Last Sneaks Goose Hugs

Today is the last day of Clear Dollar Stamps July sneak peeks. All the sets you have seen will be available tomorrow July 1st over at the CDS Store. Today I have Goose Hugs which happens to be the stamp of the month. If you spend over $50 you get this set for free. I have two cards that have a country feel to them I think. This first one is with some SU dp and a punched out frame from some spellbinders that I used for my frame here. I love that they leave the cut outs for frames. Added some ribbon and a few pearls.



The next one is so darn cute I think and simple. I used a layout from a card I made years ago. I left it sentiment free for any occasion.

Be sure to check out the last sneak peeks from:Candy
Katie
Kim
Laurie
Sarah
Tricia
Joan
Gloria
Rebecca
Tracy
Trudy
Happy Shopping tomorrow! Don't forget tomorrow July 1st is Flourishes Christmas Challenge #3. It's never too early to get those cards done in time for Christmas.

Sneak Peeks Freedom and Lambs

Welcome to day 2 of Clear Dollar Stamps July Sneak Peeks. All these sets will be available on July 1st over at the CDS Store front. Today I am showing you 2 sets. This first one is called Freedom in Christ. I have a real feminine feel to this one with my flower and pearls. I like how this turned out so springy.

This next one I went with a much richer and warmer feeling. I still like the pearls and the color of the paper is new from our Clearly Coordinating Cardstock collections. This color is called Bee pollun.

My next cards are using my all time favorite set so far from CDS called Loving lambs. This set is just so precious. I have several cards I have made and most of them I gave away faster than I could get a photo for it. I did get these two in photo's. The first one I masked the little lambs along the limb. :0)

Then for my next one very soft and subtle with the blue and white. I gave this one to the boys school for one of the teachers to use. They are requesting several cards with this set alone. I don't blame them, I just love the lambs in this set. I am only showing you two of them too. The scriptures and sentiment are just perfect. Okay enough about how much I love this set. LOL

Don't miss the sneak peeks from the girls today:
Candy
Katie
Laurie
Tori

See you back here tomorrow for the last of the sneak peeks! Have a wonderful day.

TS Baby Monday

***Clear Dollar Stamps Sneak Peeks have Begun. Check out the CDS Blog for Details***

Monday's Totally Stampalicious challenge is all about baby. Create something with baby in mind. I pulled out the new release from TS called JJ Pregnant. She is so cute with her little belly stuck out and the chocolate in hand. hee hee I used some MB Frond paper and only added a few brads and some twine through the button. Very soft and simple.



I will have my sneak peeks for Clear Dollar Stamps tomorrow so be sure to check back! We are still away but I sure hope you had a great weekend. I look forward to catching up when we return.

Friday Focus Inspiration Piece

Happy Friday! Over on Flourishes Blog today Cindy has a wonderful photo that we all used for inspiration. Talk about a beautiful room so relaxing and soothing. I went with the darker creams and a brown than the lighter cream. But I did pick up the roses on the table with the A year in Flowers 2 set, and the fancy molding behind the bed is the same pattern on this webster pages paper I used. I left this sentiment free and just added a silk ribbon bow.
Check out what the girls created with the IC photo:
Christine
Cindy
Julie
Laura
Leslie
Dawn
Danielle
I will catch up with everyone when we get back on Tuesday. Hope you have a great weekend.

Totally Stampalicious Blog Hop

Whohoo! If you just came from Vicki's Blog you are in the right spot. If you are just joining the Totally Stampalicious Blog Hop, be sure to head on over to the TS blog to start. Here are some details about the hop: We'll be giving away some really great prizes to THREE randomly selected winners so be sure to comment on every blog to increase your chances!! The GRAND PRIZE is ALL FOUR STAMP SETS from this FABULOUS New Release!! You only have until 9PM EST Friday, June 25th so get hoppin'!! All the stamps are available NOW! FREE SHIPPING WORLDWIDE on all orders over $50!! For a limited time only!
These new sets are totally fun! This first one is called JJ Pregnant. I made this cute little bookmark with matching holder for one of the girls at the boys karate who is pregnant. She is going to love this. The sentiments alone in this set are priceless.

This marriage one is called Gus and Stella. Oh my goodness very fun for those humor cards. I added some gray to her hair and then colored over it with brown. hee hee Very simple just a few buttons for the corner accent.

Now this has to be my favorite of the bunch Chef Pierre. Oh he is just too darn cute. I actually made a recipe card with this one. A friend wanted my fruit pizza recipe that she can keep out. So I thought I would actually do the front of the card with the recipe and Pierre. She loved it.

