Mothers day and thank you

Happy Mother's day! Hopefully you have a relaxing day planned with family.
Today is also my week for the Featured Stamper challenge over on SCS and it is sad to say my last Sunday as a host. I sent Lydia a note to say I needed to step down from hosting. Life is busier than ever and going by to fast with the twins. The need to stop and enjoy it is calling me more than anything right now.  I enjoy playing along honoring creative stampers and will continue as time permits.  I really appreciate Lydia asking me to host back in 2012 and have enjoyed it, especially with the BEST hostess girls to ever work with! You girls are awesome!!! Thanks so much. Onto this weeks Featurette... 

This weeks Featured Stamper 483 is Carla aka Covingtoncrafter. Carla's has a gallery full of creations from detailed to simple and sweet. I choose this Very Pink card to case. I kept with the layout, pink and white colors, butterflies, thank you and changed the rest. Enjoy your week Carla. 

My butterflies are actually a stamp that is from Whiff Of Joy that I never got around to using when I got it. Gasp!!! Sad but true. The three butterflies are popped up using a dimensional and the wings have glitter on them. The sentiment is from a retired set from Flourishes. A few sparklers and voila!

One of the projects that I have been working on is just about finished that I will share with you. It is for a friends daughters Quinceanera. Let's just say I have learned more about this event than I ever knew. Wow... a lot of work and tradition go into this birthday party. Excited to see it all unfold in a few weeks too. So be on the look out for that post. Thanks for stopping in today.

FS479 Masculine notecard

This weeks Featured Stamper 479 is Cheryl aka Cher2008. What a gallery from feminine to masculine you name it and she creates it. I choose this Happy Birthday Jerry card to case. Kept with a moose image, over all layout and similar colors. Changed the image, omitted the ribbon, added brads, textures to the background base and no sentiment. Congrats and enjoy your week Cheryl. 

My masculine stash is depleted and I am in great need of several right now. EEK!!! Time to get that stash back up. I used Father's Day for my main image. Stamped in chocolate ink and only a few green sprigs colored in for fun. Some faux stitching around the designer paper panel that has a chocolate base. Added that awesome chicken wire texture to the blue base and more chocolate. I think the chicken wire has replaced my swiss dots now. hee hee  Kidding! A few brads to the fish tale ends and voila! One down... and several more to go.  Have a great day! 

FS478 Holiday Cheer

This weeks Featured Stamper 478 is Simone aka Simone N. Awesome clean and simple gallery of creations to choose from. I picked this Swirl Tree Wishes card to case. I kept with a Christmas tree similar in style, stitched border and Christmas card. Changed the image, colors, added pearls and stickles. Enjoy your week Simone. 

I stamped Botanical Tree on white cardstock and then die cut using Lil Inkers die with a layer of kraft cardstock underneath. Colored the tree with various Copic markers. The red base is also embossed with the same matching die. Added some sparkle and a few pearls to finish it off. Voila! 

Spring break this week, woot woot!! Hoping to get some stamping time in. The kids have baseball practices and a few planned events, but hopefully some relaxing time for me in the stamp room. We will see. Hope you have a wonderful day! 

FS475 Lucky blooms

This weeks Featured Stamper 475 is Julie aka Jul012835. I choose this 3 Lucky Shamrocks card to case. I kept with the layout, shamrocks, colors and button. Changed the kraft to white, added texture to the background, a side panel and changed the image. Enjoy your week! 

This bouquet is so sweet and called Wish You Luck. I have colored the blooms with Copic markers and then cut around the image to pop up on dimensionals. Added some texture to the smaller panel using the Chicken Wire folder. Then a heart shaped die down the edge with a button on the top. Voila! Have a wonderful day! 

FS474 Joyful Lilies

This weeks Featured Stamper 474 is genistamps. A very pretty gallery of creations to look through. I choose this For God So Loved card to case. I kept with a cross, the over all colors and a music themed background. Changed the image, added ribbon and lace and pearls. Enjoy your week! 

