lemon, stamped it once on white cardstock and then again on pattern paper. Cutting out the pieces I wanted and then gluing them to the lemon, I popped it up on the tag.
To add just a but more to the tag, I stamped the little juice squeezes, colored them using copic and then added some glossy accents.
For the bag, I used a small glassine bag from The Kraft Outlet, embossed it and then added another stamped juice squeeze.
Finally I attached the tag using an eyelet and tying a double bow using some
 Lemon Tart Trendy Twine.
Wouldn't this make a cute treat for a summer picnic party????

Well that is all I have for you today

Thanks so much for stopping by and hopping with TAWS :)

You are now off to see 

Kasia

but before you go here is how you can win....

One person will win ALL 3 NEW SETS!! 

YEP!! So if you want that person to be you.. all you have to do is comment on the hop! 

Here are ways you can win.. You can pick and choose which ones you want to do.. but the more you comment, the more chances you have to win.. 

1-Comment on The Alley Way Stamps Blog

2-Comment on ALL the DT girls blogs 

Alison

Arielle

Christine

Jen

Jessica~~ ME~~

Kasia

Kim

Melissa

Stacey

3-Post about it on facebook or your blog

4-Like us on Facebook (HERE)

(leave a comment there and separate comment for each of the other things that you do on TAWS Blog)

You have until tonight at 9:00 PM TAWS time to leave comments.

BONUS!!

This month there is another great mini set that is yours FREE when you spend $40.00 or more during the month of June! Nothing to do but shop.. this little set will be added to your package..

Isn't it AWESOME?!?!?!

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Entering this into the following challenges
Craftin Desert Divas~ Ribbon or Twine
Simon Says Stamp Challenge~ Anything Goes (1)

Wish You Were Here.....{Trendy Twine & TAWS}

Good Morning Bloggers!!!

It is my design team day for Trendy Twine and I am so excited to share my card...

All month the DT has been showcasing the gorgeous Trendy Twine colors of the month

Tickled with Teal and Twisted Teal 

and mixing our projects with Kraft (one of my favorite go to colors!)

And for even more fun within the Trendy Twine DT, a few of us have been sharing projects using The Alley Way Stamps too.... So today I get to share them both!

It just happens to be Day 3 of sneaks for the 

June stamps being released from 

The Alley Way Stamps

and I have incorporated my sneak into my Trendy Twine DT project using the soon to be released 

Tropical Hideaway

stamp set......
Here is my card.....this so makes me want to hit the beach :)

My card starts with a Kraft card stock base and I added a mat of designer paper from Echo Park~Paradise Beach paper pack. I stamped the sentiment and then ran the mat through my sewing machine and attached it all to my card base. Then using the surf board, I stamped it 2 times on matching designer paper from the same stack and then 4 times on the kraft cardstock. I cut the surf boards and then the center circles out, then grabbed some 

Tickled with Teal Trendy Twine and attached it to the center of both surf boards. I popped up the kraft center and glued them both on my card.

I could have stopped there but thought my card needed something more so I decided to add some more dimension and make my own cords. I used more Tickled with Teal Trendy Twine and some jump rings. 

They look pretty cool don't you think????

Makes you want to hit the beach...right :)

Well that is all I have for you today..... Make sure to stop over at the Trendy Twine blog for more awesome projects being posted daily and check out the new store HERE

Both Tickled with Teal and Twisted Teal are on sale but only for a few more days!

Thanks for stopping by and have a GREAT day!!
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Entering this into the following Challenges
Craftin Desert Divas~ Ribbon or Twine
DL Art~ Splash

Good Point........{TAWS Sneak Day 2}

Good Morning Bloggers!!!

It is Day 2 of our sneaks for the new June stamps being released from 

The Alley Way Stamps

Today I am sharing a project using the new

Good Point

stamp set......
I used this week's  CAS(E) this Sketch

and made a birthday card/ gift card holder...
Hope you like it :)

So here is the front of my card....Like I said before I used the fun sketch, added papers from The Paper Loft~Everyday Life Collection and those GREAT arrows and sentiment from the new Good Point stamp set. When putting this card together, I thought there was something missing between the papers...So using my sewing machine I added a zig zag pattern where my two designer papers met and then ran a straight line border around the outside. Finally after my mat was sewn I added it to an Enchanted Evening PTI card base and popped my arrows up using some foam squares.