Now head on over to Sue's SCS Gallery for the last stop on the Blog Hop! And be sure to check back in on the TS Blog tomorrow for the winners! We will be out of town till Tuesday, I will catch up when we return! Enjoy your weekend.

Thinking of Cal

This Gruffies is so sweet isn't it? I just adore the way he is lifting his buddy up. I made this card for Cal who is a young man of a friend. Their family had a shocking and tragic accident happen to one of Cal's friends last week. I wanted him to know that I was praying for his family as well as his friends family. I can't even imagine how hard that would be for their family.
I got this Gruffies image from Sue aka Coffeestamper. Thanks Sue! Kept this pretty free of girlie stuff since it is for a guy. Scored around the border and added brads. Very simple. Thanks for looking! Be sure to check back tomorrow 9pm EST for Totally Stampalicious Blog Hop and NEW RELEASE!!! Have a great day.

Gift for Mikayla's 13th Birthday

Over at Splitcoast they had a tutorial for a Stationary box. I turned mine into a little card fit for Mikalya's birthday gift. She is turning 13 and I thought would be a fun little gift for her to make her own cards for her friends. I stamped out some of the Miss Anya greeting farm girls for her, added some card stock and designer papers. I also flipped the little box sideways so that the ribbons would fit better, little baggies with some primas and brads. Then some pearls and jewels in the other little pocket. She can make 5 cards with the papers included.

As for the box itself. I trimmed off the little side edge for when you close it, I thought that this worked better for this gift. I also turned the one pocket and left it open around it. I have this thing full of all these goodies, that I reinforced the bottom with an extra piece of paper besides the folded in flaps. The prima on the lid is from one of Flourishes prima sets. The stamp on the front and her card is from the Miss Anya collection from the Greeting farm. They are such darling teen images, I love them. Thanks for looking!

Humming trio and some News!!!

Free For all Friday over at Flourishes Blog today. I made this sweet little trio of cards using the new Humming Along. I had these nessties punched out and just grabbed them for the main panels. I kept them all pretty simple for embelishments as you can see. A little bit of the lemon crochet trim, some lavendar silk ribbon, pink grosgrain. I added a few jewels or brads to each one. Just some fun little quick cards. Be sure to check out what the girls did with their free for all Friday:
Christine
Cindy
Julie
Laura
Leslie
Dawn
Danielle

Now for my EXCITING NEWS! I have a new hat over at Flourishes. I am the Director of Wholesale Development. This is so exciting for me. I have some big shoes to fill with Sharon leaving. I have been diligently working behind the scenes getting used to the system and how things work. I have implemented a few things for our Wholesale customers already. I even started contacting potential stores to help move Flourishes more into brick and mortar operations. I figure why wait! LOL

With my MIL store closing over a year ago I wasn't sure what God had planned for me. This is such a great opportunity for me and I am thrilled! I have a passion for Flourishes stamps and the owner Jan Marie is wonderful. Julie has been more than gracious and helpful in all my questions and concerns. She has a huge hat at Flourishes also that really most don't even know she does. So give her some love next time you are at her blog and tell her how wonderful she is and GREAT JOB for me! :0) Julie and I will be rooming and flying together for CHA this July to Chicago. I am super excited! So if you are going to CHA look out for us, I would love to meet some of you SCS friends! Okay enough rambling, I think this is the most I have talked on my blog ever. LOL Have a wonderful day!

Sailing Jeremiah

This is a general masculine card I made using The Lord's Plan and Lost at sea. I used a distressor and added a little rough edging to the panel. Scored around the sentiment and tied it off with a single brad. I like the clean feeling of this. Thanks for stopping in, hope you have a great day.

Father's day over at Totally Stampalicious

Happy Monday! I hope you had a wonderful weekend. Our summer vacation has started off with a whole calendar full of BBQ's, playdates and just plain fun. I am really looking forward to this summer with the boys.
Totally Stampalicious has a fun Monday challenge for you. Father's day creations. Get ready its approaching faster than you think. The prize for the winner is the Hawt Dawg stamp set. Whohoo!
This is for my father-in-law, he is an avid coffee drinker. He can drink 2 pots a day and it wouldn't faze him. Now I would be bouncing off the walls for a month. LOL I used the coffee cup from Coffee Brawd. Kept this very simple since my FIL isn't an over the top kind of guy. I know he will appreciate the gift that goes with our card. :0) Thanks for stopping by!

Gone Fishin Father's Day

Working on some Father's day cards. Here is one that I used the set Gone Fishin. I added some faux stitching to the corners. Framed with a spellbinders label, and I only put the photo corners behind the two corners. I have several more to make so better get on the ball its in a few weeks. Thanks for stopping by.