My image is called Joyful Lilies that is colored with Copic markers. A simple scored border around the image panel. The designer paper is with music from It is Well with my soul from the ODBD Christian Faith collection pack. Added some of my beautiful lace trim that my sweet friend Pat sent me with a ribbon tied bow above it. Some pearls and added sparkle around the cross. Voila! Hope you have time to play along today. 

Thank you

Happy Sunday and Release Day at Power Poppy! We have been sharing creations with you the last 5 days of Marcy's latest work in case you missed it. All the stamp sets are available NOW in the Power Poppy Store! 

My card today uses the beautiful Bloomin' Wonderful stamp set. This is also for the Featured Stamper 472 challenge. I choose this Blue vines card to case as I liked the white space and the blue.  ;-)  I kept the similair layout, a fines image and the blue. Instead of a blue border all around I just added it to the left side panel and some blue sequins accents. Kept a floral image with this from Bloomin' Wonderful. Colored with various Copics in a darker blue and purples. Added my sentiment to the bottom right. Voila! 

Be sure to check out the creations from the Bloom Brigade: 
  Allison Cope
Christine Okken
Cindy Lawrence
Julie Koerber
Kathy Jones
Katie Sims
Leslie Miller
Tosha Leyendekker

FS471 You're Amazing

This weeks Featured Stamper 471 is Michele G aka Michele. A very pretty gallery of creations. I know you will like. I almost went with a mouse card but I needed a special card for someone so I choose this Rose Blush Aperture Birthday card to case. I kept the overall layout, a flower, cut out frame with a circle and sparkles. Changed the flower, side they flower is on, sentiment, papers and added rhinestones. Enjoy your week Michele.

My Azalea's are stamped on white cardstock and colored with various Copic markers. I used a spellbinders circle for the frame and cut around the traced marks and the flower petals. This creates a fun look and feel to the card I think. Some designer paper was layered onto the card base then the flower panel. Added my sentiment with a fish tale end, then some sparkles and jewels to finish it off. Voila! Hope you have a wonderful day. 

FS468 Rosy notecard

This weeks Featured Stamper 468 is Michelle aka whimsey. What a fun gallery full of variety. I finally choose this Scribbled Circles and leaves creation to case. I kept a flower theme, the colors, sequins accents and the white space. I changed the punch to a stamp, added a die cut edge and some sparkle. Enjoy your week Michelle! 

The yellow and pink flowers were calling my name once I saw Michelle's card. I used Everything's Rosy for my stamp and colored them with Copic markers. When the card is closed behind this die cut edge on the bottom is some soft pink designer paper you will see. This will be another note card added to set I mentioned on Friday. Just a few little accents with the sparkle and the sequins and voila! Have a wonderful day. 

FS467 Thank You

This weeks Featured Stamper 467 is Minnur. Very creative gallery. I choose this Folded card 3 to case. Kept the flower theme, thinner style, and similar background. Changed the flowers to a stamp, added a sentiment, added a button and twine, sponge stenciled matching background and removed the ribbon. Enjoy your week!

I just got this stencil called Pointed Star from Jenny Bowlin recently which was very similar to the designer paper she used. Only partially sponged the background and I like how it turned out. My flower is from So Grateful that I stamped on white cardstock and colored with Copic markers. Then I delicately cut around the image, surprise...surprise and popped some dimensionals on the back before I adhered it to the card base. Placed my button and twine combo in the bottom corner next to my sentiment. Then a few jewels and some sparkles to top it off, Voila! 

Hope you have time to stamp today and have a wonderful day! 

FS466 Butterfly Birthday

This weeks Featured Stamper 466 is Gunilla aka gunilla.holmqvist. A very elegant and sweet style of creations to choose from. I cased this Instead of Flowers card to case. Kept the butterfly theme, color theme, square card, distressing and stitching. Changed the squares to an oval, moved the butterflies around, added vellum and jewels. My stitching is fake unlike her beautiful stitching she added. Enjoy your week Gunilla! 

