Card Class at ABSA

Hello Everyone!!  Just a quick post today - I'm teaching a beginner card class tonight at ABSA and thought I'd show you what we'll be working on using products available from from the store.  I also ran this class last week and the ladies all enjoyed themselves, so I hope the same can be said of tonight!  :)

We've based all three cards on the Kaisercraft Clear stamps available in the store, some fun Cosmo Cricket DSP and teaching the ladies how to use border punches, embossing folders and Spellbinders (you know how much I love my Spellbinders!!).

This card is super basic in construction - the fun is all in the flower!!!  I had to die cut 240 flowers all up for the 24 ladies doing the classes!!!  Don't know if I want to do that again in a hurry - but they turned out awesome!!  :)

Stamps - Kaisercraft
Paper - Lemonade, Limeade, Tomato Bazzill, White, Cosmo Cricket Strawberry Fields (both sides)
Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black, Memento Ladybug
Accessories - Large Circle and Scallop Circle, Large Oval and Scallop Oval, Dahlia, Daisy Heads Spellbinders, Fiskars Lacy Days of Summer and Lace Border Punches, Swiss Dots and Gootchi Script Embossing Folders, Red and White Satin Ribbon, Kaisercraft Red Pearls, Foam Tape.

That's all for today, thanks for visiting!!!  :)

Faithful Lillies

Hello Everyone!!  Today I have a card that I've made for the JustRite Stampers Challenge which is sponsored this week by Spellbinders!!  You have to use two JustRite Stamp Sets and at least two different Spellbinders die shapes!!  There are great prizes up for grabs so check it out on the JustRite Blog!!!  I've also used the sketch from this week's Mercy's Tuesday Sketch Challenge MTSC69 - the muse this month is none other than our own JustRite Girl Debbie Olsen!!

I've used three Spellbinders shapes - Large Oval Nestabilities, Large Circle Nestabilities and Label 11 Nestabilities.  The two JustRite sets I've used are the Breath of Spring for the Lillies of the Valley and the sentiment is from the Tiny Words set.  The Tiny Words set, along with all products in the 1 3/16th size are 20% off for a short time - you can find them HERE!!!

I used a base of Kiwi Kiss and layered with Very Vanilla embossed with Swiss Dots.  The next two panels are pieces of Kaisercraft Devonshire Collection DSP matted with more Kiwi Kiss (the vertical panel punched with the Martha Stewart Arch Lattice Punch and I've attached a piece of ivory ribbon).  I've stamped the Lillies of the Valley from Breath of Spring in Memento Tuxedo Black and coloured with Copics (YG03, YG63, YG67, C1) and then added touches of sparkle with the Spica Clear Pen.  I cut this out with Large Oval Nestabilities and matted with Baja Breeze cut with Label 11 Nestabilities.

The sentiment panel is from the Tiny Words set and has been stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black and Old Olive.  I cut the border and centre out with Large Circle Nestabilities and popped the centre up on foam tape.  I gave the butterfly I touch of colour with Copics Y11 and Y21.  To finish off the card I added an ivory bow to the ribbon and topped it with a blue button and silver cord.

Stamps - Breath of Spring, Tiny Words (JustRite)
Paper - Kiwi Kiss, Baja Breeze, Very Vanilla, X-press It Blending Card, Kaisercraft Devonshire Collection DSP
Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black, Old Olive
Accessories - Label 11, Large Oval and Large Circle Nestabilities, Copics, Swiss Dots EF, Ivory Satin Ribbon, Bow Easy, Blue Button, Silver Cord, Martha Stewart Arch Lattic Punch, Foam Tape.

That's all for today, thanks for visiting!!!  :)

MTSC68 Red Poppies

Today I got to make this super quick card for this week's Mercy's Tuesday Sketch Challenge - MTSC68!

I started with a base of black bazzill and layered with white and three pieces of retired SU Ginger Blossom DSP.  For the main panel I stamped the poppies from JustRite's Plant a Little Love set in Memento Tuxedo Black on X-press It Blending Card and coloured with Copics (R22, R27, R29, YG11, YG63, YG67).  There is more shading IRL - I don't know why it isn't showing up here!  :(  I cut it out with Small Circle Nestabilities and mounted on Scalloped Oval Nestabilities (red bazzill) and Label 7 (black bazzill).  I finished by added some Black Kaisercraft Pearls to the bottom corner and a large black satin bow.  I very nearly left off the bow, but it just looked so naked!!  :)

Stamps - Plant a Little Love (JustRite)
Paper - Black and Red Bazzill, White, X-press It Blending Card, Ginger Blossom DSP (SU)
Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories - Small Circle, Large Scallop Oval, Label 7 Nestabilities, Copics, Black Satin Ribbon, Bow Easy, Kaisercraft Black Pearls.