Here is the inside...I followed the same pattern as the front but instead of sewing the zig zag I left it open for a pocket. How fun would this be to add a birthday gift card or money??

The sentiment is not from the Good Point set...instead it is from on of my favorite birthday sets~ Wish BIG.

I hope you have enjoyed my card and don't forget to come back on tomorrow for Day 3 and on Thursday for our

New Release Blog Hop!

Now head on over to

The Alley Way Stamps Blog...

you will not want to miss the chance to win

All the comments posted today on their blog will go into a random drawing and someone will win this stamp set~

Good Point

You can have up to 2 entries....

~One for leaving a comment on the TAWS Sneak Peek post

~One for sharing the TAWS Sneak Peek post on Facebook

Thanks for stopping by and have a GREAT day!!

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Entering this into the following challenges
CAS(E) this Sketch 
Everyday is an Occasion~ Linky Party

DL Art~ May Linky Party

Ribbon Carousel Blog~ Celebrations

Beep Beep.....Mean's Happy Birthday in Robot....... {TKJ, TAWS and Craft it Up Guest}

Good Morning, Happy Memorial Day!!

I hope you all are having a GREAT holiday weekend! I know we are! We have been at my in laws cottage on the lake all weekend, enjoying the family time and sun!

Anyways........Welcome to my PACKED blog today!

I have a ton going on in this post so get ready.....

• It is new challenge day over at  The Kraft Journal
• Sneak Day 1 for The Alley Way Stamps
•  My Guest Designer spot for Craft It Up & Link It Up Linky Party

Let's get this party going!!!

This week over at The Kraft Journal we are challenging you to

 "Use Any Sketch"

and the new linky party over at Craft It Up & Link It Up Linky Party is

Anything w/Ribbon

so for my card I used one of my favorite go to challenge blogs~ Seize the Birthday 

 for my card.

  Since it is also Sneak Day 1 of the new June release over at

The Alley Way Stamps

 I added my sneak using the fun fun stamp set Bot Time and came up with this birthday card..... I hope you like it!!!

I started my card off with a Brown Kraft Cardstock base and added a mat of Bazzill  Navy card stock and designer paper from DoodleBug Deisgns~Boy's Only paper pad. Before adhering my mat  to my card base, I used some White Twill Tape and let some of the extra hang off the end....you know, just for a bit extra :)

I also added some screw brads (to match the sketch) and taped the whole mat down to my base. Next came the stamping of the fun image and sentiments. I used the new release stamp set from The Alley Way Stamps ~Bot Time, some memento tuxedo black ink and another matching sheet of designer paper. I left the image plain...cause I just LOVE this big guy and double stamped the "beep".

Since this is a birthday card I stamped another sentiment inside the card following the same layout as the front using several sets....

Bot Time, Alphabet Soup, and Wish BIG!

So fun isn't it????

Well there you have it.... I hope you have enjoyed my inspiration for all these fun challenges!!

To see more make sure you head on over to...

The Kraft Journal,

Craft It Up & Link It Up Linky Party

and

TAWS

Thanks for stopping by and have a GREAT rest of the day!!!!

I Heart You.....{TAWS}

Good Morning Everyone!!

It is my DT day over at

The Alley Way Stamps

and I have a card to share that I made using this week's 

CAS(E) this Sketch and the adorable Bird Brain Stamp set

 

Hope you like this....

How adorable is this birdy with his big eyes...LOL!!

I ended up stamping him on my white cardstock and then paper piecing using some scrap paper from my HUGE pile :)

Then for the remaining stamps I used these sets.....

  

Mad Gab and Trees Company

I know I have said this before but TAWS work so well mixing and matching the sets and you never know what cool little images are hidden within each one.

Well that is all I have for you this morning!

Make sure to check out The Alley Way Stamps for more inspiration 

Hope you all have a GREAT day and thanks so much for stopping by!!

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Reminders!!

You know there is always a lot going on over at TAWS

~our Be Inspired Challenge

~TAWS freebie's HERE

~TAWS FB page HERE where we love to see your creations!

and

~the store where you can purchase all these adorable stamps HERE

Make sure to check out May's New Release stamps...they are AWESOME!!

and come back next week for sneaks to June's new releases.....

