Sketch Saturday #100 - SMC New Digi Release Too!

Good Evening Everyone! So happy you stopped by today! Hope you're having a nice Friday, mine is great as I started a week vacation at noon today! Yippeeeeee! A whole week to create just about whenever I want, well maybe not "whenever" but much more than if I had to work all week :) Well enough babbling... On to what I have to share with you today:

This is a new image being release from Sew Many Cards today called Dino Reading & as part of my DT requirement during this release I am to enter a challenge so I'm entering the Sketch Saturday #100th Challenge! A close up:


For this one I used more paper from the DCWV Spring Showers mat stack, some bling I purchased at Archiver's, the sentiment is computer generated. Pretty cute huh? Be sure to head on over to the SMC Challenge Blog & check out the hop several of the other DT members are having today. Thanks for stopping by have a great evening!

SMC Sponsor - KLM Designs

Good day, glad you stopped by, today I'm sharing a sample made with a Sew Many Cards sponsor KLM.

First a bit about the owner: KLM Digi Stamps was started by a Mother & Daughter team. Kathryn, the owner of KLM Designs and Sue, the company’s artist started designing digi stamps for their own creations. After much response & excitement to their designs they formed KLM Digi Stamps.

KLM carry’s a large selection of designs from clowns, which are the company’s signature design to digi sentiments. All images are delivered ZIP format. Each image file contains JPEG and PNG format files. Images can be resized, reversed and altered to your likings.

KLM Designs is proud to announce our new stamp line. All stamps are Photopolymer clear stamps. Stamps are available in 4×6 and 3×4 sets.

Now on to my sample, this one was made using the cutie image from the set called Sporty Shorties, the background paper with the colored circles is from last year's summer mat stack, the turquoise blue is embossed with one of the Asian folders & the pink is from the Argyle folder, cute huh?



A close up:

Thanks for stopping by, hope you have a great day!

Happy Wednesday to You!

Thanks for coming by today. Hope the sun is shining where you are, it's supposed to be really nice here in the Midwest today, we'll see. For today I'd like to share with you a graduation gift holder, this one was for someone who asked me to use the Illini colors of Navy Blue & Orange:

The inside where cash or a check can go:

Thanks for coming by today, hope you enjoyed the project! Have a great day!

SMC Sponsor - The Cutting Cafe

Good Morning! It's the start of a new week, one more week & I'm on vacation, can't wait. Today I'm sharing another sample from Sew Many Cards monthly sponsor - The Cutting Cafe. Please see my post from Saturday for info about Regina the owner of The Cutting Cafe.

Today I'm sharing a sample made from the set called All About Mom:

A close up:

For this one I used a new Fiskars punch I picked up at Joann's the other day, along with paper from of course the Flower Shower matstack from DCWV & a prima along with a MS punch.

Thanks for stopping by, have a great day!

WFWC #11 - Challenge Entry

Good Sunday Morning to you! Hope you're having a great weekend! Today I'd like to share my entry for Wild Flower Wednesday Challenge #11. This week's challenge was to paper pierce, how fun this was, here's my sample:

A close up:

I used the cute image Violet & as you can see her dress & headband are paper pierced, for this one I used some paper from my stash I think it's a DCWV, the oval Nestabilities, the Cuttlebug folder from the Thank You set, the sentiment is from one of my old clear stamp sets, the ribbon is purple & blue, for this I used the Bow Easy & made a double bow & the bling flower is from one of the Michael's 99 cent packages.

Thanks for stopping by, hope you liked the sample. Have a great day! Tomorrow I have another The Cutting Cafe sample to share.