That's all for today, thanks for visiting!!!  :)

FS165 Blooming Morning Glory

Hello Everyone and I hope you enjoyed your Easter!  Today I had a chance to play this week's Featured Stamper challenge - the honour going to TheresaCC.  My goodness what an incredible gallery!!!  I chose her A Second Summer card to case. I used a different image and sentiment, different colours and papers but otherwise kept the same feel of the card.

I started with a base of light purple bazzill and layered with dark purple and Kaisercraft Lilac Avenue DSP.  The vertical panel is more Lilac Ave matted with light and dark purple.  The flower panel has been stamped using JustRite's My Garden set in Memento Tuxedo Black and coloured with markers and a blender pen.  I also sponged the background similar to what Theresa does.  It was then cut out with small circle nesties and matted with dark purple cut with large circle nesties and the matching scallop circle in light purple.  Below that I added some yellow ribbon.  The sentiment is from JustRite's Seeds of Kindness set stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black and Lovely Lilac and sponged again and cut with large circle nestabilities and matted with the matching scallop circle.  To finish I added a bow to the ribbon using my Bow Easy and a couple of Kaisercraft lilac pearls to the top and bottow corners.

Stamps - My Garden, Seeds of Kindness (JustRite)
Paper - Lt and Dk Purple, White, Kaisercraft Lilac Avenue DSP
Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black, Lovely Lilac
Accessories - Small, Large, Scallop Large Circle Nestabilities, 1" Yellow Ribbon, Bow Easy, Kaisercraft Lilac Pearls, Markers, Blender Pen, Foam Tape.

That's all for now, thanks for visiting!!!  :)

JRC_012 Faith, Hope, Love

Happy Easter Everyone!!!  I hope you are all blessed with a wonderful day!!  Today's card could be reflected on as remembering the love Christ had for us as we celebrate Easter and although that IS true, I did actually make this for another special occasion.  Today, my grandparents who I love very much, celebrate their 68th Wedding Anniversary!!!!  Can you believe that - 68yrs - and they love each other as much today as they did then!!!  Here they are, 68yrs ago.....

I have also used this week's JustRite Stampers Challenge JRC_012 which is super dooper easy - anything goes!!!  Get out any of your JustRite Stamps and make something!!  :)  There is a $50 prize for the winner and $15 for honourable mentions!!!  :)

I decided to use green as a focal for this colour, mostly because that is my grandfather's favourite colour.  I started with a base of white, layered with green bazzill and more white embossed with Swiss Dots EF.  The next panel is gold layered with some green Memory Box Frond DSP.  In each corner I added some Vintage die cuts and topped with Kaisercraft Chino Pearls.  For my feature panel I used the border from 2" Square Decorative Frames and the sentiment from Loving Thoughts.  I matted this with gold and then another gold square en point.  I then added this to the Fleur de Lis Pendant die cut that was white and covered with Wheat Fields Glimmer Mist.

Stamps - Loving Thoughts, 2" Square Decorative Frames (JustRite)
Paper - White, Green Bazzill, Gold, Memory Box Frond DSP
Ink - Old Olive
Accessories - Fleur de Lis Pendant Spellbinders, Vintage die set, Swiss Dots EF, Kaisercraft Chino Pearls, Wheat Fields Glimmer Mist.

That's all for today, thanks for visiting!!!  :)

Be Strong

Hello Everyone!  Today I have another card made using Our Daily Bread designs' new Scripture Collection 3 Set and Vine Borders Set.  This verse was submitted by my Design Team sister Dawn Lusk.  I also used this week's Sweet Stop Sketch SSS49.

I started with a base of Very Vanilla and layered with Kiwi Kiss and a piece of Kaisercraft Devonshire DSP.  The panel across the card is more Devonshire DSP matted with brown bazzill punched with the Fleur de Lis Border Punch.    The large rectangle panel is Kiwi Kiss layered with more Devonshire DSP and over the top of these two panels I've added some 1/2" dark cream satin ribbon.  The feature panel has been stamped using Vine Borders and Scripture Collection 3 both by Our Daily Bread Designs.  The Vine Borders was stamped in Old Olive and then I added a little colouring to the flowers.  The verse has been stamped in Close to Cocoa and then matted with more brown bazzill and popped up with Foam Tape.  To finish I added a couple of Kaisercraft Chino Pearls and a bow made with my Bow Easy.

Stamps - Scripture Collection 3, Vine Borders (Our Daily Bread Designs)
Paper - Very Vanilla, Sienna Bazzill, Kiwi Kiss, Kaisercraft Devonshire DSP
Ink - Old Olive, Close to Cocoa
Accessories - Fleur de Lis Border Punch, 1/2" Dark Cream Satin Ribbon, Kaisercraft Chino Pearls, Foam Tape.