My creation uses the beautiful Majestic Monarchs as I do love these butterflies. They are stamped on white cardstock and colored with Copic markers. Once colored I delicately cut around the edges so that I could pop them up on the card. My designer paper is from an older pack of paper called Baby Mine from Carta Bella. Yes I need to use what designer paper I have since I tend to not use much yet I continue to buy it??? ha ha  Before they were adhered together pulled out my distressing tool for the edges and added some faux stitching. Adhered to the card base and added an oval instead of the squares in her creation.

Since the wings are spread out the easiest way to keep them from going flat is to make a box instead of having this in an envelope. So I created a square box to hold the card.  :-)  You can check out my square box tutorial that I did a few months back if you wanted to make your own. This one is a half inch smaller than the tutorial but either one work to hold a square card. The sentiment is from a retired Flourishes stamp set. Finished it off with some sparkles on the butterflies and a few jewels. Voila! I hope you can find sometime to stamp today! Have wonderful day. 

FS465 Sweet smells

This weeks Featured Stamper 465 is Kathy aka Kathy LeDonne. What a sweet gallery and even sweeter person. I choose this Nose to Nose card to case for obvious reasons.  :-)  I kept with the same colors, two mice, similar flowers and changed the rest. Congrats and enjoy your week! 

These mice are just so sweet and I love coloring them. I stamped this House Mouse called  Lavendar Dreams onto white cardstock and colored with Copic markers. I just love this shimmery purple cardstock! Die cut a Spellbinders edge to the bottom and added some textured circles to the back panel. Finished it off with a few silver pearls and some stickles. Voila! 

FS463 Snow friends

This weeks Featured Stamper 463 is Cheri aka cburry. Her gallery is so vibrant and colorful just what this cold and cloudy weather needs this week. I choose this Snowmen card to case. I will admit I see several snowman's in her gallery that I must have in my collection now. hee hee  I kept with the over all layout, snowmen, same paper and colors. Changed the snowman images, ribbon placement added jewels to the corner, stickles and a button and twine combo. Enjoy your week! 

Dusted off this retired Close To My Heart stamp set called Snow Friends. These guys are just darling aren't they. Well, all my smowmen are adorable as I say often. hee hee  They are stamped onto white card stock and colored with Copics to match the designer paper in the background. Added some mesh ribbon and then overlay of ribbon with a button corner. Sparkles on the snowman, you can't have snowman and no sparkle. Voila! Have a fabulous day! 

FS460 Warm butterflies

This weeks Featured Stamper 460 is Susie aka Susie Nelson. What a sweet gallery. I choose this Grungy Thanks to case today. I kept with the butterflies, over all colors and changed the rest. Congrats and enjoy your week Susie! 

These are beautiful butterflies are from New Creature that are stamped on white cardstock. They are colored using Copic markers then cut out around. The great thing about cutting them out is you can pop them up and fold out the wings from the card base so they look as if they are in flight. Used scrap panel in the pretty blue for the base and a caramel panel with stitched edging with my sentiment from Happy Birthday. A few scattered pearls and some sparkles to the wings. Voila! Thanks for stopping by today, enjoy your week! 

FS459 Chocolate Sledding

This weeks Featured Stamper 459 is Kimberly aka mmkimber. Beautiful gallery of creations. I choose this Lets Go Sledding card to case. Kept with the chocolate color theme, over all layout and sled. Changed the stamp, sentiment placement and textured designs. Congrats and enjoy your week!

My sled is using Let it Snow that is stamped in chocolate ink onto white card stock. I added some stickles to the snow for sparkle but its hard to see in the photo. The background has some snowflakes dry embossed with a lace trim along the chocolate panel. Finished it off with a few sequins and a button and twine combo. Voila! 

FS458 Wreath Greetings

This weeks Featured Stamper 458 on Sunday was Jo aka Rambling boots. What a fun gallery of creations. I giggled at some as they were so fun and playful. I choose this Seasons Greetings card to case in the end. I kept with a wreath and the simplicity of the card. Changed the stamp, created a wreath and added sparkles.

 Kittie has a great wreath tutorial that you can follow and create your very own wreath. I think mine is lop sided myself. ha!  They are fun to create either way. My sentiment in the middle is from Poinsettia stamp set on white card stock. I have a sparkly green border around this and the border of the card for fun. Added some red rhinestones and voila! Hope you have a great day. 