Another GREAT set of stamps!!!!!

Life....Enjoy the Ride......{TAWS} {Post #2}

This is my 2nd post for this morning....if you are looking for my Trendy Twine/ Little Scraps of Heaven Cross Promo card please click

HERE

Good Morning Everyone!!

It is my DT day over at

The Alley Way Stamps

and I have a card to share that I made and entered into the 

PaperCrafts Stamping Royality contest. 

I didn't win and totally didn't expected to but I wanted to show you what I entered....

I used these stamp sets from TAWS~ Kid'n Caboodle, Background Check and All About You

   

And came up with this.......

Such a great sentiment and totally words to live by!

So here is a close-up of all the stamps I used from these 3 sets. I paper pieced the boat using MME Moments 6x6 paper pad, of course my sewing machine for some stitching and some Tim Holtz Broken China distress ink for the waves. My sentiment was stamped using Memento Tuxedo Black ink and I added a bit of copic marker coloring to the star and flag.

Well that is all I have for you. I hope you have enjoyed my card and please make sure to check out my Trendy Twine post.....

It's a super adorable card if you ask me :)

Happy Saturday everyone!!

Enjoy the weekend!!

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Entering this into the following challenges

Everyday is an Occasion~ Linky Party

DL Art~ May Linky Party
Simon Says Stamp and Show~ Little Paper

Penny for Your Thoughts.....{TAWS}

Good Morning Everyone!!
It is my DT day over at
The Alley Way Stamps
and I have a card to share using the new release freebie stamp set for this month~

Change

Isn't this mini set adorable??? It can be your's free with a min.. purchase over at the store :)

I wanted to play along in a few challenges so using this week's Retro Sketch

I came up with this........

I am in love with playing with the newest trend right now...sequins and when I saw this adorable card on my friend Jennie's Blog, I scraplifted her sequins stitched in a glassine bag and used it for my card....Hope she doesn't mind :)

Along with the sequins I stamped a bunch of the adorable coins and popped those into the bag as well. I then sealed with bag with some machine stitching (surprise, surprise...right?)

and added some of Trendy Twine's new color Totally White 

Here is a close-up of the bag and that adorable piggy stamp :)

I stamped her on some Bazzill cardstock and then stamped her nose again so I could pop it up....Since there is lots of bling and sparkle I added some cotton candy stickles to her as well....How adorable is she...right????
The pattern paper is from the 6x6 paper pad~Lucky Charm from the Dear Lizzy collection/

Finally I stamped the sentiment from the set and added a die cut arrow from My Creative Time's~Stitched Mini Frame and Arrow Dies

So what do you think??

K time for my TAWS reminders......

~our Be Inspired Challenge

~TAWS freebie's HERE

~TAWS FB page HERE where we love to see your creations!

and

~the store where you can purchase all these adorable stamps HERE

That is all I have for you today.

Thanks so very much for stopping by and have a GREAT day!!!

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Entering this into the following challenges:

Retro Sketches~#63

All that Stickles~ Cotton Candy Linky Party

Ribbon Carousel Blog~ Celebrations

Really Reasonable Ribbon~ Sparkle, Bling, Ribbon

Everyday is an Occasion~ Linky Party

DL Art~ May Linky Party
Simon Says Stamp and Show~ Little Paper

Red, White and Blue........{The Kraft Journal}

Good Morning and Happy Monday everyone!!!

It is time for a new challenge over at

 The Kraft Journal!

This week's challenge is... 

Red, White and Blue

seeing that my son will be celebrating his 10th birthday in just a few weeks I used this week's

Seize The Birthday 

sketch

and came up with this fun birthday card...

So here is what I did.... I started out with a Brown Kraft Cardstock base and added a mat of Peebles Let Freedom Ring pattern paper.  Using my cameo and a star file from the Silhouette store, I cut 2 stars....one using the kraft and another one using some Bazzill blue. Since there is no white in my pattern paper, I added some white gel pen doodles (wanted to make sure I was following TKJ challenge) Again since this is for my son's 10th birthday I added the number's "1" and "0" using Tim Holtz Mini Numerals and popping them up using some foam adhesive.

Moving onto the sentiment and embellishments.. 