That's all for today, thanks for visiting!!!!  :)

A Ruby Anniversary

Firstly let me start by saying a HUGE thank you to everyone who participated in the JustRite Stampers Blog Hop - there was such a big response it was totally amazing!!!  Thank you to everyone who commented here and welcome to my new followers and subscribers!!  :)  If you didn't win anything, don't forget that you can still buy your 1 5/8 products from JustRite for 20% off - but only until the end of March!

Now - on to today's card!!!  March 28th marked my parent's 40th Anniversary and since it is traditionally the Ruby Anniversary I decided to make them a card with red!  I was inspired by this My Mind's Eye Lush paper which is red flocked.  Since it had a creamy base I matched it with Very Vanilla and used black to make it pop.

I started with a Very Vanilla base and layered with black and the Lush DSP.  Next I cut another piece of Vanilla, embossed it with Swiss Dots and matted it with some red bazzill.  Next I took another piece of black and cut and embossed it with the Spades Pendant die and attached some 1" red satin ribbon through the sides and glued it down.  I then took the centre sentiment from Loving Thoughts (which is currently 20% OFF!) and the border from 2" Square Decorative Frames and stamped them in Memento Tuxedo Black.  I cut it out with Lg Square Nestabilities and matted it with a piece of red bazzill and popped it up on foam tape.  To finish I added a large red satin bow made with my Bow Easy and embellished with a few Kaisercraft Blush Pearls.

Stamps - Loving Thoughts, 2" Square Decorative Frames
Paper - Very Vanilla, Black Bazzill, My Mind's Eye Red Lush DSP
Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories - Spades Pendant Die, Lg Square Nestabilities, 1" Red Satin Ribbon, Kaisercraft Blush Pearls, Foam Tape.

Happy Anniversary Mum and Dad and wishing you many more ahead!!!!  {{{HUGS}}}

That's all for today, thanks for visiting!!  :)

JR Blog Hop Day 3

Welcome to Day 3 of the JustRite Mega March Blog Hop!  Have you been enjoying the first couple of days?  Haven't the projects been awesome!!  If you've missed any you can find the links on the JustRite Stampers Blog.

Today I've decided to use the violets from Breath of Spring and the sentiment from Joyful Hearts to create my card.

I love this sweet bouquet of violets and coloured them with markers (pale plum, perfect plum, mellow moss and old olive) and a blender pen and then cut them out and popped them up.  Such a perfect match for the new Basic Grey Kioshi DSP that I picked up last week!!  :)

I decorated the inside using the same decorative border (in the smaller size) to frame the sentiment.

Stamps - Breath of Spring, Joyful Hearts (JustRite)
Paper - Lt Purple Bazzill, Green Bazzill, White, Basic Grey Kioshi DSP
Ink - Perfect Plum, Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories - Label 5, Large Oval and Large Scallop Oval Nestabilities, Fiskars Lace Border Punch, Sewing Machine, May Arts Olive Ribbon, Kaisercraft Snow Pearls, Foam Tape.

30 designers, FIVE shopping sprees each day.  No one knows where the prizes will be!  Each day of the hop JustRite will have five Mystery Blog Candy Prizes hidden along the hop with a total retail value of  $600.  JustRite will randomly select five mystery blogs each day of the hop and randomly allocate each of the shopping sprees.  For your chance to win, simply leave a little love (a comment) on each designer’s blog including the JustRite blog.  The more designers you leave comments with, the better your chances of winning.  Each day’s comments will remain open for three days.  A winner from each of the mystery blogs’ comments will be randomly chosen using Random.org.  Consult the listing of designers at the JustRite blog each day (each day’s designers will be different) and start out on your way!  Beginning Friday, March 26, summaries of all the winners will be posted on the JustRite blog.  Good luck to everyone and enjoy all the JustRite eye candy along the hop!

Today during the JustRite Mega March Blog Hop (Day Three) JustRite and its sponsors will be giving away the following five prizes:

· $200 JustRite Shopping Spree
· $100 Spellbinders Shopping Spree
· $100 Copic Prize Package, and
· Two additional $100 JustRite Shopping Sprees!

Blog comments for Day Three will be open until Saturday at 6pm EST.  On Sunday, JustRite will announce on their blog which five blogs have the mystery candy for Day Three.  You will need to go to the JustRite blog to determine where you need to go to find out if you are one of the five lucky winners.