SMC April Sponsor - The Cutting Cafe

Today I have the honor of sharing a very fun project/image from one of Sew Many Cards sponsor The Cutting Cafe, Regina's images are just so versatile you can't go wrong. First a bit about The Cutting Cafe:

Hello my name is Regina Easter. I have 4 wonderful children and an awesome supportive husband. I have for as long as I can remember loved all the aspects of creating things with paper and drawing. So it was only fitting that I decided to open up The Cutting Cafe'and I am loving every bit of this new venture. The Cutting Cafe' offers affordable Printable Stamps and Cutting Files. The Cutting Files which are basically just like templates are files that you Print out using your home printer, Cut, Assemble and then Embellish.....Very Easy.....The Cutting Files also come in the format where you can cut out the files using some of the latest Machine Cutters like the Pazzles Inspiration, Bosskut Gazelle and Cricut (with Scal software). The Printable Stamps are just that, images that are sent to you through email that you print out using your home printer. After the images are printed out, you can just color them in like you would any other stamped imaged...One great thing about the Printable Stamps and Cutting Files is that you no longer have to worry about finding space to store all of your stamps....You can keep them all in a folder in your computer and use over and over again.
Now on to my sample:

A close up:

I used the set called: Beautiful Blooms what a nice set, so many different ways to use the flowers & containers, this set even includes the sentiments, how cool is that? I tend to have the hardest time finding my sentiment stamp sets that having digi ones has been great! Thanks Regina!

Any questions, be sure to let me know. Have a great day!

It's Friday! SMC Challenge #12

Happy Friday to you! Glad you could come by today! It's Friday and time for a Sew Many Cards Challenge. This is #12 & it's an Anything Goes challenge, always fun cause you can do whatever you want :) Here's my card using the ever so cute Dunkan the Duckling in Umbrella:

A close up:


For this card I used some paper from an old sizzix mat stack from when I first started crafting, it's amazing how now the designs look great to me, rather fun. You see I'm trying really hard to use my old stuff & not buy so much new stuff. (as most of you know buying new stuff with this addiction is very easy) I also used one of the Nestabilities labels, can't remember which number though, I also used some old sentiments from The Angel Company & the bling is from a package of Mosaic tiles I purchased at Archiver's some time ago.

This week's sponsor:

Be sure to head on over to the challenge blog to see what the prize is & while you're there pick up your Friday Freebie it's really cute & here's my sample made with it:

A close up:

For this one I used some paper from my stash I believe I picked up at Hobby Lobby, another Nestabilities label, another old sentiment from TAC & some bling.

Thanks again for stopping by, be sure to come by this weekend to see some more Duncan & some challenge cards. Have a great day!

The Character Cafe Design Team

Good Evening! So glad you could stop by! I have some news to share, I've been invited to join a new design team with The Character Cafe & I accepted! A few posts ago I shared a card made with one of their super cute images! Tonight I have another:

A close up:

I used some background paper from my stash & this oh so cute image called: Bernard Bear, isn't he cute?

If you have a chance please be sure to stop on over at The Character Cafe & check them out, the images are really cute. I so look forward to working with the owners Kendra & Kelly. I thank them again for this opportunity :)

Thinking of You

Hi Everyone! So glad you stopped by today, hope your week is off to a good start, mine isn't too bad... wish I could create more but I'm afraid it's not enough to pay the bills. Anyway, here's a Thinking of You card I made using the Basic Grey Kioshi paper & the MS fan border & corner punches, I used SU Elegant Eggplant & Certainly Celery as well.

I'd love to hear what you think! Have a great day!

Good Monday Morning to You!

Yes it's Monday again... off to the "day job" how fun... not... Anyway enough kidding here's a sample I'd like to share using a cute image I received as one of my prizes for winning a challenge with The Character Cafe a few week's back:

A close up:

Isn't she cute? Her name is Fairy Jocelyn. I used some gingham background paper from my scraps & a little party hat from K&Company, I've colored them with Copic Markers as well.

Thanks for coming by today, hope you have a great day!

