STAMPtember: SugarPea Designs & Simon Says Stamp

Happy Tuesday! What an exciting day! I am delighted to be showcasing a brand new stamp set that was created by SugarPea Designs and Simon Says Stamp! The set is ADORABLE!!! It's called "Koalaty Time" and it was so much fun to colour!

Be sure to visit the SugarPea Designs blog for more information!

I decided to use a coral background and some of the fun new Spots & Stripes Paper Pad and the SugarCuts Zig Zag Stitched Circles.

I love this new set and I think you will too!

Take Care & Sparkle {SSS Wednesday Challenge, CAS(E) this Sketch & Color Throwdown

Today I made a card for three different challenges; Simon Says Stamp {Sparkle}, CAS(E) this Sketch and the Color Throwdown. One of my cards was watercoloured and the other card, I used my Copic markers. I also inked up the Bamboo Rose stamp set again, from Altenew. 

       

I loved the sketch over at CAS(E) this Sketch and used my new Tim Holtz stencil to add some neutral gray to my top card. The sparkle is the shiny sequins on my card. They sparkle in the light!

Simon Says Stamp {Anything Goes}

Hooray! I have stamped up a storm this weekend! It feel so good crafting in a tidy room! Purging a few older items and doing a big clean up sure helps the card making MOJO!

Today I am sharing a card I made for the current Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Anything Goes Challenge! The flowers are stamped in Hello Honey SU ink onto white cardstock. I stamped the flowers up the one side...and a little off the edge. Then using some Basic Gray ink, I stamped the sentiment and the foliage. Easy peasy, single layer card!

Just For You {SSS, Butterfly Reflections Ink & FMS}

Saturday! Hooray! Here I am, up early so I can craft before I roll up my sleeves and get started on the housework! I was intrigued by the great sketch at Freshly Made Sketches, the mood board at Butterfly Reflections Ink and the birthday challenge over at Simon Says Stamp! So I put together a Spring birthday card for my stash!

I was so happy to find a My Favorite Things set called Modern Blooms at a local store. I had this set on my wishlist! I've had the set for a couple of months but this is the first time I have inked it up! 

I scattered the flowers and the leaves...letting the aqua colour be my "main" focal point. I accented everything with black ink...to help it pop and finished my card off with a sweet sentiment from Verve. I heat embossed it white onto black paper. To add some visual interest, I used my Swiss Dots folder from Cuttebug. It's an oldie but one of my favourites!

Inspired by All the Little Things, VLV & SSS {Amazing Birthday}

Today I am sharing a card I made for three different challenges! Viva la Verve, Simon Says Stamp & Inspired by All the Little Things. The inspiration photo from Inspired By gave me the colours I wanted to use...I mixed red, blue and dark blue with an all white background. Following the sketch, I added some ribbon in behind. I used my Zig Markers to watercolour the blooms.

We hope you will come and join us at Inspired by All the Little Things!

Hello Friend {Power Poppy, Inspired by All the Little Things & Power Poppy}

Today we have a brand new inspiration challenge over at Inspired by All the Little Things! It is my turn to host and I chose a watercoloured floral image for the inspiration. My good friend, Nancy Leppek, is our guest this week and she created a stunning card! I also wanted to link up to the Simon Says Stamp Anything Goes Challenge. 

 

I was inspired by the arrangement of flowers and I couldn't help it! I picked up some digital images from Power Poppy last night. She is having a sale and I could not resist! So I inked up the floral set  called Ranunculus in my copic markers and kept the design simple. The sentiment comes from a SugarPea Designs stamp set called Funky Wreath – Spring Addition. I tried to leave some white spaces...to add some visual interest.

Thank you so much for stopping by! I hope you are stamping away today or doing something crafty!

The Card Concept #52 & Simon Says Stamp {Happy 2nd Year Anniversary & some Prizes to be Won}

I am so excited to announce that today marks the 52nd challenge over at The Card Concept  and that we are celebrating our 2nd Year Anniversary!!! To celebrate with my wonderful design team, I made a a card!

I am in love with this new Reverse Confetti Rose Stamp set! I stamped the roses in black in and then watercoloured them with my Zig Markers and a water pen. Then I gold embossed the sentiment. I couldn't help but to link up at the Simon Says Stamp Anything Goes Challenge.

 

I was inspired by the neutral colours, the french script and the elegant images. I tried to create a card in the Classy & Elegant style.

I hope you will stop by the Card Concept and play along! The challenge is open until noon on April 11th! There are some prizes up for grabs too!

VLV, Tag You're It & SSS {You Make Me Happy}

Spring Break has been wonderful but it has zoomed along...as it always does! Tonight I managed to get crafty. My inspiration came from the project over at Tag You're It. I absolutely loved the neutral colours with the pops of red! I was thinking about using butterflies but then I remembered the Rain or Shine Challenge over at Simon Says Stamp.  I have a great rain stamp set from Verve and I remembered their Viva la Verve CAS sketch for this week! So I switched out the circle for a tag and I was on my way! 

I stamped the sentiment on the bottom of the card to mimic the "wheat" on the inspiration tag and to also make the sketch requirements.

I hope you can see how I was inspired. I added the twine for some texture and also to match the twine in the Tag inspiration.

  

Viva la Verve-Sketch

Tag You're It-Colours, Tag and CAS

Simon Says Stamp-Rain or Shine

Beautiful {MOJO, CTD & SSS}

A simple card for the current MOJO Sketch, the Color Throwdown and the Simon Says Stamp Challenges! Except, I remembered the sketch incorrectly and put the layout backward on my card! Ha! Oh well!!! I was totally inspired to play along and I could not wait to use this pretty script paper! But I played with the correct colours! Whew!

  

I had so much fun making this card!!! I am going back to make more cards tonight! I hope you are enjoying your evening of fun!