JustRite Inspiration Blog
Debbie Olson
Sherrie Siemens
Beate Johns
Heidi Blankenship
Kathy Jones (that's Me!)
Karen Hunsaker
Peet Roeven
Michele Kovack
Cheryl Nelson
Anja Curvers
Kay Sibley
Katarina Menzies
Holly McMillen
Tammy Hershberger
Angela Barkhouse
Heidi Van Laar
Jerri Jimenez
Sarah  Parker
Jennie Black
Laura Davis
Ashley Newell
Tanis Giesbrecht
Alice Wertz
Shanna Vineyard
Rae Barthel
Ryann Salamon
Terre Fry
Mona Pendleton
Lisa Silver
Kim Moreno
Thanks for visiting and enjoy the hop!!!  :)

ODBD Silver/Gold Challenge

Welcome to Day 3 of our special Second Anniversary Celebration at Our Daily Bread designs!  Today, we continue our Anniversary theme. As with all our challenges, it was announced on the ODBD blog on Mar. 7th so you could get a head start, and we hope you had a chance to do that, but if not there is still time!

Silver and Gold are the traditional gifts for those special milestones in a marriage... the 25th and 50th Anniversaries. Today's challenge is to make a project that includes Silver and/or Gold. The only stipulation is that it must be new work, no back links please! Link to the Silver/Gold challenge (posted on the ODBD Blog) in your post, and be sure to link your project to Mr Linky on the ODBD Blog by 8pm USA EST tonight (10AM Tuesday Australian EST)! The winner will be chosen by random and will receive a $25.00 Gift Certificate for stamps from the ODBD Store! The winner will be announced on the ODBD Blog post tomorrow when the next challenge is issued!

Please be sure to visit all the blogs linked below, and leave a comment for each designer, because there is hidden candy on some of the blogs! You will not know where it is, but if your name is chosen and you have left a comment for the designers... you will win it!!! You won't know how many have candy each day... so be sure to visit them all and leave some love! (My Blog is set to Australian EST, so don't worry about the time stamp!)

Winners of the individual blog candy will be announced by the blog owners who had the candy on the next day on their blogs. There will also be a big announcement on March 19th here on the ODBD Blog recapping ALL the winners... the challenges, the blog candy, and the blog hop winners! So be sure to check back there then!!!

*If uploading to SCS or other on line gallery, please use key word ODBD2AC3 so we can find your creations!!

Here's some details on my card today....
I've used a base of purple bazzill, layered with white and some silver card, topped with more purple embossed with Swiss Dots EF.  The next panel is a piece of Kaisercraft Lilac Avenue DSP that has silver foil embossing on it matted with more white.  The feature panel is white cut with the Lattice Pendant die topped with 2 purple bazzill die cuts using large and small circle nestabilities.  Between the Pendant and the circles is a piece of wide Silver satin ribbon.  The beautiful violets are from the new ODBD set called The Lord is Risen, stamped twice in Memento Tuxedo Black, coloured with markers and a blender pen and cut them out and stuck them to the top of the circle panel. I then cut the flowers from the second piece and popped them up on top.  To finish I added some Kaisercraft Snow Pearls to the corners and a large silver bow made with my Bow Easy!  The inside is decorated using more white, purple bazzill punched with the MS Arch Lattice Punch, more Lilac Avenue DSP, on of the other dies also from the Lattice Pendant Spellbinders set, Petite Oval Nestabilities and the verse also from The Lord is Risen.

Stamps - The Lord is Risen (ODBD)
Paper - Purple Bazzill (2 shades), White, Kaisercraft Lilac Avenue DSP
Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories - Lattice Pendant Spellbinders, Large Petite Oval, Large and Small Circle Nestabilities, Swiss Dots EF, 1" Silver Satin Ribbon, Bow Easy, Kaisercraft Snow Pearls, Martha Stewart Arch Lattice Border Punch, Foam Tape, Scissors.

For lots of inspiration, check out the talented girls below!!!!

Debi Southard
Dawn Lusk

Lorelie Kim

Kathy Jones (that's ME)

Chris Olsen
Becca Feeken
Patter Cross
Connie McCotter
America Kuhn

Hope to see your creation tonight, and hope to see you back here tomorrow!

MTSC63 Pink Tulips

Hello Everyone!  Today I had the chance to play Mercy's Tuesday Sketch Challenge - I loved this sketch and it gave me the chance to open my new Label 11 Nestabilities!  I also used the new Breath of Spring set by JustRite Stampers, using this beautiful bouquet of tulips.

I started with a base of pink bazzill, layered with white (pierced) and some MME Pretty Please DSP.  Through the middle I attached two pieces of pink satin ribbon and knotted them on the side and then added two Cuttlebug Vintage die cuts to the corners.  I've stamped the tulips and borders from Breath of Spring in Memento Tuxedo Black twice and coloured one of the tulips with markers and a blender pen and cut it out and popped it up.  The border has been cut with Large Classic Oval Nestabilities and matted with the matching pink scallop and finally framed it all with the new Labels 11.  To finish I added some Kaisercraft Rose Pearls to each of the decorated corners and the top and bottom of the Label 11.