I wanted my sentiment to be on some Cream Twill Tape , so I stamped The Alley Way Stamp Wish BIG birthday sentiment using  Stazon Black Ink directly onto the ribbon. Didn't it turn out awesome????? To finish my card up I added one of my favorite embellishments from The Kraft Outlet~ the Custom Fasteners. Two of the stickers that come with this set were a perfect match to my card!

So there you have it....my inspiration for this week's challenge.

I hope you have enjoyed my card and will play along with us!

As always I have linked all the supplies I used from The Kraft Outlet throughout my description.  If you have not checked out the store yet....make sure you do! There is so much available, the prices are so reasonable and shipping is super fast!!!

Thanks so much for stopping by and have a GREAT Monday!!

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Entering this into the following challenges:

Seize the Birthday~ Sketch #16

Ribbon Carousel Blog~ Celebrations

Pile it On~For a Teen

Simply Create Too~Anything Goes

Diva's By Design~ Anything Goes

Everyday is an Occasion~ Linky Party

DL Art~ May Linky Party

Pause Dream Enjoy~ Happy........

Simon Says Stamp and Show~ Little Paper

The Pink Elephant~ Masculine Birthday 

Wild Thing......{TAWS}

Good Morning Everyone!!
It is my DT day over at
The Alley Way Stamps
and I have a card to share using the new release stamp set for this month~
Deep in the Woods

I just LOVE this set and all the adorable images on here and could not wait to share another card using this time the cutie Raccoon...Here it is....hope you like it :)

I wanted to make it look like the raccoon was peeking out of the tree so I started with my kraft cardstock and embossed it using the distressed striped folder. Next I punched out a 2" circle and stamped my image on a piece of white cardstock...knowing that it was going to be placed behind the circle cutout. I colored him using my copics and then stamped and colored another image so I could pop up his head and tail

You can see in this picture how the 2 popped up pieces of him look...so cute right??!?!

Finally to finish my card up I used a Studio Calico wood piece and stamped my sentiment on it....hot glued it down and then tied some Midnight Trendy Twine  in a bow through a button from my stash.
So there you have it..I really hope you have enjoyed my card!!
I know I LOVED making this one!!
Thanks so very much for popping in and have a GREAT day!!
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Reminders!!

You know there is always a lot going on over at TAWS

~our Be Inspired Challenge

~TAWS freebie's HERE

~TAWS FB page HERE where we love to see your creations!

and

~the store where you can purchase all these adorable stamps HERE

Be Re~Inspired #27.....{TAWS}

Good Morning Everyone!!

It is Re-Inspire time over at

The Alley Way Stamps!

Our challenge is this fun inspiration photo...

yours to interpret anyway you want

So once you create a project using any TAWS

come link it up over HERE

(don't have any TAWS stamps....did you know there are freebies you can check out HERE)

The Top Pick will be hand picked and will receive 1 free stamp sets of their choice, and a badge to proudly display on their blog.

One Random winner will receive 1 free stamp set of their choice, and a winners badge to proudly display on their blog..

Here is my card and hopefully some more inspiration.....

I used the new May freebie image and sentiment and based my card on this week's 

Retro Sketches

and came up with this.....

Such a fun birthday card right??

I designed, printed and cut this entire card using my cameo :)

I started with the adorable freebie bird and sentiment (found HERE) and then laid it out on my mat in the spots where I wanted them cut, I traced the bird and then filled him in with designer paper, rainbow circles (I used this one based on the photo inspiration) and printed him 2 additional times so I could pop his body up and then his wing up.

Once I had all my pieces cut I used black hemp twine from Liz's Paper Loft Boutique and tied just a simple knot. I wanted to add some sparkle and since sequins are so in right now I pulled out some in the rainbow colors and glued them randomly on the card.

Well that is all I have for you this morning!

Hope you all have a GREAT day and thanks so much for stopping by!!

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Reminders!!

You know there is always a lot going on over at TAWS

~our Be Inspired Challenge

~TAWS freebie's HERE

~TAWS FB page HERE where we love to see your creations!

and

~the store where you can purchase all these adorable stamps HERE

Make sure to check out May's New Release stamps...they are AWESOME!!

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Entering this into the following challenges:

Retro Sketches~ #61

Pause Dream Enjoy Challenge~ Outdoor Critters

Craftin Desert Divas~ Use a Pun