FS457 Angelic Snowman

This weeks Featured Stamper 457 is Mhines. Exciting gallery with so many gift sets you would of thought for sure that is what I had chosen to case. That was my intention however time did not allow for that today. Instead this Angels Among us card stood out to me with the soothing colors and design. I kept the oval shape and framing, colors, single image and simplicity.  Changed the papers, stamps and ribbons. Enjoy your week!

Instead of an angel I used this darling snowman called Snowman with birdhouse from Serenidipity stamps. He is stamped on white card stock and colored with Copic markers. My paper is from Basic Grey 25th and pine paper pack for the background. Added some lace trim and ribbon behind the image panel. A favorite Spellbinders die for the card frame and some stickles to wrap it up. Voila! Have a wonderful day!

FS456 Birthday Tulips

Today I have two things to share a Featured Stamper card and some excited news! Korin at Sweet n Sassy Stamps asked me to be a Guest Designer for Nov and Dec. I said YES! I am super excited and honored to be a GDT. SNSS 8th birthday is coming and ee have some excited things coming so look out!  :-)  AND we are starting a little early with this special: We are so excited about our birthday this month that we are sharing a little birthday surprise a couple days early...

With  every purchase of $25 or more today through Thursday, November 5th, a  free

surprise gift will be included with your order! No coupon code needed!

The bigger your  order, the  bigger the gift! Gifts will range in value from $2-$20...just one way we are saying "THANKS" to our  amazing customers for helping us make it this far. We truly appreciate you!

Be sure to keep checking the SNSS blog each day this month for more excitement, birthday celebration and more.... Now for my creation.

This weeks Featured Stamper 456 is Kim aka kimjolley. Beautiful gallery of creations. I choose this Postmark Tulips creation to case. No I did no watercolor, just look at her card. gasp!! I kept with tulips, over all layout and design. Changed the sentiment, used Copics and scored the border. Enjoy your week Kim. 

I stamped Spring Tulips onto white card stock. Layered onto some black then red card stock. Colored my tulips with Copic markers and added some sparkles in red to the blooms. My sentiment is from Happy Birthday stamp set and voila!

FS455 Christmas Cheer

This weeks Featured Stamper 455 is Jamie aka jamieruthp. Very sweet gallery of creations. I choose this Seasons greetings cards to case. I kept the layout design, simplicity and similar image. Changed the size, stamp, greeting and added mesh ribbon, bow, sequins and sparkle. Enjoy your week Jamie! 

My Merry Littles are stamped in the corners and green pearls added to the centers. Colored with Copic markers and matted on some chocolate card stock. My designer paper layer has some mesh ribbon with a chocolate ribbon across tied into a bow. Some added sparkle and sequins for the finishing touches. Voila! have a wonderful day. 

FS453 Pink fall

This weeks Featured Stamper 453 is Must Love Cats. I think mine would say Must Love Dogs or Ranger at least. hee hee  Anyways... fun gallery with talented stitching work I must say. I have no skills when it comes to that, so I stuck with coloring. I choose this Pink Flowers card to case. Kept with a flower like image, the white space (swoon..) the color pink and changed the rest.

I stamped Sunny Harvest onto white card stock and colored with Coopic markers. Yes, I die cut using Stitched Mats Rectangles again. They are my favorite right now.  ;-)  I then matted the panel to a pink panel and attached to the base. A few scattered pearls and some sparkle on the blooms. Voila! Hope you have enjoy today! 

FS451 Lavendar friend

This weeks Featured Stamper 451 is Penny Strawberry, fun user name right.  She has a delightful gallery and lots to choose from for creations. I choose this Vandys Birthday card to case. I kept with the over all layout, similar flower stem, lace edges and jewels in the corner. Changed the flower, some of the colors and the panel is shorter. Enjoy your week! 

These Easy Breezy Coneflowers are just so easy to print and color. They are colored with various copic markers then layered onto some dark eggplant card stock die cut in a beautiful borders trim. Added a piece of sheer ribbon down the side and a few jewels to the top corner. Super easy. Hope you have a great day!