Stamps - Breath of Spring (ODBD)

Paper - Pink Bazzill, Smooth White, MME Pretty Please DSP

Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black

Accessories - Label 11, Large Classic Oval, Large Scallop Oval Nestabilities, Cuttlebug Vintage Die, 1/2" Pink Satin Ribbon, Paper Piercer, Matt Pack, Markers, Blender Pen, Kaisercraft Rose Pearls, Foam Tape.

That's all for today, thanks for visiting!!!  :)

Daffodils For Easter!

Hi and welcome to the Our Daily Bread Designs March Release Blog Hop!  If you arrived here from Becca's Blog, you are in the right place!  If not, you might want to start at the Our Daily Bread designs Blog to be sure you hop in the correct order, because we are having a Special Message Hop , and you will be collecting our Secret Words as you hop along, so you will want them in the order given!   You have until Tues at 8:00PM US EST to complete the requirements to be eligible to win.

There will be TWO WINNERS... who will each receive a $15.00 Gift Certificate to the Our Daily Bread designs Store to go toward the stamps of your choice! Winners will be randomly chosen from all the qualified entries, and announced March 3rd on the ODBD Blog!

Here is what you need to do to be eligible to win:

• 1. Hop from blog to blog in the order given below, writing down the secret words you will find clearly written  in their posts, and leaving a comment on each blog.

• 2. Return to the ODBD Blog and leave a comment that you completed the hop and left comments for each designer.

• 3. Email Grace at:   gnywening@yahoo.com

          In the email, give me the secret words you found in order .... they will spell out a special message from the Our Daily Bread designs Design Team to you! 

If for any reason a link is broken, simply return to the Our Daily Bread designs Blog  to see who is next on the list, leaving a space for the missing words.  Most often if you can't get on a blog or leave a comment now.... if you wait a little while and try again you usually can.

Now on to my project:

I started with a base of yellow bazzill and layered with green bazzill, white punched with the Fiskars Lace Border Punch and some Basic Grey Porcelain DSP.  On top of that is a piece of green bazzill cut with Label 8 Nesabilities with some White May Arts Satin ribbon through the middle.

I have used the new Happy Easter set  and stamped the daffodil in Memento Tuxedo Black and coloured with markers, cutting it out with Lg Oval Nesties, matting with yellow cut with the matching scallop nesties.  To finish I added some Kaisercraft Snow Pearls and a bow made with the Bow Easy.

For the inside I followed the same layout, although only adding a strip of the Porcelain DSP and then stamping the sentiment from Happy Easter across the top.

Before you go, I want to tell you about the exciting events we have planned for you this month!  March 17 is the Second Anniversary of  Our Daily Bread designs, and we are celebrating!!!

Be sure to check the ODBD Blog on Sunday, Mar. 7!  We will be announcing fun challenges that will run Mar. 13 - 16 so you can get a jump on them.... Then beginning on Saturday March 13, we will be announcing a daily challenge and there will be wonderful prizes EVERY DAY!  On Mar. 17 we will have another Blog Hop, revealing the Special Edition Anniversary Release!  I hope we'll see you then!!!

I hope you enjoyed my project, and now I'll send you on to DEB to see some more springy inspiration!

My secret word is   AND

Thanks for visiting and enjoy the hop!!!  :)

Featured Stamper Lillies

How excited was I to see this week's Featured Stamper is none other than my ODBD sister - Angie Crockett!!!  WOOHOO!!!!!  Congrats GF - you are so deserving of this honour!!!!  :)  I didn't have to go far when I decided to case her Lily of the Valley card.  I kept the same image, bow feature, piercing and similar green/white colours.  I modified the layout (I swear it started off more similar but morphed into something completely different!), added some layers, pearls and different sentiment.

I started with a base of Hazel Bazzill and layered with white (pierced edges) and some MME French Flea Market DSP.  Then I stamped both the Lily of the Valley and Sentiment from ODBD's Easter Blessings - which is being released TOMORROW!!!!  Make sure you pop on by for the blog hop starting 8am US EST or 11pm AU EST!!!  I coloured the lillies with markers and a blender pen (old olive, always artichoke, sage shadow and cut it out with Small Circle Nestabilities.  I pierced the edge and then matted it with a Label 1 Hazel Bazzill die cut.  Next I added the side flourishes (which are actually the ends from the largest tag out of Spellbinders Fancy Tags) and popped the whole panel up on foam tape.  Then I notched the sentiment and attached it to the bottom of the card, adding a May Arts White Satin Ribbon bow made with my Bow Easy to the end of the panel.  To finish I added some small Kaisercraft Snow Pearls to each of the corners of the feature panel.