Challenge Card Sunday

Good Sunday Morning to you! I sure hope the sun is shining where you are today, it's supposed to shine here in the Midwest today. I have not one but two challenge cards to share with you today. First up would be the WFWC10 card I put together Friday afternoon but wasn't able to post until today, here's the card with a picture of the punch I used, as you can see there are 3 flowers on the Happy Birthday:

One without the punch:

A close up of my coloring, a bit of a "dirty" blonde so to speak:

For this card I used the ever so cute Wild Flower Patch Birthday Ivy, Nestabilities Labels 10, some cloth brads from my stash, & of course the flower punch.

Next up is the Friday Sketcher's entry:

A close up of my coloring:

For this one I used the ever so cute Sew Many Cards Hershey digi available this month for free with a $10 purchase, paper from the Spring Flowers DCWV mat stack, circle Nestabilities, a SU punch, a flower from my stash & the MS leaf punch. Isn't he not the cutest?

I hope you enjoyed my samples today, have a great day!

SMC Sponsor - The Cutting Cafe

Good morning everyone! This post is a little bit late as I forgot to post it... Back on track now, I hope. Today I'm bringing a sample using this month's Sew Many Cards sponsor, The Cutting Cafe. First a little about them:

Hello my name is Regina Easter. I have 4 wonderful children and an awesome supportive husband. I have for as long as I can remember loved all the aspects of creating things with paper and drawing. So it was only fitting that I decided to open up The Cutting Cafe'and I am loving every bit of this new venture. The Cutting Cafe' offers affordable Printable Stamps and Cutting Files. The Cutting Files which are basically just like templates are files that you Print out using your home printer, Cut, Assemble and then Embellish.....Very Easy.....The Cutting Files also come in the format where you can cut out the files using some of the latest Machine Cutters like the Pazzles Inspiration, Bosskut Gazelle and Cricut (with Scal software). The Printable Stamps are just that, images that are sent to you through email that you print out using your home printer. After the images are printed out, you can just color them in like you would any other stamped imaged...One great thing about the Printable Stamps and Cutting Files is that you no longer have to worry about finding space to store all of your stamps....You can keep them all in a folder in your computer and use over and over again.

Here's my sample:


A close up:

For this card I used paper from the new Basic Grey line Kioshi (aren't the colors just yummy?) I also used a MS punch called Deco Fan & some bling.

Sure hope you like it, it was really easy to make.

Thanks for coming by today, be sure to come back tomorrow when I have my Wild Flower Patch challenge card to share :) (I won the challenge there last week, too cool.)

SMC Sponsor - Sunshine Stamps

Hello Everyone! This week's sponsor for the SMC Challenge is Sunshine Stamps & I had the honor to work with one of their digi stamps called Emily. A little about Sunshine Stamps:

Sunshine’s Stamps is the brainchild of Christina {Sunshine} and Rob. Angus Argus was launched into the paper crafting world on June 27th, 2009 and the rest as they say is history! We have a wide variety of stamps in our inventory - all of which are hand drawn by either Sunshine or Rob.
We love to “sunshine” masculine vehicles and give them personality. We also have our signature image - Sunny Bunny - who will continue to be altered to celebrate all holidays and occasions. If you have a suggestion for a Sunny Bunny send us an e-mail and we will happily consider it! Whether it’s a card for your husband, boyfriend, man-cub or daughter, wife etc. we have an image that will suit your crafting needs! Our images are constantly evolving and are unique in the paper crafting world. We are very pleased to say that we respond to customer suggestion on images and sentiments. If you have an idea for an image or sentiment that you cannot find elsewhere on the web let us know. We will respond to all suggestions and let you know if its "doable". Finally,
be sure to hop to our blog http://sunshinesstamps.blogspot.com/ to check out our wonderful design team "Sunshine's Dream Team" blogs! We are so very proud of our gals! They are all rock stars and continue to create amazing cards and projects to showcase our imagesand to inspire you all to create!!

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Here's my sample:

A close up:

For this card I used the paisley cuttlebug folder, a paisley stamp from TAC stamps, deckle rectangle Nestabilities & some bling. Cute huh?

Be sure to scroll down to my other post for today & thanks again for stopping by!