Humming Along today

Happy Friday! Today marks day one of summer vacation at our home and the boys are just so darn excited. I am working on something to keep them busy this summer and hopefully get some stamping time in while they are home all day. hee hee
The set today you will be seeing is Humming Along. I really enjoy the options this set gives you. My first card I went with some vibrant yellow and white. I can't get enough of this lemon crochet trim, I mean its so cheery and vibrant. I used copic collections Buttercup and Evergreen.

My second card I stamped out the branch twice and added the smaller humming bird to the picture. The crochet ribbon and soft colors of the MB Spearmint were my color palette.
Topped it off with a copper ribbon slider from the finishing touches collection.
The girls have some beautiful creations to share with you today:Christine
Cindy
Julie
Laura
Leslie
Dawn
Danielle
All these sets are available now at the Flourishes store. Happy shopping! Have a wonderful weekend.

Fiddles and Ferns

Good morning! Today is day 2 of Flourishes June Sneak peeks. I hope you can join us TONIGHT for our Power Hour Release party over at SCS Forum here at 9pm Central time. We will have fun games, more sneaks and just chatting about. Hope to see you there!

You still have time to play in the Blue Skies and Sunshine days challenge to enter in for the entire June release. While you are at the Flourishes Blog check out the post today for your chance to win the set of the day.

This wonderful set is called Fiddles and Ferns. Now the title alone makes me giggle, sounds like something a grandmother would say when she got upset and didn't want to use other words. lol This set has several different images and sentiments in the set. I made a gift set with all the images, this is one of the cards in the set. I will show you the rest in the gift set next week. I pulled out my 7gypsies Savannah paper pack for the colors. Stamped the leaf in rose red, then in creamy caramel for a backdrop. Added some ribbon and pearls and voila all done.

Check out the sneaks from the ever so talented:
Christine
Cindy
Julie
Laura
Leslie
Dawn
Danielle
Thanks for stopping by! Have a great day!

Life and Swan days

Welcome to Flourishes June Sneak Peeks. We have some wonderful things in store for you this release. First I wanted to remind you of a few details.
***Power Hour Release Party is TOMORROW Thursday at 9 pm Central Time in the SCS Forum here.
***You have a chance at winning the entire release of 4 sets by playing in our Blue skies and Sunshine days all the details found here,
***Check out Flourishes Blog today for your chance at winning the set of the day!
This set is called Swan Lake. Just a beautiful set, and the girls creations will knock your socks off with this set today. Mine is very simple (surprise) :0) I added a little ribbon knot to the corner and a single bg Indigio square rhinestone to the corner with the sentiment. The sentiment is from the other set today called Life Lines.

The card below is using the Life Lines set for a graduation card. I pulled out my Hats Off to You and stamped the building in the background. Then colored with the pastel copic markers. Now check out this paper.. oh yea a new favorite called Cappella from Basic Grey. I thought I liked the spearmint but this pack.... whohoo... ha-ha

Be sure to check out the girls last day of sneaks for you also:
Christine
Cindy
Julie
Laura
Leslie
Dawn
Danielle
Thanks for stopping by!

Blue skies and Sunshine days

As we get ready to unveil a whole new ‘crop’ of stamps, we reflect on what we love about summer -- those bright blue skies and sunny days! Yep, this is a color challenge and to be in the running, all you need to do is use some combination of blue and yellow. It can be any shade! Play along and you could walk away with all four stamps in Flourishes’ June release! To enter and the rest of the details check out Flourishes Blog!

I pulled out the beautiful Gerber Daisies for my creation of blue skies and sunshine. I really love this vibrant lemon crochet trim, it really is perfect for summer. I angled the panel for something different, a scallop edge with some piercing tied off with silver cord. Then just for giggles I added some of these awesome BG Indigo square rhinestones in blue. Now I love the circle rhinestones but these squares are really starting to peek my interest. lol So you will probably see more of those here soon. :0) Hopefully you get a chance to play along with us. Check out the sunshine creations from the girls for some more inspiration:
Christine
Cindy
Julie
Laura
Leslie
Dawn
Have a wonderful weekend!

SSW Vibrant Girls

Rain rain go away! Man we have nice weather for a few days and then it starts raining. Yuck... I was over at my mom's house yesterday and she informed me that she read my blog that morning. She is an English major and teacher at the local college. So needless to say I have a few grammer or spelling error, but not too bad. LOL Go figure, she is still trying to help me. ha-ha Thanks mom!

This is for the Sweet Sketch Wednesday challenge. I pulled out my Scripture Children with some Memory Box dp Sugar Rush. Feels like summer with the vibrant colors. I got this awesome yellow gingham ribbon in a RAK from Pat Smethers this week. Thanks girlie, I just love this yellow! Thanks for stopping by, have a wonderful day.