Stamps - Easter Blessings (ODBD)

Paper - Hazel Bazzill, White, MME French Flea Market

Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black

Accessories - Small Circle and Label 1 Nestabilities, Spellbinders Fancy Tags, May Arts White Satin Ribbon, Bow Easy, Paper Piercer, Mat Pack, Kaisercraft Snow Pearls.

That's all for today, hope you pop by tomorrow for the blog hop!!!  :)

OCCC Happy Easter

Hi everyone!  Today I have a sneak peek for you!!!!  I've used the soon to be released Happy Easter set from Our Daily Bread Designs - isn't this daffodil just beautiful!!!  :)  As soon as I saw this week's OCC Sketch Challenge I just knew I'd be reaching for this set!

I started with a base of yellow bazzill and layered with some pale green bazzill, white and then some Kaisercraft Lilac Avenue DSP that has the sentiment stamped onto it in Memento Tuxedo Black.  The two vertical panels are Basic Grey Urban Prairie matted with green.  Across the middle I've added some Light Blue May Arts Ribbon.   I then stamped the Daffodil from Happy Easter in Memento Tuxedo Black and coloured it with markers and a blender pen and cut it out, gluing it to an oval embossed with Swiss Dots which is matted with a label 4 die cut in pale green which is all popped up on foam tape.  To finish I added some Kaisercraft Lush Pearls to the top corner.

Stamps - Happy Easter (ODBD)

Paper - Yellow and Pale Green Bazzill, White, Kaisercraft Lilac Avenue DSP, Basic Grey Urban Prairie DSP

Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black

Accessories - Label 4 and Large Oval Nestabilities, Light Blue May Arts Ribbon, Swiss Dots EF, Kaisercraft Lush Pearls, Foam Tape, Scissors.

That's all for today, thanks for visiting!!!  :)

FS159 Sweet Peas

This week the Featured Stamper is JovialJudi - congratulations to Judi and enjoy your special week!!  I had a look through her gallery but decided on her latest upload Prairie Fairy Flowers to case.  I kept the flower theme and the punched border, changing the image and colours.

I started with a base of pink bazzill and layered with white and some Making Memories DSP that I found in my stash.  The vertical layer is lighter pink bazzill, punched with the Fiskars Lace Border Punch and added two rows of piercing and attache a piece of white satin ribbon.  The main panel has been stamped using the Flourishes Sweet Peas in Memento Tuxedo Black and coloured with markers and a blender pen.  I cut the sweet peas with small oval nestabilities and matted with Label 8 Nestabilities and popped the panel up on foam tape.  I finished off by adding some Kaisercraft Snow Pearls to the corners of the Label 8 panel.

Stamps - Sweet Peas (Flourishes)
Paper - Pink and Light Pink Bazzill, White, Making Memories DSP
Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories - Small Oval and Label 8 Nestabilities, Markers, Blender Pen, Paper Piercer, Mat Pack, Fiskars Lace Border Punch, White Satin Ribbon, Kaisercraft Snow Pearls, Foam Tape.

That's all for today, thanks for visiting!!!  :)

JRC_006 Beautiful Botanicals

Oh boy - what a week it has been.  Within 24hrs of my son bringing home this cold/flu from school the rest of the family came down with it too!  :(  I had one off school for days and a sick cranky toddler, sick hubby and I felt like death warmed up.  Not much fun in Summer I assure you.  Thankfully although nasty while you have it, it lasted *only* 3 days! (A very long 3 days - I didn't even look at my craft room during that time!)  So ---- now that I'm feeling better it was time to start creating again and what better way than making a Beautiful Botanical card for the JustRite Challenge this week (JRC_006) which you can find on the JustRite Stampers Blog!

I started with some pink bazzill, layered with Certainly Celery, white (punched with the Fiskars Eyelet Lace Embossing Border Punch) and two strips of some Imaginisce paper that I found in my stash.  Around this I added some white satin ribbon and above that a pink panel cut and embossed with the Spellbinders Eyelets Pendant die.  Popped on top of that I've stamped the Sweet Peas from JustRite's My Garden set in Memento Tuxedo Black and coloured with markers and a blender pen (regal rose and old olive).  To finish I added a white satin bow and some Kaisercraft Snow Pearls to the ribbon and the pendant.

Stamps - My Garden (JustRite)

Paper - Pink Bazzill, Certainly Celery, White, Imaginisce Magic Meadow

Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black

Accessories - Eyelets Pendant Die, Fiskars Eyelet Lace Embossing Border Punch, White Satin Ribbon, Bow Easy, Kaisercraft Snow Pearls, Markers, Blender Pen, Foam Tape.

I hope you are well wherever you are and thanks for stopping by for a visit!!  :)

Geranium Birthday

Today is the Featured Stamper challenge and this week the honour goes to Laurie aka HamiltonGal!!!  Laurie sent me a beautiful birthday card this week and I was thrilled to see her honoured today!  I was tempted to case the card she sent me, but instead I chose THIS card.  I kept the layout, pearls (although I moved them) and the idea of the flower with the sentiment beside it.  I really would have liked to put the sewing on, but most people who know me would realise that that is not a particularly good idea!!!  :)  I changed --- no sewing, different colours, image and sentiment.  I decided to make this a Birthday card so it would also qualify for this week's JustRite Stampers challenge JRC_005 to make a birthday card!!!  Come join us by using your JR stamps and you could win a $50 gift voucher to JustRite!!!

I started with a base of Very Vanilla and layered with some deep pink bazzill and more Vanilla that was embossed with the Victoria EF.  Then I added three strips of My Mind's Eye Whirlybird DSP and attached a ribbon across them.  Over the top of the ribbon is a piece of Old Olive that was cut with the Label 5 Nesties and layered with a vanilla oval stamped on one end using JustRite's Just A Note set.  Next I took JustRite's Beautiful Blossoms set and stamped the Geraniums, coloured them with markers and carefully cut them out and popped them up on the oval.  To finish I added some Kaisercraft Blush Pearls to the Label 5 die cut, a couple of Vintage die cut corners to the top and a big satin bow!

Stamps - Beautiful Blossoms, Just A Note (JustRite)

Paper - Deep Pink Bazzill, Very Vanilla, MME Whirlybird DSP

Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black

Accessories - Label 5 and Large Oval Nestabilities, Vintage die set, 1" Ivory Satin Ribbon, Bow Easy, Kaisercraft Blush Pearls, Markers, Blender Pen, Foam Tape.

That's all for today, thanks for visiting!!!  :)

2S4Y45 Pink Peonies

Hello Everyone!  I can't believe it has been a week since I last posted - life got really crazy at my house!  Finally after days of chaos I had the chance to sit down and stamp.  I had a look at the challenges and saw the sketch by 2S4Y and got to work.  :)

I started with a base of light pink bazzill and layered with white and some Kaisercraft Blushed DP.  Next I took a piece of Close to Cocoa and punched one side with the EK success Fleur de Lis border punch and attached some 1" pink satin over the top.  Next I took the centre and border from the brand new (released this week!) Beautiful Blossoms set and stamped it in Close to Cocoa and coloured the peonies in with markers (pretty in pink, regal rose, old olive) and a blender pen.  I cut it out with Large Oval Nestabilities and matted it with pink cut with the Large Scallop Ovals and popped it up on a panel of Cocoa cut with Label 8 Nestabilities.  To finish I added a large pink satin bow to the top corner.

Stamps - Beautiful Blossoms (JustRite)

Paper - Pink Bazzill, White, Kaisercraft Blushed DP

Ink - Close to Cocoa

Accessories - Label 8, Large Oval and Scallop Oval Nestabilities, EK Success Fleur de Lis border punch, Markers, Blender Pen, 1" Pink Satin Ribbon, Bow Easy, Foam Tape.

That's all for today, thanks for visiting!!!  :)

A Daisy Bouquet

Welcome to the JustRite Garden Tour!!!  Today the team are showcasing four sets that will be available from the 7th February!!!  I have chosen to use the Beautiful Blossoms set - a set of four centres and borders in the large oval shape!!!  If you read my post when I used the large circle daisy from My Garden you would realise my love for daises!!!  In fact this beautiful bouquet somewhat resembles my wedding bouquet!!!  :)  Since we are talking about daisies, if you happen to be near Nambour (QLD) on February 6th, why not call ahead or pop into Daisy Chain Scrapbooks - I'm going to be there demonstrating this and other new JustRite sets!!!  :)

I started this card with a base of Baja Breeze and layered with yellow bazzill (pierced around the edge), Not Quite Navy and some Urban Garden DSP.  The vertical panel is more yellow bazzill punched on one side with the Martha Stewart Floral Lace Border Punch and layered with more Urban Garden DSP.  Over the top of that I added some 1" White Satin Ribbon and attached a large bow and yellow button (thanks to my friend Michelle).  To the side of this I added some Old Olive that has been cut using the Label 8 Nestabilities.  I stamped the centre and border from Beautiful Blossoms twice - once in Jet Black Stazon and once in Not Quite Navy.  I decided to handcut the oval because I wanted a very close trim and then sponged the centre with Summer Sun and popped it up on foam tape.  I coloured the daisies and cut them out and popped them up on foam squares.  To finish I added some Kaisercraft Snow Pearls to each corner of the Label 8.

Keep hopping and see what gorgeous projects the rest of the team have created!!!!! 

JustRite Inspiration Blog

Becca Feeken
Kellie Fortin
Sharon Harnist
Debbie Olson
Heidi Blankenship
Kathy Jones
Michele Kovack
Michelle Wooderson
Sharon Johnson
Angela Barkhouse
Barb Schram

Stamps - Beautiful Blossoms

Paper - Baja Breeze, Yellow Bazzill, Not Quite Navy, Old Olive, Urban Garden DSP

Ink - Jet Black Stazon, Not Quite Navy

Accessories - Label 8 Nestabilities, Martha Stewart Floral Lace Border Punch, 1" White Satin Ribbon, Bow Easy, Lemon Tart Button, Silver Cord, Bow Easy, Paper Piercer, Mat Pack, Kaisercraft Snow Pearls, Foam Tape and squares.

That's all for today, thanks for visiting and enjoy the Hop!!!!  :)

What's YOUR Favourite Set??

Here we are, the sixth and last challege for the Flourishes Timeless Tuesday Anniversary Challenges.  Maki has challenged us to use your Favourite Set!!!  I'm sure it comes as absolutely no surprise that mine is Gerber Daisies!!!!!  :)  (Strangely enough, this could probably fit the Frame It Out Challenge, the Pink Challenge and the Cut and Pop Challenge as well!!!)  Want to play along???  Link your creation to the Mr Linky on the Flourishes Blog and if you upload to SCS use the keyword FTTC52F!!  Did I mention there are prizes as well!!!!!  :)

I started with a base of pink bazzill and layered with a lighter shade of pink bazzill and then a piece of white embossed with the Victoria EF.  The middle strip is some lighter pink punched on both sides with the Martha Stewart Arch Lattice Punch and pierced.  Next is a layer of white and then some Kaisercraft Christmas Carnival DSP (from the 6x6 paper pad).  For my feature panel, I've cut a piece of pink bazzill with the Label 1 Nestabilities and layered with a piece of white cut with the Lattice Pendant.  Next I stamped the Daisy Bouquet and both butterflies from the Gerber Daisies stamp set, coloured them with markers and cut them out and popped them up on the centre panel.  To finish I added a couple of Kaisercraft Rose Pearls to the top and bottom corner.

Stamps - Gerber Daisies (Flourishes)

Paper - Pink and Light Pink Bazzill, White, Kaisercraft Christmas Carnival DSP

Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black

Accessories - Label 1 Nestabilities, Lattice Pendant Shapeabilities, Martha Stewart Arch Lattice Punch, Victoria EF, Kaisercraft Rose Pearls, Paper Piercer, Mat Pack, Scissors, Foam Tape.

That's all for now, I hope you've enjoyed the samples I've made for the Flourishes Timeless Tuesday Anniversary Celebration and hope you play along!!!  I do have another post in a few hours if you want to pop back soon!!!  :)

Fruity Birthday Challenge!

Welcome back to the next Flourishes Challenge!!!  This one is hosted by Dee who has challenged us to create a Fruity Birthday card or project!  Now when I first heard about this one, I thought - what am I going to do, I don't have any fruit stamps!!!  Then I thought why not use All Wrapped Up and some fruit paper!!!  Play along, there are prizes up for grabs!!!!  When you've made your project link your post to Mr Linky on the Flourishes Blog and if you upload to SCS, add the keyword FTTC52C!

I started with some dark pink bazzill and layered with light pink bazzill and white embossed with Swiss Dots.  I then took a strip of dark pink and punched both sides with the Martha Stewart Loop Punch and topped with a strip of cherry paper which is all glittery by DCWV.  I took the large present from All Wrapped Up and stamped it twice in Memento Tuxedo Black, once on white (colouring the bow and centre strip) and once on the cherry DP.  I then paper pieced the present and cut it out and popped it up on circles of light and dark pink bazzill and some pink satin ribbon.  To finish I added the sentiment from the same set to the top of the paper strip and some pink Kaisercraft rhinestones to the corner and ribbon.

Stamps - All Wrapped Up (Flourishes)

Paper - Dk Pink, Lt Pink, White, DCWV DP

Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black

Accessories - Small and Large Circle Nestabilities, Martha Stewart Loop Punch, Swiss Dots EF, Pink Satin Ribbon, Pink Kaisercraft Rhinestones, Scissors, Foam Tape.

There's more challenges coming so pop back soon!!!  :)